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 8 April 2026, according to the .

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK RUS Timur Zaynullin 2 DF RUS Zakhar Kostyukhin 3 DF RUS Gleb Geykin 4 DF RUS Gleb Sysuyev 5 MF RUS Ilya Kurakin 6 MF RUS Dmitry Bitel 7 FW RUS Timofey Kashitsyn 8 MF RUS Artyom Serebryakov 9 FW RUS Aleksandr Kukharchuk 10 MF RUS Denis Skrypnikov 11 FW RUS Nikita Kolesin 13 FW RUS Kirill Grishin 14 MF RUS Konstantin Yegorov 16 GK RUS Ilya Gorunov 17 MF RUS Yevgeny YegorovNo. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW RUS Ravil Salakhov 19 MF RUS Daniil Kashmin 20 DF RUS Aleksandr Dementyev 21 DF RUS Aleksandr Vezikov 23 DF RUS Artyom Kulakov 25 MF RUS Oleg Sarinov 27 MF RUS Elkhan Shamsudinov 38 FW RUS Maksim Poptsov 45 MF RUS Artyom Erdenko 58 GK RUS Stepan Dyogtev 69 DF RUS Yaroslav Terechev 71 FW RUS Aleksandr Rodionov 73 MF RUS Grigory Loskov 77 MF RUS Pavel Makarov 88 MF RUS Maksim Krasnopyorov
1GKRUSTimur Zaynullin
2DFRUSZakhar Kostyukhin
3DFRUSGleb Geykin
4DFRUSGleb Sysuyev
5MFRUSIlya Kurakin
6MFRUSDmitry Bitel
7FWRUSTimofey Kashitsyn
8MFRUSArtyom Serebryakov
9FWRUSAleksandr Kukharchuk
10MFRUSDenis Skrypnikov
11FWRUSNikita Kolesin
13FWRUSKirill Grishin
14MFRUSKonstantin Yegorov
16GKRUSIlya Gorunov
17MFRUSYevgeny Yegorov
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18FWRUSRavil Salakhov
19MFRUSDaniil Kashmin
20DFRUSAleksandr Dementyev
21DFRUSAleksandr Vezikov
23DFRUSArtyom Kulakov
25MFRUSOleg Sarinov
27MFRUSElkhan Shamsudinov
38FWRUSMaksim Poptsov
45MFRUSArtyom Erdenko
58GKRUSStepan Dyogtev
69DFRUSYaroslav Terechev
71FWRUSAleksandr Rodionov
73MFRUSGrigory Loskov
77MFRUSPavel Makarov
88MFRUSMaksim Krasnopyorov

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

External links

  • (in Russian)