FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit
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Full name Football Club Zenit
Nickname(s) Sine-Belo-Golubye (Blue-White-Light blue)
Bomzhi (The Vagrants)
Founded 1925
Ground Petrovsky Stadium,
Saint Petersburg
(Capacity: 22,025)
Owner Gazprom
Chairman Aleksandr Dyukov
Head Coach Luciano Spalletti
League Russian Premier League
2009 Russian Premier League, 3rd
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Football Club Zenit (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Зенит»)[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 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' teamafter the end of the 1939 season.

Zenit in the Soviet League

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, 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.

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. 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 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. 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] 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.

Achievements

Europe European

Russia Russia

Soviet Union Soviet Union

League and Cup history

Soviet Union 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 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 — — Russia Kulik - 13 Russia Melnikov
1993 2nd,
"Centre"		 2 38 25 8 5 87 33 58 Round of 32 — Russia Kulik - 36 Russia Melnikov
1994 2nd 13 42 14 12 16 44 49 40 Round of 64 — Russia Kulik - 9 Russia Melnikov
1995 3 42 24 5 13 65 42 77 Round of 32 — Russia Kulik - 19 Russia Sadyrin
1996 1st 10 34 13 4 17 32 37 43 Round of 32 — Russia Kulik - 11 Russia Sadyrin
1997 8 34 13 10 11 28 29 49 Semifinal — Ukraine Gorshkov - 5 Russia Byshovets
1998 5 30 12 11 7 42 25 47 Round of 16 — Russia Panov - 8
Ukraine Maksimyuk - 8		 Russia Byshovets
Russia Davydov
1999 8 30 9 12 9 36 34 39 Winner — Ukraine Popovich - 7 Russia Davydov
2000 7 30 13 8 9 38 26 47 Round of 32 UC
IC		 1st Round
Runner-Up		 Ukraine Popovich - 10 Russia Davydov
Russia Morozov
2001 3 30 16 8 6 52 35 56 Round of 32 — Ukraine Popovich - 7 Russia Morozov
2002 10 30 8 9 13 36 42 33 Runner-Up — Russia Kerzhakov - 14 Russia Morozov
Russia Biryukov
Russia Rappoport
2003 2 30 16 8 6 48 32 56 Round of 16 UC 1st Round Russia Kerzhakov - 13 Czech Republic Petržela
2004 4 30 17 5 8 55 37 56 Round of 16 — Russia Kerzhakov - 18 Czech Republic Petržela
2005 6 30 13 10 7 45 26 49 Semifinals UC Group Stage Russia Arshavin - 9 Czech Republic Petržela
2006 4 30 13 11 6 42 30 50 Semifinals UC Quarterfinals Russia Arshavin - 7 Czech Republic Petržela
Czech Republic Borovička
Netherlands Advocaat
2007 1 30 18 7 5 53 32 61 Quarterfinals — Russia Pogrebnyak - 11 Netherlands Advocaat
2008 5 30 12 12 6 59 37 48 Quarterfinals UC Winner Turkey Tekke - 8 Netherlands Advocaat
2009 3 30 15 9 6 48 27 54 Round of 32 UCL
UC		 Group Stage
Round of 16		 Turkey Tekke - 8 Netherlands Advocaat
Russia Davydov
2010 TBD Winner EL 1st Round TBD Italy 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 Russia DF Aleksandr Anyukov (captain)
3 Portugal DF Bruno Alves
4 Croatia DF Ivica Križanac
5 Portugal DF Fernando Meira
6 Belgium DF Nicolas Lombaerts
8 Serbia FW Danko Lazović
9 Russia FW Aleksandr Bukharov
10 Portugal MF Danny
11 Russia FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (3rd vice-captain)
14 Slovakia DF Tomáš Hubočan
15 Russia MF Roman Shirokov
16 Russia GK Vyacheslav Malafeev (1st vice-captain)
No. Position Player
17 Italy MF Alessandro Rosina
18 Russia MF Konstantin Zyryanov
20 Russia MF Viktor Fayzulin
22 Russia GK Dmitri Borodin
23 Hungary MF Szabolcs Huszti
24 Serbia DF Aleksandar Luković
25 Russia MF Sergei Semak
27 Russia MF Igor Denisov (2nd vice-captain)
30 Belarus GK Yuri Zhevnov
34 Russia MF Vladimir Bystrov
57 Russia MF Aleksei Ionov
99 Russia FW Maksim Kanunnikov

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 2009–10.

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
28 Denmark DF Michael Lumb (at Feyenoord until July 2011)
29 France DF Sébastien Puygrenier (at AS Monaco until July 2011)
33 Russia FW Pavel Ignatovich (at Khimki until December 2010)
35 Russia MF Anton Sosnin (at Krylia Sovetov Samara until December 2010)
No. Position Player
41 Russia GK Mikhail Kerzhakov (at FC Alania Vladikavkaz until December 2010)
42 Finland DF Boris Rotenberg (at FC Alania Vladikavkaz until December 2010)
United States FW Yevgeni Starikov (at Tom Tomsk until December 2010)

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
Russia DF Ivan Lapin
Russia DF Pavel Mochalin

U-21 squad

As of 26 August 2010. According to Russian Premier League official site
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
36 Russia FW Stanislav Matyash
47 Russia DF Basel Abdulfattakh
48 Russia DF Aslan Dudiyev
50 Russia DF Igor Cheminava
55 Russia DF Sergei Kostin
63 Russia DF Denis Terentyev
64 Russia DF Ilya Lebedev
66 Russia DF Yuri Ponomarenko
69 Russia MF Yevgeni Bashkirov
70 Russia MF Vyacheslav Sushkin
71 Russia GK Yegor Baburin
73 Russia FW Stanislav Murikhin
74 Russia DF Vladimir Malyshev
75 Russia MF Ilya Sagdatullin
77 Russia MF Aleksandr Petrov
No. Position Player
78 Russia FW Vladislav Yefimov
80 Russia MF Maksim Batov
81 Russia GK Aleksandr Glinskikh
83 Russia DF Andrei Vasilyev
87 Russia MF Aleksei Kayukov
88 Russia DF Dmitri Telegin
89 Georgia (country) DF Solomon Kverkveliya
90 Russia GK Aleksei Dugnist
91 Russia GK Andrei Zaytsev
92 Russia MF Nikita Bocharov
93 Russia FW Aleksei Panfilov
95 Russia FW Pavel Shuvalov
96 Russia MF Roland Gigolaev
97 Russia FW Vladislav Sirotov
98 Russia MF Sergei Petrov

Board

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

Coaching staff

1-st Team

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

U-21 Team

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

Reserve squad

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

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.

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.[5] Once completed, it will host Zenit's home matches. The stadium will have a capacity of 62,000 people.[6]

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.

Kit makers

Head coaches

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

Zenit players on international cups

Cup Players
Finland 1952 Summer Olympics Soviet Union Leonid Ivanov
Soviet Union Fridrikh Maryutin
Sweden 1958 FIFA World Cup Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivanov
England 1966 FIFA World Cup Soviet Union Vasiliy Danilov
Mexico 1986 FIFA World Cup Soviet Union Nikolay Larionov
West Germany UEFA Euro 1988 Soviet Union Sergey Dmitriev
South Korea Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Portugal UEFA Euro 2004 Russia Vladimir Bystrov
Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev
Russia Vladislav Radimov
Czech Republic Pavel Mares
Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Czech Republic Pavel Mares
IndonesiaMalaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup
ThailandVietnam		 South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
South Korea Lee Ho
Austria Switzerland UEFA Euro 2008 Russia Aleksandr Anyukov
Russia Andrei Arshavin
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev
Russia Roman Shirokov
Russia Konstantin Zyryanov
People's Republic of China 2008 Summer Olympics South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Portugal Danny
Serbia 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
  • Soviet Union Mikhail Biryukov
  • Soviet Union Vasiliy Danilov
  • Soviet Union Sergey Dmitriev
  • Soviet Union Vladimir Golubev
  • Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivanov
  • Soviet Union Leonid Ivanov
  • Soviet Union Anzor Kavazashvili
  • Soviet Union Vladimir Kazachyonok
  • Soviet Union Nikolay Larionov
  • Soviet Union Fridrikh Maryutin
  • Soviet Union Sergei Salnikov
  • Soviet Union Sergei Shvetsov
  • Soviet Union Yuri Voinov
  • Soviet Union Anatoli Zinchenko
  • Soviet Union Commonwealth of Independent States Russia Vasili Kulkov
  • Soviet Union Russia Dmitri Radchenko
  • Soviet Union Turkmenistan Valeri Broshin
  • Russia Aleksandr Anyukov
  • Russia Andrei Arshavin
  • Russia Maksim Bokov
  • Russia Aleksandr Bukharov
  • Russia Vladimir Bystrov
  • Russia Maksim Demenko
  • Russia Maksim Astafyev
  • Russia Igor Denisov
  • Russia Aleksei Igonin
  • Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov
  • Russia Andrey Kobelev
  • Russia Sergei Kolotovkin
  • Russia Andrei Kondrashov
  • Russia Vladimir Lebed
  • Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev
  • Russia Aleksandr Panov
  • Russia Sergei Podpaly
  • Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak
  • Russia Vladislav Radimov
  • Russia Sergey Semak
  • Russia Igor Semshov
  • Russia Roman Shirokov
  • Russia Denis Zubko
  • Russia Konstantin Zyryanov
  • Russia Ukraine Alexandr Gorshkov
  • Russia Ukraine Oleg Salenko
Former USSR countries
  • Armenia Roman Berezovsky
  • Armenia Sargis Hovsepyan
  • Armenia Yervand Krbachyan
  • Belarus Dzmitry Aharodnik
  • Belarus Barys Haravoy
  • Belarus Syarhyey Hyerasimets
  • Belarus Sergey Kornilenko
  • Belarus Yuri Zhevnov
  • Kazakhstan Andrei Kurdyumov
  • Kazakhstan Peter Neustädter
  • Kazakhstan Yevgeni Tarasov
  • Lithuania Darius Miceika
  • Lithuania Robertas Poškus
  • Lithuania Irmantas Stumbrys
  • Moldova Serghei Clescenco
  • Moldova Alexandru Curtianu
  • Tajikistan Andrei Manannikov
  • Tajikistan Vazgen Manasyan
  • Turkmenistan Dmitri Khomukha
  • Turkmenistan Dmitri Nezhelev
  • Ukraine Volodymyr Horily
  • Ukraine Roman Maksymyuk
  • Ukraine Serhiy Popov
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Spivak
  • Ukraine Hennadiy Popovych
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Svystunov
  • Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoschuk
  • Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko
Europe
  • Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Darko Maletić
  • Croatia Ivica Križanac
  • Czech Republic Marek Kincl
  • Czech Republic Pavel Mareš
  • Czech Republic Martin Horák
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Hartig
  • Czech Republic Radek Šírl
  • Denmark Michael Lumb
  • Hungary Szabolcs Huszti
  • Italy Alessandro Rosina
  • Luxembourg Mikhail Zaritskiy
  • Republic of Macedonia Dragan Čadikovski
  • Republic of Macedonia Veliče Šumulikoski
  • Netherlands Fernando Ricksen
  • France Sébastien Puygrenier
  • Norway Erik Hagen
  • Portugal Bruno Alves
  • Portugal Danny
  • Portugal Fernando Meira
  • Romania Daniel Chiriţă
  • Romania Zeno Bundea
  • Serbia Predrag Ranđelović
  • Serbia Mateja Kežman
  • Serbia Danko Lazović
  • Serbia Aleksandar Luković
  • Serbia Milan Vještica
  • Slovakia Kamil Čontofalský
  • Slovakia Tomáš Hubočan
  • Slovakia Martin Škrtel
  • Turkey Fatih Tekke
South and Central America
  • Argentina Alejandro Domínguez
Asia
  • South Korea Hyun Young-Min
  • South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
  • South Korea Lee Ho

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. 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. ↑ "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. 
  6. ↑ "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 Champions League
Still in the competition
Eliminated in the group stage
Ajax · Auxerre · Basel · Benfica · Braga · Bursaspor · CFR Cluj · Hapoel Tel Aviv · Panathinaikos · Partizan · Rangers · Rubin Kazan · Spartak Moscow · Twente · Werder Bremen · Žilina
Eliminated in the
play-off round
Champions: Anderlecht · Red Bull Salzburg · Rosenborg · Sheriff Tiraspol · Sparta Prague
Non-champions:  · Dynamo Kyiv · Sampdoria · Sevilla · Young Boys · Zenit St. Petersburg
Eliminated in the
third qualifying round
Champions: AIK · Aktobe · BATE · Debrecen · Dinamo Zagreb · HJK Helsinki · Lech Poznań · Litex Lovech · Omonia · The New Saints
Non-champions: Celtic · Fenerbahçe · Gent · PAOK · Unirea Urziceni
Eliminated in the
second qualifying round
Birkirkara · Bohemians · Dinamo Tirana · Ekranas · FH · HB Tórshavn · Inter Baku · Jeunesse Esch · Koper · Levadia · Liepājas Metalurgs · Linfield · Olimpi Rustavi · Pyunik · Renova · Rudar Pljevlja · Željezničar
Eliminated in the
first qualifying round
FC Santa Coloma · Tre Fiori
Round and draw dates · Qualifying phase and play-off round · Group stage · Knockout phase · Final
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
Currently playing in the group stage
Group A: Juventus · Lech Poznań · Manchester City · Red Bull Salzburg
Group B: Aris · Atlético Madrid · Bayer Leverkusen · Rosenborg
Group C: Gent · Levski Sofia · Lille · Sporting CP
Group D: Club Brugge · Dinamo Zagreb · PAOK · Villarreal
Group E: AZ · BATE · Dynamo Kyiv · Sheriff Tiraspol
Group F: CSKA Moscow · Lausanne-Sport · Palermo · Sparta Prague
Group G: AEK Athens · Anderlecht · Hajduk Split · Zenit St. Petersburg
Group H: Getafe · Stuttgart · Odense · Young Boys
Group I: Debrecen · Metalist Kharkiv · PSV Eindhoven · Sampdoria
Group J: Borussia Dortmund · Karpaty Lviv · Paris Saint-Germain · Sevilla
Group K: Liverpool · Napoli · Steaua · Utrecht
Group L: Beşiktaş · CSKA Sofia · Porto · Rapid Wien
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 · Krylia Sovetov Samara · Kuban Krasnodar · Lokomotiv Moscow · FC Rostov · Rubin Kazan · Saturn Moscow Oblast · Spartak Moscow · Spartak Nalchik · Terek Grozny · Tom Tomsk · Volga Nizhny Novgorod · Zenit Saint Petersburg
Summer 2010 transfers · Winter 2010–11 transfers · Foreign players