# 2012–13 FC Mordovia Saransk season

The 2012–13 Mordovia Saransk season was their 1st season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in 15th place, meaning they were relegated back to the Russian National Football League after only one season in the Premier League. Mordovia also participated in the 2012–13 Russian Cup, getting knocked out at the Round of 16 stage by Zenit St. Petersburg.

## 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 | RUS | Dmitri Abakumov |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Maksim Budnikov |
| 4 | MF | RUS | Yuri Kuleshov |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Anton Bober |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Rustem Mukhametshin |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin (on loan from CSKA) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maksim Rogov |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin |
| 14 | DF | BLR | Igor Shitov (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 17 | FW | SVN | Dalibor Volaš |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Stepanets |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Osipov |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Dujmović (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Sergey Kuznetsov |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Andrei Pazin |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov |
| 31 | GK | RUS | David Yurchenko |
| 32 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița |
| 33 | GK | RUS | Denis Shebanov |
| 35 | DF | GEO | Akaki Khubutia |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Maksim Terentyev |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Denis Sobolev |

### Youth 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 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Pavel Orlov |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Pavel Afanasyev |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Nikita Kudryashov |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Ilya Zakharov |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Nikita Rokunov |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Chubukin |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Andon Malanyin |
| 49 | MF | RUS | Timon Abbakumov |
| 50 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Strokov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Igor Krutov |
| 52 | DF | ARM | Eduard Tatoyan |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Barmin |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Radik Yusupov |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Alen Askerov |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Tribushinin |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Ivan Filyaev |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Roman Kalyuzhny |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Anton Sobolev |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Dmitry Abakumov (from KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov (on loan from Spartak Nalchik) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Anton Bobyor (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 17 | FW | SVN | Dalibor Volaš (from Sheriff Tiraspol, previously on loan to Maribor) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Dujmović (on loan from Dynamo Moscow, previously on loan to Real Zaragoza) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Gerson Acevedo (to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Agapov (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Andrei Gorbanets (to Tom Tomsk, previously on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Minchenkov (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Anatoli Gerk (to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović (from Rapid București) |
| 32 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița (from Petrolul Ploiești) |
| 35 | DF | GEO | Akaki Khubutia (from Gaz Metan Mediaș) |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija (from Oţelul Galaţi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Muldarov (to Aktobe) |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov (loan return to Spartak Nalchik) |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević (to FC Shakhter Karagandy) |
| — | FW | RUS | Maksim Zhestkov (to S.C. Braga) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 29 | |
| 13 | Rostov (O) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (O) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Mordovia Saransk (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 20 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Alania Vladikavkaz (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 19 | Relegation to Football National League |
* 1 2 Amkar Perm ahead of Volga Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov on head-to-head points; Amkar Perm: 7 pts, Volga Nizhny Novgorod: 5 pts, Rostov: 4 pts.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics
### 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 | Dmitri Abakumov | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Maksim Budnikov | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | RUS | Yuri Kuleshov | 25 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Anton Bober | 27 | 3 | 14+12 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Kirill Panchenko | 29 | 5 | 19+9 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Rustem Mukhametshin | 26 | 1 | 9+15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maksim Rogov | 16 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | MNE | Vladimir Božović | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Markin | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BLR | Igor Shitov | 21 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SVN | Dalibor Volaš | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Stepanets | 20 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Osipov | 21 | 3 | 18+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Dujmović | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Sergey Kuznetsov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 32 | 11 | 27+3 | 11 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Andrei Pazin | 13 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Ivanov | 20 | 1 | 17+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | David Yurchenko | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GEO | Akaki Khubutia | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Milan Perendija | 7 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Maksim Terentyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | RUS | Vladimir Ponomaryov | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Mordovia Saransk no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Muldarov | 20 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Kirill Panchenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | 19 | Yevgeni Osipov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Anton Bober | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 24 | Andrei Pazin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 32 | Daniel Oprița | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Maksim Rogov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Rustem Mukhametshin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 40 | Milan Perendija | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 27 | Aleksei Ivanov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 1 | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Maksim Budnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksei Muldarov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Yuri Kuleshov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Roman Kontsedalov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Anton Bober | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rustem Mukhametshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Evgeni Aldonin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Maksim Rogov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Vladimir Božović | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Mikhail Markin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Igor Shitov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Pavlo Stepanets | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Yevgeni Osipov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Tomislav Dujmović | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Andrei Pazin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Aleksei Ivanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | David Yurchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Akaki Khubutia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Milan Perendija | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 60 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 5 |