On 21 January, Rostov played first friendly match during the winter break.

Valery Karpin team beat Bunyodkor from Uzbekistan with four unanswered goals. In the first half Nikolay Komlichenko and Daniil Utkin gave the lead to the Yellow-Blues, and in the second Egor Golenkov and Dmitry Poloz made the score bigger. Earlier Bunyodkor got a draw against another RPL side, Lokomotiv Moscow.

Rostov will continue preparations in UAE, and in February they will participate in RPL Winter Cup facing Spartak Moscow, FC Sochi and FC Krasnodar.

Next team’s friendly: Wednesday 25 January – Rostov vs Johor