2009 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008-09 season
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerAnatoli Davydov
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Premier League3rd
09–10 Russian CupProgressed to 2010 season
2008–09 UEFA CupRound of 16 vs Udinese
2009–10 UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round vs Nacional
Top goalscorerLeague: Fatih Tekke (8)
All: Fatih Tekke (10)
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The 2009 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fifteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit finished third in the Russian Premier League, progressed to the quarterfinal of the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reached the round of 16 in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the playoff round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Squad

As of match played 29 November 2009[1]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age)[N 1] Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Kamil Čontofalský Slovakia GK (1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 31) Bohemians 1905 2003 76 0
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev Russia GK (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 30) Trainee 1999 311 0
22 Dmitri Borodin Russia GK (1977-10-08)8 October 1977 (aged 32) Anzhi Makhachkala 2009 0 0
51 Vladimir Mukhin Russia GK (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
90 Nikolai Zabolotny Russia GK (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
91 Andrei Zaytsev Russia GK (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Defenders
2 Aleksandr Anyukov Russia DF (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 27) Krylia Sovetov 2005 168 9
3 Fernando Meira Portugal DF (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 27) Galatasaray 2009 26 1
4 Ivica Križanac Croatia DF (1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 30) Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 2005 127 6
5 Kim Dong-jin South Korea DF (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 27) Seoul 2006 86 4
6 Nicolas Lombaerts Belgium DF (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 24) KAA Gent 2007 44 4
14 Tomáš Hubočan Slovakia DF (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 24) MŠK Žilina 2008 28 0
37 Dmitri Grebenev Russia DF (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
50 Igor Cheminava Russia DF (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
55 Yan Bobrovsky Russia DF (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 20) Trainee 2007 0 0
65 Yuriy Boyev Russia DF (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Midfielders
10 Danny Portugal MF (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 26) Dynamo Moscow 2008 25 8
11 Radek Šírl Czech Republic MF (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 28) Sparta Prague 2003 183 7
15 Roman Shirokov Russia MF (1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 28) Khimki 2008 67 4
17 Alessandro Rosina Italy MF (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 25) Torino 2009 12 2
18 Konstantin Zyryanov Russia MF (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 32) Torpedo Moscow 2007 122 27
20 Viktor Fayzulin Russia MF (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 23) Spartak Nalchik 2008 59 8
21 Igor Semshov Russia MF (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 31) Dynamo Moscow 2009 34 9
23 Szabolcs Huszti Hungary MF (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 26) Hannover 96 2009 27 3
27 Igor Denisov Russia MF (1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 25) Trainee 2002 224 27
30 Pavel Komolov Russia MF (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 20) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2006 0 0
34 Vladimir Bystrov Russia MF (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 25) Spartak Moscow 2009 96 16
35 Anton Sosnin Russia MF (1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
47 Basel Abdoulfattakh Russia MF (1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
53 Pavel Mochalin Russia MF (1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 20) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
57 Aleksei Ionov Russia MF (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 20) Trainee 2007 20 1
59 Sergey Vasetsky Russia MF (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
69 Yevgeni Bashkirov Russia MF (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
75 Ilya Sagdatullin Russia MF (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
77 Alexander Petrov Russia MF (1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
80 Maxim Batov Russia MF (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
92 Nikita Bocharov Russia MF (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
96 Roland Gigolayev Russia MF (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 19) Yunost Vladikavkaz 2005 0 0
98 Sergei Petrov Russia MF (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Forwards
9 Fatih Tekke Turkey FW (1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 32) Trabzonspor 2006 92 29
19 Sergei Kornilenko Belarus FW (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (aged 26) Tom Tomsk 2009 18 1
31 Vitali Galysh Russia FW (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
33 Pavel Ignatovich Russia FW (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 20) Trainee 2007 2 0
36 Stanislav Matyash Russia FW (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
70 Vyacheslav Sushkin Russia FW (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
71 Sergei Kostin Russia FW (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
73 Stanislav Murikhin Russia FW (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0
79 Andrei Ornat Russia FW (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
87 Eugene Starikov United States FW (1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 21) Bradenton Academics 2009 0 0
88 Mateja Kežman Serbia FW (1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 30) loan from Paris Saint-Germain 2009 10 2
99 Maksim Kanunnikov Russia FW (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 1 0
Out on loan
28 Sébastien Puygrenier France DF (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 27) Nancy 2008 14 1
32 Artyom Kulesha Russia DF (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
34 Aleksandr Khokhlov Russia DF (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 21) Trainee 2006 1 0
37 German Pyatnikov Russia MF (1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 21) Trainee 2006 0 0
41 Mikhail Kerzhakov Russia GK (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 22) Youth Team 2004 0 0
48 Nikita Kolesnikov Russia MF (1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 21) Trainee 2007 0 0
Left during the season
8 Pavel Pogrebnyak Russia FW (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 26) Tom Tomsk 2007 97 30
44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Ukraine MF (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 30) Shakhtar Donetsk 2007 100 18
  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

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
28 DF France FRA Sébastien Puygrenier (at AS Monaco)
32 DF Russia RUS Artyom Kulesha (at Smena-Zenit)
34 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Khokhlov (at Kuban Krasnodar)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF Russia RUS German Pyatnikov (at Smena-Zenit)
41 GK Russia RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volgar Astrakhan)
48 MF Russia RUS Nikita Kolesnikov (at Smena-Zenit)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Winter 2009 GK Russia Dmitri Borodin Anzhi Makhachkala Undisclosed
Winter 2009 MF Russia Maxim Batov Youth Team Promoted
Winter 2009 MF Russia Nikita Bocharov Youth Team Promoted
Winter 2009 FW Russia Stanislav Murikhin Youth Team Promoted
2 February 2009 MF Hungary Szabolcs Huszti Hannover 96 Undisclosed [2]
11 March 2009 DF Portugal Fernando Meira Galatasaray Undisclosed [3]
Summer 2009 MF Russia Vladimir Bystrov Spartak Moscow Undisclosed
Summer 2009 FW Belarus Sergei Kornilenko Tom Tomsk Undisclosed
31 July 2009 MF Italy Alessandro Rosina Torino Undisclosed [4]
31 August 2009 FW Serbia Mateja Kežman Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed [5]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
Winter 2009 MF South Korea Lee Ho Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Undisclosed
Winter 2009 FW Russia Yevgeni Izvekov Yelets Undisclosed
Winter 2009 FW Russia Yegor Okorokov Smena-Zenit Undisclosed
3 February 2009 MF Russia Andrey Arshavin Arsenal Undisclosed [6]
12 March 2009 MF Argentina Alejandro Domínguez Rubin Kazan Undisclosed
1 July 2009 MF Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Bayern Munich Undisclosed [7]
1 August 2009 FW Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak VfB Stuttgart Undisclosed [8]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
Winter 2009 DF Russia Aleksandr Khokhlov Kuban Krasnodar
Winter 2009 DF Russia Artyom Kulesha Smena-Zenit
Winter 2009 DF Russia Ivan Lapin Rostov
Winter 2009 MF Russia Nikita Kolesnikov Smena-Zenit
Winter 2009 MF Russia German Pyatnikov Smena-Zenit
15 January 2009 DF France Sébastien Puygrenier Bolton Wanderers Summer 2009 [9]
Summer 2009 DF France Sébastien Puygrenier AS Monaco Winter 2010

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
Winter 2009 DF Russia Yuriy Vorobyov
Winter 2009 FW Russia Dmitri Nechayev
28 August 2009[10] MF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen Fortuna Sittard 2 December 2010 [11]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 15 March 2009 29 November 2009 Matchday 1 3rd 30 15 9 6 48 27 +21 050.00
Russian Cup 15 July 2009 see 2010 season Round of 32 Round of 16 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
UEFA Cup 18 February 2009 19 March 2009 Round of 32 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 075.00
UEFA Europa League 20 August 2009 27 August 2009 Playoff Round Playoff Round 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 38 20 10 8 61 37 +24 052.63

Last updated: 29 November 2009
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2009 Russian Premier League

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWDDWLWLLWDWLDDLWDWWWWWWDLWDW
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2009. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

15 March 2009 1 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Saenko 2'
Bystrov Yellow card 51'
Parshivlyuk Yellow card 52'		 Report Pogrebnyak 17'
Tymoshchuk Yellow card 31'
Denisov Yellow card 53'
Fayzulin Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
22 March 2009 2 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 Saturn Ramenskoye Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Križanac 9'
Tekke 66'Yellow card 88'		 Report Topić 36'
Evseev Yellow card 39'
Zelão Yellow card 42'
Okoronkwo Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Almir Kayumov
5 April 2009 3 Tom Tomsk 0 – 3 Zenit St. Petersburg Tomsk
11:45 MSK (UTC+4) Smirnov Yellow card 24'
Klimov Yellow card 33'
Yevsikov Yellow card 39'
Ivanov Yellow card 70'		 Report Kim Yellow card 40'
Meira 54'
Denisov 60'
Tekke 82'		 Stadium: Trud Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
12 April 2009 4 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 0 Amkar Perm Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4) Meira Yellow card 75' Report Cherenchikov Yellow card 4'
Novaković Yellow card 45'
Belorukov Yellow card 63'
Narubin Yellow card 79'
Sirakov Yellow card 83'
Drinčić Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
19 April 2009 5 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Odemwingie Yellow card 25'
Dujmović Yellow card 44'
Rodolfo 70'Yellow card 79'
Baša Red card 79'
Čech Yellow card 88'		 Report Tymoshchuk Yellow card 50'
Križanac Yellow card 52'
Kim 58'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 17,102
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
25 April 2009 6 Zenit St. Petersburg 4 – 2 Khimki Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4) Trivunović 8' (o.g.)
Kim Yellow card 18'
Semshov 28'
Danny Yellow card 58'
Tekke 63'
Pogrebnyak 88'		 Report Kozhanov Yellow card 13' Yellow-red card 15'
Budyanskiy Yellow card 17'
Maksimov 45'
Zinovyev Yellow card 53'
Samsonov Yellow card 69'
Antipenko 81'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vyacheslav Harlamov
3 May 2009 7 Rostov 2 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Rostov-on-Don
15:15 MSK (UTC+4) Akimov 53'
Rozhkov Yellow card 60'
Astafyev Yellow card 69'
Gațcan 85'		 Report Meira Yellow card 75'
Pogrebnyak 83' (pen.)
Tekke Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 90+'
Križanac Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Olimp-2
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Ildus Biglov
10 May 2009 8 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 Krylia Sovetov Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4) Semshov Yellow card 27'
Denisov Yellow card 49'
Zyryanov 57'
Pogrebnyak 69'
Tymoshchuk Yellow card 90+'		 Report Ajinjal Yellow card 67'
Koller Yellow card 87'
Bobyor Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
17 May 2009 9 CSKA Moscow 2 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4) Maâzou 32'
Šemberas Yellow card 59'
Erkin Yellow card 65'
Love 85' (pen.)
Carvalho Yellow card 90'		 Report Semshov 54'
Hubočan Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 21,700
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
24 May 2009 10 Dynamo Moscow 1 – 0 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Kolodin Yellow card 59'
Ropotan Yellow card 69'
Khokhlov 84'
Gabulov Yellow card 90+'
D.Kombarov Yellow card 90+'		 Report Denisov Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 90+'
Tymoshchuk Yellow card 57'
Anyukov Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 11,160
Referee: Eduard Malyi
30 May 2009 11 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 Kuban Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Semshov 38'
Zyryanov 45'
Anyukov Yellow card 61'
Šírl Yellow card 76'
Semshov Yellow card 79'		 Report Zaseev Yellow card 6'
Kaita Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev
14 June 2009 12 Spartak Nalchik 2 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg Nalchik
19:0 MSK (UTC+4) Gogua Yellow card 28'
Geteriev 44', 49'		 Report Semshov 32'
Huszti Yellow card 54'
Anyukov 63'
Križanac Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov
12 July 2009 13 Zenit St. Petersburg 1 – 0 Moscow Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Kim Yellow card 49'
Križanac 56'Yellow card 76'
Meira Yellow card 57'		 Report Česnauskis Yellow card 32'
Okoronkwo Yellow card 75'
Tarasov Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eduard Malyi
19 July 2009 14 Terek Grozny 3 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg Grozny
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Georgiev 22'
Gvazava Yellow card 23'
Kobenko Yellow card 26'
Pancu Yellow card 31'
Lakhiyalov 57'
Iliev 90'Yellow card 90'		 Report Ionov Yellow card 9'
Pogrebnyak Yellow card 30' 75'
Huszti 72'
Denisov Yellow card 90+'
Meira Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Almir Kayumov
25 July 2009 15 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 0 Rubin Kazan Saint Petersburg
18:45 MSK (UTC+4) Huszti Yellow card 10'
Anyukov Yellow card 17'
Fayzulin Yellow card 75'		 Report Navas Yellow card 33'
Noboa Yellow card 48'
Kvirkvelia Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 63'
Adamov Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
2 August 2009 16 Saturn Ramenskoye 2 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg Ramenskoye
17:15 MSK (UTC+4) Kuzmichyov Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 84'
Kirichenko 15' (pen.)
Zelão Yellow card 76'
Nakhushev 85'		 Report Križanac Yellow card 14'
Kornilenko 28'
Shirokov 54'
Kim Yellow card 58'
Meira Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Sergei Karasev
9 August 2009 17 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 2 Tom Tomsk Saint Petersburg
16:15 MSK (UTC+4) Report Kharitonov Yellow card 24' 67'
Jokić 48'
Stroyev Yellow card 54'
Dyadyun Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
15 August 2009 18 Amkar Perm 2 – 4 Zenit St. Petersburg Perm
MSK (UTC+4) Kushev 2', 14'Yellow card 37'
Carlos Yellow card 24'
Grishin Yellow card 33'
Cherenchikov Yellow card 38'
Sirakov Yellow card 71'
Kalashnikov Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card 87'		 Report Denisov Yellow card 2'
Semshov 28', 75'
Lombaerts 34'
Huszti 53'
Hubočan Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Ildus Biglov
23 August 2009 19 Zenit St. Petersburg 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Tekke 28'
Zyryanov Yellow card 33'
Kim Yellow card 90+'		 Report Wágner 9'
Yanbayev Yellow card 55'
Bilyaletdinov Yellow card 52'
Rodolfo Yellow card 52'
Torbinski Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
30 August 2008 20 Khimki 0 – 4 Zenit St. Petersburg Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Gapon Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 57'
Romaschenko Yellow card 44'
Sansoni Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 78'		 Report Tekke 24'
Bystrov 49'
Rosina 67'
Zinovyev 90+' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Rodina Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
13 September 2009 21 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 Rostov Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4) Meira Yellow card 40'
Zyryanov 45'
Anyukov Yellow card 68'
Bystrov 78'Yellow card 88'
Semshov Yellow card 89'		 Report Anđelković Yellow card 10'
Lebedenko Yellow card 45+'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev
20 September 2009 22 Krylia Sovetov 0 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+4) Taranov Yellow card 10'
Ignatyev Yellow card 48'
Leilton Yellow card 81'		 Report Bystrov 14'
Semshov Yellow card 67'
Denisov Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
26 September 2009 23 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Kežman Yellow card 33' 45+1'
Huszti Yellow card 36'
Bystrov Yellow card 49' 87'
Meira Yellow card 77'		 Report Krasić Yellow card 20'
Guilherme Yellow card 38'
González Yellow card 49'
Šemberas Yellow card 60'
Dzagoev Yellow card 71'
Berezutski Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
4 October 2009 24 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 Dynamo Moscow Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4) Semshov Yellow card 46'
Tekke 59'Yellow card 89'
Kežman 62'
Križanac Yellow card 90'
Denisov Yellow card 90+'		 Report Shunin Yellow card 42'
Fernández 44'
Granat Yellow card 82'
K.Kombarov Red card 90+'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
18 October 2009 25 Kuban Krasnodar 0 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+4) Babangida Yellow card 33' Report Rosina 26'
Bystrov 49'
Šírl Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev
25 October 2009 26 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 2 Spartak Nalchik Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4) Bystrov 7'Yellow card 58'
Tekke 29'		 Report Siradze 10'Yellow card 49'
Kontsedalov Yellow card 30'
Geteriev Yellow card 45+'
Leandro 65'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,351
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
31 October 2009 27 Moscow 1 – 0 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Goore Yellow card 20'
Sheshukov 85'		 Report Denisov Yellow card 34'
Semshov Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
8 November 2009 28 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 0 Terek Grozny Saint Petersburg
16:45 MSK (UTC+4) Tekke 26'
Utsiyev 39' (o.g.)		 Report Cléber Yellow card 72'
Pancu Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
21 November 2009 29 Rubin Kazan 0 – 0 Zenit St. Petersburg Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Sharonov Yellow card 45'
Bukharov Yellow card 47'		 Report Križanac Yellow card 31'
Malafeev Yellow card 39'
Tekke Yellow card 45'
Anyukov Yellow card 45'
Zyryanov Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev
29 November 2009 30 Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 Spartak Moscow Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Huszti Yellow card 5' Yellow-red card 44'
Bystrov Yellow card 24'
Anyukov Yellow card 45'
Zyryanov 45+'
Lombaerts 50'		 Report Boyarintsev Yellow card 43'
Makeyev Yellow card 70'
Fathi 83'Yellow card 85'
Alex Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rubin Kazan (C) 30 19 6 5 62 21 +41 63 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Spartak Moscow 30 17 4 9 61 33 +28 55
3 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 15 9 6 48 27 +21 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 15 9 6 43 30 +13 54 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 CSKA Moscow 30 16 4 10 48 30 +18 52
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Russian Cup

[12]

15 July 2009 Round of 32 Torpedo Vladimir 0 – 2 Zenit St.Petersburg Vladimir
19:00 MSK (UTC+4) Vyazmikin Yellow card 53'
Trofimov Yellow card 63'
Karatygin Yellow card 76'		 Report Anyukov Yellow card 12'
Zyryanov 34'
Pogrebnyak 45+' (pen.)
Denisov Yellow card 53'
Ionov Yellow card 70'
Čontofalský Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Torpedo stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
5 August 2009 Round of 16 Zenit St.Petersburg 2 – 1 Nizhny Novgorod Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4) Rosina 39'
Anyukov Yellow card 66'
Kornilenko Yellow card 69'
Shirokov Yellow card 90+'
Križanac 97'Yellow card 98'		 Report Shpedt Yellow card 81'
Zyuzin 82'
Zemchenkov Yellow card 92'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Quarterfinal took place during the 2010 season.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup
18 February 2009 Round of 32 1st leg Zenit St.Petersburg Russia 2 – 1 Germany VfB Stuttgart Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:15 MSK (UTC+4) Huszti 2'
Šírl Yellow card 29'
Anyukov Yellow card 38'
Tymoshchuk 45+3'Yellow card 90+2'
Križanac Yellow card 60'		 Report Gómez 15'
Lanig Yellow card 36'
Magnin Yellow card 45+3'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,585
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
26 February 2009 Round of 32 2nd leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 1 – 2
(2 – 4 agg.)		 Russia Zenit St.Petersburg Stuttgart, Germany
23:45 MSK (UTC+4) Gebhart 80'
Gómez Yellow card 81'		 Report Danny Yellow card 33'
Semshov 42'
Anyukov Yellow card 44'
Huszti Yellow card 66'
Fayzulin 86'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
12 March 2009 Round of 16 1st leg Udinese Italy 2 – 0 Russia Zenit St.Petersburg Udine, Italy
23:45 MSK (UTC+4) D'Agostino Yellow card 12'
Inler Yellow card 27'
Coda Yellow card 35'
Quagliarella 85'Yellow card 90+3'
Di Natale 88' (pen.)
Domizzi Yellow card 88'		 Report Shirokov Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Denisov Yellow card 71'
Anyukov Yellow card 90+1'
Križanac Yellow card 90+2'
Tymoshchuk Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)
19 March 2009 Round of 16 2nd leg Zenit St.Petersburg Russia 1 – 0
(1 – 2 agg.)		 Italy Udinese Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Tymoshchuk 34'
Križanac Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Pepe Yellow card 45+1'
Quagliarella Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
20 August 2009 Play-off round 1st leg Nacional Portugal 4 – 3 Russia Zenit St.Petersburg Funchal, Portugal
23:30 MSK (UTC+4) Alberto 30'Yellow card 66'
Cléber Yellow card 35'
Aurélio 37'Yellow card 38'
Silva 53'
Patacas Yellow card 55'
Micael 74'		 Report Anyukov Yellow card 21'
Shirokov Yellow card 35'
Semshov 44', 55'
Meira Yellow card 79'
Tekke 90+2'		 Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
27 August 2009 Play-off round 2nd leg Zenit St.Petersburg Russia 1 – 1
(4 – 5 agg.)		 Portugal Nacional Saint Petersburg, Russia
23:45 MSK (UTC+4) Tekke 34'
Huszti Yellow card 66'
Zyryanov Yellow card 77'
Križanac Yellow card 80'
Kim Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Micael Yellow card 14' 89'
Pinto Yellow card 63'
Patacas Yellow card 66'
Lopes Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 December 2009

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Slovakia SVK Kamil Čontofalský 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Anyukov 34 1 27 1 2 0 3 0 2 0
3 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira 26 1 22 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF Croatia CRO Ivica Križanac 25 3 18 2 1+1 1 4 0 0+1 0
5 DF South Korea KOR Kim Dong-jin 21 1 17 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
6 DF Belgium BEL Nicolas Lombaerts 18 2 14+1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Turkey TUR Fatih Tekke 25 10 14+6 8 0 0 0+3 0 1+1 2
10 MF Portugal POR Danny 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Czech Republic CZE Radek Šírl 21 0 13+4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
14 DF Slovakia SVK Tomáš Hubočan 13 0 8+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF Russia RUS Roman Shirokov 28 1 9+12 1 1+1 0 3 0 2 0
16 GK Russia RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev 34 0 28 0 1 0 4 0 1 0
17 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Rosina 12 3 5+4 2 1 1 0 0 0+2 0
18 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Zyryanov 38 5 30 4 2 1 4 0 2 0
19 FW Belarus BLR Sergei Kornilenko 18 1 4+7 1 1 0 4 0 2 0
20 MF Russia RUS Viktor Fayzulin 22 1 10+6 0 0+2 0 1+3 1 0 0
21 MF Russia RUS Igor Semshov 34 9 20+6 6 2 0 3+1 1 2 2
23 MF Hungary HUN Szabolcs Huszti 27 3 12+7 2 1+1 0 3+1 1 2 0
27 MF Russia RUS Igor Denisov 34 1 28 1 2 0 3 0 1 0
33 FW Russia RUS Pavel Ignatovich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
34 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Bystrov 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Ionov 11 0 5+5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
88 FW Serbia SRB Mateja Kežman 10 2 5+5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Russia RUS Maksim Kanunnikov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
8 FW Russia RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak 20 6 13+2 5 1 1 4 0 0 0
44 MF Ukraine UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 13 2 8+2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup Europa League Total
1 FW Turkey 9 Fatih Tekke 8 0 0 2 10
2 MF Russia 21 Igor Semshov 6 0 1 2 9
3 MF Russia 34 Vladimir Bystrov 6 0 0 0 6
FW Russia 8 Pavel Pogrebnyak 5 1 0 0 6
5 MF Russia 18 Konstantin Zyryanov 4 1 0 0 5
6 DF Croatia 4 Ivica Križanac 2 1 0 0 3
MF Hungary 23 Szabolcs Huszti 2 0 1 0 3
MF Italy 17 Alessandro Rosina 2 1 0 0 3
Own goal 3 0 0 0 3
10 DF Belgium 6 Nicolas Lombaerts 2 0 0 0 2
FW Serbia 88 Mateja Kežman 2 0 0 0 2
MF Ukraine 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 0 0 2 0 2
13 MF Portugal 3 Fernando Meira 1 0 0 0 1
MF Russia 27 Igor Denisov 1 0 0 0 1
DF South Korea 5 Kim Dong-jin 1 0 0 0 1
DF Russia 2 Aleksandr Anyukov 1 0 0 0 1
FW Belarus 19 Sergei Kornilenko 1 0 0 0 1
MF Russia 15 Roman Shirokov 1 0 0 0 1
MF Russia 20 Viktor Fayzulin 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 48 4 5 4 61

Clean sheets

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup Europa League Total
1 GK Russia 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev 12 0 1 0 13
1 GK Slovakia 1 Kamil Čontofalský 1 1 0 0 2
TOTALS 13 1 1 0 15

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Slovakia GK Kamil Čontofalský 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Russia DF Aleksandr Anyukov 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 12 0
3 Portugal DF Fernando Meira 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
4 Croatia DF Ivica Križanac 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 12 0
5 South Korea DF Kim Dong-jin 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
9 Turkey FW Fatih Tekke 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
10 Portugal MF Danny 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
11 Czech Republic MF Radek Šírl 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
14 Slovakia DF Tomáš Hubočan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Russia MF Roman Shirokov 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1
16 Russia GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Russia MF Konstantin Zyryanov 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
19 Belarus FW Sergei Kornilenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Russia MF Viktor Fayzulin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Russia MF Igor Semshov 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
23 Hungary MF Szabolcs Huszti 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 1
27 Russia MF Igor Denisov 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 1
34 Russia MF Vladimir Bystrov 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
57 Russia MF Aleksei Ionov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
88 Serbia FW Mateja Kežman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
8 Russia FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 Ukraine MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
TOTALS 71 3 8 0 14 1 7 0 100 4

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