FC Sokol Saratov

Sokol
Full name	Professional Football Club; Sokol Saratov
Founded	1930; 94 years ago
Ground	Lokomotiv Stadium,; Saratov
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Aleksey Potapov
Manager	Aleksey Baga
League	Russian First League
2023–24	14th of 18
Website	sokol-saratov.ru
Home colours	Away colours
	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 11 September 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	RUS	Timur Kraykov
6	DF	RUS	Ivan Mokshin
7	MF	RUS	Vladislav Samko (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
8	DF	RUS	Aslan Dudiyev
9	FW	RUS	Vladislav Shpitalny
10	MF	RUS	Shamil Saaduyev
11	MF	RUS	Vladlen Babayev
13	DF	RUS	Dmitri Ivanov
14	FW	RUS	Albert Pogosyan
20	MF	RUS	Danil Poluboyarinov
22	MF	BLR	Roman Yuzepchuk (on loan from Khimki)
23	DF	RUS	Ivan Churikov
27	DF	RUS	Artyom Molodtsov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	BLR	Pavel Zabelin
35	GK	RUS	Pyotr Kosarevsky
40	MF	RUS	Daniil Volodin
41	DF	RUS	Daniil Kuzmin
42	FW	RUS	Gleb Korabelnikov
51	DF	RUS	Anton Sinyak
55	FW	RUS	Artyom Maksimenko
56	MF	RUS	Ruslan Chobanov (on loan from Krasnodar)
59	DF	BLR	Nikita Kaplenko
69	MF	RUS	Roman Yermolin
77	MF	RUS	Dmitri Sasin
88	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Guz (on loan from Torpedo Moscow)
92	FW	BLR	Yegor Karpitsky (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)