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Zenit Saint Petersburg
2011–12 season
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerLuciano Spalletti
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League2nd (Round 14)
Russian CupTBD
UEFA Champions LeagueEnter in group stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Danko Lazović (9)
All: Danko Lazović (9)
Highest home attendance21,400 (30 May vs Spartak Moscow, Russian Premier League)
Lowest home attendance18,000 (20 March vs Anzhi Makhachkala, Russian Premier League)
← 2010

The 2011–12 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season is the 16th straight season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. The club are the defending champions of both the Russian Premier League and the Russian Cup.

Internationally, the club will participate in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, entering the competition in the group stage as a result of qualifying for the competition as the first place team from Russia.

Squad

As of 27 June 2011. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2011–12

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Height (m) Weight (kg) Signed From
Goalkeepers
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev Russia GK (1979-03-04) March 4, 1979 (age 45) 1.85 76 Youth System
22 Dmitri Borodin Russia GK (1977-10-08) October 8, 1977 (age 47) 1.88 82 Youth System
30 Yuri Zhevnov Belarus GK (1981-04-17) April 17, 1981 (age 43) 1.80 85 Moscow
Defenders
2 Aleksandr Anyukov (C) Russia RB (1982-09-28) September 28, 1982 (age 42) 1.78 67 Krylia Sovetov
3 Bruno Alves Portugal CB (1981-11-27) November 27, 1981 (age 43) 1.89 83 Portugal Porto
4 Domenico Criscito Italy LB (1986-12-30) December 30, 1986 (age 37) 1.83 75 Italy Genoa
5 Fernando Meira Portugal CB (1978-06-05) June 5, 1978 (age 46) 1.90 85 Turkey Galatasaray
6 Nicolas Lombaerts Belgium CB / LB (1985-03-20) March 20, 1985 (age 39) 1.88 83 Belgium Gent
14 Tomáš Hubočan Slovakia LB / RB (1985-09-17) September 17, 1985 (age 39) 1.83 74 Slovakia Žilina
21 Nicolás Peñailillo Chile LB (1991-06-13) June 13, 1991 (age 33) 1.84 75 Chile Everton
24 Aleksandar Luković Serbia LB / CB (1982-10-23) October 23, 1982 (age 42) 1.85 83 Italy Udinese
Midfielders
10 Danny Portugal AM (1983-08-07) August 7, 1983 (age 41) 1.78 70 Dynamo
15 Roman Shirokov Russia CM / AM / DM (1981-07-06) July 6, 1981 (age 43) 1.87 83 Khimki
18 Konstantin Zyryanov Russia LM / CM (1977-10-05) October 5, 1977 (age 47) 1.76 72 Torpedo
20 Viktor Fayzulin Russia CM (1986-04-22) April 22, 1986 (age 38) 1.76 72 Spartak Nalchik
23 Szabolcs Huszti Hungary RM / LM (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983 (age 41) 1.73 73 Germany Hannover 96
25 Sergei Semak Russia DM / CM (1976-02-27) February 27, 1976 (age 48) 1.78 73 Rubin
27 Igor Denisov Russia CM / DM (1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 40) 1.76 70 Youth System
34 Vladimir Bystrov Russia RM (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 (age 40) 1.77 73 Youth System
57 Aleksei Ionov Russia AM / CM (1989-02-18) February 18, 1989 (age 35) 1.77 68 Youth System
98 Sergei Petrov Russia CM (1991-01-02) January 2, 1991 (age 33) 1.74 63 Youth System
Forwards
8 Danko Lazović Serbia ST / LW (1983-05-17) May 17, 1983 (age 41) 1.84 80 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
9 Aleksandr Bukharov Russia CF / ST (1985-03-12) March 12, 1985 (age 39) 1.93 92 Rubin
11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Russia ST (1982-11-27) November 27, 1982 (age 42) 1.76 76 Youth System

Season Events

Preseason

Following the club's double in manager Luciano Spalletti's first season, Zenit made several moves in the winter. First, the loan deal of former Zenit youth player Anton Sosnin to Krylia Sovetov Samara was made permanent, and Yevgeni Starikov's loan to Tom Tomsk was renewed.[1][2] Second, after a very successful 14-goal season with Tom and Rubin Kazan, striker Sergei Kornilenko made his return to the club. On 14 January, Croatian defender Ivica Križanac, who had been with the club for the past six seasons and appeared in 100 Russian Premier League matches, was released by the club prior to his contract expiring in the summer of 2011.[3]

On 15 January, the club departed for Dubai, United Arab Emirates with 22 players for the first preseason training session. However, 19-year-old striker Maksim Kanunnikov, who was a popular first-team substitute early in 2010 prior to the arrival of Aleksandr Bukharov, did not make the trip and was loaned to Tom Tomsk on 17 January until July 2012.[4] The club also hosted the annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup and were represented by youth team players. After qualifying for the knock-out round, Zenit defeated HJK Helsinki 2–1 in the quarterfinal thanks to a double by 19-year-old Stanislav Matyash before being eliminated by eventual champions Inter Baku in the semifinal.

On 29 January, Italian Alessandro Rosina was loaned to Serie A side A.C. Cesena until July 2011.[5] On the final day of the English transfer window, striker Sergei Kornilenko was once again sent on loan, this time to Blackpool for the remainder of the 2010–11 Premier League season.[6]

Match World Cup

In Dubai, the club participated in the 2011 Match World Cup, a friendly tournament including league winners from Europe and Asia. Zenit were drawn alongside defending Gambrunus liga champions Sparta Prague and defending Hazfi Cup winners, Persepolis of Iran. In the opening match against Sparta Prague, Zenit was fueled by a first-minute strike by Aleksandr Kerzhakov as the blue-whites cruised to a 3–0 victory.[7]

Two days later, Kerzhakov had Zenit off and running against Persepolis with a seventh-minute goal, and 34-year-old Sergei Semak added the finishing touches in the second half with an open-net goal.[8] With six points earned from two group stage matches, Zenit earned a date with Asia's Club of the 20th Century, Al-Hilal in the championship.

After a first half stalemate at the Al-Maktoum Stadium, Szabolcs Huszti finally broke the match open with a 63rd-minute strike. But Al-Hilal would not go quietly. Zenit substitute Danko Lazović was sent off in extra time and Romanian Mirel Rădoi scored in the 93rd minute for Al-Hilal to send the match to penalties. From the spot kicks, the Arabian side were perfect from all four shooters, while both Roman Shirokov and Fernando Meira were off the mark for Zenit, eventually falling 4–1 on penalties.[9]

March

Only days before the start of the new season, Zenit signed 19-year-old Chilean left-back Nicolás Peñailillo on a loan deal from Everton de Viña del Mar.[10]

Zenit opened their 2011-12 Russian Premier League campaign on March 13 against Terek where Serbian Danko Lazović delivered the only goal of the match in a 1-0 Zenit victory. It took only 14 minutes for Danny to pick out Lazović with a cross and goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev made several excellent saves to deny new Terek manager Ruud Gullit his first points in Russia. After falling to Twente in the Europa League, the club was hit with tragedy on a personal level when they learned of the death of Vyacheslav Malafeev's wife Marina, who was killed in a car crash on March 17, 2011.[11] Three days later, the club played it's first home match of the season against an inspired Anzhi side led by former Brazilian international and Real Madrid left-back Roberto Carlos. Zenit midfielder Roman Shirokov opened the scoring just four minutes in and then just seconds before half-time, Lazović scored his second of the season to put the sine-byelo-goluboy up 2-0, a scoreline that would hold up for Luciano Spalletti's second victory of the year.

Roberto Carlos incident

Following the match on March 20, Brazilian media reported that Anzhi captain Roberto Carlos was racially abused by a Zenit fan as the two teams took the field. A picture surfaced that revealed the fan offering a banana to the 37-year-old as he entered the pitch, however Russian journalist Boris Bogdanov argued against the allegations of racism, citing that the picture was taken at an "unfavorable angle" and it could not be known for sure if his intention was to offend. Even though there had been incidents of banana-throwing in Saint Petersburg before, there were none during the Anzhi match or any other sort of incident.[12] Carlos, who initially stated, "In my 37 years I have seen everything, I'm not going to be upset after seeing a banana," and that it didn't make him feel uncomfortable, later demanded action from the RFU.[13]

On April 7, the RFU fined Zenit €7,400 and the club claimed it had banned the offending fan for life.[14]

April

After a perfect start to the new season, the club travelled to Nalchik to face a Spartak side that had exceeded all expectations by finishing 6th in 2010 and once more, Sergei Tashuev's squad proved to be worthy competition. Despite an early strike from Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Spartak leveled the score on 60 minutes. Danko Lazović then scored his 3rd goal in three matches in the 80th minute, which appeared to be the winner before 25-year-old Roman Kontsedalov brought the home side back on even terms again. For the sixth time in seven league matches, Spartak had scored multiple goals against Zenit and Spalletti's side left with a 2-2 draw.

On April 10, Zenit hosted fellow powerhouse CSKA in a highly anticipated duel at the Petrovsky Stadium. The match ended 1-1 however, the official result awarded a 3-0 victory to CSKA. According to the league regulations, every team has to put at least one player with a Russian citizenship born in 1990 or later on their game roster in every game (even if the player in question stays on the bench). If there is no such player or players, the team guilty is punished by the victory being awarded to their opponent and a fine. In the game Zenit did not have such a player in their lineup. The youngest player was born in 1989. After the game, Russian Football Union president Sergei Fursenko said that Zenit would likely be awarded a defeat for breaking the regulations.[15] Zenit manager Luciano Spalletti said after the game that they did this intentionally, as they were told it is punishable by a fine only, and the team was ready to pay the fine. They have done the same thing in the 2010 season and fine was the only punishment.[16] However, the regulations were updated in December 2010, and the current exact language of Article 109 of the Disciplinary Regulations of the RFU states it is punishable by "a defeat awarded and a fine", not "a defeat awarded or a fine".[17] Zenit was awarded a defeat by the RFU on April 13.[18] Zenit removed Vladislav Radimov, who as team director was responsible for filing the game roster with the league, from his position to the reserve team's assistant coach position, with a reduction in salary. Zenit's lawyer was punished by the club by having his bonus cancelled.

Following the RFU decision, the Premier League further decided that the goals scored by Mark González and Konstantin Zyryanov would not count for their scoring totals, but the yellow cards received in the game would count for disciplinary purposes.[19]

Following the events of April 10, Zenit closed out the month strong with resounding victories over Amkar (3-1) and Krylia Sovetov (3-0). After a double against Krylia Sovetov, Danko Lazović had run his scoring total to 5 goals in 6 matches.

May

Zenit hit a brick wall on their first trip to Krasnodar, failing to score against the newly-promoted Bulls. The club could not pick up full points in either of their next two matches either, drawing with Rubin Kazan and Lokomotiv. An early low point then came on May 21 as the club traveled to Tomsk. Tom took an early lead off former Zenit youth star Yevgeni Starikov's 37th minute goal. Another youngster Aleksei Ionov leveled the score for Zenit just four minutes later, but it was ultimately 23-year-old Pavel Golyshev who had the last laugh as he secured a 2-1 victory for Tomsk. The tally was Golyshev's 6th of the season.

To finish off the month before a week of international break, Zenit would have to face arch-rival Spartak Moscow. After a heated first half-hour of play, it was Lazović to the rescue once more, putting Zenit ahead in the 37th minute with a clever penalty. The goal seemed to open the game up considerably and Aleksandr Kerzhakov netted a double in the second half, with the first of the two coming off an artful one-time shot.

June

After the club's most resounding victory of the season on June 14, a 4-0 win over FC Rostov, Portuguese midfielder Danny signed a contract extension to remain with Zenit until 2015.[20]

Several days later, following the club's 2-0 victory over Volga, star striker Danko Lazović was tasered by police for giving his jersey to a fan in the crowd. "I just went to give my jersey to the fans after the match, when a police officer appeared behind me and tasered me in the back with his electric shocker. I don't know why that happened. Maybe he thought that I was one of the fans," explained Lazović on Zenit's official website, while the club itself vented it's anger against the actions of the police.[21]

Just after entering the Russian Premier League's one-month summer break, the club signed Italian left-back Domenico Criscito from Genoa C.F.C. for a sum of €11m. [22]

Statistics

Starting XI

4-2-3-1 Formation

Last updated: 11 June 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Field

As of 26 June 2011

No. Pos. Name League Cup Super Cup Europe Total Discipline
App Min A PTS App Min A App Min A App Min A App Min A Yellow card Red card
2 DF Russia Aleksandr Anyukov 13 1170 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1260 0 3 3 0
3 DF Portugal Bruno Alves 14 1260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1350 0 0 3 0
5 DF Portugal Fernando Meira 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 91 0 0 0 0
6 DF Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts 14 1260 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1260 0 1 3 0
8 FW Serbia Danko Lazović 14 957 9 2 11 0 0 0 0 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1012 9 2 0 0
9 FW Russia Aleksandr Bukharov 13 446 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 446 2 0 2 0
10 MF Portugal Danny 13 987 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1077 2 4 3 0
11 FW Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov 12 964 7 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 964 7 4 2 0
14 DF Slovakia Tomáš Hubočan 9 753 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 753 0 0 3 0
15 MF Russia Roman Shirokov 3 270 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 360 1 0 0 0
18 MF Russia Konstantin Zyryanov 15 1209 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1299 1 0 2 0
20 MF Russia Viktor Fayzulin 11 433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 433 0 0 1 1
23 MF Hungary Szabolcs Huszti 11 351 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 360 1 1 1 0
24 DF Serbia Aleksandar Luković 9 810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 900 0 0 4 0
25 MF Russia Sergei Semak 6 433 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 82 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 515 0 2 0 0
27 MF Russia Igor Denisov 13 1170 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1260 0 1 2 0
50 DF Russia Igor Cheminava 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 180 0 0 1 0
57 MF Russia Aleksei Ionov 15 867 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 903 4 0 1 0
98 MF Russia Sergei Petrov 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 0 0

Goalkeeping

As of 26 June 2011

No. Pos. Name League Cup Super Cup Europe Total Discipline
App Min GA AVG SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV Yellow card Red card
16 GK Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev 15 1316 8 0.533 47 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1406 8 47 1 0
30 GK Belarus Yuri Zhevnov 1 34 1 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 1 1 0 0

Transfers

Ownership

Loan

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11 and List of Russian football transfers summer 2011

Matches

Russian Premier League

13 March 2011 1 Terek 0 – 1 Zenit Grozny, Chechnya
18:30 MST Rodrigo Tiuí Yellow card 90' Report Lazović 14' Yellow card 74'
Huszti Yellow card 82'
Zyryanov Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev
20 March 2011 2 Zenit 2 – 0 Anzhi Saint Petersburg
16:30 MST Shirokov 6'
Ionov Yellow card 37'
Lazović 45'		 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
3 April 2011 3 Spartak Nalchik 2 – 2 Zenit Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
11:00 MST Jovanović Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 67'
Zahirović 60'
Kontsedalov 88'		 Report Kerzhakov 7' Yellow card 34'
Luković Yellow card 26'
Lazović Yellow card 56' 80'
Bruno Alves Yellow card 62'
Danny Yellow card 74'
Lombaerts Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
10 April 2011 4 Zenit 0 - 31 CSKA Saint Petersburg
15:30 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
17 April 2011 5 Amkar 1 – 3 Zenit Perm, Perm Krai
12:15 MST Sirakov Yellow card 4'
Novaković Yellow card 19'
Cherenchikov Yellow card 36'
Mikhalyov 90'		 Report Ionov 20'
Danny 24'
Luković Yellow card 38'
Bukharov 80'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev
24 April 2011 6 Zenit 3 – 0 Krylia Sovetov Saint Petersburg
16:45 MST Kerzhakov 11'
Hubočan Yellow card 25'
Zyryanov Yellow card 52'
Lazović 81, 86'		 Report Priyomov Yellow card 37' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,650
Referee: Sergey Karasev
1 May 2011 7 Krasnodar 0 – 0 Zenit Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
16:30 MST Gogniyev Yellow card 12'
Tubić Yellow card 34'
Martynovich Yellow card 45'		 Report Anyukov Yellow card 70'
Danny Yellow card 89'
Lazović Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
8 May 2011 8 Zenit 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg
20:30 MST Lombaerts Yellow card 21'
Lazović Yellow card 51' 65' (pen.)		 Report Guilherme Yellow card 35'
Yanbaev Yellow card 43'
Ďurica Yellow card 47'
Maicon Yellow card 51' 68'
Ivanov Yellow card 51'
Ibričić Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
14 May 2011 9 Zenit 2 – 2 Rubin Saint Petersburg
16:00 MST Danny 9'
Anyukov Yellow card 11'
Bukharov Yellow card 51'
Kerzhakov 71'		 Report Gökdeniz 19'
Medvedev 31'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
21 May 2011 10 Tom 2 – 1 Zenit Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast
11:45 MST Starikov 37'
Golyshev 52'		 Report Lazović Yellow card 25'
Ionov 41'
Anyukov Yellow card 69'
Bruno Alves Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Trud Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Almir Kayumov
30 May 2011 11 Zenit 3 – 0 Spartak Saint Petersburg
16:00 MST Kerzhakov Yellow card 11' 67, 88'
Hubočan Yellow card 26'
Lazović 37' (pen.)
Fayzulin Yellow card 81'
Bruno Alves Yellow card 84'		 Report Kudryashov Yellow card 36'
Suchý Yellow card 41'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
10 June 2011 12 Dynamo 1 – 1 Zenit Moscow
20:00 MST Semshov Yellow card 15'
Kokorin Yellow card 40'
Wilkshire Yellow card 56'
Voronin Yellow card 68'
Sapeta Yellow card 76'
Samedov Yellow card 81' 90'		 Report Luković Yellow card 14'
Hubočan Yellow card 59'
Lombaerts Yellow card 70'
Fayzulin Yellow card 73'
Lazović 82'
Malafeev Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 13,734
Referee: Igor Egorov
14 June 2011 13 Zenit 4 – 0 Rostov Saint Petersburg
18:45 MST Ionov 1'
Lazović 40'
Huszti 72'
Bukharov 90'		 Report Khokhlov Yellow card 20'
Adamov Yellow card 65'
Khagush Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,081
Referee: Almir Kayumov
18 June 2011 14 Volga 0 – 2 Zenit Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
18:45 MST Bendz Yellow card 13'
Gogua Yellow card 72'
Getigezhev Yellow card 90'		 Report Kerzhakov 9, 19'
Cheminava Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Aleksei Eskov
22 June 2011 15 Zenit 1 – 0 Kuban Saint Petersburg
21:00 MST Luković Yellow card 25'
Zyryanov 35'		 Report A. Kozlov Yellow card 20' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
26 June 2011 16 Zenit 0 – 0 Terek Saint Petersburg
18:45 MST Bukharov Yellow card 86' Report Gvazava Yellow card 22'
Antonio Ferreira Yellow card 86'
Dzhanaev Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
24 July 2011 17 Anzhi v Zenit Makhachkala, Dagestan
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
31 July 2011 18 Zenit v Spartak Nalchik Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
6 August 2011 19 CSKA v Zenit Moscow
Stadium: Arena Khimki
14 August 2011 20 Zenit v Amkar Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
20 August 2011 21 Krylia Sovetov v Zenit Samara, Samara Oblast
Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
28 August 2011 22 Zenit v Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
10 September 2011 23 Lokomotiv v Zenit Moscow
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
17 September 2011 24 Rubin v Zenit Kazan, Tatarstan
Stadium: Central Stadium
24 September 2011 25 Zenit v Tom Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
2 October 2011 26 Spartak v Zenit Moscow
Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
15 October 2011 27 Zenit v Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
23 October 2011 28 Rostov v Zenit Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast
Stadium: Olimp – 2
28 October 2011 29 Zenit v Volga Saint Petersburg
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
6 November 2011 30 Kuban v Zenit Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Notes
  • The match originally ended 1-1 but was awarded by the FA 0-3 due to Zenit fielding an ineligible player.

Table

Template:2011–12 Russian Premier League Table

Preseason

22 January 2011 Match World Cup Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0 – 3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Řepka Yellow card 35'
Vacek Yellow card 72'
Kušnír Yellow card 79'		 Report Kerzhakov 1'
Ionov 34'
Rosina Yellow card 38'
Bruno Alves 74'
Lazović Yellow card 78'
Fayzulin Yellow card 80'
Zyryanov Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
24 January 2011 Match World Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 – 0 Iran Persepolis Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Kerzhakov 8'
Bruno Alves Yellow card 34'
Denisov Yellow card 72'
Semak 79'
Rosina Yellow card 80'
Gigolayev Yellow card 89'		 Report Zare Yellow card 44' Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
26 January 2011 Final Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1 – 1
(1 – 4 p)		 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Denisov Yellow card 21'
Huszti 62'
Kerzhakov Yellow card 78'
Lazović Yellow card 80' Yellow-red card 90'		 Report Rădoi Yellow card 20'
Nami Yellow card 22'
Al-Marshedi Yellow card 68'
Rădoi 90'		 Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Penalties
Luković soccer ball with check mark
Shirokov soccer ball with red X
Meira soccer ball with red X		 Rădoi soccer ball with check mark
Al-Shalhoub soccer ball with check mark
Al-Mehyani soccer ball with check mark
Hawsawi soccer ball with check mark
28 January 2011 Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1 – 1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Jebel Ali, UAE
15:00 MST Pshenychnykh 85' Report Lazović 43' (pen.)
3 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 – 1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST Huszti 13'
Huszti Yellow card 67'
Starikov 75'		 Report Vitanov Yellow card 19'
Y. Bengelloun Yellow card 66'
Zlatinski 72'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
5 February 2011 Marbella Cup Polonia Warszawa Poland 1 – 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Marbella, Spain
16:00 MST Smolarek 9'
 Report Kerzhakov Yellow card 24'
Denisov Yellow card 67'
Ionov Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
8 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1 – 2 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST Fayzulin Yellow card 17'
Lazović 38' (pen.)		 Report Abena 43'
Kušnír Yellow card 48'
Lačný 52'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
13 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 0 – 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Marbella, Spain
19:00 MST Report Yussuf Yellow card 40'
Eremenko Yellow card 53'
Danilo Silva Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

2011 CIS Cup

Group Stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
Estonia Flora Tallinn 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Turkmenistan Balkan 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
15 January 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1 – 0 Estonia Flora Tallinn Saint Petersburg, Russia
S. Petrov 25'
Murikhin Yellow card 60'
Cheminava Red card 62'		 Report Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 4,500
16 January 2011 Shakhtsyor Salihorsk Belarus 1 – 1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MST Kirenkin Yellow card 26'
Grenkov Yellow card 45'
Alumona 78'		 Report Tsyganov 83' Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 5,300
18 January 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 – 0 Turkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MST Murikhin 33'
Tsyganov 84'		 Report Sarkisov Yellow card 24'
Meredov Yellow card 68'
Garakhanov Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 2,000

Knockout phase

19 January 2011 Quarter-final Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 – 1 Finland HJK Helsinki Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 MST Batov Yellow card 6'
Sirotov Yellow card 43'
Matyash 62, 65'
Mogilevets Yellow card 75'
Zinkov Yellow card 86'		 Report Ring Yellow card 20'
Kastrati Yellow card 63'
Yobe Yellow card 78'
Parikka 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vitaliy Meshkov
21 January 2011 Semi-final Inter Baku Azerbaijan 5 – 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00 MST Karlsons 3, 15, 54'
Zlatinov 7'
Levin Yellow card 27'
Chertoganov Yellow card 30'
Amiraslanov 70'		 Report Kostin Yellow card 45' Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev


Russian Cup

01 March 2011 Round of 16 Anzhi Makhachkala 2 – 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Grozny
18:00 Agalarov 22'
D. Ivanov 90'		 Report Huszti 12' (pen.)
Danny 67'
Lazović 83'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Almir Kayumov

Anzhi's home stadium in Makhachkala was ruled not fit for the game due to weather conditions.

20 April 2011 Quarter-finals Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 2 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
20:00 Report Doumbia 41'
Ignashevich 58' (pen)		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Russian Super Cup

06 March 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 0 CSKA Moscow Krasnodar, Russia
13:00 MST Ionov 57' Report Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev

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  2. ^ a b ""Томь" выкупила трансфер Евгения Старикова".
  3. ^ a b "Ivica Križanac is leaving Zenit".
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  8. ^ "Dubai cup. 3-й тур. «Зенит» обыграл «Персеполис», «Аль-Хилаль» обыграл «Жилину»". sports.ru.
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