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

References
  1. Пензенский "Зенит" и зеленодольский "Анжи-Юниор" снялись с участия в ПФЛ (in Russian). TASS. 30 March 2018.
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