2005 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2005 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's eleventh season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2005 season
Manager	Vlastimil Petržela
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	6th
2004–05 Russian Cup	Semi-finals vs CSKA Moscow
2005–06 Russian Cup	Progressed to 2006 season
UEFA Cup	Progressed to 2006 season
Top goalscorer	League: Andrey Arshavin (9) All: Andrey Arshavin (14)
← 2004 2006 →

Squad

As of match played 2 December 2005^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamil Čontofalský		GK	(1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 27)	Bohemians 1905	2003		42	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev		GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 26)	Youth Team	1999		167	0
36	Sergei Kosov		GK	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
Defenders
3	Martin Škrtel		DF	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 20)	Trenčín	2004		42	1
4	Ivica Križanac		DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 26)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005		16	2
5	Milan Vještica		DF	(1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 26)	Vojvodina	2002		81	5
8	Pavel Mareš		DF	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 29)	Sparta Prague	2003		104	10
14	Erik Hagen		DF	(1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 30)	Vålerenga	2005		41	0
18	Aleksandr Korotkov		DF	(1987-01-13)13 January 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
22	Valeri Tsvetkov		DF	(1977-11-05)5 November 1977 (aged 28)	Pskov	2000
26	Viktor Stroyev		DF	(1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
28	Jan Flachbart		DF	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 27)	Jablonec	2004		51	0
32	Egidijus Majus		DF	(1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 21)	Ekranas	2004		1	0
42	Alexander Grigoriev		DF	(1986-06-14)14 June 1986 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
44	Aleksandr Anyukov		DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 23)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		21	1
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov		MF	(1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 30)	Krylia Sovetov	2003		85	10
6	Oleksandr Spivak		MF	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 30)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2000
9	Radek Šírl		MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 24)	Sparta Prague	2003		53	3
10	Andrey Arshavin		MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 24)	Youth Team	1999		189	40
17	Alan Kasaev		MF	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 19)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2005		3	0
19	Veliče Šumulikoski		MF	(1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 24)	1. Slovácko	2004		62	2
24	Aleksandr Burakov		MF	(1987-08-27)27 August 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		2	0
27	Igor Denisov		MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2002		81	15
33	Mikhail Kozlov		MF	(1986-11-02)2 November 1986 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2005		5	0
43	Oleg Vlasov		MF	(1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 20)	Metallurg Pikalyovo	2002		48	2
55	Ilya Maksimov		MF	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		1	0
88	Oleksandr Horshkov		MF	(1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 35)	Saturn	2004
Forwards
11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov		FW	(1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 23)	Youth Team	2001		171	80
20	Oleg Kozhanov		FW	(1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		11	1
21	Dragan Čadikovski		FW	(1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 23)	NK Celje	2005		7	1
25	Robertas Poškus		FW	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 26)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		16	2
29	Maksim Shestakov		FW	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
30	Semyon Melnikov		FW	(1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
40	Maksim Rogov		FW	(1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
47	Yuri Rodenkov		FW	(1986-04-20)20 April 1986 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
Away on loan
7	Oleg Trifonov		MF	(1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 24)	Rotor Volgograd	2005		10	1
Left during the season
15	Lukáš Hartig		FW	(1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 29)	Bohemians 1905	2003		43	8
23	Aleksandr Yevstafyev		MF	(1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
34	Vladimir Bystrov		MF	(1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2001
45	Nikolay Bugmyrin		FW	(1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		1	0
48	Stanislav Tarasyuk		MF	(1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
50	Sergey Mironov		MF	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2005		0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2005	DF		Ivica Križanac	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	DF		Erik Hagen	Vålerenga	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Alan Kasaev	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Oleg Trifonov	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	FW		Dragan Čadikovski	Publikum Celje	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	FW		Robertas Poškus	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2005	GK		Sergey Ivanov	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	DF		Daniel Chiriță	Metalist Kharkiv	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	DF		Aleksei Katulsky	Ural Sverdlovsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	DF		Maxim Usanov	Skonto Riga	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Armen Hovhannisyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Darko Maletić	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Darius Miceika	Liepājas Metalurgs	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Valentin Filatov	Nosta Novotroitsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	MF		Yaroslav Kanavchenko	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Undisclosed
Winter 2005	FW		Dmitri Makarov	Amkar Perm	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	MF		Vladimir Bystrov	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	MF		Stanislav Tarasyuk	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	FW		Lukáš Hartig	Artmedia Petržalka	Undisclosed
Summer 2005	FW		Nikolay Bugmyrin	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2005	DF		Martin Horák	Denizlispor	Summer 2015
Summer 2005	DF		Martin Horák	Rostov	End of Season
Summer 2005	MF		Oleg Trifonov	Kuban Krasnodar	End of Season

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	12 March 2005	19 November 2005	Matchday 1	6th	30	12	10	8	45	26	+19	040.00
2004–05 Russian Cup	9 March 2005	25 May 2005	Round of 16	Semifinal	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	066.67
2005–06 Russian Cup	6 July 2005	see 2006 season	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Cup	12 August 2004	see 2006 season	Second Qualifying Round	Group stage	8	3	4	1	9	7	+2	037.50
Total					46	19	17	10	65	37	+28	041.30

Last updated: 2 December 2005
Source: #Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2005 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2005. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Zenit St.Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

12 March 2005 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Križanac 38' Arshavin  41' 47' Horshkov  44' Kerzhakov 50' Šumulikoski  53' Hagen  58' Bystrov  67' Mareš 73'	Report	Danny  17' Derlei  49' Frechaut 60' Levytskyi  68' Kuznetsov  69'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alexander Evstigneev

Alania Vladikavkaz v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 March 2005 2	Alania Vladikavkaz	0 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Vladikavkaz
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fuzailov  28' Barasa  55'  73' Bazayev  82' Burduli 90'	Report	Vještica 13' Spivak 27' (pen.) Kerzhakov 64' Radimov 79' Flachbart  83'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Zenit St.Petersburg v Terek Grozny

3 April 2005 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 1	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 26', 36', 62' (pen.) Radimov 51', 88' Hagen  64' Škrtel  73'	Report	Bokov  7' Nizhegorodov  28' Adamov  53' Fedkov 74'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Mikhail Veselovsky

Tom Tomsk v Zenit St.Petersburg

10 April 2005 4	Tom Tomsk	2 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tomsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Borzenkov 23' Medvedev 90+'	Report	Arshavin  56' Flachbart  63'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

17 April 2005 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bystrov  4' 54' Radimov  67' Arshavin  67' Denisov  71' Hagen  90'	Report	Gusev  10' Rahimić  15' Olić  67'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,400[2] Referee: Alexander Evstigneev

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St.Petersburg

23 April 2005 6	Krylia Sovetov	3 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Samara
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ovie  5' Poškus  23' Kolodin 82'  82' Husin 90' Mareš 90+'	Report	Arshavin  42' Škrtel  46'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

30 April 2005 7	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen  19' Flachbart  25' Radimov  26'  90+' Mareš  45+' Škrtel  63' Malafeev  71' Hartig 81'	Report	Amelyanchuk  6' Ashvetia  38' Loskov 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Torpedo Moscow

14 May 2005 8	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Torpedo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Spivak  44' Mareš 50'  71' Kerzhakov  59'	Report	Stepanov  38' Semshov  57' Dancia  64' Borodin  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 May 2005 9	Shinnik Yaroslavl	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yaroslavl
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Khazov  40' Branco  55' Vasilyev  59' Spahić 68' Bikey  68'	Report	Arshavin  45' Hagen  59'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Saturn

28 May 2005 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Saturn	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Horshkov  20' Denisov 65' Mareš  76'	Report	Makarenko  65' Shirokov  84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

11 June 2005 11	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Flachbart  45+' Kerzhakov 85'	Report	Pogatetz  35' Pavlyuchenko 59'  65' Vidić  72' Iencsi  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,725 Referee: Alexander Evstigneev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Moscow

19 June 2005 12	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 2	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov 20' Hagen  36' Vještica  53' Spivak 65' (pen.) Hartig  83'	Report	Ivanov  34' Rebeja 41' Gorawski 45'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

25 June 2005 13	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
MSK (UTC+4)	Sillah  61' Scotti 90+'	Report	Vještica  31' Čadikovski  45' Spivak  61'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Mikhail Veselovsky

Zenit St.Petersburg v Amkar Perm

2 July 2005 14	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 1	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl  8' 41' Arshavin 16', 38', 47' Križanac  18' Flachbart  67' Kozhanov 90'	Report	Lavrik  13' Horshkov 31' (o.g.) Sirakov  51' Popov  85' Bakhtin  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 July 2005 15	Rostov	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bochkov  21' Pérez  56' Shirshov  60' Hendricks  84' Osinov  88' Burmistrov  90+'	Report	Hagen  8' Križanac  38' Mareš 41'  90+' Arshavin  84' Škrtel  90+'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

17 July 2005 16	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Jorge Ribeiro  24' Derlei  27' Danny 32' Batak  54' Maniche  87'	Report	Spivak 23'  51' Radimov  36' Kerzhakov 64'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexey Tyumin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Alania Vladikavkaz

23 July 2005 17	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Alania Vladikavkaz	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Križanac 27'  44' Poškus 36' Spivak 75' Škrtel  83'	Report	Dadu  61' Bazayev  80' Tudor 87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Terek Grozny v Zenit St.Petersburg

30 July 2005 18	Terek Grozny	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Pyatigorsk
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kingston  87'	Report	Škrtel  47' Kozlov  87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mikhail Veselovsky

Zenit St.Petersburg v Tom Tomsk

6 August 2005 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spivak 34' Flachbart  65' Arshavin  67' Hagen  74'	Report	Skrylnikov  33' Yanotovsky  76' Medvedev  77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,750 Referee: Mikhail Khodyrev

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 August 2005 20	CSKA Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ignashevich 61' (pen.) Odiah  79'	Report	Hagen  16' Radimov  45' Škrtel 58'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 28,000[2] Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Zenit St.Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

28 August 2005 21	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov 8'  13' Denisov 31'  50' Spivak  33' 55' (pen.) Škrtel  69' Šumulikoski 88'	Report	Husin  55' Kowba  63' Adamu 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,750 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 June 2005 22	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Gurenko  39' Evseev  81'	Report	Križanac  12' Denisov  34'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 16,223 Referee: Alexander Gonchar

Torpedo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

18 September 2005 23	Torpedo Moscow	0 – 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spahić  13' Stepanov  19' Jokić  52'	Report	Kerzhakov 12' Mareš  20' Radimov  29' Arshavin 66' Denisov 76', 84'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St.Petersburg v Shinnik Yaroslavl

24 September 2005 24	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Vještica  27' Arshavin  56' Hagen  80' Anyukov  87'	Report	Radosavljević  52' Starostyak  74' Safonov  76' Chernogayev  77' Shirko  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Mikhail Khodyrev

Saturn v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 October 2005 25	Saturn	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ramenskoye
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Yesipov  16'	Report	Denisov  39' Spivak  76' Radimov  80'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Alexander Kolobaev

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

16 October 2005 26	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Mozart  24' Bystrov  75' Vidić 80' (pen.) Kováč  87'	Report	Škrtel  36' Mareš  45+' Flachbart  52' Arshavin 60' Šumulikoski  90+'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

23 October 2005 27	Moscow	2 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Rebeja  14' 21' Kirichenko 72'	Report	Anyukov  57' Spivak  64'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

30 October 2005 28	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Flachbart  23' Kerzhakov  48' Denisov  54' Hagen  90+'	Report	Baýramow  40' 56' Kinkladze  45' Vasilyev  60'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,856 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Amkar Perm v Zenit St.Petersburg

6 November 2005 29	Amkar Perm	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Volkov 53' Sirakov  80'	Report		Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

19 November 2005 30	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 2	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov 4', 49' (pen.) Križanac  26' Hagen  45' Mareš 64' Radimov  67' Čadikovski 87'	Report	Horák 43' Osinov 53' Burchenko  70'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alexander Gonchar

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Rubin Kazan	30	14	9	7	45	31	+14	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	FC Moscow	30	14	8	8	36	26	+10	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	13	10	7	45	26	+19	49
7	Torpedo Moscow	30	12	9	9	37	33	+4	45
8	Dynamo Moscow	20	12	2	6	36	46	−10	38

Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored)

Russian Cup

2004/05

Zenit St.Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

9 March 2005 Round of 16 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Topchu  30' Ushenin  36'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 12,600[3] Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St.Petersburg

16 March 2005 Round of 16 2nd leg	Kuban Krasnodar	0 – 1 (0 – 1 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kantonistov  43' Topchu  46'  50' Gerasimov  66'	Report	Hagen  72' Križanac  75' Vlasov 90+'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 12,000[3] Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St.Petersburg v Shinnik Yaroslavl

6 April 2005 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 0	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 13', 80'  90+' Radimov 15' 41' Horshkov 25'	Report	Korchagin  22' Łągiewka  24' Shtanyuk  38' Pogrebnyak  73'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,389 Referee: Mikhail Khodyrev

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 April 2005 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Shinnik Yaroslavl	1 – 4 (1 – 8 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yaroslavl
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 11' Kornaukhov  11' Morozov  54' Maletić 73'	Report	Hartig 8', 65' Šumulikoski 29' Trifonov 50'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

13 May 2005 Semifinal 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl  9' Škrtel  62' Hagen  64' Kerzhakov 71' Arshavin  82'	Report	Ignashevich  28' Vágner Love  20'  42' Zhirkov  55' V.Berezutski  80' A.Berezutski  88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,500[3] Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar[3]

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

25 May 2005 Semifinal 2nd leg	CSKA Moscow	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Aldonin 11' Carvalho 33' Rahimić  43' Akinfeev  90'	Report	Horshkov  39' Bystrov  90'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 17,000[3] Referee: Aleksandr Yevstigneyev[3]

2005/06

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St.Petersburg

6 July 2005 Round of 32 1st leg	Kuban Krasnodar	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Baiano 25' Orekhov  32' Gerasimov  60' Petkov  66' Matiola  74' Jefthon  75' Oleinik  89'	Report	Vještica  30' Radimov  32' Poškus 48'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alexander Kolobaev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

13 July 2005 Round of 32 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0 (a 1 – 1 agg.)	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Šumulikoski  53'	Report	Ushenin  13'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Round 16 took place during the 2006 season.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds

SV Pasching v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 August 2005 Second qualifying round 1st leg	SV Pasching	2 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Pasching, Austria
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Sariyar  11' M'Bock  19' Chaile 33' Pichlmann  80' Wisio 87'	Report	Kerzhakov 15' Spivak  34' Škrtel  44' Arshavin 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Zenit St.Petersburg v SV Pasching

25 August 2005 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (a 3 – 3 agg.)	SV Pasching	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spivak 11' (pen.) Mareš  37' Škrtel  69'	Report	Baur  11' Voříšek  29' Chaile  38' Schoppitsch  47' Gilewicz 88' Kovačević  89' Sariyar  90+5'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Mike Dean (England)

First round

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round

Zenit St.Petersburg v AEK Athens

15 September 2005 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	AEK Athens	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov  57'	Report	Katsouranis  12' Alexopoulos  53' Kontis  70'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

AEK Athens v Zenit St.Petersburg

29 September 2005 2nd leg	AEK Athens	0 – 1 (0 – 1 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Athens, Greece
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Kontis  78'	Report	Mareš  82' Arshavin 89' 90+3'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEV	ZEN	BOL	BJK	VIT
1	Sevilla	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	3–0	3–1
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7			2–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	Bolton Wanderers	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6			1–1	1–0	—	—	—
4	Beşiktaş	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5			—	1–1	1–1	—	—
5	Vitória de Guimarães	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	1			—	—	1–1	1–3	—

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Zenit St.Petersburg v Vitória Guimarães

20 October 2005 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Vitória Guimarães	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spivak 39' (pen.) Arshavin 54' Radimov  .'  82' Čontofalský  88' Šumulikoski  90'	Report	Dragóner  20' Medeiros  .'  37' Neca 59'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Dejan Delević (Serbia and Montenegro)

Bolton Wanderers v Zenit St.Petersburg

4 November 2005 2	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Bolton, England
00:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Nolan 24'	Report	Hagen  37' Flachbart  62'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 15,905 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Sevilla

24 November 2005 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Sevilla	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov 11', 88' Arshavin  27' Hagen  39' Horshkov  60' Mareš  84'	Report	David  29' Sales  57' Dani Alves  68' Maresca  71' Dragutinović  81' Puerta  90+3' Saviola 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)

Beşiktaş v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 December 2005 4	Beşiktaş	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Istanbul, Turkey
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Akın 23' Dursun  30' Hassan  90+1'	Report	Mareš  13' Horshkov 29' 45' Radimov  41' Šumulikoski  90+2'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Squad statistics

As of match played 2 December 2005

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		04/05 Russian Cup		05/06 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Kamil Čontofalský	30	0	19	0	2+1	0	0	0	8	0
2	MF	RUS	Vladislav Radimov	36	3	24	2	4	1	1	0	7	0
3	DF	SVK	Martin Škrtel	28	1	15+3	1	4	0	2	0	4	0
4	DF	CRO	Ivica Križanac	16	2	10+2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	SCG	Milan Vještica	18	1	8+4	1	1	0	2	0	3	0
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Spivak	39	8	28	6	4	0	0	0	6+1	2
8	DF	CZE	Pavel Mareš	39	4	26	4	6	0	0	0	7	0
9	MF	CZE	Radek Šírl	22	1	10+4	1	3+1	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
10	MF	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	41	14	29	9	4	2	0	0	8	3
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	38	11	25	7	5	1	0	0	8	3
14	DF	NOR	Erik Hagen	41	0	28	0	5	0	0	0	8	0
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev	17	0	11	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	RUS	Alan Kasaev	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF	MKD	Veliče Šumulikoski	28	2	6+11	1	2+1	1	2	0	1+5	0
20	FW	RUS	Oleg Kozhanov	11	1	1+8	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
21	FW	MKD	Dragan Čadikovski	7	1	1+3	1	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	RUS	Valeri Tsvetkov	5	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	LTU	Robertas Poškus	16	2	7+4	1	0	0	1	1	0+4	0
27	MF	RUS	Igor Denisov	32	5	14+6	5	1+4	0	0	0	3+4	0
28	DF	CZE	Jan Flachbart	37	0	21+1	0	6	0	2	0	6+1	0
33	MF	RUS	Mikhail Kozlov	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
40	FW	RUS	Maksim Rogov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
43	MF	RUS	Oleg Vlasov	24	1	1+12	0	0+3	1	2	0	1+5	0
44	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	21	1	12	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
55	MF	RUS	Ilya Maksimov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Horshkov	42	2	22+6	0	5	1	0+1	0	7+1	1
Players who away on loan:
7	MF	RUS	Oleg Trifonov	10	1	2+5	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Players who left Zenit during the season:
15	FW	CZE	Lukáš Hartig	9	3	0+6	1	2+1	2	0	0	0	0
34	MF	RUS	Vladimir Bystrov	18	1	8+5	1	3+2	0	0	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	04/05 Russian Cup	05/06 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	MF		10	Andrey Arshavin	9	2	0	3	14
2	FW		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	7	1	0	3	11
3	MF		6	Oleksandr Spivak	6	0	0	2	8
4	MF		27	Igor Denisov	5	0	0	0	5
5	DF		8	Pavel Mareš	4	0	0	0	4
6	MF		2	Vladislav Radimov	2	1	0	0	3
	FW		15	Lukáš Hartig	1	2	0	0	3
8	DF		4	Ivica Križanac	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		19	Veliče Šumulikoski	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		88	Oleksandr Horshkov	0	1	0	1	2
11	DF		5	Milan Vještica	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		34	Vladimir Bystrov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		9	Radek Šírl	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		20	Oleg Kozhanov	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		25	Robertas Poškus	1	0	1	0	1
	DF		3	Martin Škrtel	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		44	Aleksandr Anyukov	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		21	Dragan Čadikovski	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		43	Oleg Vlasov	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		7	Oleg Trifonov	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	45	10	1	9	65

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	04/05 Russian Cup	05/06 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Kamil Čontofalský	8	1	0	2	11
2	GK		16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	2	3	1	0	6
				TOTALS	10	4	1	2	17

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		04/05 Russian Cup		05/06 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
1		GK	Kamil Čontofalský	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		MF	Vladislav Radimov	8	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	13	2
3		DF	Martin Škrtel	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Milan Vještica	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Oleksandr Spivak	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
8		DF	Pavel Mareš	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
9		MF	Radek Šírl	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Andrey Arshavin	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
11		FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Erik Hagen	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
21		FW	Dragan Čadikovski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
28		DF	Jan Flachbart	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
33		MF	Mikhail Kozlov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
88		MF	Oleksandr Horshkov	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
15		FW	Lukáš Hartig	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34		MF	Vladimir Bystrov	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	85	1	10	0	3	0	21	1	119	2