VC Zenit-Kazan

Russian volleyball club

Zenit-Kazan

Full name

Volleyball Club "Zenit-Kazan"

Founded

2000

Ground

Kazan Volleyball Centre
(Capacity: 4,570)

Chairman

Rafkat Kantyukov

Manager

Aleksey Verbov

League

Super League

2022-23

1th

Website

Club home page

Uniforms

Home

Away

VC Zenit-Kazan (Russian: Зенит-Казань), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (Russian: Динамо-Таттрансгаз), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (11-time champion).

Achievements

International competitions

CEV Champions League

Winners (6):

2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Runners-up (2):

2011, 2019

Third place (1):

2013

FIVB Club World Championship

Winners (1):

2017

Runners-up (2):

2015, 2016

Third place (3):

2009, 2011,2019

Domestic competitions

Russian Super League

Winners (12):

2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024

Runners-up (2):

2019, 2020

Third place (5):

2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2022

Russian Cup

Winners (11):

2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Russian SuperCup

Winners (9):

2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023

History

The club was founded on 13 May 2000 by the decision of Tatarstan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kazan City Administration. It was formed at the base of Directorate of Internal Affairs and aimed at taking part in games of Russian Championship First League.^[1]

Team roster

Team roster - season 2021/2022

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Roman Poroshin	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 28)	setter
3	Andrey Surmachevskiy	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27)	outside hitter
4	Artem Volvich	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)	middle blocker
7	Aleksandr Volkov (C)	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)	middle blocker
9	Yury Berezhko	(1984-01-27) 27 January 1984 (age 40)	outside hitter
10	Bartosz Bednorz	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 29)	outside hitter
11	Micah Christenson	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31)	setter
12	Dmitry Shcherbinin	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 34)	middle blocker
13	Alexey Kononov	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	middle blocker
15	Dmitry Volkov	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)	outside hitter
17	Valentin Golubev	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32)	libero
18	Maxim Mikhaylov	(1988-03-19) 19 March 1988 (age 36)	opposite
20	Ilia Fedorov	(2002-08-01) 1 August 2002 (age 21)	libero
22	Denis Zemtchenok	(1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 (age 36)	opposite
24	Mikhail Labinskii	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	outside hitter
Head coach: Aleksey Verbov

Team roster – season 2020/2021
VC Zenit-Kazan
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Fedor Voronkov	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 28)	outside hitter
3	Andrey Surmachevskiy	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27)	outside hitter
4	Artem Volvich	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)	middle blocker
5	Laurent Alekno	(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 27)	setter
7	Aleksandr Volkov	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)	middle blocker
9	Earvin N'Gapeth	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33)	outside hitter
10	Bartosz Bednorz	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 29)	outside hitter
11	Valentin Krotkov	(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 32)	libero
12	Alexander Butko (C)	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38)	setter
13	Alexey Kononov	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	middle blocker
15	Denis Zemtchenok	(1987-08-11) 11 August 1987 (age 36)	opposite
16	Artem Smoliar	(1985-02-04) 4 February 1985 (age 39)	middle blocker
17	Valentin Golubev	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 32)	libero
18	Maxim Mikhaylov	(1988-03-19) 19 March 1988 (age 36)	opposite
Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

Team roster – season 2019/2020
VC Zenit-Kazan
No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Tsvetan Sokolov	(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34)	opposite
3	Andrey Surmachevskiy	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 27)	outside hitter
4	Artem Volvich	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)	middle blocker
5	Laurent Alekno	(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 27)	setter
7	Vadim Likhosherstov	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35)	middle blocker
8	Nikita Alekseev	(1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 31)	opposite
9	Earvin N'Gapeth	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33)	outside hitter
10	Alexey Kononov	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	middle blocker
11	Valentin Krotkov	(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 32)	libero
12	Alexander Butko	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38)	setter
13	Alexey Samoylenko	(1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 38)	middle blocker
15	Alexey Spiridonov	(1988-06-26) 26 June 1988 (age 35)	outside hitter
16	Alexey Verbov	(1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 42)	libero
18	Maxim Mikhaylov	(1988-03-19) 19 March 1988 (age 36)	opposite
Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

Notable players

Notable, former or current players of club, who are medalist of intercontinental tournaments in national teams or clubs.

2002–2006 Ruslan Olikhver
2004–2007 Igor Shulepov
2006–2007 Vadim Khamuttskikh
2006–2010 Clay Stanley
2006–2011 Lloy Ball
2006–2008
2009–2011 Sergey Tetyukhin
2006–2008
2010–2011 Andrey Egorchev
2007–2008 Aleksandr Gerasimov

2007–2009
2011–2013 Aleksey Obmochaev
2010–2012 William Priddy
2011–2013 Valerio Vermiglio
2011–2015
2020–present Aleksandr Volkov
2013–2014 Roman Yakovlev
2013–2014 Łukasz Żygadło
2013–2014 Nikola Grbić
2014–2014 Benjamin Toniutti

2014–2015 Saeid Marouf
2007–2015 Nikolay Apalikov
2009–2010
2015–2020 Aleksey Verbov
2014–2016
2018–2020 Aleksey Spiridonov
2010–present Maxim Mikhaylov
2012–2019 Matthew Anderson
2014–2018 / Wilfredo León
2014–2017 Teodor Salparov

2019–2020 Tsvetan Sokolov
2016–present Aleksandr Butko
2018–2021 Earvin N'Gapeth
2020–present Bartosz Bednorz
2020–present Valentin Golubev
2021–present Micah Christenson

Stadium

Kazan Volleyball Centre is a modern complex with a total area of 13 thousand square meters. The capacity of the main arena is 5,000 spectators, the small one 700. They have all the necessary support facilities and well-equipped gyms. The arena is located at Midhat Bulatov Street.

Kit manufacturer

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Zenit-Kazan team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Gala Asics Mikasa Mizuno Champion Adidas Erreà Ensen}	===Sponsorship=== Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Gazprom. Other sponsors: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Adidas, TNT, Blimp, Gazeta.ru, TFB Bank and Championat.com.^{[citation needed]} References ^ About The Club History External links Official website (in Russian) Official website (in English) v t e Russian Volleyball Super League
Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020-21
Current teams	ASK Nizhny Novgorod VC Belogorie Gazprom-Ugra Surgut VC Dynamo-LO VC Dynamo Moscow Fakel Novy Urengoy VC Kuzbass Kemerovo VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk VC Neftyanik Orenburg Ural Ufa VC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk VC Yugra Nizhnevartovsk VC Zenit-Kazan VC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Period

Kit provider

2000–

Gala
Asics
Mikasa
Mizuno
Champion
Adidas
Erreà

Ensen}

===Sponsorship===

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Gazprom. Other sponsors: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Adidas, TNT, Blimp, Gazeta.ru, TFB Bank and Championat.com.^{[citation needed]}