FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky (russian: ФК «Заря» Ленинск‑Кузнецкий) is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team from Leninsk-Kuznetsky,

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. It played professionally from 1990 to 1999 and from 2005 to 2007, including 5 seasons (1993–1997) in the second-highest

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

. In 1997, it reached the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup, knocking out two Russian Premier League teams (

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny KAMAZ (russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League. Colours are (Home) all white. (A ...

and

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

Team name history

*1990–1991 Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetsky *1992–1999, 2004—2009 Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky *2000–2001 Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetsky *2002–2003 Zarya-UOR Leninsk-Kuznetsky *2010–present Zarya-SUEK Leninsk-Kuznetsky

External links

Team history at KLISF
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