Description Available in: FC Chelyabinsk (Russian: ФК «Челябинск») is a Russian football club from Chelyabinsk, founded in 1977. It plays in the Russian Professional Football League. It played professionally from 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 on. The club was called Strela Chelyabinsk (1977–1989) and Zenit Chelyabinsk (1990–2008). It played on the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992 and 1993.