DYuSSh
A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...
Smena-Zenit (russian: ДЮСШ "Смена-Зенит"), also known as
FC Zenit academy or formerly DYuSSh Smena, is a Russian youth
football academy based in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. It is currently headed by Dutchman
Henk van Stee.
History
The sports school was founded in 1957 as a football section of Central DYuSSh GORONO of Leningrad. It was reorganized into Football SDYuShOR Smena in 1968.
Present
In 2008 Smena was included into club structure of
FC Zenit and renamed Smena-Zenit. Since 2010 academy's main U-18 team plays the role of Zenit dissolved farm club
FC Smena-Zenit, competing in the championship of Saint Petersburg as well as various international tournaments.
The list of academy's coaches includes former internationals
Aleksandr Spivak and
Dmitry Vasilyev.
Alumni
The best known alumni of Smena are
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Uni ...
players
Vyacheslav Malafeev,
Igor Denisov
Igor Vladimirovich Denisov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Денисов; born 17 May 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Denisov spent most of his career from 2002 to 2013 at his home ...
,
Andrey Arshavin,
Vladimir Bystrov
Vladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov (russian: Владимир Серге́евич Быстров, born 31 January 1984) is a Russian former footballer who played as a right winger.
Career
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Bystrov began his career in youth ...
,
Viktor Vasin
Viktor Vladimirovich Vasin (russian: Виктор Владимирович Васин; born 6 October 1988) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kairat.
Career Club
On 26 April 2019, Vasin signed a new contra ...
and retired
Vladislav Radimov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov ( rus, Владисла́в Никола́евич Ради́мов, p=vlədʲɪˈslaf nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ rɐˈdʲiməf; born 26 November 1975) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played midfi ...
and
Oleg Salenko
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (russian: Олег Анатольевич Саленко, uk, Олег Анатолійович Саленко; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a recor ...
.
References
External links
DYuSSh Smena-Zenit site
{{FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football academies in Russia
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
1957 establishments in Russia
Association football training grounds in Russia
UEFA Youth League teams