FC Sokol Saratov

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Sokol
Full nameProfessional Football Club
Sokol Saratov
Founded1930; 94 years ago (1930)
GroundLokomotiv Stadium,
Saratov
Capacity15,000
ChairmanAleksey Potapov[1]
ManagerAleksey Baga
LeagueRussian First League
2023–2414th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

PFC Sokol (Russian: ПФК "Сокол") is a Russian association football club based in Saratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the second-level Russian First League.

History

The club was founded as Dynamo. It was known by this name until 1930 and in 1946–1953. Other club's names include Lokomotiv (1956–1960), Energiya (1954–1955), Sokol (1961–1994 and 1998–2005), and Sokol-PZD (1995–1997). "Sokol" is Russian for "falcon".

Dynamo did not enter the Soviet league until 1946, when they debuted in the Third Group and were promoted to the Second Group at the first time of asking. Dynamo played in the Second Group until 1949. After a period of absence in the league, the club entered Class B in 1954 under new name, Energia. After a considerable time spent in Class B, Sokol were eventually promoted to Class A, Group 2 in 1965. Sokol played there until 1970. In 1971–1991, they played in the Second League.

In 1992 Sokol entered the newly formed Russian First Division. They played in this division until 2000, never finishing lower than 10th, and eventually won it. The 2001 season was the best in club's history. Sokol were leading in mid-season, but could not keep up and finished 8th in the Top Division. Andrey Fedkov, Sokol's striker, was capped for Russia national team. The next year Sokol were relegated after finishing last in the league.

The club continued playing in the First Division since 2003. In 2005 Sokol finished last thanks to a points deduction for failing to pay for player transfer. Instead of starting in the Second Division in 2006, Sokol chose to play in the Amateur League. In addition, the club was renamed Sokol-Saratov.

Sokol reached the semifinals of the Soviet Cup in 1966/67 and of the Russian Cup in 2000/01.

On 29 May 2023, Sokol ensured promotion back into the second-tier Russian First League.[2]

Current squad

As of 5 July 2024, according to the First League 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
1 GK Russia RUS Timur Kraykov
8 DF Russia RUS Aslan Dudiyev
9 FW Russia RUS Vladislav Shpitalny
10 MF Russia RUS Shamil Saaduyev
11 MF Russia RUS Vladlen Babayev
13 DF Russia RUS Dmitri Ivanov
18 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Kobakhidze
20 MF Russia RUS Danil Poluboyarinov
23 DF Russia RUS Ivan Churikov
27 DF Russia RUS Artyom Molodtsov
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Belarus BLR Pavel Zabelin
35 GK Russia RUS Pyotr Kosarevsky
51 DF Russia RUS Anton Sinyak
55 FW Russia RUS Artyom Maksimenko
56 MF Russia RUS Ruslan Chobanov (on loan from Krasnodar)
69 MF Russia RUS Roman Yermolin
77 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Sasin
88 MF Belarus BLR Aleksandr Guz (on loan from Torpedo Moscow)
92 FW Belarus BLR Yegor Karpitsky (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Belarus BLR Nikita Kaplenko

Reserve squad

Sokol's reserve squad played professionally as FC Sokol-d Saratov in the Russian Third League in 1994.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sokol.

References

  1. ^ "Алексей Потапов назначен директором "Сокола"" (in Russian). 1fnl.ru. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. ^ ""ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ", "ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ" И "СОКОЛ" В ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГЕ!" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 29 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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