FC Sokol Saratov

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 17 August 2023, 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Timur Kraykov 5 DF  RUS Maksim Karayev (on loan from Rodina Moscow) 7 FW  RUS Igor Tursunov 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 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 33 FW  RUS Danila Yezhkov 44 DF  RUS Ilya Serikov 35 GK  RUS Pyotr Kosarevsky 52 MF  RUS Igor Leontyev 63 MF  RUS Danil Kazantsev 66 DF  RUS Yan Gudkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 77 MF  RUS Dmitri Sasin 89 MF  RUS Dmitri Yugaldin (on loan from Pari NN) 99 DF  RUS Andrei Yevdokimov

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 — MF  RUS Dmitri Veber (at Kaluga until 31 December 2023)

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.

• Official website (in Russian)