Зенит / Zenit

Full name Football Club Zenit

Saint Petersburg
Founded 1925
Ground Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Capacity 22,500
Chairman Sergei Fursenko
Manager Dick Advocaat
League Russian Premier League
2007 Russian Premier League, 1th

FC Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Зенит" Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football club, based in Saint Petersburg. The club plays in the Russian Premier League. Until recently, the team was coached by Vlastimil Petržela from the Czech Republic but he was sacked by the board of directors on May 3, 2006. Zenit has signed the experienced Dutch specialist Dick Advocaat as coach. The team's best domestic result was a championship in 1984, and its best European performance was in 2005/06 when Zenit reached the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup.