2021–22 FC Nizhny Novgorod season

Nizhny Novgorod
2021–22 season
Owner	City of Nizhny Novgorod
Chairman	Maksim Metlin
Head coach	Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Stadium	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Premier League	11th
Russian Cup	Round of 16 vs Dynamo Moscow
Top goalscorer	League: Nikolay Kalinsky (8); All: Nikolay Kalinsky (8)
Highest home attendance	30,235 vs Zenit St.Petersburg ; (21 May 2022)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Ufa ; (14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	6,260 (21 May 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season was the seventh season in the existence of FC Nizhny Novgorod and the club's first season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Nizhny Novgorod participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated in round of sixteen.

Season events

On 16 March, Nizhny Novgorod suspended their contract with Lars Olden Larsen, and terminated their contract with Sylvester Igboun by mutual consent.^[1]

Players

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
2	DF	RUS	Viktor Aleksandrov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
4	DF	HUN	Ákos Kecskés
5	DF	ARG	Lucas Masoero
6	DF	UZB	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev
7	FW	CAN	Richie Ennin (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
13	GK	RUS	Nikita Goylo (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
14	MF	RUS	Kirill Kravtsov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
15	DF	SRB	Ivan Miladinović (on loan from Sochi)
17	MF	RUS	Igor Gorbunov
22	DF	RUS	Nikita Kakkoyev
23	DF	RUS	Daniil Penchikov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	RUS	Kirill Gotsuk
25	GK	RUS	Artur Nigmatullin
27	FW	ANG	Felício Milson
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk
34	DF	RUS	Aleksei Kozlov
37	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov
77	MF	RUS	Pavel Karasyov
78	MF	RUS	Nikolay Kalinsky
88	MF	RUS	Ilya Berkovski (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
89	DF	RUS	Dmitry Stotsky
93	FW	RUS	Timur Suleymanov

Contacts suspended

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	NOR	Lars Olden Larsen

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
—	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Sapeta (at Kuban Krasnodar)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BLR	Aleksandr Shestyuk (at RFS)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
26 June 2021	FW	Timur Suleymanov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2021	MF	Denis Tkachuk	Orenburg	Undisclosed	^[3]
8 July 2021	GK	Artur Nigmatullin	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	^[4]
9 July 2021	DF	Aleksei Kozlov	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[5]
10 July 2021	DF	Lucas Masoero	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Undisclosed	^[6]
16 July 2021	DF	Daniil Penchikov	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	^[7]
18 July 2021	MF	Pavel Mogilevets	Khimki	Undisclosed	^[8]
21 July 2021	FW	Bekim Balaj	Sturm Graz	Undisclosed	^[9]
29 July 2021	DF	Ákos Kecskés	Lugano	Undisclosed	^[10]
25 August 2021	GK	Andrei Sinitsyn	Akron Tolyatti	Undisclosed	^[11]
26 August 2021	DF	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Undisclosed	^[12]
7 September 2021	MF	Petrus Boumal	BB Erzurumspor	Undisclosed	^[13]
16 January 2022	MF	Pavel Karasyov	BATE Borisov	Undisclosed	^[14]
16 January 2022	FW	Aleksandr Shestyuk	Dinamo Brest	Undisclosed	^[15]
26 January 2022	DF	Dmitry Stotsky	Krasnodar	Free	^[16]
5 February 2022	MF	Lars Larsen	Mjøndalen	Undisclosed	^[17]
12 February 2022	MF	Felício Milson	Marítimo	Undisclosed	^[18]
20 February 2022	FW	Sylvester Igboun	Dynamo Moscow	Free	^[19]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
19 June 2021	MF	Ilya Berkovski	Lokomotiv Moscow	End of season	^[20]
27 July 2021	DF	Ivan Miladinović	Sochi	End of season	^[21]
17 August 2021	FW	Richie Ennin	Spartaks Jūrmala	End of season	^[22]
20 August 2021	FW	Kirill Kosarev	Rubin Kazan	22 February 2022	^[23]
4 February 2022	GK	Nikita Goylo	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of season	^[24]
11 February 2022	MF	Kirill Kravtsov	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of season	^[25]
15 February 2022	DF	Viktor Aleksandrov	Rubin Kazan	End of season	^[26]

Out

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
8 June 2021	DF	Aleksei Shumskikh	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed	^[27]
10 June 2021	FW	Beka Kavtaradze	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed	^[28]
14 June 2021	DF	Oleg Smirnov	Volgar Astrakhan	Undisclosed	^[29]
18 June 2021	MF	Artyom Popov	Baltika Kaliningrad	Undisclosed	^[30]
26 June 2021	DF	Ivan Temnikov	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed	^[31]
1 July 2021	MF	Mikhail Gashchenkov	Akzhayik	Undisclosed	^[32]
1 July 2021	MF	Aleksandr Stavpets	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	FW	Momo Yansané	Sheriff Tiraspol	Undisclosed	^[33]
2 July 2021	FW	Mukhammad Sultonov	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed	^[34]
8 July 2021	DF	Ismail Ediyev	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed	^[35]
20 July 2021	FW	Dmitri Yugaldin	Irtysh Omsk	Undisclosed	^[36]
27 July 2021	DF	Sergei Zuykov	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	^[37]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
27 January 2022	MF		Aleksandr Sapeta	Kuban Krasnodar	End of season	^[38]
16 February 2022	FW		Aleksandr Shestyuk	RFS	End of season	^[39]

Contract suspensions

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
16 March 2022	MF		Lars Olden Larsen	BK Häcken	30 June 2022	^[1]^[40]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2021	DF	Kirill Malyarov	Shakhter Karagandy
17 August 2021	MF	Pavel Komolov	Retired		^[41]
30 7 September 2021	GK	Nikolai Sysuyev	Orenburg		^[42]
17 December 2021	GK	Andrei Sinitsyn	Dynamo Makhachkala		^[43]
17 December 2021	MF	Petrus Boumal	Újpest	15 February 2022	^[43]^[44]
17 December 2021	FW	Artyom Galadzhan	Tom Tomsk		^[43]
31 December 2021	MF	Pavel Mogilevets	Bunyodkor
16 January 2022	FW	Bekim Balaj	Boluspor	30 January 2022	^[45]^[46]
16 March 2022	MF	Sylvester Igboun	NorthEast United	20 September 2022	^[1]^[47]

Friendlies

19 July 2021	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Akhmetov 28', 85' 90' Kuchayev 44' Vasin 66'	Report	Sapeta 67' (pen.)	Stadium: VEB Arena

10 October 2021	CSKA Moscow	1 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chalov 47' 86' Nababkin 80'	Report	Masoero 15' Berkovski 38' Kosarev 76'	Stadium: VEB Arena

26 March 2022	CSKA Moscow	2 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tarba 65' Yakovlev 68', 71' Yeleyev 74' Lukin 85'	Report	Gotsuk 15' Kakkoyev 72' Karasyov 79'	Stadium: VEB Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	26 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	11th	30	8	9	13	26	39	−13	026.67
Russian Cup	22 September 2021	1 March 2022	Round of 32	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	066.67
Total					33	10	9	14	28	42	−14	030.30

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Rostov	30	10	8	12	47	51	−4	38^[a]
10	Spartak Moscow	30	10	8	12	37	41	−4	38^[a]	Banned from the Europa League play-off round^[b]
11	Nizhny Novgorod	30	8	9	13	26	39	−13	33^[c]
12	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	9	13	27	35	−8	33^[c]
13	Khimki (O)	30	7	11	12	34	47	−13	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2020–21 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Rostov 4, Spartak Moscow 1.
^ FC Spartak Moscow would have qualified as 2021–22 Russian Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 1.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	9	13	27	39	−12	33	4	3	8	13	19	−6	4	6	5	14	20	−6

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	А	H	Н	A	А	H	Н	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W
Position	8	5	5	6	7	9	6	8	10	8	10	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	10	11	11	11	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 July 2021 1	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 0	Sochi	Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kakkoyev 15' Gorbunov 68' Sapeta 77'	Report	Popov 75'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 487 Referee: Pavel Shadyhanov

1 August 2021 2	Ural Yekaterinburg	1 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Panyukov 32'	Report	Suleymanov 55'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 482 Referee: Aleksey Amelin

7 August 2021 3	Spartak Moscow	1 – 2	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 63' Rasskazov 81' Ponce 86'	Report	Gotsuk 4' Kozlov 16' Kalinsky 90+' Nigmatullin 90+'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 2,849 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

14 August 2021 4	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Ufa	Nizhny Novgorod
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gorbunov 14' Kecskés 57' Nigmatullin 63' Masoero 76' Suleymanov 90+'	Report	Kamilov 24' Agalarov 48' Cacintura 61' Ivanov 65' (pen.) 90+' Mrzljak 75'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 482 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

22 August 2021 5	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Rostov	Nizhny Novgorod
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Osipenko 3' (o.g.) Tkachuk 57' Gotsuk 87'	Report	Hashimoto 36' Hadžikadunić 42' Normann 78' Bastos 80' Masoero 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 991 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

27 August 2021 6	Khimki	1 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Khimki
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dagerstål 40' Glushakov 45' 54' (pen.) Kamyshev 88'	Report	Kozlov 35' Tkachuk 76' Masoero 80'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 510 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

12 September 2021 7	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 2	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Makarov 11' Varela 71' N'Jie 90'	Report	Masoero 8' 89' Suleymanov 51' Yuldoshev 56' Gorbunov 74' Kalinsky 83'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 7,146 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

19 September 2021 8	Nizhny Novgorod	2 – 3	Arsenal Tula	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 9' 75' Kozlov 85' Gotsuk 90+'	Report	Čaušić 17', 90+' 90+' Sukhanov 32' Markov 45+'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 497 Referee: Artyom Lyubimov

27 September 2021 9	Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 2	CSKA Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tkachuk 29' Balaj 38' Gotsuk 85'	Report	Zaynutdinov 31' Akhmetov 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 2,996 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

2 October 2021 10	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvaratskhelia 49'	Report	Kozlov 35' Kalinsky 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 3,986 Referee: Sergei Karasev

17 October 2021 11	Krylia Sovetov	2 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Samara
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sarveli 36', 50'	Report	Suleymanov 58' Gorbunov 72' Kalinsky 83'	Stadium: Solidarnost Arena Attendance: 997 Referee: Aleksey Amelin

23 October 2021 12	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 4	Krasnodar	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Penchikov 64' Kosarev 80' Gotsuk 83' 90' Suleymanov 83'	Report	Krychowiak 5' Córdoba 20' 70' Spertsyan 56' Chernikov 73' 89' Ilyin 76' Safonov 83'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 2,857 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

30 October 2021 13	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Berkovski 31' Kalinsky 80' Sinitsyn 90+' Suleymanov 90+'	Report	Maradishvili 21' Zhemaletdinov 38' Anjorin 51' Beka Beka 59' Rybus 85' Miladinović 90+' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Aleksey Suhoy

7 November 2021 14	Akhmat Grozny	3 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Konovalov 14' Konaté 39' Penchikov 72' (o.g.) Sadulayev 79' Utkin 90'	Report	Kalinsky 37' Kosarev 54'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 6,729 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

19 November 2021 15	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Malcom 24' Dzyuba 34', 45+', 60' Chistyakov 88' Azmoun 90+' Barrios 90+' Sutormin 90+'	Report	Kozlov 34' Boumal 41' 43' Gorbunov 54' Miladinović 90' Sapeta 90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,575 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan^ru

28 November 2021 16	Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Suleymanov 31' Sharipov 64'	Report	Gorshkov 42' Zinkovsky 58'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

5 December 2021 17	Nizhny Novgorod	2 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 2' (pen.), 42' Tkachuk 78'	Report	Dreyer 28' Zotov 40' Kvaratskhelia 51' Hwang 78'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 1,789 Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

12 December 2021 18	Krasnodar	0 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sorokin 23' Martynovich 40' Claesson 76' Apekov 90+'	Report	Miladinović 62' Balaj 74' Sapeta 90+'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 10,554 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

26 February 2022 19	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Aleksandrov 66' Kalinsky 78' (pen.)	Report	Kolesnichenko 38' 55' Yegorychev 45+1' Goglichidze 77' Kuzmichyov 79' Mamin 90' Pomazun 90+3' Zheleznov 90+4'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

5 March 2022 20	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Carrascal 44' Yazıcı 60' 90+6'	Report	Larsen 31' Kecskés 42'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 5,609 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

12 March 2022 21	Ufa	0 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Ufa
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rodrigues 45' Kabutov 67' 90+' Zhuravlyov 82'	Report	Kravtsov 67' Yuldoshev 73'	Stadium: BetBoom Arena Attendance: Vladislav Bezborodov Referee: 1,602

19 March 2022 22	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ennin 43' Suleymanov 55' Yuldoshev 74' Stotsky 75' Kravtsov 88' Nigmatullin 90+'	Report	Martins 72' 83' Promes 79' Ignatov 90+'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 18,517 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

2 April 2022 23	Rostov	1 – 2	Nizhny Novgorod	Rostov-on-Don
MSK (UTC+3)	Poyarkov 9' Shchetinin 25' Tugarev 52'	Report	Ennin 7' Stotsky 45+' Miladinović 89'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 10,002 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

9 April 2022 24	Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Suleymanov 17' Tkachuk 52' Milson 69' Masoero 88'	Report	Zakharyan 32' Gotsuk 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 14,155 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

17 April 2022 25	Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 0	Khimki	Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Suleymanov 35' Stotsky 80' Kecskés 85'	Report		Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 5,977 Referee: Artyom Chistyakov

23 April 2022 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhivoglyadov 30' 81' Zhemaletdinov 37', 53' Rybus 76' Barinov 88'	Report	Berkovski 72' Kravtsov 77' Kozlov 90+'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

2 May 2022 27	Arsenal Tula	2 – 2	Nizhny Novgorod	Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sokol 32' Tkachyov 45+' Despotović 66' Lutsenko 71' Čaušić 89'	Report	Gotsuk 18' 79' Kalinsky 30' Suleymanov 50'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 4,980 Referee: Sergei Karasev

7 May 2022 28	Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 1	Akhmat Grozny	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gotsuk 18' Gorbunov 81'	Report	Berisha 29' Utsiyev 53' Troshechkin 74' Bogosavac 89' Sheliya 90'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 7,116 Referee: Jan Bobrovsky

13 May 2022 29	Sochi	0 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Sochi
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yusupov 60'	Report	Ennin 45' 47' Yuldoshev 75' Goylo 90+'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,837 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

21 May 2022 30	Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 20' (pen.) Karasyov 85'	Report	Ozdoyev 19'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 30,235 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Russian Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nizhny Novgorod (Q)	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to Play-off
2	Fakel Voronezh	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Dynamo Barnaul	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^[48]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

22 September 2021 Group stage	Dynamo Barnaul	0–1	Nizhny Novgorod	Barnaul
10:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zavyalov 16' Petukhov 36' Khudyakov 50'	Report	Berkovski 7' Sapeta 51' Kosarev 64' Pigayev 90+2'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Referee: Igor Vertkov

27 October 2021 Group stage	Fakel Voronezh	0–1	Nizhny Novgorod	Voronezh
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yermakov 37'	Report	Yuldoshev 35' Berkovski 40' Penchikov 45'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion Referee: Anton Frolov

Knockout stage

1 March 2022 Round of 16	Dynamo Moscow	3 – 0	Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fomin 45+2' (pen.) Grulyov 54', 60' Smolov 86' (pen.) Makarov 90'	Report	Yuldoshev 59' Gotsuk 84'	Stadium: VTB Arena

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Artur Anisimov	3	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF	RUS	Viktor Aleksandrov	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	HUN	Ákos Kecskés	20	1	16+3	1	1	0
5	DF	ARG	Lucas Masoero	27	0	22+3	0	2	0
6	DF	UZB	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev	21	1	17+2	1	2	0
7	FW	CAN	Richie Ennin	21	1	18+1	1	2	0
11	FW	RUS	Kirill Kosarev	11	1	2+7	1	2	0
13	GK	RUS	Nikita Goylo	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	MF	RUS	Kirill Kravtsov	12	1	11	1	0+1	0
15	DF	SRB	Ivan Miladinović	15	0	5+9	0	0+1	0
17	MF	RUS	Igor Gorbunov	26	2	4+20	2	2	0
18	MF	RUS	Pavel Mogilevets	8	0	5+1	0	2	0
19	FW	ALB	Bekim Balaj	15	0	12+3	0	0	0
22	DF	RUS	Nikita Kakkoyev	24	0	22	0	2	0
23	DF	RUS	Daniil Penchikov	14	0	6+6	0	2	0
24	DF	RUS	Kirill Gotsuk	29	3	26+1	3	2	0
25	GK	RUS	Artur Nigmatullin	24	0	23	0	1	0
27	MF	ANG	Felício Milson	8	0	2+5	0	1	0
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk	21	0	11+8	0	1+1	0
34	DF	RUS	Aleksei Kozlov	22	4	22	4	0	0
37	MF	RUS	Albert Sharipov	24	0	17+5	0	2	0
45	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Grunichev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
52	DF	RUS	Yegor Pigayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
58	MF	RUS	Maksim Shakhov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
77	MF	RUS	Pavel Karasyov	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
78	MF	RUS	Nikolay Kalinsky	30	8	29	8	1	0
88	MF	RUS	Ilya Berkovski	22	3	12+8	1	1+1	2
89	DF	RUS	Dmitry Stotsky	13	1	12	1	1	0
93	FW	RUS	Timur Suleymanov	26	1	17+8	1	0+1	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
10	MF	NOR	Lars Larsen	4	0	3	0	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
41	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Sapeta	9	0	2+6	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Nizhny Novgorod but left during the season:
9	FW	RUS	Artyom Galadzhan	5	1	1+2	0	0+2	1
13	MF	CMR	Petrus Boumal	3	0	3	0	0	0
33	GK	RUS	Andrei Sinitsyn	3	0	1	0	1+1	0
44	MF	NGA	Sylvester Igboun	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	MF	78	Nikolay Kalinsky	8	0	8
2	DF	34	Aleksei Kozlov	4	0	4
3	DF	24	Kirill Gotsuk	3	0	3
3	MF	88	Ilya Berkovski	1	2	3
5	MF	17	Igor Gorbunov	2	0	2
6	FW	93	Timur Suleymanov	1	0	1
	DF	4	Ákos Kecskés	1	0	1
	FW	11	Kirill Kosarev	1	0	1
	DF	6	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev	1	0	1
	FW	7	Richie Ennin	1	0	1
	DF	89	Dmitry Stotsky	1	0	1
	MF	14	Kirill Kravtsov	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	1
Total				26	2	28

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	GK	25	Artur Nigmatullin	6	0	6
2	GK	13	Nikita Goylo	2	0	2
2	GK	33	Andrei Sinitsyn	0	2	2
4	GK	1	Artur Anisimov	0	1	1
Total				8	2	10

Anisimov & Sinitsyn both played in Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 victory over Dynamo Barnaul on 22 September 2021

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
2		DF	Viktor Aleksandrov	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Ákos Kecskés	1	1	0	0	1	1
5		DF	Lucas Masoero	5	1	0	0	5	1
6		DF	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev	3	0	2	0	5	0
7		FW	Richie Ennin	3	1	0	0	3	1
11		MF	Kirill Kosarev	1	0	1	0	2	0
13		GK	Nikita Goylo	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Kirill Kravtsov	2	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Ivan Miladinović	3	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Igor Gorbunov	4	0	0	0	4	0
19		MF	Bekim Balaj	2	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Nikita Kakkoyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Daniil Penchikov	1	0	1	0	2	0
24		DF	Kirill Gotsuk	6	0	1	0	7	0
25		GK	Artur Nigmatullin	3	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Felício Milson	1	0	0	0	1	0
31		MF	Denis Tkachuk	5	0	0	0	5	0
34		DF	Aleksei Kozlov	2	0	0	0	2	0
37		MF	Albert Sharipov	1	0	0	0	1	0
45		MF	Aleksandr Grunichev	0	0	1	0	1	0
77		MF	Pavel Karasyov	1	0	0	0	1	0
78		MF	Nikolay Kalinsky	4	0	0	0	4	0
88		MF	Ilya Berkovski	0	1	0	0	0	1
89		DF	Dmitry Stotsky	2	0	0	0	2	0
93		FW	Timur Suleymanov	9	0	0	0	9	0
Players who suspended their contracts:
10		MF	Lars Larsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
41		MF	Aleksandr Sapeta	3	0	1	0	4	0
Players who left Nizhny Novgorod during the season:
13		MF	Petrus Boumal	2	1	0	0	2	1
33		GK	Andrei Sinitsyn	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				69	5	7	0	76	5

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^ "Ричлорд Эннин - в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 17 August 2021.
^ "Кирилл Косарев – в "Нижнем"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 20 August 2021.
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^ "Сергей Зуйков возвращается в "Томь"!" (in Russian). FC Tom Tomsk. 27 July 2021.
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^ "Спасибо, Николай!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 7 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Спасибо, парни!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 17 December 2021.
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[table_hth_ROS0.7045911600369-48] Head-to-head points: Rostov 4, Spartak Moscow 1.

[table_note_res_EXELPO0.7045911600369-49] FC Spartak Moscow would have qualified as 2021–22 Russian Cup winners.

[table_hth_NIZ0.7045911600369-50] Head-to-head points: Nizhny Novgorod 4, Ural Yekaterinburg 1.

[16_March_2022-1] "Контракт с Олденом Ларсеном приостановлен, а с Игбуном – расторгнут". fcnn.ru/ (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[2] "Тимур Сулейманов остается в "Нижнем"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 26 June 2021.

[3] "Денис Ткачук – в "Нижнем Новгороде"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 1 July 2021.

[4] "Артур Нигматуллин – в "Нижнем Новгороде"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 8 July 2021.

[5] "Алексей Козлов: из "Ростова" - в "Нижний"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 9 July 2021.

[6] "Лукас Масоэро подписал контракт с ФК "НН"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 10 July 2021.

[7] "Даниил Пенчиков подписал контракт с ФК "Нижний Новгород"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 July 2021.

[8] "Павел Могилевец – в "Нижнем"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 18 July 2021.

[9] "Вы ждали Балая? Он - с нами!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 21 July 2021.

[10] "Акош Кечкеш, добро пожаловать в "Нижний Новгород"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 29 July 2021.

[11] "Андрей Синицын – в ФК "НН"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 25 August 2021.

[12] "Юлдошев – в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 26 August 2021.

[13] "Петрус Бумаль – в ФК "Нижний Новгород"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 7 September 2021.

[14] "Павел Карасев – первый новичок ФК "НН" в новом году!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 January 2022.

[15] "Александр Шестюк: Мечтал играть в России!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 January 2022.

[16] "Дмитрий Стоцкий – в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 26 January 2022.

[17] "Ларс Олден Ларсен стал игроком "Нижнего Новгорода"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 5 February 2022.

[18] "Тот самый игрок на просмотре – с нами!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 12 February 2022.

[19] "Сильвестр Игбун – в "Нижнем"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[20] "Илья Берковский остается в Нижнем!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 19 June 2021.

[21] "Иван Миладинович - в ФК "НН"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 27 July 2021.

[22] "Ричлорд Эннин - в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 17 August 2021.

[23] "Кирилл Косарев – в "Нижнем"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 20 August 2021.

[24] "Никита Гойло – в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[25] ""Зенит" и "Нижний Новгород" достигли соглашения об аренде Кирилла Кравцова" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[26] "Виктор Александров – в "Нижнем Новгороде"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

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[29] "Волжанин. Подписан контракт с голкипером нижегородцев" (in Russian). FC Volgar Astrakhan. 14 June 2021.

[30] "ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ АРТЕМ ПОПОВ" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 18 June 2021.

[31] "ИВАН ТЕМНИКОВ - ФУТБОЛИСТ "ТОРПЕДО"" (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 26 June 2021.

[32] "Официально: Михаил Гащенков подписал трудовое соглашение с ФК "Ақжайық"" (in Russian). FC Akzhayik. 1 July 2021.

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[34] "МУХАММАД СУЛТОНОВ, ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ В "ТОРПЕДО"!" (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 2 July 2021.

[35] "Исмаил Эдиев - игрок "Кубани"" (in Russian). Kuban Krasnodar. 8 July 2021.

[36] "Дмитрий Югалдин пополнил состав "Иртыша"" (in Russian). FC Irtysh Omsk. 20 July 2021.

[37] "Сергей Зуйков возвращается в "Томь"!" (in Russian). FC Tom Tomsk. 27 July 2021.

[38] "Удачи, капитан!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 27 January 2022.

[39] "RFS PAPILDINA PERSPEKTĪVS UZBRUCĒJS NO BALTKRIEVIJAS" (Press release) (in Latvian). RFS. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

[40] "BK Häcken skriver korttidskontrakt med Lars Olden Larsen" (Press release) (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[41] "Бывший футболист "Амкара" и "Нижнего Новгорода" объявил о завершении карьеры в 32 года" (in Russian). Sport Express. 17 August 2021.

[42] "Спасибо, Николай!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 7 September 2021.

[NN17Dec-43] "Спасибо, парни!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 17 December 2021.

[44] "Petrus Boumal klubunknál folytatja karrierjét!" (Press release) (in Hungarian). Újpest. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

[45] "Беким Балай попрощался с "Нижним"" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 16 January 2022.

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