The Zenit Penza Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Yaroslav Terechev
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Yaroslav Terechev will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Zenit Penza the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Timur Zainullin
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Zenit Penza to lose Yaroslav Terechev for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Yaroslav Terechev has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zenit Penza make their move for Maxim Abakumov
$15.0K on the table at Tyumen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniil Kashmin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zenit Penza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Zenit Penza supporters have found a favourite in Timur Zainullin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Timur Zainullin has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Savely Shevtsov joins the Zenit Penza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Savely Shevtsov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dmitri Platonov joins the Zenit Penza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dmitri Platonov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Makar Artemyev steps up from the Zenit Penza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Makar Artemyev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Zenit Penza
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nikita Kolesin
- Squad Zenit Penza are still strangers to each other