FC Nizhny Novgorod

FC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Нижний Новгород») is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015, currently playing in the Russian Football National League.

For the inactive club, see FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007).

FC Nizhny Novgorod
Full nameFootball Club Nizhny Novgorod
Founded2015 [1]
GroundNizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity44,899
OwnerCity of Nizhny Novgorod
ChairmanMaksim Metlin
ManagerRobert Yevdokimov
LeagueFNL
2019–2011th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club has been known under different names:

  • 2015–2016: FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2016–2018: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2018–present: FC Nizhny Novgorod[2]

In the 2015–16 season, it began to play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It was founded as a farm club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club in Nizhny Novgorod.[3] At the end of the 2016–17, Olimpiyets won their PFL zone and were promoted to the second-level Russian Football National League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, they qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs, but lost to PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara with an aggregate score of 2–3.

League
Season League Russian Cup Europe Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA GD P Name Goals
2015–16 3rd 3rd 27 15 8 4 38 19 19 53 2R — Igor Belyakov 11 Valeri Bogdanets
Konstantin Galkin
2016–17 3rd 1st 24 17 4 3 47 17 30 55 2R — Igor Gorbunov 10 Konstantin Galkin
Nikolai Pisarev
2017–18 2nd 12th 38 11 11 16 37 50 -13 55 R16 — Radik Khayrullov 9 Nikolai Pisarev
2018–19 2nd 4th 38 18 8 12 41 31 +10 62 R16 — Maksim Paliyenko 9 Dmitri Cheryshev

Current squad

As of 1 February 2021, according to the FNL website.

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 Anisimov
3 DF  RUS Ismail Ediyev
5 DF  RUS Aleksei Shumskikh
6 MF  RUS Mikhail Gashchenkov
7 DF  RUS Kirill Malyarov
8 MF  RUS Artyom Popov
11 DF  RUS Ivan Temnikov
14 FW  RUS Mukhammad Sultonov
17 MF  RUS Igor Gorbunov
20 MF  RUS Pavel Komolov
22 DF  RUS Nikita Kakkoyev
23 DF  RUS Sergei Zuykov
24 DF  RUS Kirill Gotsuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF  RUS Albert Sharipov
41 MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta
61 MF  RUS Aleksandr Stavpets
78 MF  RUS Nikolay Kalinsky
90 GK  RUS Oleg Smirnov
91 FW  RUS Artyom Galadzhan
93 FW  RUS Timur Suleymanov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
97 GK  RUS Ivan Migunov
98 MF  RUS Dmitri Yugaldin
99 GK  RUS Nikolai Sysuyev
— DF  RUS Leo Goglichidze (on loan from Krasnodar)
— FW  GUI Momo Yansané

References
  1. ФК «Олимпиец». История клуба (in Russian). volga-olympic.ru. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. «Олимпиец» переименован в «Нижний Новгород» (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 June 2018.
  3. ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
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