FC Zenit Penza
Full nameFootball Club Zenit Penza
Founded1918; 106 years ago (1918)
GroundStadium 1st May
Capacity5,100
OwnerPenza
ManagerMikhail Pilipko
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division B,
Group 3
20239th
WebsiteClub website

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 21 February 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
8 MF Russia RUS Georgi Margiyev
10 MF Russia RUS Danila Aftayev
12 DF Russia RUS Timur Torlakyan
15 DF Russia RUS Kirill Rulev
17 MF Russia RUS Yevgeny Yegorov
19 MF Russia RUS Daniil Kashmin
21 DF Russia RUS Ayrat Khabibulin
22 MF Russia RUS Danila Lukinykh
26 MF Russia RUS Robert Yamlikhanov
27 MF Russia RUS Mukhamednazim Arslankhanov
29 DF Russia RUS Dmitry Korolyov
33 GK Russia RUS Aleksey Balagan
58 GK Russia RUS Matvey Loginov
59 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Komissarov
No. Pos. Nation Player
68 MF Russia RUS Maksim Tugushev
69 DF Russia RUS Yaroslav Terechev
88 DF Russia RUS Ilya Yermakov
91 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ocheredin
95 MF Russia RUS Turpal Abzayev
99 GK Russia RUS Vladislav Vasilyev (on loan from KAMAZ)
— GK Russia RUS Stepan Dyogtev
— GK Russia RUS Ivan Litvenok (on loan from Rotor Volgograd)
— DF Russia RUS Artyom Datsenko
— DF Russia RUS Aleksey Kolesnikov
— DF Russia RUS Artyom Mironov
— MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Mironov
— FW Russia RUS Marat Tarek

Team name history

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.

External links

Russian Second League teams
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