FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod

FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород»), also known as FC Pari NN or simply Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian professional football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 season.

Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Full nameRussian: Автономная Некоммерческая Организация «Футбольный Клуб «Пари Нижний Новгород»/
Football Club Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)[1]
GroundNizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity44,899
OwnerCity of Nizhny Novgorod
General directorDavid Melik-Guseynov
ManagerViktor Goncharenko
LeagueRussian Premier League
2023–2414th of 16
Websitehttp://fcnn.ru/
Current season

History

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The club has been known under different names:

  • 2015–2016: FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2016–2018: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2018–2022: FC Nizhny Novgorod[2]
  • Since 2022: FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod

In the 2015–16 season, it began to play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It was founded as a farm club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club in Nizhny Novgorod.[3] At the end of the 2016–17, Olimpiyets won their PFL zone and were promoted to the second-level Russian Football National League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, they qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs, but lost to PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara with an aggregate score of 2–3.

In the 2020–21 season, the club finished 3rd in FNL. As the second-placed club FC Orenburg failed to receive a Premier League license due to issues with their stadium, Nizhny Novgorod was promoted to the RPL for the first time for the 2021–22 season.[4][5]

Former Nigeria striker Sylvester Igboun suspended his contract with the team because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

On 10 June 2022, the club announced that the name of the club will be changed to FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (or Pari NN for short) due to a sponsorship deal with a bookmaker Pari, previously known as Paribet.[7][8] The name change was approved by the Russian Football Union on the same day.[9] Pari NN finished the 2022–23 season in 14th place, qualifying for relegation play-offs against FC Rodina Moscow.[10] After winning the first leg of the play-offs away with the score of 3–0, Pari lost 0–2 at home and won 3–2 on aggregate, retaining their Premier League spot.[11]

In the 2023–24 season, Pari NN finished 14th once again, qualifying for the relegation play-offs.[12] Pari defeated Arsenal Tula with the aggregate score of 3–2 and remained in the Premier League.[13]

League

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Season League Russian Cup Europe Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA GD P Name Goals
2015–16 3rd 3rd 27 15 8 4 38 19 19 53 2R   Igor Belyakov 11   Valeri Bogdanets
  Konstantin Galkin
2016–17 3rd 1st 24 17 4 3 47 17 30 55 2R   Igor Gorbunov 10   Konstantin Galkin
  Nikolai Pisarev
2017–18 2nd 12th 38 11 11 16 37 50 -13 55 R16   Radik Khayrullov 9   Nikolai Pisarev
2018–19 2nd 4th 38 18 8 12 41 31 +10 62 R16   Maksim Paliyenko 9   Dmitri Cheryshev
2019–20 2nd 11th 27 9 9 9 28 29 -1 36 R16   Maksim Paliyenko
  Pavel Ignatovich
  Igor Portnyagin
5   Dmitri Cheryshev
  Robert Yevdokimov
2020–21 2nd 3rd 42 27 7 8 67 28 +39 88 R16   Timur Suleymanov 9   Robert Yevdokimov
2021–22 1st 11th 30 8 9 13 26 39 -13 33 R16   Nikolay Kalinsky 8   Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Current squad

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As of 15 November 2024, according to the RPL website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   RUS Vadim Lukyanov
2 DF   RUS Viktor Aleksandrov
3 DF   RUS Danila Vedernikov
4 MF   RUS Ilya Zhigulyov
5 MF   RUS Konstantin Maradishvili (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
7 MF   RUS Vladislav Karapuzov
9 FW   GNB Zé Turbo
10 MF   RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin
11 DF   BUL Mateo Stamatov
15 DF   RUS Aleksandr Ektov (on loan from Krasnodar)
17 FW   RUS Stanislav Lapinsky
18 MF   ISR Dan Glazer
19 MF   RUS Nikita Yermakov
20 FW   URU Juan Manuel Boselli
21 MF   RUS Dmitry Kalayda
22 DF   RUS Nikita Kakkoyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW   GEO Nikoloz Kutateladze
24 DF   RUS Kirill Gotsuk
25 DF   SVN Sven Karič
29 MF   SVN Luka Vešner Tičić
30 GK   RUS Nikita Medvedev
52 DF   RUS Artyom Chistyakov
61 DF   RUS Yevgeny Lukinykh
70 DF   RUS Maksim Shnaptsev
78 MF   RUS Nikolay Kalinsky
80 MF   RUS Valeri Tsarukyan
81 GK   RUS Ivan Kukushkin
87 MF   RUS Kirill Bozhenov
88 DF   RUS Kirill Glushchenkov
90 FW   SRB Ognjen Ožegović
96 FW   RUS Aleksandr Koksharov (on loan from Krasnodar)
99 DF   RUS Stanislav Magkeyev

Other players under contract

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   RUS David Kobesov
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   MLI Mamadou Maiga

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ARM Artyom Gyurdzhan (at KAMAZ until 30 June 2025)
DF   UZB Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev (at Kairat until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   RUS Ilya Kukharchuk (at Rotor Volgograd until 30 June 2025)
FW   UZB Ruslanbek Jiyanov (at Navbahor Namangan until 30 November 2024)

Reserve team

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Club officials

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As of 16 June 2022
Position Staff
Chairman   Ravil Izmaylov
Director of Football   Igor Kudryashov
Manager   Artyom Gorlov
Assistant managers   Leonid Ablizin
First-team coach   Oleg Levin
Senior Goalkeeper Coach   Valeriy Kleimenov
Fitness coach   Dmitriy Polyanin
  Kirill Zhinkin
Chief analyst   Vladimir Savchenko
Video analyst   Andrey Ankudimov
Scout   Pavel Naboyshchikov
Head of Medical   Oleg Vinokurov
Doctor   Sergey Vjalitsyn
Masseur   Vyacheslav Vishnevskiy
Team Organiser   Aleksandr Trishin

References

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  1. ^ ФК «Олимпиец». История клуба (in Russian). volga-olympic.ru. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. ^ «Олимпиец» переименован в «Нижний Новгород» (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
  4. ^ ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Igboun's Contract with Nizhny Novgorod on Hold over Russia-Ukraine War". 16 March 2022.
  7. ^ "ФК "НИЖНИЙ НОВГОРОД" ИЗМЕНИТ НАЗВАНИЕ НА ФК "ПАРИ НИЖНИЙ НОВГОРОД"" (in Russian). FC Pari NN. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "БУКМЕКЕРСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ PARIBET ИЗМЕНИЛА НАЗВАНИЕ НА PARI" (in Russian). Match TV. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Бюро исполкома РФС согласовало переименование футбольного клуба "Нижний Новгород" в ФК "Пари НН"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "«Пари НН» и «Факел» сыграют в переходных матчах за места в Мир РПЛ-2023/24" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Pari v Rodina game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 June 2023.
  12. ^ ""Пари НН" и "Урал" – участники переходных матчей за места в Мир РПЛ" [Pari NN and Ural will play in the relegation play-offs] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
  13. ^ ""Пари НН" сохранил прописку в Мир РПЛ благодаря победе над "Арсеналом" в два мяча" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024.
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