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Radio Saratov
Saturday 6th November, 2004

4.45pm

Full Time

Following some extremely dubious offside decisions, the referee blows the final whistle with Katchouro through on goal.

Arsenal Tula 2 (Yashin 15, Kovorushkin pen 53)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Katchouro pen 29)

Gaz-Gaz 3
Uralan 1

SOKOL PROMOTED!

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Saratov Gazyet
The Season’s End

Russian Cup 6th Round 2nd Leg

3 CSKA Moscow 2 (Geinrich 16, 32)
1 Sokol Saratov 0

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Saratov Gazyet
1st March 2004

Sokol Saratov manager Mikhail Razhazan has had a busy winter in the transfer market. Losing a number of quality players including Sergey Gorlukovich and Alexey Zhidkov to retirement, the Sokol boss was forced to dig into shallow pockets in order to rebuild a squad devastated by age and dissent. With the club’s financial situation in disarray, Razhazan was compelled to sell fans’ favourite Petr Katchouro, Hansa Rostock paying £775k for the Belorussian’s services. Fortunately for the Saratov boss, Sevilla also saw something in Gennady Bliznyuk that he himself could not, the Spanish side parting with £1.1m for the signature of the forward.

Winter 04/05
In

Vitaly Baranov – Gaz-Gaz - £130k
Andrei Konovalov – Rubin - £110k
Denis Klyuev – Terek £70k
Sergey Lepishev – Krylja Sovetov - £40k
Maksim Levytskyi – Dinamo Moscow - £18k
Sergey Tcherkasov – Spartak Moscow £12k
Eugeny Djachkov – Luch – £10k
Vyacheslav Kraskin – Krylja Sovetov - £8k
Dmitry Ananko – Lukoil - £6k
Stanislav Reznikov – Free Transfer
Nikolay Bugmirin – Free Transfer
Anatoly Ponomarev – Free Transfer
Oleg Ivanov – Free Transfer

Out

Gennady Bliznyuk - Sevilla - £1.1m
Petr Katchouro – Hansa Rostock - £775k
Gizo Djeladze – Free Transfer
Eugeny Ragoza – Free Transfer
Valery Pavlov – Free Transfer
Sergey Gorlukovich – Retired
Alexey Zhidkov – Retired
Vyacheslav Zvyagin - Retired

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Saratov Gazyet
The March Round-Up

Sokol Saratov showed the kind of determination in their opening league game against Torpedo Moscow with which they will need to become increasingly familiar if they are to survive in the Russian Premier Division. A battling 0-0 draw was a credit to Sokol despite Dmitry Bugakov missing a penalty just before half time.

Sokol Saratov 0 (Bugakov missed pen 41)
Torpedo Moscow 0

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The Blues were unlucky away at Dinamo, however, as Stanislav Murygin scored in the final minutes to grab the point for the home side.

Dinamo Moscow 1 (Murygin 88)
Sokol Saratov 0

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It took Sokol 218 minutes of the new season to score their first goal. New boy Eugeny Djachkov crashing home from 25 yards at home against FC Moscow. The visitors were quick to react, however, as Stanton Fredericks saw his free kick deflect off a Blue wall and into the corner of the net. Saratov were not to be denied, however, as Jan Slahor stole in ten minutes into the second half to lob the keeper and secure Sokol’s first victory in the top flight.

Sokol Saratov 2 (Djachkov 38, Slahor 54)
FC Moscow 1 (Fredericks 40; Zabotin s/o 89)

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Saratov Gazyet
The April Round-Up

Wednesday 6th
Russian Premier Division Cup
First Round, First Leg

Sokol Saratov 0
Kuban 1 (Popov 34)

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Sunday 10th
Russian Premier Division Cup
First Round, Second Leg

Kuban 2 (Lukin 7, Popov 25)
Sokol Saratov 0

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Wednesday 13th
Russian Premier Division

Terek 1 (Fed’kov 54; Sirkhaev missed pen 84)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Slahor 11)

Travelling south to the Chechen capital Grozny, Saratov came up against last year’s Russian First Division champions. Jan Slahor gave Mikail Razhazan’s side an early lead, but the visitors had to rely on an inspired display of goalkeeping, including a magnificent late penalty save, from Platon Zakharchuk to earn a point.

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Saturday 16th
Russian Premier Division

Alania 1 (Kavalashvili 45; Kavalashvili sent off 89)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Oreschuk 85)

Sokol outplayed and outfought Alania and were disappointed to go behind four minutes into first half injury time to a goal by former Manchester City striker Mikhail Kavalashvili. The visitors battle on, however, and were reward when Roman Oreschuk stole a point with five minutes left. Kavalashvili was then sent off for dissent.

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Saturday 23rd
Russian Premier Division

Saturn 1 (Medvedev 64; Onopko sent off 91)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Oreschuk 92)

Another 1-1 draw that relied heavily on Platon Zakharchuk in goal. Roman Oreschuk rescues a point late on, thumping home an Alexey Zlydnev pass.

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Saturday 30th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 2 (Adjindjal 14, Oreschuk 80)
Krylja Sovetsov 0

A more balanced performance at Lokomotiv featuring a Man-of-the-Match show from the ever impressive Beslan Adjindjal. A late Roman Oreschuk curler kills off the game to end a run of three straight draws.

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May, 2005

Saturday 7th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 4 (Oreschuk 18, pen 45, 54, Slahor 30)
Rubin 2 (Roni 11, Boyarintsev 89; Sharonov s/o 85)

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Wednesday 11th
Russian Premier Division

Shinnik 4 (Dubinskiy 29, 70, Kushev 65, Bugakov og 76)
Sokol Saratov 0

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Saturday 14th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 0
CSKA Moscow 1 (Berezutskyi 25)

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Wednesday 18th
Russian Premier Division

Spartak Moscow 3 (Cavenaghi 1, Vidic 18, Pavlyuchenko 39)
Sokol Saratov 0

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June, 2005

Saturday 11th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 0
Kuban 0

A dire game after which Mikhail Razhazan offered all present a full refund.

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Saturday 18th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 2 (Slahor 23, 50)
Lokomotiv Moscow 3(Poroshyn 7, Los’kov 20, Pashinin 64)

Saratov fought bravely to come from behind twice but in the end the quality of the league leaders shone through.

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Wednesday 22nd
Russian Premier Division

Zenith Petersburg 2 (Makarov 65, Arshavin 83)
Sokol Saratov 0

A well-deserved win for Zenith, who kept Sokol’s influential midfield duo of Adjindjal and Zlydnev quietto stroll to victory.

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July, 2005

Wednesday 6th
Russian Premier Division

Rostov 1 (Kanyenda 56)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Oreschuk 51)

Continuing a winless run Sokol were matched punch-for-punch by Rostov, both teams playing an open attacking game with the only surprise being the limit in goals.

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Saturday 9th
Russian Premier Division

Torpedo Moscow 1 (Zyryanov 13; Isakov s/o 71)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Lakhiyalov 62)

A disappointing result considering the chances created, especially playing against ten men for 20 minutes. Another game without a win.

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Saturday 16th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 2 (Oreschuk 40, Slahor 45)
Dinamo Moscow 0

Victory! Relegation fodder Dinamo lucky to avoid being buried under a landslide as Zlydnev controls the entire match from midfield.

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Saturday 23rd
Russian Premier Division

FC Moscow 3 (Fredericks 18, Bracamonte 20, Tchuisseu 60)
Sokol Saratov 1 (Slahor 2)

Disappointing to have thrown away an early lead but outplayed across the centre of the park.

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Saturday 30th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 4 (Oreschuk 4, 71, Slahor 13, 84)
Terek Grozny 2 (Khomukha pen 16, Golovskoy pen 83)

A great game to be involved in. The two-man midfield of Adjindjal and Zlydnev bossed the game from the start and the strikers put away what was given to them.

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August, 2005

Saturday 6th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 0
Alania Vladikavkaz 0

An entertaining game dominated by the home side, who were repeatedly denied by a brilliant Dmirty Khomich in the away goal.

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Saturday 13th
Russian Premier Division

Krylja Sovetov 4 (Poskus 41, Tikhonov 64, Anyukov 67, Radimov 90)
Sokol Saratov 0 (Tyurin s/o 17)

Let down by the early sending off of the reckless Maxim Tyurin, Sokol could not keep pace with the ruthless Krylja, who were unlucky not to get more.

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Saturday 27th
Russian Premier Division

Sokol Saratov 3 (Lakhiyalov 27, 46, Oreschuk 48)
Saturn 0

A goal a piece from Shamil Lakhiyalov and Roman Oreschuk in the first few minutes of the second half killed off a game that Sokol never looked like losing. Jan Slahor was outstanding up front. With 30 points the benchmark for survival, Sokol are almost safe on 26 going into the summer break.