FC Sochi backroom staff
We hold the names of 28 people on FC Sochi's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Igor Osinkin manages the first team, with Sergey Kornilenko as assistant manager. FC Sochi's is the 12th longest staff list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 15 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Osinkin | Manager | First team | 60 | Russia | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Dmitry Kostenko | Manager | Under-19s | 33 | Russia | - |
| Sergey Kornilenko | Assistant manager | First team | 42 | Belarus | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Vyacheslav Krasnikov | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 40 | Russia | - |
| Arsen Papikyan | Coach | First team | 53 | Russia | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Mikhail Semernya | Coach | First team | 55 | Russia | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Boris Melkonyan | Coach | Under-18s | 41 | Armenia | - |
| Roman Markelov | Coach | Under-18s | 40 | Russia | - |
| Ruslan Koryan | Coach | Under-18s | 37 | Armenia | - |
| Sergey Zangareev | Coach | Under-18s | 44 | Russia | - |
| Victor Zubchenko | Coach | Under-18s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Alexey Antonyuk | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 41 | Russia | Rodina Moscow before that FC Krasnodar |
| Maxim Sutulin | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Andrey Ushakov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Petru Lazarescu | Fitness coach | First team | 56 | Romania |  |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandr Linskiy | Club doctor | First team | 46 | Russia | - |
| Igor Davydov | Club doctor | First team | 64 | Russia | FC Orenburg before that FK Khimki and FC Tambov |
| Diogo Leite Da Costa | Head physio | Club-wide | 38 | Brazil | - |
| Alexandr Murzin | Physio | First team | 49 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Rozhkov | Physio | First team | 46 | Russia | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 3 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Grunyushkin | Recruitment analyst | Club-wide | 34 | Russia | - |
| Vladimir Antonov | Head performance analyst | Club-wide | 32 | Russia | - |
| Chingiz Musraliev | Performance analyst | First team | 40 | Russia |  |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeny Galkin | Head of youth development | 35 | Russia |
Owners and directors
Who owns FC Sochi and sits on its board
Backroom staff at every Russian Premier League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
FC Sochi's list is the 12th longest of the 17, against a median of 37 across the division. Spartak Moscow names the most, 54. Akron Togliatti names the fewest, 18.
FC Sochi against the Russian Premier League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | FC SOCHI | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 15 | 19 | 35 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 5 | 7 | 10 |  |
| Scouting and analysis | 3 | 5 | 9 |  |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owners and directors | 4 | 5 | 8 |  |
Backrooms the size of FC Sochi's, in every league
FC Sochi's 28 names make the joint 370th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 349 |  | J1 League | 29 |
| 349 |  | League One | 29 |
| 349 |  | J1 League | 29 |
| 349 |  | Liga MX | 29 |
| 349 |  | Primeira Liga | 29 |
| 349 |  | Ekstraklasa | 29 |
| 349 |  | Championship | 29 |
| 370 |  | Ligue 1 | 28 |
| 370 |  | Süper Lig | 28 |
| 370 |  | Liga MX | 28 |
| 370 | | Russian Premier League | 28 |
| 370 |  | 2. Bundesliga | 28 |
| 370 |  | Süper Lig | 28 |
| 370 |  | Ligue 1 | 28 |
| 370 | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba | Super Liga | 28 |
| 370 |  | Major League Soccer | 28 |
| 370 |  | Ekstraklasa | 28 |
| 370 |  | Women's Super League | 28 |
| 370 |  | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 | RAAL La Louvière | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 |  | La Liga | 28 |
Where FC Sochi's staff come from
5 nationalities across the 28 staff whose nationality we hold
Russia supplies 23 of the 28, 82%. The median age is 41. The oldest is Boris Rotenberg, chair, at 68, and the youngest Vladimir Antonov, head performance analyst, at 32. 8 members of staff came from another club, most often Krylja Sovetov Samara (4).
Where FC Sochi's former staff work now
On FC Sochi's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 6 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Khokhlov | Manager |  |
| Murat Iskakov | Coach | Akron Togliatti |
| Erlan Ibraim | Fitness coach | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Evgeny Shevelev | Head performance analyst | |
| Alexandr Veryaskin | Performance analyst | Krylja Sovetov Samara |
| Dmitry Zharikov | Performance analyst | Akron Togliatti |
Frequently asked questions
Who is FC Sochi's manager?
Igor Osinkin is the FC Sochi first-team manager, aged 60. Sergey Kornilenko is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at FC Sochi?
Alexey Antonyuk coaches the FC Sochi first-team goalkeepers.
Who is FC Sochi's head physio?
Diogo Leite Da Costa is head physio at FC Sochi.
How many backroom staff do FC Sochi have?
We hold the names of 28 people on FC Sochi's staff for 2025/26: 15 in coaching, 5 in medical and sports science, 3 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 4 owners and directors. That is the 12th longest list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold, against a median of 37. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 370th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what FC Sochi pays its squad, see FC Sochi player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Russian Premier League wages.