FC Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod

Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod
Full nameFootball Club Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod
Founded2026
GroundMeshchersky Stadium
Capacity500
ManagerOleg Makeyev
LeagueRussian Second League
Division B
Group 4
2025Russian Second League
Division B
Group 1 (as Legion)
11th
Websitevk.com/club231834301

FC Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Победа» Нижний Новгород) is a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod.

Club history

In late 2025, Russian Second League club FC Legion Makhachkala was bought by a new owner Vadim Galitsky, relocated to Nizhny Novgorod and renamed to Pobeda.[1]

Current squad

As of 4 April 2026, according to the Second League 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  RUS Nikita Matyunin
3 DF  RUS Igor Semyonov
4 DF  RUS Aleksandr Dyomin
5 MF  RUS Kirill Perelyotov
6 DF  RUS Bolachi Gamzatov
7 MF  RUS Roni Mikhaylovsky
8 MF  RUS Daniil Zaretsky
9 FW  RUS Ilya Kozhukhar
10 FW  RUS Artur Maksimchuk
11 MF  RUS Alikhan Malkanduyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  RUS Nikita Kupriyanov
14 DF  RUS Dmitry Peshcherov
17 GK  RUS Daniil Trifanov
20 MF  RUS Aleksandr Arzhanov
21 MF  RUS Ivan Kabayev
23 DF  RUS Roman Artyomenko
40 DF  RUS Andrei Ivashin
67 DF  RUS Konstantin Yerokhin
99 FW  RUS Abdurakhman Kurbanaliyev

References

  1. ↑ "Бизнесмен Вадим Галицкий выкупил ФК "Легион" — клуб сменит название и переедет в Нижний Новгород" (in Russian). Dagestan Online. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2026.