Zenith in St. Petersburg a tour of places related to FC is a way to plunge into the history of Zenit. Let's get acquainted with the places that determined the history of the Leningrad and St. Petersburg
Zenit in St. Petersburg
A tour of places related to FC is a way to plunge into the history of Zenit. Let's get acquainted with the places that determined the history of the Leningrad and St. Petersburg club and all Russian football. About the people who made this team. The streets of St. Petersburg keep memory from the Cup success of 1944 to the UEFA Cup of 2008.
1. Stadium Petrovsky.
Petrovsky stadium is the homemade Arena Zenit, the stands of which can be taken by 21,504 fans. Since 1995, it has been the home stadium of the Zenit football club. Petrovsky received the modern name in 1992. His story began in the pre -war time, but in 1942 he was destroyed and disassembled for firewood. In the current form, the stadium was reconstructed in 1961.
2. The specific park
The Zenit training base is located in a specific park. Alexander Rozembaum “Zenit” sang about her-these are guys from the specific … ”The training base was built for Zenit in 1968. Now the Zenit educational and sports base has two training fields with a heated, recovery center and a residential complex. On the basis in the specific park, open training is regularly held, access to which representatives of the media have. Sometimes the fans of Zenit also manage to get to the base in the specific one-by permission of the head coach at the Zenit USB, young fans of the blue-white-blue are allowed to win in club competitions.
3. Zenit arena
In place of the stadium named after S. M. Kirov, at which Zenit once played, a new modern arena will be located. The author of the project was the Japanese architect Kisyo Kurokava (1934-2007). Zenit Arena is one of the most expensive football stadiums in the world. The stadium will become one of the most technologically advanced and perfect sports facilities in Europe. Matches of the 2018 World Cup, including a semifinal game, will be held at the Zenit Arena. The full capacity of the stadium is 69501 visitor.
4. SKK – place of honoring Zenith victories
The sports and concert complex on Gagarin Avenue was built in 1980, in the fall of the same year solemnly honored new bronze medalists of the USSR championship. On the field of SKK Zenit, he issued the 1984 championship that became the legendary. On November 21, 1984, the final whistle of the main referee of the Zenit match (Leningrad) – Metalist (Kharkov) Valery Butenko drowned 25 thousand spectators in an enthusiastic roar. In 2008, more than a thousand Zenit fans followed the game of the St. Petersburg team and the Rangers in the SCC. The SCC was honored by the Petersburg Zenit – the fans of the team first saw the UEFA Cup on the banks of the Neva, which the winners brought from Manchester.
5. Pavel Sadyrin – Honored Coach
A commemorative plaque to Pavel Sadyrin was installed at 73 Moskovsky Prospekt. On the day of Sadyrin's 70th birthday, with the help of Zenit fans, a new avenue named after Pavel Sadyrin appeared in St. Petersburg.
6. Yuri Morozov – Honored Coach
Memorial plaque to Yu.A. Morozov was established on May 13, 2005. Under the leadership of Yuri Morozov (1934 – 2005), Zenit for the first time became the winner of the USSR Championship (1980) and Russia (2001). In those seasons, blue-white-blue started their way to bronze medals at Petrovsky. It is curious that in this arena Yuri Andreevich proved himself not only as a player and coach, but also as an actor. Some episodes of the film “Blow! Another hit! (1968), in which Morozov starred with his brother Oleg.
7. Zenith Fan Museum
On Piskarevka, in a residential area of St. Petersburg, there is a museum of Zenit football club fans. The museum is located in a pub, at the intersection of Marshal Blucher Avenue and Laboratory Street, and has existed on this site for 16 years. The main theme is the fan movement of the 80s: there are photographs on the walls, newspaper clippings, and the interior is filled with trophies from field trips.