2014–15 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

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Zenit Saint Petersburg
season
Zenit win the league, 30 May 2015
Zenit win the league, 30 May 2015
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerAndré Villas-Boas
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League1st
(Champions)
Russian CupLast 16 vs Arsenal Tula
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals vs Sevilla
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hulk (15)
All:
Hulk (21)
Away colours

The 2014–15 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 19th successive season that the club participated in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. During the season, they participated in the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup, the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Yury Lodygin
2 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Anyukov (2nd vice-captain)
4 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito
5 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev
6 DF Belgium BEL Nicolas Lombaerts (1st vice-captain)
7 FW Brazil BRA Hulk
8 MF Russia RUS Pavel Mogilevets
10 FW Russia RUS Andrey Arshavin
11 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov
13 DF Portugal POR Luís Neto
16 GK Russia RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev
17 MF Russia RUS Oleg Shatov
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Russia RUS Igor Smolnikov
20 MF Russia RUS Viktor Fayzulin
21 MF Spain ESP Javi García
23 FW Venezuela VEN Salomón Rondón
24 DF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Garay
28 MF Belgium BEL Axel Witsel
33 DF Serbia SRB Milan Rodić
35 MF Portugal POR Danny (captain)
44 MF Ukraine UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
57 DF Russia RUS Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
71 GK Russia RUS Yegor Baburin
99 MF Russia RUS Ivan Solovyov

On loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
49 DF Russia RUS Denis Terentyev (ar Tom Tomsk until 30 June 2015)
77 FW Montenegro MNE Luka Đorđević (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2015)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Argentina ARG Cristian Ansaldi (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2015)

Youth team squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
34 FW Russia RUS Maximilian Pronichev
37 FW Russia RUS Artyom Ponikarov
39 DF Russia RUS Dmitri Skopintsev
41 DF Russia RUS Andrei Yakovlev
42 MF Russia RUS Danila Davidenko
43 FW Russia RUS Pavel Nazimov
45 DF Russia RUS Artyom Vodyannikov
46 MF Russia RUS Zakhar Dilanyan
47 MF Russia RUS Valeri Yaroshenko
48 FW Russia RUS Aleksei Gasilin
50 DF Russia RUS Maksim Karpov
51 GK Russia RUS Maksim Rudakov
52 DF Russia RUS Andrei Ivanov
53 DF Russia RUS Ivan Ivanidi
54 MF Russia RUS Daniil Zuyev
55 DF Russia RUS Konstantin Lobov
56 DF Russia RUS Kirill Kostin
58 DF Russia RUS Ilya Zuyev
59 FW Russia RUS Aleksei Yegorov
60 MF Russia RUS Yevgeni Serenkov
61 GK Russia RUS Anton Tsvetkov
62 DF Russia RUS Stepan Rebenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
64 DF Russia RUS Nikita Novopashin
65 MF Russia RUS Danila Yashchuk
67 MF Russia RUS Nikita Andreyev
68 MF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Zinkov
70 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Bogayev
72 DF Russia RUS Stepan Zhalobkov
73 MF Russia RUS Pavel Osipov
76 FW Russia RUS Pavel Kireyenko
78 DF Russia RUS Dmitri Chistyakov
79 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Troyanov
80 GK Russia RUS Mikhail Mzhelsky
82 FW Russia RUS Aleksei Makarov
83 GK Russia RUS Igor Obukhov
88 MF Russia RUS Artyom Popov
90 MF Russia RUS Ramil Sheydayev
92 FW Russia RUS Pavel Dolgov
94 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Yevseyev
95 GK Russia RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin
96 DF Russia RUS Ilya Kubyshkin
97 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Khodakovskiy
98 FW Russia RUS Yevgeni Kozlov

Transfers[]

Summer[]

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2014

Winter[]

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2014–15

Competitions[]

Russian Premier League[]

Main article: 2014–15 Russian Premier League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zenit St. Petersburg (C) 30 20 7 3 58 17 +41 67 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 CSKA Moscow 30 19 3 8 67 27 +40 60 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Krasnodar 30 17 9 4 52 27 +25 60 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dynamo Moscow 30 14 8 8 53 36 +17 50 Excluded from European competitions
5 Rubin Kazan 30 13 9 8 39 33 +6 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champion

Results by round[]

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Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2015. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

2 August 2014 1 Arsenal Tula 0–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Kascelan Yellow card 49' Summary Criscito 9', 69'
Rondón 18'
Hulk 36'
Fayzulin Yellow card 53'
Neto Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alexy Nikolaev
9 August 2014 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 8–1 Torpedo Moscow Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Smolnikov 26'
Rondón 33', 47'
Hulk Yellow card 19', 36' (pen.), 54'
Lombaerts Yellow card 41'
Shatov 62'
Kerzhakov 72' (pen.), 78'		 Summary Kodoszka Yellow card 36'
Salugin Yellow card 82'
Aydov Yellow card 70', 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Igor Nizovtsev
13 August 2014 3 Ural 1–2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) Acevedo 36'
Erokhin Yellow card 90'
Sapeta Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Danny 5'
Criscito Yellow card 50'
Rondón 74'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
16 August 2014 4 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 Ufa Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Hulk 31' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Vitali Meshkov
23 August 2014 5 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 Amkar Perm Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Shatov 13'
Hulk 22'		 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 13,063
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev
31 August 2014 6 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Summary García 60' Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 14,747
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov
13 September 2014 7 Zenit Saint Petersburg 3–2 Dynamo Moscow Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) Douglas 28' (o.g.)
Arshavin 40'
Criscito Yellow card 48'
Danny Yellow card 81'
Smolnikov 89'		 Summary Douglas Yellow card 6'
Valbuena 18'
Vainqueur Yellow card 6'
Samba 82'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
20 September 2014 8 Rostov 0–5 Zenit Saint Petersburg Rostov-on-Don
14:30MSK (UTC+04:00) Kanga Yellow card 30'
Dyakov Yellow card 62'		 Summary Rondón 11', 57', 73'
Danny Yellow card 22'
García Yellow card 26'
Xulu 37' (o.g.)
Dyakov 72' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Olimp-2
Attendance: 14,253
Referee: Igor Fedotov
27 September 2014 9 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 – 0 Spartak Moscow Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) Rondón Yellow card 42'
Fayzulin Yellow card 72'
Criscito Yellow card 85'		 Summary Dzyuba Yellow card 42'
Makeyev Yellow card 70'
Källström Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Igor Nizovtsev
18 October 20104 10 Krasnodar 2 – 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasnodar
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) Sigurðsson 7'
Mamayev 21'
Granqvist Yellow card 29'
Kaleshin Yellow card 55'		 Summary García 38', Yellow card 58'
Hulk 60'
Garay Red card 68'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 9,650
Referee: Timur Arslanbekov
26 October 2014 11 Zenit Saint Petersburg 5 – 0 Mordovia Saransk Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Hulk 50'
Kerzhakov 55'
Nakhushev 62' (o.g.)
Witsel 67'
Danny 70'
Anyukov Yellow card 85'		 Summary Le Tallec Yellow card 47'
Vasin Yellow card 79'
Shitov Yellow card 81'
Lutsenko Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
1 November 2014 12 CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Khimki
16:00 MSK (UTC+3) Wernbloom Yellow card 23'
Schennikov Yellow card 86'		 Summary García 7'
Witsel Yellow card 44'
Criscito Yellow card 57'
Kerzhakov Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov
8 November 2014 13 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 3 Terek Grozny Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Ryazantsev 63' Summary Aílton 17', 55'
Lebedenko 61'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,244
Referee: Vitali Meshkov
22 November 2014 14 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 0 Kuban Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Criscito Yellow card 8'
Hulk 37'		 Summary Kaboré Yellow card 26'
Kulik Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,492
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
29 November 2014 15 Mordovia Saransk 1 – 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg Saransk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3) Vlasov 29'
Dudiyev Yellow card 45'		 Summary Smolnikov Yellow card 28'
Fayzulin Yellow card 65'
Hulk Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Start Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin
3 December 2014 16 Rubin Kazan 0 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Kazan
17:45 MSK (UTC+3) Karadeniz Yellow card 30'
Georgiev Yellow card 48'
Portnyagin Yellow card 78'		 Summary Criscito Yellow card 51'
Witsel Yellow card 55', 68'
Tymoshchuk Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Kazan Arena
Attendance: 14,340
Referee: Sergey Karasev
6 December 2014 17 Zenit Saint Petersburg 4 – 0 Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
16:45 MSK (UTC+3) Garay 12'
Witsel 55'
Danny 61' Yellow card 81'
Smolnikov 68'		 Summary Mamayev Yellow card 42' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,666
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
7 March 2015 18 Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 – 0 Ural Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Rondón 45', 70', 78' Summary Podberyozkin Yellow card 6'
Khozin Yellow card 36'
Smolov Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,606
Referee: Sergey Karasev
15 March 2015 19 Torpedo Moscow 1 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Ramensky District
16:30 MSK (UTC+3) Stevanović Yellow card 88'
Smárason 90+1'		 Summary Hulk 35' Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 6,358
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
22 March 2015 20 Dynamo Moscow 0 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Khimki
MSK (UTC+3) Summary Smolnikov 17', Yellow card 34'
Garay Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 12,553
Referee: Vitali Meshkov
5 April 2015 21 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 – 1 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3) Criscito Yellow card 45+1'
Hulk 62', 73'		 Summary Wernbloom Yellow card 70'
Strandberg 81'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,261
Referee: Sergey Ivanov
8 April 2015 22 Terek Grozny 1 – 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Grozny
17:45 MSK (UTC+3) Semyonov 17'
Komorowski Yellow card 17'
Kanu Yellow card 25'
Adílson Yellow card 54'
Utsiyev Yellow card 66'		 Summary Neto Yellow card 17'
Shatov 30'
Rondón 58', Yellow card 89'
Witsel Yellow card 66'
Hulk Yellow card 66'
Anyukov Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Akhmat-Arena
Attendance: 21,324
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
12 April 2015 23 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 1 Rubin Kazan' Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3) Hulk 48' (pen.)
Rondón Yellow card 54'
Criscito Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 58'
García Yellow card 66'
Shatov Yellow card 84'		 Summary Nabiullin 4'
Kislyak Yellow card 48'
Navas Yellow card 54'
Cotugno Yellow card 55'
Kvirkvelia Yellow card 61'
Georgiev Yellow card 84'
Akhmetov Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,581
Referee: Sergey Karasev
19 April 2015 24 Kuban Krasnodar 0 – 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+3) Rabiu Yellow card 10'
Sosnin Yellow card 59'		 Summary Neto Yellow card 30'
Hulk Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 9,733
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov
26 April 2015 25 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 0 Arsenal Tula Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3) Witsel 17', Yellow card 36' Report Yershov Yellow card 27' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,789
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
2 May 2015 26 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3) Tasci Yellow card 20'
Rômulo 48'
Ebert Yellow card 52'		 Summary Criscito Yellow card 17'
Hulk 90+1'		 Stadium: Otkrytie Arena
Attendance: 38,704
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
10 May 2015 27 Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 – 0 Rostov Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3) Shatov 45'
Hulk 45+3'
Lodygin Yellow card 62'
Rondón 87', Yellow card 88'		 Summary Bardachow Yellow card 9'
Kanga Yellow card 11'
Kalachev Yellow card 34'
Dyakov Yellow card 45+3'
Rebko Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,831
Referee: Sergey Kulikov
17 May 2015 28 Ufa 1 – 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3) Diego Yellow card 44'
Verkhovtsov Yellow card 84'
Handžić Yellow card 87'		 Summary Hulk 32', Yellow card 65'
Shatov Yellow card 39'
Danny Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,925
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
23 May 2015 29 Amkar Perm' 1 – 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg Perm
13:00 MSK (UTC+3) Kolomeytsev 38' Summary Shatov Yellow card 70'
Hulk Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Sergey Karasev
29 May 2015 30 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 – 0 Lokomotiv Moscow Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3) Rondón 61' [ Summary] Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

Russian Cup[]

Main article: 2014–15 Russian Cup
24 September 2014 Round of 32 Anzhi Makhachkala 1 – 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+4) Boli 22' Summary Shatov 30'
Rondón 71'		 Stadium: Anzhi-Arena
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov
29 October 2014 Round of 16 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Arsenal Tula Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3) Arshavin 20'
Rodić 71'		 Summary Kaleshin 80'
Garay 90' (o.g.)
Maloyan 104'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,625
Referee: Sergey Kulikov

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round
30 July 2014 First leg AEL Limassol Cyprus 1–0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Larnaca, Cyprus
21:00 MSK (UTC+4) Cadú Yellow card 12'
Zézinho Yellow card 39'
Gikiewicz 64'
Sielis Yellow card 67'
Eleftheriou Yellow card 80'		 Report Criscito Yellow card 22'
Fayzulin Yellow card 43'
Witsel Red card 67'		 Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
6 August 2014 Second leg Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Cyprus AEL Limassol Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4) Smolnikov Yellow card 9'
Rondón 55'
Danny 88'
Kerzhakov 90' (pen.)		 Report Danielzinho Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 27'
Eleftheriou Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,417
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Play-off round[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round
20 August 2014 First leg Standard Liège Belgium 0–1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Liège, Belgium
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) M'Poku Yellow card 20'
Van Damme Yellow card 26'
Faty Yellow card 88'		 Report Shatov 16'
Danny Yellow card 46'
Smolnikov Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 14,435
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
26 August 2014 Second leg Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Belgium Standard Liège Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4) Criscito Yellow card 14'
Rondón 30'
Fayzulin Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 44'
Hulk 54' (pen.), 58', Yellow card 83'		 Report De Camargo Yellow card 12'
Van Damme Yellow card 53'
Ciman Yellow card 62'
Faty Red card 89'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Group stage[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LEV ZEN BEN
1 France Monaco 6 3 2 1 4 1 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–0 2–0 0–0
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 — 2–0 3–1
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–0 1–2 — 1–0
4 Portugal Benfica 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–0 0–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2014 1 Benfica Portugal 0–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Lisbon, Portugal
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Artur Red card 18'
Pereira Yellow card 60'		 Report Hulk 5'
Witsel 22'
García Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,294
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
1 October 2014 2 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 0-0 France Monaco Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4) Report Toulalan Yellow card 38'
Fabinho Yellow card 81'
Dirar Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
22 October 2014 3 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2-0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Leverkusen, Germany
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Wendell Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 79'
Donati 58'
Papadopoulos 63'		 Report Fayzulin Yellow card 7'
García Yellow card 15'
Hulk Yellow card 16'
Criscito Yellow card 90+5'
Rondón Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,254
Referee: Netherlands Kuipers
4 November 2014 4 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1–2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Danny Yellow card 37'
Garay Yellow card 67'
Witsel Yellow card 76'
Shatov Yellow card 82'
Rondón 89'		 Report Son 68', 73'
Donati Yellow card 79'
Bellarabi Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,010[12]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
26 November 2014 5 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 1-0 Portugal Benfica Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Neto Yellow card 30'
Hulk Yellow card 36'
Criscito Yellow card 44'
Danny 79'		 Report Jardel Yellow card 11'
Samaris Yellow card 21'
Luisão Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 90+2'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,123[13]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
9 December 2014 6 Monaco France 2-0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Monaco
22:45 MSK (UTC+3) Raggi Yellow card 26'
Abdennour 63'
Toulalan Yellow card 81'
Fabinho 89'		 Report Lombaerts Yellow card 10'
Fayzulin Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 11,319[14]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Round of 32[]

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
19 February 2015 First leg PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 0–1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 MSK (UTC+3) Depay Yellow card 84' Report Smolnikov Yellow card 32'
Hulk 64'
Ryazantsev Yellow card 83'
Garay Yellow card 84'
Danny Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
26 February 2015 Second leg Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 3–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) Rondón 29', 67'
Hulk 48'
Shatov Yellow card 70'		 Report Brenet Yellow card 20'
Guardado Yellow card 36'
Wijnaldum Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Round of 16[]

12 March 2015 First leg Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2–0 Italy Torino Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) García Yellow card 34'
Witsel 38'
Criscito 53'
Smolnikov Yellow card 64'
Ryazantsev Yellow card 88'		 Report Benassi Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 27'
Glik Yellow card 87'
Molinaro Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,271[15]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
19 March 2015 Second leg Torino Italy 1–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Turin, Italy
23:05 MSK (UTC+3) Molinaro Yellow card 20'
Quagliarella Yellow card 52'
Gazzi Yellow card 62'
Glik 90'		 Report Tymoshchuk Yellow card 37'
Criscito Yellow card 45'
Neto Yellow card 48'
Danny Yellow card 52'
Lodygin Yellow card 58'
Smolnikov Yellow card 86'
Hulk Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: [16]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Quarter-final[]

16 April 2015 First leg Sevilla Spain 2–1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Seville, Spain
22:05 MSK (UTC+3) Bacca 73', Yellow card 76'
Suárez 88'		 Report Ryazantsev 29', Yellow card 82'
García Yellow card 68'
Garay Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
23 April 2015 Second leg Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Spain Sevilla Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3) Neto Yellow card 5'
Witsel Yellow card 40'
Rondón 48'
Hulk 72'
Lodigin Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Bacca 6' (pen.)
Iborra Yellow card 76'
Banega Yellow card 83'
Gameiro 85'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 24,000[17]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Squad statistics[]

As of match played 23 May 2015

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Russian Cup Champions League Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Russia RUS Yuri Lodigin 44 0 28 0 0 0 10 0 6 0
2 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Anyukov 28 0 14+3 0 2 0 5+2 0 2 0
4 DF Italy ITA Domenico Criscito 39 3 24 2 0+1 0 10 0 4 1
5 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev 31 1 12+7 1 0+2 0 2+3 0 1+4 0
6 DF Belgium BEL Nicolas Lombaerts 36 1 20+3 0 1 0 9 0 2+1 1
7 FW Brazil BRA Hulk 45 21 27+1 15 1+1 0 10 3 5 3
8 MF Russia RUS Pavel Mogilevets 14 0 0+9 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
10 FW Russia RUS Andrey Arshavin 21 2 5+9 1 2 1 0+4 0 0+1 0
11 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov 21 4 6+8 3 1 0 3+2 1 0+1 0
13 DF Portugal POR Luís Neto 29 0 14+5 0 2 0 1+1 0 6 0
16 GK Russia RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Russia RUS Oleg Shatov 44 6 22+4 4 2 1 7+3 1 6 0
19 DF Russia RUS Igor Smolnikov 35 4 23 4 0 0 6+1 0 5 0
20 MF Russia RUS Viktor Fayzulin 22 0 11+2 0 1 0 7+1 0 0 0
21 MF Spain ESP Javi García 35 3 20+3 3 1 0 6 0 5 0
23 FW Venezuela VEN Salomón Rondón 43 19 16+9 12 1+1 1 9+1 3 6 3
24 DF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Garay 42 1 25+1 1 1 0 10 0 5 0
28 MF Belgium BEL Axel Witsel 41 6 25+2 4 1 0 7 1 6 1
33 DF Serbia SRB Milan Rodić 4 1 0+1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
35 MF Portugal POR Danny 42 5 25+2 3 0 0 10 2 5 0
44 MF Ukraine UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 21 0 4+7 0 1 0 3+1 0 1+4 0
57 DF Russia RUS Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
90 MF Russia RUS Ramil Sheydayev 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 MF Russia RUS Ivan Solovyov 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Zenit St. Petersburg no longer at the club:

Goalscorers[]

Place Position Nation Number Name Russian Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total
1 FW Brazil 7 Hulk 15 0 3 3 21
2 FW Venezuela 23 Salomón Rondón 12 1 3 3 19
3 MF Belgium 28 Axel Witsel 4 0 1 1 6
MF Russia 17 Oleg Shatov 4 1 1 0 6
5 MF Portugal 35 Danny 3 0 2 0 5
6 DF Russia 19 Igor Smolnikov 4 0 0 0 4
FW Russia 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 3 0 1 0 4
Own goal 4 0 0 0 4
9 MF Spain 21 Javi García 3 0 0 0 3
DF Italy 4 Domenico Criscito 2 0 0 1 3
11 FW Russia 10 Andrey Arshavin 1 1 0 0 2
MF Russia 5 Aleksandr Ryazantsev 1 0 0 1 2
13 DF Argentina 24 Ezequiel Garay 1 0 0 0 1
DF Serbia 33 Milan Rodić 0 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 57 4 10 9 80

Disciplinary record[]

Number Nation Position Name Russian Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Russia GK Yury Lodygin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2 Russia DF Aleksandr Anyukov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Italy DF Domenico Criscito 11 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 16 1
5 Russia DF Aleksandr Ryazantsev 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
6 Belgium DF Nicolas Lombaerts 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
7 Brazil FW Hulk 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 12 0
11 Russia FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Portugal DF Luís Neto 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8 0
17 Russia MF Oleg Shatov 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
19 Russia DF Igor Smolnikov 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 0
20 Russia MF Viktor Fayzulin 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 8 1
21 Spain MF Javi García 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8 0
23 Venezuela FW Salomón Rondón 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
24 Argentina DF Ezequiel Garay 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 1
28 Belgium MF Axel Witsel 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 1
33 Serbia DF Milan Rodić 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Portugal MF Danny 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8 0
44 Ukraine MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
TOTALS 56 2 3 0 24 2 21 0 104 4

Notes[]

  • MSK time changed from UTC+4 to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014.[18]

References[]

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