FC Zenit Penza

FC Zenit Penza
Full nameFootball Club Zenit Penza
Founded1918; 106 years ago (1918)
GroundStadium 1st May
Capacity5,100
OwnerPenza
ChairmanDmitry Sergeyev
ManagerMikhail Pilipko
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division B,
Group 3
20239th
Websitehttp://www.zenit-penza.ru/

FC Zenit Penza (Russian: «Зенит» (Пенза)) is a Russian football club based in Penza. It played professionally in 1948–49, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2017 and from 2021. 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] It re-entered the third tier for the 2021–22 season.[2]

Current squad

As of 12 September 2024, according to the Second League 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
1 GK Russia RUS Ivan Litvenok (on loan from Rotor Volgograd)
3 DF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Novichkov
4 MF Russia RUS Ilya Kurakin
5 DF Russia RUS Aleksey Kolesnikov
6 MF Russia RUS Sergey Chernenko
7 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Safonov (on loan from Amkar Perm)
8 MF Russia RUS Gleb Popov
10 MF Russia RUS Danila Aftayev
11 FW Russia RUS Daniil Konoplyov
13 DF Russia RUS Artyom Mironov
14 MF Russia RUS Said Aref
17 MF Russia RUS Yevgeny Yegorov
19 MF Russia RUS Daniil Kashmin
21 DF Russia RUS Ayrat Khabibulin
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF Russia RUS Dmitry Korolyov
33 GK Russia RUS Aleksey Balagan
39 MF Russia RUS Yegor Kolodyazhny
44 DF Russia RUS Artyom Datsenko
49 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Mironov
52 DF Russia RUS Ilya Krylov
58 GK Russia RUS Stepan Dyogtev
59 MF Russia RUS Aleksey Kolyshev
67 DF Russia RUS Artyom Malenkikh
68 MF Russia RUS Maksim Tugushev
69 DF Russia RUS Yaroslav Terechev
73 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ocheredin
89 FW Russia RUS Vladislav Feshchenko
96 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Kuznetsov

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

References

  1. ^ Пензенский "Зенит" и зеленодольский "Анжи-Юниор" снялись с участия в ПФЛ (in Russian). TASS. 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Итоги заседания Комиссии РФС по лицензированию футбольных клубов" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 June 2021.