PFC Sokol (Russian: ПФК "Сокол") is a Russian association football club based in Saratov. In 2001 and 2002, Sokol played in the Russian Premier League. Currently the club plays in the second-level Russian First League.

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Sokol

Full name	Professional Football Club Sokol Saratov
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Ground	Lokomotiv Stadium, Saratov
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Aleksey Potapov[1]
Manager	Aleksey Baga
League	Russian First League
2022–23	Russian Second League, Group 3 1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
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The club was founded as Dynamo. It was known by this name until 1930 and in 1946–1953. Other club's names include Lokomotiv (1956–1960), Energiya (1954–1955), Sokol (1961–1994 and 1998–2005), and Sokol-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 to Class 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 formed Russian 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 the Top Division. Andrey Fedkov, Sokol's striker, was capped for Russia 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 the Second Division in 2006, Sokol chose to play in the Amateur League. In addition, the club was renamed Sokol-Saratov.

Sokol reached the semifinals of the Soviet Cup in 1966/67 and of the Russian Cup in 2000/01.

On 29 May 2023, Sokol ensured promotion back into the second-tier Russian First League.^[2]

As of 27 February 2024, according to the First League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Timur Kraykov 3 DF  RUS Zaurbek Pliyev 5 MF  RUS Amir Batyrev (on loan from Sochi) 6 DF  RUS Ivan Mokshin 7 MF  RUS Vladislav Samko (on loan from Rodina Moscow) 8 DF  RUS Aslan Dudiyev 9 FW  RUS Albert Pogosyan 10 FW  RUS Vladislav Morozov 11 MF  RUS Vladlen Babayev 16 GK  RUS Artyom Fyodorov 17 DF  RUS David Ozmanov 18 MF  RUS Ilya Kamyshev 19 MF  RUS Vladimir Azarov 21 MF  RUS Nikita Kozlovsky 23 DF  RUS Astemir Abazov 24 MF  RUS Mikhail Maltsev (on loan from Rodina Moscow)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  RUS Nikita Mankov 27 DF  RUS Artyom Molodtsov 28 MF  BLR Pavel Zabelin 35 GK  RUS Pyotr Kosarevsky 40 MF  RUS Daniil Volodin 41 DF  RUS Daniil Kuzmin 43 GK  RUS Maksim Sizov 44 DF  RUS Ilya Serikov 52 MF  RUS Igor Leontyev 55 FW  RUS Artyom Maksimenko 56 FW  RUS Matvey Ivakhnov (on loan from Fakel Voronezh) 65 DF  RUS Nikolai Tolstopyatov (on loan from Spartak Moscow) 66 DF  RUS Yan Gudkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 77 MF  RUS Dmitri Sasin 99 DF  RUS Andrei Yevdokimov

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Sokol's reserve squad played professionally as FC Sokol-d Saratov in the Russian Third League in 1994.

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sokol.