# 2021–22 FC Ufa season

The 2021–22 season was the 64th season in the existence of FC Ufa and the club's 19th & final consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Ufa were participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2022
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 31 | Aleksandr Belenov | GK | (1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 38) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017 | | 165 | 0 |
| 32 | Anton Chichkan | GK | (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 29) | BATE Borisov | 2022 | 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 81 | Ivan Kukushkin | GK | (2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 22) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Konstantin Pliyev | DF | (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 27) | Rostov | 2021 | | 52 | 0 |
| 4 | Aleksei Nikitin | DF | (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32) | Amkar Perm | 2015 | | 136 | 5 |
| 5 | Bojan Jokić | DF | (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38) | Villarreal | 2017 | | 137 | 5 |
| 11 | Nemanja Miletić | DF | (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 33) | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2021 | | 19 | 1 |
| 15 | Erving Botaka | DF | (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 26) | Veles Moscow | 2021 | | 15 | 0 |
| 33 | Aleksandr Sukhov | DF | (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2023 | | 188 | 3 |
| 44 | Yuri Zhuravlyov | DF | (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28) | Volgar Astrakhan | 2021 | | 30 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Ruslan Fishchenko | MF | (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 24) | Veles Moscow | 2021 | | 31 | 0 |
| 8 | Danila Yemelyanov | MF | (2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2016 | | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | Oston Urunov | MF | (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23) | On loan from Spartak Moscow | 2021 | | 37 | 0 |
| 19 | Oleg Ivanov | MF | (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986 (age 38) | Akhmat Grozny | 2021 | | 35 | 3 |
| 22 | Artyom Golubev | MF | (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25) | Krasnodar | 2020 | | 74 | 1 |
| 23 | Egas Cacintura | MF | (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 26) | Novaya Generatsiya | 2021 | | 30 | 0 |
| 24 | Filip Mrzljak | MF | (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 (age 31) | Dinamo București | 2020 | | 43 | 4 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Saplinov | MF | (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27) | on loan from Rostov | 2021 | | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | Vladislav Kamilov | MF | (1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 29) | SKA-Khabarovsk | 2020 | | 51 | 7 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Dmitri Kabutov | FW | (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32) | Krylia Sovetov | 2022 | | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | Gamid Agalarov | FW | (2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 24) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2020 | | 43 | 20 |
| 57 | Vyacheslav Krotov | FW | (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31) | Spartak Moscow | 2015 | | 167 | 14 |
| 75 | Timur Zhamaletdinov | FW | (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 27) | CSKA Moscow | 2020 | | 38 | 7 |
| 94 | Danil Akhatov | FW | (2003-12-22) 22 December 2003 (age 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Dilan Ortiz | FW | (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 24) | on loan from Proleter Novi Sad | 2022 | | 13 | 1 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| | Aleksey Kuznetsov | GK | (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28) | Dynamo Bryansk | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| | Oleg Dzantiyev | DF | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | Olimp-Dolgoprudny | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Nikita Belousov | MF | (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | Azer Aliyev | MF | (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) | Tambov | 2021 | | 66 | 2 |
| 8 | Parfait Bizoza | MF | (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25) | Aalesunds | 2021 | | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo | DF | (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29) | on loan from Celtic | 2022 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tiago Rodrigues | MF | (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 (age 32) | Al-Hazem | 2022 | | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Moritz Bauer | DF | (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32) | Stoke City | 2021 | | 18 | 0 |
| | Jemal Tabidze | DF | (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) | Gent | 2017 | | 90 | 1 |

### 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 |
| — | GK | RUS | Aleksey Kuznetsov (at Veles Moscow) |
| — | DF | RUS | Oleg Dzantiyev (at SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Nikita Belousov (at Spartak Tuymazy) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 May 2021 | DF | Yuri Zhuravlyov | Volgar Astrakhan | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2021 | DF | Erving Botaka | Veles Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2021 | MF | Ruslan Fishchenko | Veles Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2021 | GK | Aleksey Kuznetsov | Dynamo Bryansk | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2021 | DF | Moritz Bauer | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Azer Aliyev | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2021 | MF | Egas Cacintura | Novaya Generatsiya futsal | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2022 | GK | Anton Chichkan | BATE Borisov | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2022 | FW | Dmitri Kabutov | Krylia Sovetov | Free |
| 5 February 2022 | MF | Tiago Rodrigues | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 24 June 2021 | MF | Aleksandr Saplinov | Rostov | End of season |
| 21 January 2022 | FW | Dilan Ortiz | Proleter Novi Sad | End of season |
| 22 February 2022 | DF | Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo | Celtic | 1 April 2022 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 9 June 2021 | MF | Nikolai Giorgobiani | Alania Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2021 | DF | Pavel Alikin | Rodina Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2021 | GK | Aleksey Chernov | Vejle | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2021 | MF | Parfait Bizoza | Vendsyssel | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2022 | DF | Moritz Bauer | Servette | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 9 June 2021 | MF | Danila Yemelyanov | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 29 December 2021 |
| 17 June 2021 | MF | Nikita Belousov | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 16 August 2021 |
| 16 August 2021 | MF | Nikita Belousov | Spartak Tuymazy | End of season |
| 9 February 2022 | GK | Aleksey Kuznetsov | Veles Moscow | End of season |
| 9 February 2022 | DF | Oleg Dzantiyev | SKA Rostov-on-Don | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Igor Bezdenezhnykh | Kuban Krasnodar | |
| 13 August 2021 | MF | Dmitri Sysuyev | Saransk | |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | Azer Aliyev | Neftçi | 27 January 2022 |
| 30 March 2022 | DF | Jemal Tabidze | | |
| 15 April 2022 | MF | Tiago Rodrigues | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 25 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 020.00 |
| Relegation play-offs | 25 May 2022 | 28 May 2022 | 1st leg | Relegated | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Russian Cup | 22 September 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 017.65 |
Last updated: 28 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 33 | |
| 13 | Khimki (O) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Ufa (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 29 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: FBref

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | А | H | А | H | Н | А | А | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |

#### Relegation play-offs
### Russian Cup
#### Round of 32

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Alania Vladikavkaz (2) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Ufa (1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Legion Dynamo (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Pliyev | 32 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Nikitin | 27 | 3 | 18+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Bojan Jokić | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Fishchenko | 31 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kabutov | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Danila Yemelyanov | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Gamid Agalarov | 33 | 20 | 27+2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Miletić | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Erving Botaka | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UZB | Oston Urunov | 17 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Oleg Ivanov | 25 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Artyom Golubev | 24 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ANG | Egas Cacintura | 30 | 0 | 18+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Filip Mrzljak | 27 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Saplinov | 20 | 0 | 3+16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kamilov | 30 | 3 | 18+8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Belenov | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | BLR | Anton Chichkan | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Sukhov | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Yuri Zhuravlyov | 30 | 3 | 24+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov | 27 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 75 | FW | RUS | Timur Zhamaletdinov | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | RUS | Danil Akhatov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | COL | Dilan Ortiz | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksey Kuznetsov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Ufa but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Azer Aliyev | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BDI | Parfait Bizoza | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Moritz Bauer | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Relegation play-offs | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Gamid Agalarov | 19 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | MF | | 29 | Vladislav Kamilov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | 44 | Yuri Zhuravlyov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | 4 | Aleksei Nikitin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 19 | Oleg Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Dmitri Kabutov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 99 | Dilan Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 3 | 1 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Relegation play-offs | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 31 | Aleksandr Belenov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | | 32 | Anton Chichkan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Konstantin Pliyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Aleksei Nikitin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Bojan Jokić | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | | MF | Ruslan Fishchenko | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | | MF | Dmitri Kabutov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | | FW | Gamid Agalarov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | | DF | Nemanja Miletić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Erving Botaka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Oston Urunov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Oleg Ivanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Artyom Golubev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Egas Cacintura | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | | MF | Filip Mrzljak | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | | FW | Aleksandr Saplinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Vladislav Kamilov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | | GK | Aleksandr Belenov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | | DF | Yuri Zhuravlyov | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 57 | | FW | Vyacheslav Krotov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | | FW | Dilan Ortiz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Ufa during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | | MF | Azer Aliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Tiago Rodrigues | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | | DF | Moritz Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 84 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 8 |