FC Saransk

FC Mordovia Saransk, which represented Saransk in the Russian Premier League for several seasons, went bankrupt and lost professional status in August 2020,[1] leaving Saransk as the only 2018 FIFA World Cup host city without a professional team, and Mordovia Arena without a tenant. On 11 April 2021, the acting head of Republic of Mordovia Artyom Zdunov ordered to create a new professional club in the city,[2] and FC Saransk was created.

The new club was licensed for the third-tier Russian FNL 2 for the 2021–22 season in June 2021.[3]

As of 21 February 2022, according to the FNL 2 website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Maksim Aysin — GK  RUS Nikita Kolesov — GK  RUS Denis Shebanov — DF  RUS Vladimir Butskikh — DF  RUS Aleksei Chubukin — DF  RUS Danila Kalikhanov — DF  RUS David Ozmanov — DF  RUS German Povetkin — DF  RUS Aleksandr Tenyayev — DF  RUS Radik Yusupov — MF  RUS Vladislav Abramov — MF  RUS Maksim Dontsov

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Aleksey Pustozyorov — MF  RUS Aleksandr Sergin — MF  RUS Alexey Shebanov — MF  RUS Arkady Simanov — MF  RUS Denis Sobolev — MF  RUS Sergei Sorokin (on loan from Volga Ulyanovsk) — MF  RUS Vladislav Sysuyev — MF  RUS Sergei Timoshkin — MF  RUS Aleksandr Yermakov — FW  RUS Ivan Khleborodov — FW  RUS Ilya Kuzmichyov — FW  RUS Dmitri Sysuyev