FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
| Full name | Футбольный клуб Зенит | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sine-Belo-Golubye (The Blue-White-Sky Blues) Zenitchiki (The Zeniters) L’vy (The Lions) | ||
| Founded | 25 May 1925 | ||
| Ground | Krestovsky Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 67,800 | ||
| Owner | Gazprom | ||
| President | Alexander Medvedev | ||
| Head coach | Sergei Semak | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | ||
| Website | en | ||
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Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит», romanized: Futbolny klub "Zenit", pronounced [fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈklub zʲɪˈnʲit]), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League. They won the 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 and the 2023–24 seasons of the Russian Premier League, as well as the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup. The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. The team plays its home matches at the Gazprom Arena. On 24 May 2023, Zenit became the first Russian sports club with 10 million followers on social media.