2012–13 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod season

The 2012–13 Volga season was the 2nd season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They finished the season in 12th place and were eliminated from the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 stage by Russian National Football League side FC Khimki. Manager Dmitri Cheryshev was sacked during pre-season and was replaced by Gadzhi Gadzhiev on 7 June 2012^[1] Gadzhiev then resigned on 19 January 2013 and was replaced by Yuriy Kalitvintsev.^[2]

Volga Nizhny Novgorod

2012–13 season
Chairman	Sergey Anisimov
Manager	Gadzhi Gadzhiev until 7 June 2012 Gadzhi Gadzhiev 7 June 2012 - 19 January 2013 Yuriy Kalitvintsev from 19 January 2013
Stadium	Lokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League	12th
Russian Cup	Round of 32 vs FC Khimki
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Artur Nigmatullin (on loan from CSKA) 2 DF  KGZ Valerii Kichin 3 DF  MDA Simeon Bulgaru 4 DF  RUS Dmitri Aydov 5 MF  RUS Andrei Karyaka 6 DF  RUS Dmitriy Polyanin 8 DF  GEO Gia Grigalava 9 MF  RUS Aleksandr Shulenin 10 MF  NED Romeo Castelen 11 FW  RUS Shamil Asildarov 13 MF  RUS Dmitri Kudryashov 14 FW  ARM Artur Sarkisov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 15 DF  RUS Yegor Tarakanov 16 MF  BLR Anton Putsila 17 MF  CRO Matija Dvornekovic 19 MF  ROU Adrian Ropotan

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  RUS Ruslan Adzhindzhal 23 MF  ROU Mihăiță Pleșan 24 MF  RUS Ruslan Pashtov 25 DF  RUS Andrei Buivolov 26 DF  POL Piotr Polczak (on loan from Terek Grozny) 27 FW  RUS Aleksei Sapogov 29 MF  RUS Shota Bibilov 31 GK  RUS Ilya Abayev 33 DF  RUS Nikolai Zaytsev 37 DF  MDA Vitalie Bordian 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov 63 DF  RUS Aleksandr Belozyorov 77 FW  RUS Aleksandr Salugin 83 MF  RUS Aleksandr Kharitonov 89 DF  RUS Aleksei Mamonov 98 FW  RUS Dmitri Karasyov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2012

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Artur Nigmatullin (on loan from CSKA Moscow, previously on loan to Khimki)[3] 10 MF  RUS Sergei Vaganov (from Nizhny Novgorod, June 2012) 11 FW  RUS Shamil Asildarov (from Terek Grozny)[3] 14 FW  ARM Artur Sarkisov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow, previously on loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl)[3] 27 FW  RUS Aleksei Sapogov (from Gornyak Uchaly)[4] 33 DF  RUS Nikolai Zaytsev (from Gazovik Orenburg)[3] — DF  RUS Dmitri Aydov (from Nizhny Novgorod)[5] — DF  GEO Giorgi Navalovski (end of loan to Khimki)[6] — DF  RUS Yegor Tarakanov (from Krasnodar, previously on loan to Nizhny Novgorod)[7] — MF  RUS Maksim Burchenko (end of loan to Shinnik Yaroslavl)[8] — MF  RUS Dmitri Kudryashov (from Nizhny Novgorod)[5] — MF  RUS Dmitri Polyanin (end of loan to Nizhny Novgorod)[8] — FW  CRO Matija Dvorneković (from Nizhny Novgorod)[9] — FW  RUS Aleksandr Salugin (end of loan to Nizhny Novgorod)[8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Vitali Astakhov (to Tom Tomsk)[10] 4 DF  RUS Nikita Chicherin (end of loan from Dynamo Moscow)[11][12] 10 MF  RUS Sergei Vaganov (on loan to Rotor Volgograd, August 2012)[13] 14 MF  RUS Aleksei Pomerko (to Khimki)[14] 26 DF  RUS Sergei Bendz (to Tom Tomsk on loan from Kuban Krasnodar)[15][16] 32 MF  RUS Aleksandr Budanov (contract expired)[11][12] 33 DF  RUS Inal Getigezhev (to Rostov)[17] — MF  RUS Maksim Zyuzin (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, previously on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk)[18]

Winter

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2012–13

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  KGZ Valerii Kichin (from Dordoi)[19] 3 DF  MDA Simeon Bulgaru (from Alania Vladikavkaz)[20] 10 MF  NED Romeo Castelen (from Hamburger SV)[21] 16 MF  BLR Anton Putsila (from SC Freiburg)[22] 19 MF  ROU Adrian Ropotan (from Dynamo Moscow)[23] 26 DF  POL Piotr Polczak (on loan from Terek Grozny)[24] 37 DF  MDA Vitalie Bordian (from Hoverla)[25]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  RUS Vladislav Ryzhkov (to FC Fakel Voronezh) 12 DF  ISR Dani Bondar (released) 19 MF  BIH Mersudin Ahmetović (to FC Salyut Belgorod) 87 MF  RUS Ilya Maksimov (to Krylia Sovetov)

Competitions

Friendlies

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Russian Premier League

Matches

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Dynamo Moscow

21 July 2012 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Maksimov  51' Shulenin 69'	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Spartak Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

28 July 2012 2	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+4)	McGeady 69' Kombarov 90+1' (pen.)	Summary	Sapogov 33'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 20,357 Referee: Sergey Kuznetsov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Rubin Kazan

6 August 2012 3	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Nizhny Novgorod
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kharitonov 14'	Summary	Karadeniz 56' Eremenko 73' Bocchetti  90+4'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Terek Grozny v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

11 August 2012 4	Terek Grozny	2 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Grozny
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Lebedenko 15', 90+3'	Summary		Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Lokomotiv Moscow

18 August 2012 5	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
17:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Caicedo 65' Glushakov 86'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Kuban Krasnodar v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

27 August 2012 6	Kuban Krasnodar	6 – 2	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tsorayev 1' Pizzelli 13', 47' Baldé 44', 69' Niculae 76'	Summary	Asildarov 53' (pen.) Sapogov 78'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Rostov

1 September 2012 7	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Rostov	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Buivolov  29' Sapogov 87'	Summary	Blatnjak 9'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

Amkar Perm v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

17 September 2012 8	Amkar Perm	3 – 2	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Perm
17:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Peev 45' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Picușceac 89'	Summary	Sapogov 47' Grigalava 66'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v CSKA Moscow

22 September 2012 9	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2 – 3	CSKA Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Maksimov 21' Sapogov 43'	Summary	Dzagoev 57', 69' Musa 87'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

30 September 2012 10	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Makhachkala
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Eto'o 45+1' Traore 62'	Summary	Maksimov 59'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Mordovia Saransk

6 October 2012 11	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 2	Mordovia Saransk	Nizhny Novgorod
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Ruslan Mukhametshin 11' (pen.) Panchenko 89'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

22 October 2012 12	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Samara
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Belozyorov 68'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadion Attendance: 7,534 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Krasnodar

27 October 2012 13	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Krasnodar	Nizhny Novgorod
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bibilov 64'	Summary	Koman 79'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Sergey Kostevich

Alania Vladikavkaz v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

5 November 2012 14	Alania Vladikavkaz	0 – 2	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Vladikavkaz
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Sapogov 68' Maksimov 74'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexey Wikolaev

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit St. Petersburg

10 November 2012 15	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maksimov 90'	Summary	Anyukov 32' Kerzhakov 90+1'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Spartak Moscow

17 November 2012 16	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Nizhny Novgorod
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Salugin 45+3'	Summary	Kombarov 14'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Vasiliy Kazartsev

Rubin Kazan v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

26 November 2012 17	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Kazan
17:45 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Sapogov	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 5,701 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Terek Grozny

1 December 2012 18	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Terek Grozny	Nizhny Novgorod
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Asildarov 53'	Summary	Ivanov 8'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

8 December 2012 19	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Asildarov 39'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,214 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Kuban Krasnodar

8 March 2013 20	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 2	Kuban Krasnodar	Nizhny Novgorod
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Özbiliz 20' Tlisov 90+1'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Rostov v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

15 March 2013 21	Rostov	1 – 2	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Rostov
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kirichenko 80'	Summary	Sarkisov 31', 63'	Stadium: Olimp - 2 Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Amkar Perm

31 March 2013 22	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Amkar Perm	Nizhny Novgorod
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Sapogov 69' (pen.)	Summary	Peev 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

CSKA Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

6 April 2013 23	CSKA Moscow	2 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Dzagoev 30' Love 35'  89'  90+4'	Summary	Bulgaru  52' Zaytsev  63' Sapogov  89'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Anzhi Makhachkala

14 April 2013 24	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	0 – 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ropotan  26'  67'	Summary	Spahić 34' Traore 40' Willian 73'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Mordovia Saransk v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

20 April 2013 25	Mordovia Saransk	1 – 3	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Saransk
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Ruslan Mukhametshin 40'	Summary	Sapogov 79' (pen.) Belozyorov 83' Sarkisov 86'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sergey Kostevich

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Krylia Sovetov Samara

26 April 2012 26	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Karyaka 38' (pen.)	Summary	Caballero 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Krasnodar v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

5 May 2013 27	Krasnodar	2 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Petrov 22' Isael 42' Konaté  90'	Summary		Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Alania Vladikavkaz

11 May 2013 28	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Nizhny Novgorod
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Karyaka 45' (pen.)	Summary	Grigoryev  18'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Zenit St. Petersburg v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

19 May 2013 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Neto 34' Fayzulin 20' Shirokov 90+1' Shirokov  90+2'	Summary	Shulenin 17' Karyaka  10'  76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,604 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Dynamo Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

26 May 2013 30	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Krasnodar	30	12	6	12	45	39	+6	42
11	Amkar Perm	30	7	8	15	34	51	−17	29[a]
12	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	30	7	8	15	28	46	−18	29[a]
13	Rostov (O)	30	7	8	15	30	41	−11	29[a]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Krylia Sovetov Samara (O)	30	7	7	16	31	52	−21	28

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored; 11) position in the 2011–12 season (only used until all the regularly scheduled games have been played); 11) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question.
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Amkar Perm ahead of Volga Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov on head-to-head points; Amkar Perm: 7 pts, Volga Nizhny Novgorod: 5 pts, Rostov: 4 pts.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Russian Cup

FC Khimki v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

26 September 2012 Round of 32	FC Khimki	2 – 0	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Arena Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Komkov 61' Romaschenko 84'	Summary		Attendance: 750 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	KGZ	Valerii Kichin	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	MDA	Simeon Bulgaru	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	RUS	Dmitri Aydov	16	0	15+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF	RUS	Andrei Karyaka	27	2	23+3	2	0+1	0
6	DF	RUS	Dmitriy Polyanin	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0
8	DF	GEO	Gia Grigalava	20	1	19+0	1	1+0	0
9	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Shulenin	17	2	15+1	2	1+0	0
10	MF	NED	Romeo Castelen	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
11	FW	RUS	Shamil Asildarov	14	3	6+7	3	1+0	0
13	MF	RUS	Dmitri Kudryashov	20	0	15+5	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ARM	Artur Sarkisov	19	3	10+8	3	0+1	0
16	MF	BLR	Anton Putsila	11	0	10+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF	CRO	Matija Dvornekovic	10	0	5+5	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ROU	Adrian Ropotan	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	RUS	Ruslan Adzhindzhal	30	0	28+1	0	1+0	0
23	MF	ROU	Mihăiță Pleșan	9	0	6+3	0	0+0	0
25	DF	RUS	Andrei Buivolov	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF	POL	Piotr Polczak	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	RUS	Aleksei Sapogov	23	8	20+2	8	1+0	0
29	MF	RUS	Shota Bibilov	22	1	12+9	1	1+0	0
31	GK	RUS	Ilya Abayev	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	RUS	Nikolai Zaytsev	18	0	11+6	0	1+0	0
37	DF	MDA	Vitalie Bordian	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov	20	0	19+0	0	1+0	0
63	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Belozyorov	29	2	25+3	2	1+0	0
77	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Salugin	17	1	7+9	1	0+1	0
83	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Kharitonov	21	1	13+8	1	0+0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Volga Nizhny Novgorod who left the club:
19	MF	SRB	Mersudin Ahmetović	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0
87	MF	RUS	Ilya Maksimov	14	4	13+0	4	1+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	FW		27	Aleksei Sapogov	8	0	8
2	MF		87	Ilya Maksimov	4	0	4
3	FW		11	Shamil Asildarov	3	0	3
	FW		14	Artur Sarkisov	3	0	3
5	MF		9	Aleksandr Shulenin	2	0	2
	DF		63	Aleksandr Belozyorov	2	0	2
	MF		5	Andrei Karyaka	2	0	2
8	MF		83	Aleksandr Kharitonov	1	0	1
	DF		8	Gia Grigalava	1	0	1
	MF		29	Shota Bibilov	1	0	1
	FW		77	Aleksandr Salugin	1	0	1
				TOTALS	28	0	28

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
5		MF	Andrei Karyaka	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		MF	Aleksandr Shulenin	0	0	1	0	1	0
11		FW	Shamil Asildarov	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		MF	Shota Bibilov	0	0	0	1	0	1
33		DF	Nikolai Zaytsev	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	4	1	4	1