# 2013–14 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod season

The 2013–14 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod season was the club's 3rd and final season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, following their promotion at the end of the 2010 season. They finished the season in 15th place and were relegated from the Premier League. Volga also took part in the 2013–14 Russian Cup, where they were knocked out at the fifth-round stage by SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk.

## 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 | Artur Nigmatullin |
| 3 | DF | MDA | Simeon Bulgaru |
| 4 | DF | POL | Marcin Kowalczyk |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Andrei Karyaka |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Dmitriy Polyanin |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Artur Sarkisov |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Denis Kolodin |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Shulenin |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov |
| 14 | MF | BLR | Anton Putsila |
| 16 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Artur Minosyan |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Adrian Ropotan |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | JAM | Luton Shelton |
| 22 | FW | COD | Mulumba Mukendi |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Andrei Buivolov |
| 26 | DF | POL | Piotr Polczak |
| 27 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Komarov |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Shota Bibilov |
| 30 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk (on loan from Kaiserslautern) |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 35 | GK | EST | Sergei Pareiko |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Artyom Danilenko |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Leandro |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | KGZ | Valerii Kichin (at Ufa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Matija Dvorneković (at Torpedo Moscow) |

### Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Andrei Nalyotov |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Chubukin |
| 28 | FW | RUS | Ilya Belous |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Nikita Bastron |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Degtyaryov |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Kurayev |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Zakhryapin |
| 53 | MF | RUS | Andrei Churin |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Polyakov |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Albert Kulayev |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Pavlov |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Kurnikov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Roman Kuzovkin |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Mikhaylenko |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Fyodor Osin |
| 83 | FW | RUS | Nikita Yurkov |
| 86 | DF | RUS | Igor Maslov |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Kirill Zubkov |
| 88 | FW | RUS | Denis Kanurin |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Shelyakov |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Ilya Petrov |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Nikita Nikolayev |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Sergei Garanzha |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Artur Nigmatullin (from CSKA Moscow, previously on loan) |
| 4 | DF | POL | Marcin Kowalczyk (from Śląsk Wrocław) |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Denis Kolodin (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov (from Spartak Nalchik) |
| 16 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov (end of loan to FC Ufa) |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin (from CSKA Moscow) |
| 21 | FW | JAM | Luton Shelton (from Karabükspor) |
| 22 | FW | COD | Mulumba Mukendi (from Ružomberok) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin (from Twente) |
| 26 | DF | POL | Piotr Polczak (from Terek Grozny, previously on loan) |
| 27 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Komarov (free) |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 35 | GK | EST | Sergei Pareiko (from Wisła Kraków) |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Artyom Danilenko (from Khimik Dzerzhinsk) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Leandro (from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Mikhailenko (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KGZ | Valerii Kichin (on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk) |
| 4 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Aydov (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Platon Pchyolkin (to Khimki) |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen (to Waalwijk) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov (released) |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Kudryashov (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 14 | FW | ARM | Artur Sarkisov (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Yegor Tarakanov (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Adzhindzhal (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Igor Belyakov (to Sever Murmansk) |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Pashtov (on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk) |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Semyachkin (to Terek Grozny) |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Zaytsev (to Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 52 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Sorochkin (to Angusht Nazran) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Belozyorov (to FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Salugin (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Artyom Bragin (to Terek Grozny) |
| 83 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kharitonov (released) |
| 89 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Mamonov (to Terek Grozny) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Torshentsev (to Terek-2 Grozny) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko (to Shinnik Yaroslavl, previously on loan to FC Khimki) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Artur Sarkisov (from Ural) |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Artur Minosyan (from Chernomorets) |
| 30 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk (loan from Kaiserslautern) |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov (from Vityaz Podolsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Matija Dvorneković (loan to Torpedo Moscow) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Tom Tomsk (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod (R) | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 65 | −43 | 21 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Anzhi Makhachkala (R) | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 20 | Relegation to Football National League |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 May 2014

### 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MDA | Simeon Bulgaru | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POL | Marcin Kowalczyk | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Andrei Karyaka | 27 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Polyanin | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Artur Sarkisov | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | RUS | Denis Kolodin | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Shulenin | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sychev | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov | 23 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BLR | Anton Putsila | 26 | 2 | 21+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Andrei Nalyotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Artur Minosyan | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Adrian Ropotan | 15 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Evgeni Aldonin | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | JAM | Luton Shelton | 18 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | COD | Mulumba Mukendi | 16 | 2 | 9+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Chubukin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Piotr Polczak | 17 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Komarov | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | RUS | Ilya Belous | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Shota Bibilov | 16 | 3 | 12+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | EST | Sergei Pareiko | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | RUS | Artyom Danilenko | 12 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chicherin | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Leandro | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Kirill Zubkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Ilya Petrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Sergei Garanzha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | CRO | Matija Dvorneković | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Volga Nizhny Novgorod that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 31 | GK | RUS | Ilya Abayev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Roman Kuzovkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Mikhaylenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 29 | Shota Bibilov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Artur Sarkisov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | Mulumba Mukendi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 5 | Andrei Karyaka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 26 | Piotr Polczak | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | Anton Putsila | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Marcin Kowalczyk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 39 | Artyom Danilenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 21 | Luton Shelton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Aleksandr Shulenin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Matija Dvorneković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 22 | 0 | 22 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 35 | Sergei Pareiko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | GK | 27 | Mikhail Komarov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Simeon Bulgaru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marcin Kowalczyk | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Andrei Karyaka | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Artur Sarkisov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Denis Kolodin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Aleksandr Shulenin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dmitri Sychev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Roman Kontsedalov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Anton Putsila | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Artur Minosyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Adrian Ropotan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Evgeni Aldonin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Luton Shelton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Mulumba Mukendi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Piotr Polczak | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Mikhail Komarov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Ilya Belous | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Shota Bibilov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Milan Rodić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Sergei Pareiko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Vitalie Bordian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Nikita Chicherin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Leandro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | Matija Dvorneković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Volga Nizhny Novgorod during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |