# 2020–21 PFC Sochi season

The 2020–21 PFC Sochi season was Sochi's second season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their third season as a club. Sochi finished the season in 5th position, qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League for the first time, and reached the Quarterfinals of the Russian Cup where they were eliminated by eventual champions Lokomotiv Moscow.

## Season events

On 7 August, Emanuel Mammana moved to Sochi on a season-long loan deal from Zenit St.Petersburg.
On 23 August, Sochi and Rostov agreed a swap deal with Ivelin Popov joining Sochi and Dmitry Poloz returning to Rostov.

## Squad

    As of 25 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Denis Adamov |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Pomerko |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Danil Prutsev |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Zabolotny |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Maksim Barsov |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov (on loan from Orenburg) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Marko Dugandžić |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Joãozinho |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev (captain) |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov |
| 79 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Danila Prokhin (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 98 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Nikita Koldunov (at Zenit St.Petersburg) |
| 21 | FW | KAZ | Akmal Bakhtiyarov (at Zhetysu) |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Nemchenko (at Olimp-Dolgoprudny) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Pavel Shakuro (at Irtysh Omsk) |
| — | MF | NGA | Muhammad Ladan (at Pyunik) |
| — | FW | RUS | Viktor Morozov (at Olimp-Dolgoprudny) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 August 2020 | DF | Timofei Margasov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2020 | MF | Joãozinho | Dynamo Moscow | Free |
| 23 August 2020 | MF | Ivelin Popov | Rostov | Swap |
| 2 September 2020 | MF | Danil Prutsev | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | Artur Yusupov | Dynamo Moscow | Free |
| 14 October 2020 | FW | Marko Dugandžić | Botoșani | Undisclosed |
| 25 February 2021 | GK | Denis Adamov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 25 July 2020 | FW | Aleksandr Rudenko | Spartak Moscow | End of season |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Sergei Terekhov | Orenburg | End of season |
| 7 August 2020 | DF | Emanuel Mammana | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 22 February 2021 | DF | Danila Prokhin | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 23 August 2020 | FW | Dmitry Poloz | Rostov | Swap |
| 25 January 2021 | DF | Nikita Kalugin | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Undisclosed |
| 25 February 2021 | MF | Andrei Bokovoy | Veles Moscow | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Muhammad Ladan | Pyunik | End of season |
| 30 July 2020 | DF | Pavel Shakuro | Irtysh Omsk | End of season |
| 22 January 2021 | MF | Anatoli Nemchenko | Olimp-Dolgoprudny | End of season |
| 12 February 2021 | MF | Nikita Koldunov | Zenit St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 9 March 2021 | MF | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | Zhetysu | End of season |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 9 August 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 050.00 |
| Russian Cup | 2020 | | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 051.52 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sochi | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 50 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 50 | |
* ↑ FC Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Russian Cup. The Europa Conference League spot awarded to the third-placed team is passed to fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team is passed to fifth-placed team.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rubin 3, Sochi 3. Overall matches won: Rubin 16, Sochi 15.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CSKA 3, Dynamo 3. Head-to-head goal difference: CSKA +1, Dynamo -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: 16 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Results
### Russian Cup
#### Round of 32

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Orenburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Sochi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Zvezda Perm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 16 May 2021

### 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Elmir Nabiullin | 19 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 27 | 9 | 22+1 | 7 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Danil Prutsev | 22 | 0 | 4+16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Zabolotny | 30 | 10 | 21+6 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Maksim Barsov | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Zabolotny | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Sergei Terekhov | 31 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 30 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ECU | Christian Noboa | 27 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Marko Dugandžić | 17 | 2 | 4+10 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikita Burmistrov | 24 | 6 | 19+2 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Igor Yurganov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Joãozinho | 25 | 2 | 21+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Miha Mevlja | 31 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Mammana | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Kirill Zaika | 26 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Timofei Margasov | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Soslan Dzhanayev | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Ivan Miladinović | 28 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BUL | Ivelin Popov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Yegor Prutsev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko | 24 | 2 | 7+13 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Danila Prokhin | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | RUS | Nikita Koldunov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Nemchenko | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Poloz | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kalugin | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | RUS | Andrei Bokovoy | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 16 | Christian Noboa | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Anton Zabolotny | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | | 6 | Artur Yusupov | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | | 18 | Nikita Burmistrov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Miha Mevlja | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 13 | Sergei Terekhov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | 79 | Aleksandr Rudenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 17 | Marko Dugandžić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 22 | Joãozinho | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 7 | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 45 | Ivan Miladinović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 27 | Kirill Zaika | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 10 | Maksim Barsov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 87 | Danila Prokhin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 5 | 54 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 35 | Soslan Dzhanayev | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Nikolai Zabolotny | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 6 | | MF | Artur Yusupov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Danil Prutsev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Anton Zabolotny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | | GK | Nikolai Zabolotny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Sergei Terekhov | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 15 | | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 16 | | MF | Christian Noboa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Marko Dugandžić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Nikita Burmistrov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | | MF | Joãozinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Miha Mevlja | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Emanuel Mammana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | | DF | Kirill Zaika | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 34 | | DF | Timofei Margasov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | | GK | Soslan Dzhanayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | | DF | Ivan Miladinović | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 79 | | FW | Aleksandr Rudenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | | DF | Danila Prokhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 21 | | MF | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | | MF | Anatoli Nemchenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Sochi during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | | FW | Dmitry Poloz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 78 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 89 | 7 |