# 2018–19 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2018–19 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's third season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since relegation at the end of the 2014–15 season, and their fourth in total. Arsenal Tula finished the season in 6th and were knocked out of the Russian Cup by Ural Yekaterinburg in the semifinals. Due to Ural's defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow in the Cup Final, Arsenal Tula qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying stages for the first time.

## Season events

On 1 June, Oleg Kononov was announced as Arsenal Tula's new manager. Kononov left Arsenal Tula by mutual consent on 12 November, with Igor Cherevchenko being announced as his replacement on 13 November.

## Squad

    As of 11 February 2019
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 Nigmatullin |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Abdul Kadiri Mohammed (on loan from Austria Wien) |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Kantemir Berkhamov |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov |
| 10 | MF | ZAM | Evans Kangwa |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Maksim Valadzko |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov (on loan from FC Rostov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko |
| 26 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Ožegović (on loan from Partizan) |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Zelimkhan Bakayev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Ivakin |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Artur Nigmatullin (from Amkar Perm) |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Abdul Kadiri Mohammed (on loan from Austria Wien) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov (on loan from Rostov) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 31 | FW | RUS | Yegor Prilepsky (from Energomash Belgorod) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Ožegović (on loan from Partizan) |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov (from Luch Vladivostok) |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Kirill Orekhov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Nikita Yeryomenko |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov (from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Zelimkhan Bakayev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Yuri Petrovskiy |
| 89 | FW | RUS | Luchano Bobrov (from Dynamo Moscow academy) |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Krikunenko (from Khimik Novomoskovsk) |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Denis Patsev (from Spartak Moscow) |
| 99 | DF | RUS | Ilya Ivanov (from Spartak Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov (end of loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu (end of loan from Lille) |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga (end of loan from Saint-Étienne) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Berezin (to Dnepr Mogilev) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic (to Pafos) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić (to Red Star Belgrade) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Danila Buranov (to Strogino Moscow) |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba (end of loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Artyom Yarmolitsky (to Khimik Novomoskovsk) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Artyom Mingazov (to Khimik Novomoskovsk, previously on loan) |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Aslanbek Sikoyev |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Nikita Makeyev (to Tekstilshchik Ivanovo) |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Doronin (to Saturn Ramenskoye) |
| 45 | FW | RUS | Arkady Lobzin (to Torpedo Vladimir) |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Svyatoslav Artyushkin |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev (end of loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu (to Dunărea Călărași) |
| 65 | DF | RUS | Boris Samoylov (to Khimki-M) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Eduard Sholokh |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Igor Shevchenko (to Syzran-2003) |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Konstantin Antipov (to Sibir-2 Novosibirsk) |
| 95 | DF | RUS | Andrei Shustov |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Denis Sedykh |
| — | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Stolyarenko (to Tyumen, previously on loan to Rotor Volgograd) |
| — | MF | RUS | Maksim Mashnev (to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladislav Ryzhkov (to Sibir Novosibirsk, previously on loan to Tambov) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vadim Steklov (to Avangard Kursk, previously on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| — | FW | RUS | Roman Izotov (to Khimik Novomoskovsk, previously on loan to Torpedo Moscow) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Maksim Valadzko (from BATE) |
| 26 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné (from Ankaragücü) |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Denis Mukhin (from Krasnodar) |
| 66 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Krokhin (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Ilya Bykovsky |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Arseni Levshuk (from Spartak Moscow academy) |
| 74 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Kul (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 76 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Laptev |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Yuri Yevdokimov |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Timur Farrakhov (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 86 | DF | RUS | Timofey Prokopenko |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Georgy Sulakvelidze |
| 95 | FW | RUS | Daniil Pavlov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Yegor Prilepsky |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol (on loan to Tromsø) |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Markin |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Kirill Orekhov |
| 63 | MF | RUS | Dzhamshed Maksumov (to Istiklol) |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Nikita Yeryomenko |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Yuri Petrovskiy |
| 89 | FW | RUS | Luchano Bobrov (to Khimki-M) |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Orenburg | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 43 | |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 42 | |
* 1 2 3 Lokomotiv Moscow won the 2018–19 Russian Cup. As they already qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League group stage spot (originally designated for the Cup winner) goes to the fourth-placed team, third qualifying round spot goes to fifth-placed team and second qualifying round spot goes to sixth-placed team.

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 May 2019

### 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 Nigmatullin | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Abdul Kadiri Mohammed | 27 | 2 | 20+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 34 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Kantemir Berkhamov | 18 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava | 30 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa | 29 | 6 | 15+10 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 30 | 5 | 20+6 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Maksim Valadzko | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush | 24 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 27 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov | 29 | 8 | 18+5 | 6 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez | 28 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy | 17 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko | 34 | 3 | 22+6 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BFA | Bakary Koné | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Ožegović | 11 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov | 32 | 1 | 20+7 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov | 7 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Mihail Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 29 | 8 | 21+4 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Ivakin | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Luka Đorđević | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 78 | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Reziuan Mirzov | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Evans Kangwa | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Sergei Tkachyov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 23 | Igor Gorbatenko | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 22 | Daniil Lesovoy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Abdul Kadiri Mohammed | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 8 | Gia Grigalava | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 70 | Georgi Kostadinov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 45 | Ognjen Ožegović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Maksim Belyayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 71 | Aleksandr Denisov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 9 | Kirill Kombarov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 11 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Artur Nigmatullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Abdul Kadiri Mohammed | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Maksim Belyayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kantemir Berkhamov | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Gia Grigalava | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Kirill Kombarov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Anri Khagush | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Luka Đorđević | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Reziuan Mirzov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Víctor Álvarez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Daniil Lesovoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Igor Gorbatenko | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | Mikhail Levashov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Ognjen Ožegović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||
| 20 | MF | Goran Čaušić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 79 | 3 |