Zenit Saint Petersburg History, Ownership, Support Staff, Squad members and Honors

Zenit Saint Petersburg, also known as Lions, is a Russian Football Club. They participate in the Russian Premier League, Russian Cup and Russian Premier League Cup.

The Club has also appeared in major European competitions like the UEFA Europa League, UFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Champions League.

HISTORY

The club was founded 95 years ago in 1925 by merging with a club that already existed in Saints Petersburg.

In 1944, the club won its first title as the Soviet Cup which was the first competition that took place after WWII. Apart from Football, the club was known for its relationships with the Soviet Communist Party.

During the 80s, the club finished third in the League and three years later finished fourth. In 1984, the Club won their first championship just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The 90s started horribly for the club as they finished at the 16^th position in the 1992 Championship. The club, by the end, made a good come back by winning their first title (Russian Cup) after 15 years in 1999.

The beginning of the 20th century was fruitful as the club hired famous coaches like Dick Advocaat, Luciano Spalletti, Andre Villas-Boas and Mircea Lucescu. In 2006, the team reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals and next year, clinched their 2^nd Championship after 22 years.

By the end of the 20^th century, the club won the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.

Club Ownership

The Club is under the ownership of Gazprom a public Joint-stock Russian Company. Gazprom took over and invested heavily allowing the support staff to hire the high- profile players as well as coaches.

The Gazprom Arena serves as the home ground of the club Located in Krestovsky Island, Saints Petersburg. The stadium has a net capacity to hold 56,196 spectators.

The current net worth of the club is 212.60 Million Euros.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Sergey Semak	Manager	43
Anatoliy Tymoshuk	Assistant Manager	40
Igor Simutenkov	Assistant Manager	46
William	Assistant Manager	37
Mikhail	Goalkeeping Coach	61
Yuri	Goalkeeping Coach	38

MEDICAL STAFF

Name	Position
Mikhail Grishin	Medical Director
Vladimir Khaytin	Club Doctor

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
S. Driussi	Forward	11
Malcom	Forward	8
R. Mak	Forward	20
A. Sutormin	Forward	91
S. Azmoun	Forward	7
A. Dzyuba	Forward	22
A. Kokorin	Forward	9
A. samaris	Forward	22
W. Barrios	Midfielder	5
M. Karanevitter	Midfielder	32
L. Musaev	Midfielder	38
D. Kuzyaev	Midfielder	14
M. Ozdoev	Midfielder	27
O. Shatov	Midfielder	17
A. Erokhin	Midfielder	21
E. mammana	Defender	11
Y. Rakiskiy	Defender	6
Y. Osorio	Defender	97
B. Ivanovic	Defender	2
D. Santos	Defender	33
Y. Zhirkov	Defender	3
V. Karasev	Defender	71
I. Smolnikov	Defender	34
A. lunev	GoalKeeper	99
A. Vasyutin	GoalKeeper	78
M. kerzhakov	GoalKeeper	41