2021–22 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg are participating in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, the Russian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2021–22 season
Owner	Gazprom
President	Alexander Medvedev
Head coach	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	Quarter-finals
Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Artem Dzyuba (11) All: Artem Dzyuba (13)
Highest home attendance	47,584 vs Lokomotiv Moscow (30 April 2022)
Lowest home attendance	983 vs Krasnodar (7 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	19,443 (7 May 2022)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Season events

On 3 June, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Dmitri Chistyakov from Rostov on a four-year contract.^[1]

On 19 July, Emanuel Mammana returned to Sochi on loan for the season.^[2] Two days later, 21 July, Daniil Shamkin left the club to join Baltika Kaliningrad on a season-long loan deal.^[3]

On 26 July, Sebastián Driussi bought out the remaining year of his contract with Zenit St.Petersburg, and left the club.^[4]

On 13 August, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Claudinho from Red Bull Bragantino on a five-year contract.^[5]

On 2 September, Zenit announced the signing of Stanislav Kritsyuk to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, from Gil Vicente.^[6] The following day, 3 September, Zenit announced that they had extended their contract with Brazilian defender Douglas Santos until the end of the 2025/26 season.^[7]

On 19 October, Wilmar Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season.^[8]

On 7 January, Emanuel Mammana and Zenit agreed to mutual terminate his contract and he left the club.^[9]

On 10 January, Zenit announced the signing of Ivan Sergeyev from Krylia Sovetov with a contract until the end of the 2024/25 season.^[10] On the same day, Aleksandr Vasyutin extended his loan deal with Djurgårdens IF for the 2022 season.^[11]

In January 2022, Nuraly Alip joined up with Zenit for a trial during their week long training camp in the United Arab Emirates.^[12]

On 25 January, Zenit announced the signing of Arsen Adamov from Ural Yekaterinburg on a contract until the end of 2025–26 season.^[13]

On 30 January, Zenit announced that Sardar Azmoun had left the club to sign for Bayer Leverkusen, and that they had signed Yuri Alberto to a five-year contract from Internacional.^[14][15]

On 10 February, Danila Khotulyov and Dmitri Vasilyev both joined Orenburg on loan until the end of the 2022/23 season.^[16]

On 16 February, Zenit announced that they'd signed Nuraly Alip on loan from Kairat for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.^[17]

On 2 March, Yaroslav Rakitskyi left Zenit by mutual consent.^[18]

On 7 April, Zenit extended their contract with Aleksandr Yerokhin until the summer of 2024, and with Aleksei Sutormin until the summer of 2025.^[19][20]

Squad

As of match played 21 May 2022

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Stanislav Kritsyuk		GK	(1990-12-01)1 December 1990 (aged 31)	Gil Vicente	2021[6]	2022[6]	11	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 35)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2015	2022[21]	87	0
71	Daniil Odoyevsky		GK	(2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		6	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Chistyakov		DF	(1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 28)	Rostov	2021[1]	2025[1]	51	1
3	Douglas Santos		DF	(1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 28)	Hamburger SV	2019[22]	2026[7]	108	4
4	Danil Krugovoy		DF	(1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 23)	Ufa	2019[23]	2024[23]	59	1
6	Dejan Lovren		DF	(1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 32)	Liverpool	2020[24]	2023[24]	47	2
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev		DF	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 27)	Vitesse	2019[25]	2023[25]	85	4
23	Arsen Adamov		DF	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 19)	Ural Yekaterinburg	2022[13]	2026[13]	6	0
Midfielders
5	Wilmar Barrios		MF	(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 28)	Boca Juniors	2019[26]	2026[8]	119	2
8	Wendel		MF	(1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 24)	Sporting CP	2020[27]	2025[27]	55	6
11	Claudinho		MF	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 25)	Red Bull Bragantino	2021[5]	2026[5]	31	10
14	Daler Kuzyayev		MF	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 29)	Zenit St.Petersburg	2020[28]	2023[28]	147	16
17	Andrei Mostovoy		MF	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 24)	Khimki	2019		71	13
19	Aleksei Sutormin		MF	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 28)	Rubin Kazan	2019[29]	2025[20]	95	12
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin		MF	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 32)	Rostov	2017	2024[19]	164	34
27	Magomed Ozdoyev		MF	(1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 29)	Rubin Kazan	2018	2022	115	8
28	Nuraly Alip		MF	(1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 22)	loan from Kairat	2022[17]	2022[17]	12	0
45	Dmitry Sergeyev		MF	(2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		1	0
45	Kirill Stolbov		MF	(2004-04-08)8 April 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		1	0
74	Sergei Ivanov		MF	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 25)	Academy	2015		1	0
	Ivan Korshunov		MF	(2002-03-07)7 March 2002 (aged 20)	Academy	2019		0	0
Forwards
9	Yuri Alberto		FW	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 21)	Internacional	2022[15]	2026[15]	15	6
10	Malcom		FW	(1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 25)	Barcelona	2019[30]	2024[30]	74	16
22	Artem Dzyuba		FW	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 33)	Spartak Moscow	2015	2022 (+1)[31]	247	108
33	Ivan Sergeyev		FW	(1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 27)	Krylia Sovetov	2022[10]	2025[10]	15	5
82	Ivan Tarasov		FW	(2000-01-30)30 January 2000 (aged 22)	Academy	2017		0	0
Away on loan
64	Kirill Kravtsov		MF	(2002-06-14)14 June 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		16	0
94	Danila Khotulyov		DF	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		5	0
	Nikita Goylo		GK	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 23)	Academy	2016		0	0
	Nikolai Rybikov		GK	(2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 22)	Academy	2016		0	0
	Aleksandr Vasyutin		GK	(1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 27)	Sarpsborg 08	2019[32]	2023[32]	3	0
	Kirill Kaplenko		MF	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 22)	Krasnodar	2017		3	0
	Yaroslav Mikhailov		MF	(2003-04-28)28 April 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		0	0
	Dmitri Sergeyev		MF	(2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		0	0
	Maksim Bachinsky		FW	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 22)	Academy	2017		0	0
	Daniil Shamkin		FW	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		9	0
Left during the season
7	Sardar Azmoun		FW	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2019[33]	2022[33]	103	62
11	Sebastián Driussi		FW	(1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 26)	River Plate	2017	2022	138	25
44	Yaroslav Rakitskyi		DF	(1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 32)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2019[34]	2022[34]	108	7
85	Daniil Kuznetsov		FW	(2003-04-23)23 April 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		5	0
	Emanuel Mammana		DF	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 26)	Lyon	2017	2022	41	0
	Pavel Dolgov		FW	(1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 25)	Tom Tomsk	2021[35]		11	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 — GK  RUS Nikita Goylo (at Akron Tolyatti) — GK  RUS Nikolai Rybikov (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye) — GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin (at Djurgården) — DF  RUS Danila Khotulyov (at Orenburg) — DF  RUS Dmitri Vasilyev (at Orenburg) — MF  RUS Kirill Kaplenko (at Orenburg)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Kirill Kravtsov (at Nizhny Novgorod) — MF  RUS Yaroslav Mikhailov (at Schalke 04) — MF  RUS Dmitri Sergeyev (at Baltika Kaliningrad) — FW  RUS Maksim Bachinsky (at Tekstilshchik Ivanovo) — FW  RUS Daniil Shamkin (at Baltika Kaliningrad)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2021–22

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 June 2021	DF		Dmitri Chistyakov	Rostov	Undisclosed	[1]
13 August 2021	MF		Claudinho	Red Bull Bragantino	Undisclosed	[5]
2 September 2021	GK		Stanislav Kritsyuk	Gil Vicente	Undisclosed	[6]
10 January 2022	FW		Ivan Sergeyev	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed	[10]
25 January 2022	DF		Arsen Adamov	Ural Yekaterinburg	Undisclosed	[13]
30 January 2022	FW		Yuri Alberto	Internacional	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
16 February 2022	MF		Nuraly Alip	Kairat	End of season	[17]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
23 January 2022	FW		Pavel Dolgov	Metallurg Lipetsk	Undisclosed	[36]
30 January 2022	FW		Sardar Azmoun	Bayer Leverkusen	Undisclosed	[14]
20 February 2022	FW		Daniil Kuznetsov	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[37]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
11 February 2021	GK		Aleksandr Vasyutin	Djurgården	31 December 2022	[38][11]
8 June 2021	GK		Nikolai Rybikov	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	End of season	[39]
23 June 2021	MF		Dmitri Sergeyev	Baltika Kaliningrad	End of season	[40]
13 July 2021	MF		Yaroslav Mikhailov	Schalke 04	End of season	[41]
19 July 2021	DF		Emanuel Mammana	Sochi	7 January 2022	[2][9]
21 July 2021	FW		Daniil Shamkin	Baltika Kaliningrad	End of season	[3]
10 February 2022	DF		Danila Khotulyov	Orenburg	End of 2022/23 season	[16]
10 February 2022	DF		Dmitri Vasilyev	Orenburg	End of 2022/23 season	[16]
10 February 2022	MF		Kirill Kravtsov	Nizhny Novgorod	End of 2022/23 season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
26 July 2021	FW		Sebastián Driussi	Austin	29 July 2021	[4][42]
7 January 2022	DF		Emanuel Mammana	River Plate	10 January 2022	[9]
2 March 2022	DF		Yaroslav Rakitskyi	Adana Demirspor	23 July 2022	[18][43]
21 June 2022	GK		Stanislav Kritsyuk	Gil Vicente	21 June 2022	[44][45]
30 June 2022	MF		Magomed Ozdoyev	Fatih Karagümrük	28 July 2022	[46][47]
30 June 2022	FW		Artem Dzyuba	Adana Demirspor	18 August 2022	[48][49]

Trial

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Last club	Date to	Ref.
January 2022	MF		Nuraly Alip	Kairat	16 February 2022	[12][17]

Contract renewals

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Length	End date	Ref.
3 September 2021	DF		Douglas Santos	2-Years	2025/26 season	[7]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Schalke 04 v Zenit St.Petersburg

3 July 2021	Schalke 04	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kufstein, Austria
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Mostovoy  45'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

Werder Bremen v Zenit St.Petersburg

7 July 2021	Werder Bremen	2–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Zell am Ziller, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dinkçi 21' Füllkrug 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Sutormin  55' Driussi 59' Mostovoy 68'	Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)

Karlsruher SC v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 July 2021	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Koasastadion Referee: Nenad Kostachevich (Austria)

Emirates Club v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 January 2022	Emirates Club	0–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Claudinho 18' Yerokhin 50', 56'

Botev Plovdiv v Zenit St.Petersburg

22 January 2022	Botev Plovdiv	2–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nedelev 6' Marquinhos 79' (pen.)	Report	Dzyuba 31' Ozdoyev 53' D.Byazrov  79'

MŠK Žilina v Zenit St.Petersburg

25 January 2022	MŠK Žilina	0–5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Dzyuba 8' Mostovoy 21' Yerokhin 51', 70', 85'

Zenit St.Petersburg v Midtjylland

3 February 2022 Atlantic Cup	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Midtjylland	Portugal
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chistyakov  34' Alip 40'	Report

Zenit St.Petersburg v Copenhagen

10 February 2022 Atlantic Cup	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1 (3 – 2 p)	Copenhagen	São João da Venda, Portugal
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	30'	Report	Bøving 74'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve
	Penalties
			Babacar Bøving Stage Biel Ankersen

Brøndby v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 February 2022 Atlantic Cup	Brøndby	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Portugal
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Divković 53'	Report	Alip 77' Dzyuba 79'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	24 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	8	3	66	28	+38	063.33
Russian Cup	3 March 2022	20 April 2022	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6	050.00
Super Cup	17 July 2021		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	14 September 2021	8 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	2	3	10	10	+0	016.67
UEFA Europa League	17 February 2022	24 February 2022	Knockout round play-offs	Knockout round play-offs	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					41	22	12	7	89	43	+46	053.66

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Super Cup

Main article: 2021 Russian Super Cup

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

17 July 2021 Final	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaliningrad
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzyayev 27' Azmoun 57' Yerokhin 83' Mostovoy  87' Kravtsov  90+3'	Report	Barinov  51'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 16,388 Referee: Pavel Kukuyanru

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (C)	30	19	8	3	66	28	+38	65
2	Sochi	30	17	5	8	54	30	+24	56
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	5	9	53	41	+12	53
4	Krasnodar	30	14	8	8	42	30	+12	50[a]
5	CSKA Moscow	30	15	5	10	42	29	+13	50[a]

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) 2020–21 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Krasnodar 4, CSKA Moscow 1.

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	66	28	+38	65	13	1	1	43	15	+28	6	7	2	23	13	+10

Last updated: 21 May 2022.
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	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	Н	A	Н	А	Н	А	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Premier Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Khimki v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 July 2021 1	Khimki	1–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Khimki
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kukharchuk 28'	Report	Ozdoyev  4' Azmoun 33' Yerokhin 71' Sutormin 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 650 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyakru

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

1 August 2021 2	Rostov	2–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Komlichenko 45+' (pen.) Osipenko  50' 85' Terentyev  60' Kalinin  63'	Report	Yerokhin 30', 90+' Azmoun 35' (pen.) Lovren  45+' Wendel 75' Kuzyayev  81' Krugovoy  90+'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Vitali Meshkov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.

Zenit St.Petersburg v Krasnodar

7 August 2021 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–2	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 9', 35' Kuzyayev  13' Wendel  27' Yerokhin 44'	Report	Córdoba 24' Spajić 77' Ramírez  79'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 983 Referee: Alexey Amelin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 August 2021 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Jedvaj  19' Rybus  34' Kulikov  42' Kamano  48' Pablo  55' Zé Luís  76' Guilherme  83' Smolov 90' (pen.)	Report	Kuzyayev  19'  50' Sutormin 85' (pen.)	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ufa v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 August 2021 5	Ufa	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Cacintura  29' Fishchenko  62' Agalarov 74' Pliyev  81' Zhuravlyov  90+'	Report	Malcom 10'	Stadium: BetBoom Arena Attendance: 761 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

26 August 2021 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Malcom  78' Azmoun 82'	Report	Dzagoev  21' Mukhin  49'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 998 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Akhmat Grozny

11 September 2021 7	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Wendel 9'  71' Yerokhin 33' Malcom 83'	Report	Todorović  20' Utsiyev  39' Polyarus  45' Konaté 51'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 7,516 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyakru

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 September 2021 8	Rubin Kazan	1–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Nizhegorodov  50' Chistyakov 67' (o.g.) Hwang  76' Zotov  90+2'	Report	Dzyuba 24', 43' Claudinho 29' Rakitskyi  67'	Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 7,480 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov Samara

25 September 2021 9	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzyayev  26' Dzyuba 55' Yerokhin  55' Sutormin 79' (pen.)	Report	Zeffane  5' Glushenkov  9' Zinkovskiy 14',  78' Sergeyev  71' Soldatenkov  85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 13,471 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Sochi

3 October 2021 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun  42' Dzyuba 45'	Report	Terekhov  44' 71' Zaika  63' Cassierra 67'  90+' Noboa  90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 12,762 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Arsenal Tula v Zenit St.Petersburg

16 October 2021 11	Arsenal Tula	2–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Markov  40' Davitashvili 54' Khlusevich  62' Lutsenko  74' Kochenkov  81' K.Kangwa 90'  90+'	Report	Kuzyaev  19' Dzyuba 88'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 4 867 Referee: Pavel Kukuyanru

Zenit St.Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

24 October 2021 12	Zenit St.Petersburg	7–1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 20', 36' Claudinho 28' Mostovoy 45', 56' Rakitskyi  72' Dzyuba 80' (pen.) Yerokhin 88'	Report	Promes 53' Caufriez  65'  79' Sobolev  90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,721 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

29 October 2021 13	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 8' Wendel  45+1' 66' Karavayev  55' Lovren  62' Dzyuba 69' Rakitskyi 85'	Report	Skopintsev  25' Fomin  51' 56' Zakharyan  76' Ordets  79'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,190 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ural Yekaterinburg v Zenit St.Petersburg

7 November 2021 14	Ural Yekaterinburg	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yegorychev  20'	Report	Rakitskyi  34' Claudinho  51' Chistyakov  87'	Stadium: Ekaterinburg Arena Attendance: 492 Referee: Igor Panin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Nizhny Novgorod

19 November 2021 15	Zenit St.Petersburg	5–1	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Malcom 24' Dzyuba 34', 45+', 60' Chistyakov 88' Azmoun  90+' Barrios  90+' Sutormin  90+'	Report	Kozlov 34' Boumal  41'  43' Gorbunov  54' Miladinović  90' Sapeta  90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,575 Referee: Pavel Kukuyanru

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

28 November 2021 16	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaynutdinov  20'	Report	Claudinho 34' Azmoun  63' Mostovoy 90+'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 7,993 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

3 December 2021 17	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–2	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chistyakov  9' Rakitskyi  27' Claudinho 31', 69' (pen.)  78' Yerokhin  42' Sutormin  86'	Report	Poloz 11' (pen.) Komlichenko 25'  54' Glebov  29' Terentyev  60' Kalinin  61' Melyokhin  80'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,890 Referee: Alexey Matyunin

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 December 2021 18	Dynamo Moscow	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Moro  69' Skopintsev 72'	Report	Claudinho 11' 32' Douglas  45+'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 17,494 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

28 February 2022 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Barrios  31' Alberto 48' Sutormin 55' (pen.) Sergeyev 90+2'	Report	Musayev  17'  78' Lomovitsky  54' Lisakovich 61', 67'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,668 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyakru

Zenit St.Petersburg v Ufa

6 March 2022 20	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Krugovoy 50' Claudinho  53' Malcom 67'	Report	Kamilov  87'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,377 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Zenit St.Petersburg

13 March 2022 21	Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Samara
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushenkov  70' Costanza  84' Barać 90+' Tsypchenko  90+'	Report	Claudinho  3' Wendel  74'  90+' Krugovoy 87'	Stadium: Solidarnost Arena Attendance: 8,776 Referee: Anton Frolov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Arsenal Tula

19 March 2022 22	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–0	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Malcom 44', 55' Alberto 89'	Report	Sokol  33' Despotović  38' Smolnikov  41'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 31,426 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Sochi v Zenit St.Petersburg

3 April 2022 23	Sochi	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Sochi
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yurganov  45+1' Melkadze  71'	Report	Malcom  42'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,307 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Akhmat Grozny v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 April 2022 24	Akhmat Grozny	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shvets  36' Utkin  38' Berisha  45+' Bogosavac  49' Semyonov  74' Sebai  88'	Report	Alberto 39'  85' Barrios  50' Yerokhin 90' Kuzyayev  90+'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Alexey Matyunin

Zenit St.Petersburg v Ural Yekaterinburg

16 April 2022 25	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 12' 12' Krugovoy  27' Alberto 37' Kuzyayev  51' Malcom  53' Chistyakov  72' Dzyuba 73'	Report	Kuzmichyov  11' Magomadov  17' Yegorychev  45' Bicfalvi  66' Zheleznov 83'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 36,787 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Krasnodar v Zenit St.Petersburg

25 April 2022 26	Krasnodar	1–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Manelov 73'  85' Petrov  88'	Report	Sergeyev 35' Malcom 42' Mostovoy  85' Ozdoyev 88'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 17,590 Referee: Evgeny Kukulyak

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

30 April 2022 27	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeyev 28' Malcom 42' Mostovoy 77'	Report	Kerk 4' Mampassi  45+' Nenakhov  90'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 47,584 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Khimki

7 May 2022 28	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeyev 14' Adamov  90+'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 40,068 Referee: Alexey Amelin

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 May 2022 29	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev 49'  51' Martins  55' Moses  85' Khlusevich  87' Dzhikiya  90+'	Report	Mostovoy 90+'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 16,598 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 May 2022 30	Nizhny Novgorod	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky 20' (pen.) Karasyov  85'	Report	Ozdoyev  19'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 30,235 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Russian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Russian Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny

3 March 2022 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	6–0	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Saint Petersburg
20:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Mostovoy 17', 48' Alberto 26', 45+1' Yerokhin 37' Adamov  55' Dzyuba 85'	Report	Potapov  30' Ayukin  76'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Anton Frolov

Alania Vladikavkaz v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 April 2022 Quarter-final	Alania Vladikavkaz	2–2 (6–5 p)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shavlokhov  26' Dav.Kobesov  39' Gurtsiyev 55' Zaseyev  59' Kochiyev  59' Khubulov  74' Giorgobiani 90+2'	Report	Santos 71' Sergeyev 81'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Referee: Pavel Kukuyan
	Penalties
	Soldatenko Khadartsev Mashukov Tsarayev Khosonov Giorgobiani Khugayev		Yuri Alberto Kuzyayev Sergeyev Sutormin Santos Malcom Krugovoy

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

The draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage was held on 26 August, drawing Zenit with Chelsea, Juventus and Malmö.^[50]

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	10	6	+4	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	10	10	0	5	Transfer to Europa League
4	Malmö FF	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Chelsea v Zenit St.Petersburg

14 September 2021 1	Chelsea	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	London
22:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azpilicueta  45' Lukaku 69'	Report	Rakitskyi  62'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,252[51] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Malmö FF

29 September 2021 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0	Malmö FF	Saint Petersburg
19:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 9' Kuzyayev 49' Sutormin 80' Wendel 90+4'	Report	Rakip  30' Ahmedhodžić  53' Brorsson  86'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,339[52] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Juventus

20 October 2021 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–1	Juventus	Saint Petersburg
22:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Barrios  30' Karavaev  46'	Report	Arthur  60' Kulusevski 86' Ramsey  90+'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,717[53] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Swiss)

Juventus v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 November 2021 4	Juventus	4–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Turin
23:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dybala 11', 58' (pen.) Locatelli  68' Chiesa 74' Morata 82' Kulusevski  89'	Report	Bonucci 26' (o.g.) Lovren  54' Azmoun 90+2'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 20,053[54] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Malmö FF v Zenit St.Petersburg

23 November 2021 5	Malmö FF	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Malmö
23:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rieks 28'  90' Dahlin  50' Ahmedhodžić  56' Moisander  74'	Report	Claudinho  36' Dzyuba 52' Wendel  55' Chistyakov  62'  86' Rakitskyi 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Eleda Stadion Attendance: 15,520[55] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Chelsea

8 December 2021 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–3	Chelsea	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 38' Azmoun 41' Lovren  60' Ozdoyev 90+4'	Report	Werner 2', 85' Hudson-Odoi  37' Lukaku 62'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 29,349[56] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.

Zenit St.Petersburg v Real Betis

17 February 2022 First leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–3	Real Betis	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rakitskyi  7' Dzyuba 25' Malcom 28' Barrios  90+2'	Report	Rodríguez 8' Willian José 18' Guardado 41' Tello  75'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Real Betis v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 February 2022 Second leg	Real Betis	0–0 (3–2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Seville, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez  28'	Report	Krugovoy  42' Barrios  55' Yerokhin  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2022

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Stanislav Kritsyuk	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	RUS	Dmitri Chistyakov	37	1	22+5	1	2	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
3	DF	BRA	Douglas Santos	37	1	27	0	0+2	1	1	0	5	0	2	0
4	DF	RUS	Danil Krugovoy	36	2	12+14	2	2	0	0	0	0+6	0	1+1	0
5	MF	COL	Wilmar Barrios	37	0	25+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
6	DF	CRO	Dejan Lovren	19	0	13+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Wendel	35	4	24+1	3	1	0	1	0	6	1	2	0
9	FW	BRA	Yuri Alberto	15	6	9+2	4	1+1	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
10	FW	BRA	Malcom	36	10	22+2	8	0+2	0	1	0	6+1	1	2	1
11	MF	BRA	Claudinho	30	10	21+2	8	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0
14	MF	RUS	Daler Kuzyayev	29	2	21+1	0	1	0	1	1	3+1	1	1	0
15	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Karavayev	24	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
17	MF	RUS	Andrei Mostovoy	38	8	10+18	5	2	2	0+1	1	1+4	0	0+2	0
19	MF	RUS	Aleksei Sutormin	33	5	12+14	4	1+1	0	0	0	3+1	1	1	0
21	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Yerokhin	39	8	8+20	7	2	1	0+1	0	0+6	0	0+2	0
22	FW	RUS	Artem Dzyuba	39	13	18+10	11	1+1	1	0+1	0	3+3	0	2	1
23	DF	RUS	Arsen Adamov	6	0	1+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	RUS	Magomed Ozdoyev	15	2	2+10	1	1	0	1	0	0+1	1	0	0
28	MF	KAZ	Nuraly Alip	12	0	6+4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	RUS	Ivan Sergeyev	15	5	7+4	4	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov	24	0	18	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
45	MF	RUS	Dmitry Sergeyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	MF	RUS	Kirill Stolbov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK	RUS	Daniil Odoyevsky	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
94	DF	RUS	Danila Khotulyov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
64	MF	RUS	Kirill Kravtsov	12	0	0+9	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
Players who left Zenit during the season:
7	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun	21	10	11+4	7	0	0	1	1	3+2	2	0	0
11	FW	ARG	Sebastián Driussi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	UKR	Yaroslav Rakitskyi	23	2	15	1	0	0	1	0	6	1	1	0
85	FW	RUS	Daniil Kuznetsov	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		22	Artem Dzyuba	11	1	0	0	1	13
2	MF		11	Claudinho	8	0	0	2	0	10
	FW		7	Sardar Azmoun	7	0	1	2	0	10
4	FW		10	Malcom	8	0	0	0	1	9
	MF		21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	7	1	1	0	0	9
6	MF		17	Andrei Mostovoy	5	2	0	0	0	7
7	FW		9	Yuri Alberto	4	2	0	0	0	6
8	FW		33	Ivan Sergeyev	4	1	0	0	0	5
	MF		19	Aleksei Sutormin	4	0	0	1	0	5
10	MF		8	Wendel	3	0	0	1	0	4
11	DF		4	Danil Krugovoy	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		44	Yaroslav Rakitskyi	1	0	0	1	0	2
	MF		27	Magomed Ozdoyev	1	0	0	1	0	2
	MF		14	Daler Kuzyayev	0	0	1	1	0	2
14	DF		2	Dmitri Chistyakov	1	0	0	0	0	1
				Own goal	0	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	66	8	3	10	2	89

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	7	1	1	1	0	10
2	GK		71	Daniil Odoyevsky	1	0	0	0	1	2
				TOTALS	8	1	1	1	1	12

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Dmitri Chistyakov	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	1
3		DF	Douglas Santos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Danil Krugovoy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5		MF	Wilmar Barrios	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
6		DF	Dejan Lovren	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Wendel	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
9		FW	Yuri Alberto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Malcom	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Claudinho	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1
14		MF	Daler Kuzyayev	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
15		DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Andrei Mostovoy	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Aleksei Sutormin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Aleksandr Yerokhin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
23		DF	Arsen Adamov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
64		MF	Kirill Kravtsov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Zenit during the season:
7		FW	Sardar Azmoun	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
44		DF	Yaroslav Rakitskyi	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
			TOTALS	46	4	1	0	2	0	9	1	5	0	62	5