Zenit U17 play their first match in the new Youth Football League on Saturday

The RFU's new competition involves the 12 best football academies in Russia.
The 12 teams that will take part in the YFL are:

Zenit
Spartak Moscow
Dynamo Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Lokomotiv Moscow 
Strogino
Chertanovo
Rubin Kazan
Konoplyov Academy
Master Saturn
SSOR Zenit
Krasnodar 

The league runs until May 2019 and the winner will play in the UEFA Youth League, Europe's premier youth football competition. 

Zenit face Konoplev Academy at home at the Gazprom Academy on Saturday 3 August, kicking off at 17:00. The Russian Football Union will broadcast the game live and more information is available on the YFL website.