PFC Sokol (russian: ПФК "Сокол") is a Russian

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club based in Saratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the

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. 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. 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

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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

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in 1966/67 and of the Russian Cup in 2000/01.

Current squad

As of 20 February 2023, according to th
Second League website

Reserve squad

Sokol's reserve squad played professionally as FC Sokol-d Saratov in the

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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. ;USSR/Russia * Viktor Samokhin * Dmitri Kuznetsov * Vladimir Tatarchuk * Dmitri Khlestov *

Andrei Piatnitski Andrey Vladimirovich Pyatnitsky (russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Пя́тницкий; born 27 September 1967) is a Russian-Uzbekistani association football coach and a former midfielder. Club career He played for a few clu ...

* Albert Borzenkov * Andrei Fedkov *

Denis Kolodin Denis Alexeyevich Kolodin (russian: Денис Алексеевич Колодин; born 11 January 1982) is a Russian football coach and former central defender. He was called up to the Russia squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzer ...

Aleksei Kosolapov Aleksei Viktorovich Kosolapov (russian: Алексей Викторович Косолапов; born 17 March 1971) is a Russian-Kazakhstani football coach and a former player. He works as an assistant coach with FC Sakhalinets Moscow. Hono ...

Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Лебедь; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed pl ...

* Andrei Semyonov * Aleksandr Sheshukov * Oleg Teryokhin * Oleg Veretennikov ;Former USSR countries *

Karapet Mikaelyan Karapet Mikaelyan ( hy, Կարապետ Միքայելյան, born 27 September 1969) is a former Russian-born Armenian association football, football Striker (association football), striker. Karapet was also a member of Armenia national football te ...

* Deni Gaisumov * Gennadi Bliznyuk * Artem Chelyadinsky * Alyaksandr Hrapkowski * Petr Katchouro * Vladimir Sheleg * Vitali Trubila *

Vital Valadzyankow Vital Valadzyankow ( be, Віталь Валадзянкоў; russian: Виталий Володенков; born 25 April 1976) is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. Career Born in Minsk, Valadzyankow began playing football in FC Din ...

Zviad Jeladze Zviad Jeladze (born 16 December 1973) is a retired Georgian footballer. He is the brother of Gizo Jeladze, his teammate. Career Jeladze started his career at Tskhumi Sokhumi before left for Samtredia. He then signed by Dinamo Tbilisi, the cou ...

Mikheil Jishkariani Mikheil Dzhishkariani (born 1 November 1969) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Dzhishkariani played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a spell at FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1993–1995 and a spell ...

Ruslan Baltiev Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev ( kk, Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, ''Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev''; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer. ...

Vitaliy Kafanov Vitaly Vitalyevich Kafanov (russian: Виталий Витальевич Кафанов; tk, Witaliý Witalýewiç Kafanow; born 24 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani-Turkmenistani football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach of FC Ros ...

Dmitriy Lyapkin Dmitriy Vladimirovich Lyapkin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Ляпкин) (born 16 September 1976) is a former Kazakh football defender. He last played for the Russian club FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Lyapkin has made 15 appear ...

* Oleg Musin *

Maksim Nizovtsev Maksim Pavlovich Nizovtsev (russian: Максим Павлович Низовцев; born 9 September 1972 in Kostanay) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. Nizovtsev has also played for the Kazakhstan national foot ...

* Yevgeni Tarasov *

Sergey Timofeev Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeyev (russian: Сергей Анатольевич Тимофеев; born 5 March 1965) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well a ...

* Vladislavs Gabovs *

Raimondas Vainoras Raimondas Vainoras (born 16 July 1965) is a Lithuanian football defender, who last played for Auda Riga in Latvia during his professional career. He obtained 44 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring no goals. Vainoras also pla ...

* Serghei Epureanu *

Yuri Baturenko Yuri Mikhailovich Baturenko (russian: Юрий Михайлович Батуренко; born 29 December 1964) is a Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant manager with FC Istiklol. Playing career He ma ...

Andriy Annenkov Andriy Mykhaylovych Annenkov ( uk, Aндрiй Михайлович Aннєнков; russian: Aндрeй Михайлович Aннeнков; born 21 January 1969) is a Ukrainian retired professional football international player and current mana ...

* Yuriy Hrytsyna * Oleksandr Koval *

Hennadiy Orbu Hennadiy Hryhorovych Orbu ( uk, Геннадій Григорович Орбу; born 23 July 1970) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991 for Shakhtar Donetsk. He p ...

Vladyslav Prudius Vladyslav Mykolayovych Prudius ( uk, Владислав Миколайович Прудіус; russian: Владислав Николаевич Прудиус; born 22 June 1973) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. H ...

* Dmytro Tiapushkin * Victor Karpenko *

Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the best ...

;Europe * Senad Repuh * Edin Šaranović * Ovidiu Cuc

References

External links

Official website
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