FC Zenit Irkutsk (russian: «Зенит» (Иркутск)) is a defunct

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team from

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. It was founded in 2003 and participated in amateur competitions. Before the 2016–17 season, it was licensed to play in the third-tier

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after another Irkutsk team,

FC Baikal Irkutsk FC Baikal Irkutsk (russian: ФК Байкал Иркутск) was a Russian football team from Irkutsk, founded in 2009. It was relegated from the second-tier FNL back to PFL at the end of the 2015–16 season, but it did not receive a profes ...

, failed to get a license. On 1 April 2021, the club announced that they will be dissolved due to lack of financing. From 2010 to 2013, it was called FC Zenit-Rekord Irkutsk.

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