FC Zenit Penza

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]

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

Current squad

As of 11 April 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  RUS Ivan Litvenok (on loan from Rotor Volgograd)
4 MF  RUS Ilya Kurakin
5 DF  RUS Aleksey Kolesnikov
10 MF  RUS Danila Aftayev
11 FW  RUS Daniil Konoplyov
13 DF  RUS Artyom Mironov
17 MF  RUS Yevgeny Yegorov
19 MF  RUS Daniil Kashmin
12 DF  RUS Timur Torlakyan
21 DF  RUS Ayrat Khabibulin
27 MF  RUS Mukhamednazim Arslankhanov
29 DF  RUS Dmitry Korolyov
33 GK  RUS Aleksey Balagan
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 MF  RUS Yegor Kolodyazhny
44 DF  RUS Artyom Datsenko
49 DF  RUS Aleksandr Mironov
52 DF  RUS Ilya Krylov
55 DF  RUS Maksim Timchenko
58 GK  RUS Stepan Dyogtev
59 MF  RUS Vladislav Yanchenko
67 DF  RUS Artyom Malenkikh
68 MF  RUS Maksim Tugushev
69 DF  RUS Yaroslav Terechev
73 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ocheredin
88 MF  RUS Mikhail Bashmakov
99 MF  RUS Andrei Tekuchyov

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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