# 2020–21 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2020–21 FC Arsenal Tula season was the 5th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Arsenal Tula finished the season in 14th place and where knocked out of the Russian Cup in the Quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow.

## Season events

On 11 October, Arsenal Tula signed Kirill Panchenko from Tambov.
On 15 October, Luka Đorđević returned to Arsenal Tula on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow, having previously played for Arsenal on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg during the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.
On 2 November, Sergei Podpaly was fired as manager, with Dmytro Parfenov being appointed as his replacement.
On 12 January, Arsenal Tula announced the signing of Igor Konovalov on loan from Rubin Kazan for the remainder of the season.

## Squad

    As of 25 February 2021
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 Nigmatullin |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomovitsky (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Yury Kavalyow |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Valeriy Gromyko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov |
| 44 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Zlobin |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya |
| 92 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Rasskazov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Konev |

### 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 |
| 19 | MF | ZAM | Lameck Banda (at Maccabi Netanya) |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov (at Tambov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Roman Minayev (at Tambov) |
| — | FW | ROU | Alexandru Tudorie (at CS Universitatea Craiova) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Ilya Yermolayev | | Free |
| 6 August 2020 | FW | Pyotr Ivanov | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Yegor Kudinov | Lada-Tolyatti | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | FW | Maksim Rozhin | Kolomna | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2020 | DF | Taras Burlak | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 11 October 2020 | FW | Kirill Panchenko | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 17 October 2020 | FW | Aleksandr Konev | Chertanovo Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 16 September 2020 | MF | Mohammed Kadiri | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 January 2021 |
| 1 October 2020 | DF | Nikolai Rasskazov | Spartak Moscow | End of Season |
| 1 October 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | Spartak Moscow | End of Season |
| 15 October 2020 | FW | Luka Đorđević | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of season |
| 12 January 2021 | MF | Igor Konovalov | Rubin Kazan | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | | Daniil Lesovoy | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 12 August 2020 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | CS Universitatea Craiova | End of season |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | Lameck Banda | Maccabi Netanya | End of season |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | Tambov | End of season |
| 20 February 2021 | FW | Roman Minayev | Tambov | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Yaroslav Garastyuk | | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Yegor Makarov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Dmitri Bykov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Danil Polyakh | | |
| 23 June 2021 | DF | Kirill Kombarov | Retired | 5 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Grigori Kevayev | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Igor Telkov | Retired | |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Pavel Boriskin | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Gia Grigalava | Khimki | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Anri Khagush | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Kirill Lomakin | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Ilya Yermolayev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Vladimir Banykin | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Yury Kavalyow | Orenburg | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Ruslan Kul | Sokol Saratov | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Timur Lobanov | Saturn Ramenskoye | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Artyom Mingazov | Avangard Kursk | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Danila Polyakov | Kolomna | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Kirill Shekhov | Khimki-M | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Giorgi Uridia | Volga Ulyanovsk | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Aleksandr Konev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Roman Minayev | Rotor Volgograd | 1 July 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Maksim Rozhin | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | David Rudakov | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 9 August 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 020.00 |
| Russian Cup | 2020 | | Round of 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 021.21 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 25 | |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 23 | |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Tambov (D) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 65 | −46 | 13 | Dissolved after the season |
* ↑ On 19 May 2021, FC Tambov announced that most of the staff and players were released from their contracts and the club began the process of liquidation.

### Russian Cup
#### Round of 32

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Arsenal Tula (Q) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Salyut Belgorod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Round of 16
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 16 May 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Artur Nigmatullin | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 18 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 21 | 2 | 17+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ZAM | Evans Kangwa | 28 | 4 | 19+6 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 23 | 3 | 11+10 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko | 19 | 3 | 10+6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Yury Kavalyow | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Valeriy Gromyko | 16 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 14 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić | 24 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Igor Konovalov | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko | 16 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev | 21 | 2 | 11+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa | 24 | 1 | 14+7 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 21 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Zlobin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov | 22 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich | 28 | 3 | 13+12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Rasskazov | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 19 | MF | ZAM | Lameck Banda | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Roman Minayev | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Arsenal Tula but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Kadiri | 13 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Evans Kangwa | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | 11 | Sergei Tkachyov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | 82 | Daniil Khlusevich | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | 13 | Kirill Panchenko | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Daniil Lesovoy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 21 | Mohammed Kadiri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Luka Đorđević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 28 | Vladislav Panteleyev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 4 | Robert Bauer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | 44 | Kings Kangwa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 15 | Yury Kavalyow | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 20 | Goran Čaušić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 4 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 50 | Yegor Shamov | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Artur Nigmatullin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Note. Both Shamov & Nigmatullin featured in Arsenal Tula's 2-0 win over Dynamo Moscow on 22 August 2020

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Artyom Sokol | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Robert Bauer | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Taras Burlak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Maksim Belyayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Gia Grigalava | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | | DF | Kirill Kombarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Evans Kangwa | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | | FW | Kirill Panchenko | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Anri Khagush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Yury Kavalyow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Valeriy Gromyko | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | | FW | Luka Đorđević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Goran Čaušić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Igor Konovalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Igor Gorbatenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Vladislav Panteleyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | | MF | Kings Kangwa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 48 | | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 55 | | DF | Nikolai Zlobin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | | MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | | MF | Daniil Khlusevich | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 90 | | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 92 | | DF | Nikolai Rasskazov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 71 | | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Daniil Lesovoy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | | MF | Mohammed Kadiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 101 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 111 | 10 |