2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2015–16 season
Chairman Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager André Villas-Boas
Stadium Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League 3rd
Russian Cup Winners
UEFA Champions League Round of 16 v. Benfica
Top goalscorer League: Hulk (14)
All: Artyom Dzyuba (21)
Highest home attendance 18,593 vs Krasnodar
15 August 2015
Lowest home attendance 14,880 vs Ural
21 November 2015
Average home league attendance 16,771
16 April 2016
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season is the 91st season in the club's history and its 20th consecutive season in the Russian Premier League. The club also participated in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Yuri Lodygin
2 Russia DF Aleksandr Anyukov
4 Italy DF Domenico Criscito
6 Belgium DF Nicolas Lombaerts
7 Brazil FW Hulk
8 Brazil MF Maurício
9 Russia FW Aleksandr Kokorin
10 Portugal MF Danny (captain)
13 Portugal DF Luís Neto
14 Russia MF Artur Yusupov
16 Russia GK Vyacheslav Malafeev
17 Russia MF Oleg Shatov
No. Position Player
19 Russia DF Igor Smolnikov
20 Russia MF Viktor Fayzulin
21 Spain MF Javi García
22 Russia FW Artyom Dzyuba
23 Russia DF Yevgeni Chernov
24 Argentina DF Ezequiel Garay
26 Serbia DF Vukašin Jovanović
28 Belgium MF Axel Witsel
41 Russia GK Mikhail Kerzhakov
81 Russia MF Yuri Zhirkov
90 Russia FW Ramil Sheydayev
94 Russia MF Aleksey Yevseyev

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
3 Argentina DF Cristian Ansaldi (at Italy Genoa)
5 Russia MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev (at Russia Ural)
8 Russia MF Pavel Mogilevets (at Russia Rostov)
11 Russia FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (at Switzerland Zürich)
No. Position Player
48 Russia FW Aleksei Gasilin (at Germany Schalke 04)
77 Montenegro FW Luka Đorđević (at Spain Ponferradina)
78 Russia DF Dmitri Chistyakov (at Armenia Mika)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
18 Russia MF Konstantin Zyryanov
43 Russia FW Pavel Nazimov
50 Russia DF Maksim Karpov
52 Russia DF Andrei Ivanov
55 Russia DF Konstantin Lobov
58 Russia DF Ilya Zuev
60 Russia MF Maksim Palienko
62 Russia DF Stepan Rebenko
65 Russia MF Danila Yashchuk
68 Russia MF Vyacheslav Zinkov
70 Russia FW Dmitri Bogayev
No. Position Player
71 Russia GK Egor Barubin
74 Russia MF Sergei Ivanov
75 Russia DF Andrei Vasilyev
76 Russia FW Pavel Kireyenko
79 Russia MF Konstantin Troyanov
80 Russia GK Mikhail Mzhelsky
83 Russia GK Igor Obukhov
87 Russia DF Artyom Vyatkin
88 Russia MF Artyom Popov
92 Russia FW Pavel Dolgov
95 Russia GK Aleksandr Vasyutin

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Position Player
14 Russia MF Artur Yusupov (from Russia Dynamo Moscow)
22 Russia FW Artyom Dzyuba (from Russia Spartak Moscow)
31 Russia MF Denis Tkachuk (from Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara)
41 Russia GK Mikhail Kerzhakov (from Russia Anzhi Makhachkala)
42 Russia MF Konstantin Kotov
46 Russia MF Vitali Gorulyov
49 Russia MF Dmitri Pletnyov
56 Russia DF Danil Krugovoy
59 Russia DF Sergei Bugriyev
60 Russia MF Maksim Paliyenko (from Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara)
61 Russia MF Dmitri Kirillov
69 Russia DF Vladislav Nikitin (April 2015)
72 Russia DF Stanislav Mareyev (from Russia LFK Lokomotiv Moscow)
75 Russia DF Andrei Vasilyev (from Russia Rostov)
82 Russia MF Igor Drykov (free agent, until April 2015 at Russia CSKA Moscow)
84 Russia DF Feliks Shalimov
85 Russia GK Yaroslav Burychenkov (own academy, April 2015)
86 Russia GK Sergei Lazarev (own academy, April 2015)
89 Russia FW Yevgeni Markov (end of loan at Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
91 Russia FW Yegor Denisov
93 Russia GK Mikhail Kizeyev
98 Russia FW Yevgeni Reutov

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

No. Position Player
3 Argentina DF Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Italy Genoa, previously on loan to Spain Atlético Madrid)
8 Russia MF Pavel Mogilevets (on loan to Russia FC Rostov)
10 Russia MF Andrei Arshavin (to Russia Kuban Krasnodar)
23 Venezuela FW José Salomón Rondón (to England West Bromwich Albion)
33 Serbia DF Milan Rodić (to Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara)
34 Russia FW Maximilian Pronichev (on loan to Germany Schalke 04)
39 Russia DF Dmitri Skopintsev (to Germany RB Leipzig)
40 Russia DF Pavel Barbashov
41 Russia DF Andrei Yakovlev (to Czech Republic Baumit Jablonec)
42 Russia DF Danila Davidenko
44 Ukraine MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (to Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty)
46 Russia MF Zakhar Dilanyan (to Armenia Ulisses Yerevan)
48 Russia FW Aleksei Gasilin (on loan to Germany Schalke 04)
56 Russia DF Kirill Kostin
57 Russia DF Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (to Denmark AGF Aarhus)
59 Russia MF Aleksei Yegorov
60 Russia MF Yevgeni Serenkov
61 Russia GK Anton Tsvetkov (to Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
72 Russia DF Stepan Zhalobkov
77 Montenegro FW Luka Đorđević (on loan to Spain Ponferradina, previously on loan at Italy Sampdoria)
78 Russia DF Dmitri Chistyakov (on loan to Armenia Mika)
82 Russia FW Aleksei Makarov
83 Russia GK Igor Obukhov (to Russia FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)
84 Russia DF Mikhail Kovalenko (to Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
90 Russia FW Ramil Sheydayev (on loan to Russia Rubin Kazan)
98 Russia FW Yevgeni Kozlov (to Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg)
97 Russia MF Dmitri Khodakovsky
Russia DF Yevgeni Alfyorov (released, previously on loan to Russia Arsenal Tula)
Russia DF Denis Terentyev (to Russia FC Rostov, previously on loan at Russia Tom Tomsk)
Russia MF Aleksei Kayukov (to Russia Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan to Russia Tom-2 Tomsk)

Winter

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

No. Position Player
8 Brazil MF Maurício (from Russia Terek Grozny)
9 Russia FW Aleksandr Kokorin (from Russia Dynamo Moscow)
23 Russia DF Yevgeni Chernov (from Russia Tom Tomsk)
26 Serbia DF Vukašin Jovanović (from Serbia Red Star Belgrade)
30 Russia MF Nikita Salamatov (from Russia Vityaz Podolsk)
31 Russia GK Mikhail Ponomarenko
35 Russia DF David Mildzikhov (from Russia Baikal Irkutsk)
38 Russia MF Leon Musayev
40 Russia MF Yuri Bavin (from Portugal Leiria)
53 Russia DF Mikhail Slashchyov
81 Russia MF Yuri Zhirkov (from Russia Dynamo Moscow)
82 Russia MF Ilya Ivanov
90 Russia FW Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan to Russia Rubin Kazan)

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

No. Position Player
5 Russia MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev (on loan to Russia Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast)
11 Russia FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (on loan to Switzerland FC Zürich)
31 Russia MF Denis Tkachuk (to Russia Rubin Kazan)
53 Russia DF Ivan Ivanidi
81 Russia GK Andrei Strozhevskiy
82 Russia MF Igor Drykov
89 Russia FW Yevgeni Markov (to Russia Tosno)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Results by round

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GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W W W W L W L D D D W D W D L W L D D W W W W W L W W W D W
Position 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3

Last updated: 21 May 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C) 30 20 5 5 51 25 +26 65 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Rostov 30 19 6 5 41 20 +21 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 17 8 5 61 32 +29 59 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Krasnodar 30 16 8 6 54 25 +29 56 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Spartak Moscow 30 15 5 10 48 39 +9 50
Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.

Russian Super Cup

Russian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Russian Cup

Champions League

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15 Advance to knockout phase
2 Belgium Gent 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 Spain Valencia 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 France Lyon 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Squad Statistics

As of match played 28 April 2016

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Super Cup Russian Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Russia Yuri Lodygin 37 0 27 0 1 0 2+1 0 6 0
2 DF Russia Aleksandr Anyukov 25 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
4 DF Italy Domenico Criscito 34 0 23 0 1 0 4 0 6 0
6 DF Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts 29 0 18 0 1 0 2 0 8 0
7 FW Brazil Hulk 38 21 27 17 1 0 3 0 7 4
8 MF Brazil Maurício 14 2 11 1 0 0 0+1 1 1+1 0
9 FW Russia Aleksandr Kokorin 13 2 10 2 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
10 MF Portugal Danny 33 7 18+5 6 0 0 2 0 8 1
13 DF Portugal Luís Neto 34 0 22 0 1 0 4 0 4+3 0
14 MF Russia Artur Yusupov 33 0 23 0 1 0 3 0 1+5 0
17 MF Russia Oleg Shatov 37 10 27 8 1 0 1+1 0 5+2 2
19 DF Russia Igor Smolnikov 34 4 26 3 1 1 1+1 0 3+2 0
20 MF Russia Viktor Faizulin 7 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
21 MF Spain Javi García 37 4 26 3 1 0 4 1 6 0
22 FW Russia Artyom Dzyuba 43 23 30 15 1 0 2+2 2 8 6
24 DF Argentina Ezequiel Garay 28 2 20 2 0 0 2 0 6 0
28 MF Belgium Axel Witsel 40 6 29 3 1 0 3 2 7 1
41 GK Russia Mikhail Kerzhakov 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
68 MF Russia Vyacheslav Zinkov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
70 FW Russia Dmitri Bogaev 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
79 MF Russia Konstantin Troyanov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
81 MF Russia Yuri Zhirkov 12 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
92 FW Russia Pavel Dolgov 9 0 0+6 0 0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
94 MF Russia Aleksei Yevseyev 7 0 0+5 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
Players away from the club on loan:
3 DF Argentina Cristian Ansaldi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
5 MF Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev 19 1 1+10 0 0+1 0 2 1 1+4 0
Players who appeared for Zenit but left during the season:
23 FW Venezuela Salomón Rondón 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
31 MF Russia Denis Tkachuk 9 3 0+7 0 0 0 0+2 3 0 0

Goal Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Russian Premier League Super Cup Russian Cup Champions League Total
1 FWRussia22Artyom Dzyuba1302621
2 FWBrazil7Hulk1400418
3 MFRussia17Oleg Shatov800210
4 MFPortugal10Danny60017
5 MFBelgium28 Axel Witsel20215
6 DFRussia19Igor Smolnikov31004
7 MFSpain21Javi García20103
MFRussia31Denis Tkachuk00303
9 DFArgentina24Ezequiel Garay20002
MFBrazil8Maurício10102
11FWRussia9Aleksandr Kokorin10001
MFRussia5Aleksandr Ryazantsev00101
TOTALS 521101477

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Russian Premier League Super Cup Russian Cup Champions League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1RussiaGKYuri Lodygin10 00 00 10 20
2RussiaDFAleksandr Anyukov00 00 00 11 11
4 ItalyDFDomenico Criscito30 10 10 31 81
6 BelgiumDFNicolas Lombaerts10 00 20 10 40
7 BrazilFWHulk70 10 10 30 120
9 RussiaFWKokorin10 00 10 00 20
10PortugalMFDanny30 00 10 20 60
13PortugalDFLuís Neto80 10 10 00 100
14RussiaMFArtur Yusupov50 00 10 20 80
17RussiaMFOleg Shatov20 00 00 10 30
19RussiaDFIgor Smolnikov20 00 00 10 30
21SpainMFJavi García60 00 00 50 110
22RussiaFWArtyom Dzyuba20 00 10 00 30
23VenezuelaFWSalomón Rondón00 10 00 00 10
24ArgentinaDFEzequiel Garay10 00 10 10 30
28BelgiumMFAxel Witsel30 00 00 40 70
81RussiaMFYuri Zhirkov10 00 00 00 10
94RussiaMFAleksei Yevseyev01 00 00 00 01
TOTALS 46 1 4 0 10 0 25 2 85 3

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Tuesday 20 October 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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