FC Zenit Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club, which was founded in Leningrad under the name Stalinets and took the name Zenit in 1940, after the factory team of a local engineering works. Its greatest success in Soviet times was the league title in 1984. Since the 2000s, after Gazprom took over as owner, the club has become the leading side in Russian football, winning many national titles. It won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 2008, under the coach Dick Advocaat. In 2017 it moved into a large new stadium on Krestovsky Island. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, UEFA suspended Russian clubs from European competitions.
Before and after
- 20 April 1925Construction of Copenhagen Airport
- 19 May 1925Birth of Pol Pot
- 19 May 1925Birth of Malcolm X
- 21 May 1925Construction of Waldstadion
- 25 May 1925Founding of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- 29 June 1925Birth of Giorgio Napolitano
- 2 July 1925Birth of Patrice Lumumba
- 10 July 1925Birth of Mahathir Mohamad
- 18 July 1925Publication of Mein Kampf
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