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FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Football club information
Full nameFootball Club Zenit
NicknameBomzhi (Hobos)
Meshki (Bags)
Founded1925
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium,
Saint Petersburg (capacity : 22025)
OwnerGazprom
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerLuciano Spalletti
LeagueRussian Premier League
2009Russian Premier League
Current season2010 Zenit St. Petersburg season|2010 season

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Football Club Zenit ( ) is a Russian football club from the city of Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is one of the strongest in the country.

Zenit were the 2007 champions of the Russian Premier League and the winners of both the 2008 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

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Portugal beat Mozambique in final World Cup warm-up - TheSportsCampus.com Tweet this news
TheSportsCampus.com--The goal rush began when -Zenit St Petersburg- striker Danny provided the breakthrough for the Portuguese in the 52nd minute after an inch perfect through ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:32 GMT+00:00
Zenit St. Petersburg wird von Sportfive beraten - Fußball-Business-News (Blog) Tweet this news
Fußball-Business-News (Blog)--Von Michael Boening | Juni 30, 2010 Das Beratungsunternehmen Sportfive hat mit dem UEFA Cup Sieger von 2008, -FC Zenit St-. -Petersburg-, einen Beratervertrag ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:01:11 GMT+00:00
Michelle Obama dan Svetlana Bersahabat - Kedaulatan Rakyat Tweet this news
Kedaulatan Rakyat--Sarjana Ekonomi dari University of -Saint Petersburg- ini mewakili sosok Ibu Negara Rusia masa kini. Semula ia bekerja dan memilih menjadi ibu rumah tangga ... - Date : Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:06:27 GMT+00:00
Şampiyon fakiri Türkiye - Hürriyet Avrupa Tweet this news
Hürriyet Avrupa--Spartak Moskova (9), CSKA Moskova (3), Lokomotiv Moskova (2), Rubin Kazan (2), -Zenit- St. -Petersburg- (1), Alania Vladikavkaz (1) UEFA klasmanında 7. sırada ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 10:00:41 GMT+00:00
Russia place faith in Advocaat - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--The Russian Football Union (RFS) have appointed former -FC Zenit St-. -Petersburg- boss Dick Advocaat as national team coach, the 62-year old taking over from ... - Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 11:54:20 GMT+00:00
Lads bow out in Monthey - Tottenham Football Club Tweet this news
Tottenham Football Club--The lads came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with -Zenit St Petersburg- in their final group game - but it is the Russians who advance on goal difference. ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 22:44:40 GMT+00:00
A Soccer Fan Club Helping to Make a Difference - St.Petersburg Times.ru Tweet this news
St.Petersburg Times.ru--Sector 10 is one of many fan organizations devoted to -St-. -Petersburg's FC Zenit-. But it's not all about soccer. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:41:13 GMT+00:00
FC Zenit St. Petersburg beat FC Spartak Nalchik 3-1 - Demotix Tweet this news
Demotix--Match of the Russian Football Premier League leaders ended with -FC Zenit St-. -Petersburg- beating FC Spartak Nalchik 3-1 due to three goals, scored by Bystrov ... - Date : Fri, 07 May 2010 04:15:13 GMT+00:00
Toronto FC complete signings of Cann and Usanov - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--He has also spent time with -Zenit St Petersburg- and Skonto Riga among others. Toronto's director of soccer Mo Johnston was delighted to welcome the duo to ... - Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:12:21 GMT+00:00

No. Nationality Position Player Other
2RussiaDFAleksandr Anyukov
3PortugalDFBruno Alves
4CroatiaDFIvica Križanac
5PortugalDFFernando Meira
6BelgiumDFNicolas Lombaerts
7Czech RepublicMFRadek Šírl
8SerbiaFWDanko Lazović
9RUSFWAleksandr Bukharov
10PORMF[[Danny (footballer)
11RussiaFWAleksandr Kerzhakov
14SlovakiaDFTomáš Hubočan
15RussiaMFRoman Shirokov
16RussiaGKVyacheslav Malafeev
17ItalyMFAlessandro Rosina
18RussiaMFKonstantin Zyryanov
19BelarusFWSergei Kornilenko
20RussiaMFViktor Fayzulin
22RussiaGKDmitri Borodin
23HungaryMFSzabolcs Huszti
24SerbiaDFAleksandar Luković
25RussiaMFSergei Semak
27RussiaMFIgor Denisov
30BelarusGKYuri Zhevnov
34RussiaMFVladimir Bystrov
57RussiaMFAleksei Ionov
99RussiaFWMaksim Kanunnikov

No. Nationality Position Player Other
28DenmarkDF[[Michael Lumb (footballer)
29FranceDFSébastien Puygrenier
33RussiaFWPavel Ignatovich
35RussiaMFAnton Sosnin
41RussiaGKMikhail Kerzhakov
42FinlandDFBoris Rotenberg
USAFWYevgeni Starikov

No. Nationality Position Player Other
RussiaDFIvan Lapin
RussiaDFPavel Mochalin

No. Nationality Position Player Other
36RussiaFWStanislav Matyash
37RussiaDFAleksandr Khokhlov
47RussiaDFBasel Abdulfattakh
48RussiaDFAslan Dudiyev
50RussiaDFIgor Cheminava
55RussiaDFSergei Kostin
63RussiaDFDenis Terentyev
64RussiaDFIlya Lebedev
66RussiaDFYuri Ponomarenko
69RussiaMFYevgeni Bashkirov
70RussiaMFVyacheslav Sushkin
71RussiaGKYegor Baburin
73RussiaFWStanislav Murikhin
74RussiaDFVladimir Malyshev
75RussiaMFIlya Sagdatullin
77RussiaMFAleksandr Petrov
78RussiaFWVladislav Yefimov
80RussiaMFMaksim Batov
81RussiaGKAleksandr Glinskikh
83RussiaDFAndrei Vasilyev
87RussiaMFAleksei Kayukov
88RussiaDFDmitri Telegin
89GeorgiaDFSolomon Kverkveliya
90RussiaGKAleksei Dugnist
91RussiaGKAndrei Zaytsev
92RussiaMFNikita Bocharov
93RussiaFWAleksei Panfilov
95RussiaFWPavel Shuvalov
96RussiaMFRoland Gigolaev
97RussiaFWVladislav Sirotov
98RussiaMFSergei Petrov

Soviet Union Soviet Union : Spalletti Era
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe
1936 2nd 3 6 9 9 13
1936 2nd 6 7 6 13 12 Round of 16
1937 2nd 4 12 22 18 25 Round of 128
1938 1st 14 25 7 10 8 38 57 24 Round of 16
1939 1st 11 26 7 7 12 30 46 21 Runner-up
1940 1st 10 24 6 6 12 37 42 18
1944 Winner
1945 1st 6 8 7 7 35 31 23 Semi-final
1946 1st 9 22 5 5 12 22 45 15 Round of 16
1947 1st 6 24 10 2 12 35 49 22 Quarter-final
1948 1st 13 26 4 9 13 29 48 17 Round of 16
1949 1st 5 34 17 8 9 48 48 42 Quarter-final
1950 1st 6 36 19 5 12 70 59 43 Quarter-final
1951 1st 7 28 10 8 10 36 40 28 Round of 16
1952 1st 7 13 6 2 5 20 21 14 Quarter-final
1953 1st 5 20 11 1 8 25 21 23 Round of 16
1954 1st 7 24 8 7 9 27 26 23 Semi-final
1955 1st 8 22 5 8 9 23 36 18 Round of 16
1956 1st 9 22 4 11 7 27 43 19
1957 1st 10 22 4 7 11 23 41 15 Round of 16
1958 1st 4 22 9 8 5 41 32 26 Round of 16
1959 1st 8 22 8 4 10 29 38 20
1960 1st 15 30 14 5 11 47 37 33 Round of 32
1961 1st 13 32 12 8 12 50 52 32 Semi-final
1962 1st 11 32 11 7 14 53 42 29 Round of 32
1963 1st 6 38 14 17 7 45 32 45 Round of 32
1964 1st 11 32 9 9 14 30 35 27 Round of 16
1965 1st 9 32 10 12 10 32 32 32 Round of 32
1966 1st 16 36 10 8 18 35 54 28 Round of 16
1967 1st 19 36 6 9 21 28 63 21 Round of 32
1968 1st 11 38 10 14 14 35 49 34 Round of 32
1969 1st 9 26 6 9 11 21 34 21 Round of 16
1970 1st 14 32 10 7 15 30 40 27 Quarter-final
1971 1st 13 30 8 10 12 29 32 26 Quarter-final
1972 1st 7 30 11 11 8 44 30 33 Quarter-final
1973 1st 11 30 9 12 9 33 35 21 Round of 16
1974 1st 7 30 8 15 7 36 41 31 Round of 16
1975 1st 14 30 7 10 13 27 42 24 Round of 16
1976 1st 13 15 4 5 6 14 15 13
1976 1st 5 15 6 4 5 22 16 16 Round of 16
1977 1st 10 30 8 12 10 34 33 28 Semi-final
1978 1st 10 30 9 8 13 31 46 26 Quarter-final
1979 1st 10 34 11 9 14 41 45 30 Group stage
1980 1st 3 34 16 10 8 51 42 42 Group Stage
1981 1st 15 34 9 10 15 33 43 28 Round of 16
1982 1st 7 34 12 9 13 44 41 33 Group stage UC First round
1983 1st 4 34 15 11 8 42 32 40 Semi-final
1984 1st 1 34 19 9 6 60 32 47 Runner-up
1985 1st 6 34 14 7 13 48 38 35 Semi-final
1986 1st 4 30 12 9 9 44 36 33 Semi-final ECC Second round
1987 1st 14 30 7 10 13 25 37 24 Round of 16
1988 1st 6 30 11 9 10 35 34 31 Round of 16 UC First round
1989 1st 16 30 5 9 16 24 48 19 Round of 16
1990 2nd 18 38 8 14 16 35 41 30 Round of 32 UC Second round
1991 2nd 18 42 11 14 17 44 50 36 Round of 32

Russia Russia :
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)
Head Coach
1992 1st 16 30 10 8 12 39 45 28 - - Russia Kulik - 13 Russia Melnikov
1993 2nd,
"Centre"
2 38 25 8 5 87 33 58 Round of 32 - Russia Kulik - 36 Russia Melnikov
1994 2nd 13 42 14 12 16 44 49 40 Round of 64 - Russia Kulik - 9 Russia Melnikov
1995 3 42 24 5 13 65 42 77 Round of 32 - Russia Kulik - 19 Russia Sadyrin
1996 1st 10 34 13 4 17 32 37 43 Round of 32 - Russia Kulik - 11 Russia Sadyrin
1997 8 34 13 10 11 28 29 49 Semifinal - Ukraine Gorshkov - 5 Russia Byshovets
1998 5 30 12 11 7 42 25 47 Round of 16 - Russia Panov - 8
Ukraine Maksimyuk - 8
Russia Byshovets
Russia Davydov
1999 8 30 9 12 9 36 34 39 Winner - Ukraine Popovich - 7 Russia Davydov
2000 7 30 13 8 9 38 26 47 Round of 32 UC
IC
1st Round
Runner-Up
Ukraine Popovich - 10 Russia Davydov
Russia Morozov
2001 3 30 16 8 6 52 35 56 Round of 32 - Ukraine Popovich - 7 Russia Morozov
2002 10 30 8 9 13 36 42 33 Runner-Up - Russia Kerzhakov - 14 Russia Morozov
Russia Biryukov
Russia Rappoport
2003 2 30 16 8 6 48 32 56 Round of 16 UC 1st Round Russia Kerzhakov - 13 Czech Petržela
2004 4 30 17 5 8 55 37 56 Round of 16 - Russia Kerzhakov - 18 Czech Petržela
2005 6 30 13 10 7 45 26 49 Semifinals UC Group Stage Russia Arshavin - 9 Czech Petržela
2006 4 30 13 11 6 42 30 50 Semifinals UC Quarterfinals Russia Arshavin - 7 Czech Petržela
Czech Borovička
Netherlands Advocaat
2007 1 30 18 7 5 53 32 61 Quarterfinals - Russia Pogrebnyak - 11 Netherlands Advocaat
2008 5 30 12 12 6 59 37 48 Quarterfinals UC Winner Turkey Tekke - 8 Netherlands Advocaat
2009 3 30 15 9 6 48 27 54 Round of 32 UCL
UC
Group Stage
Round of 16
Turkey Tekke - 8 Netherlands Advocaat
Russia Davydov
2010 TBD Winner EL 1st Round TBD Italy Spalletti

Board :
Name Role
Russia Aleksandr Dyukov President
Russia Maxim Mitrofanov General Director
Russia Igor Korneev Sport Director
Russia Dmitri Mankin Vice-General Director (Commercial Director)
Russia Ilya Gerkus Vice-General Director
Russia Rosteslav Leontiev Vice-General Director
Russia Zhanna Dembo Vice-General Director
Russia Yury A.Fedotov Vice-General Director (Security)

1-st Team :
Name Role
Italy Luciano Spalletti Head Coach
Italy Daniele Baldini Assistant Coach
Italy Marco Domenichini Assistant Coach
Italy Alberto Bartali Fitness Coach
Russia Igor Simutenkov Coach
Russia Nikolai Vorobyov Coach
Russia Mikhail Biryukov Goalkeeper Coach
Russia Vladislav Radimov Team Director
Russia Yuri Gusakov Administrator
Russia Sergey Pukhov Chief Doctor
Russia Mikhail Grishin Doctor
Russia Valeri Redkoborodov Doctor-Masseur
Russia Alexander Ryazancev Masseur
Russia Sergey Kolesnikov Masseur
Russia Alexey Andreev Video Operator

U-21 Team :
Name Role
Russia Anatoli Davydov Head Coach
Russia Nikolay Larionov Coach
Ukraine Olexandr Gorshkov Coach
Russia Yuri Okroshidze Goalkeeper Coach
Russia Sergey Sigaev Doctor
Russia Andrey Tsvetkov Doctor-Masseur
Russia Viktor Kulakov Masseur
Russia Alexandr Savonenko Video Operator

U-21 Team :
Name Years
USSR Pyotr Filippov 1936-37, 1940
USSR Mikhail Yudenich 1938-39
USSR Konstantin Egorov 1938-39
USSR Konstantin Lemeshev 1941-45, 1948-50
USSR Mikhail Butusov 1946
USSR Ivan Talanov 1946-48
USSR Georgiy Lasin 1950-51
USSR Vladimir Lemeshev 1952-54
USSR Nikolay Lyukshinov 1954-55
USSR Arkadiy Alov 1956-57, 1967
USSR Georgiy Zharkov 1957-60
USSR Gennadiy Bondarenko 1960
USSR Evgeniy Eliseev 1961-64
USSR Valentin Fedorov 1964-66
USSR Artem Falyan 1968-70
USSR Yevgeniy Goryanskiy 1970-72
USSR German Zonin 1973-77
USSR Yuri Morozov 1977-82, 1991, 2000-02
USSR Pavel Sadyrin 1983-87, 1995-96
USSR Vladimir Golubev 1987, 1989
USSR Stanislav Zavidonov 1988-89
USSR Anatoliy Kon'kov 1990
USSR Vyacheslav Bulavin 1990
Russia Vyacheslav Melnikov 1992-94
Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 1997-98
Russia Anatoli Davydov 1998-00, 2009
Russia Mikhail Biryukov 2002
Russia Boris Rappoport 2002
Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela 2003-06
Holland Dick Advocaat 2006-09
Italy Luciano Spalletti 2009-

U-21 Team :
Cup Players
Finland 1952 Summer Olympics USSR Leonid Ivanov
USSR Fridrikh Maryutin
Sweden 1958 FIFA World Cup USSR Aleksandr Ivanov
England 1966 FIFA World Cup USSR Vasiliy Danilov
Mexico 1986 FIFA World Cup USSR Nikolay Larionov
FRG UEFA Euro 1988 USSR Sergey Dmitriev
South Korea Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Portugal UEFA Euro 2004 Russia Vladimir Bystrov
Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev
Russia Vladislav Radimov
Czech Pavel Mares
Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Czech Pavel Mares
IndonesiaMalaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup
ThailandVietnam
South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
South Korea Lee Ho
Austria Switzerland UEFA Euro 2008 Russia Aleksandr Anyukov
Russia Andrei Arshavin
Russia Vyacheslav Malafeev
Russia Roman Shirokov
Russia Konstantin Zyryanov
China 2008 Summer Olympics South Korea Kim Dong-Jin
South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Portugal Danny
Serbia Danko Lazovic

2009 �10 UEFA Champions League

ChampionsInternazionale
Runners-upBayern Munich
Eliminated in the semi-finalsLyon, Barcelona
Eliminated in the quarter-finalsArsenal, Bordeaux, CSKA Moscow, Manchester United
Eliminated in the round of 16Fiorentina, Milan, Real Madrid, Porto, Chelsea, Sevilla, Olympiacos, Stuttgart
Eliminated in the group stageAPOEL, Atlético Madrid, AZ, Beşiktaş, Debrecen, Dynamo Kyiv, Juventus, Liverpool, Maccabi Haifa, Marseille, Rangers, Rubin Kazan, Standard Liège, Unirea Urziceni, Wolfsburg, Zürich
Eliminated in the
play-off round
Champions: Copenhagen, Levski Sofia, Red Bull Salzburg, Sheriff Tiraspol, Ventspils
Non-champions: Anderlecht, Celtic, Panathinaikos, Sporting, Timişoara
Eliminated in the
third qualifying round
Champions: Aktobe, Baku, BATE, Dinamo Zagreb, Levadia, Maribor, Partizan, Stabæk, Slavia Prague, Slovan Bratislava
Non-champions: Dynamo Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sivasspor, Sparta Prague, Twente
Eliminated in the
second qualifying round
Bohemians, EB/Streymur, Ekranas, F91 Dudelange, FH, Glentoran, Inter Turku, Kalmar, Makedonija Skopje, Mogren, Pyunik, Rhyl, UE Sant Julià, Tirana, Wisła Kraków, WIT Georgia, Zrinjski
Eliminated in the
first qualifying round
Hibernians, Tre Fiori

2010 Russian Premier League

Alania Vladikavkaz, Amkar Perm, Anzhi Makhachkala, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Krylia Sovetov Samara, Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rostov, Rubin Kazan, Saturn Moscow Oblast, Sibir Novosibirsk, Spartak Moscow, Spartak Nalchik, Terek Grozny, Tom Tomsk, Zenit Saint Petersburg



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