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| Full name | Professional Football Club Sokol Saratov | ||
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| Founded | 1930; 96 years ago (1930) | ||
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium, Saratov | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Chairman | Aleksey Potapov[1] | ||
| Manager | Mladen Kašćelan | ||
| League | Russian First League | ||
| 2024–25 | 16th of 18 | ||
| Website | sokol-saratov | ||
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PFC Sokol (Russian:ПФК "Сокол") is a Russianassociation football club based inSaratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in theRussian Premier League. The club now plays in the second-tierRussian First League.
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The club was founded asDynamo. It was known by this name until 1930 and in 1946–1953. Other club's names includeLokomotiv (1956–1960),Energiya (1954–1955),Sokol (1961–1994 and 1998–2005), andSokol-PZD (1995–1997). "Sokol" is Russian for "falcon".
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 toClass 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 formedRussian 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 theTop Division.Andrey Fedkov, Sokol's striker, was capped forRussia 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 theSecond Division in 2006, Sokol chose to play in the Amateur League. In addition, the club was renamed Sokol-Saratov.
Sokol reached the semifinals of theSoviet Cup in 1966/67 and of theRussian Cup in 2000/01.
On 29 May 2023, Sokol ensured promotion back into the second-tierRussian First League.[2]
At the end of the2024–25 Russian First League season, Sokol qualified for relegation to the third-tierRussian Second League Division A.[3] However, asKhimki, which played in the Premier League, were dissolved, Sokol was kept in the First League.
As of 15 February 2026, according to theFirst League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Sokol's reserve squad played professionally asFC Sokol-d Saratov in theRussian Third League in 1994.
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed inbold represented their countries while playing for Sokol.
