# 2022–23 PFC Sochi season

The 2022–23 PFC Sochi season was Sochi's fourth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their fifth season as a club.

## Season events

On 15 June, Head Coach Vladimir Fedotov left the club after being signed by CSKA Moscow. Five days later, 20 June, Sochi announced Vadim Garanin as their new Head Coach.
On 25 December Head Coach Vadim Garanin was sacked, with Kurban Berdyev appointed as his replacement.
On 1 March, Sochi announced the signing of Miguel Silveira from Red Bull Bragantino.
On 10 April Head Coach Kurban Berdyev was sacked, with Dmitri Khokhlov appointed as his temporary replacement until the end of the season.
On 30 May, Sochi extended their contract with Nikolai Zabolotny, Timofei Margasov and Nikita Burmistrov. On the same day, Victorien Angban also extended his contract with Sochi, until the summer of 2026.

## Squad

    As of match played 3 June 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Denis Adamov | GK | (1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 25) | Krasnodar | 2021 | | 32 | 0 |
| 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | GK | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 33) | Rotor Volgograd | 2018 | | 68 | 0 |
| 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | GK | (1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 36) | Miedź Legnica | 2019 | | 71 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Vanja Drkušić | DF | (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 23) | Bravo | 2022 | | 42 | 2 |
| 4 | Moussa Sissako | DF | (2000-11-10)10 November 2000 (aged 22) | Standard Liège | 2022 | | 15 | 1 |
| 13 | Sergey Terekhov | DF | (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 32) | Orenburg | 2021 | | 92 | 7 |
| 17 | Artyom Makarchuk | DF | (1995-11-09)9 November 1995 (aged 27) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2022 | | 45 | 3 |
| 20 | Igor Yurganov | DF | (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 29) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2018 | | 91 | 4 |
| 26 | Artyom Meshchaninov | DF | (1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (aged 27) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2022 | | 21 | 0 |
| 27 | Kirill Zaika | DF | (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 (aged 30) | Khimki | 2018 | | 112 | 5 |
| 34 | Timofei Margasov | DF | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 30) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2020 | | 121 | 2 |
| 45 | Ivan Miladinović | DF | (1994-08-14)14 August 1994 (aged 28) | Radnički Niš | 2018 | | 95 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Victorien Angban | MF | (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 26) | Metz | 2021 | 2026 | 36 | 1 |
| 6 | Artur Yusupov | MF | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 33) | Dynamo Moscow | 2020 | | 87 | 20 |
| 8 | Kirill Kravtsov | MF | (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 (aged 20) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2022 | | 29 | 1 |
| 15 | Ibragim Tsallagov | MF | (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 32) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | | 110 | 2 |
| 16 | Christian Noboa | MF | (1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 38) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2019 | | 102 | 37 |
| 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | MF | (1989-07-06)6 July 1989 (aged 33) | Rotor Volgograd | 2018 | | 136 | 13 |
| 19 | Timofey Shipunov | MF | (2003-07-20)20 July 2003 (aged 19) | Tver | 2022 | | 20 | 2 |
| 22 | Joãozinho | MF | (1988-12-25)25 December 1988 (aged 34) | Dynamo Moscow | 2020 | | 75 | 9 |
| 24 | Miguel Silveira | MF | (2003-03-26)26 March 2003 (aged 20) | Red Bull Bragantino | 2023 | | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Amir Batyrev | MF | (2002-03-11)11 March 2002 (aged 21) | Tver | 2022 | | 12 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Georgi Melkadze | FW | (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 26) | Spartak Moscow | 2022 | | 42 | 7 |
| 10 | Vladislav Sarveli | FW | (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (aged 25) | Krylia Sovetov | 2022 | | 32 | 5 |
| 11 | Luka Đorđević | FW | (1994-07-09)9 July 1994 (aged 28) | Vejle | 2022 | | 17 | 2 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 14 | Daniil Martovoy | MF | (2003-04-20)20 April 2003 (aged 20) | Tver | 2022 | | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Kirill Ushatov | MF | (2000-01-24)24 January 2000 (aged 23) | Tver | 2022 | | 11 | 0 |
| 53 | Daniil Pavlov | FW | (2002-06-05)5 June 2002 (aged 20) | Arsenal Tula | 2019 | | 4 | 0 |
| | Vadim Milyutin | DF | (2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Maksim Kolmakov | MF | (2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 20) | Dynamo Brest | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| | Aleksandr Kovalenko | MF | (2003-08-08)8 August 2003 (aged 19) | Krylia Sovetov | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left Sochi during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Maksim Barsov | FW | (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 30) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2018 | | 53 | 23 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 June 2022 | DF | Artyom Meshchaninov | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2022 | FW | Vladislav Sarveli | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2022 | MF | Timofey Shipunov | Tver | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2022 | MF | Kirill Ushatov | Tver | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2022 | FW | Daniil Martovoy | Tver | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2022 | MF | Amir Batyrev | Tver | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2022 | MF | Aleksandr Kovalenko | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | Moussa Sissako | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 19 September 2022 | FW | Luka Đorđević | Vejle | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2023 | MF | Danil Anosov | Salyut Belgorod | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2023 | MF | David Kirakosyan | Konoplyov football academy | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2023 | MF | Miguel Silveira | Red Bull Bragantino | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | Rodrigão | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2022 | MF | Yegor Prutsev | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 25 July 2022 | MF | Maksim Kolmakov | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | End of season |
| 25 July 2022 | MF | Aleksandr Kovalenko | Krylia Sovetov | End of season |
| 10 August 2022 | FW | Daniil Pavlov | Tyumen | End of season |
| 11 August 2022 | DF | Vadim Milyutin | Tyumen | End of season |
| 21 February 2023 | MF | Daniil Martovoy | Rodina Moscow | End of season |
| 21 February 2023 | MF | Kirill Ushatov | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | | Maksim Barsov | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2 September 2022 | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 17 July 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 036.67 |
| Russian Cup | 31 August 2022 | 26 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 030.56 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 45 |
| 9 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 45 |
| 10 | Sochi | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 36 |
| 12 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 32 |
* 1 2 Lokomotiv and Dynamo tied on head-to-head criteria. Overall goal difference: Lokomotiv +8, Dynamo +4.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2024. Source:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Results
### Russian Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Torpedo Moscow | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Sochi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 June 2023

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Denis Adamov | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVN | Vanja Drkušić | 31 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Moussa Sissako | 15 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 30 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kravtsov | 29 | 1 | 12+12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Georgi Melkadze | 28 | 5 | 18+6 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Vladislav Sarveli | 32 | 5 | 15+11 | 4 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 17 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergey Terekhov | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 18 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 27 | 11 | 24+2 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Artyom Makarchuk | 35 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov | 25 | 1 | 13+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Timofey Shipunov | 20 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov | 24 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Joãozinho | 28 | 4 | 12+11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | BRA | Miguel Silveira | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Artyom Meshchaninov | 21 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika | 27 | 2 | 15+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CAN | Amir Batyrev | 12 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 32 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | RUS | Daniil Martovoy | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Kirill Ushatov | 11 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | RUS | Maksim Barsov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 16 | Christian Noboa | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Georgi Melkadze | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 10 | Vladislav Sarveli | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 22 | Joãozinho | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 6 | Artur Yusupov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 19 | Timofey Shipunov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Luka Đorđević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | 3 | Vanja Drkušić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Moussa Sissako | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 17 | Artyom Makarchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Kirill Kravtsov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 15 | Ibragim Tsallagov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 28 | Amir Batyrev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 20 | Igor Yurganov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 6 | 43 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | | 1 | Denis Adamov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Soslan Dzhanayev & Denis Adamov both played in Sochi's 2-0 victory over Dynamo Moscow on 1 April 2023

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | | DF | Vanja Drkušić | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Moussa Sissako | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | MF | Victorien Angban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Artur Yusupov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Georgi Melkadze | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | | FW | Vladislav Sarveli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Luka Đorđević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Sergey Terekhov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Christian Noboa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Artyom Makarchuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Nikita Burmistrov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Timofey Shipunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Igor Yurganov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Joãozinho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Artyom Meshchaninov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | | MF | Kirill Zaika | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Amir Batyrev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | | DF | Timofei Margasov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | | DF | Ivan Miladinović | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Sochi during the season: ||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 79 | 5 |