# 2021–22 PFC Sochi season

The 2021–22 PFC Sochi season was Sochi's third season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their fourth season as a club. Sochi finished the season in 2nd position, were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 16 stage by CSKA Moscow, and the Third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League by Partizan.

## Squad

    As of match played 21 May 2022
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Denis Adamov | GK | (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 24) | Krasnodar | 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | GK | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 32) | Rotor Volgograd | 2018 | 62 | 0 |
| 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | GK | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 35) | Miedź Legnica | 2019 | 60 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Vanja Drkušić | DF | (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 22) | Bravo | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | Rodrigão | DF | (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 26) | Gil Vicente | 2021 | 31 | 3 |
| 13 | Sergey Terekhov | DF | (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 31) | Orenburg | 2021 | 61 | 7 |
| 17 | Artyom Makarchuk | DF | (1995-11-09)9 November 1995 (aged 26) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | Igor Yurganov | DF | (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 28) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2018 | 67 | 3 |
| 27 | Kirill Zaika | DF | (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 (aged 29) | Khimki | 2018 | 85 | 3 |
| 34 | Timofei Margasov | DF | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 29) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2020 | 89 | 2 |
| 87 | Danila Prokhin | DF | (2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 20) | loan from Rostov | 2021 | 37 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Artur Yusupov | MF | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 32) | Dynamo Moscow | 2020 | 57 | 17 |
| 8 | Ivelin Popov | MF | (1987-10-26)26 October 1987 (aged 34) | Rostov | 2020 | 26 | 5 |
| 15 | Ibragim Tsallagov | MF | (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 31) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | 92 | 1 |
| 16 | Christian Noboa | MF | (1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 37) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | 75 | 26 |
| 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | MF | (1989-07-06)6 July 1989 (aged 32) | Rotor Volgograd | 2018 | 111 | 12 |
| 19 | Victorien Angban | MF | (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 25) | Metz | 2021 | 29 | 1 |
| 22 | Joãozinho | MF | (1988-12-25)25 December 1988 (aged 33) | Dynamo Moscow | 2020 | 47 | 5 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Dmitry Vorobyov | FW | (1997-11-28)28 November 1997 (aged 24) | loan from Orenburg | 2021 | 13 | 0 |
| 9 | Georgi Melkadze | FW | (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 25) | Spartak Moscow | 2022 | 14 | 2 |
| 30 | Mateo Cassierra | FW | (1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 25) | Belenenses SAD | 2021 | 23 | 14 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 4 | Mateo Barać | DF | (1994-07-20)20 July 1994 (aged 27) | Rapid Wien | 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Maksim Barsov | FW | (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 29) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2018 | 52 | 23 |
| 53 | Daniil Pavlov | FW | (2002-06-05)5 June 2002 (aged 19) | Arsenal Tula | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| | Sergey Samok | GK | (2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 21) | CSKA Moscow | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ivan Miladinović | DF | (1994-08-14)14 August 1994 (aged 27) | Radnički Niš | 2018 | 83 | 3 |
| | Vadim Milyutin | DF | (2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| | Anatoli Nemchenko | MF | (2000-08-22)22 August 2000 (aged 21) | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| | Maksim Kolmakov | MF | (2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 19) | Dynamo Brest | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| | Yegor Prutsev | MF | (2002-12-23)23 December 2002 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Players that left Sochi during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Marko Dugandžić | FW | (1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 28) | Botoșani | 2020 | 24 | 5 |
| 24 | Emanuel Mammana | DF | (1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 26) | loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2021 | 24 | 0 |
| 90 | Pavel Shakuro | DF | (1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 24) | Tyumen | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| | Erik Vardanyan | MF | (1998-06-07)7 June 1998 (aged 23) | Pyunik | 2020 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 June 2021 | DF | Sergey Terekhov | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2021 | DF | Mateo Barać | Rapid Wien | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Rodrigão | Gil Vicente | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2021 | MF | Victorien Angban | Metz | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2021 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | Belenenses SAD | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2022 | DF | Vanja Drkušić | Bravo | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2022 | FW | Georgi Melkadze | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2022 | DF | Artyom Makarchuk | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 5 July 2021 | DF | Danila Prokhin | Sochi | End of season |
| 19 July 2021 | DF | Emanuel Mammana | Zenit St.Petersburg | 7 January 2022 |
| 19 July 2021 | FW | Dmitry Vorobyov | Orenburg | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 11 January 2022 | FW | Marko Dugandžić | CFR Cluj | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2022 | DF | Pavel Shakuro | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2022 | DF | Dmitry Kumsarov | Krasava | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2022 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | Urartu | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2022 | DF | Mateo Barać | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 12 January 2022 | MF | Maksim Kolmakov | Dynamo Brest | End of season | < |
| 15 February 2022 | MF | Daniil Pavlov | Dynamo Brest | End of season | |
| 16 February 2022 | MF | Yegor Prutsev | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | End of season | |
| 19 February 2022 | DF | Mateo Barać | Krylia Sovetov | End of season | |
| 20 February 2022 | FW | Maksim Barsov | Baltika Kaliningrad | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | | Ivelin Popov | Levski Sofia | 1 July 2022 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 26 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 056.67 |
| Russian Cup | 2 March 2022 | 2 March 2022 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 12 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 054.29 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 65 |
| 2 | Sochi | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 56 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 53 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 50 |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 50 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Krasnodar 4, CSKA Moscow 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: FBref

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | А | H | Н | А | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

##### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Denis Adamov | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVN | Vanja Drkušić | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Rodrigão | 30 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 29 | 8 | 22+3 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Vorobyov | 13 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 24 | 5 | 8+12 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Georgi Melkadze | 13 | 2 | 1+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergey Terekhov | 29 | 4 | 21+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 33 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 28 | 10 | 22+2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Artyom Makarchuk | 10 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov | 30 | 1 | 14+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban | 29 | 1 | 12+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov | 21 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Joãozinho | 21 | 3 | 5+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika | 31 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra | 23 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 32 | 2 | 18+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Danila Prokhin | 29 | 1 | 18+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mateo Barać | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Maksim Barsov | 13 | 3 | 3+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kolmakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | RUS | Daniil Pavlov | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CRO | Marko Dugandžić | 7 | 3 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 30 | Mateo Cassierra | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | | 16 | Christian Noboa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | | 6 | Artur Yusupov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Ivelin Popov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | | 13 | Sergey Terekhov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Joãozinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 10 | Maksim Barsov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Rodrigão | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 9 | Marko Dugandžić | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | | 9 | Georgi Melkadze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 34 | Timofei Margasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 17 | Artyom Makarchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | 20 | Igor Yurganov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 19 | Victorien Angban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 87 | Danila Prokhin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 1 | 10 | 65 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | | 1 | Denis Adamov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Adamov & Dzhanayev both played in Sochi's 0-0 draw against Khimki on 13 March 2022

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Denis Adamov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Vanja Drkušić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Rodrigão | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | | MF | Artur Yusupov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Ivelin Popov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Georgi Melkadze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Sergey Terekhov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | | MF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Christian Noboa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | | DF | Artyom Makarchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Nikita Burmistrov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Victorien Angban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Igor Yurganov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | | MF | Kirill Zaika | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | | FW | Mateo Cassierra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | | MF | Timofei Margasov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | | DF | Danila Prokhin | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | | DF | Mateo Barać | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | | FW | Maksim Barsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sochi during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | | FW | Marko Dugandžić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 71 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 5 |