Clubname: | Sochi |
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Fullname: | Футбольный клуб Сочи (Football Club Sochi) |
Nickname: | Belo-sinie (The White-Blues)Leopardy (The Leopards) |
Ground: | Fisht Olympic Stadium |
Capacity: | 47,659 |
Owner: | Boris Rotenberg |
Chairman: | Dmitry Rubashko |
Manager: | Robert Moreno |
League: | First League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Position: | Russian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated) |
Website: | http://pfcsochi.ru |
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Current: | 2024–25 PFC Sochi season |
Football Club Sochi (Russian: Футбольный клуб Сочи|Futbolny Klub Sochi), is a Russian professional football club based in Sochi. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium.
FC Sochi was founded on 4 July 2018 after the relocation of FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg to Sochi, thus becoming the only professional football club in the city.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
On 11 May 2019, the club secured a top-two finish in the 2018–19 Russian National Football League and subsequently promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2019–20 season for the first time in the club's history.[6]
On 20 November 2019, Sochi announced that Aleksandr Tochilin had resigned as manager, with Roman Berezovsky being placed in temporary charge.[7] On 8 December 2019, Sochi announced Vladimir Fedotov as their new permanent manager on a -year contract.[8]
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.[9] [10]
Sochi managed to finish in twelfth place in their debut season in the top tier, avoiding relegation.[11]
Sochi finished the 2020–21 Russian Premier League season in 5th place and qualified for European competition (UEFA Europa Conference League) for the first time in their history.[12]
In the 2021–22 Russian Premier League, 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.[13]
On 18 May 2024, Sochi lost 2–3 to Krasnodar, sealing their relegation to the Russian First League after five seasons in the top tier.[14]
Season | League | Russian Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | Name | Goals | ||||||
2018–19 | 2nd | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen | 2nd | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 69 | Third Round | Maksim Barsov | 19 | Aleksandr Tochilin | ||
2019–20 | 1st | 12th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Round of 32 | 7 | Aleksandr Tochilin Roman Berezovsky Vladimir Fedotov | ||||
2020–21 | 1st | 5th | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | Quarterfinal | 12 | Vladimir Fedotov | ||||
2021–22 | 1st | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 56 | Round of 16 | 14 | Vladimir Fedotov | |||
2022–23 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 54 | align=center | -17 | 38 | Group stage | 11 | ||||
2023–24 | 1st | align=center bgcolor=pink | 16th | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 48 | align=center | -11 | 24 | Regions path QF Stage 1 | 8 | Dmitri Khokhlov Aleksandr Tochilin Denis Klyuyev Robert Moreno |
For their inaugural European campaign, Sochi where drawn against Azerbaijan Cup champions, Keşla, in the UEFA Europa Conference League on 16 June 2021.[15]
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Keşla | 3–0 | 4–2 | 7–2 |
3QR | Partizan | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | ||
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.[16]
As of 16 August 2024[17]
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
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Aleksandr Tochilin | 20 November 2019 | |||||||||||
20 November 2019 | 8 December 2019 | |||||||||||
Vladimir Fedotov | 8 December 2019 |
Period | Kit manufacturers | Sponsors | Owner |
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2018–2021 | Nike | No sponsors | Boris Rotenberg |
2021–2022 | Puma | No sponsors |
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sochi.