FC Zenit Penza () is a Russian

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club based in

Penza Penza (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura (river), Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census, Penza had ...

. 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

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in 1948–1949 and 1960–1962, where its best result was 8th place in Zone 3 in 1961. In 2009, it played in the

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which it won and was promoted to the

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for 2010. It dropped out the third-tier

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during the winter break of the 2017–18 season. It re-entered the third tier for the 2021–22 season.

Current squad

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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

External links

Team history at KLISF
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