FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod

This article is about the current club that was called FC Nizhny Novgorod from 2018 to 2022. For the defunct club, see FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007).

Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Full nameRussian: Автономная Некоммерческая Организация «Футбольный Клуб «Пари Нижний Новгород»/
Football Club Pari Nizhny Novgorod
Founded2015 (2015)[1]
GroundNizhny Novgorod Stadium
Capacity44,899
OwnerCity of Nizhny Novgorod
General directorDavid Melik-Guseynov
ManagerAleksey Shpilevsky
LeagueRussian Premier League
2024–2513th of 16
Websitefcnn.ru

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.

History

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]

On 26 December 2024, four players of Pari's Under-19 squad have been punished by the Russian Football Union for match 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 years suspended 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]

In the 2024–25 season, Pari finished 13th and qualified for relegation play-offs. However, as 12th-placed Khimki was denied the 2025–26 RPL license, Pari was not expected be relegated even if they lost in the play-offs, as they would be the priority replacement for Khimki in that case.[15] Pari lost to Sochi in the playoffs with an aggregate score of 3–4.[16] On 16 June 2025, Russian Football Union confirmed that Pari will remain in the Premier League.[17]

League

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 — Russia Igor Belyakov 11 Russia Valeri Bogdanets
Russia Konstantin Galkin
2016–17 3rd 1st 24 17 4 3 47 17 30 55 2R — Russia Igor Gorbunov 10 Russia Konstantin Galkin
Russia Nikolai Pisarev
2017–18 2nd 12th 38 11 11 16 37 50 -13 55 R16 — Russia Radik Khayrullov 9 Russia Nikolai Pisarev
2018–19 2nd 4th 38 18 8 12 41 31 +10 62 R16 — Russia Maksim Paliyenko 9 Russia Dmitri Cheryshev
2019–20 2nd 11th 27 9 9 9 28 29 -1 36 R16 — Russia Maksim Paliyenko
Russia Pavel Ignatovich
Russia Igor Portnyagin 		5 Russia Dmitri Cheryshev
Russia Robert Yevdokimov
2020–21 2nd 3rd 42 27 7 8 67 28 +39 88 R16 — Russia Timur Suleymanov 9 Russia Robert Yevdokimov
2021–22 1st 11th 30 8 9 13 26 39 -13 33 R16 — Russia Nikolay Kalinsky 8 Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Players

Current squad

As of 31 July 2025, 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 Russia RUS Vadim Lukyanov
2 DF Russia RUS Viktor Aleksandrov
7 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Karapuzov
8 MF Mali MLI Mamadou Maiga
9 FW Uruguay URU Thiago Vecino (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
10 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin
15 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ektov
16 DF Russia RUS Yaroslav Krashevsky
19 MF Russia RUS Nikita Yermakov
20 FW Uruguay URU Juan Manuel Boselli
21 MF Jamaica JAM Renaldo Cephas
22 DF Russia RUS Nikita Kakkoyev
23 DF Colombia COL Juan Castillo
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Panama PAN Edgardo Fariña
25 DF Slovenia SVN Sven Karič
27 FW Russia RUS Vyacheslav Grulyov
29 MF Slovenia SVN Luka Vešner Tičić
30 GK Russia RUS Nikita Medvedev
32 DF Belarus BLR Vadim Pigas
40 DF Nigeria NGA Olakunle Olusegun (on loan from Krasnodar)
51 GK Russia RUS Yegor Koshkin
52 DF Russia RUS Artyom Chistyakov
70 DF Russia RUS Maksim Shnaptsev
77 MF Russia RUS Andrey Ivlev
78 MF Russia RUS Nikolay Kalinsky
88 MF Russia RUS Daniil Lesovoy

Other players under contract

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 Russia RUS Valeri Tsarukyan
— FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Zé Turbo
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Georgia (country) GEO Vakho Bedoshvili

Out on loan

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
— GK Russia RUS Ivan Kukushkin (at Baltika Kaliningrad until 31 December 2025)
— DF Russia RUS Kirill Glushchenkov (at Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino until 31 December 2025)
— DF Russia RUS Yevgeny Lukinykh (at Zenit-2 until 31 December 2025)
— MF Russia RUS Anton Mukhin (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Ivan Sutugin (at Spartak Kostroma until 30 June 2026)
— FW Uzbekistan UZB Ruslanbek Jiyanov (at Navbahor until 31 December 2025)
— FW Georgia (country) GEO Nikoloz Kutateladze (at Kolkheti-1913 Poti until 31 December 2025)
— FW Russia RUS Stanislav Lapinsky (at Veles Moscow until 30 June 2026)

Reserve team

Further information: FC Pari NN-2 Nizhny Novgorod

Club officials

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

References

  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. Archived from the original on 22 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.
  14. ^ "КДК отстранил от футбола пятерых игроков" [Control-Disciplinary Committee banned five players from football activities] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 December 2024.
  15. ^ "«Ахмат» встретится с «Уралом» в стыковых матчах за право играть в РПЛ, «Пари НН» – с «Сочи». «Черноморец» не получил лицензию" [Akhmat will play Ural in the RPL play-offs, Pari NN will play Sochi. Chernomorets was not issued a license] (in Russian). Sports.ru. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  16. ^ ""Сочи" обыграл в гостях "Пари НН" и завоевал право выступать в Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 31 May 2025.
  17. ^ ""Пари НН" сыграет в Мир РПЛ 2025/2026" [Pari NN will play in Mir RPL 2025-26] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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