FC Zenit Academy
FC Zenit Academy, formerly DYuSSh Smena-Zenit and DYuSSh Smena, is a Russian youth football academy based in Saint Petersburg. It is the youth sector of FC Zenit [Saint Petersburg], and 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 Saint Petersburg 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 Oleksandr Spivak and Dmitry Vasilyev.