# 2020–21 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season

The 2020–21 FC Ural Yekaterinburg season was Ural's club's eighth successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Ural Yekaterinburg finished the season in 12th position, and where knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 16 stage by Ufa.

## Season events

On 28 July, Ural extended their loan deal with Ihor Kalinin for another season, and extended their contract with Yuri Bavin.
On 5 August, Ilya Pomazun joined Ural on loan for the season from CSKA Moscow.
On 1 September, Stefan Strandberg returned to Ural after leaving Trapani. The following day, Ural announced the signing of Branko Jovičić from Red Star Belgrade.
On 16 October, Ural re-signed Pavel Pogrebnyak.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Andrei Yegorychev |
| 6 | MF | POL | Rafał Augustyniak |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Eric Bicfalvi |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Ihor Kalinin (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Denys Kulakov |
| 17 | FW | KOS | Ylldren Ibrahimaj |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Branko Jovičić |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Andrei Panyukov |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Arsen Adamov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Kuzmichyov |
| 28 | GK | RUS | Ivan Konovalov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Alexey Yevseyev |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Yaroslav Hodzyur |
| 40 | DF | RUS | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov |
| 55 | FW | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko |
| 58 | MF | NED | Othman El Kabir |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Oleg Baklov |
| 93 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gerasimov |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Chingiz Magomadov |
| 98 | DF | RUS | Islamzhan Nasyrov |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Tatarinov |

### 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 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Yuri Bavin (at Tambov) |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Artyom Shabolin (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| — | GK | RUS | Aleksei Mamin (at KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| — | GK | RUS | Vladislav Poletayev (at Irtysh Omsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RUS | Artyom Mamin (at Orenburg) |
| — | DF | SRB | Dominik Dinga (at Dinamo Minsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Artyom Yusupov (at Volgar Astrakhan) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 August 2020 | MF | Danijel Miškić | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Vladimir Rykov | Dynamo Moscow | Free |
| 18 August 2020 | MF | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2020 | MF | Alexey Yevseyev | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | DF | Stefan Strandberg | Trapani | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2020 | MF | Branko Jovičić | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020 | FW | Pavel Pogrebnyak | Ural Yekaterinburg | Free |
| 15 January 2021 | DF | Arsen Adamov | Akhmat Grozny | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2021 | MF | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2021 | FW | Artyom Maksimenko | Veles Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2021 | FW | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | Viking | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 21 February 2020 | DF | Ihor Kalinin | Ural Yekaterinburg | End of season |
| 5 August 2020 | GK | Ilya Pomazun | CSKA Moscow | 25 February 2021 |
| 25 February 2021 | GK | Ivan Konovalov | Rubin Kazan | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 February 2021 | MF | | Dmitry Yefremov | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed | |
| 28 February 2021 | FW | | David Karayev | Caspiy | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2020 | GK | Aleksei Mamin | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | End of season |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Artyom Mamin | Orenburg | End of season |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Islamzhan Nasyrov | Orenburg | 21 January 2021 |
| 20 August 2020 | FW | Artyom Yusupov | Orenburg | 21 January 2021 |
| 12 October 2020 | GK | Vladislav Poletayev | Irtysh Omsk | End of season |
| 27 January 2021 | FW | Artyom Yusupov | Volgar Astrakhan | End of season |
| 19 February 2021 | MF | Artyom Shabolin | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | End of season |
| 25 February 2021 | MF | Yuri Bavin | Tambov | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Petrus Boumal | BB Erzurumspor | |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | Varazdat Haroyan | Tambov | 6 October 2020 |
| 23 September 2020 | MF | Marco Aratore | Aarau | 28 September 2020 |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | Nikolay Zolotov | Kolos Kovalivka | 5 February 2021 |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | Shamsiddin Shanbiyev | Isloch Minsk Raion | 15 February 2021 |

## 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 | 10 August 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 023.33 |
| Russian Cup | 16 September 2020 | | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 027.27 |
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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 41 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 |
| 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 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ural (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Veles Moscow (E) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Volga Ulyanovsk (E) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

#### 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 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Andrei Yegorychev | 29 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POL | Rafał Augustyniak | 28 | 4 | 22+3 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | David Karayev | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 19 | 4 | 16+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Eric Bicfalvi | 24 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | UKR | Ihor Kalinin | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Yuri Bavin | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | UKR | Denys Kulakov | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KOS | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Branko Jovičić | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić | 29 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Andrei Panyukov | 18 | 3 | 8+8 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 19 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Arsen Adamov | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Kuzmichyov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | RUS | Ivan Konovalov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Alexey Yevseyev | 21 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Yaroslav Hodzyur | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Daniil Gerasimov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov | 12 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Rykov | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | RUS | Artyom Maksimenko | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | NED | Othman El Kabir | 15 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Artyom Shabolin | 11 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gerasimov | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Chingiz Magomadov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Tatarinov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Ural Yekaterinburg but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Ilya Pomazun | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Varazdat Haroyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SUI | Marco Aratore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Yefremov | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | BLR | Nikolay Zolotov | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Eric Bicfalvi | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | 6 | Rafał Augustyniak | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 20 | Andrei Panyukov | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 5 | Andrei Yegorychev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 40 | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 21 | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Stefan Strandberg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 30 | Alexey Yevseyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 69 | Artyom Shabolin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 13 | Ihor Kalinin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 58 | Othman El Kabir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 7 | David Karayev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 6 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Ilya Pomazun | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | GK | | 31 | Yaroslav Hodzyur | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Ilya Pomazun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Stefan Strandberg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | | MF | Andrei Yegorychev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Rafał Augustyniak | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | Roman Yemelyanov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | | FW | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | | MF | Eric Bicfalvi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Ihor Kalinin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Yuri Bavin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Denys Kulakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Branko Jovičić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Danijel Miškić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | | FW | Andrei Panyukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | MF | Vyacheslav Podberyozkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Arsen Adamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | GK | Ivan Konovalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | | MF | Alexey Yevseyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | | GK | Yaroslav Hodzyur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | | MF | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | | DF | Vladimir Rykov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 58 | | MF | Othman El Kabir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | | DF | Aleksei Gerasimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | | DF | Chingiz Magomadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Ural Yekaterinburg during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Varazdat Haroyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Marco Aratore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Dmitry Yefremov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | DF | Nikolay Zolotov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 88 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 2 |