2012–13 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod season

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
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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 where 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]

Squad

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 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

In: 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 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. 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

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Template:2012–13 Russian Premier League Table

Russian Cup

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	Number	Name	Premier League	Total
1	FW	27	Aleksei Sapogov	8	8
2	MF	87	Ilya Maksimov	4	4
3	FW	11	Shamil Asildarov	3	3
3	FW	14	Artur Sarkisov	3	3
5	MF	9	Aleksandr Shulenin	2	2
	DF	63	Aleksandr Belozyorov	2	2
	MF	5	Andrei Karyaka	2	2
8	MF	83	Aleksandr Kharitonov	1	1
	DF	8	Gia Grigalava	1	1
	MF	29	Shota Bibilov	1	1
	FW	77	Aleksandr Salugin	1	1
			TOTALS	28	28

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

References

[1] В руководстве клуба произошли изменения (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 7 June 2012.

[2] Юрий Калитвинцев - главный тренер "Волги" (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 19 January 2013.

[Asildarov+3-3] Новости ФК Волга -Представляем новичков - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[4] Новости ФК Волга -Алексей Сапогов стал игроком «Волги» - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[3nn-5] Новости ФК Волга -«Горожане» стали «волжанами» - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[6] Новости ФК Волга -Маляров и Бондарв прибыли в расположение «Волги» - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[7] Новости ФК Волга -Тараканов вернулся в «Волгу» - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[1sbor-8] Новости ФК Волга -«Волга» начала первый сбор - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[9] Новости ФК Волга -Дворнекович - в «Волге» - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[10] пополнение в "Томи" | ФК Томь

[chicherin-11] Переходы - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[sport-express.ru-12] Газета СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС. Гаджи ГАДЖИЕВ: “ЗНАКОМИТЬСЯ БУДЕМ В РАБОТЕ”. СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС: Ежедневная спортивная газета

[13] Новости ФК Волга -Сергей Ваганов отдан в аренду - Футбольный клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород

[14] Игроком «Химок» стал Алексей Померко. Официальный сайт ФК "ХИМКИ" :: новости

[Gorbanets2-15] С "Томи" снят запрет на регистрацию новых футболистов | ФК Томь

[BendzSE-16] Новости. Футбол - трансферы - россия. СЭ: "Томь" подпишет Бендзя и Горбанца. Спорт-Экспресс

[kvartetnovichkov-17] Квартет новичков | Футбольный клуб «Ростов»

[18] Экс-капитан «Нижнего Новгорода» переходит в Хабаровск.

[19] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/youth/11554/

[fcvolgann11555-20] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/11555/

[21] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/10957/

[22] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/11125/

[fcvolgann10417-23] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/10417/

[fcvolgann11556-24] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/11556/

[25] ttp://www.fcvolgann.ru/volga-info/news/team/10474/

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