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	Final
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 GK Yuri Lodygin 2 DF Aleksandr Anyukov 4 DF Domenico Criscito 6 DF Nicolas Lombaerts 7 FW Hulk 8 MF Maurício 9 FW Aleksandr Kokorin 10 MF Danny (captain) 13 DF Luís Neto 14 MF Artur Yusupov 16 GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 17 MF Oleg Shatov

No. Position Player 19 DF Igor Smolnikov 20 MF Viktor Fayzulin 21 MF Javi García 22 FW Artyom Dzyuba 23 DF Yevgeni Chernov 24 DF Ezequiel Garay 26 DF Vukašin Jovanović 28 MF Axel Witsel 41 GK Mikhail Kerzhakov 81 MF Yuri Zhirkov 90 FW Ramil Sheydayev 94 MF Aleksey Yevseyev

Out on loan

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No. Position Player 3 DF Cristian Ansaldi (at Genoa) 5 MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev (at Ural) 8 MF Pavel Mogilevets (at Rostov) 11 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (at Zürich)

No. Position Player 48 FW Aleksei Gasilin (at Schalke 04) 77 FW Luka Đorđević (at Ponferradina) 78 DF Dmitri Chistyakov (at Mika)

Reserve squad

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No. Position Player 18 MF Konstantin Zyryanov 43 FW Pavel Nazimov 50 DF Maksim Karpov 52 DF Andrei Ivanov 55 DF Konstantin Lobov 58 DF Ilya Zuev 60 MF Maksim Palienko 62 DF Stepan Rebenko 65 MF Danila Yashchuk 68 MF Vyacheslav Zinkov 70 FW Dmitri Bogayev

No. Position Player 71 GK Egor Barubin 74 MF Sergei Ivanov 75 DF Andrei Vasilyev 76 FW Pavel Kireyenko 79 MF Konstantin Troyanov 80 GK Mikhail Mzhelsky 83 GK Igor Obukhov 87 DF Artyom Vyatkin 88 MF Artyom Popov 92 FW Pavel Dolgov 95 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 MF Artur Yusupov (from Dynamo Moscow) 22 FW Artyom Dzyuba (from Spartak Moscow) 31 MF Denis Tkachuk (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 41 GK Mikhail Kerzhakov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) 42 MF Konstantin Kotov 46 MF Vitali Gorulyov 49 MF Dmitri Pletnyov 56 DF Danil Krugovoy 59 DF Sergei Bugriyev 60 MF Maksim Paliyenko (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 61 MF Dmitri Kirillov 69 DF Vladislav Nikitin (April 2015) 72 DF Stanislav Mareyev (from LFK Lokomotiv Moscow) 75 DF Andrei Vasilyev (from Rostov) 82 MF Igor Drykov (free agent, until April 2015 at CSKA Moscow) 84 DF Feliks Shalimov 85 GK Yaroslav Burychenkov (own academy, April 2015) 86 GK Sergei Lazarev (own academy, April 2015) 89 FW Yevgeni Markov (end of loan at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) 91 FW Yegor Denisov 93 GK Mikhail Kizeyev 98 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 DF Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Genoa, previously on loan to Atlético Madrid) 8 MF Pavel Mogilevets (on loan to FC Rostov) 10 MF Andrei Arshavin (to Kuban Krasnodar) 23 FW José Salomón Rondón (to West Bromwich Albion) 33 DF Milan Rodić (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) 34 FW Maksimilian Pronichev 39 DF Dmitri Skopintsev (to RB Leipzig) 40 DF Pavel Barbashov 41 DF Andrei Yakovlev (to Baumit Jablonec) 42 DF Danila Davidenko 44 MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (to Kairat Almaty) 46 MF Zakhar Dilanyan (to Ulisses Yerevan) 48 FW Aleksei Gasilin (on loan to Schalke 04) 56 DF Kirill Kostin 57 DF Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (to AGF Aarhus) 59 MF Aleksei Yegorov 60 MF Yevgeni Serenkov 61 GK Anton Tsvetkov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 72 DF Stepan Zhalobkov 77 FW Luka Đorđević (on loan to Ponferradina, previously on loan at Sampdoria) 78 DF Dmitri Chistyakov (on loan to Mika) 82 FW Aleksei Makarov 83 GK Igor Obukhov (to FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 84 DF Mikhail Kovalenko (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 90 FW Ramil Sheydayev (on loan to Rubin Kazan) 98 FW Yevgeni Kozlov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg) 97 MF Dmitri Khodakovsky DF Yevgeni Alfyorov (released, previously on loan to Arsenal Tula) DF Denis Terentyev (to FC Rostov, previously on loan at Tom Tomsk) MF Aleksei Kayukov (to Dynamo Saint Petersburg, previously on loan to 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 MF Maurício (from Terek Grozny) 9 FW Aleksandr Kokorin (from Dynamo Moscow) 23 DF Yevgeni Chernov (from Tom Tomsk) 26 DF Vukašin Jovanović (from Red Star Belgrade) 30 MF Nikita Salamatov (from Vityaz Podolsk) 31 GK Mikhail Ponomarenko 35 DF David Mildzikhov (from Baikal Irkutsk) 38 MF Leon Musayev 40 MF Yuri Bavin (from Leiria) 53 DF Mikhail Slashchyov 81 MF Yuri Zhirkov (from Dynamo Moscow) 82 MF Ilya Ivanov 90 FW Ramil Sheydayev (end of loan to 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 MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev (on loan to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) 11 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (on loan to FC Zürich) 31 MF Denis Tkachuk (to Rubin Kazan) 53 DF Ivan Ivanidi 81 GK Andrei Strozhevskiy 82 MF Igor Drykov 89 FW Yevgeni Markov (to Tosno)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
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
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

Last updated: 28 April 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

19 July 2015 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto  20' Shatov  38',  67' Hulk  44' (pen.)	Summary	Hubočan  15', 42' Kokorin  28' Obolsky  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,577 Referee: V. Meshkov

Ural v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 July 2015 2	Ural	1 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Erokhin  33',  67' Fontanello  50' Yemelyanov  90'	Summary	Dzyuba  20' Yusupov  40' Hulk  50' (pen.), 70' Danny  90+1'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 9,900 Referee: A. Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Terek Grozny

1 August 2015 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto  4' Smolnikov  7' Shatov  11' Danny  90'	Summary	Rodolfo  37'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,835 Referee: S. Ivanov

Ufa v Zenit St. Petersburg

9 August 2015 4	Ufa	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ufa
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Frimpong  64' Marcinho  73'	Summary	Danny  86'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 14,200 Referee: I. Fedotov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krasnodar

15 August 2015 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk  90+5'	Summary	Sigurðsson  26',  39' Laborde  50' Mamayev  62' Bystrov  75' Dikan  87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,593 Referee: V. Moskalev

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St. Petersburg

24 August 2015 6	Rubin Kazan	1 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoev  53' Kanunnikov  63' Bilyanetdinov  72' Kuzmin  81'	Summary	Shatov  16', 84' García  60' Hulk  78'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,012 Referee: M. Vilkov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

29 August 2015 7	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 3	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nadson  49' (o.g.) Criscito  67'	Summary	Gabulov  17' Taranov  27' Pomerko  37' Kornilenko  52', 56' Konyukhov  70'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,974 Referee: I. Fedotov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

12 September 2015 8	CSKA Moscow	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts  9' (o.g.) Doumbia  22' Tošić  38' Wernbloom  44'	Summary	Hulk  39' (pen.) Dzyuba  41' García  52' Garay  79' Witsel  79' Smolnikov  88'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 15,000 Referee: V. Meshkov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Amkar Perm

20 September 2015 9	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  10',  52'	Summary	Belorukov  58' Anene  66' Shavayev  89' Selikhov  90+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,480 Referee: A. Nikolaev

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 September 2015 10	Spartak Moscow	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zé Luís  6' Popov  70'	Summary	Hulk  27' Danny  43' Dzyuba  87'	Stadium: Otkrytie Arena Attendance: 41,214 Referee: S. Ivanov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rostov

3 October 2015 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov  26' Dzyuba  34' Danny  89'	Summary	Azmoun  42'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,703 Referee: A. Egorov

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

17 October 2015 12	Kuban Krasnodar	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Xandão  2' Manolev  29' Khubulov  31' Melgarejo  64'	Summary	Neto  35' Dzyuba  44' Shatov  54' Hulk  67' Yusupov  77'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 14,427 Referee: A. Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

24 October 2015 13	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  7', 67' Criscito  16' Yusupov  43' Witsel  55' Shatov  73' Hulk  85'	Summary	Maksimov  48' Haruna  67'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,970 Referee: V. Moskalev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Mordovia Saransk

31 October 2015 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Mordovia Saransk	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny  90+6'	Summary	Tishkin  72' Makhmudov  73' Revishvili  90+4'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,647 Referee: M. Vilkov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

8 November 2015 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts  48' (o.g.) Samedov  58' Maicon  62' Denisov  80'	Summary	Hulk  49' García  61' Neto  74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,140 Referee: V. Moskalev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Ural

21 November 2015 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Ural	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Garay  12' Shatov  55' Dzyuba  76' Yusupov  81' García  89'	Report	Martynovich  49'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,880 Referee: S. Karasev

Terek Grozny v Zenit St. Petersburg

28 November 2015 17	Terek Grozny	4 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mitrishev  32', 55',  73' Gorodov  41' Rybus  42', 87' Kudryashov  69' Ivanov  84' Maurício  90+2'	Summary	Hulk  54',  90+1' Yevseyev  72' García  80'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 19,780 Referee: S. Ivanov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Ufa

3 December 2015 18	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  8' Danny  31' Garay  86' (pen.)	Report	Zinchenko  36' Yurchenko  69' Igboun  80' Nikitin  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,203 Referee: I. Fedotov

Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

5 March 2016 19	Krasnodar	0 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kaboré  61' Laborde  73'	Report	García  17' Hulk  45'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 16,650 Referee: S. Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

13 March 2016 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny  5', 65' Zhirkov  25' Neto  40' Dzyuba  42' Hulk  48' Yusupov  90+3'	Report	Kambolov  58' Dević  64' Portnyagin  68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,797 Referee: V. Moskalev

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St. Petersburg

20 March 2016 21	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mollo  33'	Report	Dzyuba  20' Hulk  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 5,320 Referee: A. Nikolayev

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

3 April 2016 22	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk  54', 79' Smolnikov  58' Witsel  81'	Report	Wernbloom  42' Berezutski  78'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,835 Referee: A. Yegorov

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

9 April 2016 23	Amkar Perm	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
MSK (UTC+3)	Gol  20' Zanev  26' Anene  27' Belorukov  56' Selikhov  86' Zaytsev  90'	Report	Neto  8' Hulk  23' Dzyuba  30' Smolnikov  56' Lodygin  65' Kokorin  86'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 15,350 Referee: V. Meshkov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

14 April 2016 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Witsel  15' Hulk  35',  46' Neto  41' Dzyuba  65' Maurício  73' García  87' Lombaerts  90+3'	Report	Popov  10' Glushakov  21',  32' Bocchetti  35' Makeyev  35', 78' Promes  87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: M. Vilkov

Rostov v Zenit St. Petersburg

24 April 2016 25	Rostov	3 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanga  41',  44' Azmoun  59' Yerokhin  76'	Report	Witsel  70' Kokorin  88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

28 April 2016 26	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 1	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov  22', 72' García  30' Dzyuba  39' Hulk  65'	Report	Seleznyov  24' Khubulov  37'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,301 Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Zenit St. Petersburg

5 May 2016 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kaspiysk
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Anzhi Arena

Mordovia Saransk v Zenit St. Petersburg

9 May 2016 28	Mordovia Saransk	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Start Stadium

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 May 2016 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	v	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

20 May 2016 30	Dynamo Moscow	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Arena Khimki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (X)	27	17	5	5	45	24	+21	56	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Rostov (X)	27	16	6	5	35	19	+16	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg (X)	27	15	7	5	54	31	+23	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Krasnodar	27	14	8	5	50	23	+27	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5	Lokomotiv Moscow	27	13	7	7	39	31	+8	46

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. 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]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League.
Notes:

1. Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup, but could still qualify for Champions League if they finish in top two.
2. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Russian Cup, Zenit Saint Petersburg, currently qualify for European competition based on their league position, the fifth-placed team currently qualifies for at least Europa League third qualifying round. This because if one of the top four teams would win the cup, the spot in third qualifying round would be given to the fifth-placed team.

Russian Super Cup

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

12 July 2015 Final	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00	Smolnikov  83' Rondón  90+3' Criscito  93' Hulk  96' Neto  105'	Summary	Niasse  28' Kasaev  43' Guilherme  54' Tarasov  75' Kolomeytsev  120+1'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,337 Referee: A. Nikolaev
		Penalties
	Hulk Witsel Ansaldi Shatov Criscito		Grigoryev Samedov Pejčinović Ćorluka

Russian Cup

Volga Tver v Zenit St. Petersburg

23 September 2015 Round of 32	Volga Tver	0 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tver
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Nastusenko  53' Sargsyan  81' Roshchin  96'	Summary	Lombaerts  20' Danny  29' Criscito  90' Tkachuk  95', 105', 112'	Stadium: Khimik Stadium

Zenit St. Petersburg v Tosno

29 October 2015 Round of 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 0	Tosno	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  11', 39' Witsel  18', 37' Ryazantsev  44' Lombaerts  67' Neto  85'	Summary	Prychynenko  78' Tetrashvili  84' Smirnov  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,156

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

28 February 2016 Quarter-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk  62' Maurício  104'	Summary	Seleznyov  5' Kontsedalov  56' Santana  77' Rabiu  82' Xandão  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,646 Referee: A. Eskov

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

20 April 2016 Semi-finals	Amkar Perm	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Idowu  19' Belorukov  62' Selikhov  87' Zanev  101' Ogude  110'		Kokorin  32' García  41' Yusupov  59' Garay  73' Dzyuba  119'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 15,660 Referee: Igor Fedotov
		Penalties
	Peev Shavayev Ogude Selikhov Prudnikov Zaytsev		Hulk Garay Dzyuba Witsel Criscito García

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

2 May 2016 Final	CSKA Moscow	v	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Kazan Arena

Champions League

Group Stage

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

Source: UEFA

Valencia v Zenit St. Petersburg

16 September 2015 1	Valencia	2 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Valencia
23:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Alcácer  53' Cancelo  54' Gomes  73',  90+6' Mustafi  90+4'	Summary	Hulk  9', 44',  90+6' Smolnikov  16' Witsel  61',  76'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 28,005 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Gent

29 September 2015 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Gent	Saint Petersburg
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  35' García  60' Shatov  67'	Summary	Depoitre  42' Matton  56' Sayef  88' Pedersen  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,095 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lyon

20 October 2015 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 1	Lyon	Saint Petersburg
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba  3' Hulk  5' 56' García  51' Danny  82'	Report	Gonalons  39' Rafael  46' Lacazette  49' Umtiti  51' Yanga-Mbiwa  90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,517[2] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Lyon v Zenit St. Petersburg

4 November 2015 4	Lyon	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Lyon
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Gonalons  32', 72'	Summary	Witsel  20' Dzyuba  25', 57' Criscito  46' García  54' Anyukov  56', 88' Danny  74' Shatov  90'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Valencia

24 November 2015 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Valencia	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov  15' Criscito  17' Yusupov  71' Dzyuba  74' Witsel  78'	Summary	Mir  45' Vezo  80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Gent v Zenit St. Petersburg

9 December 2015 6	Gent	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ghent
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Depoitre  18' Milićević  78',  79' Mitrović  90+2'	Report	Garay  44' Dzyuba  65' García  75' Yusupov  76' Lodygin  79' Lombaerts  89' Danny  90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Benfica v Zenit St. Petersburg

16 February 2016 1	Benfica	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Lisbon
23:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Almeida  16' Jardel  35' Pizzi  43' Jonas  90+1',  90+2'	Report	Witsel  32' García  59' Criscito  67', 90'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 48,615 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Benfica

9 March 2016 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Benfica	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk  69',  90+5'	Report	Mitroglou  36' Pizzi  49' Gaitán  85' Talisca  90+6'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Squad Statistics

As of match played 28 April 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Super Cup		Russian Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Yuri Lodygin	33	0	23	0	1	0	2+1	0	6	0
2	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	25	0	12+3	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
4	DF		Domenico Criscito	31	0	14+6	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	29	0	18	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
7	FW		Hulk	35	18	23+1	14	1	0	3	0	7	4
8	MF		Maurício	10	2	5+2	1	0	0	0+1	1	1+1	0
9	FW		Aleksandr Kokorin	10	1	0+7	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
10	MF		Danny	33	7	18+5	6	0	0	2	0	8	1
13	DF		Luís Neto	30	0	18	0	1	0	4	0	4+3	0
14	MF		Artur Yusupov	29	0	15+4	0	1	0	3	0	1+5	0
17	MF		Oleg Shatov	34	10	23+1	8	1	0	1+1	0	5+2	2
19	DF		Igor Smolnikov	31	4	20+3	3	1	1	1+1	0	3+2	0
20	MF		Viktor Faizulin	7	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Javi García	33	3	17+5	2	1	0	4	1	6	0
22	FW		Artyom Dzyuba	39	21	26	13	1	0	2+2	2	8	6
24	DF		Ezequiel Garay	26	2	17+1	2	0	0	2	0	6	0
28	MF		Axel Witsel	37	5	25+1	2	1	0	3	2	7	1
41	GK		Mikhail Kerzhakov	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
68	MF		Vyacheslav Zinkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
70	FW		Dmitri Bogaev	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
79	MF		Konstantin Troyanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
81	MF		Yuri Zhirkov	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
92	FW		Pavel Dolgov	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
94	MF		Aleksei Yevseyev	7	0	0+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
3	DF		Cristian Ansaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	MF		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		Salomón Rondón	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	MF		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	FW		22	Artyom Dzyuba	13	0	2	6	21
2	FW		7	Hulk	14	0	0	4	18
3	MF		17	Oleg Shatov	8	0	0	2	10
4	MF		10	Danny	6	0	0	1	7
5	MF		28	Axel Witsel	2	0	2	1	5
6	DF		19	Igor Smolnikov	3	1	0	0	4
7	MF		21	Javi García	2	0	1	0	3
	MF		31	Denis Tkachuk	0	0	3	0	3
9	DF		24	Ezequiel Garay	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		8	Maurício	1	0	1	0	2
11	FW		9	Aleksandr Kokorin	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		5	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	52	1	10	14	77

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Super Cup		Russian Cup		Champions League		Total
1		GK	Yuri Lodygin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	8	1
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
7		FW	Hulk	7	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
9		FW	Kokorin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Danny	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
13		DF	Luís Neto	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
14		MF	Artur Yusupov	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
17		MF	Oleg Shatov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		DF	Igor Smolnikov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
21		MF	Javi García	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	11	0
22		FW	Artyom Dzyuba	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
23		FW	Salomón Rondón	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Ezequiel Garay	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
28		MF	Axel Witsel	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
81		MF	Yuri Zhirkov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
94		MF	Aleksei Yevseyev	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
			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.