# 2018–19 FC Orenburg season

The 2018–19 Orenburg season was the club's first season return in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2016–17, and their second in their 42 year history.

## 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 | Aleksandr Rudenko |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Silvije Begić |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Andrei Kozlov |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Denis Popović |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Andreyev (captain) |
| 16 | MF | POR | Ricardo Alves |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Sutormin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Sergei Breyev |
| 29 | MF | UZB | Vadim Afonin |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev |
| 56 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Adessoye Oyewole |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Savely Kozlov |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Bakayev |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov |
| 86 | MF | RUS | Grigori Chirkin |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Frolov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow (from Amkar Perm) |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović (from Astana) |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić (from Olimpija Ljubljana) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov (from Tyumen) |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov (from Tosno) |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev (from Dynamo Saint Petersburg) |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko (from Orenburg-2) |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Sergei Pikalov |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Valentin Prilepin (from Orenburg-2) |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Artyom Apalkin (from Orenburg-2) |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Yuri Popov |
| 56 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya (from SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Ilya Anokhin |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kalinin |
| 63 | GK | RUS | Ilya Uchkin |
| 64 | MF | RUS | Andrei Kireyev |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Anton Antonenko (from Orenburg-2) |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Bakayev (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Kirill Artemyev |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Matveychuk (from Orenburg-2) |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 81 | DF | RUS | Lev Belousov |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Vildan Amerkhanov (from Orenburg-2) |
| 84 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Belousov |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 90 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Kenyaykin (from Orenburg-2) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Denis Fedenko (from Orenburg-2) |
| 93 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Kukushkin (from Orenburg-2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Maksim Plopa (to Baltika Kaliningrad) |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Roman Vorobyov (to Rotor Volgograd) |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Parnyakov (to Tyumen) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Yefremov (end of loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mironov (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Denis Kaykov (to Volga Ulyanovsk) |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Igor Koronov (to Tyumen) |
| 26 | MF | TJK | Farkhod Vosiyev (to Tyumen) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Artyom Popov (to Rotor Volgograd) |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Igor Udaly (end of loan from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Igor Yepifanov |
| 52 | GK | RUS | Yuri Panteleyev |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Vadim Bilyukov (to Volga Ulyanovsk) |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Chvanov |
| 84 | DF | RUS | Yegor Strizhakov |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Artyom Delkin (to Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Khasan Mamtov (to Tambov) |
| — | FW | SVK | Michal Ďuriš (to Anorthosis Famagusta, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | RUS | Islam Mashukov (released, previously on loan to Khimki) |

## 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 41 | |
* 1 2 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 | Aleksandr Rudenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow | 24 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Silvije Begić | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović | 25 | 5 | 20+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić | 30 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Andrei Kozlov | 23 | 4 | 9+12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Denis Popović | 25 | 3 | 21+3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov | 22 | 2 | 4+15 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh | 25 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov | 31 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Andreyev | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POR | Ricardo Alves | 13 | 3 | 3+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Sutormin | 31 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Sergei Breyev | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UZB | Vadim Afonin | 26 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev | 12 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | RUS | Valentin Prilepin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Bolotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Adessoye Oyewole | 24 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | RUS | Savely Kozlov | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov | 14 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | RUS | Grigori Chirkin | 18 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan | 11 | 3 | 4+4 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 91 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Frolov | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Denis Fedenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Orenburg during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 19 | Aleksei Sutormin | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Đorđe Despotović | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Andrei Kozlov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 13 | Sergei Terekhov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 58 | Adessoye Oyewole | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Ricardo Alves | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Denis Popović | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 6 | Silvije Begić | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 88 | Artyom Galadzhan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Andrea Chukanov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | Sergei Breyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 29 | Vadim Afonin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Mikhail Sivakow | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 86 | Grigori Chirkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Danijel Miškić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 32 | Artyom Kulishev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 39 | 6 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Mikhail Sivakow | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Silvije Begić | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Đorđe Despotović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Danijel Miškić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Andrei Kozlov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Denis Popović | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Andrea Chukanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Andrei Malykh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Sergei Terekhov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Dmitri Andreyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ricardo Alves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksei Sutormin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Sergei Breyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Vadim Afonin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Artyom Kulishev] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Daniil Krivoruchko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | GK | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | Adessoye Oyewole | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | Savely Kozlov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Nikita Malyarov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | Grigori Chirkin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 88 | FW | Artyom Galadzhan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Yevgeni Frolov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 89 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 100 | 2 |