Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional

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club based in

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. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the

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. They won the

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, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22,

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and the 2023–24 seasons of the Russian Premier League, as well as the

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and the

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. The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant

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. The team plays its home matches at the Gazprom Arena. In March 2022, the club was expelled from all European and international club competitions by

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and the

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due to the

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. In addition, the

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suspended the team. On 24 May 2023, Zenit became the first Russian sports club with 10 million followers on social media.

History

Before Zenit

Zenit's history is tightly connected with the political history of

, 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

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, 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.

Formation of Zenit

The original Zenit team stemmed from several football teams, which changed names and owners many times during the

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era after the

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, 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

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

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revolution of 1917, and the

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of 1918 to 1922. In 1925, another predecessor team of Zenit was formed, of workers from the ''

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'' (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".) 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 "

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". In 1939, during the rule of

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, 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

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in the well-attended final. The club was always adored in Leningrad, 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

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, which occurred in the city. Composer

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and film star

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were well known as ardent supporters of Zenit, a passion that is reflected in their attendance of many games. 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

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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. In 1992, After being relegated in the first year of the Russian League, 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

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and won the

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in 2003.

Gazprom era

In December 2005,

took a controlling stake in the club. The deal was announced by

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, the Saint Petersburg governor. Gazprom bought the majority of the club.

Under Advocaat

Although Zenit reached the quarter-finals of the

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in 2006, a mediocre start to the league season led to the summer replacement of coach

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. In July 2006,

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took over as Zenit's manager. Advocaat worked together with his assistant manager, former Netherlands national youth team coach

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. Zenit won the 2007

—their best league achievement since winning the USSR Championship in 1984—allowing them to compete in the

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of the

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. In 2008, Zenit won the

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and reached the quarter-final of the

for the second time in their history. In the first leg of the quarter-final away game against German side

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, 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,

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, 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 club history, where they met

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side

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at the

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on 14 May. Zenit won 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov in the 72nd minute and

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in stoppage time, to lift the club's first-ever

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was named

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. On 29 August 2008, at the

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, Zenit then defeated

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2–1 in the

, becoming the first Russian side to win the trophy.

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scored the first goal and

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scored the second, the latter being named man of the match in his debut for Zenit. In the 2008–09 Champions League group stage, Zenit was grouped with

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and

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in Group H, which by some was marked as the "

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." 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

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last 32, where the team faced

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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

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Under Spalletti

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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

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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. On 25 August 2010, Zenit lost its first game under Spalletti to French side

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and failed to advance to the Champions League

, instead participating in the

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. On 3 October, Zenit beat

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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

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, just seven games short of finishing the championship undefeated. On 14 November, Zenit defeated

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and two games prior to the end of the season won the championship title, the first in Spalletti's managerial career. Hulk 2012 bigger

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

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2–3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. In the 2011–12 Champions League, Zenit began the

drawn into Group G alongside Porto,

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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

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and one from Sergei Semak. In the second leg in

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, however, Zenit lost 2–0 and were thus eliminated from the competition. In April 2012, Zenit won their second-straight Russian Championship after beating

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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. A week later, the club announced they had negotiated a two-year deal with

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, who himself had been released a few months prior after a disappointing stint as manager of English side

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. In the 2014–15 Europa League, Zenit were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual champions

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. 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

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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

. They were drawn in Group H alongside

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and

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. 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

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appointed the new manager of Zenit.

Under Lucescu and Mancini

In 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

drawn into Group D alongside

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and

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. 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

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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

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0–4 on aggregate after an abysmal performance. The first (and last) season of Mircea Lucescu was a complete disappointment despite the expectations. On 1 June 2017 Zenit appointed

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as the new manager of the team. On 13 May 2018, Mancini terminated his contract by mutual consent.

Under Semak

In May 2018, Mancini left to become the head coach of the

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. Sergey Semak became the new manager of Zenit, receiving a two-year contract. In August 2018, during the 1st leg of the 3rd qualification round of the

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, 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. Zenit went on to beat

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a association football, football club based in Molde Municipality, Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football league system, Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club w ...

4–3 on aggregate in the next round, entering the

of 2018-19 UEFA Europa League. In March 2020, the league was forced to halt due to the

COVID-19 pandemic in Russia The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese citi ...

. Zenit secured another title on 5 July 2020 after a victory over

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. They are the league's reigning champions. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Divis ...

, with 4 games left to play in the tournament. On 2 May 2021, Zenit secured their third title in a row in a 6–1 victory over second-place

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

. Zenit opened the 2021–22 season with a seventh win in the

after a 3–0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow, but without major key players who left the club like

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back and as a left-winger. ...

Andrei Lunev Andrey Yevgenyevich Lunyov (; born 13 November 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team. Club career Ufa On 29 July 2015, it was confirmed that Lunyov would be joining ...

, and Sebastián Driussi. After the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, former Ukrainian international

Yaroslav Rakitskiy Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Rakitskyi (, ; born 3 August 1989) is a ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for ukrainian club Chornomorets Odesa. He is best known for his passing ability and free-kicks. He was also a member ...

made a pro-Ukrainian post on Instagram and severed his contract with the team.

and the

indefinitely suspended the team from their competitions. In addition, the

suspended the team. On 30 April 2022, Zenit secured their fourth title in a row and eighth overall. Many of Zenit's foreign players have not been able to leave Russia, unable to secure moves away from Russian clubs, due to

international sanctions International sanctions are political and economic decisions that are part of diplomatic efforts by countries, multilateral or regional organizations against states or organizations either to protect national security interests, or to protect i ...

placed upon the country as a result of

Russia's invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

. On 7 May 2023, Zenit secured their fifth title in a row and ninth overall. In 2024, Zenit was one of the organizers of the Equality Cup, an international football tournament. On 25 May 2024, Zenit won their sixth title in a row dramatically on the last day of the season, as league-leading

lost to third-placed

Krasnodar Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and up to 1.263 millio ...

, allowing Zenit to come back to the top. The winning goal in Zenit's game against

was scored in the 85th minute by

Artur Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or “of honour”. It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word '' ...

. On 2 June 2024, Zenit won the Russian Cup with a late-comeback 2–1 victory over Baltika Kaliningrad,

Nuraly Alip Nuraly Paktuly Alip (, ''Nūraly Paqtūly Älıp'', ; born 22 December 1999) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Kazakhstan national team. After passing t ...

scored the winning goal in the 5th added minute. On 13 July 2024, Zenit won the

2024 Russian Super Cup The 2024 Russian Super Cup (') was the 22nd edition of the Russian Super Cup, an annual football match organised jointly by the Russian Football Union and the Russian Premier League. It was contested by the reigning champions of the Russian Cup a ...

Stadiums

Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity

Krestovsky Stadium Krestovsky Stadium, known as Gazprom Arena for sponsorship reasons (), is a retractable roof stadium with a retractable pitch in the western portion of Krestovsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which serves as home for FC Zenit Saint Peter ...

, known as Gazprom Arena for sponsorship reasons, in Saint Petersburg.

Petrovsky Stadium The Petrovsky Stadium () is part of a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings, with the stadium being used mostly for football and sometimes athletics. The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Complex was the home of Zenit Saint ...

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

, Zenit's home ground was the

Kirov Stadium The SM Kirov Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, and was one of the largest stadiums anywhere in the world. The stadium was named after Sergey Kirov. History The stands of the Kirov stadium were located on the slopes ...

. It stood on the site where the Krestovsky Stadium was later erected.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

**Champions (11):

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20,

, 2021–22,

, 2023–24 *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (),, , , (Moldovan Cyrillic: Купа УРСС), , , . was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The 1991–92 season of the tournam ...

/ Russian Cup **Winners (6):

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...

, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2023–24 **Runners-up:

1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

, 2001–02 *

Soviet Super Cup The USSR Super Cup,, , , also known as the Season's Cup, was an unofficial exhibition game (or game series) not sanctioned by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union and that featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League ...

**Winners (10) (record):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

**Runners-up:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

USSR Federation Cup The Cup of Football Federation of USSR was the official name for a short-lived premier Soviet football (soccer) competition similar to the USSR Cup that exclusively featured Soviet Top League competitors. For short it was called the "Federation's ...

**Winners:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

**Runners-up:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...

Russian National Football League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...

**Runners-up: 1993 (Center)

International competitions

**Winners: 2007–08 *

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**Winners:

* The Atlantic Cup **Winners (2):

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Russia

League positions

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Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Reserve squad

Zenit's reserve squad played professionally as Zenit-2 (

Russian Second League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...

in 1993,

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...

from 1998 to 2000) and Zenit-d (

Russian Third League Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

from 1994 to 1997). Another team that was founded as Lokomotiv-Zenit-2 played as

Zenit-2 The Zenit-2 was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet, expendable carrier rocket. First flown in 1985, it has been launched 37 times, with 6 failures. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets and was designed by the Yuzhmash. History With 13� ...

in the

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

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.

reentered professional football in the 2013–14 season in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...

Team captains

Club officials

Board of directors

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Alexander Medvedev Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev (, ; born 14 August 1955) is the current Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom and since February 2019 he is the director general and president of the football club FC Zenit Sa ...

, - , Executive Director , Maksim Pogorelov , - , Deputy General Directors , Vladimir Litvinov , - , Deputy General Directors ,

, - , Deputy General Directors , Aleksandr Vasilyev , - , Deputy General Directors , Zhanna Dembo , - , Director of FC Zenit Academy ,

Anatoli Davydov Anatoli Viktorovich Davydov (; born 13 November 1953) is a Russian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. He is the director of the academy for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Davydov mad ...

, - In July 2023, by decision of the board of directors, a new executive body, the board, was created at Zenit. The purpose of creating a new structure is to streamline the decision-making process and increase the planning horizon. The board included CEO

as chairman, his deputies and heads of departments

, Alexander Vasilyev, Zhanna Dembo, Oleg Zadubrovsky, Vladimir Litvinov, Alexey Pak, Maxim Pogorelov, head coach Sergey Semak.

Management

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Aleksandr Anyukov
Igor Simutenkov

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk ( , ; born 30 March 1979) is a Ukrainian association football, football coach and former midfielder. Since 2017, he has served as an assistant coach of the Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg ...

, - , Goalkeeping coach ,

Yuri Zhevnov Yuri Zhevnov (; born 17 April 1981) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg. Club career Zhevnov started his career in the third divis ...

, - , Fitness coach , Ivan Carminati , - , Doctor , Mikhail Grishin

Partnership

Other football clubs

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Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

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Corporations

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* Corinthia Saint Petersburg *

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Presidents

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Vitaly Mutko Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko (; born Viktor Leontiyevich Mutko; 8 December 1958) is a Russian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2016 to 2020. From 2008 to 2016, he served as the Minister of Sport of Russia. Biogra ...

, 1995–2003 , - , David Traktovenko , 2003–2005 , - , Sergey Fursenko , 2006–2008 , - , Alexander Dyukov , 2008–2017 , - , Sergey Fursenko , 2017–2019 , - ,

, 2019–

Head coaches

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Mikhail Butusov Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov (; 18 June 1900 in Myshkin, Yaroslavl province – 11 April 1963 in Leningrad) was a Soviet football player and coach and a bandy player. He was the brother of Vasily Butusov. Honours * RSFSR Champion: 1924, 1932. * ...

, 1946 , - , Ivan Talanov , 1946–48 , - , Konstantin Lemeshev , 1948–50 , - , Georgiy Lasin , 1950–51 , - , Vladimir Lemeshev , 1952–54 , - , Nikolay Lyukshinov , 1954–55 , - , Arkadiy Alov , 1956–57 , - ,

Georgiy Zharkov Georgi Ivanovich Zharkov (; born 19 August 1915 in Noginsk, Bogorodsk; died 19 October 1981 in Moscow) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian association football, football player and coach. Honours * Soviet Top League bronze: 1945. * Soviet Cup win ...

, 1957–60 , - , Gennadiy Bondarenko , 1960 , - , Evgeniy Eliseev , 1961–64 , - ,

Valentin Fyodorov Valentin Vasilyevich Fyodorov (; born 11 April 1911 in St. Petersburg; died 4 December 1981 in Leningrad) was a Soviet football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball ...

, 1964–66 , - , Arkadiy Alov , 1967 , - ,

Artem Falyan Artyom Grigoryevich Falyan (; ; 27 December 1919 — 24 September 1977) was a Soviet Armenian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal ...

, 1968–70 , - , Yevgeniy Goryanskiy , 1970–72 , - , German Zonin , 1973–77 , - , Yuri Morozov , 1977–82 , - ,

Pavel Sadyrin Pavel Fyodorovich Sadyrin (; 18 September 1942 – 1 December 2001) was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager. Career Sadyrin played as a midfielder for Zvezda Perm and Zenit Leningrad. As a manager, he led Zenit to their only Soviet ...

, 1983-87 {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;", Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;", Period , - , Vladimir Golubev , 1987 , - , Stanislav Zavidonov , 1988–89 , - , Vladimir Golubev , 1989 , - ,

Anatoliy Konkov Anatoliy Konkov (; 19 September 1949 – 4 October 2024) was a Soviet football player from Ukraine and Soviet and later Ukrainian football manager. Native of Eastern Ukraine, he made a football career in Dynamo Kyiv of 1970s. He was honored as t ...

, 1990 , - , Vyacheslav Bulavin , 1990 , - , Yuri Morozov , 1991 , - , Vyacheslav Melnikov , 1992–94 , - ,

, Jan 1, 1995 – Dec 31, 1996 , - ,

Anatoliy Byshovets Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets (, ; born 23 April 1946) is a Soviet and Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and former Soviet international striker. He played his entire professional career with club side Dynamo Kyiv. He won Olympic g ...

, Jan 1, 1997 – Sep 25, 1998 , - ,

, 1998–00 , - , Yuri Morozov , 2000–02 , - , Mikhail Biryukov , 2002 , - , Boris Rappoport , 2002 , - ,

, Nov 19, 2002 – May 3, 2006 , - ,

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(caretaker) , 2006 , - ,

, July 13, 2006 – Aug 10, 2009 , - ,

, Aug 10, 2009 – Dec 9, 2009 , - ,

, Dec 10, 2009 – March 11, 2014 , - ,

Sergei Semak Sergei Bogdanovich Semak ( ; born 27 February 1976) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg. Early life Semak was born in the village of Sychanske, ...

(caretaker) , March 11, 2014 – March 20, 2014 , - ,

, March 20, 2014 – May 24, 2016 , - ,

, May 24, 2016 – May 28, 2017 , - ,

, June 1, 2017 – May 13, 2018 , - ,

, May 29, 2018 – present

Zenit in European football

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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 * Mikhail Biryukov * Vasily Danilov * Sergey Dmitriyev * Vladimir Golubev * Aleksandr Ivanov * Leonid Ivanov *

Anzor Kavazashvili Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili ( ka, ანზორ ყავაზაშვილი, , born 19 July 1940) is a Soviet former football goalkeeper of Georgian nationality. International career He played for Soviet Union national team (29 mat ...

Vladimir Kazachyonok Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok (; 6 September 1952 – 26 March 2017) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017. International career Kazachyonok made ...

Nikolay Larionov Nikolay Yevgeniyevich Larionov (; born 19 January 1957, in Volkhov) is a Russian former football player and current manager. As of 2009, he is an assistant coach with the reserves team of FC Zenit St. Petersburg. Honours * Soviet Top League w ...

* Fridrikh Maryutin *

Sergei Salnikov Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov (; 13 September 1925 – 9 May 1984) was a Russian footballer who played for Zenit Leningrad, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. He was part of the Soviet Union national team that won the gold medal at the 1956 Sum ...

* Sergei Shvetsov *

Yuriy Voynov Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov (, ; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. Playing career International career He earned 23 caps for the USSR national football team ...

Anatoli Zinchenko Anatoli Alekseyevich Zinchenko () (born 8 August 1949, in Stalinsk) is a retired Soviet football player and Russian coach. He is best known for being the first Soviet football player to play for a Western European professional club. His transfer ...

Arsen Adamov Arsen Ruslanovich Adamov (; born 20 October 1999) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national football team, Russia national te ...

Ilzat Akhmetov Ilzat Toglokovich Akhmetov (; , ; born 31 December 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg. Earlier in his career he mostly played in the attacking midfi ...

* Aleksandr Anyukov *

* Zelimkhan Bakayev *

Aleksandr Bukharov Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov (; born 12 March 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career With Rubin Kazan Bukharov won the Russian Premier League 2008. At that season he broke the record for the ...

Vladimir Bystrov Vladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov (, born 31 January 1984) is a Russian former footballer who played as a right winger. Career FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Bystrov began his career in youth club Smena. In 2001, he transferred to Zenit. On 8 May 200 ...

* Dmitri Chistyakov * Maksim Demenko * Igor Denisov *

Artyom Dzyuba Artem (or Artyom) Sergeyevich Dzyuba (, ; born 22 August 1988) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian Premier League club Akron Tolyatti and the Russia national team. He began his career with Spartak Moscow, ...

Viktor Fayzulin Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin (; born 22 April 1986) is a Russian former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club A graduate of Sports school, CYSS based in his hometown Nakhodka, he started his professional career w ...

Mário Fernandes Mário Figueira Fernandes (, ; born 19 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Fernandes was born in Brazil, but is a naturalised citizen of Russia and has played for both the Brazilian and Russian national ...

* Maksim Glushenkov * Yuri Gorshkov * Aleksei Igonin *

Aleksei Ionov Aleksei Sergeyevich Ionov (; born 18 February 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He could play on the left flank or the right. Club career He started playing football at the age of six. Later he gradua ...

* Maksim Kanunnikov * Vyacheslav Karavayev *

Aleksandr Kerzhakov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov ( ; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He used ...

Andrey Kobelev Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev (; born 22 October 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and a current manager. Playing career During his career Kobelev played for FC Dynamo Moscow (three spells, more than 250 ...

* Aleksandr Kokorin * Sergei Kolotovkin * Andrei Kondrashov * Aleksandr Kovalenko *

Stanislav Kritsyuk Stanislav Vasilyevich Kritsyuk (; born 1 December 1990) is a Russian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasn ...

* Danil Krugovoy *

Vasili Kulkov Vasili Sergeyevich Kulkov (; 11 June 1966 – 10 October 2020) was a Russian footballer. Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at Spartak Moscow and Benfica. Having retired as a player, he continu ...

* Daler Kuzyayev * Yevgeni Latyshonok *

Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed played in one game for Russia on 6 May 1995 in UEFA Euro 1996 q ...

* Yury Lodygin *

Andrey Lunyov Andrey Yevgenyevich Lunyov (; born 13 November 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team. Club career Ufa On 29 July 2015, it was confirmed that Lunyov would be joining ...

* Ilya Maksimov *

Vyacheslav Malafeev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player ...

Pavel Mogilevets Pavel Sergeyevich Mogilevets (; born 25 January 1993) is a Russian former professional Association football, footballer who plays as central midfielder. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 19 May 2013 for FC Zenit Sa ...

* Andrei Mostovoy *

Elmir Nabiullin Elmir Ramilevich Nabiullin (, ; born 8 March 1995) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Nabiullin made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 9 March 2014 for FC Rubin Kazan in a game against FC ...

* Ivan Novoseltsev *

Magomed Ozdoyev Magomed Mustafayevich Ozdoyev (; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek Super League club PAOK and the Russia national football team. Personal life Magomed Ozdoyev was born in Groz ...

* Aleksandr Panov * Sergei Petrov *

Sergei Podpaly Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly (; born 13 September 1963) is a Russian association football coach and former player. International career Podpaly made his debut for Russia on 16 August 1992 in a friendly against Mexico. That was the first game Russ ...

Dmitry Poloz Dmitri Dmitriyevich Poloz (; born 12 July 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Krasnoye Znamya Noginsk. Club career Poloz was born in Stavropol. He began to play football for his hometown club ...

* Dmitri Radchenko * Vladislav Radimov * Aleksandr Ryazantsev *

Oleg Salenko Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (, ; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top t ...

* Sergey Semak *

Igor Semshov Igor Petrovich Semshov (; born 6 April 1978) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Career Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 a ...

Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev (born 22 January 1988) is a retired professional Ukrainian tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between t ...

Oleg Shatov Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional Association football, football manager and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as a left winger or right winger ...

Kirill Shchetinin Kirill Vadimovich Shchetinin (; born 17 January 2002) is a Russian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rostov and the Russia national team. Club career He appeared for Lokomotiv Moscow Under-19 team in the 2018–19 UEFA Y ...

Dmitri Skopintsev Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev (; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team. He plays as a left back or left midfielder. Club career Born in Voronezh, Skopintsev moved to Mosco ...

* Igor Smolnikov * Aleksandr Sobolev * Aleksei Sutormin * Ilya Vakhaniya * Sergei Volkov * Renat Yanbayev * Aleksandr Yerokhin * Artur Yusupov * Anton Zabolotny *

* Anton Zinkovsky * Denis Zubko *

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Roman Berezovsky Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky (; ; born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian professional football coach and a former goalkeeper. Berezovsky is the caretaker manager of the Armenia national football team. He previously played for Zenit Saint Pete ...

Sargis Hovsepyan Sargis Hovsepyan (; born on 2 November 1972) is an Armenian professional football coach and a former player who played as a right-back. Hovsepyan was the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 133 international match ...

* Yervand Krbachyan * Artem Simonyan *

Ramil Sheydayev Ramil Teymurovich Sheydayev (; ; born 15 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays for Neftçi in the Azerbaijan Premier League as the captain of the club and the Azerbaijan national football team. Early and personal li ...

* Sergey Gerasimets * Boris Gorovoy * Kirill Kaplenko * Sergey Kornilenko * Dmitry Ogorodnik *

Nicolas Lombaerts Nicolas Robert Christian Lombaerts (born 20 March 1985) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former centre-back. Career Club Brugge Lombaerts joined Club Brugge at young age where he went through all youth ranks. He claimed various lea ...

Axel Witsel Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel (born 12 January 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for club Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team. He originally also played in more offensiv ...

* Darko Maletić * Ivica Križanac *

Dejan Lovren Dejan Lovren (; born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club PAOK. Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Lyon in January 2010. He spent three and a half seas ...

Marek Kincl Marek Kincl (born 3 April 1973) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker. He represented fourteen clubs in a career which began with Slavoj Vyšehrad in 1990 and concluded in 2010 after a stint at Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague, e ...

Pavel Mareš Pavel Mareš (born 18 January 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender at either centre-back or left-back. He played top-league football in the Czech Republic for Bohemians Prague and Sparta Prague, and played ...

* Radek Šírl * Michael Lumb * Boris Rotenberg * Solomon Kvirkvelia *

Saba Sazonov Saba Andreyevich Sazonov (; ka, საბა საზონოვი; born 1 February 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Torino. Born in Russia, he plays for the Georgia national team international ...

Szabolcs Huszti Szabolcs Huszti (; born 18 April 1983) is a Hungarian professional football coach and a former player. He is the de facto manager of Fehérvár, even though Gábor Toldi formally holds that position. He was well known for his dribbling, pace, p ...

Domenico Criscito Domenico "Mimmo" Criscito (; born 30 December 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A versatile player, Criscito was effective both offensively and defensively and was also capable of playing as a wing-bac ...

Claudio Marchisio Claudio Marchisio (; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. A product of the Juventus F.C. Youth Sector, Juventus youth system, he spent a large portion of his career ...

* Alessandro Rosina *

* Andrei Kurdyumov * Peter Neustädter * Yevgeni Tarasov *

Egidijus Majus Egidijus Majus (born 5 January 1984) is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for Dinamo Samarqand. His former club were DAC Dunajská Streda DAC may refer to: Businesses and organisations * DacEasy, originally Dac Software, Inc. * Danish ...

* Darius Miceika *

Robertas Poškus Robertas Poškus (born 5 May 1979) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player. Career Club In 15 years he left for Germany, played there for several years for the team of Hamburger SV. From 2002 to 2005 he appeared in the ...

* Irmantas Stumbrys * Ovidijus Verbickas * Mikhail Zaritskiy *

Dragan Čadikovski Dragan Čadikovski (; born 13 January 1982) is a Serbian-born Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds Slovenian citizenship. Club career After starting out at Kolubara, Čadikovski moved abroad to Slove ...

Veliče Šumulikoski Veliče Šumulikoski (; born 24 April 1981) is a Macedonian former football midfielder. He is the third most capped player of all time of the North Macedonia national football team. He is the director of football for Czech club Slovácko. Club c ...

* Serghei Cleșcenco * Alexandru Curteian *

Luka Đorđević Luka Đorđević (, ; born 9 July 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Sogdiana. Club career Zenit On 11 August 2012, Đorđević made his first appearance for Zenit when he came ...

* Erik Hagen *

Bruno Alves Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves (; born 27 November 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender, currently sporting director of Super League Greece club AEK Athens. He began and spent most of his professional career a ...

Fernando Meira Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira (; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender. In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with ...

Luís Neto Luís Carlos Novo Neto (; born 26 May 1988) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Neto joined his hometown club Varzim SC's youth ranks at the age of ...

* Zeno Bundea *

Daniel Chiriță Daniel Chiriță (born 24 March 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Personal life His son, Alexandru, is also a football player. They played together at AFC Filipeștii de Pădure and CS Ștefănești. ...

Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian sports agent and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the N ...

Strahinja Eraković Strahinja Eraković ( sr-Cyrl, Страхиња Ераковић; born 22 January 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Serbia national team. Club c ...

Branislav Ivanović Branislav Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Ивановић, ; born 22 February 1984) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer. A versatile defender, Ivanović played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back ...

* Danko Lazović * Aleksandar Luković * Ognjen Mimović * Milan Rodić * Saša Zdjelar * Kamil Čontofalský * Tomáš Hubočan * Róbert Mak * Martin Škrtel * Vanja Drkušić * Miha Mevlja * Javi García * Fatih Tekke * Volodymyr Horily, Vladimir Gorily * Olexandr Gorshkov (footballer), Olexandr Gorshkov * Roman Maksymyuk, Roman Maksimyuk * Serhiy Popov, Sergey Popov *

* Oleksandr Spivak * Oleksandr Svystunov * Anatoliy Tymoschuk * Ihor Zhabchenko, Igor Zhabchenko ;South and Central America * Cristian Ansaldi * Ezequiel Garay * Matías Kranevitter * Emanuel Mammana * Leandro Paredes * Emiliano Rigoni * Yuri Alberto * Giuliano de Paula, Giuliano * Luiz Henrique (footballer, born 2001), Luiz Henrique * Hulk (footballer), Hulk * Malcom (footballer), Malcom * Nino (footballer, born 1997), Nino * Douglas Santos (footballer, born 1994), Douglas Santos * Wílmar Barrios * Mateo Cassierra * Christian Noboa * Yordan Osorio * José Salomón Rondón, Salomón Rondón ;Asia * Sardar Azmoun * Kim Dong-jin * Lee Ho (footballer, born 1984), Lee Ho * Hyun Young-min * Ruslan Khayloev * Andrei Manannikov * Vazgen Manasyan * Valeri Broshin * Dmitri Khomukha * Dmitri Nezhelev

Rivalries

Zenit's traditional rivals are the big Moscow clubs, most notably FC Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Torpedo Moscow. They also shared rivalries with the big Ukrainian clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet era.

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History

Before Zenit

Formation of Zenit

Zenit in the Soviet League

Zenit in the Russian League

Gazprom era

Under Advocaat

Under Spalletti

Under Villas-Boas

Under Lucescu and Mancini

Under Semak

Stadiums

Honours

Domestic competitions

International competitions

League and cup history

Soviet Union

Russia

League positions

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Reserve squad

Team captains

Club officials

Board of directors

Management

Sponsors

Partnership

Other football clubs

Corporations

Presidents

Head coaches

Zenit in European football

UEFA club coefficient ranking

Football Club Elo ranking

Notable players

Rivalries

See also

Notes

References

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