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

Medal record
Men’s Volleyball
CEV Champions League
	2007/2008 Łódź
	2011/2012 Łódź
	2014/2015 Berlin
	2015/2016 Kraków
	2010/2011 Bolzano
	2012/2013 Omsk
Russian Championship (Super League)
	2006/2007
	2008/2009
	2009/2010
	2010/2011
	2011/2012
	2013/2014
	2014/2015
	2015/2016
	2003/2004
	2006/2005
	2007/2008
	2012/2013
Russian Cup
	2004
	2007
	2009
	2014
Russian SuperCup
	2010
	2011
	2012

VC Zenit-Kazan (Russian: Зенит-Казань) (formerly "Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan") is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Super League (8-time champion). The team won the 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2015-16 CEV Champions League titles, thus being a most-titled club in its new history.

The club was founded on 13 May 2000.^[1]

Team Roster

2015/2016

Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position
1	Anderson, MatthewMatthew Anderson	April 18, 1987	opposite/outside hitter
2	Kuleshov, AlekseyAleksey Kuleshov	February 24, 1979	middle blocker
3	Butko, AleksandrAleksandr Butko	March 18, 1986	setter
4	Demakov, IvanIvan Demakov	January 6, 1993	middle blocker
7	Salparov, TeodorTeodor Salparov	August 16, 1982	libero
9	León, WilfredoWilfredo León	July 31, 1993	outside hitter
11	Ashchev, AndreyAndrey Ashchev	May 10, 1983	middle blocker
12	Poletaev, VictorVictor Poletaev	July 27, 1995	opposite
13	Kobzar, IgorIgor Kobzar	April 13, 1991	setter
14	Gutsalyuk, AleksandrAleksandr Gutsalyuk	January 15, 1988	middle blocker
15	Spiridonov, AlekseyAleksey Spiridonov	June 26, 1988	outside hitter
16	Verbov, AlekseyAleksey Verbov	January 31, 1982	libero
17	Babichev, VladislavVladislav Babichev	February 18, 1981	libero
18	Mikhaylov, MaximMaxim Mikhaylov	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 2010–present Maxim Mikhaylov 2012–present Matthew Anderson 2013–present Wilfredo León 2014–present Teodor Salparov 2014–present Aleksey Spiridonov 2016–present Aleksandr Butko

External links

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

References

1. About The Club History