FC Sokol Saratov

Sokol
Full name Professional Football Club
Sokol Saratov
Founded 1930 (1930)
Ground Lokomotiv Stadium,
Saratov
Ground Capacity 15,000
Chairman Andrey Potapov
Manager Vadim Khafizov
League FNL
2015–16 9th

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 National Football 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.

Current squad

As of 10 August 2016, according to the FNL website.

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

No. Position Player
3 Russia DF Artyom Pasko
5 Russia DF Denis Magadiyev
6 Russia MF Vladislav Shpitalny
7 Russia MF Ruslan Pashtov
8 Russia MF Aleksandr Manukovskiy
9 Russia MF Artyom Dudolev
10 Russia MF Vladimir Romanenko
11 Russia MF Nikolai Dergachyov
14 Russia MF Aleksandr Perchenok
15 Russia DF Andrei Semyonov
16 Russia GK Artyom Fyodorov
No. Position Player
17 Russia MF Aleksei Khrushchyov
19 Russia DF Eduard Sturki
20 Moldova MF Mihai Plătică
21 Russia DF Anton Khodyrev
30 Russia DF Andrei Vasyanovich
31 Russia GK Sergei Barsukov
35 Russia GK Vladimir Sugrobov
80 Russia DF Igor Klimov
88 Russia FW Vitali Galysh
90 Russia FW Aleksei Domshinskiy

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.

External links

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