2023–24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2023–24 season
President	Alexander Medvedev
Head coach	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	Knockout stage
Russian Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mateo Cassierra (16); All: ; Mateo Cassierra (18)
Highest home attendance	57,858 vs Spartak Moscow, 2 March 2024, Russian Premier League
Lowest home attendance	13,037 vs Rubin Kazan, 24 April 2024, Russian Premier League
Average home league attendance	35,447
Biggest win	4–0 vs Ural (H), 26 August 2023, Russian Premier League; 4–1 vs Ural (A), 9 March 2024, Russian Premier League
Biggest defeat	1–3 vs Orenburg (H), 30 September 2023, Russian Premier League
	← 2022–23
	All statistics correct as of 24 April 2024.

The 2023–24 season is FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's 99th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the Russian Premier League. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Management[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Sergey Semak
Assistant managers	William Artur de Oliveira Igor Simutenkov Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Aleksandr Anyukov
Goalkeeping coach	Mikhail Biryukov Yuri Zhevnov
Fitness coach	Ivan Carminati Andrea Scanavino
Doctor	Mikhail Grishin

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

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of match played 24 April 2024

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Aleksandr Vasyutin	GK	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)	2019	2024	Sarpsborg	€700k	6	0
16	Denis Adamov	GK	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)	2023	2027	Sochi	€1M	7	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37)	2015	2024^[1]	Orenburg	Free	98	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Chistyakov	CB	(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)	2021	2025	Rostov	€3.25m	47	1
3	Douglas Santos	LB	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30)	2019	2026	Hamburger SV	€14m	133	5
4	Danil Krugovoy	LB	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 25)	2019	2024	Ufa	€2m	76	2
6	Mário Fernandes	LB	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 33)	2023	2024	Internacional	€365k	12	0
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev	RB	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 28)	2019	2026	Vitesse	€8m	104	4
25	Strahinja Eraković	CB	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)	2023	2027	Red Star Belgrade	€8M	22	0
27	Nino	CB	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)	2024	2028	Fluminense	€5M	7	0
28	Nuraly Alip	CB	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 24)	2023	2025	Kairat Almaty	€2m	25	0
55	Rodrigão	CB	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)	2022	2025	Sochi	€2m	36	2
77	Robert Renan	CB	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 20)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	13	0
Midfielders
5	Wilmar Barrios	DM	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30)	2019	2026	Boca Juniors	€15M	141	3
8	Wendel	CM	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)	2020	2027	Sporting CP	€20.3m	87	17
11	Claudinho	AM	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)	2021	2027	RB Bragantino	€12m	72	17
18	Aleksandr Kovalenko	CM	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 20)	2023	2028	Sochi	€2M	4	0
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	AM	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 34)	2017	2024	Rostov	€5M	154	31
35	Vladislav Saus	AM	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 20)	2022	2024	Academy	–	1	0
37	Du Queiroz	DM	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	10	0
77	Ilzat Akhmetov	AM	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26)	2024	2026	Krasnodar	€850k	2	0
79	Dmitri Vasilyev	DM	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 19)	2022	2024	Academy	–	6	0
94	Danila Kozlov (U19)	AM	(2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19)	2023	2026	Academy	–	2	0
Forwards
7	Zelimkhan Bakayev	RW	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)	2022	2025	Spartak Moscow	Free	21	1
9	Artur	RW	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)	2024	2027	Palmeiras	€15M	7	2
10	Wilson Isidor	ST	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 23)	2023	2024	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	12	1
17	Andrei Mostovoy	LW	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26)	2019	2024	Academy	–	101	22
19	Aleksei Sutormin	RW	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)	2019	2025	Rubin Kazan	€3M	95	10
24	Pedro	LW	(2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 (age 18)	2024	2028	Corinthians	€9M	7	1
30	Mateo Cassierra	ST	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	2022	2025	Sochi	€4.5M	48	18
31	Gustavo Mantuan	LW	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 22)	2023	2027	Corinthians	€2M	22	2
33	Ivan Sergeyev	ST	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 28)	2022	2025	Krylia Sovetov Samara	€2.15M	59	20
96	Aleksey Baranovsky (U19)	ST	(2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 19)	2023	2026	Academy	–	3	0

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Summer[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM	Aleksandr Kovalenko	Sochi	€2,000,000	^[2]
1 July 2023	DM	Du Queiroz	Corinthians	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	LW	Gustavo Mantuan	Corinthians	€2,000,000	^[4]
1 July 2023	GK	Nikita Goylo	Nizhny Novgorod	€540,000	^[5]
17 July 2023	LB	Mário Fernandes	Internacional	€365,000	—
23 July 2023	CB	Strahinja Eraković	Red Star Belgrade	€8,000,000	–
25 July 2023	GK	Denis Adamov	Sochi	€1,000,000	^[6]
10 September 2023	ST	Wilson Isidor	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	^[7]

Winter[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
4 January 2024	CB	Nino	Fluminense	€5,000,000	–
5 February 2024	LW	Pedro	Corinthians	€9,000,000	^[8]

Out[edit]

Summer[edit]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2023	AM	Daniil Shamkin	Torpedo Moscow	€200,000	^[9]^[10]
12 July 2023	CM	Daler Kuzyaev	Le Havre	Free transfer	^[11]^[12]
26 July 2023	RW	Malcom	Al Hilal	€60,000,000	^[13]

Loans out[edit]

Summer[edit]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Until	Ref.
25 July 2023	GK	Nikita Goylo	Sochi	30 June 2024	^[14]
1 August 2023	LB	Arsen Adamov	Orenburg	30 June 2024	^[15]

Winter[edit]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Until	Ref.
11 January 2024	CB	Robert Renan	Internacional	30 June 2024	–
14 January 2024	CB	Dmitri Chistyakov	Sochi	30 June 2024	^[16]

New contracts[edit]

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	June 2024	^[17]
GK	Daniil Odoyevsky	June 2027	^[18]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

1 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Neftchi Baku	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Mantuan 47' Claudinho 69' Bakaev 79'		Saldanha 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

4 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Ivanić 40' Krasso 88' (pen.)		Queiroz 62'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Aleksey Amelin

9 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (4–3 p)	Fenerbahçe	Saint Petersburg
19:30				Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 35,421 Referee: Sergey Ivanov
	Penalties
	Malcom Adamov Mostovoy Sutormin Bakaev		Yüksek Osayi-Samuel João Pedro Rossi Kahveci

10 July 2023 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
17:00	Yerokhin 56', 58', 80' Mostovoy 79'			Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

7 September 2023 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–1	Sepahan	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 19' Bakaev 22' Erokhin 29' (pen.) Wendel 52' Mantuan 90+2'	Report	Mohammadi 27' Ahmadi 37' Ahmadzadeh 87' Alekasir 90'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Andrey Vereteshkin

14 October 2023 Friendly	Kairat Almaty	2–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Almaty
17:00 ALMT (UTC+6)	Paulo 8' 77' Shvyryov 38' Arad 69' Krachkovskiy 81'	Report	Erokhin 29' Mantuan 85'	Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium

19 November 2023 Friendly	Neftçi	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mirzov 9', 62'	Report	Queiroz 56'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena

21 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–1	Dinamo Samarqand	Abu Dhabi
16:00 GST (UTC+4)	Fernandes 13' Wendel 26' Mostovoy 30' Vasiljev 53' Pedro 78'	Report	Khozhimirzaev 37'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

24 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST (UTC+4)	Cassierra 22' Barrios 32' Pedro 58' Sergeev 66' Mantuan 70' Bardachev 74'	Report	Seung-ho 26'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

27 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Ural	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST (UTC+4)	Cassierra 88'	Report		Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

28 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1	Al Fateh	Abu Dhabi
15:00 GST (UTC+4)	Claudinho 4'	Report	Tello 14'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

5 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:00 AST (UTC+3)	Claudinho 8', 57' Artur 72'	Report	Al-Sibai 29' Gannan 48'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

6 February 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	Noah	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bardachev 45' Karavaev 73'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

8 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6–0	Shanghai Shenhua	Doha
16:00 AST (UTC+3)	Pedro 2' Cassierra 43', 46', 61' Santos 54' Mantuan 82' Eraković 89'	Report	Yangyang 40' Amadou 59' Yunding 89' Malele 89'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

9 February 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–4	Al-Rayyan	Doha
17:00 AST (UTC+3)	Kovalenko 58' Sergeev 74'	Report	Sutormin 48' (o.g.) Mendes 54' (pen.) Amaro 72' Al-Abdullah 84'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium

13 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–1	Santos	Doha
17:00 AST (UTC+3)	Karavaev 10' Mostovoy 31' Claudinho 55' Pedro 84'	Report	Rodrigo 77'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	22 July 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1		25	15	5	5	44	22	+22	060.00
Russian Cup	25 July 2023		Group stage		8	5	2	1	12	6	+6	062.50
Russian Super Cup	15 July 2023		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Total					34	21	7	6	56	28	+28	061.76

Last updated: 24 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Super Cup[edit]

15 July 2023 Final	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (5–4 p)	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 45+3'		Gajić 45+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Sergei Karasev
	Penalties
	Malcom Sutormin Mostovoy Bakaev Sergeev Renan		Chalov Gaich Nababkin Zabolotny Gajić Ermakov

Russian Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	26	15	5	6	44	23	+21	50
2	Krasnodar	25	14	7	4	41	25	+16	49
3	Dynamo Moscow	26	13	8	5	43	33	+10	47
4	Spartak Moscow	26	12	6	8	37	31	+6	42
5	Lokomotiv Moscow	26	10	11	5	44	37	+7	41

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	15	5	5	44	22	+22	50	8	2	3	21	10	+11	7	3	2	23	12	+11

Last updated: 24 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	2	4	6	8	4	2	4	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.^[19]

22 July 2023 1	Nizhny Novgorod	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 27' Aleksandrov 48' Sevikyan 53'	Report	Cassierra 57', 83' Bakaev 75'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 12,036 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

29 July 2023 2	Rostov	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bayramyan 50' Akbashev 68' Terentjev 88' Mironov 90+2' Komlichenko 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Cassierra 43' Mantuan 50'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 16,413 Referee: Yevgeni Kukulyak

6 August 2023 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Balbuena 10' (o.g.) Eraković 79' Sergeev 90' Barrios 90+4'	Report	Tyukavin 2', 33' Makarov 41' Grulev 90+6' Smolov 90+7'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,672 Referee: Aleksey Amelin

13 August 2023 4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Fakel Voronezh	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 16' Santos 38' Karavaev 62' Alip 86' Eraković 90+6' Mantuan 90+8'	Report	Bozhin 62' Appaev 86' Kvekveskiri 90+7'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,588 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

20 August 2023 5	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatov 10' Sobolev 81' (pen.)	Report	Wendel 32', 73' Cassierra 90+4', 90+6'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 33,852 Referee: Sergey Karasev

26 August 2023 6	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 8' Alip 21' Cassierra 30', 68' Claudinho 45+1'	Report	Cissé 20' Ishkov 50'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 25,723 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

3 September 2023 7	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zabolotnyi 4', 90+6' Willyan 90+5' Méndez 90+6'	Report	Santos 88', 90+5' Alip 90+5' Claudinho 90+6'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 20,497 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

17 September 2023 8	Rubin Kazan	0–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kabutov 18' Zotov 62'	Report	Isidor 8' Cassierra 55' Claudinho 59' Wendel 67' Sutormin 89'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 10,429 Referee: Rafael Shafeev

24 September 2023 9	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 22', 29' Rodrigão 88' Sergeev 90+7' Wendel 90+7'	Report	Miranchuk 40' Glushenkov 60' 90+5' Tiknizyan 90+1' 90+3' 90+7'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 36,283 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

30 September 2023 10	Orenburg	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Orenburg
14:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Vorobyev 7' Gojković 14' Pérez 25' Mansilla 36' 72' Sidorov 50' Cuero 81' Bašić 90+2'	Report	Mantuan 2' Isidor 82' Rodrigão 90+1'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

7 October 2023 11	Sochi	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Sochi
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaika 84'	Report	Claudinho 9' (pen.) Cassierra 30'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,617 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

22 October 2023 12	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Wendel 53', 80' Sergeev 58' Mostovoy 90+6'	Report	Rasskazov 36' Ezhov 75' 90+8'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,402 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

28 October 2023 13	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 32' Cassierra 37' Alip 52' Eraković 90+3'	Report	Konaté 24' Timofeyev 36'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,967 Referee: Sergey Karasev

4 November 2023 14	Baltika	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kaliningrad
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Sergeev 63' Cassierra 77'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 16,929 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

11 November 2023 15	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 70'	Report	Spertsyan 63' Olaza 66'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,695 Referee: Sergey Karasev

25 November 2023 16	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Rodrigão 45+2' Claudinho 53' Isidor 59' Mostovoy 89'	Report	Ignatjev 3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,964 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

3 December 2023 17	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushenkov 8', 60' Pinyaev 63' Nenakhov 71' Maradishvili 83' Tiknizyan 88'	Report	Cassierra 41' Eraković 90+1'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,060 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

9 December 2023 18	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 15'	Report		Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 24,951 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

2 March 2024 19	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Eraković 59' Douglas Santos 77' Barrios 88' Wendel 90'	Report	Duarte 22' Khlusevich 80' Martins 82' Prutsev 90'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 57,858 Referee: Sergei Karasev

9 March 2024 20	Ural	1–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+5)	Miškić 42' Bicfalvi 90+3'	Report	Santos 38' Mostovoy 57' Cassierra 67' Sergeev 81'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,373 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

30 March 2024 21	Krylya Sovetov Samara	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Samara
15:00 SMT (UTC+4)	Shitov 1' Rahmanović 59' Vityugov 67'	Report	Artur 23' Nino 82'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Rafael Shafeev

7 April 2024 22	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Baltika	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pedro 42' Wendel 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,798 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy

13 April 2024 23	Krasnodar	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Krasnodar
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Olaza 16' Tormena 90' Spertsyan 61' Alonso 68' Chernikov 87'	Report	Cassierra 48' Artur 63' Eraković 72' Santos 80'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 35,250 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

21 April 2024 24	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Orenburg	Saint Petersburg
16:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 23' Nino 82'	Report	Pérez 45' Goglichidze 55' Sidorov 66' Prokhin 70'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,992 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

24 April 2024 25	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Eraković 70'	Report	Daku 50' Martynovich 67' Dyupin 90+6' Rybus 90+7' Gritsayenko 90+8'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 13,037 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

28 April 2024 26	Dynamo Moscow	v	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:15 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena

6 May 2024 27	Fakel	v	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Voronezh
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Trade Unions Central Stadium

11 May 2024 28	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

19 May 2024 29	Akhmat Grozny	v	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Akhmat-Arena

25 May 2024 30	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Russian Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	4	1	0	1	9	5	+4	14	Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path)
2	Baltika Kaliningrad	6	4	0	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path)
3	Akhmat Grozny	6	2	0	1	3	10	12	−2	7	Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path)
4	Krylia Sovetov Samara	6	1	0	0	5	5	12	−7	3

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.

25 July 2023 Matchday 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Mantuan 39' Queiroz 59' Claudinho 80' Vasilyev 89'	Report	Todorović 30'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 29,644 Referee: Sergey Tsyganok

9 August 2023 Matchday 2	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sergeev 50' Queiroz 90+6'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 18,617 Referee: Sergei Cheban

30 August 2023 Matchday 3	Baltika Kaliningrad	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kaliningrad
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Henríquez 42' Latyshonok 84' Guzina 90+4'	Report	Wendel 90+3' Claudinho 90+4'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 27,961 Referee: Sergey Tsyganok

19 September 2023 Matchday 4	Akhmat Grozny	3–3 (3–4 p)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny
TBD MSK (UTC+3)	Kovachev 4' Oleynikov 14' Utsiev 51' Bystrov 90+2'		Sergeev 27', 33' Cassierra 42' Krugovoy 90+4'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Roman Galimov
	Penalties
	Iljin Todorović Kharin Júnior		Cassierra Isidor Queiroz Renan Claudinho

3 October 2023 Matchday 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Baltika Kaliningrad	Saint Petersburg
17:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 18' Queiroz 64'	Report	Bistrović 24' Musaev 90+2'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 13,700 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

31 October 2023 Matchday 6	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Renan 4' Sergeev 87'	Report		Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 24,519 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Knockout stage[edit]

28 November 2023 First Leg	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Carrascal 14' 69' Parshivlyuk 39' Balbuena 53' Smolov 74' Shunin 90+4'	Report	Santos 79'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

13 March 2024 Second Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 13', 21' Fernandes 51' Wendel 62' Barrios 76'	Report	Laxalt 38' Parshivlyuk 42'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 45,407 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

3 April 2024 Semi-finals	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ugalde 12', 41' Nail Umyarov 57' Babić 59'	Report	Alip 41' Pedro 55', 65', 67'	Stadium: Lukoil Arena Attendance: 23,849 Referee: Sergei Karasev

17 April 2024 Semi-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Ugalde 78' Sobolev 90+1'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 56,740 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy

2 May 2024 Final	CSKA Moscow	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:15 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: VEB Arena

15 May 2024 Final	Zenit St. Petersburg	v	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	31	FW	Mateo Cassierra	16	1	0	17
2	33	FW	Ivan Sergeyev	6	5	0	11
3	8	FW	Wendel	4	0	0	4
4	11	MF	Claudinho	4	1	0	5
5	17	FW	Andrei Mostovoy	3	0	0	3
6
	30	FW	Gustavo Mantuan	2	0	0	2
	3	DF	Douglas Santos	2	0	0	2
	10	FW	Wilson Isidor	2	0	0	2
	9	FW	Artur	2	0	—	2
10	55	DF	Rodrigão	1	0	0	1
Totals				42	7	0	49

Last updated: 24 April 2024.
Source: FBref.com

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	No	Pos	Name	Premier Liga	Russian Cup	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	41	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	8	0	1	9
2	16	GK	Denis Adamov	2	2	0	4
3	1	GK	Aleksandr Vasyutin	0	2	0	2
Total				10	4	1	15

Last updated: 21 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24" [Zenit have extended the contract with Mikhail Kerzhakov until the summer of 2024 - 3 June 2023] (in Russian). Zenit. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Александр Коваленко — игрок "Зенита"! - новости на официальном сайте ФК Зенит". fc-zenit.ru.
^ "Ду Кейрос присоединился к "Зениту"". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Gustavo Mantuan will continue his career at Zenit!". Zenit St. Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Никита Гойло: "Я верю в работу"". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
^ "Адамов определился с игровым номером в "Зените"" [Adamov has decided on his playing number at Zenit]. Football24 Russia. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "У "Зенита" еще будут трансферы в это окно! Как выглядит состав команды после подписания Изидора". Sports Daily Russia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ "Corinthians confirma venda de Pedro para o Zenit, da Rússia". Globo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Даниил Шамкин перешел из "Зенита" в "Торпедо"". Kommersant. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "Daniil Shamkin leaves Zenit". Zenit. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "le milieu international russe Daler Kuziaev s'engage avec le HAC!". Paris Normandie. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ The Canadian Press (12 July 2023). "Russian international Daler Kuzyaev joins newly-promoted Le Havre in French league". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Al Hilal sign Brazilian Malcom". Daily Star. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ ""Зенит" подписал контракт с Адамовым и отдал Гойло в аренду в "Сочи"" ["Zenit" signed a contract with Adamov and gave Goilo on loan to "Sochi"]. Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ ""Зенит" отдал Адамова в аренду в "Оренбург"" [Zenit gave Adamov on loan to Orenburg]. Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "За ФК "Сочи" будет выступать защитник из "Зенита" Дмитрий Чистяков" [Dmitry Chistyakov, a defender from Zenit, will play for FC Sochi]. Yugopolis Russia. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.
^ "Вратарь «Зенита» Одоевский продлил контракт до 2027 года". Sports.ru. July 3, 2023.
^ "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24" [Zenit have extended the contract with Mikhail Kerzhakov until the summer of 2024 - 3 June 2023] (in Russian). Zenit. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[2] "Александр Коваленко — игрок "Зенита"! - новости на официальном сайте ФК Зенит". fc-zenit.ru.

[3] "Ду Кейрос присоединился к "Зениту"". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[4] "Gustavo Mantuan will continue his career at Zenit!". Zenit St. Petersburg. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[5] "Никита Гойло: "Я верю в работу"". Zenit Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[6] "Адамов определился с игровым номером в "Зените"" [Adamov has decided on his playing number at Zenit]. Football24 Russia. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[7] "У "Зенита" еще будут трансферы в это окно! Как выглядит состав команды после подписания Изидора". Sports Daily Russia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[8] "Corinthians confirma venda de Pedro para o Zenit, da Rússia". Globo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[9] "Даниил Шамкин перешел из "Зенита" в "Торпедо"". Kommersant. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[10] "Daniil Shamkin leaves Zenit". Zenit. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[11] "le milieu international russe Daler Kuziaev s'engage avec le HAC!". Paris Normandie. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[12] The Canadian Press (12 July 2023). "Russian international Daler Kuzyaev joins newly-promoted Le Havre in French league". Yahoo News. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[13] "Al Hilal sign Brazilian Malcom". Daily Star. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[14] ""Зенит" подписал контракт с Адамовым и отдал Гойло в аренду в "Сочи"" ["Zenit" signed a contract with Adamov and gave Goilo on loan to "Sochi"]. Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[15] ""Зенит" отдал Адамова в аренду в "Оренбург"" [Zenit gave Adamov on loan to Orenburg]. Sport Box Russia. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[16] "За ФК "Сочи" будет выступать защитник из "Зенита" Дмитрий Чистяков" [Dmitry Chistyakov, a defender from Zenit, will play for FC Sochi]. Yugopolis Russia. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[17] "«Зенит» продлил контракт с Михаилом Кержаковым до лета 2024 года - 3 июня 2023 - Sport24". sport24.ru.

[18] "Вратарь «Зенита» Одоевский продлил контракт до 2027 года". Sports.ru. July 3, 2023.

[19] "Календарь Мир РПЛ на сезон 2023/24". premierliga.ru.

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