# 2020–21 FC Rotor Volgograd season

The 2020–21 season was Rotor Volgograd's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since 2004. Rotor Volgograd finished the season in 15th position, being relegated back to the Russian Football National League whilst they were also knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 stage.

## Season events

On 6 August, Nikolay Kuznetsov joined Sokol Saratov on loan for the season, whilst Jano Ananidze joined the club on a one-year contract.
On 10 August, Rotor announced the signing of Armen Manucharyan from Pyunik.
On 13 September, Rotor's home game against Krasnodar was postponed due to 10 cases of COVID-19 within the Rotor squad. On 16 September, Krasnodar were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.
On 18 September, Rotor's game away to Rostov was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Rotor Volgograd squad. On 22 September, Rostov were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.
On 15 October, Rotor Volgograd signed Andrés Ponce on loan from Akhmat Grozny for the remainder of the season.
On 19 March, Alyaksandr Khatskevich left his role as Head Coach of Rotor. The following day, 20 March, Yuri Baturenko was announced as Rotor's new Head Coach.
On 22 March, Rotor announced that Yury Logvinenko had left the club by mutual consent due to injury.

## 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 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kozhemyakin |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Kipiani |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Oleg Aleynik |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Serchenkov |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Sergei Makarov |
| 14 | MF | BLR | Ivan Mayewski |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Pesegov |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhigulyov (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Arabidze (on loan from Nacional) |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Andrés Ponce (on loan from Akhmat Grozny) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Azat Bairyyev (Captain) |
| 33 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 34 | GK | RUS | Nikita Repin |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Balakhonov |
| 59 | FW | RUS | Yaroslav Shcherbin |
| 70 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Shomko |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Zuriko Davitashvili (on loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Kirill Dontsov |
| 93 | GK | CRO | Josip Čondrić |
| 96 | FW | BRA | Flamarion (on loan from Dinamo Batumi) |
| 99 | MF | BLR | Vladimir Medved |

### 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 |
| 18 | DF | RUS | Oleg Nikolayev (at Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kolesnichenko (at SKA-Khabarovsk, on loan from Kairat) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Nikolay Kuznetsov (at Sokol Saratov) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 June 2020 | DF | Oleg Kozhemyakin | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2020 | FW | Beka Mikeltadze | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2020 | FW | Nikolai Kipiani | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2020 | DF | Valeri Pochivalin | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Jano Ananidze | Anorthosis Famagusta | Free |
| 10 August 2020 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Patricio Matricardi | Asteras Tripolis | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2020 | GK | Josip Čondrić | Istra 1961 | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2021 | DF | Dmitri Shomko | Astana | Free |
| 13 January 2021 | MF | Ivan Mayewski | Astana | Free |
| 13 January 2021 | FW | Aleksey Shchotkin | Astana | Free |
| 31 January 2021 | GK | Igor Obukhov | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2021 | DF | Yury Logvinenko | Astana | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 17 July 2020 | DF | Danil Stepanov | Rubin Kazan | End of season |
| 4 August 2020 | MF | Ilya Zhigulyov | Krasnodar | End of season |
| 5 August 2020 | DF | Cédric Gogoua | CSKA Moscow | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | DF | Solomon Kvirkvelia | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Zuriko Davitashvili | Rubin Kazan | End of season |
| 20 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Saplinov | Rostov | 13 January 2021 |
| 3 September 2020 | MF | Kirill Kolesnichenko | Kairat | 30 June 2021 |
| 7 September 2020 | FW | Flamarion | Dinamo Batumi | 30 June 2021 |
| 15 October 2020 | FW | Andrés Ponce | Akhmat Grozny | End of season |
| 17 January 2021 | MF | Giorgi Arabidze | Nacional | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 23 June 2020 | FW | Eduard Buliya | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2020 | MF | Artyom Samsonov | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2020 | MF | Artyom Popov | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2020 | FW | Anzor Sanaya | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2020 | DF | Ilya Ionov | Dynamo Stavropol | Undisclosed |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | Mukhammad Sultonov | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2021 | FW | Beka Mikeltadze | Xanthi | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Nikolay Kuznetsov | Sokol Saratov | 15 June 2021 |
| 19 January 2021 | MF | Oleg Nikolayev | Volgar Astrakhan | End of season |
| 20 January 2021 | MF | Kirill Kolesnichenko | SKA-Khabarovsk | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 3 June 2020 | DF | Igor Udaly | | |
| 3 June 2020 | MF | Albert Sharipov | Nizhny Novgorod | |
| 3 June 2020 | MF | Azim Fatullayev | Kuban Krasnodar | |
| 18 June 2020 | DF | Vitaliy Denisov | Tom Tomsk | 20 September 2020 |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | Valeri Pochivalin | Fakel Voronezh | 14 September 2020 |
| 12 September 2020 | MF | Jano Ananidze | | |
| 19 September 2020 | DF | Anton Piskunov | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 21 September 2020 |
| 12 January 2021 | GK | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Torpedo Moscow | 15 January 2021 |
| 15 January 2021 | DF | Patricio Matricardi | Hermannstadt | 25 January 2021 |
| 8 February 2021 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | Aktobe | 27 February 2021 |
| 22 March 2021 | DF | Yury Logvinenko | Aktobe | 5 May 2021 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 11 August 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 017.24 |
| Russian Cup | 2020 | | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 57 | −43 | 016.13 |
Last updated: 7 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 16 | Tambov (D) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 65 | −46 | 13 | Dissolved after the season |
* ↑ On 19 May 2021, FC Tambov announced that most of the staff and players were released from their contracts and the club began the process of liquidation.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Dynamo Stavropol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Rotor Volgograd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## 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 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Oleg Kozhemyakin | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Kipiani | 15 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Oleg Aleynik | 23 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Serchenkov | 17 | 1 | 4+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Sergei Makarov | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BLR | Ivan Mayewski | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Pesegov | 25 | 0 | 15+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Ilya Zhigulyov | 26 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Arabidze | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Andrés Ponce | 15 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov | 22 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Azat Bairyyev | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GEO | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 19 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Balakhonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | RUS | Yaroslav Shcherbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Shomko | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | RUS | Kamil Mullin | 25 | 3 | 16+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Zuriko Davitashvili | 20 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Kirill Dontsov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Vershkov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | CRO | Josip Čondrić | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | BRA | Flamarion | 20 | 4 | 18+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BLR | Vladimir Medved | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | RUS | Oleg Nikolayev | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kolesnichenko | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Rotor Volgograd but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Anton Piskunov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Patricio Matricardi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Beka Mikeltadze | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Mukhammad Sultonov | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Saplinov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Sesyavin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 96 | Flamarion | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | | 72 | Kamil Mullin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | 23 | Andrés Ponce | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Aleksey Shchotkin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Sergei Serchenkov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 25 | Danil Stepanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | Nikolai Kipiani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 15 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 93 | Josip Čondrić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | | DF | Oleg Kozhemyakin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Nikolai Kipiani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Oleg Aleynik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Aleksey Shchotkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Sergei Serchenkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | MF | Sergei Makarov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Ivan Mayewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Yevgeni Pesegov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Ilya Zhigulyov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | | FW | Andrés Ponce | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | | DF | Danil Stepanov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Cédric Gogoua | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 28 | | DF | Azat Bairyyev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | | DF | Solomon Kvirkvelia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 72 | | FW | Kamil Mullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | MF | Zuriko Davitashvili | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 93 | | GK | Josip Čondrić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | | FW | Flamarion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 18 | | FW | Oleg Nikolayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Kirill Kolesnichenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Rotor Volgograd during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Armen Manucharyan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Anton Piskunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Patricio Matricardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Beka Mikeltadze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Mukhammad Sultonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 88 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 4 |