Sochi is also called the Leopard or Dzenit Team 3. After the team settled in Sochi, it chose the same pattern as the ice hockey team belonging to the local club as the symbol of the team-a leopard representing bravery and agility, and added it to the team emblem, so "Leopard" naturally became one of the nicknames of the Sochi team.

The origin of another nickname "Dzenit No.3 Team" is much more interesting. During the summer transfer window of 20 19, eight players from Dzenit moved to Sochi in the form of buyout or loan, including Mr. Kokolin, who is now hated by dogs. Later, I found that the word "Team Dzenit 3" was added to the data frame of Sochi Wikipedia entry page.

Generally speaking, this kind of spoof will be deleted soon, but this is not the case. This nickname has been on the page for quite a long time. So now some people will call Sochi the "Dzenit No.3 Team", but the name is somewhat playful.

Team history:

As one of the youngest teams in Russian Super League in recent years, the history of Sochi team is quite short. Sochi, formerly known as Dynamo St Petersburg, was dissolved on 20 18, and then most of the players and coaches moved to Sochi, a tourist city in Krasnodar Krai.

In other words, the actual history of the Sochi team is only three years, but this does not affect that it has its own nickname like other Russian super teams. After all, fans are always keen on nicknames.