2019–20 FC Arsenal Tula season
# 2019–20 FC Arsenal Tula season

The 2019–20 FC Arsenal Tula season was the club's fourth season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since relegation at the end of the 2014–15 season, and their fifth in total.

## Season events

On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10th 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 17 June, FC Rostov announced that six of their players had tested positive for COVID-19.

On 1 July 2020, Igor Cherevchenko resigned as manager, with Sergei Podpaly being appointed as the clubs caretaker manager.

## Squad

    As of 22 July 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 | Artur Nigmatullin |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Maksim Valadzko |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Yury Kavalyow |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Valeriy Gromyko |
| 19 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodygin |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko |
| 25 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomovitsky (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev |
| 29 | MF | ZAM | Lameck Banda |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Roman Minayev |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich |
| — | MF | RUS | Artyom Mingazov |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Tudorie (at Voluntari) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Ansor Khabibov | | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Yuri Petrovskiy | | |
| 16 June 2019 | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2019 | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | CSKA Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2019 | MF | Vladislav Panteleyev | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | Voluntari | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2019 | MF | Goran Čaušić | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Lameck Banda | ZESCO United | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Kings Kangwa | Buildcon | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2019 | DF | Robert Bauer | Werder Bremen | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | Valeriy Gromyko | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | Yury Kavalyow | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2020 | FW | Roman Minayev | Avangard Kursk | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2020 | GK | Yuri Lodygin | Gaziantep | Free |
| 3 July 2020 | MF | Daniil Lesovoy | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | | Daniil Lesovoy | Zenit St.Petersburg | 3 July 2020 | |
| 26 July 2019 | MF | | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | Spartak Moscow | End of Season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | Danila Buranov | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | Artyom Maksimenko | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Krikunenko | Irtysh Omsk | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 January 2020 | DF | | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Rotor Volgograd | End of Season | |
| 6 February 2020 | FW | | Alexandru Tudorie | Voluntari | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 August 2019 | MF | Mihail Aleksandrov | Arda Kardzhali | 2 September 2019 |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Dmitri Gerasimov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Grigori Kevayev | | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Bakary Koné | Kerala Blasters | 21 October 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Smelov | Kafa Feodosia | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Anton Ivanov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Artyom Sukhanov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Ivan Belikov | Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Kantemir Berkhamov | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Yaroslav Ivakin | Tver | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Timur Lobanov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Dmitri Malikov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Emrakh Nabatov | | |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Maksim Petrov | | |
| 31 July 2020 | GK | Yuri Lodygin | PAS Giannina | 20 January 2021 |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Maksim Valadzko | Tambov | 14 October 2020 |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Víctor Álvarez | Pafos | 28 January 2021 |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 41 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 39 | |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Ufa | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 35 | |

* ↑ FC Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Russian Cup. However, since they already qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to fourth-placed team, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team was passed to sixth-placed team.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Arsenal Tula 4, Ufa 1
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Rubin Kazan 4, Ural 1

## 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Artur Nigmatullin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sokol | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer | 16 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Maksim Belyayev | 33 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Kantemir Berkhamov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GEO | Gia Grigalava | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kombarov | 21 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Evans Kangwa | 23 | 3 | 14+8 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov | 31 | 3 | 22+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BLR | Maksim Valadzko | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Anri Khagush | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Yury Kavalyow | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Guram Adzhoyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Valeriy Gromyko | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodygin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Goran Čaušić | 24 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Víctor Álvarez | 28 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy | 31 | 3 | 22+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Igor Gorbatenko | 28 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ZAM | Kings Kangwa | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 26 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Panteleyev | 6 | 2 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ZAM | Lameck Banda | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Levashov | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 31 | 15 | 25+3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | RUS | Yegor Shamov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Georgi Kostadinov | 27 | 1 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Denisov | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Roman Minayev | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | RUS | Daniil Khlusevich | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 30 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Tudorie | 11 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Arsenal Tula but left during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 48 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Evans Kangwa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | 22 | Daniil Lesovoy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | 11 | Sergei Tkachyov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 27 | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 20 | Goran Čaušić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 21 | Víctor Álvarez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 28 | Vladislav Panteleyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 8 | Gia Grigalava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 30 | Alexandru Tudorie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 7 | Kantemir Berkhamov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 4 | Robert Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 23 | Igor Gorbatenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 71 | Aleksandr Denisov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 82 | Daniil Khlusevich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 6 | Maksim Belyayev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 70 | Georgi Kostadinov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 4 | 0 | 40 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | 36 | Mikhail Levashov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | | 50 | Yegor Shamov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | | DF | Robert Bauer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Maksim Belyayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Gia Grigalava | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | | DF | Kirill Kombarov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | | FW | Evans Kangwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Sergei Tkachyov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Anri Khagush | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Yury Kavalyow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Valeriy Gromyko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Goran Čaušić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | | DF | Víctor Álvarez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Daniil Lesovoy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Igor Gorbatenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Kings Kangwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Aleksandr Lomovitsky | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Vladislav Panteleyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Lameck Banda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | | GK | Mikhail Levashov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | | FW | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 | | GK | Yegor Shamov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | | MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 71 | | DF | Aleksandr Denisov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | | FW | Roman Minayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | | MF | Daniil Khlusevich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Arsenal Tula during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 86 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 2 |
