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club based in
Saratov
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. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the third-level FNL 2.
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 "
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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
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
. 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
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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
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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.
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Viktor Samokhin
Viktor Sergeyevich Samokhin (russian: Ви́ктор Серге́евич Самохин; 24 January 1956 – 13 May 2022)Dmitri Kuznetsov
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Vladimir Tatarchuk
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Dmitri Khlestov
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Club career
He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), FC Torpedo-Metallurg ...
Albert Borzenkov
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Honours
* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.
* Russian Premier L ...
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Andrei Fedkov
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Honours
* Russian Cup winner: 2004.
* Russian First Division top scorer: 2000 (26 goals), 2004 (38 goals). 3 ...
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Denis Kolodin
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Aleksei Kosolapov
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Vladimir Lebed
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International career
Lebed pl ...
Aleksandr Sheshukov
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International career
Sheshukov made his debut for the R ...
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Oleg Teryokhin
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Honours
* Russian Premier League runner-up: 2000.
* Russian Premier League bronze: 1997.
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Oleg Veretennikov
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Karapet Mikaelyan
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Gennadi Bliznyuk
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Alyaksandr Hrapkowski
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He represented Belar ...
Vladimir Sheleg
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* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
Vital Valadzyankow
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Career
Born in Minsk, Valadzyankow began playing football in FC Din ...
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Zviad Jeladze
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He is the brother of Gizo Jeladze, his teammate.
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Jeladze started his career at Tskhumi Sokhumi before left for Samtredia. He then signed by Dinamo Tbilisi, the cou ...
Ruslan Baltiev
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Vitaliy Kafanov
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Dmitriy Lyapkin
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Lyapkin has made 15 appear ...
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Oleg Musin
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Maksim Nizovtsev
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Yevgeni Tarasov
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He made ...
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Sergey Timofeev
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Andriy Annenkov
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Yuriy Hrytsyna
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Oleksandr Koval
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Hennadiy Orbu
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Vladyslav Prudius
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Dmytro Tiapushkin
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Victor Karpenko
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Maksim Shatskikh
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He is widely regarded as one of the best ...
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Senad Repuh
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Club career
After passing the club's youth selections, Repuh started hi ...
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Edin Šaranović
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Club career
Šaranović has played for NK Kamen Ingrad, NK Slaven Belupo and NK Međimurje in the Croatian Prva HNL and FK Sarajevo in the Bo ...
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Ovidiu Cuc
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Aside from playing in his native home of Romania, Cuc played the majority of his career abroad, most notably in Portugal where he played for Chaves, ...