2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was 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.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2015–16 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	André Villas-Boas
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	3rd
Russian Cup	Winners
Russian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16 v. Benfica
Top goalscorer	League: Hulk (17) All: Artyom Dzyuba, Hulk (23)
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 2016–17 →

Squad

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 1 GK  RUS Yuri Lodygin 2 DF  RUS Aleksandr Anyukov 4 DF  ITA Domenico Criscito 6 DF  BEL Nicolas Lombaerts 7 FW  BRA Hulk 8 MF  BRA Maurício 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin 10 MF  POR Danny (captain) 13 DF  POR Luís Neto 14 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov 16 GK  RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev 17 MF  RUS Oleg Shatov

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

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 3 DF  ARG Cristian Ansaldi (at Genoa) 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev (at Ural) 8 MF  RUS Pavel Mogilevets (at Rostov) 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov (at Zürich)

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

Reserve squad

Main article: FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg

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 18 MF  RUS Konstantin Zyryanov 43 FW  RUS Pavel Nazimov 50 DF  RUS Maksim Karpov 52 DF  RUS Andrei Ivanov 55 DF  RUS Konstantin Lobov 58 DF  RUS Ilya Zuev 60 MF  RUS Maksim Palienko 62 DF  RUS Stepan Rebenko 65 MF  RUS Danila Yashchuk 68 MF  RUS Vyacheslav Zinkov 70 FW  RUS Dmitri Bogayev

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

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2015

In: 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 14 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov (from Dynamo Moscow) 22 FW  RUS Artyom Dzyuba (from Spartak Moscow) 31 MF  RUS Denis Tkachuk (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) 42 MF  RUS Konstantin Kotov 46 MF  RUS Vitali Gorulyov 49 MF  RUS Dmitri Pletnyov 56 DF  RUS Danil Krugovoy 59 DF  RUS Sergei Bugriyev 60 MF  RUS Maksim Paliyenko (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 61 MF  RUS Dmitri Kirillov 69 DF  RUS Vladislav Nikitin (April 2015) 72 DF  RUS Stanislav Mareyev (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow) 75 DF  RUS Andrei Vasilyev (from Rostov) 82 MF  RUS Igor Drykov (free agent, until April 2015 at CSKA Moscow) 84 DF  RUS Feliks Shalimov 85 GK  RUS Yaroslav Burychenkov (own academy, April 2015) 86 GK  RUS Sergei Lazarev (own academy, April 2015) 89 FW  RUS Yevgeni Markov (end of loan at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) 91 FW  RUS Yegor Denisov 93 GK  RUS Mikhail Kizeyev 98 FW  RUS Yevgeni Reutov

Out: 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 3 DF  ARG Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Genoa, previously on loan to Atlético Madrid) 8 MF  RUS Pavel Mogilevets (on loan to FC Rostov) 10 MF  RUS Andrei Arshavin (to Kuban Krasnodar) 23 FW  VEN Salomón Rondón (to West Bromwich Albion) 33 DF  SRB Milan Rodić (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) 34 FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev (on loan to Schalke 04) 39 DF  RUS Dmitri Skopintsev (to RB Leipzig) 40 DF  RUS Pavel Barbashov 41 DF  RUS Andrei Yakovlev (to Baumit Jablonec) 42 DF  RUS Danila Davidenko 44 MF  UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (to Kairat Almaty) 46 MF  RUS Zakhar Dilanyan (to Ulisses Yerevan) 48 FW  RUS Aleksei Gasilin (on loan to Schalke 04) 56 DF  RUS Kirill Kostin 57 DF  RUS Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (to AGF Aarhus) 59 MF  RUS Aleksei Yegorov 60 MF  RUS Yevgeni Serenkov 61 GK  RUS Anton Tsvetkov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 72 DF  RUS Stepan Zhalobkov 77 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević (on loan to Ponferradina, previously on loan at Sampdoria) 78 DF  RUS Dmitri Chistyakov (on loan to Mika) 82 FW  RUS Aleksei Makarov 83 GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (to FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 84 DF  RUS Mikhail Kovalenko (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 90 FW  RUS Ramil Sheydayev (on loan to Rubin Kazan) 98 FW  RUS Yevgeni Kozlov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 97 MF  RUS Dmitri Khodakovsky — DF  RUS Yevgeni Alfyorov (released, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula) — DF  RUS Denis Terentyev (to FC Rostov, previously on loan at Tom Tomsk) — MF  RUS Aleksei Kayukov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan to Tom-2 Tomsk)

Winter

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2015–16

In: 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 8 MF  BRA Maurício (from Terek Grozny) 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin (from Dynamo Moscow) 23 DF  RUS Yevgeni Chernov (from Tom Tomsk) 26 DF  SRB Vukašin Jovanović (from Red Star Belgrade) 30 MF  RUS Nikita Salamatov (from Vityaz Podolsk) 31 GK  RUS Mikhail Ponomarenko 35 DF  RUS David Mildzikhov (from Baikal Irkutsk) 38 MF  RUS Leon Musayev 40 MF  RUS Yuri Bavin (from Leiria) 53 DF  RUS Mikhail Slashchyov 81 MF  RUS Yuri Zhirkov (from Dynamo Moscow) 82 MF  RUS Ilya Ivanov 90 FW  RUS Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan to Rubin Kazan)

Out: 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 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev (on loan to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov (on loan to FC Zürich) 31 MF  RUS Denis Tkachuk (to Rubin Kazan) 53 DF  RUS Ivan Ivanidi 81 GK  RUS Andrei Strozhevskiy 82 MF  RUS Igor Drykov 89 FW  RUS Yevgeni Markov (to Tosno)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2015–16 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	W	W	D	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	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2016. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

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

Ural v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Terek Grozny

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

Ufa v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krasnodar

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

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

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

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Amkar Perm

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

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rostov

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

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Mordovia Saransk

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

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Ural

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

Terek Grozny v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Ufa

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

Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

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

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

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

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

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

Rostov v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

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

Anzhi Makhachkala v Zenit St. Petersburg

7 May 2016 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 - 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kaspiysk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha  9'  Gadzhibekov  18' Maksimov  45' Mkrtchyan  90+4' Mayewski  90+4'	Summary	Dzyuba 26' Luís Neto  36' Yusupov  45+1' Smolnikov  50' Criscito  67' Zhirkov  76'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Mordovia Saransk v Zenit St. Petersburg

11 May 2016 28	Mordovia Saransk	0 - 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Perendija  69' Cebanu  69'	Summary	Maurício  33' Witsel 45' Hulk 54' (pen.) 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 9,913 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (referee)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

15 May 2016 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 - 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 10' (pen.)  90+4' Javi García  30' Smolnikov  50' Witsel  90+1' Lodygin  90+7' Luís Neto  90+8'	Summary	Marinato  9' Yanbayev  26' Samedov  41' 45+3' (pen.) Henty  60' Miranchuk  88'  Denisov  90+4' Tarasov  90+8'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

21 May 2016 30	Dynamo Moscow	0 - 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhivoglyadov  41' Gabulov  83' Solomatin  90+1'	Summary	Dzyuba 59' Kokorin 62'  67' Criscito  86' 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 12,407 Referee: Sergei Ivanov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	20	5	5	51	25	+26	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rostov	30	19	6	5	41	20	+21	63	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	17	8	5	61	32	+29	59	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	54	25	+29	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Spartak Moscow	30	15	5	10	48	39	+9	50

Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.

Russian Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Russian Super Cup

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

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

Main article: 2015–16 Russian Cup

Volga Tver v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Tosno

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

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

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

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

2 May 2016 Final	CSKA Moscow	1 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Berezutski  18' Olanare 36' Eremenko  53' Berezutski  62' Panchenko  68'	Summary	Hulk 34' (pen.) 63' (pen.)  78' Kokorin 55' Yusupov 69' Shatov  75'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 36,562 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZEN	GNT	VAL	LYO
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–3	2–1	—	0–2
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			0–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Valencia v Zenit St. Petersburg

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)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Gent

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)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lyon

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[2] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Lyon v Zenit St. Petersburg

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)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Valencia

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)

Gent v Zenit St. Petersburg

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

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Benfica v Zenit St. Petersburg

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)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Benfica

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Yuri Lodygin	37	0	27	0	1	0	2+1	0	6	0
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	25	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito	35	0	23	0	1	0	5	0	6	0
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts	29	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
7	FW	BRA	Hulk	39	23	27	17	1	0	4	2	7	4
8	MF	BRA	Maurício	14	2	11	1	0	0	0+1	1	1+1	0
9	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kokorin	14	3	10	2	0	0	2	1	1+1	0
10	MF	POR	Danny	33	7	18+5	6	0	0	2	0	8	1
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	35	0	22	0	1	0	5	0	4+3	0
14	MF	RUS	Artur Yusupov	34	1	23	0	1	0	3+1	1	1+5	0
17	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov	37	10	27	8	1	0	1+1	0	5+2	2
19	DF	RUS	Igor Smolnikov	34	4	26	3	1	1	1+1	0	3+2	0
20	MF	RUS	Viktor Faizulin	7	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Javi García	38	4	26	3	1	0	5	1	6	0
22	FW	RUS	Artyom Dzyuba	43	23	30	15	1	0	2+2	2	8	6
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay	28	2	20	2	0	0	2	0	6	0
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel	41	6	29	3	1	0	2+2	2	7	1
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
68	MF	RUS	Vyacheslav Zinkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
70	FW	RUS	Dmitri Bogaev	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
79	MF	RUS	Konstantin Troyanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
81	MF	RUS	Yuri Zhirkov	12	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
92	FW	RUS	Pavel Dolgov	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
94	MF	RUS	Aleksei Yevseyev	7	0	0+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
3	DF	ARG	Cristian Ansaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	MF	RUS	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	VEN	Salomón Rondón	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	MF	RUS	Denis Tkachuk	9	3	0+7	0	0	0	0+2	3	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Super Cup	Russian Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW		22	Artyom Dzyuba	15	0	2	6	23
2	FW		7	Hulk	17	0	2	4	23
3	MF		17	Oleg Shatov	8	0	0	2	10
4	MF		10	Danny	6	0	0	1	7
5	MF		28	Axel Witsel	3	0	2	1	6
6	DF		19	Igor Smolnikov	3	1	0	0	4
7	FW		9	Aleksandr Kokorin	2	0	1	0	3
	MF		21	Javi García	2	0	1	0	3
	MF		31	Denis Tkachuk	0	0	3	0	3
10	DF		24	Ezequiel Garay	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		8	Maurício	1	0	1	0	2
12	DF		4	Domenico Criscito	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		5	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	0	0	1	0	1
	MF		14	Artur Yusupov	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	60 +1 o.g.	1	14	14	90

Disciplinary record

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