FC Zenit St. Petersburg
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| FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Football Club Zenit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)[1] |
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| Founded | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg (Capacity 21,570 [1]) |
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| League | Russian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: ФК "Зенит" Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club from Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914 according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is the richest in the country, due to the sponsorship of Gazprom.[2] Zenit are the 2007 champions of the Russian Premier League, the holders of the 2008 UEFA Cup and of the 2008 UEFA Super Cup after beating Manchester United 2-1 in Monaco.
