# 2019–20 PFC Sochi season

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.

## Season review

On 5 November, Sochi announced that Erik Vardanyan would join the club from FC Pyunik on 1 January 2020.
On 20 November, Sochi announced that Aleksandr Tochilin had resigned as manager, and that Roman Berezovsky had been placed in temporary charge. On 8 December, Sochi announced Vladimir Fedotov as their new Manager on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.
On 21 January 2020, Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi announced that Kokorin would finish the 2019–20 season with them.
On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.
On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.
On 17 June, FC Rostov announced that six of their players had tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in Rostov's youth team travelling to play their fixture on 19 June.
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. 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. On 21 July 2020, the Russian Football Union awarded the game 3–0 to Tambov. On 23 July, the RFU assigned Krylia Sovetov a 3–0 victory over Sochi in their cancelled game.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Nikita Koldunov |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Zabolotny |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Maksim Barsov |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Andrei Mostovoy (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Akmal Bakhtiyarov |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kalugin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Nemchenko |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz |
| 87 | FW | ARM | Aleksandre Karapetian |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Pavel Shakuro |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 94 | MF | MNE | Dušan Lagator |
| 95 | MF | COD | Giannelli Imbula |
| — | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | RUS | Rostislav Soldatenko (at Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| — | FW | NGA | Steven Alfred (at Pyunik) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | RUS | Pavel Ryabokon (at Dolgoprudny) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 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 |
| 29 June 2019 | GK | Yevgeny Frolov | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | Vladimir Obukhov | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | GK | Elmir Nabiullin | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | İstanbul Başakşehir | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2019 | FW | Aleksandre Karapetian | Progrès Niederkorn | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2019 | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | Miedź Legnica | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2019 | MF | Christian Noboa | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2019 | FW | Anton Zabolotny | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Miha Mevlja | Zenit St. Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 5 November 2019† | MF | Erik Vardanyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2020 | DF | Adil Rami | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed |
| 3 March 2020 | MF | Giannelli Imbula | Stoke City | Free |
    † Vardanyan's transfer was announced on the above date, becoming official on 1 January 2020.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | | Andrei Mostovoy | Zenit St. Petersburg | End of Season | |
| 17 February 2020 | FW | | Aleksandr Kokorin | Zenit St. Petersburg | End of Season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 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 |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Roman Kosyanchuk | Fakel Voronezh | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2019 | DF | Andrei Bychkov | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Yevgeni Pesegov | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2020 | GK | Yevgeny Frolov | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | | Steven Alfred | Pyunik | Undisclosed | |
| 16 July 2019 | GK | | Rostislav Soldatenko | Alania Vladikavkaz | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Nikita Salamatov | Luch Vladivostok | |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Vladimir Obukhov | Tambov | 2 September 2019 |
| 18 December 2019 | DF | Fyodor Kudryashov | Antalyaspor | 6 January 2020 |
| 28 May 2020 | DF | Adil Rami | Boavista | 4 September 2020 |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Giannelli Imbula | | |
| 30 July 2020 | MF | Dušan Lagator | Wisła Płock | 11 August 2020 |
| 31 July 2020 | FW | Aleksandre Karapetian | Tambov | 3 August 2020 |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 35 |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 35 |
| 12 | Sochi | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 31 |
| 14 | Tambov | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 31 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rubin Kazan 4, Ural 1
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 8, Tambov 4, Krylia Sovetov Samara 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Akhmat Grozny +3, Tambov 0, Krylia Sovetov Samara –3

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 July 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pomerko | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Nikita Koldunov | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Zabolotny | 22 | 5 | 16+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 19 | 4 | 18+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mostovoy | 26 | 6 | 24+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov | 24 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 21 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kalugin | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Vadim Milyutin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | RUS | Andrei Bokovoy | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 25 | 5 | 14+10 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | ARM | Aleksandre Karapetian | 22 | 2 | 3+18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Pavel Shakuro | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | MNE | Dušan Lagator | 14 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | COD | Giannelli Imbula | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Pesegov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Vladimir Obukhov | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | RUS | Yevgeny Frolov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Yan Kazayev | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | 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 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 7 | DF | | 15 | Ibragim Tsallagov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 32 | Miha Mevlja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 94 | Dušan Lagator | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 25 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 8 | Nikita Koldunov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 40 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | GK | | 19 | Yevgeny Frolov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 2 |