Sokol
Full nameProfessional Football Club
Sokol Saratov
Founded1930 (1930)
GroundLokomotiv Stadium,
Saratov
Capacity15,000
ChairmanAleksey Potapov[1]
ManagerAleksey Baga
LeagueRussian First League
2022–23Russian Second League,
Group 3
1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

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 1 January 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
5 DF Russia RUS Maksim Karayev (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
7 FW Russia RUS Igor Tursunov
9 FW Russia RUS Albert Pogosyan
10 FW Russia RUS Vladislav Morozov
11 MF Russia RUS Vladlen Babayev
16 GK Russia RUS Artyom Fyodorov
17 DF Russia RUS David Ozmanov
21 MF Russia RUS Nikita Kozlovsky
23 DF Russia RUS Astemir Abazov
24 MF Russia RUS Mikhail Maltsev (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
25 DF Russia RUS Nikita Mankov
27 DF Russia RUS Artyom Molodtsov
33 FW Russia RUS Danila Yezhkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 DF Russia RUS Ilya Serikov
35 GK Russia RUS Pyotr Kosarevsky
52 MF Russia RUS Igor Leontyev
63 MF Russia RUS Danil Kazantsev
66 DF Russia RUS Yan Gudkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)
77 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Sasin
89 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Yugaldin (on loan from Pari NN)
99 DF Russia RUS Andrei Yevdokimov
MF Russia RUS Vladimir Azarov
MF Russia RUS Aslan Dudiyev
MF Russia RUS Ilya Kamyshev
FW Russia RUS Matvey Ivakhnov (on loan from Fakel Voronezh)
FW Russia RUS Artyom Maksimenko

Out on loan

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 Russia RUS Dmitri Veber (at Kaluga until 31 December 2023)

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.
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