VC Zenit-Kazan

Zenit-Kazan

Full name	Volleyball Club "Zenit-Kazan"
Founded	2000
Ground	Kazan Volleyball Centre (Capacity: 4,570)
Chairman	Rafkat Kantyukov
Manager	Vladimir Alekno
League	Russian Volleyball Super League
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 (10-time champion). The team won the 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 CEV Champions League titles, thus being the most-titled club in its new history.

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 (2): 2009, 2011 ,2019

Domestic competitions

• Russian Super League

Winners (10): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Runners-up (1): 2019

Third place (4): 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013

• Russian Cup

Winners (9): 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

• Russian SuperCup

Winners (7): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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.

Team roster

2019/2020

Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
2	Tsvetan Sokolov	(1989-12-31) December 31, 1989	opposite
3	Andrey Surmachevskiy	(1996-06-22) June 22, 1996	outside hitter
4	Artem Volvich	(1990-01-22) January 22, 1990	middle blocker
5	Laurent Alekno	(1996-09-18) September 18, 1996	setter
7	Vadim Likhosherstov	(1989-01-23) January 23, 1989	middle blocker
8	Nikita Alekseev	(1992-07-15) July 15, 1992	opposite
9	Earvin N'Gapeth	(1991-02-12) February 12, 1991	outside hitter
10	Alexey Kononov	(1997-04-09) April 9, 1997	middle blocker
11	Valentin Krotkov	(1991-09-01) September 1, 1991	libero
12	Alexander Butko	(1986-03-18) March 18, 1986	setter
13	Alexey Samoylenko	(1985-09-23) September 23, 1985	middle blocker
15	Alexey Spiridonov	(1988-06-26) June 26, 1988	outside hitter
16	Alexey Verbov	(1982-01-31) January 31, 1982	libero
18	Maxim Mikhaylov	(1988-03-19) March 19, 1988	opposite

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 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–present Aleksey Verbov 2014–2016 Aleksey Spiridonov 2010–present Maxim Mikhaylov 2012–2019 Matthew Anderson 2014–2018 / Wilfredo León 2014–2017 Teodor Salparov 2016–present Aleksandr Butko 2018–present Earvin Ngapeth 2019–present Tsvetan Sokolov

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

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Gazprom. Other sponsors: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Adidas, TNT, Blimp, Gazeta.ru, TFB Bank and Championat.com.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)
• Official website (in English)