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Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity [[Krestovsky Stadium]] in Saint Petersburg.
Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity [[Krestovsky Stadium]] in Saint Petersburg.

[[Petrovsky Stadium]] used to be the home ground of the team before the new Krestovsky Stadium was built.


==Achievements==
==Achievements==

Revision as of 13:04, 26 March 2020

For other uses, see FC Zenit (disambiguation).

Zenit
Full nameФутбольный клуб Зенит
Nickname(s)Lvy (Lions)
Sine-Belo-Golubye (The Blue-White-Sky Blues)
Zenitchiki (The Zeniters)
Founded25 May 1925; 99 years ago (1925-05-25)
GroundGazprom Arena
Capacity67,800[1]
OwnerGazprom
PresidentAlexander Medvedev
Head coachSergei Semak
LeagueRussian Premier League
2018–19Russian Premier League, 1st
Websitehttps://fc-zenit.ru/
Current season
Departments of Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football
(Men)		Football
(Reserve)		Football
(Women)		Basketball
Basketball
(Reserve)		VolleyballHandball

Football Club Zenit (Template:Lang-ru [fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈkɫup zʲɪˈnʲit]), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League. Zenit are the reigning champions of the Russian Premier League. Previously they won the 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2018–19 seasons of the Russian Premier League, as well as the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup. The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, The team play it's home matches at the Gazprom Arena.

History

Before Zenit

Zenit's history is tightly connected with the political history of Saint Petersburg, Russia (also called "Petrograd" and "Leningrad" at times in its history). In 1897, the first officially-recorded 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. Players' membership was unofficial and very loose, however, sometimes allowing the same players to play for several different teams during the same season.

Formation of Zenit

The original Zenit team stemmed from several football teams, which changed names and owners many times during the Soviet era after the Revolution of 1917, as 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 the team "Murzinka," founded in 1914, which played in the Obukhovsky stadium from 1914 until 1924, when the team came to be known as "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 to 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 "Stalinist"; 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. The name Zenit means "Zenith".

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

Zenit won their first honours in 1944, claiming the war-time USSR Cup after defeating CSKA Moscow in the well-attended final. The club was always adored in Leningrad,[citation needed] but was not able to make much of a significant impact in the Soviet League. In 1967, Zenit finished last but were saved from relegation because the Soviet leadership decided it would not 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] Zenit won the bronze medal in 1980, also reaching the Soviet Cup Final and winning 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.

Gazprom era

In December 2005, Gazprom took a controlling stake in the club.[2] 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.

Under Advocaat

Andrey Arshavin, one of the most successful players in Zenit history.

Although Zenit reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2006, a mediocre start to the league season led to the summer replacement of coach Vlastimil Petržela. In July 2006, Dick Advocaat [3] took over as Zenit's manager. Advocaat worked together with his assistant manager, former Netherlands national youth team coach Cor Pot. Zenit won the 2007 Russian Premier League—their best league achievement since winning the USSR Championship in 1984—allowing them to compete in the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.

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 German side Bayer Leverkusen, 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 Leverkusen in the second leg, and were drawn to play further German opposition in the semi-final, Bayern Munich, considered the top team remaining.[4] 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 club history, where they met Scottish side Rangers at the City of Manchester Stadium in 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. Andrey Arshavin was named man of the match.[5]

On 29 August 2008, at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, Zenit then 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, the latter being named man of the match in his debut for Zenit.[6]

In the 2008–09 Champions League group stage, Zenit was grouped with Real Madrid, Juventus and BATE Borisov in Group H, which by some was marked as the "group of death." Zenit ultimately finished in third place in the group, behind Juventus and Real Madrid, and was thus unable to progress to the knockout phase of the competition. This position, however, was good enough to earn the club a place in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup last 32, where the team faced VfB Stuttgart for a place in the last 16 of the competition. After defeating Stuttgart on away goals, Zenit went on to lose 2–1 over two legs against Italian club Udinese.

Under Spalletti

Zenit against Bayern Munich in 2011.

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 mandated him to return the Russian Premier League title to Zenit, win the Russian Cup and progress from the group stage of the Champions League in his first year.

Zenit won the Russian Cup on 16 May 2010 after beating Sibir Novosibirsk in the final (previously beating Volga Tver in the quarter-finals and Amkar Perm in the semi-finals). After 16 games in the 2010 Premier League, with 12 wins and four draws, Zenit claimed 40 points, setting 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, securing forward Aleksandr Bukharov and midfielder Sergei Semak from Rubin Kazan; defenders Aleksandar Luković from Udinese and Bruno Alves from Porto.

Hulk.

On 25 August 2010, Zenit lost its first game under Spalletti to French side Auxerre and failed to advance to the Champions League group stage, instead participating in the 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 27 October, however, Zenit suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of rival club Spartak Moscow, just seven games short of finishing the championship undefeated. On 14 November, Zenit defeated Rostov and two games prior to the end of the season won the championship title, the first in Spalletti's managerial career.

Zenit progressed through the knockout stage of the 2010–11 Europa League in first place, then beating Swiss side Young Boys in the Round of 16. On 6 March 2011, Zenit won against CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super Cup, the third Russian trophy won under Spalletti. On 17 March, however, Zenit were knocked out of the Europa League, losing to Dutch team Twente 2–3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

In the 2011–12 Champions League, Zenit began the group stage drawn into Group G alongside Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and APOEL. On 6 December 2011, the team finished the group stage in second place and for the first time in club's history qualified for the spring knockout phase of Champions League. In the Round of 16, Zenit were drawn with Portuguese side Benfica, winning the first leg 3–2 at home through two goals from Roman Shirokov and one from Sergei Semak. In the second leg in Lisbon, however, Zenit lost 2–0 and were thus eliminated from the competition.

In April 2012, Zenit won their second-straight Russian Championship after beating Dynamo Moscow.[7]

Under Villas-Boas

After a series of disappointing results in both the Champions League and the Premier League, Spalletti was fired on 11 March 2014.[8] A week later, the club announced they had negotiated a two-year deal with André Villas-Boas, who himself had been released a few months prior after a disappointing stint as manager of English side Tottenham Hotspur.[9] In the 2014–15 Europa League, Zenit were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual champions Sevilla. In May 2015, Zenit won the Russian Championship, the first championship title under Villas-Boas and the team's fifth-ever on the eve of its 90th anniversary celebration. Zenit then defeated Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2015 Russian Super Cup 1–1 (4–2 on penalties).

Later in the 2015 calendar year, Villas-Boas said that he would be leaving the club after the 2015–16 season. In the 2015–16 Champions League, Zenit began the competition in the group stage. They were drawn in Group H alongside Valencia, Lyon and Gent. They ended the group stage with their best group stage finish ever, winning five out of six matches and emerging as group winners. They were, however, eliminated from the competition in the Round of 16 by Portuguese side Benfica.

On 24 May 2016 Villas-Boas left the club at the end of the season, with Mircea Lucescu appointed the new manager of Zenit.[10][11]

Under Lucescu

On July 2016 Zenit won the Russian Super Cup after a 0-1 victory over CSKA Moscow.

During the 2016–17 Europa League, Zenit began the group stage drawn into Group D alongside Maccabi Tel-Aviv, AZ Alkmaar and Dundalk. On 8 December 2016, the team finished the group stage in first place and qualified for the spring knockout phase of Europa League. In the round of 32, Zenit faced R.S.C. Anderlecht and was eliminated 3-3 on aggregate due to the away goals rule. In the league, Zenit's performances in the spring were disappointing and as such the club finished third and missed out on the Champions League for the second year in a row. Zenit was also eliminated in the round of 16 by FC Anzhi Makhachkala 0-4 on aggregate after an abysmal performance. The first (and last) season of Mircea Lucescu was a complete disappointment despite the expectations.

Under Mancini

On 1 June 2017 Zenit appointed Roberto Mancini as the new manager of the team.[12] On 13 May 2018, Mancini terminated his contract by mutual consent.[13]

Under Semak

In May 2018, Mancini left to become the head coach of the Italy national football team. Sergey Semak became the new manager of Zenit, receiving a two-year contract.[14]

In August 2018, during the 1st leg of the 3rd qualification round of the UEFA Europa League, Zenit suffered a 0-4 loss to Dynamo Minsk. During the 2nd leg back on home ground, Zenit made a comeback winning 8-1, scoring 3 goals in the second half and 4 goals in the second half of the extra time, with 2 goals scored in the 120th minute.[15] Zenit went on to beat Molde FK 4-3 on aggregate in the next round, entering the group stage of 2018-19 UEFA Europa League.[16]

Stadiums

Main article: Krestovsky Stadium
Petrovsky Stadium
Krestovsky Stadium

Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg.

Petrovsky Stadium used to be the home ground of the team before the new Krestovsky Stadium was built.

Achievements

Domestic competitions

Champions (6): 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2018/19
Silver medalist (3): 2003, 2012/13, 2013/14
Bronze medalist (5): 1980, 2001, 2009, 2015/16, 2016/17
Champions (4): 1944, 1998/99, 2009/10, 2015/16
Silver medalist (3): 1939, 1984, 2001/02
Champions (5): 1985, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016
Silver medalist (3): 2012, 2013, 2019,
Champions: 2003

International competitions

Champions: 2007–08[19]
Champions: 2008[20]
Runner-up: 2000

Best performance:

Round of 16: 2011/12, 2013/14, 2015/16

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 — — 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 68 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 1 30 20 8 2 61 21 68 Winner EL Play-off round Russia Kerzhakov – 13 Italy Spalletti
2011–12 1 44 24 16 4 85 40 88 Quarterfinals UCL Round of 16 Russia Kerzhakov – 23 Italy Spalletti
2012–13 2 30 18 8 4 52 25 62 Semifinals UCL
EL 		Group stage
Round of 16 		Russia Kerzhakov – 10 Italy Spalletti
2013–14 2 30 19 6 5 63 32 63 Fifth Round UCL Round of 16 Brazil Hulk – 17 Italy Spalletti
Russia Semak
Portugal Villas-Boas
2014–15 1 29 19 7 3 57 17 59 Round of 16 UCL
EL 		Group Stage
Quarterfinals 		Brazil Hulk – 21 Portugal Villas-Boas
2015–16 3 30 17 8 5 61 32 59 Winner UCL Round of 16 Brazil Hulk – 14 Portugal Villas-Boas
2016–17 3 30 18 7 5 50 19 61 Round of 16 EL Round of 32 Russia Dzyuba – 13 Romania Lucescu
2017–18 5 30 14 11 5 46 21 53 Round of 32 EL Round of 16 Russia Kokorin – 10 Italy Mancini
2018–19 1 30 20 4 6 57 29 64 Round of 16 EL Round of 16 Argentina Driussi – 11 Russia Semak

League results

Players

Current squad

As of 17 February 2020.[21]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Brazil BRA Douglas Santos
4 DF Venezuela VEN Yordan Osorio (on loan from Porto)
5 MF Colombia COL Wílmar Barrios
6 DF Serbia SRB Branislav Ivanović (captain)
7 FW Iran IRN Sardar Azmoun
8 FW Brazil BRA Malcom
10 MF Argentina ARG Emiliano Rigoni
11 FW Argentina ARG Sebastián Driussi
14 MF Russia RUS Daler Kuzyayev
15 DF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Karavayev
17 MF Russia RUS Oleg Shatov
18 MF Russia RUS Yuri Zhirkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Russia RUS Igor Smolnikov
21 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Yerokhin
22 FW Russia RUS Artem Dzyuba
24 DF Argentina ARG Emanuel Mammana
27 MF Russia RUS Magomed Ozdoyev
38 MF Russia RUS Leon Musayev
41 GK Russia RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov
44 DF Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Rakitskiy
78 GK Russia RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin
91 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Sutormin
92 FW Russia RUS Daniil Shamkin
99 GK Russia RUS Andrey Lunyov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Russia RUS Igor Obukhov (at SKA-Khabarovsk)
— DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Anyukov (at Krylia Sovetov Samara)
— DF Russia RUS Vladislav Molchan (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
— DF Russia RUS Anton Sinyak (at Tom Tomsk)
— DF Russia RUS Denis Terentyev (at Ufa)
— MF Brazil BRA Hernani (at Parma)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Sergey Ivanov (at Krylia Sovetov Samara)
— MF Russia RUS Kirill Kaplenko (at Orenburg)
— MF Russia RUS Daniil Lesovoy (at Arsenal Tula)
— MF Russia RUS Andrei Mostovoy (at Sochi)
— FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Kokorin (at Sochi)

Reserve squad

Main article: FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg

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 fulfill Zenit's initial expectations. Zenit-2 reentered professional football in the 2013–14 season in the Russian Professional Football League.

Team captains

Name Years
Russia Aleksey Naumov 1992
Russia Oleg Dmitriyev 1993–94
Russia Vladimir Kulik 1995–96
Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub 1997–2000
Russia Andrey Kobelev 2000–01
Russia Aleksei Igonin 2001–03
Russia Vladislav Radimov 2003–07
Russia Andrey Arshavin 2007
Norway Erik Hagen 2007
Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2007–09
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev 2009
Russia Aleksandr Anyukov 2009–12
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev 2012
Portugal Danny 2012–13
Russia Roman Shirokov 2013
Portugal Danny 2014–17
Italy Domenico Criscito 2017–18
Russia Aleksandr Anyukov 2018–2019
Serbia Branislav Ivanović 2019–

Club officials

Board of directors

Position Name
General Director Alexander Medvedev
Sporting Director Javier Ribalta[22]
Deputy General Directors Dmitri Mankin
Deputy General Directors Vyacheslav Malafeev
Deputy General Directors Rosteslav Leontyev
Deputy General Directors Zhanna Dembo
Deputy General Directors Yury Andreyevich
Director of the "Smena" study-practice complex Vasily Kostrovsky

Source: fc-zenit.ru

Management

Position Name
Head сoach Russia Sergei Semak
Assistant сoach Russia Aleksandr Nizelik
Assistant сoach Russia Igor Simutenkov
Assistant сoach Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Assistant coach Brazil William Artur de Oliveira
Goalkeeping сoach Russia Mikhail Biryukov
Fitness сoach Italy Ivan Carminati
Fitness сoach Italy Andrea Scanavino
Fitness сoach Russia Mariya Burova
Doctor Russia Mikhail Grishin

Source: http://fc-zenit.ru/zenit/coaches/

Kit suppliers

Period Kit manufacturers
1997–2000 Adidas
2001–02 Diadora
2003–04 Umbro
2005–07 Adidas
2008–09 Puma
2010– Nike

Presidents

Name Period
Russia Vladislav Gusev 1990–92
Russia Leonid Tufrin 1992–94
Russia Vitaly Mutko 1995–2003
Russia David Traktovenko 2003–05
Russia Sergey Fursenko 2006–08
Russia Alexander Dyukov 2008–2017
Russia Sergey Fursenko 2017–2019
Russia Alexander Medvedev 2019–

Head coaches

In Europe

Main article: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in European football

As of 28 September 2017

By competition

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%[nb 1] Ref
Champions League / European Cup 58 27 11 20 77 64 +13 046.55
Europa League / UEFA Cup / Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 93 50 16 27 169 111 +58 053.76
Super Cup 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Intertoto Cup 8 6 1 1 17 7 +10 075.00
Total 160 84 28 48 265 183 +82 052.50

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 22 August 2019[23]
Rank Team Points
17 England Tottenham Hotspur 78.000
18 England Manchester United FC 78.000
19 Russia FC Zenit 72.000
20 Netherlands AFC Ajax 70.500
21 Portugal S.L. Benfica 68.000

Notable players

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

Partnership

Other football clubs

Corporations

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References

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  4. ^ "Zenit stuns Bayern in UEFA Cup semi, 4–0". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Ravdin, Eugene (14 May 2008). "Proud Arshavin spent by star turn". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  6. ^ "2008: Zenit claim Russian first". uefa.com.
  7. ^ "The secrets of Zenit's third title success". uefa.com. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Zenit St. Petersburg fires coach Luciano Spalletti". The Moscow News. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to become Zenit St Petersburg head coach - ESPN FC". ESPNFC.com.
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