# 2021–22 FC Nizhny Novgorod season

The 2021–22 season was the seventh season in the existence of FC Nizhny Novgorod and the club's first season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Nizhny Novgorod participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated in round of sixteen.

## Season events

On 16 March, Nizhny Novgorod suspended their contract with Lars Olden Larsen, and terminated their contract with Sylvester Igboun by mutual consent.

## Players

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 Berkovski (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 89 | DF | RUS | Dmitry Stotsky |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Timur Suleymanov |

### Contacts suspended

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Lars Olden Larsen |

### 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 | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta (at Kuban Krasnodar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BLR | Aleksandr Shestyuk (at RFS) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 26 June 2021 | FW | Timur Suleymanov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Denis Tkachuk | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2021 | GK | Artur Nigmatullin | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2021 | DF | Aleksei Kozlov | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2021 | DF | Lucas Masoero | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2021 | DF | Daniil Penchikov | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2021 | MF | Pavel Mogilevets | Khimki | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2021 | FW | Bekim Balaj | Sturm Graz | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2021 | DF | Ákos Kecskés | Lugano | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2021 | GK | Andrei Sinitsyn | Akron Tolyatti | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2021 | DF | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | Pakhtakor Tashkent | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2021 | MF | Petrus Boumal | BB Erzurumspor | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2022 | MF | Pavel Karasyov | BATE Borisov | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2022 | FW | Aleksandr Shestyuk | Dinamo Brest | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2022 | DF | Dmitry Stotsky | Krasnodar | Free |
| 5 February 2022 | MF | Lars Larsen | Mjøndalen | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2022 | MF | Felício Milson | Marítimo | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2022 | FW | Sylvester Igboun | Dynamo Moscow | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 19 June 2021 | MF | Ilya Berkovski | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of season |
| 27 July 2021 | DF | Ivan Miladinović | Sochi | End of season |
| 17 August 2021 | FW | Richie Ennin | Spartaks Jūrmala | End of season |
| 20 August 2021 | FW | Kirill Kosarev | Rubin Kazan | 22 February 2022 |
| 4 February 2022 | GK | Nikita Goylo | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 15 February 2022 | DF | Viktor Aleksandrov | Rubin Kazan | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 8 June 2021 | DF | Aleksei Shumskikh | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2021 | FW | Beka Kavtaradze | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2021 | DF | Oleg Smirnov | Volgar Astrakhan | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2021 | MF | Artyom Popov | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2021 | DF | Ivan Temnikov | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Mikhail Gashchenkov | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Aleksandr Stavpets | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Momo Yansané | Sheriff Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2021 | FW | Mukhammad Sultonov | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2021 | DF | Ismail Ediyev | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2021 | FW | Dmitri Yugaldin | Irtysh Omsk | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2021 | DF | Sergei Zuykov | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | | Aleksandr Sapeta | Kuban Krasnodar | End of season | |
| 16 February 2022 | FW | | Aleksandr Shestyuk | RFS | End of season | |

### Contract suspensions

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 16 March 2022 | MF | | Lars Olden Larsen | BK Häcken | 30 June 2022 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Kirill Malyarov | Shakhter Karagandy | |
| 17 August 2021 | MF | Pavel Komolov | Retired | Retired |
| 30 7 September 2021 | GK | Nikolai Sysuyev | Orenburg | |
| 17 December 2021 | GK | Andrei Sinitsyn | Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| 17 December 2021 | MF | Petrus Boumal | Újpest | 15 February 2022 |
| 17 December 2021 | FW | Artyom Galadzhan | Tom Tomsk | |
| 31 December 2021 | MF | Pavel Mogilevets | Bunyodkor | |
| 16 January 2022 | FW | Bekim Balaj | Boluspor | 30 January 2022 |
| 16 March 2022 | MF | Sylvester Igboun | NorthEast United | 20 September 2022 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 26 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 026.67 |
| Russian Cup | 22 September 2021 | 1 March 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 030.30 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38 | |
| 11 | Nizhny Novgorod | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 33 | |
| 12 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 33 | |
| 13 | Khimki (O) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rostov 4, Spartak Moscow 1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: FBref

#### 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 | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | А | H | Н | A | А | H | Н | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches
### Russian Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nizhny Novgorod (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Fakel Voronezh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Barnaul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2022

### 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 Anisimov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Viktor Aleksandrov | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Ákos Kecskés | 20 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Lucas Masoero | 27 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | UZB | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 21 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CAN | Richie Ennin | 21 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Kirill Kosarev | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | RUS | Nikita Goylo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kravtsov | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbunov | 26 | 2 | 4+20 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALB | Bekim Balaj | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kakkoyev | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Daniil Penchikov | 14 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Kirill Gotsuk | 29 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Artur Nigmatullin | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ANG | Felício Milson | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk | 21 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Kozlov | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Albert Sharipov | 24 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Grunichev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Yegor Pigayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Maksim Shakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Pavel Karasyov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Nikolay Kalinsky | 30 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Ilya Berkovski | 22 | 3 | 12+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 89 | DF | RUS | Dmitry Stotsky | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Timur Suleymanov | 26 | 1 | 17+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who suspended their contracts: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | NOR | Lars Larsen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 41 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Sapeta | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Nizhny Novgorod but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | CMR | Petrus Boumal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Andrei Sinitsyn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Sylvester Igboun | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 78 | Nikolay Kalinsky | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | DF | | 34 | Aleksei Kozlov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | | 24 | Kirill Gotsuk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 88 | Ilya Berkovski | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 17 | Igor Gorbunov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 93 | Timur Suleymanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 4 | Ákos Kecskés | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Kirill Kosarev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 6 | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Richie Ennin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 89 | Dmitry Stotsky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Kirill Kravtsov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 2 | 28 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 25 | Artur Nigmatullin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | | 13 | Nikita Goylo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | GK | | 33 | Andrei Sinitsyn | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | GK | | 1 | Artur Anisimov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Anisimov & Sinitsyn both played in Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 victory over Dynamo Barnaul on 22 September 2021

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Viktor Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Ákos Kecskés | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Lucas Masoero | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Richie Ennin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Kirill Kosarev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | GK | Nikita Goylo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Ivan Miladinović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Igor Gorbunov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Bekim Balaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Nikita Kakkoyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Daniil Penchikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Kirill Gotsuk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | | GK | Artur Nigmatullin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Felício Milson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | | MF | Denis Tkachuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | | DF | Aleksei Kozlov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | | MF | Albert Sharipov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | | MF | Aleksandr Grunichev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Pavel Karasyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | | MF | Nikolay Kalinsky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | | MF | Ilya Berkovski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | | DF | Dmitry Stotsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | | FW | Timur Suleymanov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Players who suspended their contracts: ||||||||||
| 10 | | MF | Lars Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 41 | | MF | Aleksandr Sapeta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Nizhny Novgorod during the season: ||||||||||
| 13 | | MF | Petrus Boumal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | | GK | Andrei Sinitsyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 69 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 5 |