FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (Russian:ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород»), also known asFC Pari NN or simplyNizhny Novgorod is a Russian professionalfootball club fromNizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in theRussian Premier League in the 2021–22 season.
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| Full name | Russian:Автономная Некоммерческая Организация «Футбольный Клуб «Пари Нижний Новгород»/ Football Club Pari Nizhny Novgorod | |||
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| Founded | 2015; 10 years ago (2015)[1] | |||
| Ground | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 44,899 | |||
| Owner | City of Nizhny Novgorod | |||
| General director | David Melik-Guseynov | |||
| Manager | Viktor Goncharenko | |||
| League | Russian Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | 14th of 16 | |||
| Website | fcnn | |||
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History
editThe 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-tierRussian Professional Football League. It was founded as a farm club forFC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club inNizhny Novgorod.[3] At the end of the 2016–17, Olimpiyets won their PFL zone and were promoted to the second-levelRussian Football National League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, they qualified for theRussian Premier League promotion play-offs, but lost toPFC 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 clubFC 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 strikerSylvester Igboun suspended his contract with the team because of theRussian 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 abookmaker Pari, previously known as Paribet.[7][8] The name change was approved by theRussian Football Union on the same day.[9] Pari NN finished the 2022–23 season in 14th place, qualifying for relegation play-offs againstFC 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 the2023–24 season, Pari NN finished 14th once again, qualifying for the relegation play-offs.[12] Pari defeatedArsenal Tula with the aggregate score of 3–2 and remained in the Premier League.[13]
On 26 December 2024, four players of Pari's Under-19 squad have been punished by theRussian Football Union formatch fixing games of the Under-19 Russian Championship. Nikita Milyukov has been banned from football for life, Zakhar Mozin, Maksim Galochkin and Pavel Shalimov were banned for one year (with an additional four yearssuspended sentence and a two years probation), and Denis Chuprunov received a three-year suspended sentence ban with a two-year probation. None of the club management or staff were punished.[14]
League
edit| Season | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Top goalscorer | Manager | ||||||||||
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| 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
edit- As of 20 March 2025,according to theRPL website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team
editClub officials
edit- As of 16 June 2022
| Position | Staff |
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| 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
edit- ^ФК «Олимпиец». История клуба (in Russian). volga-olympic.ru. Archived fromthe original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved9 July 2018.
- ^«Олимпиец» переименован в «Нижний Новгород» (in Russian).Russian Football National League. 29 June 2018.
- ^ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived fromthe original on 20 June 2016.
- ^""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian).RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
- ^"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.
- ^"Igboun's Contract with Nizhny Novgorod on Hold over Russia-Ukraine War". 16 March 2022.
- ^"ФК "НИЖНИЙ НОВГОРОД" ИЗМЕНИТ НАЗВАНИЕ НА ФК "ПАРИ НИЖНИЙ НОВГОРОД"" (in Russian). FC Pari NN. 10 June 2022. Retrieved16 June 2022.
- ^"БУКМЕКЕРСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ PARIBET ИЗМЕНИЛА НАЗВАНИЕ НА PARI" (in Russian). Match TV. 15 June 2022. Retrieved16 June 2022.
- ^"Бюро исполкома РФС согласовало переименование футбольного клуба "Нижний Новгород" в ФК "Пари НН"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 June 2022. Retrieved16 June 2022.
- ^"«Пари НН» и «Факел» сыграют в переходных матчах за места в Мир РПЛ-2023/24" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 June 2023.
- ^"Pari v Rodina game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 10 June 2023.
- ^""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.
- ^""Пари НН" сохранил прописку в Мир РПЛ благодаря победе над "Арсеналом" в два мяча" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024.
- ^"КДК отстранил от футбола пятерых игроков" [Control-Disciplinary Committee banned five players from football activities] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 December 2024.
External links
edit- Team history at footballfacts.ru(in Russian)