2019–20 PFC Sochi season

The 2019–20 PFC Sochi season was their first season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and their second season as a club.

PFC Sochi

2019–20 season
Chairman	Dmitry Rubashko
Manager	Aleksandr Tochilin (until 20 November) Roman Berezovsky (Caretaker) (11 November - 8 December 2019) Vladimir Fedotov (from 8 December 2019)
Stadium	Fisht Olympic Stadium
Premier League	12th
Russian Cup	Round of 32 vs Shinnik Yaroslavl
Top goalscorer	League: Andrei Mostovoy (6) All: Andrei Mostovoy (6)
Away colours
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Season review

On 5 November, Sochi announced that Erik Vardanyan would join the club from FC Pyunik on 1 January 2020.^[1][2]

On 20 November, Sochi announced that Aleksandr Tochilin had resigned as manager, and that Roman Berezovsky had been placed in temporary charge.^[3] On 8 December, Sochi announced Vladimir Fedotov as their new Manager on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.^[4]

On 21 January 2020, Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi announced that Kokorin would finish the 2019–20 season with them.^[5]

On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.^[7]

On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.^[8]

On 17 June, FC Rostov announced that six of their players had tested positive for COVID-19,^[9] resulting in Rostov's youth team travelling to play their fixture on 19 June.^[10]

On 16 July, the Russian Premier League announced that that day's game between Sochi and Tambov would not take place due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Sochi squad.^[11] Four days later, 20 July, the Russian Premier League announced that the final game of the season between Sochi and Krylia Sovetov also wouldn't take place due to COVID-19 situation within the Sochi team.^[12] On 21 July 2020, the Russian Football Union awarded the game 3–0 to Tambov.^[13] On 23 July, the RFU assigned Krylia Sovetov a 3–0 victory over Sochi in their cancelled game.^[14]

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  RUS Aleksei Pomerko 8 MF  RUS Nikita Koldunov 9 FW  RUS Anton Zabolotny 10 FW  RUS Maksim Barsov 12 GK  RUS Nikolai Zabolotny 15 DF  RUS Ibragim Tsallagov 16 MF  ECU Christian Noboa 17 FW  RUS Andrei Mostovoy (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 18 MF  RUS Nikita Burmistrov 20 DF  RUS Igor Yurganov 21 MF  KAZ Akmal Bakhtiyarov 24 DF  RUS Elmir Nabiullin 25 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev 26 DF  RUS Nikita Kalugin

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  RUS Kirill Zaika 32 DF  SVN Miha Mevlja 34 DF  RUS Timofei Margasov 35 GK  RUS Soslan Dzhanayev 45 DF  SRB Ivan Miladinović 54 MF  RUS Anatoli Nemchenko 77 FW  RUS Dmitry Poloz 87 FW  ARM Aleksandre Karapetian 90 DF  RUS Pavel Shakuro 91 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 94 MF  MNE Dušan Lagator 95 MF  COD Giannelli Imbula — MF  ARM Erik Vardanyan

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Rostislav Soldatenko (at Alania Vladikavkaz) — FW  NGA Steven Alfred (at Pyunik)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  RUS Pavel Ryabokon (at Dolgoprudny)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2019–20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	GK		Yegor Kabakov
Summer 2019	GK		Sergey Samok
Summer 2019	GK		Maksim Semyonov
Summer 2019	DF		Maks Dziov
Summer 2019	DF		Vadim Ivlev
Summer 2019	DF		Pavel Korkin	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Roman Kvataniya	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Timofei Margasov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Vadim Milyutin
Summer 2019	DF		Roman Ponomarenko
Summer 2019	DF		Semyon Surinovich
Summer 2019	DF		Sergei Voropayev
Summer 2019	MF		Stepan Batyutin
Summer 2019	MF		Daniyar Bikmukhamedov
Summer 2019	MF		Luchano Bobrov	Khimki-M	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Ilya Gorbashov
Summer 2019	MF		Viktor Gryazin	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Maksim Kolmakov
Summer 2019	MF		Artur Koloskov
Summer 2019	MF		Timofey Kostenko
Summer 2019	MF		Aleksei Logvinov
Summer 2019	MF		Nikita Molochnikov
Summer 2019	MF		Yegor Prutsev
Summer 2019	MF		Vikentiy Shchipachyov
Summer 2019	FW		Vladislav Makeyev
Summer 2019	FW		Ilya Predeus
21 June 2019	DF		Pavel Shakuro	Tyumen	Undisclosed	[15]
29 June 2019	GK		Yevgeny Frolov	Orenburg	Undisclosed	[16]
2 July 2019	DF		Ivan Novoseltsev	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[17]
2 July 2019	DF		Ibragim Tsallagov	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[17]
4 July 2019	FW		Vladimir Obukhov	Mordovia Saransk	Undisclosed	[18]
4 July 2019	FW		Dmitry Poloz	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[19]
8 July 2019	GK		Elmir Nabiullin	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[20]
12 July 2019	DF		Fyodor Kudryashov	İstanbul Başakşehir	Undisclosed	[21]
12 July 2019	FW		Aleksandre Karapetian	Progrès Niederkorn	Undisclosed	[21]
16 July 2019	GK		Soslan Dzhanayev	Miedź Legnica	Undisclosed	[22]
5 August 2019	MF		Christian Noboa	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[23]
5 August 2019	FW		Anton Zabolotny	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[24]
2 September 2019	DF		Miha Mevlja	Zenit St. Petersburg	Undisclosed	[25]
5 November 2019†	MF		Erik Vardanyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed	[1][2]
22 February 2020	DF		Adil Rami	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed	[26]
3 March 2020	MF		Giannelli Imbula	Stoke City	Free	[27]

† Vardanyan's transfer was announced on the above date, becoming official on 1 January 2020.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
19 July 2019	MF		Andrei Mostovoy	Zenit St. Petersburg	End of Season	[28]
17 February 2020	FW		Aleksandr Kokorin	Zenit St. Petersburg	End of Season	[5]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	GK		Andrei Zaytsev	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	DF		Valeri Pochivalin	Khimki	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Yan Kazayev	Baltika Kaliningrad	Undisclosed
11 June 2019	MF		Igor Gorbunov	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed	[29]
4 July 2019	MF		Roman Kosyanchuk	Fakel Voronezh	Undisclosed	[30]
24 June 2019	DF		Andrei Bychkov	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	Undisclosed	[31]
2 September 2019	MF		Yevgeni Pesegov	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed	[32]
2 February 2020	GK		Yevgeny Frolov	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed	[33]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
5 July 2019	FW		Steven Alfred	Pyunik	Undisclosed	[34][35]
16 July 2019	GK		Rostislav Soldatenko	Alania Vladikavkaz	End of Season	[36]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
Summer 2019	MF		Nikita Salamatov	Luch Vladivostok
2 September 2019[37]	DF		Vladimir Obukhov	Tambov	2 September 2019[38]
18 December 2019[39]	DF		Fyodor Kudryashov	Antalyaspor	6 January 2020[40]
28 May 2020[41]	DF		Adil Rami	Boavista	4 September 2020[42]
29 July 2020[43]	MF		Giannelli Imbula
30 July 2020[44]	MF		Dušan Lagator	Wisła Płock	11 August 2020[45]
31 July 2020[46]	FW		Aleksandre Karapetian	Tambov	3 August 2020[47]

Friendlies

Zenit St. Petersburg v Sochi

8 September 2019	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Sochi	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sutormin 3' Bachinsky 22'		Burmistrov 36'	Stadium: Stadion SDYuShOR Smena Attendance: 1,868

Chindia Târgoviște v Sochi

19 January 2020	Chindia Târgoviște	0 – 0	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

St. Pölten v Sochi

22 January 2020	St. Pölten	0 – 0	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Cracovia v Sochi

29 January 2020	Cracovia	0 – 0	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report

Spartak Trnava v Sochi

1 February 2020	Spartak Trnava	2 – 2	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yao 10' Orlandić 33'	Report	Nabiullin 40' Tsallagov 51'

Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v Sochi

7 February 2020	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	2 – 1	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rudnev 75' 80'	Report	Lagator 42'

BATE Borisov v Sochi

7 February 2020	BATE Borisov	1 – 1	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Milić 90'	Report	Burmistrov 80'

Sochi v Akhmat Grozny

14 February 2020	Sochi	2 – 2	Akhmat Grozny	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha 72' Ilyin 78'	Report	Poloz 10' Mostovoy 11'

Dynamo Moscow v Sochi

17 February 2020	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 3	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Szymański 5'	Report	Kokorin 51', 80' Noboa 55'

Sochi v Astana

20 February 2020	Sochi	3 – 1	Astana	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 23', 86' Burmistrov 36'	Report	Sigurjónsson 64'

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Russian Premier League

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	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L
Position	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	10	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 23 July 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Spartak Moscow v Sochi

13 July 2019 1	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0	Sochi	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lomovitsky  14' Rasskazov  56' Ponce  72' Luiz Adriano  76' Gigot 90+3'	Report	Tsallagov  42' Novoseltsev  68'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 29,892 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Sochi v Zenit St. Petersburg

21 July 2019 2	Sochi	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Sochi
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miladinović  29' Novoseltsev  43'	Report	Azmoun 30' (pen.) Ozdoyev 88'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 35,102 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Krasnodar v Sochi

27 July 2019 3	Krasnodar	3 – 0	Sochi	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev 14', 42' Ari  32' Suleymanov 80' Kambolov  86'	Report	Nabiullin  25'  77' Tsallagov  53'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 32,177 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Sochi v Ufa

4 August 2019 4	Sochi	0 – 0	Ufa	Sochi
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kudryashov  19' Miladinović  42'	Report	Fomin  73' Belenov  90+1'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

CSKA Moscow v Sochi

11 August 2019 5	CSKA Moscow	0 – 0	Sochi	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Oblyakov  41'	Report	Dzhanayev  42' Kudryashov  49' Karapetian  66'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 17,995 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

Orenburg v Sochi

16 August 2019 6	Orenburg	1 – 1	Sochi	Orenburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ayupov  22' Miškić  42' Kalugin 46' (o.g.) Despotović  84'	Report	Novoseltsev  19' Tsallagov  63' Poloz 68' (pen.) Noboa  90+2'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 4,411 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Ural Yekaterinburg v Sochi

26 August 2019 7	Ural Yekaterinburg	3 – 1	Sochi	Yekaterinburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bicfalvi 16' (pen.) Haroyan  45+2' Panyukov 73' Dimitrov  79' 84'	Report	Nabiullin  37' A. Zabolotny 43'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,171 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Rubin Kazan v Sochi

31 August 2019 8	Rubin Kazan	0 – 3	Sochi	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bashkirov  15' Davitashvili  20' Stepanov  71'	Report	Tsallagov 22' Lagator  29' Burmistrov  37' Kudryashov 52' Zabolotny  76' Karapetian 90+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 8,845 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Sochi v Lokomotiv Moscow

14 September 2019 9	Sochi	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Sochi
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tsallagov  38' Yurganov  62' Lagator  90+3'	Report	Krychowiak 20' Zhivoglyadov  42' Barinov  45'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,900 Referee: Igor Panin

Dynamo Moscow v Sochi

22 September 2019 10	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 3	Sochi	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Igboun 50', 63' Joãozinho  58'	Report	Zabolotny 31'  56' Mevlja 65' Lagator  88' Karapetian 90'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 10,119 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Sochi v Akhmat Grozny

30 September 2019 11	Sochi	2 – 0	Akhmat Grozny	Sochi
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 12'  34' Pomerko  41' Noboa 73'  74' Miladinović  78' Karapetian  87' Nabiullin  90+3'	Report	Nižić  62'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,127 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Sochi v Krylia Sovetov

5 October 2019 12	Sochi	0 – 2	Krylia Sovetov	Sochi
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pomerko  21' Lagator  51' Kudryashov  67' Tsallagov  76'	Report	Sobolev 4', 69'  34' 61' Mijailović  22'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,923 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Arsenal Tula v Sochi

20 October 2019 13	Arsenal Tula	1 – 1	Sochi	Tula
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lutsenko 27'  31' Bauer  42' Lomovitsky 43' (pen.) 54' Kangwa  57' Belyayev  60'	Report	Zabolotny  1' Mostovoy 6' Kudryashov  42'  64' Kalugin  45+1' Miladinović  62' Burmistrov  66'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 11,475 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Rostov v Sochi

26 October 2019 14	Rostov	2 – 0	Sochi	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Eremenko 41' Nabiullin 79' (o.g.) Popov  88' Glebov  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 33,716 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Sochi v Tambov

2 November 2019 15	Sochi	1 – 2	Tambov	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pomerko  28' Miladinović  33' Noboa 44' Kalugin  64'	Report	Kostyukov 41' Melkadze 56'  71' Kilin  90+1'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Sochi v CSKA Moscow

10 November 2019 16	Sochi	2 – 3	CSKA Moscow	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 7' Poloz 45+2' (pen.) Dzhanayev  52' Lagator  59' Kudryashov  87'	Report	Mevlja 16' (o.g.) Diveyev  18' Karpov  21' Oblyakov 52'  74' Chalov 55' Bistrović  90+1'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,318 Referee: Stanislav Vasilyev

Ufa v Sochi

24 November 2019 17	Ufa	1 – 1	Sochi	Ufa
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fomin  38' Krotov  49' Sukhov  60' Vombergar 85'	Report	Tsallagov  9' Poloz 25' Burmistrov  49'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Sochi v Orenburg

1 December 2019 18	Sochi	–	Orenburg	Sochi
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to a viral infection in the Sochi squad.[48]

Sochi v Rubin Kazan

8 December 2019 19	Sochi	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lagator 39' Koldunov  63'	Report	Markov 49'  85'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,104 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Sochi v Arsenal Tula

1 March 2019 20	Sochi	1 – 2	Arsenal Tula	Sochi
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Burmistrov  28' Zaika  51' Kokorin 64'	Report	Lutsenko 5', 90+5' Kostadinov  74' Levashov  90+4'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,720 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Sochi v Ural Yekaterinburg

8 March 2020 21	Sochi	2 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 35' Zaika 63' Tsallagov  90'	Report	Boumal  70' Bicfalvi  87'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,051 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Sochi v Orenburg

11 March 2020 18	Sochi	5 – 1	Orenburg	Sochi
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ayupov 24' (o.g.) Kokorin 35' (pen.), 62' Mostovoy 73' Noboa  78'	Report	Fameyeh 84'  87'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,147 Referee: Evgeny Turbin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 December 2019 but postponed due to a viral infection in the Sochi squad.[48]

Sochi v Krasnodar

15 March 2020 22	Sochi	2 – 0	Krasnodar	Sochi
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Noboa 47'  64' Tsallagov  90' Mostovoy 90+3'	Report	Suleymanov  90'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Sochi v Rostov

19 June 2020 23	Sochi	10 – 1	Rostov	Sochi
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Abramov o.g.' Kokorin 15', 44', 51' Zabolotny 26' 45+1', 47' Margasov  38' Burmistrov  42' Novoseltsev 53' Poloz 74', 86' Koldunov 87'	Report	Romanov 1' Girnyk  26' Topuria  43' Gorelov  63'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy
Note: Match originally scheduled for 20 March, but postponed on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Rostov fielded their youth team due to their first team being placed in quarantine.[10]

Akhmat Grozny v Sochi

26 June 2020 24	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 1	Sochi	Grozny
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov  31' Glushakov 33'	Report	Margasov  10' Burmistrov 45+1'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 5 April, but postponed on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Sochi v Dynamo Moscow

1 July 2020 25	Sochi	1 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Sochi
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tsallagov  36' Mevlja  56' Miladinović  56' Mostovoy  62' Kokorin 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Šunjić  4'  73' Ordets  45+1' Komlichenko 57' (pen.)  80' Morozov  90+1'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Igor Panin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Lokomotiv Moscow v Sochi

4 July 2020 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Sochi	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	An.Miranchuk  10' Zhemaletdinov  16' Zhivoglyadov  69' Krychowiak  89' Al.Miranchuk 90+8'	Report	Burmistrov  29' Nabiullin  47' Zaika  57' Kokorin  83'	Stadium: RZD Arena Referee: Aleksei Matyunin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Zenit St.Petersburg v Sochi

8 July 2020 27	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  2' Musayev  4' Malcom 33' Azmoun 76'	Report	Zabolotny 5'  6' Tsallagov  26' Poloz  42'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Evgeny Turbin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 26 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Sochi v Spartak Moscow

11 July 2020 28	Sochi	1 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Sochi
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaika  9' Mevlja  19' Maslov 24' (o.g.) Poloz  41' Margasov  63' Kokorin  90+2'	Report	Ayrton  30' Umyarov  50' Rebrov  85' Mirzov  88'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Sergey Ivanov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Tambov v Sochi

16 July 2020 29	Tambov	3 – 0	Sochi	Nizhny Novgorod
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Note: Match played at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod instead of Tambov's regular Spartak Stadium. Match originally scheduled for 6 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Match postponed for a second time on 16 July due to COVID-19 within the Sochi squad,[11] and awarded as a 3-0 win to Tambov on 21 July.[13]

Krylia Sovetov v Sochi

22 July 2020 30	Krylia Sovetov	3 – 0	Sochi	Samara
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Samara Arena
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Match postponed for a second time on 20 July due to COVID-19 within the Sochi squad,[12] and awarded to Krylia Sovetov on 23 July.[14]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Rubin Kazan	30	8	11	11	18	28	−10	35[a]
11	Ural	30	9	8	13	36	53	−17	35[a]
12	Sochi	30	8	9	13	40	39	+1	33
13	Akhmat Grozny	30	7	10	13	27	46	−19	31[b]
14	Tambov	30	9	4	17	37	41	−4	31[b]

Source: Russian Premier Liga, 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) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.^[49]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Rubin Kazan 4, Ural 1
2. Head-to-head points: Akhmat Grozny 8, Tambov 4, Krylia Sovetov Samara 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Akhmat Grozny +3, Tambov 0, Krylia Sovetov Samara –3

Russian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Russian Cup

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Sochi

25 September 2019 Round of 32	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sochi	Yaroslavl
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shcherbakov  47'	Report	Miladinović  85' Pomerko  88'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Pavel Shadyhanov
	Penalties
	Nizamutdinov Viznovich Shcherbakov Kozhemyakin Pukhov Oleynikov		Zabolotny Miladinović Lagator Mostovoy Burmistrov Poloz

Squad statistics

As of match played 11 July 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
5	MF	RUS	Aleksei Pomerko	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
8	MF	RUS	Nikita Koldunov	2	1	0+2	1	0	0
9	FW	RUS	Anton Zabolotny	22	5	16+5	5	0+1	0
12	GK	RUS	Nikolai Zabolotny	5	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF	RUS	Ibragim Tsallagov	27	1	25+1	1	1	0
16	MF	ECU	Christian Noboa	19	4	18+1	4	0	0
17	MF	RUS	Andrei Mostovoy	26	6	24+1	6	0+1	0
18	MF	RUS	Nikita Burmistrov	24	1	19+4	1	1	0
20	DF	RUS	Igor Yurganov	9	0	6+3	0	0	0
21	MF	KAZ	Akmal Bakhtiyarov	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
24	DF	RUS	Elmir Nabiullin	21	0	13+7	0	1	0
25	DF	RUS	Ivan Novoseltsev	19	1	18	1	1	0
26	DF	RUS	Nikita Kalugin	16	0	13+3	0	0	0
27	DF	RUS	Kirill Zaika	10	1	10	1	0	0
32	DF	SVN	Miha Mevlja	20	1	19	1	1	0
34	DF	RUS	Timofei Margasov	15	0	12+3	0	0	0
35	GK	RUS	Soslan Dzhanayev	22	0	22	0	0	0
45	DF	SRB	Ivan Miladinović	23	0	22	0	1	0
56	DF	RUS	Vadim Milyutin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
58	FW	RUS	Andrei Bokovoy	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
77	FW	RUS	Dmitry Poloz	25	5	14+10	5	0+1	0
87	FW	ARM	Aleksandre Karapetian	22	2	3+18	2	1	0
90	DF	RUS	Pavel Shakuro	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
91	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kokorin	10	7	10	7	0	0
94	MF	MNE	Dušan Lagator	14	1	6+7	1	0+1	0
95	MF	COD	Giannelli Imbula	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Sochi but left during the season:
7	MF	RUS	Yevgeni Pesegov	4	0	4	0	0	0
11	FW	RUS	Vladimir Obukhov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
13	DF	RUS	Fyodor Kudryashov	16	1	15+1	1	0	0
19	GK	RUS	Yevgeny Frolov	2	0	1	0	1	0
55	MF	RUS	Yan Kazayev	4	0	3+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	FW		91	Aleksandr Kokorin	7	0	7
2	MF		17	Andrei Mostovoy	6	0	6
3	FW		77	Dmitry Poloz	5	0	5
	FW		9	Anton Zabolotny	5	0	5
5	MF		16	Christian Noboa	4	0	4
6				Own goal	3	0	3
7	FW		87	Aleksandre Karapetian	2	0	2
7	DF		13	Fyodor Kudryashov	1	0	1
	DF		15	Ibragim Tsallagov	1	0	1
	DF		32	Miha Mevlja	1	0	1
	MF		94	Dušan Lagator	1	0	1
	DF		27	Kirill Zaika	1	0	1
	DF		25	Ivan Novoseltsev	1	0	1
	MF		8	Nikita Koldunov	1	0	1
	MF		18	Nikita Burmistrov	1	0	1
Total					40	0	40

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Total
1	GK		35	Soslan Dzhanayev	7	0	7
2	GK		12	Nikolai Zabolotny	1	0	1
	GK		19	Yevgeny Frolov	0	1	1
Total					7	1	8

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Total
5		MF	Aleksei Pomerko	2	0	1	0	3	0
8		MF	Nikita Koldunov	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Anton Zabolotny	4	0	0	0	4	0
15		DF	Ibragim Tsallagov	10	0	0	0	10	0
16		MF	Christian Noboa	3	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Andrei Mostovoy	2	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Nikita Burmistrov	6	0	0	0	6	0
20		DF	Igor Yurganov	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Elmir Nabiullin	5	1	0	0	5	1
25		DF	Ivan Novoseltsev	3	0	0	0	3	0
26		DF	Nikita Kalugin	2	0	0	0	2	0
27		DF	Kirill Zaika	3	0	0	0	3	0
32		DF	Miha Mevlja	2	0	0	0	2	0
34		DF	Timofei Margasov	3	0	0	0	3	0
35		GK	Soslan Dzhanayev	2	0	0	0	2	0
45		DF	Ivan Miladinović	6	0	1	0	7	0
77		FW	Dmitry Poloz	2	0	0	0	2	0
87		FW	Aleksandre Karapetian	2	0	0	0	2	0
91		FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	2	0	0	0	2	0
94		MF	Dušan Lagator	5	0	0	0	5	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Sochi during the season:
13		DF	Fyodor Kudryashov	6	1	0	0	6	1
Total				72	2	2	0	74	2