VC Zenit-Kazan

Zenit-Kazan

Full name	Volleyball Club "Zenit-Kazan"
Founded	2000
Ground	Basket-Hall Arena (Capacity: 7,500)
Chairman	Rafkat Kantyukov
Manager	Vladimir Alekno
League	Russian Volleyball Super League
2010–11	1st
Uniforms
Current 　 Home 　 Away 　 Libero

VC Zenit-Kazan (Russian: Зенит-Казань) (former "Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan") is a professional Volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in Russian Volleyball Super League (4-time champion). The team won the 2007-08 CEV Champions League title.

Club was founded on 13 May 2000.

Contents 1 Team roster season 2009–10 2 Achievements 3 Notable players 4 External links

Team roster season 2009–10

Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Height	Position
1	United States	Lloy Ball	February 17, 1972 (1972-02-17) (age 40)	203	Setter
3	Russia	Nikolai Apalikov	August 26, 1982 (1982-08-26) (age 29)	203	Middle blocker
4	Russia	Pavel Zakharov	August 7, 1988 (1988-08-07) (age 23)	200	Opposite hitter
5	Russia	Alexander Bogomolov	February 1, 1976 (1976-02-01) (age 36)	208	Middle blocker
6	Russia	Pavel Kolesnikov	August 6, 1989 (1989-08-06) (age 22)	194	Outside hitter
7	Russia	Maksim Panteylemonenko	September 1, 1981 (1981-09-01) (age 30)	202	Outside hitter
8	Russia	Sergey Tetyukhin	September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23) (age 36)	197	Outside hitter
9	Russia	Aleksei Cheremisin	September 23, 1980 (1980-09-23) (age 31)	204	Opposite hitter
10	United States	Reid Priddy	October 1, 1977 (1977-10-01) (age 34)	198	Outside hitter
11	Russia	Anton Kulikovski	March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 30)	198	Outside hitter
12	Russia	Denis Garkushenko	February 9, 1977 (1977-02-09) (age 35)	191	Setter
14	Russia	Aleksandr Abrosimov	August 25, 1983 (1983-08-25) (age 28)	207	Middle blocker
15	Russia	Albert Stroyev	June 28, 1986 (1986-06-28) (age 25)	200	Outside hitter
16	Russia	Aleksey Verbov	January 31, 1982 (1982-01-31) (age 30)	183	Libero
17	Russia	Vladislav Babichev	February 18, 1981 (1981-02-18) (age 31)	185	Libero
18	Russia	Maxim Mikhaylov	May 19, 1988 (1988-05-19) (age 23)	202	Opposite hitter

Coach : Vladimir Alekno  Russia

Achievements

National competitions

• Russian Volleyball Super League (4)

• Winner: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
• 3rd place: 2004, 2005, 2008

• Russian Volleyball Cup (3)

• Winner: 2004, 2007, 2009

• Russian Volleyball Super Cup (1)

• Winner: 2010

International competitions

• CEV Champions League (1)

• Winner: 2008
• Runner-up: 2011

Notable players

• Ruslan Olikhver (2002-06);
• Igor Shulepov (2004-07);
• Vadim Khamuttskikh (2006-07);
• Sergey Tetyukhin (2006-08), (2009-2011);
• Clay Stanley (2006-2010);
• Lloy Ball (2006-11);
• Andrey Egorchev (2006-08), (2010-2011);
• Aleksandr Gerasimov (2007-08);
• Aleksey Verbov (2009-10);
• Maxim Mikhaylov (2010-2011);

External links

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

Russian Volleyball Super League 2010–2011 Dynamo Krasnodar · Dynamo Moscow · Dynamo-Yantar Kaliningrad · Fakel Novy Urengoy · Gazprom-Yugra Surgutsky district · Iskra Odintsovo · Kuzbass Kemerovo · Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod · Lokomotiv Novosibirsk · Ural Ufa · Yaroslavich Yaroslavl · Zenit Kazan

Men's CEV Champions League 2009–10 Final Four PGE Skra Bełchatów • Trentino BetClic • ACH Volley Bled • Dynamo Moscow Play-off 6 Trentino BetClic • ASSECO Resovia Rzeszów • Hypo Tirol Innsbruck • ACH Volley Bled • Dynamo Moscow • Olympiacos Eliminated in Play-off 12 Knack Randstad Roeselare • CSKA Sofia • VfB Friedrichshafen • Lube Banca Marche Macerata • Panathinaikos • Zenit Kazan Moved to CEV Cup Tours VB • Noliko Maaseik • CAI Teruel • Copra Nord Meccanica Piacenza Eliminated in Group stage Jihostroj České Budějovice • Unicaja Almeria • Budvanska Rivijera Budva • Radnički Kragujevac • Jastrzębski Węgiel • İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi • Paris Volley