FC Zenit Penza

FC Zenit Penza (Russian: «Зенит» (Пенза)) is a Russian football team from Penza. It played professionally in 1948–1949, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008 and 2010–2017. It played on the second-highest level in the Soviet First League in 1948–1949 and 1960–1962, where its best result was 8th place in Zone 3 in 1961. In 2009, it played in the Amateur Football League which it won and was promoted to the Russian Second Division for 2010. It dropped out the third-tier PFL during the winter break of the 2017–18 season.[1]

FC Zenit Penza
Full nameFootball Club Zenit Penza
Founded1918
GroundStadium 1st May
Capacity5,100
OwnerPenza
LeagueRussian Amateur Football League
2017–18PFL, Zone Center, 14th (dropped out)

Team name history

  • 1918–1926: KLS Penza (Klub Lyubiteley Sporta – Sport Lovers Club)
  • 1927: Rabochiy Klub Penza
  • 1927–1929: Zavod N50 Penza
  • 1930–1935: ZIF Penza
  • 1936–1947: FC Zenit Penza
  • 1948–1959: FC Spartak Penza
  • 1960–1963: FC Zarya Penza
  • 1964–1965: FC Trud Penza
  • 1966: FC Velozavodets Penza
  • 1967–1971: FC Khimmashevets Penza
  • 1972–1973: FC Sura Penza
  • 1973–1978: FC Granit Penza
  • 1979: FC SKA Penza
  • 1980–1991: FC Granit Penza
  • 1992–present: FC Zenit Penza

Current squad

As of 22 February 2018, according to the PFL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Maksim Staroverov
DF Aleksandr Astashkin
DF Artyom Lednev
DF Dmitri Nikitinsky
DF Artur Yefremenko
MF Sergei Agrafonov
MF Mikhail Belov
MF Nikolai Kiritsa
MF Kirill Kiselyov
No. Position Player
MF Sergei Koksin
MF Aleksandr Kuznetsov
MF Ruslan Lyovkin
MF Kirill Muromtsev
MF Mikhail Sherstobitov
MF Yegor Taragara
FW Denis Klyuyev
FW Sergei Sipatov

References

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