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| Full name | Football Club Zenit Penza | |||
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| Founded | 1918 | |||
| Ground | Stadium 1st May | |||
| Capacity | 5,100 | |||
| Owner | Penza | |||
| Chairman | Dmitry Sergeyev | |||
| Manager | Mikhail Pilipko | |||
| League | Russian Second League, Division B, Group 3 | |||
| 2023 | 9th | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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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.[1] It re-entered the third tier for the 2021–22 season.[2]
- ^ 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.