| Club: | PFC Sochi |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Manager: | Vladimir Fedotov |
| Chairman: | Dmitry Rubashko |
| Stadium: | Fisht Olympic Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | Russian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Lokomotiv Moscow |
| League Topscorer: | Christian Noboa (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Christian Noboa (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,767 vs CSKA Moscow |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 vs Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
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The 2020–21 PFC Sochi season was Sochi's second season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their third season as a club. Sochi finished the season in 5th position, qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League for the first time, and reached the Quarterfinals of the Russian Cup where they were eliminated by eventual champions Lokomotiv Moscow.
On 7 August, Emanuel Mammana moved to Sochi on a season-long loan deal from Zenit St.Petersburg.[1]
On 23 August, Sochi and Rostov agreed a swap deal with Ivelin Popov joining Sochi and Dmitry Poloz returning to Rostov.[2]
See main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2020–21.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | DF |  | Timofei Margasov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed | [3] | |
| 11 August 2020 | MF |  | Joãozinho | Dynamo Moscow | Free | [4] | |
| 23 August 2020 | MF | Ivelin Popov | Rostov | Swap | |||
| 2 September 2020 | MF | | Danil Prutsev | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed | [5] | |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | | Artur Yusupov | Dynamo Moscow | Free | [6] | |
| 14 October 2020 | FW | Marko Dugandžić | Botoșani | Undisclosed | [7] | ||
| 25 February 2021 | GK | | Denis Adamov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed | [8] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | FW | | Aleksandr Rudenko | Spartak Moscow | End of season | [9] | |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | | Sergei Terekhov | Orenburg | End of season | [10] | |
| 7 August 2020 | DF |  | Emanuel Mammana | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season | ||
| 22 February 2021 | DF | | Danila Prokhin | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season | [11] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2020 | FW | | Dmitry Poloz | Rostov | Swap | ||
| 25 January 2021 | DF | | Nikita Kalugin | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Undisclosed | [12] | |
| 25 February 2021 | MF | | Andrei Bokovoy | Veles Moscow | Undisclosed | [13] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Muhammad Ladan | Pyunik | End of season | [14] | ||
| 30 July 2020 | DF | | Pavel Shakuro | Irtysh Omsk | End of season | [15] | |
| 22 January 2021 | MF | | Anatoli Nemchenko | Olimp-Dolgoprudny | End of season | [16] | |
| 12 February 2021 | MF | | Nikita Koldunov | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season | [17] | |
| 9 March 2021 | MF |  | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | Zhetysu | End of season |
See main article: 2020–21 Russian Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 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=150 | Russian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF |  | 16 | Christian Noboa | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Anton Zabolotny | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| MF | | 6 | Artur Yusupov | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF |  | 23 | Miha Mevlja | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| DF | | 13 | Sergei Terekhov | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 79 | Aleksandr Rudenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | 17 | Marko Dugandžić | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 22 | Joãozinho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 | FW | | 7 | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF |  | 45 | Ivan Miladinović | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 10 | Maksim Barsov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 87 | Danila Prokhin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 49 | 5 | 54 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Russian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | | MF | Artur Yusupov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Danil Prutsev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Anton Zabolotny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | GK | Nikolai Zabolotny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | DF | Sergei Terekhov | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | | MF | Christian Noboa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | FW | Marko Dugandžić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | MF | Nikita Burmistrov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | | MF | Joãozinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | DF | Miha Mevlja | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | DF | Emanuel Mammana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 27 | | DF | Kirill Zaika | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 34 | | DF | Timofei Margasov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 45 | | DF | Ivan Miladinović | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 79 | | FW | Aleksandr Rudenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 87 | | DF | Danila Prokhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| 21 | | MF | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 54 | | MF | Anatoli Nemchenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players who left Sochi during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 7 | | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 78 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 89 | 7 | |||||||