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
ChairmanRussia Sergey Anisimov
ManagerRussia Gadzhi Gadzhiev
until 7 June 2012
Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiev
7 June 2012 - 19 January 2013
Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev
from 19 January 2013
StadiumLokomotiv Stadium
Russian Premier League12th
Russian CupRound of 32 vs FC Khimki
2013–14 →

Squad edit

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 edit

Summer edit

Winter edit

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

Russian Premier League edit

Matches edit

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 edit

Pos Team 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. ^ a b c 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 edit

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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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