2002 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2002 season
Manager	Yury Morozov Mikhail Biryukov Boris Rappoport
Russian Premier League	10th
UEFA Cup	First Round vs Grasshopper
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (14) All: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (16)
Home colours Away colours
← 2001 2003 →

In 2002, FC Zenit St. Petersburg finished 10th in the Russian Premier 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 2 DF Daniel Chiriță 3 MF Zeno Bundea 4 DF Sargis Hovsepyan 5 DF Aleksei Igonin 6 MF Oleksandr Spivak 7 DF Milan Vještica 8 FW Sergei Osipov 9 FW Predrag Ranđelović 10 MF Vladimir Mudrinić 11 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 13 MF Denis Ugarov 14 DF Konstantin Lepyokhin 15 MF Andrey Arshavin 16 GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 17 MF Sergei Vasyanovich 18 MF Valentin Filatov 19 FW Maksim Astafyev 20 DF Aleksei Katulsky 21 DF Mikhail Yakovenko 22 DF Valeri Tsvetkov 23 FW Andrei Nikolayev 24 MF Barys Haravoy

No. Position Player 25 FW Dzmitry Aharodnik 26 FW Dmitri Makarov 27 MF Igor Denisov 28 GK Sergei Losev 29 MF Aleksei Lazarev 31 GK Sergey Ivanov 32 DF Dmitri Vasilyev 33 GK Aleksandr Makarov 34 MF Vladimir Bystrov 35 MF Viktor Lopatyonok 37 DF Dmitri Davydov 38 DF Igor Nedorezov 43 MF Oleg Vlasov 44 MF Maksim Mosin 45 MF Konstantin Konoplyov 46 DF Konstantin Lobov 47 MF Darius Miceika 48 MF Stanislav Miloserdov 49 MF Yevgeny Levandovsky 50 MF Semyon Melnikov 55 MF Dzhambulad Bazayev

Transfers

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 7 DF Milan Vještica (from Vojvodina) 9 FW Predrag Ranđelović (from CSKA Moscow) 10 MF Vladimir Mudrinić (from Smederevo 1924) 43 MF Oleg Vlasov (from Metallurg Pikalyovo)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player

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 2 DF Daniel Chiriță (from Shakhtar Donetsk) 3 MF Zeno Bundea (from Waldhof Mannheim) 47 MF Darius Miceika (from Žalgiris)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 30 FW Yevgeni Tarasov (to Sokol Saratov)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Moscow (C)	30	19	9	2	46	14	+32	66	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	CSKA Moscow	30	21	3	6	60	26	+34	66	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Spartak Moscow	30	16	7	7	49	36	+13	55	2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round
4	Torpedo Moscow	30	14	8	8	47	32	+15	50	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	15	4	11	39	32	+7	49
6	Saturn	30	13	8	9	41	37	+4	47
7	Shinnik Yaroslavl	30	13	8	9	42	37	+5	47
8	Dynamo Moscow	30	12	6	12	38	33	+5	42
9	Rotor Volgograd	30	11	5	14	27	34	−7	38
10	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	8	9	13	36	42	−6	33
11	Rostselmash	30	7	10	13	29	49	−20	31
12	Alania Vladikavkaz	30	8	6	16	32	42	−10	30
13	Uralan Elista	30	6	11	13	32	42	−10	29
14	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	30	6	10	14	20	39	−19	28
15	Anzhi Makhachkala (R)	30	5	10	15	22	43	−21	25	Relegation to Russian First Division 2003
16	Sokol Saratov (R)	30	5	8	17	24	45	−21	23

Source: RFPL {{{2}}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

UEFA Cup

Encamp v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 August 2002 Qualifying round 1st leg	Encamp	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Arshavin  3', 52' Spivak  60' (pen.) Makarov  65' Osipov  75'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Encamp

29 August 2002 Qualifying round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	8 – 0 (13 – 0 agg.)	Encamp	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Osipov  14', 69' Ranđelović  21', 71', 73' Spivak  57' Miceika  86' Nikolayev  89'	Summary	P.Mario  45' Leonardo  67' Giráldez  86'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Costas Theodotou (Cyprus)

Grasshopper v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 September 2002 First round 1st leg	Grasshopper	3 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Zürich, Switzerland
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Baturina  6' Barijho  44' Eduardo  50' Núñez  53'	Summary	Filatov  33' Bazayev  36' Spivak  50' Tsvetkov  51'	Stadium: Hardturm Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Grasshopper

3 October 2002 First round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1 (3 – 4 agg.)	Grasshopper	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kerzhakov  7', 19' Miceika  37' Bazayev  45' Filatov  57'	Summary	Tararache  42' Smiljanić  84' Baturina  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Daniel Chiriță	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
3	MF		Zeno Bundea	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Sargis Hovsepyan	31	0	27	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF		Aleksei Igonin	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Oleksandr Spivak	19	7	14+1	5	0	0	4	2
7	DF		Milan Vještica	10	3	6+1	0	0	0	2+1	3
8	FW		Sergei Osipov	8	0	1+6	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Predrag Ranđelović	11	4	7+2	1	0	0	1+1	3
10	MF		Vladimir Mudrinić	10	1	8+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Aleksandr Kerzhakov	31	16	29	14	0	0	2	2
13	MF		Denis Ugarov	15	0	10+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	DF		Konstantin Lepyokhin	28	0	26	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF		Andrey Arshavin	34	6	28+2	4	0	0	4	2
16	GK		Vyacheslav Malafeev	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF		Valentin Filatov	25	1	18+3	0	0	0	4	1
19	FW		Maksim Astafyev	12	0	8+4	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Aleksei Katulsky	16	1	14+2	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Valeri Tsvetkov	30	1	27	1	0	0	3	0
23	FW		Andrei Nikolayev	4	1	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	1
24	MF		Barys Haravoy	27	0	19+4	0	0	0	4	0
25	FW		Dzmitry Aharodnik	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	FW		Dmitri Makarov	8	2	2+4	1	0	0	2	1
27	MF		Igor Denisov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Sergey Ivanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF		Vladimir Bystrov	10	0	1+7	0	0	0	0+2	0
37	DF		Dmitri Davydov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Igor Nedorezov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Konstantin Konoplyov	16	1	12+3	1	0	0	1	0
47	MF		Darius Miceika	11	2	3+5	1	0	0	1+2	1
55	MF		Dzhambulad Bazayev	9	2	6+1	2	0	0	2	0
Players who left Zenit during the season:
30	FW		Yevgeni Tarasov	5	1	2+3	1	0	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		8	Sergei Osipov	0	0	3	3
	FW		9	Predrag Ranđelović	0	0	3	3
3	MF		15	Andrey Arshavin	0	0	2	2
	MF		6	Oleksandr Spivak	0	0	2	2
	FW		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	0	0	2	2
6	FW		26	Dmitri Makarov	0	0	1	1
	MF		47	Darius Miceika	0	0	1	1
	FW		23	Andrei Nikolayev	0	0	1	1
	MF		18	Valentin Filatov	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	36	0	16	-

External links

• "Zenit squad (2002 season)" (in Russian). Official Russian Premier League website. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
• "Zenit statistics (2002 season)" (in Russian). Official Russian Premier League website. Retrieved 2009-08-30.