# 2020–21 FC Ufa season

The 2020–21 FC Ufa season was the Ufa's seventh successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and seventh in total.

## Season events

On 7 October, Vadim Evseev left his role as Head Coach of Ufa by mutual consent, with Rashid Rakhimov being anointed as his replacement on 11 October.
On 3 April, Rashid Rakhimov resigned as Head Coach of Ufa. On 9 April, Aleksei Stukalov was announced as Ufa's new permanent Head Coach on a contract until June 2023.

## Squad

    As of 22 January 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 | Aleksei Chernov |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev |
| 8 | MF | BDI | Parfait Bizoza |
| 10 | MF | UZB | Oston Urunov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 11 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Miletić |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Yury Shafinsky |
| 18 | FW | SRB | Komnen Andrić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Oleg Ivanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | RUS | Magomedemin Rabadanov |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Artyom Golubev |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Filip Mrzljak |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Oleg Dzantiyev |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kamilov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Moritz Bauer (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov |
| 55 | DF | GEO | Jemal Tabidze |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Timur Zhamaletdinov |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Ivan Kukushkin |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Nikita Belousov |

### 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 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Giorgobiani (at Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Gamid Agalarov (at Volgar Astrakhan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Danila Yemelyanov (at Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 July 2020 | DF | Artyom Golubev | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2020 | FW | Timur Zhamaletdinov | CSKA Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 23 September 2020 | MF | Vladislav Kamilov | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 20 November 2020 | MF | Filip Mrzljak | Dinamo București | Free |
| 21 January 2021 | MF | Oleg Ivanov | Akhmat Grozny | Free |
| 19 February 2021 | MF | Parfait Bizoza | Aalesunds | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2021 | DF | Oleg Dzantiyev | Olimp-Dolgoprudny | Undisclosed |
| 25 February 2021 | GK | Ivan Kukushkin | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | DF | Nemanja Miletić | Olympiakos Nicosia | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 15 August 2020 | MF | Oleh Danchenko | Rubin Kazan | 31 January 2021 |
| 28 August 2020 | DF | Sergei Borodin | Krasnodar | 19 February 2021 |
| 24 September 2020 | DF | Akhmed Alibekov | Dynamo Kyiv | 25 February 2021 |
| 25 September 2020 | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | Rostov | 26 February 2021 |
| 16 October 2020 | FW | Komnen Andrić | Dinamo Zagreb | End of season |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | Grigori Morozov | Dynamo Moscow | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Daniil Fomin | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2020 | FW | Sylvester Igboun | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2020 | MF | Oston Urunov | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Putsko | Akhmat Grozny | Undisclosed |
| 14 September 2020 | FW | Andrés Vombergar | Olimpija Ljubljana | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | AEK Athens | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Kirill Folmer | Rostov | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 7 October 2020 | MF | Danila Yemelyanov | Volgar Astrakhan | End of Season |
| 16 October 2020 | MF | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | FW | Gamid Agalarov | Volgar Astrakhan | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 17 October 2020 | MF | Olivier Thill | Vorskla Poltava | 30 December 2020 |
| 25 December 2020 | MF | Azer Aliyev | Tambov | 24 February 2021 |
| 15 January 2021 | FW | Lovro Bizjak | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 January 2021 |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | Cătălin Carp | Tambov | 24 February 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Igor Maltsev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Yury Shafinsky | | |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Aleksandr Zharovskikh | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Dmitri Malyshev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Ivan Mikhaylov | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Turgay Mokhbaliyev | Rotor-2 Volgograd | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Ilya Shudrov | Saturn Ramenskoye | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Aleksei Yeliseyev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Vladimir Yeliseyev | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Oskar Bashirov | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Konstantin Kovalchuk | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Nikita Mashko | Lada-Tolyatti | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Artyom Pikarev | Dynamo St. Petersburg | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Lev Safronov | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Daud Garifullin | Spartak Tuymazy | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Nikita Komendantov | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Artyom Konovalov | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Dmitri Prokofyev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Magomedemin Rabadanov | Krasava Odintsovo | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Yevgeni Yegorov | Krasava Odintsovo | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Arseni Zhugin | Spartak Tuymazy | |

## 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 | 9 August 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 020.00 |
| Russian Cup | 16 September 2020 | 7 April 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarterfinal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 026.47 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to Football National 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 | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Ufa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Leningradets (E) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chertanovo Moscow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |

#### Knockout stages
## 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 | Aleksei Chernov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Grigori Morozov | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Pavel Alikin | 12 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić | 27 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sysuyev | 25 | 0 | 3+19 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BDI | Parfait Bizoza | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UZB | Oston Urunov | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Miletić | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Giorgobiani | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Komnen Andrić | 19 | 5 | 15+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Oleg Ivanov | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Artyom Golubev | 30 | 1 | 13+13 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Filip Mrzljak | 16 | 4 | 13+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Oleg Dzantiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kamilov | 21 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Moritz Bauer | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | GEO | Jemal Tabidze | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov | 26 | 3 | 18+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 31 | 7 | 19+8 | 4 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Nikita Belousov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | RUS | Gamid Agalarov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Danila Yemelyanov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Ufa but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | MDA | Cătălin Carp | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Kirill Folmer | 15 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LUX | Olivier Thill | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SVN | Lovro Bizjak | 8 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SVN | Andrés Vombergar | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Sergei Borodin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Azer Aliyev | 16 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | UKR | Oleh Danchenko | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | UKR | Akhmed Alibekov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | 18 | Komnen Andrić | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | 29 | Vladislav Kamilov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 24 | Filip Mrzljak | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | 57 | Vyacheslav Krotov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Lovro Bizjak | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 22 | Artyom Golubev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 3 | Pavel Alikin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 77 | Azer Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 5 | Bojan Jokić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 11 | Nemanja Miletić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 19 | Oleg Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 7 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 31 | Aleksandr Belenov | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Aleksei Chernov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 3 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Grigori Morozov | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | | DF | Pavel Alikin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Aleksei Nikitin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Bojan Jokić | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Dmitri Sysuyev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Parfait Bizoza | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | | MF | Oston Urunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | DF | Nemanja Miletić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Komnen Andrić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Oleg Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Artyom Golubev | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Filip Mrzljak | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Vladislav Kamilov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | | GK | Aleksandr Belenov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Aleksandr Sukhov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | | DF | Jemal Tabidze | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 57 | | FW | Vyacheslav Krotov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 75 | | FW | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 19 | | FW | Gamid Agalarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | | MF | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Ufa during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | Cătălin Carp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Kirill Folmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Olivier Thill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Lovro Bizjak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Azer Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 94 | | MF | Oleh Danchenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 88 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 105 | 4 |