FC Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod

Full name	Football Club Nizhny Novgorod
Founded	2007
Ground	North Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod (Capacity: 3180)
Chairman	Viktor Zaidenberg
Manager	Vacant
League	Russian First Division
2010	3rd
Home colours Away colours

FC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК "Нижний Новгород") is an association football club based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.

In December 2007 a new team formed from an amateur team playing in the regional championship.

The team entered the Amateur Football League and got promoted to the Russian Second Division. The team entered Russian First Division for 2009 despite not qualifying in 2008 after several clubs ahead of them were unable to participate for financial reasons despite finishing 3rd in Zone Volga Region.

Current squad

As of 24 February, 2012. According to the FNL official website.

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Tomas Mikuckis 4 DF Dmitri Aydov 5 MF Aleksandr Sharov 6 DF Dmitri Polyanin (on loan from Volga Nizhny Novgorod) 7 MF Sergei Kvasov 10 MF Mindaugas Kalonas 13 MF Dmitri Kudryashov 14 MF Aleksandr Cherevko 15 MF Dmitri Varfolomeyev 16 GK Vasili Chernitsyn 17 FW Sergey Korovushkin

No. Position Player 18 MF Vadim Gagloyev 20 DF Yegor Yegorov 21 MF Matija Dvorneković 22 FW Aleksandr Salugin 23 MF Sergei Vaganov 24 DF Vitali Kazantsev 25 MF Eldar Mamayev 26 DF Yegor Tarakanov 27 MF Marius Kižys 30 GK Aleksandr Kurnikov 37 MF Alan Dzutsev

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player FW Yevgeni Gavryuk (at Torpedo Moscow)

External links

• Official website (Russian)