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.
Internationally, the club was registered for Europe's highest level of football competition, the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League as the 3rd place team from Russia in 2009. Zenit are currently in the Group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League with R.S.C. Anderlecht, AEK Athens F.C. and HNK Hajduk Split after falling 2-1 on aggregate to French club AJ Auxerre in the Champions League play-off round.
Squad
As of 5 August 2010.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Internationals
The following players have been called up to represent their respective nations in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches on September 3 and 7, 2010. Number of international caps are indicated in italics. A "(c)" symbol indicates the player is Captain of his national team.
Russia
Belarus
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Belgium
Hungary
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Transfers
In
| Date |
Pos. |
Name |
From |
Fee |
| 11 January 2010 |
LB |
 Michael Lumb |
AGF Aarhus |
€1,600,000 |
| 16 January 2010 |
ST |
 Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
Dynamo Moscow |
€6,500,000 |
| 23 February 2010 |
GK |
Yuri Zhevnov |
FC Moscow |
€1,000,000 |
| 3 March 2010 |
ST |
Danko Lazović |
 PSV Eindhoven |
€5,000,000 |
| 19 July 2010 |
ST |
Aleksandr Bukharov |
Rubin Kazan |
€12,000,000 |
| 29 July 2010 |
LB |
Aleksandar Luković |
 Udinese |
€7,000,000 |
| 3 August 2010 |
CB |
Bruno Alves |
Porto |
€22,000,000 |
| 5 August 2010 |
CM |
Sergei Semak |
Rubin Kazan |
€2,000,000 |
Total Spending: 
€57,100,000
Out
Total Income: 
€7,600,000
Transfer Summary
Spending
Winter: €14,100,000
Summer: €43,000,000
End of Season: 
Total: €57,100,000
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Income
Winter: €6,700,000
Summer: €900,000
End of Season:
Total: €7,600,000
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Expenditure
Winter: €7,400,000
Summer: €42,100,000
End of Season:
Total: €49,500,000
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Statistics
Field
As of 20 November 2010
Goalkeeping
As of 20 November 2010
App=Appearances, Min=Minutes GA=Goals Allowed, Pen=Penalties Allowed, A=Assists, PTS=Points, 
=Yellow Cards, 
=Red Cards
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 Korea Republic national football 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 Eindhoven.[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 10 months after suffering a season-ending injury in May 2009 and scores the winning goal against Krylia Sovetov Samara.
- 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 9th straight Russian Premier League match after defeating reigning champions Rubin Kazan 2-0 on a double from striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov. Defender Sebastien Puygrenier returns from a year loan at AS 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 F.C. Porto for a Russian Premier League-record €22m 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 AJ 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 R.S.C. Anderlecht, AEK Athens F.C. and HNK Hajduk Split.[18]
- 7 September: Zenit release midfielder Radek Šírl.[19]
- 14 November: Zenit win the 2010 Russian Premier League by defeating FC 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 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]
Matches
Club Friendlies
Winter
Summer
Russian Premier League
March
April
May
June
The Russian Premier League did not hold any matches during the month of June due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Serbian forward Danko Lazović and Portuguese midfielder Danny represented Zenit at the competition.
July
August
September
October
November
Russian Cup
Round of 32
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Zenit won 1-0 on aggregate.
Play-off round
Auxerre won 2-1 on aggregate.
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Russian Premier League Table
2010 Russian Premier League Table
Source: RFPL (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
1Winners of 2010–11 Russian Cup will qualify for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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.
Positions by round
| Team \ 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 |
| Zenit St. Petersburg !Zenit St. Petersburg | 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 |
| | Leader |
| 2nd place |
| 3rd place |
Source: kicker.de (German)
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