FC Sochi 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Alan Kasaev on £34,000 per week · see the current FC Sochi wage bill
We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 18 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
FC Sochi pay £187,758 a week in 2026/27 — 124% higher than the £83,870 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 1 player covers two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Kasaev | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 32 | AM LC | Russia | ||
| Nikita Burmistrov | £7,900 | £410,800 | 28 | AM RLC | Russia | ||
| Alexey Pomerko | £7,500 | £390,000 | 28 | DM | Russia | ||
| Nikolay Zabolotny | £5,900 | £306,800 | 28 | GK | Russia | ||
| Dušan Lagator | £4,400 | £228,800 | 24 | D C, DM | Montenegro | ||
| Ivan Miladinovic | £4,100 | £213,200 | 23 | D C | Serbia | ||
| Maxim Barsov | £3,900 | £202,800 | 25 | ST | Russia | ||
| Evgeny Pesegov | £2,300 | £119,600 | 29 | DM | Russia | ||
| Igor Yurganov | £2,100 | £109,200 | 24 | D C | Russia | ||
| Andrey Bychkov | £1,500 | £78,000 | 29 | D LC | Russia | ||
| Valery Pochivalin | £1,500 | £78,000 | 26 | D/WB L | Russia | ||
| Igor Gorbunov | £1,100 | £57,200 | 23 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Kirill Zaika | £1,000 | £52,000 | 25 | D/WB RL | Russia | ||
| Nikolay Obolskiy | £900 | £46,800 | 21 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Salamatov | £900 | £46,800 | 24 | AM/F C | Russia | ||
| Aqmal Bakhtiyarov | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | ST | Kazakhstan | ||
| Kirill Kostin | £740 | £38,480 | 24 | D/WB R | Russia | ||
| Andrey Zaitsev | £660 | £34,320 | 27 | GK | Russia | ||
| Roman Kosyanchuk | £650 | £33,800 | 24 | AM RC | Russia | ||
| Nikita Kalugin | £610 | £31,720 | 20 | D RC | Russia | ||
| Rostislav Soldatenko | £450 | £23,400 | 21 | GK | Russia | ||
| Arkady Kalaidjan | £400 | £20,800 | 25 | DM | Russia | ||
| Leonid Balaganskiy | £140 | £7,280 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Yefrem Vartanyan | £120 | £6,240 | 19 | AM/F C | Russia | ||
| Maxim Sklyarov | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | AM RL | Russia | ||
| Maxim Artemchuk | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Andrey Rybachuk | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | AM/F C | Russia | ||
| Yegor Remizov | £40 | £2,080 | 18 | ST | Russia | ||
| Rodion Zhevtyak | £30 | £1,560 | 16 | M L | Russia | ||
| Vladislav Ivaschenko | £10 | £520 | 15 | M L | Russia | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 71% of the squad wage bill, across the 30 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Sochi wages, 2018/19
What was FC Sochi's wage bill in 2018/19?
FC Sochi paid £83,870 a week in 2018/19 - £4,361,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 30. We hold a wage for all 30 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Sochi player in 2018/19?
Alan Kasaev was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £34,000 a week, 7.6x the 22+ squad average of £4,475.
What was the average FC Sochi salary in 2018/19?
The average FC Sochi player aged 22 or over earned £4,475 a week in 2018/19, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 30. The top five earners took 71% of the bill between them.
How do FC Sochi's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
FC Sochi pay £187,758 a week in 2026/27, 124% higher than the £83,870 of 2018/19. The current squad is 28 players against 30 then.