2024–25 PFC Sochi season

PFC Sochi
2024–25 season
Manager	Robert Moreno
Stadium	Fisht Olympic Stadium
Russian First League	10th
Russian Cup	Pre-season
Highest home attendance	5,796 vs Baltika Kaliningrad
Lowest home attendance	5,633 vs SKA-Khabarovsk
Biggest defeat	Ural Yekaterinburg 2–0 Sochi; Sochi 1–2 SKA-Khabarovsk
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 7th season in the history of PFC Sochi, and the club's first season in Russian First League since 2018–19. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Russian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	Pyunik	Loan	30 June 2024
DF	Ruslan Shagiakhmetov	Dynamo Moscow 2	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Vladislav Lazarev	Baltika Kaliningrad	Loan	1 July 2024	^[2]
DF	Oleg Kozhemyakin	SKA-Khabarovsk	Free	1 July 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Timofey Margasov	Ural Yekaterinburg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	Ararat-Armenia	Loan	1 July 2024
GK	Timofey Kashintsev	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

1 July 2024 Friendly	Leningradets	1–1	Sochi
16:00	Fedorov 16' 90+3'		Rozmanov 58'

2 July 2024 Friendly tournament	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–2	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
16:00	Wendel 14' Cassierra 20', 24' Mostovoy 45+1' Rodrigão 60' Yerokhin 67' Mantuan 69' Sutormin 85'		Marcelo Alves 32' Zaika 42'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena

5 July 2024 Friendly tournament	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
12:00 UTC+3	Ndiaye 39' Jovanović 44'			Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

8 July 2024 Friendly tournament	Sochi	5–0	Talleres Córdoba	Saint Petersburg
13:00 UTC+3	Kramarič 30' Safronov 60' Zaika 81' Levin 88' Bart 90+2'			Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian First League	14 July 2024		Matchday 1	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00
Russian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00

Last updated: 4 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Russian First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Torpedo Moscow	21	11	10	0	39	16	+23	43	Promotion to Premier League
3	Ural Yekaterinburg	21	10	7	4	31	21	+10	37^[a]	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
4	Sochi	21	10	7	4	36	21	+15	37^[a]	Qualification to Premier League play-offs
5	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	21	11	3	7	31	27	+4	36
6	Arsenal Tula	21	6	12	3	18	16	+2	30^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Best disciplinary record (3 points for red card, 1 point for yellow card); 13) Drawing lots. If teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria and disciplinary record are not used for positioning. If 1st- and 2nd-placed teams are tied in the final standings on the first 12 criteria, a winner is determined in an additional play-off game, with no extra time and a penalty-shootout if tied at the end of regulation, instead of drawing lots.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ural 2–0 Sochi
^ Rotor 0–1 Arsenal

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	0	1	2	2	0

Last updated: 4 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W
Position	16	14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The tentative match schedule was released on 27 June.^[6]

14 July 2024 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	2–0	Sochi	Yekaterinburg
16:00 UTC+3	Kashtanov 49' Ayupov 58' Ishkov 81' Chudin 90'		Burmistrov 30' Saavedra 76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,616 Referee: Ivan Saraev

21 July 2024 2	Sochi	1–1	Baltika Kaliningrad	Sochi
19:00 UTC+3	Marcelo Alves 12' Bart 32' Guarirapa 37'		Gassama 30' Malyarov 68' Pryakhin 84'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,796 Referee: Ivan Abrosimov

28 July 2024 3	Sochi	1–2	SKA-Khabarovsk	Sochi
19:00 UTC+3	Kozhemyakin 90'		Gongadze 43' Aliyev 79'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,633 Referee: Vladimir Falov

4 August 2024 4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–2	Sochi	Yaroslavl
17:30 UTC+3			Marcelo Alves 18' (pen.) Bart 54'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Anton Frolov

Russian Cup

References

^ "Руслан Шагиахметов стал игроком «Сочи»!". pfcsochi.ru.
^ "«Сочи» арендовал Владислава Лазарева у «Балтики»". pfcsochi.ru.
^ "Тимофей Маргасов, спасибо за все!". pfcsochi.ru.
^ "Тимофей Кашинцев переходит в «Арсенал»". pfcsochi.ru.
^ "First League 2024-25 regulations - paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ футбол, Тульский (June 27, 2024). "Стал известен полный предварительный календарь матчей "Арсенала" в сезоне-2024/25". Тульский футбол.

[table_hth_URA0.9966435041263-5] Ural 2–0 Sochi

[table_hth_ARS0.9966435041263-6] Rotor 0–1 Arsenal

[1] "Руслан Шагиахметов стал игроком «Сочи»!". pfcsochi.ru.

[2] "«Сочи» арендовал Владислава Лазарева у «Балтики»". pfcsochi.ru.

[3] "Тимофей Маргасов, спасибо за все!". pfcsochi.ru.

[4] "Тимофей Кашинцев переходит в «Арсенал»". pfcsochi.ru.

[7] "First League 2024-25 regulations - paragraph 3.5" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian First League. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[8] футбол, Тульский (June 27, 2024). "Стал известен полный предварительный календарь матчей "Арсенала" в сезоне-2024/25". Тульский футбол.

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