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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, 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]

FC Zenit Penza

Full name	Football Club Zenit Penza
Founded	1918
Ground	Stadium 1st May
Capacity	5,100
Owner	Penza
Manager	Vladimir Radkevich
League	FNL 2, Zone 3
2021–22	13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022, 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 3 DF  RUS Aleksandr Kalyashin 7 MF  RUS Aleksey Sergiyenko 9 FW  RUS Dmitry Kuptsov 10 MF  RUS Danila Aftayev 11 MF  RUS Andrey Vanyan 12 FW  RUS Vitaly Aralin 13 MF  RUS Aleksandr Kuznetsov 15 DF  RUS Maksim Trunov 16 GK  RUS Pavel Veselov 17 MF  RUS Yevgeny Yegorov 18 FW  RUS Deni Makayev 19 MF  RUS Daniil Kashmin 21 DF  RUS Ayrat Khabibulin

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  RUS Stepan Lavrenenko 27 MF  RUS Sergey Yarygin 29 DF  RUS Dmitry Korolyov 33 GK  RUS Aleksey Balagan 42 DF  RUS Gordey Nefyodov 55 DF  RUS Maksim Timchenko 58 GK  RUS Matvey Loginov 63 DF  RUS Nikita Verkhunov 77 FW  RUS Ruslan Levkin 90 MF  RUS Ilmir Nurisov 91 DF  RUS Aleksandr Ocheredin 99 MF  RUS Aleksandr Astashkin

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

External links

• (in Russian) Team history at KLISF

На других языках

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- [en] FC Zenit Penza

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[ru] Зенит (футбольный клуб, Пенза)

«Зенит» — российский футбольный клуб из города Пензы. Основан 14 июня 1918 года. С сезона 2021/22 выступает во Втором дивизионе ФНЛ.

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