Handball team
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Club · Russia · Superleague
«Blue-White-Light Blues»
Zenit is barely three years old under that name. The club was built in 2022 on the foundation of Neva, a Saint Petersburg side that had carried the city's handball tradition since 1964 and taken the very first Russian Championship in 1992/93.
For over three decades after that first title, Saint Petersburg went without another one. Zenit ended that run in the 2024/25 season, beating CSKA 27:23 at home in the deciding match of the Superliga — the same season the club also topped the East Division of the SEHA-Gazprom League.
The team plays out of the Yubileyny Sports Palace, and captain Dmitry Kiselyov leads a squad built around goalkeepers Dmitry Kuznetsov and Ivan Sharov.
Thirty-two years passed between Saint Petersburg's first Russian Championship and its second.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 12 Oct | Superleague |
Krasnodar
H
|
26:26 | D |
| 7 Oct | Superleague |
Kaustik Volgograd
A
|
33:30 | W |
| 1 Oct | Superleague |
Permskie Medvedi
A
|
22:28 | L |
| 23 Sep | Superleague |
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
H
|
28:27 | W |
| 17 Sep | Superleague |
HC Saratov
A
|
24:24 | D |
| 11 Sep | Superleague |
Dynamo Sungul
H
|
25:23 | W |
Standing
Superleague| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
Krasnodar
|
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 254:226 | 13 |
| 3 |
 CSKA Moskva
|
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 227:197 | 12 |
| 4 |
Zenit Saint Petersburg
|
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 215:210 | 12 |
| 5 |
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 223:205 | 9 |
| 6 |
 Dinamo Astrahan
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 212:199 | 9 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 140| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 140 | 68 | 72 |
| Scored | 4379 | 2161 | 2218 |
| Conceded | 3918 | 1888 | 2030 |
| Scored per game | 31.3 | 31.8 | 30.8 |
| Conceded per game | 28.0 | 27.8 | 28.2 |
| Difference | +461 | +273 | +188 |
Fixtures of Zenit Saint Petersburg
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18 Oct · 14:00
Dinamo Astrahan
A
Superleague
-
24 Oct · 13:00
CSKA Moskva
H
Superleague
-
12 Oct
Krasnodar
H
26:26
D
-
7 Oct
Kaustik Volgograd
A
33:30
W
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1 Oct
Permskie Medvedi
A
22:28
L
-
23 Sep
Chekhovskiye Medvedi
H
28:27
W
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17 Sep
HC Saratov
A
24:24
D
-
11 Sep
Dynamo Sungul
H
25:23
W
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6 Sep
Stavropol
A
27:26
W
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31 Aug
Zilant Kazan
H
30:26
W
Honours of Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Russian Championship 1993, 2025 2
- SEHA-Gazprom League East Division 2025 1
- Russian Championship 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2026 7
- Russian Cup 2014, 2016, 2025 3
- SEHA-Gazprom League 2026 1
- Russian Championship 2005, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 8
- Russian Cup 2011, 2013 2