FC Nizhny Novgorod

FC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Нижний Новгород») is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It makes its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 season.

For the inactive club, see FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007).

FC Nizhny Novgorod
Full nameFootball Club Nizhny Novgorod
Founded2015 [1]
GroundNizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity44,899
OwnerCity of Nizhny Novgorod
ChairmanMaksim Metlin
ManagerAleksandr Kerzhakov
LeagueRussian Premier League
2020–21FNL, 3rd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club has been known under different names:

  • 2015–2016: FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2016–2018: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2018–present: FC Nizhny Novgorod[2]

In the 2015–16 season, it began to play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It was founded as a farm club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club in Nizhny Novgorod.[3] At the end of the 2016–17, Olimpiyets won their PFL zone and were promoted to the second-level Russian Football National League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, they qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs, but lost to PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara with an aggregate score of 2–3.

In the 2020–21 season, the club finished 3rd in FNL. As the second-placed club FC Orenburg failed to receive a Premier League license due to issues with their stadium, Nizhny Novgorod was promoted to the RPL for the very first time for the 2021–22 season.[4][5]

Former Nigeria striker Sylvester Igboun suspended his contract with the team because of the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine.[6]

League
Season League Russian Cup Europe Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA GD P Name Goals
2015–16 3rd 3rd 27 15 8 4 38 19 19 53 2R — Igor Belyakov 11 Valeri Bogdanets
Konstantin Galkin
2016–17 3rd 1st 24 17 4 3 47 17 30 55 2R — Igor Gorbunov 10 Konstantin Galkin
Nikolai Pisarev
2017–18 2nd 12th 38 11 11 16 37 50 -13 55 R16 — Radik Khayrullov 9 Nikolai Pisarev
2018–19 2nd 4th 38 18 8 12 41 31 +10 62 R16 — Maksim Paliyenko 9 Dmitri Cheryshev
2019–20 2nd 11th 27 9 9 9 28 29 -1 36 R16 — Maksim Paliyenko
Pavel Ignatovich
Igor Portnyagin		 5 Dmitri Cheryshev
Robert Yevdokimov
2020–21 2nd 3rd 42 27 7 8 67 28 +39 88 R16 — Timur Suleymanov 9 Robert Yevdokimov

Current squad

As of 17 March 2022, according to the RPL website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  RUS Artur Anisimov
2 DF  RUS Viktor Aleksandrov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
4 DF  HUN Ákos Kecskés
5 DF  ARG Lucas Masoero
6 DF  UZB Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev
7 FW  CAN Richie Ennin (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
13 GK  RUS Nikita Goylo (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
14 MF  RUS Kirill Kravtsov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
15 DF  SRB Ivan Miladinović (on loan from Sochi)
17 MF  RUS Igor Gorbunov
22 DF  RUS Nikita Kakkoyev
23 DF  RUS Daniil Penchikov
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  RUS Kirill Gotsuk
25 GK  RUS Artur Nigmatullin
27 FW  ANG Felício Milson
31 MF  RUS Denis Tkachuk
34 DF  RUS Aleksei Kozlov
37 MF  RUS Albert Sharipov
77 MF  RUS Pavel Karasyov
78 MF  RUS Nikolay Kalinsky
88 MF  RUS Ilya Berkovsky (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
89 DF  RUS Dmitry Stotsky
93 FW  RUS Timur Suleymanov

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  NOR Lars Olden Larsen (at BK Häcken)
— MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta (at Kuban Krasnodar)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  BLR Aleksandr Shestyuk (at RFS)

References
  1. ФК «Олимпиец». История клуба (in Russian). volga-olympic.ru. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. «Олимпиец» переименован в «Нижний Новгород» (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 June 2018.
  3. ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
  4. ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
  5. "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.
  6. "Igboun's Contract with Nizhny Novgorod on Hold over Russia-Ukraine War". 16 March 2022.


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