| Club: | PFC Sochi |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Manager: | Aleksandr Tochilin Roman Berezovsky Vladimir Fedotov |
| Chairman: | Dmitry Rubashko |
| Stadium: | Fisht Olympic Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 12th |
| Cup1: | Russian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 32 vs Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| League Topscorer: | Andrei Mostovoy (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Andrei Mostovoy (6) |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
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The 2019–20 PFC Sochi season was their first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their second season as a club.
On 5 November, Sochi announced that Erik Vardanyan would join the club from FC Pyunik on 1 January 2020.[1] [2]
On 20 November, Sochi announced that Aleksandr Tochilin had resigned as manager, and that Roman Berezovsky had been placed in temporary charge.[3] On 8 December, Sochi announced Vladimir Fedotov as their new Manager on a -year contract.[4]
On 21 January 2020, Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi announced that Kokorin would finish the 2019–20 season with them.[5]
On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.[7]
On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.[8]
On 17 June, FC Rostov announced that six of their players had tested positive for COVID-19,[9] resulting in Rostov's youth team travelling to play their fixture on 19 June.[10]
On 16 July, the Russian Premier League announced that that day's game between Sochi and Tambov would not take place due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Sochi squad.[11] Four days later, 20 July, the Russian Premier League announced that the final game of the season between Sochi and Krylia Sovetov also wouldn't take place due to COVID-19 situation within the Sochi team.[12] On 21 July 2020, the Russian Football Union awarded the game 3–0 to Tambov.[13] On 23 July, the RFU assigned Krylia Sovetov a 3–0 victory over Sochi in their cancelled game.[14]
See main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2019–20.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2019 | GK |  | Yegor Kabakov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | GK | | Sergey Samok | ||||
| Summer 2019 | GK | | Maksim Semyonov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Maks Dziov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Vadim Ivlev | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Pavel Korkin | Rubin Kazan | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Roman Kvataniya | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Timofei Margasov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Vadim Milyutin | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Roman Ponomarenko | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Semyon Surinovich | ||||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Sergei Voropayev | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Stepan Batyutin | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Daniyar Bikmukhamedov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Luchano Bobrov | Khimki-M | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Ilya Gorbashov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Viktor Gryazin | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Maksim Kolmakov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Artur Koloskov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Timofey Kostenko | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Aleksei Logvinov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Nikita Molochnikov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Yegor Prutsev | ||||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Vikentiy Shchipachyov | ||||
| Summer 2019 | FW | | Vladislav Makeyev | ||||
| Summer 2019 | FW | | Ilya Predeus | ||||
| 21 June 2019 | DF | | Pavel Shakuro | Tyumen | Undisclosed | [15] | |
| 29 June 2019 | GK | | Yevgeny Frolov | Orenburg | Undisclosed | [16] | |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | | Ivan Novoseltsev | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [17] | |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | | Ibragim Tsallagov | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 July 2019 | FW | | Vladimir Obukhov | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed | [18] | |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | | Dmitry Poloz | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [19] | |
| 8 July 2019 | GK | | Elmir Nabiullin | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [20] | |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | | Fyodor Kudryashov | İstanbul Başakşehir | Undisclosed | [21] | |
| 12 July 2019 | FW |  | Aleksandre Karapetian | Progrès Niederkorn | Undisclosed | ||
| 16 July 2019 | GK | | Soslan Dzhanayev | Miedź Legnica | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| 5 August 2019 | MF |  | Christian Noboa | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [23] | |
| 5 August 2019 | FW | | Anton Zabolotny | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [24] | |
| 2 September 2019 | DF |  | Miha Mevlja | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed | [25] | |
| 5 November 2019 | MF | | Erik Vardanyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed | ||
| 22 February 2020 | DF |  | Adil Rami | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed | [26] | |
| 3 March 2020 | MF | Giannelli Imbula | Stoke City | Free | [27] |
Vardanyan's transfer was announced on the above date, becoming official on 1 January 2020.
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2019 | MF | | Andrei Mostovoy | Zenit St. Petersburg | End of Season | [28] | |
| 17 February 2020 | FW | | Aleksandr Kokorin | Zenit St. Petersburg | End of Season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2019 | GK | | Andrei Zaytsev | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | DF | | Valeri Pochivalin | Khimki | Undisclosed | ||
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Yan Kazayev | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed | ||
| 11 June 2019 | MF | | Igor Gorbunov | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed | [29] | |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | | Roman Kosyanchuk | Fakel Voronezh | Undisclosed | [30] | |
| 24 June 2019 | DF | | Andrei Bychkov | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | Undisclosed | [31] | |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | | Yevgeni Pesegov | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed | [32] | |
| 2 February 2020 | GK | | Yevgeny Frolov | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed | [33] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Steven Alfred | Pyunik | Undisclosed | [34] [35] | ||
| 16 July 2019 | GK | | Rostislav Soldatenko | Alania Vladikavkaz | End of Season | [36] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Nikita Salamatov | Luch Vladivostok | ||
| 2 September 2019[37] | DF | | Vladimir Obukhov | Tambov | 2 September 2019[38] | |
| 18 December 2019[39] | DF | | Fyodor Kudryashov | Antalyaspor | 6 January 2020[40] | |
| 28 May 2020[41] | DF | | Adil Rami | Boavista | 4 September 2020[42] | |
| 29 July 2020[43] | MF | Giannelli Imbula | ||||
| 30 July 2020[44] | MF |  | Dušan Lagator | Wisła Płock | 11 August 2020[45] | |
| 31 July 2020[46] | FW | | Aleksandre Karapetian | Tambov | 3 August 2020[47] |
See main article: 2019–20 Russian Premier League.
See main article: 2019–20 Russian Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=80 | Russian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 91 | Aleksandr Kokorin | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 17 | Andrei Mostovoy | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 77 | Dmitry Poloz | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Anton Zabolotny | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 16 | Christian Noboa | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 87 | Aleksandre Karapetian | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 13 | Fyodor Kudryashov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 15 | Ibragim Tsallagov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 32 | Miha Mevlja | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 94 | Dušan Lagator | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 25 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Nikita Koldunov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 40 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=80 | Russian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| GK | | 19 | Yevgeny Frolov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | | MF | Aleksei Pomerko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | MF | Nikita Koldunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Anton Zabolotny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | MF | Christian Noboa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | MF | Andrei Mostovoy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | MF | Nikita Burmistrov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | DF | Igor Yurganov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | DF | Elmir Nabiullin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | | DF | Nikita Kalugin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | | DF | Kirill Zaika | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | | DF | Miha Mevlja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | | DF | Timofei Margasov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 45 |  | DF | Ivan Miladinović | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 77 | | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 87 | | FW | Aleksandre Karapetian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 91 | | FW | Aleksandr Kokorin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 94 | | MF | Dušan Lagator | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| Players who left Sochi during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 13 | | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 2 | |||||||