Football Club Sochi (russian: Футбольный клуб Сочи, Futbolny Klub Sochi), is a Russian professional

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club based in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium.

History

FC Sochi was founded on 6 June 2018 after the relocation of

FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg, in Northwest Russia. Founded in 1922, the club was one of the oldest in the city. It plays in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2. They were a regular i ...

, thus becoming the only professional football club in the city. On 11 May 2019, the club secured a top-two finish in the 2018–19 Russian National Football League and subsequently promotion to the

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for the 2019–20 season for the first time in the club's history. On 20 November 2019, Sochi announced that

Aleksandr Tochilin Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin (russian: Александр Васильевич Точилин; born 27 April 1974) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russ ...

had resigned as manager, with

Roman Berezovsky Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky ( hy, Ռոման Բերեզովսկի; russian: Рома́н Анато́льевич Березо́вский ; born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Berez ...

being placed in temporary charge. On 8 December 2019, Sochi announced Vladimir Fedotov as their new permanent manager on a -year contract. On 19 June 2020, Sochi beat FC Rostov 10–1, making it their biggest Premier League win in their history. Rostov missed their full first and second squad (42 players) due to positive COVID-19 tests in both squads. Sochi managed to finish in twelfth place in their debut season in the top tier, avoiding relegation. Sochi finished the

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season in 5th place and qualified for European competition ( UEFA Europa Conference League) for the first time in their history. In the

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, Sochi finished in 2nd place after beating FC Dynamo Moscow away 5–1 on the last matchday of the season and overtaking Dynamo in the standings.

League position

European history

For their inaugural European campaign, Sochi where drawn against

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champions, Keşla, in the UEFA Europa Conference League on 16 June 2021.

Stadiums

Since its creation, PFC Sochi plays at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. The stadium provides 40,000 seats to its spectators. The Federal Sport base "Yug Sport" was the training center in the beginning of the 2018–19 season.

Current squad

''As of 23 September 2022''

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Coaching staff

* Manager -

Kurban Berdyev Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev ( tk, Gurban Bekiýewiç Berdiýew, russian: Курбан Бекиевич Бердыев; born 25 August 1952) is a Turkmen- Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer. He is the manager of Russian club So ...

* Assistant managers - Aleksandr Novikov,

, Murat Iskakov * Goalkeeping coach - Dmitri Borodin

Honours

Russian Football National League * Promoted: 2018–19

Manager history

Ownerships, kit suppliers, and sponsors

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sochi. ;Russia *

Soslan Dzhanayev Soslan Totrazovich Dzhanaev (russian: Сослан Тотразович Джанаев, os, Джанайты Тотразы фырт Сослан; born 13 March 1987) is a Russian professional footballer of Ossetian descent who plays as a go ...

Aleksandr Kokorin Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin (''né'' Kartashov; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Коко́рин, ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Aris Limassol ...

* Aleksandr Kovalenko * Fyodor Kudryashov *

Artyom Makarchuk Artyom Yevgenyevich Makarchuk (russian: Артём Евгеньевич Макарчук; born 9 November 1995) is a Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. U ...

* Yevgeni Makeyev * Andrei Mostovoy *

Elmir Nabiullin Elmir Ramilevich Nabiullin (russian: Эльмир Рамилевич Набиуллин, tt-Cyrl, Әлмир Рамил улы Набиуллин; born 8 March 1995) is a Russian professional footballer of Tatar descent. He plays as a left-back ...

Ivan Novoseltsev Ivan Petrovich Novoseltsev (born January 23, 1979) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He is the uncle of Vladislav Namestnikov. Playing career As a youth, Novoseltsev played in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tourna ...

Dmitry Poloz Dmitry Dmitriyevich Poloz (russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич По́лоз; born 12 July 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for FC Rostov. Club career Poloz was born in Stavrop ...

* Sergei Terekhov * Artur Yusupov * Anton Zabolotny ;Former USSR countries * Aleksandre Karapetian *

Erik Vardanyan Erik Vardanyan ( hy, Էրիկ Վարդանյան; born 7 June 1998) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Pyunik On 24 October 2019, Vardanyan extended his contract with Pyunik. On 27 October 2019, Va ...

;Europe *

Ivelin Popov Ivelin Ivanov Popov ( bg, Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia. Club career Youth career Born in Sofia, Popov started to play ...

Mateo Barać Mateo Barać (; born 20 July 1994) is a Croatian football Defender (association football), defender. He plays for PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Russian Premier League. Club career Early career Born and raised in Sinj ...

* Adil Rami * Luka Đorđević *

Dušan Lagator Dušan Lagator (; born 29 March 1994) is a Montenegrin professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Hungarian club Debreceni VSC, Debrecen. Club career Lagator was born in ...

Miha Mevlja Miha Mevlja (born 12 June 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career Mevlja began his career with Gorica, where he eventually spent four years with the first-team. In the summer of 2013 Mevlja joined ...

;Africa * Giannelli Imbula *

Victorien Angban Bekanty Victorien Angban (born 29 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Sochi. Club career Chelsea In 2012, Angban joined Chelsea from Stade d'Abidjan as a trialist. He only ...

Moussa Sissako Moussa Sissako (born 10 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Russian Premier League club Sochi. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team. Club career Paris Saint-Germain Sissako joined ...

;South America *

Emanuel Mammana Emanuel Hernán Mammana (; born 10 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield. Club career River Plate Mammana made his debut for River Plate on 3 De ...

Christian Noboa Christian Fernando Noboa Tello (; born 9 April 1985) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi and the Ecuador national team as a central midfielder. Club career Emelec Christian started out at Emelec. ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sochi, PFC Association football clubs established in 2018 Sport in Sochi 2018 establishments in Russia