2023–24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2023–24 season is FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's 99th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the Russian Premier League. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2023–24 season
President	Alexander Medvedev
Head coach	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	Winners
Russian Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mateo Cassierra (16) All: Mateo Cassierra (18)
Highest home attendance	57,858 vs Spartak Moscow, 2 March 2024, Russian Premier League
Lowest home attendance	13,037 vs Rubin Kazan, 24 April 2024, Russian Premier League
Average home league attendance	35,447
Biggest win	4–0 vs Ural (H), 26 August 2023, Russian Premier League 4–1 vs Ural (A), 9 March 2024, Russian Premier League
Biggest defeat	1–3 vs Orenburg (H), 30 September 2023, Russian Premier League
colours Away colours Champions colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2024.

Management

Position	Name
Manager	Sergey Semak
Assistant managers	William Artur de Oliveira Igor Simutenkov Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Aleksandr Anyukov
Goalkeeping coach	Mikhail Biryukov Yuri Zhevnov
Fitness coach	Ivan Carminati Andrea Scanavino
Doctor	Mikhail Grishin

Source: http://fc-zenit.ru/zenit/coaches/

Players

First-team squad

As of match played 24 April 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Aleksandr Vasyutin		GK	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 30)	2019	2024	Sarpsborg	€700k	6	0
16	Denis Adamov		GK	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 27)	2023	2027	Sochi	€1M	7	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 38)	2015	2024[1]	Orenburg	Free	98	0
Defenders
2	Dmitri Chistyakov		CB	(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 31)	2021	2025	Rostov	€3.25m	47	1
3	Douglas Santos		LB	(1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 31)	2019	2026	Hamburger SV	€14m	133	5
4	Danil Krugovoy		LB	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 27)	2019	2024	Ufa	€2m	76	2
6	Mário Fernandes		LB	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)	2023	2024	Internacional	€365k	12	0
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev		RB	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 30)	2019	2026	Vitesse	€8m	104	4
25	Strahinja Eraković		CB	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 24)	2023	2027	Red Star Belgrade	€8M	22	0
27	Nino		CB	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 28)	2024	2028	Fluminense	€5M	7	0
28	Nuraly Alip		CB	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 25)	2023	2025	Kairat Almaty	€2m	25	0
55	Rodrigão		CB	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)	2022	2025	Sochi	€2m	36	2
77	Robert Renan		CB	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	13	0
Midfielders
5	Wilmar Barrios		DM	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 31)	2019	2026	Boca Juniors	€15M	141	3
8	Wendel		CM	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	2020	2027	Sporting CP	€20.3m	87	17
11	Claudinho		AM	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 28)	2021	2027	RB Bragantino	€12m	72	17
18	Aleksandr Kovalenko		CM	(2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 22)	2023	2028	Sochi	€2M	4	0
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin		AM	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35)	2017	2024	Rostov	€5M	154	31
35	Vladislav Saus		AM	(2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 22)	2022	2024	Academy	–	1	0
37	Du Queiroz		DM	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 25)	2023	2028	Corinthians	Free	10	0
77	Ilzat Akhmetov		AM	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 27)	2024	2026	Krasnodar	€850k	2	0
79	Dmitri Vasilyev		DM	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 21)	2022	2024	Academy	–	6	0
94	Danila Kozlov (U19)		AM	(2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 20)	2023	2026	Academy	–	2	0
Forwards
7	Zelimkhan Bakayev		RW	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 29)	2022	2025	Spartak Moscow	Free	21	1
9	Artur		RW	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 27)	2024	2027	Palmeiras	€15M	7	2
10	Wilson Isidor		ST	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24)	2023	2024	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	12	1
17	Andrei Mostovoy		LW	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27)	2019	2024	Academy	–	101	22
19	Aleksei Sutormin		RW	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31)	2019	2025	Rubin Kazan	€3M	95	10
24	Pedro		LW	(2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 (age 19)	2024	2028	Corinthians	€9M	7	1
30	Mateo Cassierra		ST	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 28)	2022	2025	Sochi	€4.5M	48	18
31	Gustavo Mantuan		LW	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 24)	2023	2027	Corinthians	€2M	22	2
33	Ivan Sergeyev		ST	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 30)	2022	2025	Krylia Sovetov Samara	€2.15M	59	20
96	Aleksey Baranovsky (U19)		ST	(2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 20)	2023	2026	Academy	–	3	0

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	CM	Aleksandr Kovalenko	Sochi	€2,000,000	[2]
1 July 2023	DM	Du Queiroz	Corinthians	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2023	LW	Gustavo Mantuan	Corinthians	€2,000,000	[4]
1 July 2023	GK	Nikita Goylo	Nizhny Novgorod	€540,000	[5]
17 July 2023	LB	Mário Fernandes	Internacional	€365,000	—
23 July 2023	CB	Strahinja Eraković	Red Star Belgrade	€8,000,000	–
25 July 2023	GK	Denis Adamov	Sochi	€1,000,000	[6]
10 September 2023	ST	Wilson Isidor	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	[7]

Winter

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
4 January 2024	CB	Nino	Fluminense	€5,000,000	–
5 February 2024	LW	Pedro	Corinthians	€9,000,000	[8]

Out

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2023	AM	Daniil Shamkin	Torpedo Moscow	€200,000	[9][10]
12 July 2023	CM	Daler Kuzyaev	Le Havre	Free transfer	[11][12]
26 July 2023	RW	Malcom	Al Hilal	€60,000,000	[13]

Loans out

Summer

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Until	Ref.
25 July 2023	GK	Nikita Goylo	Sochi	30 June 2024	[14]
1 August 2023	LB	Arsen Adamov	Orenburg	30 June 2024	[15]

Winter

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Until	Ref.
11 January 2024	CB	Robert Renan	Internacional	30 June 2024	–
14 January 2024	CB	Dmitri Chistyakov	Sochi	30 June 2024	[16]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	June 2024	[17]
GK	Daniil Odoyevsky	June 2027	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Neftchi Baku

1 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Neftchi Baku	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Mantuan 47' Claudinho 69' Bakaev 79'		Saldanha 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Red Star Belgrade v Zenit Saint Petersburg

4 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
19:30	Ivanić 40' Krasso 88' (pen.)		Queiroz 62'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Aleksey Amelin

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Fenerbahçe

9 July 2023 PARI Premier Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (4–3 p)	Fenerbahçe	Saint Petersburg
19:30				Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 35,421 Referee: Sergey Ivanov
	Penalties
	Malcom Adamov Mostovoy Sutormin Bakaev		Yüksek Osayi-Samuel João Pedro Rossi Kahveci

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Saint Petersburg

10 July 2023 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
17:00	Yerokhin 56', 58', 80' Mostovoy 79'			Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Sepahan

7 September 2023 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–1	Sepahan	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 19' Bakaev 22' Erokhin 29' (pen.) Wendel  52' Mantuan 90+2'	Report	Mohammadi  27' Ahmadi  37' Ahmadzadeh  87' Alekasir 90'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 16,331 Referee: Andrey Vereteshkin

Kairat Almaty v Zenit Saint Petersburg

14 October 2023 Friendly	Kairat Almaty	2–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Almaty
17:00 ALMT (UTC+6)	Paulo 8'  77' Shvyryov  38' Arad 69' Krachkovskiy  81'	Report	Erokhin 29' Mantuan 85'	Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium

Neftçi v Zenit Saint Petersburg

19 November 2023 Friendly	Neftçi	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Baku
21:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Mirzov 9', 62'	Report	Queiroz 56'	Stadium: Neftçi Arena

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dinamo Samarqand

21 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–1	Dinamo Samarqand	Abu Dhabi
16:00 GST (UTC+4)	Fernandes 13' Wendel 26' Mostovoy 30' Vasiljev 53' Pedro 78'	Report	Khozhimirzaev 37'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

24 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST (UTC+4)	Cassierra 22' Barrios  32' Pedro 58' Sergeev 66' Mantuan 70' Bardachev 74'	Report	Seung-ho 26'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Ural

27 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Ural	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST (UTC+4)	Cassierra 88'	Report		Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Al Fateh

28 January 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1	Al Fateh	Abu Dhabi
15:00 GST (UTC+4)	Claudinho 4'	Report	Tello 14'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 43,206

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Al-Duhail

5 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:00 AST (UTC+3)	Claudinho 8',  57' Artur 72'	Report	Al-Sibai  29' Gannan  48'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Noah

6 February 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	Noah	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bardachev  45' Karavaev  73'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Shanghai Shenhua

8 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6–0	Shanghai Shenhua	Doha
16:00 AST (UTC+3)	Pedro 2' Cassierra 43', 46', 61' Santos 54' Mantuan 82' Eraković  89'	Report	Yangyang  40' Amadou  59' Yunding  89' Malele  89'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Al-Rayyan

9 February 2024 Friendly	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–4	Al-Rayyan	Doha
17:00 AST (UTC+3)	Kovalenko 58' Sergeev 74'	Report	Sutormin 48' (o.g.) Mendes 54' (pen.) Amaro 72' Al-Abdullah 84'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Santos

13 February 2024 Equality Cup	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–1	Santos	Doha
17:00 AST (UTC+3)	Karavaev 10' Mostovoy 31' Claudinho 55' Pedro 84'	Report	Rodrigo 77'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	22 July 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	1st	30	17	6	7	52	27	+25	056.67
Russian Cup	25 July 2023	2 June 2024	Group stage	Winners	13	7	4	2	12	9	+3	053.85
Russian Super Cup	15 July 2023		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Total					44	25	10	9	64	36	+28	056.82

Last updated: 2 June 2024
Source: Soccerway

Super Cup

Main article: 2023 Russian Super Cup

Zenit Saint Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

15 July 2023 Final	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (5–4 p)	CSKA Moscow	Kazan
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho  45+3'		Gajić  45+3'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Sergei Karasev
	Penalties
	Malcom Sutormin Mostovoy Bakaev Sergeev Renan		Chalov Gaich Nababkin Zabolotny Gajić Ermakov

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2023–24 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	17	6	7	52	27	+25	57	Champions
2	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	45	29	+16	56[a]
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	39	+14	56[a]
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	11	5	52	38	+14	53
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	8	8	41	32	+9	50

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) 2022–23 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points played an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are considered in aggregate, in a separate 'table'. If teams tied on points played a different number of head-to-head games, head-to-head criteria are considered in one-on-one pairs for each team against each other, then the teams are ordered by the number of one-on-one matchups they have advantage in.^[19]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

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	17	6	7	52	27	+25	57	9	2	4	23	12	+11	8	4	3	29	15	+14

Last updated: 25 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W
Position	2	4	6	8	4	2	4	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.^[20]

Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit Saint Petersburg

22 July 2023 1	Nizhny Novgorod	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalinsky  27' Aleksandrov  48' Sevikyan  53'	Report	Cassierra 57', 83' Bakaev  75'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 12,036 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Rostov v Zenit Saint Petersburg

29 July 2023 2	Rostov	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bayramyan  50' Akbashev  68' Terentjev  88' Mironov  90+2' Komlichenko 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Cassierra 43' Mantuan  50'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 16,413 Referee: Yevgeni Kukulyak

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

6 August 2023 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Balbuena 10' (o.g.) Eraković  79' Sergeev 90' Barrios  90+4'	Report	Tyukavin 2', 33' Makarov  41' Grulev 90+6' Smolov  90+7'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,672 Referee: Aleksey Amelin

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Fakel Voronezh

13 August 2023 4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Fakel Voronezh	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 16' Santos  38' Karavaev  62' Alip  86' Eraković  90+6' Mantuan 90+8'	Report	Bozhin  62' Appaev  86' Kvekveskiri  90+7'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,588 Referee: Pavel Shadykhanov

Spartak Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

20 August 2023 5	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatov  10' Sobolev 81' (pen.)	Report	Wendel 32', 73' Cassierra 90+4',  90+6'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 33,852 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Ural Yekaterinburg

26 August 2023 6	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 8' Alip  21' Cassierra 30', 68' Claudinho 45+1'	Report	Cissé  20' Ishkov  50'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 25,723 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

3 September 2023 7	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zabolotnyi 4',  90+6' Willyan  90+5' Méndez  90+6'	Report	Santos 88',  90+5' Alip  90+5' Claudinho  90+6'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 20,497 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Rubin Kazan v Zenit Saint Petersburg

17 September 2023 8	Rubin Kazan	0–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kazan
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kabutov  18' Zotov  62'	Report	Isidor 8' Cassierra 55' Claudinho 59' Wendel  67' Sutormin  89'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 10,429 Referee: Rafael Shafeev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

24 September 2023 9	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 22',  29' Rodrigão  88' Sergeev  90+7' Wendel  90+7'	Report	Miranchuk  40' Glushenkov 60'  90+5' Tiknizyan 90+1'  90+3'  90+7'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 36,283 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

Orenburg v Zenit Saint Petersburg

30 September 2023 10	Orenburg	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Orenburg
14:00 YEKT (UTC+5)	Vorobyev 7' Gojković  14' Pérez 25' Mansilla 36'  72' Sidorov  50' Cuero  81' Bašić  90+2'	Report	Mantuan 2' Isidor  82' Rodrigão  90+1'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Sochi v Zenit Saint Petersburg

7 October 2023 11	Sochi	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Sochi
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaika  84'	Report	Claudinho 9' (pen.) Cassierra 30'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,617 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov Samara

22 October 2023 12	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Wendel 53', 80' Sergeev  58' Mostovoy 90+6'	Report	Rasskazov  36' Ezhov  75' 90+8'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,402 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Akhmat Grozny

28 October 2023 13	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 32' Cassierra 37' Alip  52' Eraković  90+3'	Report	Konaté 24' Timofeyev  36'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,967 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Baltika v Zenit Saint Petersburg

4 November 2023 14	Baltika	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kaliningrad
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Sergeev 63' Cassierra 77'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 16,929 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Krasnodar

11 November 2023 15	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 70'	Report	Spertsyan 63' Olaza  66'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,695 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Sochi

25 November 2023 16	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
15:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Rodrigão 45+2' Claudinho  53' Isidor 59' Mostovoy 89'	Report	Ignatjev  3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,964 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

3 December 2023 17	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushenkov 8', 60' Pinyaev  63' Nenakhov  71' Maradishvili  83' Tiknizyan 88'	Report	Cassierra 41' Eraković  90+1'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 10,060 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Nizhny Novgorod

9 December 2023 18	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 15'	Report		Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 24,951 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

2 March 2024 19	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Eraković  59' Douglas Santos  77' Barrios  88' Wendel  90'	Report	Duarte  22' Khlusevich  80' Martins  82' Prutsev  90'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 57,858 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Ural v Zenit Saint Petersburg

9 March 2024 20	Ural	1–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+5)	Miškić  42' Bicfalvi 90+3'	Report	Santos 38' Mostovoy 57' Cassierra 67' Sergeev 81'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,373 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Krylya Sovetov Samara v Zenit Saint Petersburg

30 March 2024 21	Krylya Sovetov Samara	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Samara
15:00 SMT (UTC+4)	Shitov 1' Rahmanović  59' Vityugov  67'	Report	Artur 23' Nino  82'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Rafael Shafeev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Baltika

7 April 2024 22	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Baltika	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Pedro 42' Wendel  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,798 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy

Krasnodar v Zenit Saint Petersburg

13 April 2024 23	Krasnodar	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Krasnodar
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Olaza 16' Tormena  90'  Spertsyan  61' Alonso  68' Chernikov  87'	Report	Cassierra 48' Artur 63' Eraković  72' Santos  80'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 35,250 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Orenburg

21 April 2024 24	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Orenburg	Saint Petersburg
16:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Claudinho 23' Nino  82'	Report	Pérez  45' Goglichidze  55' Sidorov  66' Prokhin  70'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,992 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

24 April 2024 25	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Eraković  70'	Report	Daku 50' Martynovich 67' Dyupin  90+6' Rybus  90+7' Gritsayenko  90+8'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 13,037 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

28 April 2024 26	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
19:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Tyukavin 77' Smolov  90'	Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 17,071 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Fakel v Zenit Saint Petersburg

6 May 2024 27	Fakel	1–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Voronezh
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Appaev  81' Markov 90+12'	Report	Santos 41' Barrios  44' Claudinho  90'	Stadium: Trade Unions Central Stadium Attendance: 12,749 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Zenit Saint Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

11 May 2024 28	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Santos  28' Claudinho  84'	Report	Zabolotnyi  26' Moisés  47' Chalov 58' Zdjelar  80' Willyan  84' Torop  90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 33,027 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Akhmat Grozny v Zenit Saint Petersburg

19 May 2024 29	Akhmat Grozny	1–5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Konaté 11' Šatara  25' Timofeev  77' Oleynikov  87'	Report	Cassierra 4', 9', 44', 47', 51' Kovalenko  84'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Rostov

25 May 2024 30	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Karavaev  22' Mantuan 65' (pen.) Artur 85',  85'	Report	Ronaldo 54' Sako  61' Komarov  68'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 36,456 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Russian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Russian Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	4	1	0	1	9	5	+4	14	Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path)
2	Baltika Kaliningrad	6	4	0	0	2	12	7	+5	12
3	Akhmat Grozny	6	2	0	1	3	10	12	−2	7	Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path)
4	Krylia Sovetov Samara	6	1	0	0	5	5	12	−7	3

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
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) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Akhmat Grozny

25 July 2023 Matchday 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Mantuan 39' Queiroz  59' Claudinho 80' Vasilyev  89'	Report	Todorović  30'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 29,644 Referee: Sergey Tsyganok

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Zenit Saint Petersburg

9 August 2023 Matchday 2	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Sergeev 50' Queiroz  90+6'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 18,617 Referee: Sergei Cheban

Baltika Kaliningrad v Zenit Saint Petersburg

30 August 2023 Matchday 3	Baltika Kaliningrad	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kaliningrad
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Henríquez 42' Latyshonok  84' Guzina  90+4'	Report	Wendel  90+3' Claudinho  90+4'	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 27,961 Referee: Sergey Tsyganok

Akhmat Grozny v Zenit Saint Petersburg

19 September 2023 Matchday 4	Akhmat Grozny	3–3 (3–4 p)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny
TBD MSK (UTC+3)	Kovachev 4' Oleynikov 14' Utsiev  51' Bystrov  90+2'		Sergeev 27', 33' Cassierra 42' Krugovoy  90+4'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Roman Galimov
	Penalties
	Iljin Todorović Kharin Júnior		Cassierra Isidor Queiroz Renan Claudinho

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Baltika Kaliningrad

3 October 2023 Matchday 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Baltika Kaliningrad	Saint Petersburg
17:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Sergeev 18' Queiroz 64'	Report	Bistrović 24' Musaev  90+2'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 13,700 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov Samara

31 October 2023 Matchday 6	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Renan  4' Sergeev 87'	Report		Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 24,519 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Knockout stage

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

28 November 2023 First Leg	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Carrascal  14'  69' Parshivlyuk  39' Balbuena  53' Smolov 74' Shunin  90+4'	Report	Santos  79'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

Zenit St.Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

13 March 2024 Second Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Cassierra 13', 21' Fernandes  51' Wendel  62' Barrios  76'	Report	Laxalt  38' Parshivlyuk  42'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 45,407 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

3 April 2024 RPL Semi-finals	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ugalde 12',  41' Nail Umyarov  57' Babić  59'	Report	Alip  41' Pedro 55', 65',  67'	Stadium: Lukoil Arena Attendance: 23,849 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

17 April 2024 RPL Semi-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Ugalde  78' Sobolev  90+1'	Stadium: Gazprom Arena Attendance: 56,740 Referee: Aleksei Sukhoy

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

2 May 2024 RPL Final	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Zabolotnyi 53'	Report	Erokhin 84'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 23,158 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

15 May 2024 RPL Final	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Vasiljev  12' Isidor  83'	Report	Diveev  83'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 68,134 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan
	Penalties
	Cassierra Isidor Mostovoy Alip Claudinho		Dávila Oblyakov Zabolotny Diveev Musaev

Baltika v Zenit St. Petersburg

2 June 2024 Final	Baltika	1–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 41'	Report	Erokhin  68' Claudinho  77' Nino 81' Alip 90+5'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: Sergei Karasev Referee: 41,776

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	31	FW	Mateo Cassierra	16	1	0	17
2	33	FW	Ivan Sergeyev	6	5	0	11
3	8	FW	Wendel	4	0	0	4
4	11	MF	Claudinho	4	1	0	5
5	17	FW	Andrei Mostovoy	3	0	0	3
	3	DF	Douglas Santos	3	0	0	3
7
	30	FW	Gustavo Mantuan	2	0	0	2
	10	FW	Wilson Isidor	2	0	0	2
	9	FW	Artur	2	0	—	2
10	55	DF	Rodrigão	1	0	0	1
	21	MF	Yerokhin	0	1	0	1
Totals				43	8	0	51

Last updated: 6 May 2024.
Source: FBref.com

Clean sheets

Rank	No	Pos	Nat	Name	Premier Liga	Russian Cup	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	41	GK		Mikhail Kerzhakov	8	0	1	9
2	16	GK		Denis Adamov	2	3	0	5
3	1	GK		Aleksandr Vasyutin	0	2	0	2
Total					10	5	1	16

Last updated: 15 May 2024.
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