Football club
Full name | Football Club Zenit Penza | |||
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Founded | 1918; 106 years ago (1918) | |||
Ground | Stadium 1st May | |||
Capacity | 5,100 | |||
Owner | Penza | |||
Chairman | Dmitry Sergeyev | |||
Manager | Mikhail Pilipko | |||
League | Russian Second League, Division B, Group 3 | |||
2024 | 8th | |||
Website | http://www.zenit-penza.ru/ | |||
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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. It re-entered the third tier for the 2021–22 season.
Current squad
As of 12 September 2024, according to the Second League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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
- Пензенский "Зенит" и зеленодольский "Анжи-Юниор" снялись с участия в ПФЛ (in Russian). TASS. 30 March 2018.
- "Итоги заседания Комиссии РФС по лицензированию футбольных клубов" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 16 June 2021.
External links
- (in Russian) Team history at KLISF
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2024–25 Division A | |
Gold Group | |
Silver Group | |
2025 Division B | |
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Group 3 | |
Group 4 | |
Group TBC |