Zenit fans' group: Don't sign black players
Posted On Tuesday, 18th December 2012
Zenit St Petersburg supporters
Zenit St Petersburg’s largest supporters’ group has called on the club not to buy black or gay players and urged it to maintain its “national identity”.
The Landscrona group posted the demands on its website in what it described as a “manifesto”.
Zenit are the only leading Russian club never to have signed an African player, and are based in a city known for strongly nationalist and rightwing attitudes.
“We’re not racists but we see the absence of black players at Zenit as an important tradition,” the Landscrona “Selection 12 manifesto” read.
“It would allow Zenit to maintain the national identity of the club, which is the symbol of St Petersburg.”
The organisation said it wanted to see only “players from other brotherly Slav nations, such as Ukraine and Belarus, as well as from the Baltic states and Scandinavia”.
It said this was because St Petersburg shared “the same mentality and historical and cultural background as these nations”.
Landscrona also said it did not want to see “sexual minorities” in the team.
Media reports in St Petersburg have claimed that several well-known black players have turned down lucrative offers from the lavishly-backed club because of threats from fans.
Zenit refused to comment on the fans’ group’s “manifesto”, but ex-Zenit and Russia striker Alexander Panov said: “All clubs around the world have black players.
“If they are absent from Zenit, it’s Zenit’s problem. I don’t think fans should demand the club buy or don’t buy certain players.”
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USELESS CLUB WHO WILL NEVER WIN ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. IF THE OWNER WANTS TO LOSE MONEY, LISTEN TO THESE USELESS FANS
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I cannot tell why our players accept to go and play in counties like Russia and Ukraine and most of the eastern European countries in the first place. One can count the number of times a player has said he is happy plying his trade in those countries. These are barbaric Countries. Just stop going to play in these countries! Even Roberto Carlos was racially abused.
Thank you Texas, barbaric indeed. Civilization has not made its way in most of the Eastern European countries. They still consider blacks as inferior and dirty. It is quiet unfortunate these countries have not come to terms and the realization that their white color does not make them superior to their black counterparts. I hope that every time their white-only meets a team with black players, the black players work hard to score many goal.
It is a beautiful thing for blacks and whites to mingle
This group are just in a minority we should not take this story as it is it’s an exaggeration from the western press.It’s true there’s racism in Russia but only a about 5% of the population are involved,Alexander Pushkin’s who was a black has the second largest street named after him in St Petersburg why is it that they don’t talk about it, in any case we’ve lived with the Brits for over 450yrs how do they treat us.I have lived in Moscow and I know St Petersburg,majority are not racist if we want to talk about racism we shouldn’t be selective because of 2018 world cup bid that the English lost.
I beg to differ Kwaku Tee. Having one street named after one colored person does not erase the fact that these people are racist and barbaric. My nephew studying in Ukraine tells the ordeal they go through as colored students/people. On too many occasions we have heard from colored footballers about how they have to deal with racism frequently in those countries. It is a shame on FIFA to have selected Russia to host 2018 World Cup. We did not select Russia to host 2018, corrupt FIFA did! So Kwaku Tee if you think because you are getting some Russian pussy so they are not racist people wait until see the ugly face of racism looking maliciously at you!