The 2021–22 season was the seventh season in the existence of FC Nizhny Novgorod and the club's first season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Nizhny Novgorod participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, where they were eliminated in round of sixteen.
Season events On 16 March, Nizhny Novgorod suspended their contract with Lars Olden Larsen, and terminated their contract with Sylvester Igboun by mutual consent.
Players
Contacts suspended
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.26 June 2021FWTimur SuleymanovLokomotiv MoscowUndisclosed1 July 2021MFDenis TkachukOrenburgUndisclosed8 July 2021GKArtur NigmatullinArsenal TulaUndisclosed9 July 2021DFAleksei KozlovRostovUndisclosed10 July 2021DFLucas MasoeroLokomotiv PlovdivUndisclosed16 July 2021DFDaniil PenchikovTom TomskUndisclosed18 July 2021MFPavel MogilevetsKhimkiUndisclosed21 July 2021FWBekim BalajSturm GrazUndisclosed29 July 2021DFÁkos KecskésLuganoUndisclosed25 August 2021GKAndrei SinitsynAkron TolyattiUndisclosed26 August 2021DFIbrokhimkhalil YuldoshevPakhtakor TashkentUndisclosed7 September 2021MFPetrus BoumalBB ErzurumsporUndisclosed16 January 2022MFPavel KarasyovBATE BorisovUndisclosed16 January 2022FWAleksandr ShestyukDinamo BrestUndisclosed26 January 2022DFDmitry StotskyKrasnodarFree5 February 2022MFLars LarsenMjøndalenUndisclosed12 February 2022MFFelício MilsonMarítimoUndisclosed20 February 2022FWSylvester IgbounDynamo MoscowFree
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.19 June 2021MFIlya BerkovskiLokomotiv MoscowEnd of season27 July 2021DFIvan MiladinovićSochiEnd of season17 August 2021FWRichie EnninSpartaks JūrmalaEnd of season20 August 2021FWKirill KosarevRubin Kazan22 February 20224 February 2022GKNikita GoyloZenit St.PetersburgEnd of season11 February 2022MFKirill KravtsovZenit St.PetersburgEnd of season15 February 2022DFViktor AleksandrovRubin KazanEnd of season
Out Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.8 June 2021DFAleksei ShumskikhTorpedo MoscowUndisclosed10 June 2021FWBeka KavtaradzeRotor VolgogradUndisclosed14 June 2021DFOleg SmirnovVolgar AstrakhanUndisclosed18 June 2021MFArtyom PopovBaltika KaliningradUndisclosed26 June 2021DFIvan TemnikovTorpedo MoscowUndisclosed1 July 2021MFMikhail GashchenkovAkzhayikUndisclosed1 July 2021MFAleksandr StavpetsTom TomskUndisclosed1 July 2021FWMomo YansanéSheriff TiraspolUndisclosed2 July 2021FWMukhammad SultonovTorpedo MoscowUndisclosed8 July 2021DFIsmail EdiyevKuban KrasnodarUndisclosed20 July 2021FWDmitri YugaldinIrtysh OmskUndisclosed27 July 2021DFSergei ZuykovTom TomskUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.27 January 2022MFAleksandr SapetaKuban KrasnodarEnd of season16 February 2022FWAleksandr ShestyukRFSEnd of season
Contract suspensions Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.16 March 2022MFLars Olden LarsenBK Häcken30 June 2022
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.30 June 2021DFKirill MalyarovShakhter Karagandy 17 August 2021MFPavel KomolovRetired30 7 September 2021GKNikolai SysuyevOrenburg 17 December 2021GKAndrei SinitsynDynamo Makhachkala 17 December 2021MFPetrus BoumalÚjpest15 February 202217 December 2021FWArtyom GaladzhanTom Tomsk 31 December 2021MFPavel MogilevetsBunyodkor 16 January 2022FWBekim BalajBoluspor30 January 202216 March 2022MFSylvester IgbounNorthEast United20 September 2022
Friendlies
Competitions Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Russian Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who suspended their contracts:
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Nizhny Novgorod but left during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 MF78Nikolay Kalinsky8082 DF34Aleksei Kozlov4043 DF24Kirill Gotsuk303MF88Ilya Berkovski1235 MF17Igor Gorbunov2026 FW93Timur Suleymanov101DF4 Ákos Kecskés101FW11Kirill Kosarev101DF6 Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev101FW7 Richie Ennin101DF89Dmitry Stotsky101MF14Kirill Kravtsov101 Own goal101 Total26228
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 GK25Artur Nigmatullin6062 GK13Nikita Goylo202GK33Andrei Sinitsyn0224 GK1 Artur Anisimov011 Total8210
Disciplinary record Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup Total2 DFViktor Aleksandrov1000104 DFÁkos Kecskés1100115 DFLucas Masoero5100516 DFIbrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev3020507 FWRichie Ennin31003111MFKirill Kosarev10102013GKNikita Goylo10001014MFKirill Kravtsov20002015DFIvan Miladinović30003017MFIgor Gorbunov40004019MFBekim Balaj20002022DFNikita Kakkoyev10001023DFDaniil Penchikov10102024DFKirill Gotsuk60107025GKArtur Nigmatullin30003027MFFelício Milson10001031MFDenis Tkachuk50005034DFAleksei Kozlov20002037MFAlbert Sharipov10001045MFAleksandr Grunichev00101077MFPavel Karasyov10001078MFNikolay Kalinsky40004088MFIlya Berkovski01000189DFDmitry Stotsky20002093FWTimur Suleymanov900090Players who suspended their contracts:10MFLars Larsen100010Players away on loan:41MFAleksandr Sapeta301040Players who left Nizhny Novgorod during the season:13MFPetrus Boumal21002133GKAndrei Sinitsyn100010 Total69570765
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