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, 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 nameFootball Club Zenit Penza
Founded1918
GroundStadium 1st May
Capacity5,100
OwnerPenza
ManagerViktor Demidov
LeagueFNL 2
2017–18PFL, Zone Center, 14th (dropped out)

Current squad

As of 22 February 2022, according to the FNL 2 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
4 FW  RUS Dmitri Kuptsov
5 MF  RUS Ayrat Khabibulin
8 DF  RUS Yevgeni Korbut
12 FW  RUS Vitali Aralin
13 MF  RUS Aleksandr Kuznetsov
14 MF  RUS Aleksandr Astashkin
15 DF  RUS Maksim Trunov
16 GK  RUS Matvei Loginov
17 DF  RUS Dmitry Chernukhin
19 MF  RUS Daniil Kashmin (on loan from Akron Tolyatti)
22 MF  RUS Nikita Danilin
23 MF  RUS Danila Aftayev
27 MF  RUS Yevgeny Yegorov
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF  RUS Dmitri Korolyov
32 GK  RUS Pavel Veselov
33 GK  RUS Aleksei Balagan
44 DF  RUS Artyom Sarychev
55 DF  RUS Maksim Timchenko
56 DF  RUS Daniil Sokolov
59 MF  RUS Yevgeny Paramonov
69 MF  RUS Roman Izosimov
77 FW  RUS Ruslan Levkin
88 FW  RUS Yegor Taragara
91 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ocheredin
98 DF  RUS Ilya Yermakov
99 MF  RUS Aleksey Sergiyenko

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.
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