Travel to the other side of the world: Russian club had to make the 8500km trip for the Third League match.

The 28th week meeting in the third category of Russian football produced one of the longest roads. Russian club football players Sokol Saratov traveled 8,500 kilometers for the third category meeting on Sakhalin, which closed with a score of 1-1. FC Sokol Saratov, a club that in the early years [...]
Russian club football players Sokol Saratov traveled 8,500 kilometers for the third category meeting on Sakhalin, which closed with a score of 1-1.
FC Sokol Saratov, a club that in the early 2000s threatened the Russian Premier League, is located in the town of Saratov, 850km south of Moscow.

While Sakhalin is an island in the Pacific Ocean, it is located north of Japan, over 500 miles [8,500 km] from Saratov.

The meeting took place under difficult atmospheric conditions even though we are in May.












