2009 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2009 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fifteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit finished third in the Russian Premier League, progressed to the quarterfinal of the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reached the round of 16 in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the playoff round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2008-09 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Anatoli Davydov
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	3rd
09–10 Russian Cup	Progressed to 2010 season
2008–09 UEFA Cup	Round of 16 vs Udinese
2009–10 UEFA Europa League	Play-off round vs Nacional
Top goalscorer	League: Fatih Tekke (8) All: Fatih Tekke (10)
← 2008 2010 →

Squad

As of match played 29 November 2009^[1]

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

1. Age as of the end of the season

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  FRA Sébastien Puygrenier (at AS Monaco) 32 DF  RUS Artyom Kulesha (at Smena-Zenit) 34 DF  RUS Aleksandr Khokhlov (at Kuban Krasnodar)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  RUS German Pyatnikov (at Smena-Zenit) 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volgar Astrakhan) 48 MF  RUS Nikita Kolesnikov (at Smena-Zenit)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Loans out

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

Released

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

Competitions

Overall record

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

Last updated: 29 November 2009
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2009 Russian Premier League

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W

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

Results

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

15 March 2009 1	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Saenko 2' Bystrov  51' Parshivlyuk  52'	Report	Pogrebnyak 17' Tymoshchuk  31' Denisov  53' Fayzulin  74'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St. Petersburg v Saturn Ramenskoye

22 March 2009 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Križanac 9' Tekke 66' 88'	Report	Topić 36' Evseev  39' Zelão  42' Okoronkwo  83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Almir Kayumov

Tom Tomsk v Zenit St. Petersburg

5 April 2009 3	Tom Tomsk	0 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tomsk
11:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Smirnov  24' Klimov  33' Yevsikov  39' Ivanov  70'	Report	Kim  40' Meira 54' Denisov 60' Tekke 82'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Amkar Perm

12 April 2009 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Meira  75'	Report	Cherenchikov  4' Novaković  45' Belorukov  63' Narubin  79' Sirakov  83' Drinčić  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

19 April 2009 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Odemwingie  25' Dujmović  44' Rodolfo 70' 79' Baša  79' Čech  88'	Report	Tymoshchuk  50' Križanac  52' Kim 58'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 17,102 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St. Petersburg v Khimki

25 April 2009 6	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 2	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Trivunović 8' (o.g.) Kim  18' Semshov 28' Danny  58' Tekke 63' Pogrebnyak 88'	Report	Kozhanov  13'  15' Budyanskiy  17' Maksimov 45' Zinovyev  53' Samsonov  69' Antipenko 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Harlamov

Rostov v Zenit St. Petersburg

3 May 2009 7	Rostov	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
15:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Akimov 53' Rozhkov  60' Astafyev  69' Gațcan 85'	Report	Meira  75' Pogrebnyak 83' (pen.) Tekke  88'  90+' Križanac  90+'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Ildus Biglov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

10 May 2009 8	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov  27' Denisov  49' Zyryanov 57' Pogrebnyak 69' Tymoshchuk  90+'	Report	Ajinjal  67' Koller  87' Bobyor  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

17 May 2009 9	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maâzou 32' Šemberas  59' Erkin  65' Love 85' (pen.) Carvalho  90'	Report	Semshov 54' Hubočan  78'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

24 May 2009 10	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kolodin  59' Ropotan  69' Khokhlov 84' Gabulov  90+' D.Kombarov  90+'	Report	Denisov  41'  90+' Tymoshchuk  57' Anyukov  90+'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 11,160 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

30 May 2009 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov 38' Zyryanov 45' Anyukov  61' Šírl  76' Semshov  79'	Report	Zaseev  6' Kaita  59'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

Spartak Nalchik v Zenit St. Petersburg

14 June 2009 12	Spartak Nalchik	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nalchik
19:0 MSK (UTC+4)	Gogua  28' Geteriev 44', 49'	Report	Semshov 32' Huszti  54' Anyukov 63' Križanac  70'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Moscow

12 July 2009 13	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kim  49' Križanac 56' 76' Meira  57'	Report	Česnauskis  32' Okoronkwo  75' Tarasov  80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Terek Grozny v Zenit St. Petersburg

19 July 2009 14	Terek Grozny	3 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Georgiev 22' Gvazava  23' Kobenko  26' Pancu  31' Lakhiyalov 57' Iliev 90' 90'	Report	Ionov  9' Pogrebnyak  30' 75' Huszti 72' Denisov  90+' Meira  90+'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

25 July 2009 15	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
18:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti  10' Anyukov  17' Fayzulin  75'	Report	Navas  33' Noboa  48' Kvirkvelia  59'  63' Adamov  86'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Saturn Ramenskoye v Zenit St. Petersburg

2 August 2009 16	Saturn Ramenskoye	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ramenskoye
17:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuzmichyov  12'  84' Kirichenko 15' (pen.) Zelão  76' Nakhushev 85'	Report	Križanac  14' Kornilenko 28' Shirokov 54' Kim  58' Meira  84'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Tom Tomsk

9 August 2009 17	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
16:15 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Kharitonov  24' 67' Jokić 48' Stroyev  54' Dyadyun  75'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

15 August 2009 18	Amkar Perm	2 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
MSK (UTC+4)	Kushev 2', 14' 37' Carlos  24' Grishin  33' Cherenchikov  38' Sirakov  71' Kalashnikov  85'  87'	Report	Denisov  2' Semshov 28', 75' Lombaerts 34' Huszti 53' Hubočan  90+'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Ildus Biglov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

23 August 2009 19	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 28' Zyryanov  33' Kim  90+'	Report	Wágner 9' Yanbayev  55' Bilyaletdinov  52' Rodolfo  52' Torbinski  64'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Khimki v Zenit St. Petersburg

30 August 2008 20	Khimki	0 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Gapon  34'  57' Romaschenko  44' Sansoni  54'  78'	Report	Tekke 24' Bystrov 49' Rosina 67' Zinovyev 90+' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rostov

13 September 2009 21	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Meira  40' Zyryanov 45' Anyukov  68' Bystrov 78' 88' Semshov  89'	Report	Anđelković  10' Lebedenko  45+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St. Petersburg

20 September 2009 22	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Taranov  10' Ignatyev  48' Leilton  81'	Report	Bystrov 14' Semshov  67' Denisov  86'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

26 September 2009 23	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kežman  33' 45+1' Huszti  36' Bystrov  49' 87' Meira  77'	Report	Krasić  20' Guilherme  38' González  49' Šemberas  60' Dzagoev  71' Berezutski  77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

4 October 2009 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov  46' Tekke 59' 89' Kežman 62' Križanac  90' Denisov  90+'	Report	Shunin  42' Fernández 44' Granat  82' K.Kombarov  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

18 October 2009 25	Kuban Krasnodar	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Babangida  33'	Report	Rosina 26' Bystrov 49' Šírl  58'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Nalchik

25 October 2009 26	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 2	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Bystrov 7' 58' Tekke 29'	Report	Siradze 10' 49' Kontsedalov  30' Geteriev  45+' Leandro 65'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,351 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

31 October 2009 27	Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Goore  20' Sheshukov 85'	Report	Denisov  34' Semshov  88'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St. Petersburg v Terek Grozny

8 November 2009 28	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
16:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 26' Utsiyev 39' (o.g.)	Report	Cléber  72' Pancu  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St. Petersburg

21 November 2009 29	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Sharonov  45' Bukharov  47'	Report	Križanac  31' Malafeev  39' Tekke  45' Anyukov  45' Zyryanov  75'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

29 November 2009 30	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti  5'  44' Bystrov  24' Anyukov  45' Zyryanov 45+' Lombaerts 50'	Report	Boyarintsev  43' Makeyev  70' Fathi 83' 85' Alex  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rubin Kazan (C)	30	19	6	5	62	21	+41	63	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	4	9	61	33	+28	55
3	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	15	9	6	48	27	+21	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	9	6	43	30	+13	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	CSKA Moscow	30	16	4	10	48	30	+18	52

Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Russian Cup

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Torpedo Vladimir v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 July 2009 Round of 32	Torpedo Vladimir	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Vladimir
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Vyazmikin  53' Trofimov  63' Karatygin  76'	Report	Anyukov  12' Zyryanov 34' Pogrebnyak 45+' (pen.) Denisov  53' Ionov  70' Čontofalský  79'	Stadium: Torpedo stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Nizhny Novgorod

5 August 2009 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Rosina 39' Anyukov  66' Kornilenko  69' Shirokov  90+' Križanac 97' 98'	Report	Shpedt  81' Zyuzin 82' Zemchenkov  92'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Quarterfinal took place during the 2010 season.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v VfB Stuttgart

18 February 2009 Round of 32 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti 2' Šírl  29' Anyukov  38' Tymoshchuk 45+3' 90+2' Križanac  60'	Report	Gómez 15' Lanig  36' Magnin  45+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,585 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)

VfB Stuttgart v Zenit St.Petersburg

26 February 2009 Round of 32 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Stuttgart, Germany
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Gebhart 80' Gómez  81'	Report	Danny  33' Semshov 42' Anyukov  44' Huszti  66' Fayzulin 86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 34,500 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Udinese v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 March 2009 Round of 16 1st leg	Udinese	2 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Udine, Italy
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	D'Agostino  12' Inler  27' Coda  35' Quagliarella 85' 90+3' Di Natale 88' (pen.) Domizzi  88'	Report	Shirokov  24'  90+2' Denisov  71' Anyukov  90+1' Križanac  90+2' Tymoshchuk  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Udinese

19 March 2009 Round of 16 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Udinese	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tymoshchuk 34' Križanac  90+4'	Report	Pepe  45+1' Quagliarella  76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Nacional v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 August 2009 Play-off round 1st leg	Nacional	4 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Funchal, Portugal
23:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Alberto 30' 66' Cléber  35' Aurélio 37' 38' Silva 53' Patacas  55' Micael 74'	Report	Anyukov  21' Shirokov  35' Semshov 44', 55' Meira  79' Tekke 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Nacional

27 August 2009 Play-off round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (4 – 5 agg.)	Nacional	Saint Petersburg, Russia
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 34' Huszti  66' Zyryanov  77' Križanac  80' Kim  90+4'	Report	Micael  14' 89' Pinto  63' Patacas  66' Lopes  76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 December 2009

Appearances and goals

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

Goal scorers

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

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