2019–20 FC Tambov season explained

Club:	FC Tambov
Season:	2019–20
Manager:	Aleksandr Grigoryan Sergei Pervushin
Chairman:	Georgi Yartsev
Stadium:	Mordovia Arena (Rounds 1-19) Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Rounds 20-30)
League:	Premier League
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	Russian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32 vs Tom Tomsk
League Topscorer:	Three Players (7)
Season Topscorer:	Three Players (7)
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21
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The 2019–20 FC Tambov season was their first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

Season review

On 19 October, Aleksandr Grigoryan left his role as manager by mutual consent,^[1] with assistant manager Sergei Pervushin being appointed as Caretaker manager on 21 October.^[2]

On 4 February, Tambov confirmed that their home games for the second half of the season would be played at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod.^[3]

On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.^[5]

On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.^[6]

On 1 June, Khetag Khosonov and Miguel Cardoso left the club after their loan deals had expired.^[7]

On 16 July, the Russian Premier League announced that that day's game between Tambov and Sochi would not take place due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Sochi squad.^[8] On 21 July 2020, the Russian Football Union awarded the game 3–0 to Tambov.^[9]

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2019–20.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	GK		Tamerlan Gabuyev
Summer 2019	GK		Nikita Kotov
Summer 2019	GK		Vitali Sychyov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Cédric Gogoua	BFC Daugavpils	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Yegor Badyin	Ural Yekaterinburg	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Renat Bagdashkin
Summer 2019	DF		Ilya Mamkin
Summer 2019	DF		Kamil Salakhetdinov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Mohammed Usman	Pyunik	Free
Summer 2019	MF		Merab Chikhradze	Armavir	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Vladimir Kabakhidze
Summer 2019	MF		Arsen Kabolov
Summer 2019	MF		Pavel Karasyov	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Adam Katsayev	Akhmat Grozny	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Dmitri Merenchukov	Novokuznetsk	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Yevgeni Morev	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Aleksandr Shurlov	Akhlamov-UOR Neklinovsky District	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Igor Sichkar	Orbita-Yunior Dzerzhinsky	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Denis Skrypnikov
Summer 2019	MF		Vildan Yermilov
Summer 2019	FW		Mohamed Konaté	Pyunik	Free
Summer 2019	FW		Roman Zherebyatyev
26 May 2019	DF		Soslan Takazov	Armavir	Undisclosed	^[10]
29 May 2019	MF		Mikhail Kostyukov	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed	^[11]
8 June 2019	DF		Ruslan Abazov	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed
8 June 2019	DF		Adessoye Oyewole	Orenburg	Undisclosed	^[12]
8 June 2019	FW		Ishkhan Geloyan	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
19 June 2019	DF		Maksim Osipenko	Fakel Voronezh	Undisclosed	^[13]
1 July 2019	GK		Vladimir Sugrobov	Baltika Kaliningrad	Undisclosed	^[14]
2 July 2019	MF		Vladislav Kulik	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed	^[15]
4 July 2019	DF		Guram Tetrashvili	Gomel	Undisclosed	^[16]
9 July 2019	MF		Ivan Markelov	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed	^[17]
15 August 2019	MF		Sulley Muniru	Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed
2 September 2019	FW		Vladimir Obukhov	Sochi	Free	^[18]
1 January 2020	FW		Artyom Fedchuk	Avangard Kursk	Undisclosed
17 January 2020	GK		Nikita Chagrov	Avangard Kursk	Undisclosed	^[19]
9 February 2020	DF		Oleksandr Kapliyenko	Dinamo Tbilisi	Undisclosed	^[20]
21 February 2020	MF		Geo Danny Ekra		Free
21 February 2020	FW		Fanen Akyam		Free
7 July 2020	FW		Amur Kalmykov	Armavir	Undisclosed	^[21]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
5 July 2019	MF		Khetag Khosonov	CSKA Moscow	31 May 2020	^[22]
2 September 2019	DF		Aleksei Gritsayenko	Krasnodar	End of Season	^[23]
2 September 2019	FW		Georgi Melkadze	Spartak Moscow	End of Season	^[24]
20 February 2020	DF		Igor Yurganov	Sochi	End of Season	^[25]
22 February 2020	DF		Oleksandr Filin	Khimki	End of Season	^[26]
22 February 2020	MF		Miguel Cardoso	Dynamo Moscow	31 May 2020	^[27] ^[28]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 August 2019	DF		Cédric Gogoua	CSKA Moscow	Undisclosed	^[29]
2 September 2019	FW		Mohamed Konaté	Khimki	Undisclosed	^[30]
20 January 2020	MF		Vladislav Kulik	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	Undisclosed	^[31]
27 January 2020	MF		Danil Klyonkin	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Undisclosed	^[32]
20 June 2020	MF		Vagiz Galiulin	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Undisclosed	^[33]
9 July 2020	DF		Andrei Yakovlev	Leningradets Leningrad Oblast	Undisclosed	^[34]
14 July 2020	DF		Kirill Bolshakov	SKA-Khabarovsk	Undisclosed	^[35]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2019	DF		Yevgeni Shlyakov	SKA-Khabarovsk	Winter 2020
Summer 2019	DF		Andrei Yakovlev	Zvezda St.Petersburg	End of season
Summer 2019	MF		Vagiz Galiulin	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	20 June 2020
Summer 2019	FW		Sergei Arkhipov	Metallurg Lipetsk	End of season
Summer 2019	FW		Yevgeni Ragulkin	Tyumen	Winter 2020
17 January 2020	GK		Vladimir Sugrobov	Pyunik	End of Season	^[36]
21 February 2020	DF		Oleg Chernyshov	Aktobe	End of Season	^[37]
21 February 2020	FW		Andrei Chasovskikh	Aktobe	End of Season	^[38]
11 June 2020	FW		Sergei Arkhipov	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	End of Season 2020-21 Season	^[39]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
Summer 2019	DF		Mikhail Mishchenko	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Summer 2019	MF		Sékou Doumbia	Armavir
Summer 2019	MF		Mladen Kašćelan	Baltika Kaliningrad
Summer 2019	FW		Ivan Markelov	Kyzylzhar	18 February 2020^[40]
1 January 2020^[41]	DF		Maksim Osipenko	Rostov	9 January 2020^[42]
1 January 2020	MF		Benito	Dynamo Kyiv	3 January 2020^[43]
1 January 2020	MF		Mohammed Usman	Shakhter Karagandy	5 February 2020
1 January 2020	FW		Khyzyr Appayev	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
25 July 2020	GK		Amur Kalmykov
25 July 2020	GK		Nikita Kotov
25 July 2020	DF		Yegor Badyin
25 July 2020	DF		Renat Bagdashkin
25 July 2020	DF		Igor Dvoryashin
25 July 2020	DF		Tamerlan Gabuyev
25 July 2020	DF		Ilya Mamkin
25 July 2020	DF		Kamil Salakhetdinov
25 July 2020	DF		Anton Fedorenko
25 July 2020	MF		Sulley Muniru	Asante Kotoko	2 November 2020^[44]
25 July 2020	MF		Geo Danny Ekra
25 July 2020	MF		Anton Arkhipov
25 July 2020	MF		Merad Chikhradze
25 July 2020	MF		Arsen Kabolov
25 July 2020	MF		Adam Katsayev
25 July 2020	MF		Denis Lenyo
25 July 2020	MF		Dmitri Merenchukov
25 July 2020	MF		Daniil Mishutin	Kafa Feodosia
25 July 2020	MF		Yevgeni Morev	Kafa Feodosia
25 July 2020	MF		Denis Romashev
25 July 2020	MF		Nikita Salamatov	Irtysh Omsk
25 July 2020	MF		Aleksandr Shurlov
25 July 2020	MF		Denis Skrypnikov
25 July 2020	MF		Vladislav Vlasov
25 July 2020	MF		Vildan Yermilov	Dynamo Stavropol
25 July 2020	FW		Fanen Akyam
25 July 2020	FW		Ishkhan Geloyan	Baltika Kaliningrad
25 July 2020	FW		Dmytro Kosiakov
25 July 2020	FW		Khasan Mamtov	Kuban Krasnodar
25 July 2020	FW		Mikhail Usanin
25 July 2020	FW		Roman Zherebyatyev

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2019–20 Russian Premier League.

League table

Russian Cup

See main article: 2019–20 Russian Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		13	Vladimir Obukhov	7	0	7
	FW		19	Georgi Melkadze	7	0	7
	MF		77	Mikhail Kostyukov	7	0	7
4	DF		27	Cédric Gogoua	2	0	2
MF		8	Anton Kilin	2	0	2
MF		92	Valeriu Ciupercă	2	0	2
7	FW		11	Benito	1	0	1
	DF		30	Soslan Takazov	1	0	1
	FW		9	Khasan Mamtov	1	0	1
	DF		55	Maksim Osipenko	1	0	1
	DF		58	Adessoye Oyewole	1	0	1
	DF		27	Aleksei Gritsayenko	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
Total					34	0	34

Clean sheets

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=150	Premier League	width=80	Russian Cup	width=80	Total
1	GK		88	Giorgi Shelia	6	0	6
Total					6	0	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
2		DF	Aleksei Rybin	1	0	1	0	2	0
3		DF	Guram Tetrashvili	8	1	0	0	8	1
8		MF	Anton Kilin	5	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Khasan Mamtov	2	0	1	0	3	0
13		FW	Vladimir Obukhov	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Oleksandr Filin	5	0	0	0	5	0
19		FW	Georgi Melkadze	11	1	0	0	11	1
25		MF	Pavel Karasyov	3	0	0	0	3	0
27		DF	Aleksei Gritsayenko	4	0	0	0	4	0
30		DF	Soslan Takazov	6	0	0	0	6	0
58		DF	Adessoye Oyewole	7	0	0	0	7	0
77		MF	Mikhail Kostyukov	3	0	0	0	3	0
88		GK	Giorgi Shelia	3	0	0	0	3	0
92		MF	Valeriu Ciupercă	12	3	0	0	12	3
Players away on loan:
Players who left Tambov during the season:
6		MF	Vladislav Kulik	0	0	1	0	1	0
11		MF	Benito	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Khyzyr Appayev	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Khetag Khosonov	1	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Cédric Gogoua	2	0	0	0	2	0
55		DF	Maksim Osipenko	1	0	0	0	1	0
99		MF	Ivan Markelov	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				80	5	3	0	83	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: FC Tambov. Александр Григорян покидает "Тамбов". 19 October 2019. Russian.
2. Web site: FC Tambov. Сергей Первушин назначен и.о. главного тренера "Тамбова". 21 October 2019. Russian.
3. Web site: Весеннюю часть сезона Тамбов проведет на стадионе Нижний Новгород . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 11 February 2020 . Russian . 4 February 2020.
4. Web site: Russian Premier Liga suspended until 10 April . eng.premierliga.ru/ . Russian Premier League . 17 March 2020 . 17 March 2020.
5. Russian Premier League. Итоги Бюро Исполкома РФС. RFU Executive Committee's Bureau Meeting Minutes. 1 April 2020. Russian.
6. Web site: Tinkoff RPL season to resume in June . premierliga.ru/ . Russian Premier League . 15 May 2020 . Russian . 15 May 2020.
7. Web site: FC Tambov. Закончился срок аренды Хосонова и Кардозу. 1 June 2020. Russian.
8. Web site: Сочи не сыграет против Тамбова . premierliga.ru/ . Russian Premier League . 16 July 2020 . Russian . 16 July 2020.
9. Web site: Russian Football Union. Итоги КДК РФС. 21 July 2020. Russian.
10. Web site: FC Armavir. СОСЛАН ТАКАЗОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С КЛУБОМ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ. Soslan Takazov signed a contract with a Premier League club. 26 May 2019. Russian.
11. Web site: FC Tambov. Михаил Костюков стал игроком "Тамбова"!. Mikhail Kostyukov became Tambov player!. 29 May 2019. Russian.
12. Web site: FC Tambov. "Тамбов" приступил к подготовке к сезону РПЛ!. Tambov begins preparation for RPL season. 8 June 2019. Russian.
13. Web site: FC Tambov. Максим Осипенко подписал контракт с "Тамбовом"!. Maksim Osipenko signed a contract with Tambov!. 19 June 2019. Russian.
14. Web site: FC Baltika Kaliningrad. Владимир Сугробов переходит в "Тамбов". Vladimir Sugrobov moves to Tambov. 1 July 2019. Russian.
15. Web site: FC Tambov. Владислав Кулик перешел в "Тамбов"!. Vladislav Kulik moved to Tambov!. 2 July 2019. Russian.
16. Web site: FC Gomel. Защитник Гурам Тетрашвили продолжит карьеру в российском "Тамбове" (Д1). Defender Guram Tetrashvili will continue his career in Russian FC Tambov. 4 July 2019. Russian. 26 July 2019. 6 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190806204912/http://fcgomel.by/press/news/2019/guram_tetrashvili_prodolzhit_k. dead.
17. Web site: FC Tambov. Иван Маркелов перешел в "Тамбов". Ivan Markelov moved to Tambov. 9 July 2019. Russian.
18. Web site: FC Tambov. Владимир Обухов возвращается в "Тамбов"!. Vladimir Obukhov returns to Tambov!. 2 September 2019. Russian.
19. FC Tambov. Никита Чагров пополнил состав "Тамбова". 17 January 2020. Russian.
20. FC Tambov. Александр Каплиенко стал игроком "Тамбова". 9 February 2020. Russian.
21. Web site: FC Tambov. "Тамбов" заявил Амура Калмыкова!. 7 July 2020. Russian.
22. Web site: PFC CSKA Moscow. Хетаг Хосонов проведет следующий сезон в Тамбове. Khetag Khosonov will spend the next season in Tambov. 5 July 2019. Russian.
23. Web site: FC Krasnodar. АЛЕКСЕЙ ГРИЦАЕНКО АРЕНДОВАН "ТАМБОВОМ". Aleksei Gritsayenko loaned by Tambov. 2 September 2019. Russian.
24. Web site: FC Spartak Moscow. Мелкадзе будет выступать за "Тамбов" на правах аренды. Melkadze will play for Tambov on loan. 2 September 2019. Russian.
25. Web site: "Тамбов" арендовал у "Сочи" защитника Игоря Юрганова . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 22 February 2020 . Russian . 20 February 2020.
26. Web site: Александр Филин пополнил состав "Тамбова"! . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 22 February 2020 . Russian . 22 February 2020.
27. Web site: FC Dynamo Moscow. Мигель Кардозу переходит "Тамбов". 19 February 2020. Russian.
28. Web site: Кардозу - первый португалец в "Тамбове"! . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 22 February 2020 . Russian . 22 February 2020.
29. Web site: Седрик Гогуа подписал четырехлетний контракт с ПФК ЦСКА . pfc-cska.com/ . PFC CSKA Moscow . 29 August 2019 . Russian . 29 August 2019.
30. Web site: FC Khimki. МОХАМЕД КОНАТЕ - НОВЫЙ НАПАДАЮЩИЙ "ХИМОК". Mohamed Konate is the new forward of Khimki. 2 September 2019. Russian.
31. Web site: Chayka Peschanokopskoye. Добро пожаловать, Владислав Кулик!. 20 January 2020. Russian.
32. Web site: FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. "Нефтехимик" пополнился полузащитником "Тамбова". 27 January 2020. Russian.
33. Web site: FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Вагиз Галиулин продлил контракт с клубом!. 20 June 2020. Russian.
34. Web site: FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast. Усиливаем линию обороны!. 9 July 2020. Russian.
35. Web site: FC SKA-Khabarovsk. СОСТАВ "СКА-ХАБАРОВСК" ПОПОЛНИЛ ЗАЩИТНИК. 14 July 2020. Russian.
36. Web site: OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Vladimir Sugrobov . fcpyunik.am/ . FC Pyunik . 17 January 2020 . 17 January 2020.
37. Web site: Олег Чернышов на правах аренды перешел в "Актобе" . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 22 February 2020 . Russian . 21 February 2020.
38. Web site: Андрей Часовских на правах аренды перешел в "Актобе" . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tambov . 22 February 2020 . Russian . 21 February 2020.
39. Web site: FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Артем Архипов стал игроком "Шахтера". 11 June 2020. Russian.
40. Web site: ИВАН МАРКЕЛОВ - ИГРОК ФК "КЫЗЫЛ-ЖАР СК" . vk.com/ . FC Kyzylzhar VK . 19 February 2020 . Russian . 18 February 2020.
41. Web site: FC Tambov. Павел Худяков: об итогах года, о межсезонье и трансферах. 1 January 2020. Russian.
42. Web site: Максим Осипенко — футболист Ростова . fc-rostov.ru/ . FC Rostov . 9 January 2020 . Russian . 9 January 2020 . 13 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113005505/http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/13186 . dead .
43. Web site: FC Dynamo Kyiv agree on a contract with Benito. 3 January 2020.
44. Web site: Sulley Muniru, brother of Muntari, joins Kotoko - MyJoyOnline.com. 2021-02-27. www.myjoyonline.com. en-US.