The 2020–21 season was Rotor Volgograd's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since 2004. Rotor Volgograd finished the season in 15th position, being relegated back to the Russian Football National League whilst they were also knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 stage.
Season events On 6 August, Nikolay Kuznetsov joined Sokol Saratov on loan for the season, whilst Jano Ananidze joined the club on a one-year contract.
On 10 August, Rotor announced the signing of Armen Manucharyan from Pyunik.
On 13 September, Rotor's home game against Krasnodar was postponed due to 10 cases of COVID-19 within the Rotor squad. On 16 September, Krasnodar were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.
On 18 September, Rotor's game away to Rostov was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Rotor Volgograd squad. On 22 September, Rostov were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Rotor Volgograd.
On 15 October, Rotor Volgograd signed Andrés Ponce on loan from Akhmat Grozny for the remainder of the season.
On 19 March, Alyaksandr Khatskevich left his role as Head Coach of Rotor. The following day, 20 March, Yuri Baturenko was announced as Rotor's new Head Coach.
On 22 March, Rotor announced that Yury Logvinenko had left the club by mutual consent due to injury.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.22 June 2020DFOleg KozhemyakinShinnik YaroslavlUndisclosed22 June 2020FWBeka MikeltadzeRubin KazanUndisclosed22 June 2020FWNikolai KipianiRubin KazanUndisclosed26 June 2020DFValeri PochivalinIrtysh PavlodarUndisclosed3 July 2020GKAleksandr DovbnyaOrenburgUndisclosed6 August 2020MFJano AnanidzeAnorthosis FamagustaFree10 August 2020DFArmen ManucharyanPyunikUndisclosed14 August 2020DFPatricio MatricardiAsteras TripolisUndisclosed28 August 2020GKJosip ČondrićIstra 1961Undisclosed13 January 2021DFDmitri ShomkoAstanaFree13 January 2021MFIvan MayewskiAstanaFree13 January 2021FWAleksey ShchotkinAstanaFree31 January 2021GKIgor ObukhovSKA-KhabarovskUndisclosed31 January 2021DFYury LogvinenkoAstanaFree
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.17 July 2020DFDanil StepanovRubin KazanEnd of season4 August 2020MFIlya ZhigulyovKrasnodarEnd of season5 August 2020DFCédric GogouaCSKA MoscowEnd of season20 August 2020DFSolomon KvirkveliaLokomotiv MoscowEnd of season20 August 2020MFZuriko DavitashviliRubin KazanEnd of season20 August 2020MFAleksandr SaplinovRostov13 January 20213 September 2020MFKirill KolesnichenkoKairat30 June 20217 September 2020FWFlamarionDinamo Batumi30 June 202115 October 2020FWAndrés PonceAkhmat GroznyEnd of season17 January 2021MFGiorgi ArabidzeNacionalEnd of season
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.23 June 2020FWEduard BuliyaSKA-KhabarovskUndisclosed7 July 2020MFArtyom SamsonovShinnik YaroslavlUndisclosed8 July 2020MFArtyom PopovNizhny NovgorodUndisclosed8 July 2020FWAnzor SanayaYenisey KrasnoyarskUndisclosed17 July 2020DFIlya IonovDynamo StavropolUndisclosed9 September 2020MFMukhammad SultonovNizhny NovgorodUndisclosed19 February 2021FWBeka MikeltadzeXanthiUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.6 August 2020MFNikolay KuznetsovSokol Saratov15 June 202119 January 2021MFOleg NikolayevVolgar AstrakhanEnd of season20 January 2021MFKirill KolesnichenkoSKA-KhabarovskEnd of season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref3 June 2020DFIgor Udaly 3 June 2020MFAlbert SharipovNizhny Novgorod 3 June 2020MFAzim FatullayevKuban Krasnodar 18 June 2020DFVitaliy DenisovTom Tomsk20 September 20209 September 2020DFValeri PochivalinFakel Voronezh14 September 202012 September 2020MFJano Ananidze 19 September 2020DFAnton PiskunovChayka Peschanokopskoye21 September 202012 January 2021GKAleksandr DovbnyaTorpedo Moscow15 January 202115 January 2021DFPatricio MatricardiHermannstadt25 January 20218 February 2021DFArmen ManucharyanAktobe27 February 202122 March 2021DFYury LogvinenkoAktobe5 May 2021
Friendlies
Competitions Overview
Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
League table
Russian Cup
Round of 32
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Rotor Volgograd but left during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 FW96Flamarion4042 FW72Kamil Mullin3033 FW23Andrés Ponce202FW10Aleksey Shchotkin2025 MF11Sergei Serchenkov101DF25Danil Stepanov101MF7 Nikolai Kipiani101 Own goal101 Total15015
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 GK93Josip Čondrić6062 GK1 Aleksandr Dovbnya101 Total707
Disciplinary record Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup Total4 DFOleg Kozhemyakin5000507 MFNikolai Kipiani2000208 MFOleg Aleynik50005010FWAleksey Shchotkin10001011MFSergei Serchenkov10001013MFSergei Makarov80008014MFIvan Mayewski10001017MFYevgeni Pesegov30104020MFIlya Zhigulyov80008023FWAndrés Ponce41004125DFDanil Stepanov90009027DFCédric Gogoua1010010128DFAzat Bairyyev51005133DFSolomon Kvirkvelia50005072FWKamil Mullin10001077MFZuriko Davitashvili50005093GKJosip Čondrić20002096FWFlamarion300030Players away on loan:18FWOleg Nikolayev10001019MFKirill Kolesnichenko100010Players who left Rotor Volgograd during the season:3 DFArmen Manucharyan2100215 DFAnton Piskunov1000106 DFPatricio Matricardi1000109 FWBeka Mikeltadze30003022MFMukhammad Sultonov100010 Total88410894
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