2010 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2010 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season is the 15th straight season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. The club won the Russian Premier League for the second time in four years and the Russian Cup for the first time since 1999, completing a double.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

2010 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	last 8
Champions League	Play-off Round
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (13) All: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (17)
Highest home attendance	21,570 (21 August vs Auxerre, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	18,500 (17 July vs Sibir Novosibirsk, Russian Premier League)
Home colours Away colours

Internationally, the club was registered for Europe's highest level of football competition, the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, as the third place team from Russia in 2009. Zenit were drawn into the Group Stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League alongside Anderlecht, AEK Athens and Hajduk after falling 2–1 on aggregate to French club Auxerre in the Champions League play-off round.

Season Events

• 11 January: Defender Michael Lumb signs for Zenit from AGF Aarhus.[1]
• 16 January: Striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov returns to Zenit from Dynamo Moscow after spending six seasons with the club from 2001-06.[2]
• 26 January: Defender Kim Dong-jin's contract is terminated due to medical examinations and fainting bouts experienced during practices with the South Korea national team.[3]
• 28 January: Zenit plays its first match of 2010, a friendly against Uzbek side Lokomotiv Tashkent during training camp in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• 29 January: Midfielder Igor Semshov rejoins Dynamo Moscow on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[4]
• 3 February: Striker and club leading goal scorer from 2008 and 2009 Fatih Tekke joins Rubin Kazan on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[5]
• 23 February: Goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov signs for Zenit from FC Moscow.[6]
• 3 March: Striker Danko Lazović signs for Zenit from PSV.[7]
• 9 March: Striker Sergey Kornilenko joins former club Tom Tomsk on a one-year loan deal with the option to return to Zenit during the summer.
• 13 March: Midfielder Danny plays his first match in ten months after suffering a season-ending injury in May 2009 and scores the winning goal against Krylia Sovetov.
• 16 May: Zenit wins the Russian Cup 1–0 over Sibir Novosibirsk, with the Cup-winning goal scored by midfielder Roman Shirokov.[8]
• 5 July: Defender Nicolas Lombaerts signs a new four-year contract with the club.[9]
• 19 July: Striker Aleksandr Bukharov signs for Zenit from Rubin Kazan.[10] Newly acquired defender Michael Lumb is loaned to Feyenoord until July 2011 due to lack of playing time with the club.[11]
• 29 July: Midfielder Igor Denisov signs a new five-year contract with the club and defender Aleksandar Luković signs for Zenit from Udinese.[12][13]
• 31 July: Zenit wins its ninth-straight Russian Premier League match after defeating reigning champions Rubin Kazan 2–0 on a double from striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov. Defender Sébastien Puygrenier returns from a year loan at Monaco and attends Zenit's summer camp in Austria before receiving another one-year loan deal with Monaco.[14]
• 3 August: Defender Bruno Alves signs for Zenit from Porto for a Russian Premier League-record €22 million foreign transfer fee.[15]
• 4 August: Zenit defeats Unirea Urziceni 1–0 on aggregate to advance to the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. Danny scores the only goal of the tie in the 33rd minute of the second leg, assisted by Vladimir Bystrov.
• 5 August: Midfielder Sergei Semak signs for Zenit from Rubin Kazan.[16]
• 25 August: Manager Luciano Spalletti suffers his first competitive loss with Zenit, falling 2–0 to French club Auxerre at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps. Zenit sees both goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev and defender Tomáš Hubočan sent off by Slovenian referee Damir Skomina as the club falls out of the Champions League 2–1 on aggregate.[17]
• 27 August: Zenit are seeded into Pot No. 1 of the Europa League with a UEFA coefficient of 61.258 and drawn into a group with Anderlecht, AEK Athens and Hajduk Split.[18]
• 7 September: Zenit release midfielder Radek Šírl.[19]
• 14 November: Zenit win the 2010 Russian Premier League by defeating Rostov at the Petrovsky Stadium 5–0.
• 9 December: 10 Zenit players are named to the annual RFU Top 33 Best Players list with seven players – Aleksandr Anyukov (right back), Tomáš Hubočan (left back), Igor Denisov (defensive midfield), Vladimir Bystrov (right midfield), Konstantin Zyryanov (central midfield), Danny (left midfield) and Aleksandr Kerzhakov (right forward) – named the best at their respective position.[20]
• 19 December: Four Zenit players receive trophies at the RFU's award ceremony in Moscow. Aleksandr Kerzhakov was named Striker of the Year, Danny was named the best foreign player, manager Luciano Spalletti was named Coach of the Year, and captain Aleksandr Anyukov was named Most Valuable Player.[21]

Squad

As of match played 17 December 2010[22]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age^[B])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev		GK	4 March 1979 (aged 31)	Trainee	1999
22	Dmitri Borodin		GK	8 October 1977 (aged 33)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2009
30	Yuri Zhevnov		GK	17 April 1981 (aged 29)	FC Moscow	2010
71	Yegor Baburin		GK	9 August 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
81	Aleksandr Glinskikh		GK	16 August 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
90	Aleksei Dugnist		GK	11 March 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
91	Andrei Zaytsev		GK	14 January 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008
Defenders
2	Aleksandr Anyukov		DF	28 September 1982 (aged 28)	Krylia Sovetov	2005
3	Bruno Alves		DF	27 November 1981 (aged 29)	Porto	2010
4	Ivica Križanac		DF	13 April 1979 (aged 31)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005
5	Fernando Meira		DF	28 September 1982 (aged 28)	Galatasaray	2009
6	Nicolas Lombaerts		DF	20 March 1985 (aged 25)	KAA Gent	2007
14	Tomáš Hubočan		DF	17 September 1985 (aged 25)	MŠK Žilina	2008
24	Aleksandar Luković		DF	23 October 1982 (aged 28)	Udinese Calcio	2010
47	Basel Abdoulfattakh		MF	6 March 1990 (aged 20)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008
48	Aslan Dudiyev		DF	15 June 1990 (aged 20)	loan from Akademiya Tolyatti	2010
50	Igor Cheminava		DF	23 March 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008
55	Sergei Kostin		DF	15 June 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009
64	Ilya Lebedev		DF	1 June 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
66	Yuriy Ponomarenko		DF	30 August 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
74	Vladimir Malyshev		DF	4 January 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
83	Andrei Vasilyev		MF	11 February 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
88	Dmitri Telegin		DF	2 January 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
89	Solomon Kvirkvelia		DF	6 February 1992 (aged 18)	Tengiz Sulakvelidze Academy Tbilisi	2010
Midfielders
10	Danny		MF	7 August 1983 (aged 27)	Dynamo Moscow	2008
15	Roman Shirokov		MF	6 July 1981 (aged 29)	Khimki	2008
17	Alessandro Rosina		MF	31 January 1984 (aged 26)	Torino	2009
18	Konstantin Zyryanov		MF	5 October 1977 (aged 33)	Torpedo Moscow	2007
20	Viktor Fayzulin		MF	22 April 1986 (aged 24)	Spartak Nalchik	2008
23	Szabolcs Huszti		MF	18 April 1983 (aged 27)	Hannover 96	2009
25	Sergei Semak		MF	27 February 1976 (aged 34)	Rubin Kazan	2010
27	Igor Denisov		MF	17 May 1984 (aged 26)	Trainee	2002
34	Vladimir Bystrov		MF	31 January 1984 (aged 26)	Spartak Moscow	2009
57	Aleksei Ionov		MF	18 February 1989 (aged 21)	Trainee	2007
63	Denis Terentyev		MF	13 August 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
69	Yevgeni Bashkirov		MF	6 July 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009
75	Ilya Sagdatullin		MF	27 February 1991 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007
77	Alexandr Petrov		MF	18 January 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
80	Maxim Batov		MF	5 June 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009
87	Alexei Kayukov		MF	9 February 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010
92	Nikita Bocharov		MF	12 June 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009
96	Roland Gigolayev		MF	4 January 1990 (aged 20)	Yunost Vladikavkaz	2005
98	Sergei Petrov		MF	2 January 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008
Forwards
8	Danko Lazović		ST	17 May 1983 (aged 27)	PSV Eindhoven	2010
9	Aleksandr Bukharov		ST	12 March 1985 (aged 25)	Rubin Kazan	2010
11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov		ST	27 November 1982 (aged 28)	Dynamo Moscow	2010
36	Stanislav Matyash		ST	23 April 1991 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007		0	0
70	Vyacheslav Sushkin		ST	11 March 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009		0	0
73	Stanislav Murikhin		ST	21 January 1992 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009		0	0
78	Vladislav Yefimov		ST	21 April 1994 (aged 16)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
93	Alexei Panfilov		ST	14 October 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
95	Pavel Shuvalov		ST	3 February 1993 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
97	Vladislav Sirotov		ST	27 October 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2010		0	0
99	Maksim Kanunnikov		ST	14 July 1991 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009		1	0
Out on loan
28	Michael Lumb		DF	9 January 1988 (aged 22)	AGF Aarhus	2010
35	Anton Sosnin		MF	27 January 1990 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007
37	Aleksandr Khokhlov		DF	30 September 1988 (aged 22)	Trainee	2006
	Sébastien Puygrenier		DF	28 January 1982 (aged 28)	Nancy	2008		14	1
	Sergei Kornilenko		ST	14 June 1983 (aged 27)	Tom Tomsk	2009		18	1
	Eugene Starikov		ST	17 November 1988 (aged 22)	Bradenton Academics	2009		0	0
Left during the season
7	Radek Šírl		MF	20 March 1981 (aged 29)	Sparta Prague	2003

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 January 2010	DF		Michael Lumb	AGF Aarhus	Undisclosed	[23]
16 January 2010	FW		Aleksandr Kerzhakov	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed
23 February 2010	GK		Yuri Zhevnov	FC Moscow	Undisclosed	[24]
3 March 2010	FW		Danko Lazović	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed	[25][26]
19 July 2010	FW		Aleksandr Bukharov	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[27]
29 July 2010	DF		Aleksandar Luković	Udinese	Undisclosed	[28]
3 August 2010	DF		Bruno Alves	Porto	Undisclosed	[29]
5 August 2010	MF		Sergei Semak	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	[30]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 January 2010	MF		Igor Semshov	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed
3 February 2010	FW		Fatih Tekke	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
9 March 2010	FW		Sergei Kornilenko	Tom Tomsk	Summer 2010
9 March 2010	FW		Eugene Starikov	Tom Tomsk
19 July 2010	DF		Michael Lumb	Feyenoord		[31]
2 August 2010	DF		Sébastien Puygrenier	Monaco	End of Season	[32]
20 August 2010	MF		Anton Sosnin	Krylia Sovetov	End of Season
26 August 2010	FW		Sergei Kornilenko	Rubin Kazan	End of Season
27 August 2010	DF		Aleksandr Khokhlov	Spartak Nalchik	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
1 January 2010	GK		Kamil Čontofalský	AEL Limassol
26 January 2010	DF		Kim Dong-jin	Ulsan Hyundai	2 February 2010
7 September 2010[33]	MF		Radek Šírl	Mladá Boleslav	14 September 2016	[34]

Friendlies

Winter

28 January 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0 – 0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:00 MST

30 January 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Bunyodkor	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14:30 MST	Rosina  34' (pen.) Denisov  43'

8 February 2010	Polonia Warszawa	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Murcia, Spain
17:00 MST	Mierzejewski  24'		Hubočan  35' Shirokov  44'

12 February 2010	Lillestrøm	3 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Murcia, Spain
20:00 MST	Nosakhare Igiebor  17' Eriksen  49' Sigurðarson  79'		Anyukov  55' Kerzhakov  62' Kanunnikov  69' Huszti  84' Kanunnikov  89'

13 February 2010	Viking	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Murcia, Spain
18:00 MST	Križanac  10' (o.g.)		Kornilenko  44' Kerzhakov  73' Meira  85'

21 February 2010	Örebro	0 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST			Kanunnikov  25' Hubočan  68'

23 February 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Marbella, Spain
16:30 MST	Hubočan  22'		Kravets  15' Almeida  40' Mykhalyk  58' Milevskyi  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Referee: Angel Valverde Martinez

27 February 2010	AaB	1 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST	Würtz  40' Jakobsen  50'		Bystrov  34', 59' Bystrov  50' Križanac  89'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Referee: Carlos Natta

Summer

15 June 2010	Zestafoni	0 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Mittersill, Austria
20:00 MST			Križanac  73'

18 June 2010	Spartak Trnava	1 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kundl, Austria
18:00 MST	Banovič  35' Machovec  82' Machovec  88'		Bystrov  17', 38' Zyryanov  44' Meira  71' Šírl  88'

21 June 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 – 1	Dynamo Kyiv	Schwaz, Austria
19:00 MST	Lumb  7' Kerzhakov  25', 43' Bystrov  35' Kanunnikov  60' Denisov  74'		Zozulya  8' Khacheridi  58'

24 June 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Karpaty Lviv	Reif, Austria
16:00 MST	Zyryanov  31' Zyryanov  34' Križanac  90'		Fedetskiy  23' Oshchypko  62'

Competitions

Russian Premier League

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	20	8	2	61	21	+40	68	10	4	1	31	8	+23	10	4	1	30	13	+17

Last updated: 23 November 2016.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D
Position	4	3	3	5	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

13 March 2010	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Samara, Russia
13:00 MST	Adzhindzhal  45' Tkachyov  70' Taranov  90'	Report	Danny  65' Lumb  87'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Igor Egorov

21 March 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MST	Shirokov  37' Kerzhakov  82' Lombaerts  88'	Report	Welliton  12' Makeev  56' Parshivlyuk  70' Suchý  80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,450 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

27 March 2010	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Khimki, Russia
18:30 MST	Fernández  24' D. Kombarov  34' D. Kombarov  66' (pen.) Wilkshire  88'	Report	Danny  12' Zyryanov  29' Bystrov  33' Hubočan  42' Malafeev  65' Anyukov  67'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 13,480 Referee: Eduard Malyi

11 April 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MST	Danny  9' Zyryanov  23' Bystrov  53',  80' Hubočan  75' Rosina  90'	Report	Charles  9' Asatiani  17' Kuzmin  28' Tarasov  78'  86' Odemwingie  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Igor Egorov

17 April 2010	Tom Tomsk	0 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Tomsk, Russia
11:30 MST	Klimov  9' Ivanov  54' Kharitonov  70' Michkov  87'	Report	Kerzhakov  15' Zyryanov  63' Križanac  71'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

25 April 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:15 MST		Report	Ferreira  8' Maurício  21' Asildarov  28' Arce  56' Lakhiyalov  76' Dikan  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

28 April 2010	CSKA Moscow	0 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Khimki, Russia
20:00 MST	Akinfeev  61'	Report	Križanac  5' Kerzhakov  65'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

2 May 2010	Saturn Moscow	0 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Ramenskoye, Russia
14:00 MST	Igonin  21' Rebrov  25' Ivanov  65' Nakhushev  73' Angbwa  85'	Report	Zyryanov  63' Lombaerts  88'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Almir Kayumov

6 May 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 – 1	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:45 MST	Hubočan  37' Lombaerts  52' Bystrov  65' Shirokov  71' (pen.),  81' Danny  74'	Report	Gogua  70' Malyarov  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,405 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

10 May 2010	Amkar Perm	0 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Perm, Russia
16:15 MST	Burmistrov  9' Popov  34' Fedoriv  45' Belorukov  62'	Report	Danny  83',  89' Kanunnikov  85'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

4 July 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MST	Bystrov  15' Rosina  52' Lombaerts  64' Zyryanov  87'	Report	Tsorayev  39'  88' Agalarov  49' Tagirbekov  66' Bakayev  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,380 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

9 July 2010	Alania Vladikavkaz	1 – 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Vladikavkaz, Russia
18:45 MST	Khomich  26' Mamah  33' Ivanov  79'	Report	Shirokov  26' (pen.) Bystrov  34' Lazović  39' Malafeev  44' Zyryanov  52'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov

17 July 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 0	Sibir Novosibirsk	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:45 MST	Lombaerts  30' Shirokov  54'	Report	Valentić  33' Medvedev  57' Astafyev  57' Shulenin  77' Shumov  87' Shevchenko  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Evgeni Turbin

24 July 2010	Rostov	1 – 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
20:30 MST	Gațcan  56' Cherkes  64' Lebedenko  89' (pen.)	Report	Kerzhakov  45' Danny  50' Fayzulin  70' Ionov  89'	Stadium: Olimp – 2 Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

31 July 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 MST	Denisov  36' Kerzhakov  45', 65' Anyukov  52'	Report	Karadeniz  48'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev

14 August 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 MST	Shirokov  24' Lazović  34' Meira  50'	Report	Khokhlov  17' Kurányi  26',  90' D. Kombarov  50' Epureanu  58' Wilkshire  89' Gabulov  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,900 Referee: Vyacheslav Popov

29 August 2010	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow, Russia
16:00 MST	Torbinski  29'  56' Gatagov  45' Aliev  67'	Report	Danny  17' Semak  53' Bukharov  67' Shirokov  78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,187 Referee: Igor Egorov

11 September 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 0	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:15 MST	Shirokov  3',  90' Bukharov  45' Anyukov  66'	Report	Smirnov  27'  84' Kharitonov  81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

20 September 2010	Terek Grozny	0 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny, Russia
16:00 MST		Report	Bystrov  29' Denisov  87'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

25 September 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6 – 1	Saturn Moscow	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 MST	Kerzhakov  25', 46', 54' Danny  32' (pen.) Lazović  34' Zyryanov  42' Bystrov  82' Rosina  83' Lombaerts  90'	Report	Zelão  38' Kirichenko  45' Vorobyov  48' Kopúnek  55' Nakhushev  64' Evseev  86' Angbwa  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

3 October 2010	Spartak Nalchik	2 – 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Nalchik, Russia
18:30 MST	Golić  45' Ricardo Jesus  65' Gogua  76' Pliev  85' Vasin  89'	Report	Kerzhakov  2', 22' Danny  26' Shirokov  49' Hubočan  80'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

16 October 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:15 MST	Kerzhakov  49' Shirokov  64' (pen.) Anyukov  89'	Report	Belorukov  22'  43' Fedoriv  26'  55' Usminskiy  43' Kolomeytsev  63'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Evgeni Turbin

24 October 2010	Anzhi Makhachkala	3 – 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Makhachkala, Russia
16:30 MST	Holenda  4' Ivanov  47' Josan  80' Gadzhibekov  84' Bakayev  89' Kļava  90'	Report	Danny  8', 63' Zyryanov  31',  40' Denisov  88' Bukharov  90'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

27 October 2010	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow, Russia
20:30 MST	Makeev  40' Welliton  62' Pareja  66' Suchý  69' D. Kombarov  88' (pen.)	Report	Danny  36' Luković  78' Denisov  90'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Igor Egorov

31 October 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 – 0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MST	Lazović  16' Kerzhakov  42', 52'	Report	Baba Collins  26' Rotenberg  27' Goore  43' Gabulov  74'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

7 November 2010	Sibir Novosibirsk	2 – 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Novosibirsk, Russia
14:00 MST	Nagibin  2' Grzelak  6' Astafyev  7' Šumulikoski  20' Aravin  72'	Report	Bystrov  13' Joseph-Reinette  15' (o.g.) Zyryanov  55' Danny  61' Semak  63' Anyukov  65'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Almir Kayumov

10 November 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 3	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MST	Alves  82' Anyukov  86' Rosina  90'	Report	Vágner Love  14' González  34' Doumbia  52' Akinfeev  79' Mamaev  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

14 November 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 MST	Lazović  40' (pen.) Semak  75' Kerzhakov  82',  82' Bukharov  90', 90+'	Report	Ghionea  39' Kalachev  39'  85' Khagush  57' Yankov  69'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

20 November 2010	Rubin Kazan	2 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kazan, Russia
14:00 MST	Sharonov  10' Kuzmin  51' Navas  60' Medvedev  68'	Report	Lazović  6' Fayzulin  19' Huszti  56' Luković  66' Kerzhakov  74' Shirokov  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

28 November 2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0 – 0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MST	Meira  50'  60'	Report	Ivanov  50' Taranov  52' Sosnin  73' Tkachyov  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21 300 Referee: Igor Egorov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit St. Petersburg (C)	30	20	8	2	61	21	+40	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	18	8	4	51	22	+29	62
3	Rubin Kazan	30	15	13	2	37	16	+21	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Spartak Moscow	30	13	10	7	43	33	+10	49	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	9	8	34	29	+5	48

Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
(C) Champion.

Russian Cup

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13 July 2010 Round of 32	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zimulka  16' Lobov  33' Rogov  53' (pen.)	Report	Kanunnikov  16' Anyukov  43' Rosina  55', 59' Denisov  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

The Round of 16 match against Anzhi Makhachkala took place during the 2011–12 season.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

27 July 2010 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Unirea Urziceni	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Bucharest, Romania
22:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Paraschiv  26' Pădurețu  36' Galamaz  41'	Report	Denisov  14' Rosina  81'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

4 August 2010 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.)	Unirea Urziceni	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Hubočan  26' Danny  33' Shirokov  35' Malafeev  77' Anyukov  79'	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

17 August 2010 Play-off round 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Auxerre	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov  3' Danny  33'	Report	Mignot  36' Le Tallec  82' Contout  87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,570 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

25 August 2010 Play-off round 2nd leg	Auxerre	2 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Auxerre, France
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Hengbart  9' 21' Jeleń  53' Contout  79'	Report	Bystrov  56' Semak  57' Malafeev  65' Hubočan  77'  80' Anyukov  81' Alves  84'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,277 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	6	0	0	18	6	+12	18	Advance to knockout phase
2	Anderlecht	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
3	AEK Athens	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7
4	Hajduk Split	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3

Source:

16 September 2010 1	Anderlecht	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Anderlecht, Belgium
23:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Juhász  66' Bernárdez  78'	Report	Kerzhakov  8', 33', 44' Alves  19' Luković  31'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

30 September 2010 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 2	AEK Athens	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hubočan  1' Alves  13' Lazović  43' (pen.), 57' Malafeev  81'	Report	Liberopoulos  37' Nasuti  41' Patsatzoglou  41' Kafes  83' (pen.) Makos  84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Milorad Mažic (Serbia)

21 October 2010 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Hajduk Split	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukharov  25' Danny  68' Zyryanov  79'	Report	Ibričić  26'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Libor Kovařik (Czech Republic)

5 November 2010 4	Hajduk Split	2 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Split, Croatia
00:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Vejić  67' M. Ljubičić  69' Vukušić  82' Maloča  85' Sharbini  89'	Report	Ionov  12' 32' Huszti  47' (pen.) Rosina  51'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

1 December 2010 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Anderlecht	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ionov  12' Shirokov  35' Luković  50' Bukharov  65' Lombaerts  75' Huszti  88'	Report	Kljestan  74' Kanu  87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

17 December 2010 6	AEK Athens	0 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Athens, Greece
00:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Manolas  37' Makos  72'	Report	Luković  39' Bukharov  43' Rosina  67' Denisov  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

The Round of 32 match against Young Boys took place during the 2011–12 season.

Squad statistics

As of match played 17 December 2010

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		2009-10 Russian Cup		2010-11 Russian Cup		UEFA Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	36	1	26+1	1	2	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
3	DF		Bruno Alves	19	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1
4	DF		Ivica Križanac	20	1	13+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
5	DF		Fernando Meira	19	0	7+4	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	37	3	26	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	4	0
8	FW		Danko Lazović	30	7	14+6	5	1+1	0	1	0	1+1	0	4+1	2
9	FW		Aleksandr Bukharov	17	7	4+6	4	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	5	3
10	MF		Danny	39	12	27	10	2+1	0	0+1	0	4	1	4	1
11	FW		Aleksandr Kerzhakov	36	17	26+2	13	2+1	0	0	0	4	1	1	3
14	DF		Tomáš Hubočan	33	1	23	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	2+1	1
15	MF		Roman Shirokov	33	7	17+4	6	2+1	1	0+1	0	4	0	3+1	0
16	GK		Vyacheslav Malafeev	31	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
17	MF		Alessandro Rosina	25	6	5+10	2	1+2	0	1	2	0+2	0	3+1	2
18	MF		Konstantin Zyryanov	40	2	23+5	2	2+1	0	0	0	3+1	0	4+1	0
20	MF		Viktor Fayzulin	25	2	14+3	2	1+1	0	1	0	0+2	0	2+1	0
22	GK		Dmitri Borodin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Szabolcs Huszti	23	4	13+3	1	2	1	1	0	0+1	0	1+2	2
24	DF		Aleksandar Luković	17	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
25	MF		Sergei Semak	17	2	10+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2+1	0
27	MF		Igor Denisov	35	1	24	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	5	1
30	GK		Yuri Zhevnov	13	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	2	0
34	MF		Vladimir Bystrov	32	7	22+3	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	01	0
57	MF		Aleksei Ionov	17	2	2+9	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+3	2
99	FW		Maksim Kanunnikov	21	2	0+12	1	0+1	0	1	1	0+2	0	0+5	0
Players away from the club on loan:
28	DF		Michael Lumb	4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	2009-10 Russian Cup	2010-11 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	13	0	0	1	3	17
2	MF		10	Danny	10	0	0	1	1	12
3	MF		15	Roman Shirokov	6	1	0	0	0	7
	MF		34	Vladimir Bystrov	6	1	0	0	0	7
	FW		8	Danko Lazović	5	0	0	0	2	7
	FW		9	Aleksandr Bukharov	4	0	0	0	3	7
7	MF		17	Alessandro Rosina	2	0	2	0	2	6
8	MF		23	Szabolcs Huszti	1	1	0	0	2	4
9	DF		6	Nicolas Lombaerts	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	MF		25	Sergei Semak	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		18	Konstantin Zyryanov	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Viktor Fayzulin	2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW		99	Maksim Kanunnikov	1	0	1	0	0	2
	MF		57	Aleksei Ionov	0	0	0	0	2	2
				Own goal	2	0	0	0	0	2
16	DF		2	Aleksandr Anyukov	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		4	Ivica Križanac	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		3	Bruno Alves	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF		14	Tomáš Hubočan	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF		27	Igor Denisov	0	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	61	3	3	2	18	87

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External links

• Information from http://www.rfpl.org/
• 2010 Zenit Saint Petersburg season at ESPN
• Zenit Saint Petersburg statistics at sports.ru