The 2019–20 Orenburg season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following their relegation at the end of the 2016–17, and their second in their 43-year history.
Season events On 8 December, manager Vladimir Fedotov resigned with Konstantin Yemelyanov being appointed as his replacement.
On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 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 22 May, manager Konstantin Yemelyanov's contract expired, with Ilshat Aitkulov being appointed as caretaker manager.
On 26 June, it was announced that Orenburg's fixture against Krasnodar scheduled for 27 June would not take place due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Orenburg squad, and was subsequently awarded to Krasnodar as a 3-0 technical victory.
On 1 July, the Russian Premier League announced that that afternoon's game between Orenburg and Ural Yekaterinburg had been called off due to the continued outbreak of COVID-19 within the Orenburg squad.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.12 July 2019MFTimur AyupovNizhny NovgorodUndisclosed12 July 2019FWJoel FameyehWa All StarsUndisclosed26 July 2019MFAdi GotliebHapoel Tel AvivUndisclosed23 August 2019MFŽiga ŠkoflekRudar VelenjeUndisclosed30 August 2019GKAndrey KlimovichShakhtyor SoligorskUndisclosed2 September 2019DFIvan LapshovLokomotiv MoscowUndisclosed2 September 2019MFFilip RogićÖrebroUndisclosed1 January 2020MFIslambek KuatKairatFree5 January 2020FWMamadou SyllaGentUndisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.26 July 2019FWArtyom GaladzhanLokomotiv Moscow24 January 202026 July 2019DFGeorgi ZotovKrylia SovetovEnd of Season21 August 2019MFVladimir MoskvichyovDynamo Moscow9 January 202021 August 2019FWFedor ČernychDynamo MoscowEnd of Season23 August 2019DFDanil LipovoyDynamo MoscowEnd of Season3 September 2019DFUroš RadakovićSparta PragueEnd of Season21 February 2020MFKirill KaplenkoZenit St.PetersburgEnd of Season
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.27 June 2019FWAndrei KozlovUfaUndisclosed29 June 2019DFSilvije BegićRubin KazanUndisclosed3 July 2019MFDenis PopovićZürichUndisclosed29 June 2019MFAleksei SutorminRubin KazanUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.4 July 2019GKAleksei KenyaykinTorpedo MoscowEnd of Season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date31 May 2019MFSergei BreyevAvangard Kursk1 July 201931 May 2019DFAdessoye OyewoleTambov8 June 201931 May 2019MFGrigori ChirkinAvangard Kursk7 June 201929 June 2019GKYevgeny FrolovSochi 1 July 2019MFDmitri AndreyevRetired19 February 2020MFNikita MalyarovKhimki19 February 2020MFVadim AfoninLokomotiv Tashkent2 March 20201 June 2020GKAleksandr Dovbnya 1 June 2020FWĐorđe DespotovićRubin Kazan21 July 202011 June 2020MFFilip Rogić
Friendlies
Competitions Premier League
Results by round
Results
League table
Russian Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan: |- |colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Orenburg but left during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 FW9 Đorđe Despotović8192 FW20Joel Fameyeh7183 MF32Artyom Kulishev3144 MF10Ricardo Alves3035 MF77Nikita Malyarov101DF15Georgi Zotov101MF7 Filip Rogić101DF12Andrei Malykh101DF4 Uroš Radaković101MF17Žiga Škoflek101 Own goal101 Total28331
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupTotal1 GK38Andrey Klimovich5052 GK56Aleksandr Dovbnya011 Total516
Disciplinary record Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup Total3 DFMikhail Sivakow4010504 DFUroš Radaković4010505 MFTimur Ayupov110101208 MFDanijel Miškić72007210MFRicardo Alves10102011FWAndrea Chukanov00101012DFAndrei Malykh51106113DFSergei Terekhov70209014FWMamadou Sylla10001015DFGeorgi Zotov41004117MFŽiga Škoflek30003020FWJoel Fameyeh50005023MFIslambek Kuat20002024DFDaniil Krivoruchko10001031DFVitali Shakhov61107132MFArtyom Kulishev20002066DFSavely Kozlov100010Players away on loan:Players who left Orenburg during the season:7 MFFilip Rogić2000209 FWĐorđe Despotović50106029MFVadim Afonin20002056GKAleksandr Dovbnya20002077MFNikita Malyarov100010 Total755100855
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