Penza, 28 April 2015. PenzaNews. The former players of the Penza football club “Zenith” in the Russian championship of the Central zone second division are speaking against their layoffs together.

The players are addressing the courts and the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Russian Football Union, which will soon review the request of Alexander Korotkov.

Earlier, they approved the requests of Pavel Rozhkov, Evgeny Gavryuk and Evgeny Krug who were laid off on February 28 under the pretext of staff cuts.

The Dispute Resolution Chamber has found the layoffs illegal without any reasons or violations by the players. The arbiters ordered to compensate Evgeny Krug for breaking off the contract prematurely, writes the website Onedivision.ru.