title: 2019–20 FC Orenburg season
text: # 2019–20 FC Orenburg season
  
  The 2019–20 Orenburg season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2016–17, and their second in their 43-year history.
  
  ## Season events
  
  On 8 December, manager Vladimir Fedotov resigned with Konstantin Yemelyanov being appointed as his replacement.
  
  On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.
  
  On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.
  
  On 22 May, manager Konstantin Yemelyanov's contract expired, with Ilshat Aitkulov being appointed as caretaker manager.
  
  On 26 June, it was announced that Orenburg's fixture against Krasnodar scheduled for 27 June would not take place due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Orenburg squad, and was subsequently awarded to Krasnodar as a 3-0 technical victory.
  
  On 1 July, the Russian Premier League announced that that afternoon's game between Orenburg and Ural Yekaterinburg had been called off due to the continued outbreak of COVID-19 within the Orenburg squad.
  
  ## Squad
  
      As of 11 June 2020
  
  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 | Aleksandr Rudenko |
  | 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow |
  | 4 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković (on loan from Sparta Prague) |
  | 5 | MF | RUS | Timur Ayupov |
  | 6 | DF | ISR | Adi Gotlieb |
  | 8 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić |
  | 10 | MF | POR | Ricardo Alves |
  | 11 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov |
  | 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh |
  | 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov |
  | 14 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla |
  | 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov) |
  | 17 | MF | SVN | Žiga Škoflek |
  | 18 | DF | RUS | Danil Lipovoy (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | FW | GHA | Joel Fameyeh |
  | 22 | FW | LTU | Fedor Černych (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
  | 23 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat |
  | 24 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko |
  | 31 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov |
  | 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev |
  | 33 | MF | RUS | David Bidlovskiy |
  | 38 | GK | BLR | Andrey Klimovich |
  | 42 | DF | RUS | Ivan Lapshov |
  | 51 | DF | RUS | Danil Khoroshkov |
  | 55 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kaplenko (on loan from Zenit St.Petersburg) |
  | 57 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Bolotov |
  | 66 | DF | RUS | Savely Kozlov |
  
  ### Out on loan
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | RUS | Aleksei Kenyaykin (at Torpedo Moscow) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 July 2019 | MF | Timur Ayupov | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
  | 12 July 2019 | FW | Joel Fameyeh | Wa All Stars | Undisclosed |
  | 26 July 2019 | MF | Adi Gotlieb | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Undisclosed |
  | 23 August 2019 | MF | Žiga Škoflek | Rudar Velenje | Undisclosed |
  | 30 August 2019 | GK | Andrey Klimovich | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
  | 2 September 2019 | DF | Ivan Lapshov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
  | 2 September 2019 | MF | Filip Rogić | Örebro | Undisclosed |
  | 1 January 2020 | MF | Islambek Kuat | Kairat | Free |
  | 5 January 2020 | FW | Mamadou Sylla | Gent | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 July 2019 | FW | Artyom Galadzhan | Lokomotiv Moscow | 24 January 2020 |
  | 26 July 2019 | DF | Georgi Zotov | Krylia Sovetov | End of Season |
  | 21 August 2019 | MF | Vladimir Moskvichyov | Dynamo Moscow | 9 January 2020 |
  | 21 August 2019 | FW | Fedor Černych | Dynamo Moscow | End of Season |
  | 23 August 2019 | DF | Danil Lipovoy | Dynamo Moscow | End of Season |
  | 3 September 2019 | DF | Uroš Radaković | Sparta Prague | End of Season |
  | 21 February 2020 | MF | Kirill Kaplenko | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of Season |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 June 2019 | FW | Andrei Kozlov | Ufa | Undisclosed |
  | 29 June 2019 | DF | Silvije Begić | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
  | 3 July 2019 | MF | Denis Popović | Zürich | Undisclosed |
  | 29 June 2019 | MF | Aleksei Sutormin | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans out
  
  | Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 July 2019 | GK | | Aleksei Kenyaykin | Torpedo Moscow | End of Season | |
  
  ### Released
  
  | Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 31 May 2019 | MF | Sergei Breyev | Avangard Kursk | 1 July 2019 |
  | 31 May 2019 | DF | Adessoye Oyewole | Tambov | 8 June 2019 |
  | 31 May 2019 | MF | Grigori Chirkin | Avangard Kursk | 7 June 2019 |
  | 29 June 2019 | GK | Yevgeny Frolov | Sochi | |
  | 1 July 2019 | MF | Dmitri Andreyev | Retired | Retired |
  | 19 February 2020 | MF | Nikita Malyarov | Khimki | |
  | 19 February 2020 | MF | Vadim Afonin | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 2 March 2020 |
  | 1 June 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Dovbnya | | |
  | 1 June 2020 | FW | Đorđe Despotović | Rubin Kazan | 21 July 2020 |
  | 11 June 2020 | MF | Filip Rogić | | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Premier League
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
  | Result | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W |
  | Position | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 | Sochi | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | |
  | 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 31 | |
  | 14 | Tambov | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 31 | |
  | 15 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 | Relegation to Football National League |
  | 16 | Orenburg (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 27 | Relegation to Football National League |
  
  * 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 8, Tambov 4, Krylia Sovetov Samara 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Akhmat Grozny +3, Tambov 0, Krylia Sovetov Samara –3
  
  ## Squad statistics
  
      As of match played 22 July 2020
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Sivakow | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 5 | MF | RUS | Timur Ayupov | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | ISR | Adi Gotlieb | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | CRO | Danijel Miškić | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | POR | Ricardo Alves | 22 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | RUS | Andrea Chukanov | 18 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | DF | RUS | Andrei Malykh | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | RUS | Georgi Zotov | 22 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | SVN | Žiga Škoflek | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | DF | RUS | Danil Lipovoy | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 20 | FW | GHA | Joel Fameyeh | 25 | 8 | 11+12 | 7 | 0+2 | 1 |
  | 22 | FW | LTU | Fedor Černych | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | RUS | Daniil Krivoruchko | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | RUS | Vitali Shakhov | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 32 | MF | RUS | Artyom Kulishev | 19 | 4 | 10+8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
  | 33 | MF | RUS | David Bidlovskiy | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 38 | GK | BLR | Andrey Klimovich | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 42 | DF | RUS | Ivan Lapshov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 51 | DF | RUS | Danil Khoroshkov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 55 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kaplenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 66 | DF | RUS | Savely Kozlov | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
  | Players who appeared for Orenburg but left during the season: ||||||||||
  | 7 | MF | SWE | Filip Rogić | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | SRB | Đorđe Despotović | 22 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 |
  | 29 | MF | UZB | Vadim Afonin | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 56 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | RUS | Nikita Malyarov | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 88 | FW | RUS | Artyom Galadzhan | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  ### Goal scorers
  
  | Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | | 9 | Đorđe Despotović | 8 | 1 | 9 |
  | 2 | FW | | 20 | Joel Fameyeh | 7 | 1 | 8 |
  | 3 | MF | | 32 | Artyom Kulishev | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | MF | | 10 | Ricardo Alves | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | MF | | 77 | Nikita Malyarov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | | 15 | Georgi Zotov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | MF | | 7 | Filip Rogić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | | 12 | Andrei Malykh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | | 4 | Uroš Radaković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | MF | | 17 | Žiga Škoflek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 3 | 31 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | 38 | Andrey Klimovich | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 2 | GK | | 56 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | | DF | Mikhail Sivakow | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 4 | | DF | Uroš Radaković | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 5 | | MF | Timur Ayupov | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
  | 8 | | MF | Danijel Miškić | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
  | 10 | | MF | Ricardo Alves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 11 | | FW | Andrea Chukanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | | DF | Andrei Malykh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 13 | | DF | Sergei Terekhov | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
  | 14 | | FW | Mamadou Sylla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | | DF | Georgi Zotov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
  | 17 | | MF | Žiga Škoflek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 20 | | FW | Joel Fameyeh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 23 | | MF | Islambek Kuat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 24 | | DF | Daniil Krivoruchko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 31 | | DF | Vitali Shakhov | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
  | 32 | | MF | Artyom Kulishev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 66 | | DF | Savely Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Players away on loan: ||||||||||
  | Players who left Orenburg during the season: ||||||||||
  | 7 | | MF | Filip Rogić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 9 | | FW | Đorđe Despotović | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 29 | | MF | Vadim Afonin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 56 | | GK | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 77 | | MF | Nikita Malyarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 75 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 5 |
  