# 2021–22 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2021–22 season was the 64th season in the existence of FC Arsenal Tula, the club's 19th and final consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Arsenal Tula participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup. They was eliminated in the round of 16.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | KGZ | Anton Kochenkov |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Markov |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov |
| 28 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kuleshin |
| 44 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sukhanov |
| 99 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev |

### 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 | ZAM | Lameck Banda (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 9 June 2021 | FW | Yevgeni Markov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2021 | MF | Ayaz Guliyev | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2021 | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2021 | DF | Axel Björnström | IK Sirius | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2021 | MF | Zuriko Davitashvili | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | DF | Igor Smolnikov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | DF | Uroš Radaković | Sparta Prague | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2021 | GK | Anton Kochenkov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2021 | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 29 December 2021 | MF | Danil Stepanov | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2022 | FW | Đorđe Despotović | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 29 May 2021 | MF | | Danil Stepanov | Rubin Kazan | 29 December 2021 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 September 2021 | DF | Robert Bauer | Sint-Truiden | Undisclosed |
| 11 December 2021 | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2022 | MF | Daniil Khlusevich | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2022 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | Sepsi OSK | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2022 | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2022 | MF | Valery Gromyko | BATE Borisov | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Valery Gromyko | BATE Borisov | 31 December 2021 | |
| 6 August 2021 | MF | | Lameck Banda | Maccabi Petah Tikva | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 23 June 2021 | GK | Artur Nigmatullin | Nizhny Novgorod | 8 July 2021 |
| 31 December 2021 | GK | Mikhail Ponomarenko | | |
| 31 December 2021 | MF | Yegor Kudinov | Shakhtyor Petrikov | |
| 31 December 2021 | MF | Aleksandr Zyuzin | | |
| 31 December 2021 | FW | Daniil Antonov | | |
| 31 December 2021 | FW | Danila Strelchuk | SKA Rostov-on-Don | |
| 14 January 2022 | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | Aktobe | 5 March 2022 |
| 9 March 2022 | DF | Axel Björnström | AIK | 9 March 2022 |
| 6 April 2022 | MF | Zuriko Davitashvili | Dinamo Batumi | |

## 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 | 24 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 017.24 |
| Russian Cup | 22 September 2021 | 2 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 018.75 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 14 | Ufa (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | Н | Н | A | H | А | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Arsenal Tula (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Veles Moscow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Bryansk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 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 | Anton Kochenkov | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol | 23 | 1 | 17+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Taras Burlak | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Markov | 30 | 4 | 16+12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko | 13 | 1 | 2+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Ayaz Guliyev | 26 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa | 25 | 4 | 16+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 21 | 2 | 16+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić | 24 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov | 30 | 1 | 24+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović | 11 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kuleshin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa | 22 | 5 | 17+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 22 | 3 | 9+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov | 27 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Ansor Khabibov | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sukhanov | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Maksim Kaynov | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Arsenal Tula but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kambolov | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Axel Björnström | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GEO | Zuriko Davitashvili | 23 | 4 | 14+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Tudorie | 8 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich | 18 | 5 | 15+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 82 | Daniil Khlusevich | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | | 44 | Kings Kangwa | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 7 | Yevgeni Markov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | 22 | Zuriko Davitashvili | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Evans Kangwa | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 20 | Goran Čaušić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Sergei Tkachyov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 25 | Danil Stepanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 99 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 28 | Đorđe Despotović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 6 | Igor Smolnikov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | 78 | Maksim Kaynov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 3 | Artyom Sokol | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 8 | Kirill Panchenko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | 30 | Alexandru Tudorie | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 7 | 37 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Anton Kochenkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | GK | | 36 | Mikhail Levashov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Kochenkov & Levashov both played in Arsenal's 0-0 draw against Akhmat Grozny on 2 April 2022

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Anton Kochenkov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Artyom Sokol | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Uroš Radaković | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Taras Burlak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Igor Smolnikov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | | FW | Yevgeni Markov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | | FW | Kirill Panchenko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Ayaz Guliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Evans Kangwa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Goran Čaušić | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 | | DF | Danil Stepanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Đorđe Despotović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | | MF | Kings Kangwa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 48 | | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | | DF | Maksim Belyayev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 70 | | MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 76 | | DF | Artyom Sukhanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | | MF | Maksim Kaynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | | MF | Ruslan Kambolov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Axel Björnström | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Zuriko Davitashvili | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | | MF | Daniil Khlusevich | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 83 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 92 | 7 |