2020–21 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2020–21 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the club's 96th season in existence and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup and UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021. Zenit ended the season as Premier League and Super Cup champions, reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup and finished 4th in their UEFA Champions League Group.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2020–21 season
FC Zenit players and fans celebrating their Russian Premier League title win
Chairman	Aleksander Medvedev
Manager	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Gazprom Arena
Premier League	Champions
Russian Cup	Round of 16
Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Artem Dzyuba (20) All: Artem Dzyuba (22)
Highest home attendance	39,793 vs Lokomotiv Moscow (2 May 2021)
Lowest home attendance	1,184 vs Ural Yekaterinburg (5 December 2020)
Average home league attendance	18,912 (2 May 2021)
Home colours Away colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Season Events

On 27 July, Zenit announced the signing of Dejan Lovren from Liverpool on a three-year contract.^[1]

On 29 July, Oleg Shatov, Igor Smolnikov and Branislav Ivanović all left Zenit after their contracts expired.^[2][3][4]

On 30 July, Artem Dzyuba signed a new two-year contract with Zenit, with the option of a third.^[5]

On 31 July, Zenit announced that Yuri Zhirkov had signed a new contract until the end of the season, whilst Mikhail Kerzhakov had signed a new one-year contract with the option of an additional year.^[6][7]

On 7 August, Emanuel Mammana moved to Sochi on a season-long loan deal.^[8]

On 6 October, Zenit announced the signing of Wendel from Sporting CP, on a contract until the end of the 2024/25 season,^[9] the departure of Emiliano Rigoni to Elche on a permanent deal, ^[10] and the re-signing of Daler Kuzyayev on a contract until the summer of 2023 after his contract had expired at the end of the previous season.^[11]

On 15 October, Zenit signed Dmitri Chistyakov on loan from Rostov for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent,^[12] whilst Denis Terentyev left the club to return to Rostov on a permanent deal. ^[13]

On 19 October, the Moscow Oblast governor, Andrey Vorobyov, announced that all sporting events in the area must take place behind closed doors from 21 October until 7 November, meaning Zenits trip to Khimki on 1 November will be played without fans.^[14]

Squad

As of match played 16 May 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 34)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2015	2021 (+1)[7]	62	0
71	Daniil Odoyevskiy		GK	(2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2019		1	0
99	Andrey Lunyov		GK	(1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 29)	Ufa	2016	2021	117	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Chistyakov		DF	(1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 27)	loan from Rostov	2020		14	0
3	Douglas Santos		DF	(1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 27)	Hamburger SV	2019[15]	2024[15]	71	3
4	Danil Krugovoy		DF	(1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 22)	Ufa	2019[16]	2024[16]	23	0
6	Dejan Lovren		DF	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 31)	Liverpool	2020[1]	2023[1]	28	2
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev		DF	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 25)	Vitesse	2019[17]	2023[17]	61	4
44	Yaroslav Rakitskyi		DF	(1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 31)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2019[18]	2022[18]	85	5
54	Saba Sazonov		DF	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		1	0
75	Sergei Chibisov		DF	(2000-03-01)1 March 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2020		1	0
80	Ilya Skrobotov		DF	(2000-07-06)6 July 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		4	1
87	Danila Prokhin		DF	(2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		10	0
88	Dmitri Bogayev		DF	(1994-01-24)24 January 1994 (aged 27)	Palanga	2017	2020	7	0
94	Danila Khotulyov		DF	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		4	0
Midfielders
5	Wílmar Barrios		MF	(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 27)	Boca Juniors	2019[19]	2023[19]	82	2
14	Daler Kuzyayev		MF	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 28)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2020[11]	2023[11]	118	14
17	Andrei Mostovoy		MF	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 23)	Khimki	2019		33	6
18	Yuri Zhirkov		MF	(1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 37)	Dynamo Moscow	2016	2021[6]	125	5
19	Aleksei Sutormin		MF	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2019[20]	2022[20]	63	8
20	Wendel		MF	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 23)	Sporting CP	2020[9]	2025[9]	20	2
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin		MF	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 31)	Rostov	2017	2022[21]	125	25
27	Magomed Ozdoyev		MF	(1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 28)	Rubin Kazan	2018	2022	99	6
64	Kirill Kravtsov		MF	(2002-06-14)14 June 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		4	0
74	Sergei Ivanov		MF	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 24)	Academy	2015		1	0
84	Ilya Vorobyov		MF	(1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 21)	Academy	2017		1	0
	Nikita Koldunov		MF	(2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 21)	loan from Sochi	2021[22]		0	0
Forwards
7	Sardar Azmoun		FW	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 26)	Rubin Kazan	2019[23]	2022[23]	82	50
8	Malcom		FW	(1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 24)	Barcelona	2019[24]	2024[24]	39	7
11	Sebastián Driussi		FW	(1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 25)	River Plate	2017	2021	137	25
22	Artem Dzyuba		FW	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 32)	Spartak Moscow	2015	2022 (+1)[5]	208	95
36	Stanislav Krapukhin		FW	(1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 23)	Zvezda St.Petersburg	2020		4	0
82	Ivan Tarasov		FW	(2000-01-30)30 January 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2017		0	0
92	Daniil Shamkin		FW	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		9	0
	Pavel Dolgov		FW	(1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 24)	Tom Tomsk	2021[22]		11	0
Away on loan
24	Emanuel Mammana		DF	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 25)	Lyon	2017	2022	41	0
55	Kirill Kaplenko		MF	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 21)	Krasnodar	2017		3	0
78	Aleksandr Vasyutin		GK	(1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 26)	Sarpsborg 08	2019[25]	2023[25]	3	0
Left during the season
10	Emiliano Rigoni		MF	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 28)	Independiente	2017	2021	62	12
34	Denis Terentyev		DF	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 28)	Rostov	2017		13	0
38	Leon Musayev		MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 22)	Academy	2016		19	0

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 24 DF  ARG Emanuel Mammana (at Sochi) 55 MF  RUS Kirill Kaplenko (at Orenburg) 78 GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin (at Djurgårdens IF)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Nikita Goylo (at Akron Tolyatti) — FW  RUS Kirill Makeyev (at BFC Daugavpils)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 July 2020	DF		Dejan Lovren	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[1]
6 October 2020	MF		Wendel	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[9]
12 February 2021	FW		Pavel Dolgov	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	[22]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
15 October 2020	DF		Dmitri Chistyakov	Rostov	End of season	[12]
12 February 2021	MF		Nikita Koldunov	Sochi	End of season	[22]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 July 2020	DF		Nikita Kakkoyev	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed	[26]
28 July 2020	DF		Tomas Rukas	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed	[26]
28 July 2020	DF		Anton Sinyak	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	[26]
31 July 2020	MF		Hernani	Parma	Undisclosed
6 October 2020	MF		Emiliano Rigoni	Elche	Undisclosed	[10]
15 October 2020	DF		Denis Terentyev	Rostov	Undisclosed	[13]
29 January 2021	MF		Leon Musayev	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[27]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
28 July 2020	GK		Nikita Goylo	Akron Tolyatti	End of season	[26]
28 July 2020	FW		Kirill Makeyev	BFC Daugavpils	End of season	[26]
7 August 2020	DF		Emanuel Mammana	Sochi	End of season	[8]
11 February 2021	GK		Aleksandr Vasyutin	Djurgården	End of season	[28]
22 February 2021	DF		Danila Prokhin	Sochi	End of season	[29]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
28 July 2020	MF		Dmitry Bogayev	Zvezda St.Petersburg		[26]
28 July 2020	FW		Aleksei Gasilin	Volgar Astrakhan	5 June 2020	[26][30]
28 July 2020	MF		Dmitri Kirillov			[26]
28 July 2020	MF		Maksim Levin	Zvezda St.Petersburg		[26]
29 July 2020	DF		Igor Smolnikov	Krasnodar	29 July 2020	[3][31]
29 July 2020	DF		Branislav Ivanović	West Bromwich Albion	15 September 2020	[4][32]
29 July 2020	MF		Oleg Shatov	Rubin Kazan	29 July 2020	[2][33]
31 July 2020	MF		Daler Kuzyayev	Zenit St.Petersburg	6 October 2020	[11]
31 July 2020	FW		Aleksandr Kokorin	Spartak Moscow	2 August 2020	[34]
30 June 2021	GK		Andrey Lunyov	Bayer Leverkusen	10 July 2021	[35]
30 June 2021	DF		Saba Sazonov	Dynamo Moscow	9 July 2021	[36]
30 June 2021	DF		Sergei Chibisov	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	1 July 2021	[37]
30 June 2021	DF		Danila Prokhin	Rostov	1 July 2021	[38]
30 June 2021	MF		Yuri Zhirkov	Khimki	12 January 2022
30 June 2021	FW		Stanislav Krapukhin	Riga	18 August 2021	[39]
30 June 2021	FW		Mikhail Pogorelov	Olimp-Dolgoprudny	9 July 2021

Friendlies

Riga v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 January 2021	Riga	0–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Driussi 35' Wendel 36' Mostovoy 84' (pen.) Krapukhin 90'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Referee: Ahmed Zayed (United Arab Emirates)

Pakhtakor Tashkent v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 January 2021	Pakhtakor Tashkent	0–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Mostovoy 2', 57' (pen.) Krapukhin 17' Sazonov  73'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 January 2021	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kuzyayev 7' Azmoun 33'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Referee: Michal Okeanas (Slovakia)

Ural Yekaterinburg v Zenit St.Petersburg

27 January 2021	Ural Yekaterinburg	2–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Malcom 43' Azmoun 49' Wendel 57'	Report	Yegorychev 37', 46'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Referee: Ivan Mladenovic (Serbia)

Ararat-Armenia v Zenit St.Petersburg

4 February 2021	Ararat-Armenia	0–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sutormin 30' (pen.)  85' Malcom 67', 71' Wendel 81'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Referee: Dusan Dimitrievich (Serbia)

Noah v Zenit St.Petersburg

4 February 2021	Noah	0–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Chistyakov 25' Krapukhin 38' M.Pogorelov 86'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium

Jordan v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 February 2021	Jordan	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Dzyuba 56'	Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Referee: Dusan Dimitrievich (Serbia)

Uzbekistan v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 February 2021	Uzbekistan	0–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
09:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium Attendance: 0

Pyunik v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 February 2021	Pyunik	–	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Nad Al Sheba Stadium
Note: Match cancelled on 11 February.[40]

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 August 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	8	3	76	26	+50	063.33
Russian Cup	20 February 2021	20 February 2021	Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Super Cup	7 August 2020		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Champions League	20 October 2020	8 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	000.00
Total					38	20	9	9	83	42	+41	052.63

Last updated: 16 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: 2020 Russian Super Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

7 August 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 14' Driussi  59' Ozdoyev  67' 69' Zhirkov  84' Azmoun  90+2'	Report	Rybus  19' Magkeyev  48' Al.Miranchuk  64' Ćorluka 72' Barinov  72' An.Miranchuk  78'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 5,942 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (C)	30	19	8	3	76	26	+50	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	6	7	56	37	+19	57	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	17	5	8	45	35	+10	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	Rubin Kazan	30	16	5	9	42	33	+9	53[b]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Sochi	30	15	8	7	49	33	+16	53[b]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

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) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. FC Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2020–21 Russian Cup. The Europa Conference League spot awarded to the third-placed team is passed to fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team is passed to fifth-placed team.
2. Head-to-head points: Rubin 3, Sochi 3. Overall matches won: Rubin 16, Sochi 15.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	8	3	76	26	+50	65	13	1	1	53	13	+40	6	7	2	23	13	+10

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: See Results

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Rotor Volgograd v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 August 2020 1	Rotor Volgograd	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Volgograd
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stepanov  49'	Report	Dzyuba 22' Karavayev  41' Driussi 79'	Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 12,438 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 August 2020 2	Rostov	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Normann  3' Chernov  23'	Report	Malcom  1' Azmoun 24' 24'  70' Rakitskiy  55'  78' Lovren 87' Barrios  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 11,353 Referee: 11,353

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

19 August 2020 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 19', 69'  59'	Report	Maradishvili  24' Vlašić 26'  33' Diveyev  34' Oblyakov  90+4'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 28,602 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Tambov

22 August 2020 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–1	Tambov	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  21' Douglas 41' Malcom 47' Yerokhin 68' Azmoun 74'	Report	Chicherin  5' Kabakhidze  65' Panchenko 85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,782 Referee: Igor Panin

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

26 August 2020 5	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Šunjić 40' Szymański  53' Parshivlyuk  66' Skopintsev  73' Moro  79' Pliyev  85' Yevgenyev  87' Kaboré  89' Shunin  90+'	Report	Karavayev  39' Barrios  49'  83' Rigoni  90+' Lovren  FT'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 5,885 Referee: Stanislav Vasiliev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

30 August 2020 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rybus  26' Ćorluka  85' Zhemaletdinov  87'	Report		Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 7,739 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Arsenal Tula

14 September 2020 7	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 25' Dzyuba 31' Barrios  37' Yerokhin 87'	Report	Burlak  21' Khlusevich  45+' Kavalyow 60' Tkachyov  79'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,559 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Ural Yekaterinburg v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 September 2020 8	Ural Yekaterinburg	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miškić  19' Zolotov  40' Panyukov 69'	Report	Dzyuba 4' Ozdoyev  44'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 13,488 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Ufa

26 September 2020 9	Zenit St.Petersburg	6–0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 24', 61' Dzyuba 32' (pen.), 72', 88' Yerokhin  63' Sutormin 90+'	Report	Nedelcearu  29'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,697 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

3 October 2020 10	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev  59' Ponce 86' Yeshchenko  90'	Report	Douglas  37' Yerokhin 65' Barrios  88' Lovren  89'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 17,150 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Zenit St.Petersburg v Sochi

17 October 2020 11	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Karavayev 16' Yerokhin 24' Rakitskiy  33' Douglas 90+'	Report	Mammana  23' Zaika 57'  73' Yusupov  90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,231 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

24 October 2020 12	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 26' Kuzyayev  87' Rakitskiy  90+'	Report	Uremović  25' Despotović 43' Jevtić 69'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,847 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

Khimki v Zenit St.Petersburg

1 November 2020 13	Khimki	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Idowu  82'	Report	Mostovoy 18' Sutormin  27' Yerokhin  37' 78' Zhirkov  61'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Krasnodar

8 November 2020 14	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Wendel  13' Dzyuba 45' 79' Kuzyayev 65'  88' Sutormin 90+'	Report	Berg 17' (pen.)  30' Kaio  84'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,068 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Akhmat Grozny v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 November 2020 15	Akhmat Grozny	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha 26', 53' (pen.)	Report	Kuzyayev 16' Lovren 48' Chistyakov  52' Rakitskiy  55'  90+'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 6,241 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Arsenal Tula v Zenit St.Petersburg

28 November 2020 16	Arsenal Tula	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lomovitsky  37' K.Kangwa  39' Kostadinov  72' Panchenko  90+'	Report	Barrios  90+'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 1,916 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Zenit St.Petersburg v Ural Yekaterinburg

5 December 2020 17	Zenit St.Petersburg	5–1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 17', 22', 76' (pen.) Dzyuba 30' (pen.) Douglas 45'	Report	Augustyniak  32' Magomadov  75' Shabolin 82'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 1,184 Referee: Igor Panin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

12 December 2020 18	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 14', 34' (pen.) Ozdoyev  55' Azmoun 84' Chistyakov  90+'	Report	Parshivlyuk  34' Komlichenko 56' (pen.)  81'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 1,909 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

16 December 2020 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 8' Malcom  39' Rakitskiy 74' Sutormin  78' Barrios  83' Dzyuba 90+'	Report	Zobnin  25' Larsson  36' Dzhikiya  54' Lovren 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

27 February 2021 20	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–2	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lovren  54' Kuzyayev  61' 78' Poyarkov 73' (o.g.)	Report	Normann  16' Poyarkov  18' Sowe  29' 44', 89' Almqvist  45+' Osipenko  56' Bayramyan  77'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 23,165 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

8 March 2021 21	Rubin Kazan	2–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Despotović 41' (pen.) Zuyev  83' Makarov 90+'	Report	Azmoun 75' Lovren  77' Dzyuba 90+'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 9,211 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Akhmat Grozny

13 March 2021 22	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Douglas  36' Karavayev 52' Azmoun 65' (pen.) Rakitskiy  67' Dzyuba 74' Mostovoy 80'	Report	Berisha  62' Putsko  64' Semyonov  65'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,551 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

17 March 2021 23	CSKA Moscow	2–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rondón 28' Akinfeev  45' Akhmetov  53' Vlašić 90+'	Report	Dzyuba 33' 45 Wendel 50', 77'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 11,275 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Zenit St.Petersburg v Khimki

5 April 2021 24	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lovren  10' Karavayev 45+' Azmoun  86' Mostovoy 90+'	Report	Idowu  66'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,708 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Sochi v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 April 2021 25	Sochi	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Sochi
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Prokhin  38' Burmistrov 58' Rudenko  85' Miladinović  90+'	Report	Barrios  42' Azmoun 63', 80'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,328 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Krasnodar v Zenit St.Petersburg

17 April 2021 26	Krasnodar	2–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ionov 7', 61' Olsson  54' Chernov  71' Claesson  89'	Report	Chistyakov  44' Azmoun 75'  90+' Mostovoy 86'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 17,590 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rotor Volgograd

24 April 2021 27	Zenit St.Petersburg	6–0	Rotor Volgograd	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kvirkvelia 45+' Malcom 56' Mostovoy 65' Dzyuba 75' Yerokhin 77' Sutormin 87'  90'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,807 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

2 May 2021 28	Zenit St.Petersburg	6 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 19', 51' Rakitskiy  36' Azmoun 39', 45+' (pen.), 46' Malcom 67' Kuzyayev  69'	Report	Krychowiak  22' Mukhin  38' Pablo  45+' Kamano 56' Miranchuk  61' Rybchinsky  87'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 39,793 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ufa v Zenit St.Petersburg

8 May 2021 29	Ufa	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pliyev  80' Belenov  90+'	Report	Azmoun 45+' Barrios  81' Khotulyov  84'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 9,660 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Tambov v Zenit St.Petersburg

16 May 2021 30	Tambov	1 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Saransk
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Klimov 45'	Report	Dzyuba 11', 55', 72', 74' Ozdoyev  45+' Vosiyev 90+' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mordovia Arena Attendance: 7,119 Referee: Anton Frolov

Russian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Russian Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v Arsenal Tula

20 February 2021 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzyayev 19' Rakitskiy  24' Krapukhin  86' Ozdoyev  89'	Report	Panchenko 25'  71' Bauer  27' 37' (pen.) E.Kangwa  76' Grigalava  89'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,463 Referee: Stanislav Vasilyev

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Zenit St.Petersburg v Club Brugge

20 October 2020 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Club Brugge	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Lovren  53' Horvath 74' (o.g.)	Report	Mata  12' Dennis  14' 63' Rits  33' Vanaken  85' De Ketelaere 90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,682[41] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Borussia Dortmund v Zenit St.Petersburg

28 October 2020 2	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dortmund, Germany
23:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sancho 78' (pen.) Haaland 90+1'	Report	Kuzyayev  25' Karavayev  78'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 0[42] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lazio

4 November 2020 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	Lazio	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzyayev  7' Yerokhin 32' Barrios  78' Lovren  85' Krugovoy  86'	Report	Akpa Akpro  5' Milinković-Savić  59' Caicedo  78' 82' Reina  85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,427[43] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Lazio v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 November 2020 4	Lazio	3–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rome, Italy
23:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Immobile 3', 55' (pen.) Parolo 22' Acerbi  89'	Report	Dzyuba 25' Barrios  38' Lovren  48' Rakitskiy  76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0[44] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Club Brugge v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 December 2020 4	Club Brugge	3–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Bruges, Belgium
23:00 MSK (UTC+3)	De Ketelaere 33' Vanaken 58' (pen.) Lang 73'	Report	Sutormin  67' Prokhin  90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0[45] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Borussia Dortmund

8 December 2020 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun  10' Driussi 16'	Report	Piszczek 68' Witsel 79'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 10,860[46] Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Squad statistics

As of match played 16 May 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	RUS	Dmitri Chistyakov	14	0	9+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Douglas Santos	34	3	28	3	0	0	1	0	5	0
4	DF	RUS	Danil Krugovoy	24	0	5+14	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+3	0
5	MF	COL	Wílmar Barrios	33	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
6	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	28	2	21	2	1	0	1	0	4+1	0
7	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun	29	19	21+3	19	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
8	FW	BRA	Malcom	25	3	20+1	3	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	FW	ARG	Sebastián Driussi	22	2	11+5	1	0	0	1	0	4+1	1
14	MF	RUS	Daler Kuzyayev	25	4	14+4	3	1	1	0	0	6	0
15	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Karavayev	31	3	25	3	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
17	MF	RUS	Andrei Mostovoy	33	6	8+18	6	1	0	0+1	0	1+4	0
18	MF	RUS	Yuri Zhirkov	20	0	7+8	0	1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
19	MF	RUS	Aleksei Sutormin	32	3	9+17	3	1	0	0	0	2+3	0
20	MF	BRA	Wendel	20	2	13+2	2	1	0	0	0	1+3	0
21	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Yerokhin	32	8	9+16	7	0+1	0	0+1	0	4+1	1
22	FW	RUS	Artem Dzyuba	34	22	26+1	20	1	0	1	1	4+1	1
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoyev	35	1	21+7	0	1	0	1	1	3+2	0
36	FW	RUS	Stanislav Krapukhin	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov	25	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
44	DF	UKR	Yaroslav Rakitskiy	32	1	24	1	1	0	1	0	6	0
54	DF	RUS	Saba Sazonov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF	RUS	Sergei Chibisov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	MF	RUS	Kirill Kravtsov	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK	RUS	Daniil Odoyevskiy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	DF	RUS	Danila Prokhin	7	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
92	FW	RUS	Daniil Shamkin	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
94	DF	RUS	Danila Khotulyov	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	GK	RUS	Andrey Lunyov	13	0	11+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit during the season:
10	MF	ARG	Emiliano Rigoni	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	RUS	Leon Musayev	6	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW		22	Artem Dzyuba	20	0	1	1	22
2	FW		7	Sardar Azmoun	19	0	0	0	19
3	MF		21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	7	0	0	1	8
4	MF		17	Andrei Mostovoy	6	0	0	0	6
5	MF		14	Daler Kuzyayev	3	1	0	0	4
				Own goal	3	0	0	1	4
7	DF		3	Douglas Santos	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		15	Vyacheslav Karavayev	3	0	0	0	3
	FW		8	Malcom	3	0	0	0	3
10	MF		19	Aleksei Sutormin	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		6	Dejan Lovren	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Wendel	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		11	Sebastián Driussi	1	0	0	1	2
14	DF		44	Yaroslav Rakitskiy	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		27	Magomed Ozdoyev	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	76	1	2	4	83

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	GK		41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	7	0	0	0	7
2	GK		99	Andrey Lunyov	3	0	0	0	3
				TOTALS	10	0	0	0	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Total
2		DF	Dmitri Chistyakov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Douglas Santos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Danil Krugovoy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		MF	Wílmar Barrios	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	1
6		DF	Dejan Lovren	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
7		FW	Sardar Azmoun	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
8		FW	Malcom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Sebastián Driussi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Daler Kuzyayev	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
15		DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18		MF	Yuri Zhirkov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Aleksei Sutormin	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
20		MF	Wendel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Aleksandr Yerokhin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
36		FW	Stanislav Krapukhin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Yaroslav Rakitskiy	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	2
87		DF	Danila Prokhin	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
94		DF	Danila Khotulyov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Zenit during the season:
10		MF	Emiliano Rigoni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	52	3	3	0	4	0	13	0	72	3