FC Sochi 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Alexandr Soldatenkov on £17,000 per week · see the current FC Sochi wage bill
We hold a wage for all 37 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 23 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
FC Sochi pay £187,758 a week in 2026/27 — 11% lower than the £211,290 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandr Soldatenkov | £17,000 | £884,000 | 28 | D C | Russia | ||
| François Kamano | £14,000 | £728,000 | 29 | AM RL, ST | Guinea | ||
| Anton Zinkovskiy | £14,000 | £728,000 | 29 | AM L | Russia | ||
| Gustavo Furtado | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Alexandr Kovalenko | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | DM, AM C | Russia | ||
| Kirill Kravtsov | £11,000 | £572,000 | 23 | DM | Russia | ||
| Mikhail Ignatov | £10,000 | £520,000 | 25 | AM C | Russia | ||
| Sergey Volkov | £10,000 | £520,000 | 22 | D R | Russia | ||
| Maxim Mukhin | £9,000 | £468,000 | 23 | DM | Russia | ||
| Martin Kramarič | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | AM RLC | Slovenia | ||
| Nemanja Stojić | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | D C, DM | Serbia | ||
| Vyacheslav Litvinov | £8,500 | £442,000 | 24 | D C | Russia | ||
| Pavel Meleshin | £7,800 | £405,600 | 21 | ST | Russia | ||
| Artem Makarchuk | £7,500 | £390,000 | 29 | D/WB/M L | Russia | ||
| Vladimir Iljin | £7,500 | £390,000 | 33 | AM R, ST | Russia | ||
| Kirill Zaika | £7,000 | £364,000 | 32 | D/WB RL | Russia | ||
| Yahia Attiyat allah | £7,000 | £364,000 | 30 | D/WB L | Morocco | ||
| Marcelo Alves (Marcelo Alves dos Santos) | £6,900 | £358,800 | 27 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Roman Yezhov | £6,700 | £348,400 | 27 | AM R | Russia | ||
| Yury Dyupin | £6,300 | £327,600 | 37 | GK | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Osipov | £5,500 | £286,000 | 26 | D C, DM | Russia | ||
| Dmitry Vasiljev | £3,400 | £176,800 | 21 | DM | Russia | ||
| Ruslan Bart | £2,700 | £140,400 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Ruslan Magal | £1,700 | £88,400 | 33 | D/WB/M R | Russia | ||
| Alexandr Degtev | £955 | £49,660 | 20 | GK | Russia | ||
| Artem Korneev | £575 | £29,900 | 19 | ST | Russia | ||
| Stepan Gigolyan | £310 | £16,120 | 19 | D C | |||
| Victor Zubchenko | £305 | £15,860 | 38 | ST | |||
| Ruslan Koryan | £296 | £15,392 | 37 | AM/F C | |||
| Dmitry Pavlov | £293 | £15,236 | 20 | AM C | |||
| Sergey Gaiduk | £243 | £12,636 | 19 | AM R, ST | |||
| Stefan Kalinov | £195 | £10,140 | 20 | D R | |||
| Artur Kuskov | £186 | £9,672 | 21 | D/WB R | |||
| Zakhar Fedorov | £157 | £8,164 | 20 | ST | Russia | ||
| Nikita Zavjalov | £133 | £6,916 | 22 | D C | Russia | ||
| Mark Nosaty | £106 | £5,512 | 20 | DM | Russia | ||
| Roman Shmelev | £36 | £1,872 | 16 | ST | |||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 37 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Sochi wages, 2024/25
What was FC Sochi's wage bill in 2024/25?
FC Sochi paid £211,290 a week in 2024/25 - £10,987,080 across the year - spread over a squad of 37. We hold a wage for all 37 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Sochi player in 2024/25?
Alexandr Soldatenkov was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £17,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £7,884.
What was the average FC Sochi salary in 2024/25?
The average FC Sochi player aged 22 or over earned £7,884 a week in 2024/25, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 37. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do FC Sochi's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
FC Sochi pay £187,758 a week in 2026/27, 11% lower than the £211,290 of 2024/25. The current squad is 28 players against 37 then.