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Zenit St Petersburg Information

Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит», English: Zenith)[1] is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is one of the strongest in the country. Zenit were the 2007 and 2010 champions of the Russian Premier League and the winners of both the 2008 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

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History

Before Zenit

Zenit's history is tightly connected with the turbulent political history of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (also called "Petrograd" and "Leningrad" at times in its history).

In 1897, the first football match in Russia was held in Saint-Petersburg on Vasilievsky Island, an unofficial game between the local English team "Ostrov" and the local Russian team "Petrograd", which the English team won, 6–0. The players of those local teams were amateurs and loosely associated with each other. At the same time, several formal football clubs were founded in Saint-Petersburg, mainly around large industrial companies. However, players' membership was unofficial and very loose, sometimes allowing the same players to play for several different teams during the same season.

Formation of Zenit

The original team Zenit stemmed from several football teams, which changed names and owners many times during the Soviet era after the Revolution of 1917. Powerful political forces manipulated the careers of individual players as well as the fate of the whole team. The club was renamed several times, and its owners and leaders were under political pressure for many decades.

The origins of Zenit date back to the beginning of the 20th century, to several predecessor teams in Saint-Petersburg that were playing locally. The oldest documented predecessor of Zenit was team "Murzinka", founded in 1914, which played in the same Obukhovsky stadium from 1914 until 1924, when the team became to be called "Bolshevik" (the new name for Obukhovsky industry and its stadium). The team and stadium survived the drama of World War I, the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War of 1918–1922.

In 1925, another predecessor team of Zenit was formed, of workers from the Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod (Leningrad Metal Plant); they were called the "Stalinets" in the 1930s. (Stalinets translates literally to English as "Stalinists"; however, in Russian, the name is a play on words as stal means "steel" in that language.) Historians documented that both predecessor teams of Zenit were playing independently until their official merger at the end of 1939. The Stalinets were not the same team named Zenit that took part in the 1938 USSR championship.

The current name of FC Zenit was registered in 1936, as Bolshevik became part of the Zenit sports society and was renamed, three years before the Stalinets merged with it. In 1939, during the rule of Joseph Stalin, Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod became part of the military industry and its sports teams, players, and managers were transferred to the Zenit sports society. FC Zenit was ordered to take in members of the "Stalinets" metallurgical workers' team after the end of the 1939 season.

Zenit in the Soviet League

"FC Zenit"

In final 1944.
Zenit Leningrad logo

FC Zenit won their first honours in 1944, claiming the war-time USSR Cup after defeating CSKA in the well-attended final. The club was always adored in Leningrad,[citation needed] but wasn't able to make much of an impact in the Soviet League. In 1967, Zenit finished last but were saved from relegation because the Soviet leadership decided it wouldn't be prudent to relegate a Leningrad team during the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, which occurred in the city.

Composer Dmitry Shostakovich and film star Kirill Lavrov were well-known as ardent supporters of Zenit, a passion that is reflected in their attendance of many games.[citation needed]

FC Zenit won the bronze medal in 1980. They reached Soviet Cup Final and won the Soviet League title in 1984. In 1985, Zenit beat the Soviet Cup holder in the Soviet Super Cup (also called the Season Cup).

Zenit in the Russian League

The LOMO optical plant took up the ownership of the team after the war.[vague] In 1990, FC Zenit were re-registered as an independent city-owned professional club.

After being relegated in the first year of the Russian League (1992), Zenit returned to the top flight in 1996 and has been decent since. They claimed the 1999 Russian Cup, finished third in the League in 2001, made the Cup final in 2002, became the runners-up in the Premier League, and won the Russian Premier League Cup in 2003.

Dick Advocaat

Although Zenit reached the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup in 2006, a mediocre start to the league season led to the summer replacement of coach Vlastimil Petržela. Since July 2006, Zenit have been under Dick Advocaat[2] Advocaat works together with his Assistant Manager, former Netherlands National Youth Team coach Cornelius Pot.

Zenit players celebrating their 2007 triumph Zenit with UEFA Cup 2008 in Moscow Kremlin with President Dmitry Medvedev

Zenit won the 2007 Russian Premier League, their best league achievement since winning the USSR Championship in 1984. That allowed them to compete in the group stage of the Champions League 2008–09.

In 2008, Zenit won the Russian Super Cup and reached the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup for the second time in their history. In the first leg of the quarter-final away game against Bayer Leverkusen from Germany, the team achieved a 4–1 victory. They qualified for the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in their history, despite a 1–0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg, and were drawn to play further German opposition in the semi-final, Bayern Munich, considered the top team remaining.[by whom?] A battling performance in the first leg of the semi-final earned Zenit a 1–1 draw away against Bayern Munich.

In the second leg at home, Zenit won 4–0, defeating Bayern 5–1 on aggregate and going through to the UEFA Cup final for the first time in the club's history, where they met the Scottish team Rangers at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester on 14 May. Zenit won 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov in the 72nd minute and Konstantin Zyryanov in stoppage time, to lift the club's first ever UEFA Cup. Andrei Arshavin was named man of the match.[3][not in citation given] Zenit's Pavel Pogrebnyak became the top scorer of that year's tournament.[4]

On 29 August 2008, at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, Zenit defeated Manchester United 2–1 in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, becoming the first Russian side to win the trophy. Pavel Pogrebnyak scored the first goal and Danny scored the second. Danny was named for man of the match in his debut for Zenit.

In the UEFA Champions League 2008–09 group stage Zenit was grouped with Real Madrid, Juventus, and BATE in Group H, which by some was marked as the group of death. Unfortunately the team finished in third place in Group H, behind Juventus and Real Madrid and was unable to progress to the knockout phase of the competition. However this position was good enough to earn the club a place in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup last 32 where the team faced Stuttgart of Germany for a place in the last 16 of the competition. This allowed the club a shot to defend the trophy that they won the previous season in Manchester. However after defeating Stuttgart on away goals, they went on to lose 2–1 over two legs against Udinese.

Spalletti Era

Luciano Spalletti

Luciano Spalletti signed a contract with Zenit in December 2009, with Italian coaches Daniele Baldini, Marco Domenichini, and Alberto Bartali also joining the Russian club. The Board of Zenit wanted him to return the Russian Premier League title, win the Russian Cup, and go through the group stage of the Champions League in his first year.

Zenit won the Russian Cup on 16 May 2010, beating FC Sibir Novosibirsk in the final (having beaten Volga Tver in the quarterfinal and Amkar Perm in the semifinal). After 16 games in the 2010 Premier League, with 12 wins and four draws, under Spalletti Zenit have obtained 40 points. This set a new Russian Premier League record for most points won at that stage of the campaign. In the summer transfer window of 2010, Spalletti made his first signings: forward Aleksandr Bukharov and midfielder Sergei Semak came from Rubin Kazan; defenders Aleksandar Lukovic from Udinese and Bruno Alves from FC Porto. On 25 August 2010, Zenit lost its first game under Spalletti to AJ Auxerre and failed to advance to the Champions League group stage, but Zenit will be playing in UEFA Europa League. On 3 October Zenit beat Spartak Nalchik to set another Russian Premier League record for most consecutive games going undefeated, with 21 games since the start of the league season. On October 27, Zenit suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of rival club Spartak Moscow, seven games short of finishing the championship undefeated. On November 14, Zenit won FC Rostov and for 2 games before to the end won champions title. This champions title became first in Spalletti career. Also Zenit went through group stage of UEFA Europa League from first place to 1/16 stage.

Nine records for Spalletti's team

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In its first full season under Luciano Spalletti's command Zenit has already managed to set a number of club and Russian-wide records.

In fact Spalletti has already set as many records in just his first year than the majority of the club's previous coaches achieved over much longer periods at the club's helm.

First of all, this year's Zenit has exceeded the club record set 6 years ago in 2003–2004 under Vlastimil Petrzela for most games in a row without losing in official matches. The record set under Petrzela was 24 matches in a row. The new record set by Spalletti with the help of Zenit's previous head coach, Anatoly Davydov, is 26 games. This series began on October 8, 2009, with a victory over Terek, and ended on August 25th, 2010, in the unfortunate loss to the French team Auxerre in a Champions League qualification round match.

Zenit has also set several other records.

1. Zenit set a club record for number of wins in a row in the Russian Premier League this year at 9 matches in a row. This streak began on April 28, 2010, with a victory over CSKA, and finished three months later, on July 31, with a no less glorious victory over Rubin.

2. Zenit set the club record for wins in a row in official matches with 10. In this case Zenit tied its previous record set in the fall of 2007. The beginning of this series came with the win over CSKA on April 28, 2010, and ended with a 0-0 tie with Unirea of Romania on July 27th.

And now about records that Zenit is still adding to. These include, first of all, Zenit's record number of matches in a row without a loss in the Russian Premier League, which began on November 18, 2009, against Terek, and which is now 24 matches in a row. This achievement is a record for the entire 85 years of our club's history.

Zenit last lost a home match at Petrovsky Stadium more than a year ago, on August 9th 2009. Since then Zenit has played 23 straight home matches without losing. This too is an absolute record for the whole history of Zenit.

Additionally, Zenit, after winning against Spartak Nalchik, achieved a record of 21 matches without loss in the 2010 Russian Premier League. The previous record for most matches without a loss in a Russian Premier League season had been set by Lokomotiv: the Moscow side went 20 matches in a row without losing in 2005.

It's still early, of course, to tally the season's results. But we can say one thing for sure: never has there been a year with so many records Zenit as this year. And most likely many of these records will simply increase in number over the rest of the season.

3. On September 16th Alexander Kerzhakov scored his 2nd European cup hat trick in Zenit's match against Anderlecht (he got his first in 2004 against AEK Athens), and less than seven days later scored his 7th hat trick in his Zenit career against Saturn (three in the Russian Premier League and two each in European cups and the Russian Cup). Altogether Kerzhakov has now scored 108 goals for Zenit. All of these numbers are absolute records in the whole history of Zenit.

Achievements

European

Russia

Soviet Union

League and Cup history

Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe
1936 2nd 3 6 9 9 13
1936 2nd 6 7 6 13 12 Round of 16
1937 2nd 4 12 22 18 25 Round of 128
1938 1st 14 25 7 10 8 38 57 24 Round of 16
1939 1st 11 26 7 7 12 30 46 21 Runner-up
1940 1st 10 24 6 6 12 37 42 18
1944 Winner
1945 1st 6 8 7 7 35 31 23 Semi-final
1946 1st 9 22 5 5 12 22 45 15 Round of 16
1947 1st 6 24 10 2 12 35 49 22 Quarter-final
1948 1st 13 26 4 9 13 29 48 17 Round of 16
1949 1st 5 34 17 8 9 48 48 42 Quarter-final
1950 1st 6 36 19 5 12 70 59 43 Quarter-final
1951 1st 7 28 10 8 10 36 40 28 Round of 16
1952 1st 7 13 6 2 5 20 21 14 Quarter-final
1953 1st 5 20 11 1 8 25 21 23 Round of 16
1954 1st 7 24 8 7 9 27 26 23 Semi-final
1955 1st 8 22 5 8 9 23 36 18 Round of 16
1956 1st 9 22 4 11 7 27 43 19
1957 1st 10 22 4 7 11 23 41 15 Round of 16
1958 1st 4 22 9 8 5 41 32 26 Round of 16
1959 1st 8 22 8 4 10 29 38 20
1960 1st 15 30 14 5 11 47 37 33 Round of 32
1961 1st 13 32 12 8 12 50 52 32 Semi-final
1962 1st 11 32 11 7 14 53 42 29 Round of 32
1963 1st 6 38 14 17 7 45 32 45 Round of 32
1964 1st 11 32 9 9 14 30 35 27 Round of 16
1965 1st 9 32 10 12 10 32 32 32 Round of 32
1966 1st 16 36 10 8 18 35 54 28 Round of 16
1967 1st 19 36 6 9 21 28 63 21 Round of 32
1968 1st 11 38 10 14 14 35 49 34 Round of 32
1969 1st 9 26 6 9 11 21 34 21 Round of 16
1970 1st 14 32 10 7 15 30 40 27 Quarter-final
1971 1st 13 30 8 10 12 29 32 26 Quarter-final
1972 1st 7 30 11 11 8 44 30 33 Quarter-final
1973 1st 11 30 9 12 9 33 35 21 Round of 16
1974 1st 7 30 8 15 7 36 41 31 Round of 16
1975 1st 14 30 7 10 13 27 42 24 Round of 16
1976 1st 13 15 4 5 6 14 15 13
1976 1st 5 15 6 4 5 22 16 16 Round of 16
1977 1st 10 30 8 12 10 34 33 28 Semi-final
1978 1st 10 30 9 8 13 31 46 26 Quarter-final
1979 1st 10 34 11 9 14 41 45 30 Group stage
1980 1st 3 34 16 10 8 51 42 42 Group Stage
1981 1st 15 34 9 10 15 33 43 28 Round of 16
1982 1st 7 34 12 9 13 44 41 33 Group stage UC First round
1983 1st 4 34 15 11 8 42 32 40 Semi-final
1984 1st 1 34 19 9 6 60 32 47 Runner-up
1985 1st 6 34 14 7 13 48 38 35 Semi-final
1986 1st 4 30 12 9 9 44 36 33 Semi-final ECC Second round
1987 1st 14 30 7 10 13 25 37 24 Round of 16
1988 1st 6 30 11 9 10 35 34 31 Round of 16 UC First round
1989 1st 16 30 5 9 16 24 48 19 Round of 16
1990 2nd 18 38 8 14 16 35 41 30 Round of 32 UC Second round
1991 2nd 18 42 11 14 17 44 50 36 Round of 32

Russia

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer (League) Head Coach
1992 1st 16 30 10 8 12 39 45 28 — — Kulik - 13 Melnikov
1993 2nd, "Centre" 2 38 25 8 5 87 33 58 Round of 32 — Kulik - 36 Melnikov
1994 2nd 13 42 14 12 16 44 49 40 Round of 64 — Kulik - 9 Melnikov
1995 3 42 24 5 13 65 42 77 Round of 32 — Kulik - 19 Sadyrin
1996 1st 10 34 13 4 17 32 37 43 Round of 32 — Kulik - 11 Sadyrin
1997 8 34 13 10 11 28 29 49 Semifinal — Gorshkov - 5 Byshovets
1998 5 30 12 11 7 42 25 47 Round of 16 — Panov - 8 Maksimyuk - 8 Byshovets Davydov
1999 8 30 9 12 9 36 34 39 Winner — Popovich - 7 Davydov
2000 7 30 13 8 9 38 26 47 Round of 32 UC IC 1st Round Runner-Up Popovich - 10 Davydov Morozov
2001 3 30 16 8 6 52 35 56 Round of 32 — Popovich - 7 Morozov
2002 10 30 8 9 13 36 42 33 Runner-Up — Kerzhakov - 14 Morozov Biryukov Rappoport
2003 2 30 16 8 6 48 32 56 Round of 16 UC 1st Round Kerzhakov - 13 Petržela
2004 4 30 17 5 8 55 37 56 Round of 16 — Kerzhakov - 18 Petržela
2005 6 30 13 10 7 45 26 49 Semifinals UC Group Stage Arshavin - 9 Petržela
2006 4 30 13 11 6 42 30 50 Semifinals UC Quarterfinals Arshavin - 7 Petržela Borovička Advocaat
2007 1 30 18 7 5 53 32 61 Quarterfinals — Pogrebnyak - 11 Advocaat
2008 5 30 12 12 6 59 37 48 Quarterfinals UC Winner Tekke - 8 Advocaat
2009 3 30 15 9 6 48 27 54 Round of 32 UCL UC Group Stage Round of 16 Tekke - 8 Advocaat Davydov
2010 1 30 20 8 2 61 21 68 Winner EL 1st Round Kerzhakov - 13 Spalletti

League results

Current squad

As of 26 August 2010. According to RFPL and FC Zenit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 DF Aleksandr Anyukov (captain)
3 DF Bruno Alves
5 DF Fernando Meira
6 DF Nicolas Lombaerts
8 FW Danko Lazović
9 FW Aleksandr Bukharov
10 MF Danny
11 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov
14 DF Tomáš Hubočan
15 MF Roman Shirokov
16 GK Vyacheslav Malafeev (1st vice-captain)
No. Position Player
18 MF Konstantin Zyryanov (2nd vice-captain)
20 MF Viktor Fayzulin
23 MF Szabolcs Huszti
24 DF Aleksandar Luković
25 MF Sergei Semak
27 MF Igor Denisov
30 GK Yuri Zhevnov
34 MF Vladimir Bystrov
57 MF Aleksei Ionov
87 FW Yevgeni Starikov

Squad number 12 is reserved for Zenit's supporters.

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers summer 2010 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11.

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
17 MF Alessandro Rosina (at AC Cesena until July 2011)
19 FW Sergei Kornilenko (at Blackpool until June 2011)
28 DF Michael Lumb (at Aalborg Boldspilklub until July 2011)
29 DF Sébastien Puygrenier (at AS Monaco until July 2011)
99 FW Maksim Kanunnikov (at Tom Tomsk until July 2012)

Players not registered for RFPL

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
DF Ivan Lapin

U-21 squad

As of 1 January 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
22 GK Dmitri Borodin
36 FW Stanislav Matyash
47 DF Basel Abdulfattakh
50 DF Igor Cheminava
55 DF Sergei Kostin
63 DF Denis Terentyev
64 DF Ilya Lebedev
66 DF Yuri Ponomarenko
69 MF Yevgeni Bashkirov
70 MF Vyacheslav Sushkin
71 GK Yegor Baburin
73 FW Stanislav Murikhin
74 DF Vladimir Malyshev
75 MF Ilya Sagdatullin
77 MF Aleksandr Petrov
No. Position Player
78 FW Vladislav Yefimov
80 MF Maksim Batov
81 GK Aleksandr Glinskikh
83 DF Andrei Vasilyev
87 MF Aleksei Kayukov
88 DF Dmitri Telegin
89 DF Solomon Kverkveliya
90 GK Aleksei Dugnist
91 GK Andrei Zaytsev
92 MF Nikita Bocharov
93 FW Aleksei Panfilov
95 FW Pavel Shuvalov
96 MF Roland Gigolaev
97 FW Vladislav Sirotov
98 MF Sergei Petrov

Board

As of 20 February 2010
Name Role
Aleksandr Dyukov President
Maxim Mitrofanov General Director
Igor Korneev Sport Director
Dmitri Mankin Vice-General Director (Commercial Director)
Ilya Gerkus Vice-General Director
Rosteslav Leontiev Vice-General Director
Zhanna Dembo Vice-General Director
Yury A.Fedotov Vice-General Director (Security)

Coaching staff

Mark Haughton

1-st Team

As of 20 February 2010
Name Role
Luciano Spalletti Head Coach
Daniele Baldini Assistant Coach
Marco Domenichini Assistant Coach
Alberto Bartali Fitness Coach
Igor Simutenkov Coach
Nikolai Vorobyov Coach
Mikhail Biryukov Goalkeeper Coach
Vladislav Radimov Team Director
Yuri Gusakov Administrator
Sergey Pukhov Chief Doctor
Mikhail Grishin Doctor
Valeri Redkoborodov Doctor-Masseur
Alexander Ryazancev Masseur
Sergey Kolesnikov Masseur
Alexey Andreev Video Operator

U-21 Team

As of 20 February 2010
Name Role
Anatoli Davydov Head Coach
Nikolay Larionov Coach
Yuri Okroshidze Goalkeeper Coach
Sergey Sigaev Doctor
Andrey Tsvetkov Doctor-Masseur
Viktor Kulakov Masseur
Alexandr Savonenko Video Operator

Reserve squad

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Zenit's reserve squad played professionally as Zenit-2 (Russian Second League in 1993, Russian Second Division from 1998 to 2000) and Zenit-d (Russian Third League from 1994 to 1997). Another team that was founded as Lokomotiv-Zenit-2 played as Zenit-2 in the Russian Second Division from 2001 to 2008. By 2008, there was no relation between that team and FC Zenit. Another farm club called FC Smena-Zenit debuted in the Russian Second Division in 2009, taking the spot of the former FC Zenit-2. FC Smena-Zenit was dissolved after the 2009 season because it did not fulfull Zenit's initial expectations.

Home stadium

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Zenit's home ground at Petrovsky stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia Petrovsky Stadium

Zenit's home ground is now the Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg. Petrovsky Stadium has a capacity of 21,570 people.[citation needed]

In 2007, the club's former home base at the Kirov Stadium was demolished, to be replaced with a new stadium built for Zenit, Gazprom Arena.

The new football stadium in Saint Petersburg is currently under construction; as of 2007, it was expected to be completed before the 2009 season.[6] Once completed, it will host Zenit's home matches. The stadium will have a capacity of 62,000 people.[7]

In December 2005, Gazprom took a controlling stake in the club. The deal was announced by Valentina Matviyenko, the Saint Petersburg governor. Gazprom bought the majority of the club and invested over $100 million, buying new players and building the new stadium.[citation needed]

Academy FC Zenit

The Zenit Academy was founded in September, 2009, on the base of the Smena Olympic Reserve School.

FC Zenit's Football Academy is aimed at preparing footballers for Zenit's first team, as well as at providing gifted youths from St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region with the possibility to lead a healthy lifestyle, to receive a well-rounded education, and to get prepared for adult life. In the opinion of Henk van Stee, the Academy's Director, not every footballer who studies in the Academy can become a top footballer, thus we try to give every young person the opportunity to get on their feet and feel confident in the modern world.

Management

Kit makers

Team Captains

Aleksandr Anyukov

Team Captains in Russian championships.

Name Years
Oleg Dmitriyev 1993 - 1994
Vladimir Kulik 1995 - 1996
Yuriy Vernydub 1997 - 2000
Andrey Kobelev 2000 - 2001
Aleksei Igonin 2001 - 2003
Vladislav Radimov 2003 - 2007
Andrey Arshavin 2007
Erik Hagen 2007
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2007 - 2009
Vyacheslav Malafeev 2009
Aleksandr Anyukov 2009 -

Head coaches

Vlastimil Petrzela 2003-2006 Dick Advocaat 2006-2009 Anatoli Davydov 1998-2000, 2009 Luciano Spalletti 2009-...
Name Years
Pyotr Filippov 1936-37, 1940
Mikhail Yudenich 1938-39
Konstantin Egorov 1938-39
Konstantin Lemeshev 1941-45, 1948–50
Mikhail Butusov 1946
Ivan Talanov 1946-48
Georgiy Lasin 1950-51
Vladimir Lemeshev 1952-54
Nikolay Lyukshinov 1954-55
Arkadiy Alov 1956-57, 1967
Georgiy Zharkov 1957-60
Gennadiy Bondarenko 1960
Evgeniy Eliseev 1961-64
Valentin Fedorov 1964-66
Artem Falyan 1968-70
Yevgeniy Goryanskiy 1970-72
German Zonin 1973-77
Yuri Morozov 1977-82, 1991, 2000–02
Pavel Sadyrin 1983-87, 1995–96
Vladimir Golubev 1987, 1989
Stanislav Zavidonov 1988-89
Anatoliy Kon'kov 1990
Vyacheslav Bulavin 1990
Vyacheslav Melnikov 1992-94
Anatoliy Byshovets 1997-98
Anatoli Davydov 1998-00, 2009
Mikhail Biryukov 2002
Boris Rappoport 2002
Vlastimil Petržela 2003-06
Dick Advocaat 2006-09
Luciano Spalletti 2009-

Club colors

Blue White Light Blue

UEFA Ranking

Club Ranking for 2009/2010 Euro Season (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

Zenit players on international cups

Cup Players
1952 Summer Olympics Leonid Ivanov Fridrikh Maryutin
1958 FIFA World Cup Aleksandr Ivanov
1966 FIFA World Cup Vasiliy Danilov
1986 FIFA World Cup Nikolay Larionov
UEFA Euro 1988 Sergey Dmitriev
2002 FIFA World Cup Aleksandr Kerzhakov
UEFA Euro 2004 Vladimir Bystrov Aleksandr Kerzhakov Vyacheslav Malafeev Vladislav Radimov Pavel Mares
2006 FIFA World Cup Pavel Mares
2007 AFC Asian Cup Kim Dong-Jin Lee Ho
UEFA Euro 2008 Aleksandr Anyukov Andrei Arshavin Vyacheslav Malafeev Roman Shirokov Konstantin Zyryanov
2008 Summer Olympics Kim Dong-Jin
2010 FIFA World Cup Danny Danko Lazovic

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Zenit.

USSR/Russia
Former USSR countries
Europe
Asia
South America

References

  1. ^ "Официальный Cайт ФК «Зенит». Клуб" (in Russian). FC Zenit official site. http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/club/. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  2. ^ "Gazprom fuels Zenit dream". uefa.com. 2007-01-19. Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070224134326/http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=134217728/newsid=497842.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  3. ^ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=696278.html
  4. ^ "UEFA Cup". SoccerAssociation.com. SoccerAssociation.com. 2008-05-14. http://www.soccerassociation.com/UEFA/0708/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
  5. ^ oficcial website FC "Zenit"
  6. ^ "Стадион для "Зенита" возводят с опережением сроков [Stadium for Zenit erected ahead of schedule]" (in Russian). 17 September 2007. http://www.gorzakaz.org/news/view/7275.html. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Новый стадион для «Зенита» [The new stadium for "Zenit"]" (in Russian). fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit. http://www.fc-zenit.ru/stadium/new/. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

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· · 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Playing in the round of 32 Ajax · Anderlecht · Aris · Basel · BATE · Bayer Leverkusen · Benfica · Beşiktaş · Braga · CSKA Moscow · Dynamo Kyiv · Lech Poznań · Lille · Liverpool · Manchester City · Metalist Kharkiv · Napoli · PAOK · Paris Saint-Germain · Porto · PSV Eindhoven · Rangers · Rubin Kazan · Sevilla · Sparta Prague · Spartak Moscow · Sporting · Stuttgart · Twente · Villarreal · Young Boys · Zenit
Eliminated in the group stage AEK Athens · Atlético Madrid · AZ · Borussia Dortmund · Club Brugge · CSKA Sofia · Debrecen · Dinamo Zagreb · Gent · Getafe · Hajduk Split · Juventus · Karpaty Lviv · Lausanne-Sport · Levski Sofia · Odense · Palermo · Rapid Wien · Red Bull Salzburg · Rosenborg · Sampdoria · Sheriff Tiraspol · Steaua · Utrecht
Eliminated in the play-off round AIK · Aktobe · Anorthosis · APOEL · Aston Villa · Austria Wien · Brøndby · Celtic · Dynama Minsk · Dnepr Mahilyow · Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk · Dundee United · Elfsborg · Fenerbahçe · Feyenoord · Galatasaray · Genk · Grasshopper · Győri ETO · HJK Helsinki · Litex Lovech · Lokomotiv Moscow · Maccabi Tel Aviv · Maribor · Marítimo · Motherwell · Omonia · Qarabağ · Sibir Novosibirsk · Slovan Bratislava · Sturm Graz · Tavriya Simferopol · The New Saints · Timişoara · Trabzonspor · Unirea Urziceni · Vaslui
Eliminated in the third qualifying round Aalesund · Apollon · Baník Ostrava · Bangor City · Beroe Stara Zagora · Budućnost Podgorica · Cercle Brugge · Cliftonville · Dinamo Bucureşti · Dinamo Tbilisi · Hibernian · IFK Göteborg · Inter Turku · Jablonec · Jagiellonia Białystok · Kalmar FF · Luzern · Maccabi Haifa · Molde · Montpellier · MYPA · Nordsjælland · OFK Beograd · Olympiacos · Rabotnički · Randers · Red Star Belgrade · Ruch Chorzów · Shamrock Rovers · Spartak Zlatibor Voda · Teteks · Viktoria Plzeň · Wisła Kraków · Zestaponi · Zrinjski
Eliminated in the second qualifying round Atyrau · Baku · Besa Kavajë · Bnei Yehuda · Borac Banja Luka · Breiðablik · Cibalia · Dacia Chişinău · Differdange · Dukla Banská Bystrica · Dundalk · Gefle · Gorica · Honka · Iskra-Stal · Jelgava · KF Tirana · KR Reykjavík · Mika · Mogren · Olimpia · Portadown · Šiauliai · Šibenik · Sillamäe Kalev · Široki Brijeg · Sporting Fingal · Stabæk · Sūduva Marijampolė · Tauras Tauragė · Tarpeda Zhodzina · Tre Penne · TPS · UE Sant Julià · Vaduz · Valletta · Ventspils · Videoton · Víkingur · WIT Georgia
Eliminated in the first qualifying round Banants · EB/Streymur · F91 Dudelange · Faetano · Flora · Fylkir · Glentoran · Grevenmacher · Khazar · Laçi · Llanelli · Lusitanos · Metalurg Skopje · Narva Trans · Nitra · NSÍ Runavík · Olimpija · Port Talbot Town · Shakhter Karaganda · Skonto · Sliema Wanderers · Tobol · UE Santa Coloma · Ulisses · Zalaegerszeg · Zeta
Round and draw dates · Qualifying phase and play-off round · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final
· · 2011-12 Russian Premier League
Amkar Perm · Anzhi Makhachkala · CSKA Moscow · Dynamo Moscow · Krasnodar · Krylia Sovetov Samara · Kuban Krasnodar · Lokomotiv Moscow · Rostov · Rubin Kazan · Spartak Moscow · Spartak Nalchik · Terek Grozny · Tom Tomsk · Volga Nizhny Novgorod · Zenit Saint Petersburg
Summer 2010 transfers · Winter 2010–11 transfers · Foreign players

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