FC Sokol Saratov
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Sokol Saratov |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1930; 95 years ago (1930) |
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium, Saratov |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Chairman | Aleksey Potapov[1] |
| Manager | Aleksey Baga |
| League | Russian First League |
| 2023–24 | 14th of 18 |
| Website | sokol-saratov |
| 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
[edit ]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
[edit ]As of 29 January 2025, according to the First League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
[edit ]Sokol's reserve squad played professionally as FC Sokol-d Saratov in the Russian Third League in 1994.
Notable players
[edit ]Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sokol.
- USSR/Russia
- Soviet Union Viktor Samokhin
- Soviet Union Commonwealth of Independent States Russia Dmitri Kuznetsov
- Soviet Union Russia Vladimir Tatarchuk
- Commonwealth of Independent States Russia Dmitri Khlestov
- Commonwealth of Independent States Russia Andrei Piatnitski
- Russia Albert Borzenkov
- Russia Andrei Fedkov
- Russia Denis Kolodin
- Russia Aleksei Kosolapov
- Russia Vladimir Lebed
- Russia Andrei Semyonov
- Russia Aleksandr Sheshukov
- Russia Oleg Teryokhin
- Russia Oleg Veretennikov
- Former USSR countries
- Armenia Karapet Mikaelyan
- Azerbaijan Deni Gaisumov
- Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk
- Belarus Artem Chelyadinsky
- Belarus Alyaksandr Hrapkowski
- Belarus Petr Katchouro
- Belarus Vladimir Sheleg
- Belarus Vitali Trubila
- Belarus Vital Valadzyankow
- Belarus Pavel Zabelin
- Georgia (country) Zviad Jeladze
- Georgia (country) Mikheil Jishkariani
- Kazakhstan Ruslan Baltiev
- Kazakhstan Vitaliy Kafanov
- Kazakhstan Dmitriy Lyapkin
- Kazakhstan Oleg Musin
- Kazakhstan Maksim Nizovtsev
- Kazakhstan Yevgeni Tarasov
- Kazakhstan Sergey Timofeev
- Latvia Vladislavs Gabovs
- Lithuania Raimondas Vainoras
- Moldova Serghei Epureanu
- Tajikistan Yuri Baturenko
- Ukraine Andriy Annenkov
- Ukraine Yuriy Hrytsyna
- Ukraine Oleksandr Koval
- Ukraine Hennadiy Orbu
- Ukraine Vladyslav Prudius
- Ukraine Dmytro Tiapushkin
- Uzbekistan Victor Karpenko
- Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
- Europe
References
[edit ]- ^ "Алексей Потапов назначен директором "Сокола"" (in Russian). 1fnl.ru. 2016年06月07日. Retrieved 2022年11月30日.
- ^ ""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.
External links
[edit ]- Official website (in Russian)