2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg
	2015–16 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	André Villas-Boas
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	3rd
Russian Cup	Final
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16 v. Benfica
Top goalscorer	League: Hulk (14); All: Artyom Dzyuba (21)
Highest home attendance	18,593 vs Krasnodar; 15 August 2015
Lowest home attendance	14,880 vs Ural; 21 November 2015
Average home league attendance	16,771; 16 April 2016
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season is the 91st season in the club's history and its 20th consecutive season in the Russian Premier League. The club also participated in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Yuri Lodygin
2	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov
4	DF	Domenico Criscito
6	DF	Nicolas Lombaerts
7	FW	Hulk
8	MF	Maurício
9	FW	Aleksandr Kokorin
10	MF	Danny (captain)
13	DF	Luís Neto
14	MF	Artur Yusupov
16	GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev
17	MF	Oleg Shatov

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Igor Smolnikov
20	MF	Viktor Fayzulin
21	MF	Javi García
22	FW	Artyom Dzyuba
23	DF	Yevgeni Chernov
24	DF	Ezequiel Garay
26	DF	Vukašin Jovanović
28	MF	Axel Witsel
41	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov
81	MF	Yuri Zhirkov
90	FW	Ramil Sheydayev
94	MF	Aleksey Yevseyev

Out on loan

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Cristian Ansaldi (at Genoa)
5	MF	Aleksandr Ryazantsev (at Ural)
8	MF	Pavel Mogilevets (at Rostov)
11	FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov (at Zürich)

No.	Position	Player
48	FW	Aleksei Gasilin (at Schalke 04)
77	FW	Luka Đorđević (at Ponferradina)
78	DF	Dmitri Chistyakov (at Mika)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Konstantin Zyryanov
43	FW	Pavel Nazimov
50	DF	Maksim Karpov
52	DF	Andrei Ivanov
55	DF	Konstantin Lobov
58	DF	Ilya Zuev
60	MF	Maksim Palienko
62	DF	Stepan Rebenko
65	MF	Danila Yashchuk
68	MF	Vyacheslav Zinkov
70	FW	Dmitri Bogayev

No.	Position	Player
71	GK	Egor Barubin
74	MF	Sergei Ivanov
75	DF	Andrei Vasilyev
76	FW	Pavel Kireyenko
79	MF	Konstantin Troyanov
80	GK	Mikhail Mzhelsky
83	GK	Igor Obukhov
87	DF	Artyom Vyatkin
88	MF	Artyom Popov
92	FW	Pavel Dolgov
95	GK	Aleksandr Vasyutin

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Artur Yusupov (from Dynamo Moscow)
22	FW	Artyom Dzyuba (from Spartak Moscow)
31	MF	Denis Tkachuk (from Krylia Sovetov Samara)
41	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov (from Anzhi Makhachkala)
42	MF	Konstantin Kotov
46	MF	Vitali Gorulyov
49	MF	Dmitri Pletnyov
56	DF	Danil Krugovoy
59	DF	Sergei Bugriyev
60	MF	Maksim Paliyenko (from Krylia Sovetov Samara)
61	MF	Dmitri Kirillov
69	DF	Vladislav Nikitin (April 2015)
72	DF	Stanislav Mareyev (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow)
75	DF	Andrei Vasilyev (from Rostov)
82	MF	Igor Drykov (free agent, until April 2015 at CSKA Moscow)
84	DF	Feliks Shalimov
85	GK	Yaroslav Burychenkov (own academy, April 2015)
86	GK	Sergei Lazarev (own academy, April 2015)
89	FW	Yevgeni Markov (end of loan at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
91	FW	Yegor Denisov
93	GK	Mikhail Kizeyev
98	FW	Yevgeni Reutov

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Genoa, previously on loan to Atlético Madrid)
8	MF	Pavel Mogilevets (on loan to FC Rostov)
10	MF	Andrei Arshavin (to Kuban Krasnodar)
23	FW	José Salomón Rondón (to West Bromwich Albion)
33	DF	Milan Rodić (to Krylia Sovetov Samara)
34	FW	Maksimilian Pronichev
39	DF	Dmitri Skopintsev (to RB Leipzig)
40	DF	Pavel Barbashov
41	DF	Andrei Yakovlev (to Baumit Jablonec)
42	DF	Danila Davidenko
44	MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (to Kairat Almaty)
46	MF	Zakhar Dilanyan (to Ulisses Yerevan)
48	FW	Aleksei Gasilin (on loan to Schalke 04)
56	DF	Kirill Kostin
57	DF	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (to AGF Aarhus)
59	MF	Aleksei Yegorov
60	MF	Yevgeni Serenkov
61	GK	Anton Tsvetkov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
72	DF	Stepan Zhalobkov
77	FW	Luka Đorđević (on loan to Ponferradina, previously on loan at Sampdoria)
78	DF	Dmitri Chistyakov (on loan to Mika)
82	FW	Aleksei Makarov
83	GK	Igor Obukhov (to FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)
84	DF	Mikhail Kovalenko (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
90	FW	Ramil Sheydayev (on loan to Rubin Kazan)
98	FW	Yevgeni Kozlov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
97	MF	Dmitri Khodakovsky
	DF	Yevgeni Alfyorov (released, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula)
	DF	Denis Terentyev (to FC Rostov, previously on loan at Tom Tomsk)
	MF	Aleksei Kayukov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan to Tom-2 Tomsk)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Maurício (from Terek Grozny)
9	FW	Aleksandr Kokorin (from Dynamo Moscow)
23	DF	Yevgeni Chernov (from Tom Tomsk)
26	DF	Vukašin Jovanović (from Red Star Belgrade)
30	MF	Nikita Salamatov (from Vityaz Podolsk)
31	GK	Mikhail Ponomarenko
35	DF	David Mildzikhov (from Baikal Irkutsk)
38	MF	Leon Musayev
40	MF	Yuri Bavin (from Leiria)
53	DF	Mikhail Slashchyov
81	MF	Yuri Zhirkov (from Dynamo Moscow)
82	MF	Ilya Ivanov
90	FW	Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan to Rubin Kazan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
5	MF	Aleksandr Ryazantsev (on loan to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast)
11	FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov (on loan to FC Zürich)
31	MF	Denis Tkachuk (to Rubin Kazan)
53	DF	Ivan Ivanidi
81	GK	Andrei Strozhevskiy
82	MF	Igor Drykov
89	FW	Yevgeni Markov (to Tosno)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	3

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

19 July 2015 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto 20' Shatov 38', 67' Hulk 44' (pen.)	Summary	Hubočan 15', 42' Kokorin 28' Obolsky 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,577 Referee: V. Meshkov

26 July 2015 2	Ural	1 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Erokhin 33', 67' Fontanello 50' Yemelyanov 90'	Summary	Dzyuba 20' Yusupov 40' Hulk 50' (pen.), 70' Danny 90+1'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 9,900 Referee: A. Eskov

1 August 2015 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto 4' Smolnikov 7' Shatov 11' Danny 90'	Summary	Rodolfo 37'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,835 Referee: S. Ivanov

9 August 2015 4	Ufa	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ufa
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Frimpong 64' Marcinho 73'	Summary	Danny 86'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 14,200 Referee: I. Fedotov

15 August 2015 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 90+5'	Summary	Sigurðsson 26', 39' Laborde 50' Mamayev 62' Bystrov 75' Dikan 87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,593 Referee: V. Moskalev

24 August 2015 6	Rubin Kazan	1 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoev 53' Kanunnikov 63' Bilyanetdinov 72' Kuzmin 81'	Summary	Shatov 16', 84' García 60' Hulk 78'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,012 Referee: M. Vilkov

29 August 2015 7	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 3	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nadson 49' (o.g.) Criscito 67'	Summary	Gabulov 17' Taranov 27' Pomerko 37' Kornilenko 52', 56' Konyukhov 70'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,974 Referee: I. Fedotov

12 September 2015 8	CSKA Moscow	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts 9' (o.g.) Doumbia 22' Tošić 38' Wernbloom 44'	Summary	Hulk 39' (pen.) Dzyuba 41' García 52' Garay 79' Witsel 79' Smolnikov 88'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 15,000 Referee: V. Meshkov

20 September 2015 9	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 10', 52'	Summary	Belorukov 58' Anene 66' Shavayev 89' Selikhov 90+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,480 Referee: A. Nikolaev

26 September 2015 10	Spartak Moscow	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zé Luís 6' Popov 70'	Summary	Hulk 27' Danny 43' Dzyuba 87'	Stadium: Otkrytie Arena Attendance: 41,214 Referee: S. Ivanov

3 October 2015 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 26' Dzyuba 34' Danny 89'	Summary	Azmoun 42'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,703 Referee: A. Egorov

17 October 2015 12	Kuban Krasnodar	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Xandão 2' Manolev 29' Khubulov 31' Melgarejo 64'	Summary	Neto 35' Dzyuba 44' Shatov 54' Hulk 67' Yusupov 77'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 14,427 Referee: A. Eskov

24 October 2015 13	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 7', 67' Criscito 16' Yusupov 43' Witsel 55' Shatov 73' Hulk 85'	Summary	Maksimov 48' Haruna 67'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,970 Referee: V. Moskalev

31 October 2015 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Mordovia Saransk	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny 90+6'	Summary	Tishkin 72' Makhmudov 73' Revishvili 90+4'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,647 Referee: M. Vilkov

8 November 2015 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts 48' (o.g.) Samedov 58' Maicon 62' Denisov 80'	Summary	Hulk 49' García 61' Neto 74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,140 Referee: V. Moskalev

21 November 2015 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Ural	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Garay 12' Shatov 55' Dzyuba 76' Yusupov 81' García 89'	Report	Martynovich 49'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,880 Referee: S. Karasev

28 November 2015 17	Terek Grozny	4 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mitrishev 32', 55', 73' Gorodov 41' Rybus 42', 87' Kudryashov 69' Ivanov 84' Maurício 90+2'	Summary	Hulk 54', 90+1' Yevseyev 72' García 80'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 19,780 Referee: S. Ivanov

3 December 2015 18	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 8' Danny 31' Garay 86' (pen.)	Report	Zinchenko 36' Yurchenko 69' Igboun 80' Nikitin 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,203 Referee: I. Fedotov

5 March 2016 19	Krasnodar	0 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kaboré 61' Laborde 73'	Report	García 17' Hulk 45'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 16,650 Referee: S. Karasev

13 March 2016 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny 5', 65' Zhirkov 25' Neto 40' Dzyuba 42' Hulk 48' Yusupov 90+3'	Report	Kambolov 58' Dević 64' Portnyagin 68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,797 Referee: V. Moskalev

20 March 2016 21	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mollo 33'	Report	Dzyuba 20' Hulk 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 5,320 Referee: A. Nikolayev

3 April 2016 22	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 54', 79' Smolnikov 58' Witsel 81'	Report	Wernbloom 42' Berezutski 78'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,835 Referee: A. Yegorov

9 April 2016 23	Amkar Perm	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
MSK (UTC+3)	Gol 20' Zanev 26' Anene 27' Belorukov 56' Selikhov 86' Zaytsev 90'	Report	Neto 8' Hulk 23' Dzyuba 30' Smolnikov 56' Lodygin 65' Kokorin 86'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 15,350 Referee: V. Meshkov

14 April 2016 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Witsel 15' Hulk 35', 46' Neto 41' Dzyuba 65' Maurício 73' García 87' Lombaerts 90+3'	Report	Popov 10' Glushakov 21', 32' Bocchetti 35' Makeyev 35', 78' Promes 87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: M. Vilkov

24 April 2016 25	Rostov	3 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanga 41', 44' Azmoun 59' Yerokhin 76'	Report	Witsel 70' Kokorin 88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Sergey Karasev

28 April 2016 26	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 1	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov 22', 72' García 30' Dzyuba 39' Hulk 65'	Report	Seleznyov 24' Khubulov 37'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,301 Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev

5 May 2016 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kaspiysk
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Anzhi Arena

9 May 2016 28	Mordovia Saransk	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Start Stadium

12 May 2016 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	v	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

20 May 2016 30	Dynamo Moscow	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Arena Khimki

League table

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Russian Super Cup

12 July 2015 Final	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00	Smolnikov 83' Rondón 90+3' Criscito 93' Hulk 96' Neto 105'	Summary	Niasse 28' Kasaev 43' Guilherme 54' Tarasov 75' Kolomeytsev 120+1'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,337 Referee: A. Nikolaev
		Penalties
	Hulk Witsel Ansaldi Shatov Criscito		Grigoryev Samedov Pejčinović Ćorluka

Russian Cup

23 September 2015 Round of 32	Volga Tver	0 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tver
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nastusenko 53' Sargsyan 81' Roshchin 96'	Summary	Lombaerts 20' Danny 29' Criscito 90' Tkachuk 95', 105', 112'	Stadium: Khimik Stadium

29 October 2015 Round of 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 0	Tosno	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 11', 39' Witsel 18', 37' Ryazantsev 44' Lombaerts 67' Neto 85'	Summary	Prychynenko 78' Tetrashvili 84' Smirnov 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,156

28 February 2016 Quarter-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 62' Maurício 104'	Summary	Seleznyov 5' Kontsedalov 56' Santana 77' Rabiu 82' Xandão 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,646 Referee: A. Eskov

20 April 2016 Semi-finals	Amkar Perm	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Idowu 19' Belorukov 62' Selikhov 87' Zanev 101' Ogude 110'		Kokorin 32' García 41' Yusupov 59' Garay 73' Dzyuba 119'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 15,660 Referee: Igor Fedotov
		Penalties
	Peev Shavayev Ogude Selikhov Prudnikov Zaytsev		Hulk Garay Dzyuba Witsel Criscito García

2 May 2016 Final	CSKA Moscow	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Kazan Arena

Champions League

Group Stage

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16 September 2015 1	Valencia	2 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Valencia
23:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Alcácer 53' Cancelo 54' Gomes 73', 90+6' Mustafi 90+4'	Summary	Hulk 9', 44', 90+6' Smolnikov 16' Witsel 61', 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 28,005 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

29 September 2015 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Gent	Saint Petersburg
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 35' García 60' Shatov 67'	Summary	Depoitre 42' Matton 56' Sayef 88' Pedersen 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,095 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

20 October 2015 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 1	Lyon	Saint Petersburg
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 3' Hulk 5' 56' García 51' Danny 82'	Report	Gonalons 39' Rafael 46' Lacazette 49' Umtiti 51' Yanga-Mbiwa 90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,517^[1] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

4 November 2015 4	Lyon	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Lyon
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Gonalons 32', 72'	Summary	Witsel 20' Dzyuba 25', 57' Criscito 46' García 54' Anyukov 56', 88' Danny 74' Shatov 90'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

24 November 2015 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Valencia	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov 15' Criscito 17' Yusupov 71' Dzyuba 74' Witsel 78'	Summary	Mir 45' Vezo 80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

9 December 2015 6	Gent	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ghent
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Depoitre 18' Milićević 78', 79' Mitrović 90+2'	Report	Garay 44' Dzyuba 65' García 75' Yusupov 76' Lodygin 79' Lombaerts 89' Danny 90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

16 February 2016 1	Benfica	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Lisbon
23:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Almeida 16' Jardel 35' Pizzi 43' Jonas 90+1', 90+2'	Report	Witsel 32' García 59' Criscito 67', 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,615 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 March 2016 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Benfica	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 69', 90+5'	Report	Mitroglou 36' Pizzi 49' Gaitán 85' Talisca 90+6'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Squad Statistics

As of match played 28 April 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Super Cup		Russian Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Yuri Lodygin	37	0	27	0	1	0	2+1	0	6	0
2	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	25	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
4	DF		Domenico Criscito	34	0	23	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	29	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
7	FW		Hulk	38	21	27	17	1	0	3	0	7	4
8	MF		Maurício	14	2	11	1	0	0	0+1	1	1+1	0
9	FW		Aleksandr Kokorin	13	2	10	2	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
10	MF		Danny	33	7	18+5	6	0	0	2	0	8	1
13	DF		Luís Neto	34	0	22	0	1	0	4	0	4+3	0
14	MF		Artur Yusupov	33	0	23	0	1	0	3	0	1+5	0
17	MF		Oleg Shatov	37	10	27	8	1	0	1+1	0	5+2	2
19	DF		Igor Smolnikov	34	4	26	3	1	1	1+1	0	3+2	0
20	MF		Viktor Faizulin	7	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Javi García	37	4	26	3	1	0	4	1	6	0
22	FW		Artyom Dzyuba	43	23	30	15	1	0	2+2	2	8	6
24	DF		Ezequiel Garay	28	2	20	2	0	0	2	0	6	0
28	MF		Axel Witsel	40	6	29	3	1	0	3	2	7	1
41	GK		Mikhail Kerzhakov	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
68	MF		Vyacheslav Zinkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
70	FW		Dmitri Bogaev	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
79	MF		Konstantin Troyanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
81	MF		Yuri Zhirkov	12	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
92	FW		Pavel Dolgov	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
94	MF		Aleksei Yevseyev	7	0	0+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
3	DF		Cristian Ansaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	MF		Aleksandr Ryazantsev	19	1	1+10	0	0+1	0	2	1	1+4	0
Players who appeared for Zenit but left during the season:
23	FW		Salomón Rondón	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	MF		Denis Tkachuk	9	3	0+7	0	0	0	0+2	3	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Super Cup	Russian Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	22	Artyom Dzyuba	13	0	2	6	21
2	FW	7	Hulk	14	0	0	4	18
3	MF	17	Oleg Shatov	8	0	0	2	10
4	MF	10	Danny	6	0	0	1	7
5	MF	28	Axel Witsel	2	0	2	1	5
6	DF	19	Igor Smolnikov	3	1	0	0	4
7	MF	21	Javi García	2	0	1	0	3
7	MF	31	Denis Tkachuk	0	0	3	0	3
9	DF	24	Ezequiel Garay	2	0	0	0	2
9	MF	8	Maurício	1	0	1	0	2
11	FW	9	Aleksandr Kokorin	1	0	0	0	1
11	MF	5	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	0	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	52	1	10	14	77

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Super Cup		Russian Cup		Champions League		Total
1		GK	Yuri Lodygin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	8	1
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
7		FW	Hulk	7	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
9		FW	Kokorin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Danny	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
13		DF	Luís Neto	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
14		MF	Artur Yusupov	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
17		MF	Oleg Shatov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		DF	Igor Smolnikov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
21		MF	Javi García	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	11	0
22		FW	Artyom Dzyuba	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
23		FW	Salomón Rondón	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Ezequiel Garay	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
28		MF	Axel Witsel	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
81		MF	Yuri Zhirkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
94		MF	Aleksei Yevseyev	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	46	1	4	0	10	0	25	2	85	3

References

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Presidents	Mutko Fursenko Dyukov
Stadiums	Kirov Stadium St. Petersburg SCC Petrovsky Stadium Piter Arena
Matches	Zenit in Europe 2008 Russian Super Cup 2008 UEFA Cup Final riots 2008 UEFA Super Cup 2011 Russian Super Cup 2012 Russian Super Cup 2013 Russian Super Cup
Seasons	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Other teams	Zenit (basketball) Zenit-2 Smena-Zenit DYuSSh Smena-Zenit
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