2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fourteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically, Zenit finished fifth in the Russian Premier League, reached the Fifth round of the 2008–09 Russian Cup and won the Russian Super Cup. In Europe, Zenit won the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup before finishing third in their Champions League group.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2008-09 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	5th
08–09 Russian Cup	Fifth round vs Sibir Novosibirsk
Russian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage 3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Fatih Tekke (8) All: Pavel Pogrebnyak (16)

Squad

As of match played 10 December 2008[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age[N 1])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamil Čontofalský		GK	(1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 30)	Bohemians 1905	2003		70	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev		GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 29)	Trainee	1999
51	Vladimir Mukhin		GK	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
90	Nikolai Zabolotny		GK	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007		0	0
91	Andrei Zaytsev		GK	(1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
Defenders
4	Ivica Križanac		DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 29)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005		96	3
5	Kim Dong-jin		DF	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 26)	Seoul	2006		65	3
6	Nicolas Lombaerts		DF	(1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 23)	KAA Gent	2007		26	2
14	Tomáš Hubočan		DF	(1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 23)	MŠK Žilina	2008		15	0
22	Aleksandr Anyukov		DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 26)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		94	6
25	Fernando Ricksen		DF	(1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 32)	Rangers	2015		45	2
26	Mikhail Smirnov		DF	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2006		0	0
28	Sébastien Puygrenier		DF	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26)	Nancy	2008		14	1
32	Artyom Kulesha		DF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007		0	0
34	Aleksandr Khokhlov		DF	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2006		1	0
40	Ivan Lapin		DF	(1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 20)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		1	0
43	Yuriy Vorobyov		DF	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
50	Igor Cheminava		DF	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
55	Yan Bobrovsky		DF	(1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007		0	0
65	Yuriy Boyev		DF	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov		MF	(1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 33)	Krylia Sovetov	2003		149	12
7	Alejandro Domínguez		MF	(1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2007		62	18
10	Andrey Arshavin		MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 27)	Trainee	1999		305	68
11	Radek Šírl		MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 27)	Sparta Prague	2003		156	7
15	Roman Shirokov		MF	(1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 27)	Khimki	2008		39	3
17	Lee Ho		MF	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 24)	Ulsan Hyundai	2006		26	1
18	Konstantin Zyryanov		MF	(1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 31)	Torpedo Moscow	2007		84	22
19	Danny		MF	(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 25)	Dynamo Moscow	2008		17	8
20	Viktor Fayzulin		MF	(1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 22)	Spartak Nalchik	2008		37	7
27	Igor Denisov		MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 24)	Trainee	2002		185	25
28	Pavel Zubov		MF	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		0	0
30	Pavel Komolov		MF	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2006		0	0
35	Anton Sosnin		MF	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007		0	0
37	German Pyatnikov		MF	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2006		0	0
44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk		MF	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 29)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2007		84	15
45	Yegor Okorokov		MF	(1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2006		0	0
47	Basel Abdoulfattakh		MF	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
48	Nikita Kolesnikov		MF	(1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007		0	0
53	Pavel Mochalin		MF	(1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
57	Aleksei Ionov		MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007		9	1
59	Sergey Vasetsky		MF	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
75	Ilya Sagdatullin		MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
77	Alexander Petrov		MF	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007		0	0
88	Oleksandr Horshkov		MF	(1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 38)	Saturn-REN TV	2004
96	Roland Gigolayev		MF	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 18)	Yunost Vladikavkaz	2005		0	0
98	Sergei Petrov		MF	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
Forwards
8	Pavel Pogrebnyak		ST	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 25)	Tom Tomsk	2007		67	24
9	Fatih Tekke		ST	(1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 31)	Trabzonspor	2006		67	19
31	Vitali Galysh		ST	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
33	Pavel Ignatovich		ST	(1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007		0	0
36	Stanislav Matyash		ST	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
38	Yevgeni Izvekov		ST	(1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 20)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
42	Andrei Ornat		ST	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
89	Dmitri Nechayev		ST	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0
Out on loan
21	Sergei Gorbunov		DF	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 21)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		0	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
42	Boris Rotenberg		DF	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 22)	Klubi-04	2006		0	0
50	Sergey Mironov		ST	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2005		0	0
87	Ilya Maksimov		MF	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 21)	Trainee	2006		21	1
Left during the season
49	Pavel Teteryukov		ST	(1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008		0	0

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  RUS Sergei Gorbunov (at Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk) 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volga Ulyanovsk) 42 DF  RUS Boris Rotenberg (at Saturn Ramenskoye)

No. Pos. Nation Player 50 MF  RUS Sergey Mironov (at Sliven) 87 MF  RUS Ilya Maksimov (at Sportakademklub Moscow)

Transfers

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2008

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2007	DF		Tomáš Hubočan	MŠK Žilina	Undisclosed	[2]
Winter 2007	MF		Viktor Fayzulin	Spartak Nalchik	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF		Roman Shirokov	Khimki	Undisclosed
Summer 2007	DF		Sébastien Puygrenier	Nancy	Undisclosed
Summer 2007	MF		Danny	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2008	DF		Martin Škrtel	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[3]
Summer 2008	FW		Pavel Teteryukov	Dmitrov	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2008	DF		Erik Hagen	Wigan Athletic	Summer 2008	[4]
Winter 2008	DF		Sergei Gorbunov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	DF		Boris Rotenberg	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	DF		Yuri Lebedev	Nosta Novotroitsk	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	MF		Ilya Maksimov	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	MF		Sergey Mironov	TP-47	Summer 2008
Summer 2008	GK		Mikhail Kerzhakov	Volga Ulyanovsk	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF		Erik Hagen	Vålerenga	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF		Sergei Gorbunov	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF		Boris Rotenberg	Saturn	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	MF		Sergey Mironov	Sliven	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	MF		Ilya Maksimov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Winter 2009

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2009	DF		Mikhail Smirnov	Amkar Perm
Winter 2009	MF		Vladislav Radimov	Retired
Winter 2009	MF		Oleksandr Horshkov	Retired

Friendlies

Zenit St. Petersburg v Neftchi Fargʻona

19 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Neftchi Fargʻona	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  75' (pen.)	[ Report]

Zenit St. Petersburg v Litex Lovech

24 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Litex Lovech	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  79', 86'	[ Report]

Zenit St. Petersburg v Slavia Prague

27 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Slavia Prague	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov  43'	[ Report]

Zenit St. Petersburg v ZESCO United

30 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–0	ZESCO United	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  2', 42' Zyryanov  90'	[ Report]

Málaga v Zenit St. Petersburg

6 February 2008	Málaga	2–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Málaga, Spain
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Kim  63'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Kyiv

9 February 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  41' Fayzulin  47'	[ Report]		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

Noordwijk v Zenit St. Petersburg

23 February 2008	Noordwijk	0–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Noordwijk, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Tymoschuk  14' Radimov  38'	Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering

ADO Den Haag v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 February 2008	ADO Den Haag	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	The Hague, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Tymoshchuk  4'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion

Helsingborg v Zenit St. Petersburg

22 June 2008	Helsingborg	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Helsingborg, Sweden
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Denisov  50'	Stadium: Olympia

Nordsjælland v Zenit St. Petersburg

25 June 2008	Nordsjælland	1–5	Zenit St. Petersburg	Farum, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Fayzulin  9', 42', 66', 72' Tekke  30'	Stadium: Farum Park

Copenhagen v Zenit St. Petersburg

28 June 2008	Copenhagen	2–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Copenhagen, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]		Stadium: Parken Stadium

Competitions

Russian Super Cup

Main article: 2008 Russian Super Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

9 March 2008	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin  34' 69' Zyryanov  55' Križanac  68'  90+' Radimov  79' Hubočan  81' Pogrebnyak  82'	[ Report]	Gurenko  53' Rodolfo  69' 90+' Torbinski  73'  79'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2008 UEFA Super Cup

Manchester United v Zenit St.Petersburg

29 August 2008	Manchester United	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Fontvieille, Monaco
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Scholes  45+1'  90' Anderson  54' Vidić  73' Tevez  74'	Report	Pogrebnyak  44' Danny  59'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 18,064 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2008 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

16 March 2008 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  22' Šírl  27' Fayzulin  62'	Summary	Mozart  7' Stranzl  24' Covalciuc  38'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

23 March 2008 2	Moscow	0–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuzmin  2' Rebeja  16' Epureanu  48' Barrientos  90'	Summary	Arshavin  3' Šírl  38' Anyukov  60' Tekke  78'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

30 March 2008 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin  3' Arshavin  16' Križanac  35'	Summary	Kobenko  12' Semak  76' Karadeniz  77', 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,470 Referee: Igor Zakharov

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Zenit St. Petersburg

6 April 2008 4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Yaroslavl
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Bochkov  3' Khazov  39' Boyarintsev  43' 90+' Laizāns  45+' Buznikin  70' (pen.)	Summary	Hubočan  16' Pogrebnyak  42' Tymoshchuk  44' (pen.)	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

13 April 2008 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov  13' Križanac  69'	Summary	Taranov  27' Oh  29' Savin  59' Ivanov  63' Salugin  74' Leilton  79' Kowba  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Saturn Ramenskoye v Zenit St. Petersburg

19 April 2008 6	Saturn Ramenskoye	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ramenskoye
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zelão  40' 90' Igonin  67'	Summary	Ricksen  17' Arshavin  51' Shirokov  57' 86' Hubočan  69' Pogrebnyak  76' Denisov  77'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Zenit St. Petersburg v Terek Grozny

26 April 2008 7	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–1	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Zabavník  17' (o.g.) Zyryanov  38' Tekke  53'	Summary	Pancu  47' Zabavník  83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

30 July 2008 8	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
MSK (UTC+4)	Erkin  21' Dzagoev  31'  78' Dudu  45+' Krasić  49' Akinfeev  57' Rahimić  70'	Summary	Križanac  45+'  49'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

7 May 2008 9	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin  51' Domínguez  52' 88'	Summary	Cociș  39' Glushakov  44' Torbinski  61' Gurenko  77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok v Zenit St. Petersburg

11 May 2008 10	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	0–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Vladivostok
MSK (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Nalchik

16 May 2008 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–4	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Amisulashvili  11' (o.g.) Zyryanov  25' Tekke  49' 77' Tymoshchuk  55' Anyukov  80'	Summary	Anyukov  19' (o.g.) Kalimullin  20' 86' Geteriev  40' Džudović  58' Amisulashvili  69' Yatchenko  71' Kisenkov  81' Dzakhmishev  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St. Petersburg v Tom Tomsk

6 July 2008 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	5–1	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin  6', 34' Shirokov  11' 61' Križanac  21'  64' Tymoshchuk  23', 27' (pen.) Tekke  41' Kim  82'	Summary	Michkov  22' (pen.) Catînsus  23'  77' Shirko  47' Radosavljević  66' Klimov  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Igor Zakharov

Khimki v Zenit St. Petersburg

11 July 2008 13	Khimki	1–4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
MSK (UTC+4)	Trivunović  18'  84' Dineyev  32' Șoavă  68' Blatnjak  81' Sabitov  87'	Summary	Zyryanov  27' Anyukov  31' Tekke  53' Fayzulin  20' Arshavin  90+'	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Amkar Perm

19 July 2008 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin  12' Zyryanov  30' Tymoshchuk  51' (pen.)	Summary	Dujmović  11' Gaál  48' Popov  50' Belorukov  55'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 July 2008 15	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tanasijević  17' K.Kombarov  41' 88'	Summary	Tekke  29'  36' Zyryanov  43' Domínguez  55' Shirokov  59'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Moscow

2 August 2008 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl  32' Denisov  51' 60' Tekke  77' 77'	Summary	Rebko  22' Kuzmin  58'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St. Petersburg

10 August 2008 17	Rubin Kazan	4–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukharov  9', 11' Rebrov  12' Karadeniz  21' Kobenko  86'	Summary	Tymoshchuk  15'  90' 23' (pen.) Križanac  55' Puygrenier  76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Zenit St. Petersburg v Shinnik Yaroslavl

17 August 2008 18	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov  25'	Summary	Bochkov  20' Buznikin  52' Silva  57' Olexici  72' Kudryashov  79'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St. Petersburg

24 August 2008 19	Krylia Sovetov	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Booth  32' Kowba  88' Koller  90'	Summary	Pogrebnyak  16', 75' (pen.) Puygrenier  22' Tymoshchuk  54' Zyryanov  61' Šírl  63'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Saturn Ramenskoye

30 August 2008 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–2	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin  7' Domínguez  78' Tekke  82'	Summary	Karyaka  9' Topić  41' Ďurica  81' Kinský  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Terek Grozny v Zenit St. Petersburg

13 September 2008 21	Terek Grozny	1–4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
MSK (UTC+4)	Bouli  15' Bendz  39' 75' Kuznetsov  90+'	Summary	Arshavin  12' Križanac  23' Tymoshchuk  25' Anyukov  32' Pogrebnyak  41' Zyryanov  70'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

21 September 2008 22	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin  35' Denisov  37' Puygrenier  56' Zyryanov  86' Pogrebnyak  88'	Report	Dzagoev  3', 65' Mamayev  37' Akinfeev  63' Love  57' (pen.) Grigoryev  77'  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

27 September 2008 23	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Torbinski  50' Rodolfo  77'	Summary	Fayzulin  18' Denisov  37' Šírl  44' Puygrenier  61' Domínguez  74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 19,630 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

5 October 2008 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	8–1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  7', 42' 41' Puygrenier  16' Arshavin  20' Tekke  28' 47', 60', 89' Shirokov  35' Domínguez  72'	Summary	Bulyga  74' Dantsev  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Igor Zakharov

Spartak Nalchik v Zenit St. Petersburg

18 October 2008 25	Spartak Nalchik	2–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nalchik
16:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Shumeyko  18' Geteriev  29' Gogua  36' Samsonov  45' Dzakhmishev  61' Mashukov  86'	Summary	Tymoshchuk  34' Šírl  54' Domínguez  63' 72' Arshavin  81' Zyryanov  84'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

Tom Tomsk v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 October 2008 26	Tom Tomsk	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tomsk
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maznov  23' Klimov  81'	Summary	Fayzulin  20' Tekke  61' Zyryanov  64'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Khimki

31 October 2008 27	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  16' 90+' Puygrenier  25' Križanac  89'	Summary	Trivunović  21' Čeh  66' Sabitov  68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Aleksey Kovalyov

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

9 November 2008 28	Amkar Perm	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Sikimić  67' Peev  70' Sirakov  80'	Summary	Šírl  10' Hubočan  20' Anyukov  58' Tymoshchuk  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

16 November 2008 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  19' Tekke  80' Šírl  90' Tymoshchuk  90+'	Summary	Wilkshire  29' D.Kombarov  38' Granat  39' Fernández  54' Khokhlov  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

22 November 2008 30	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fathi  29' Covalciuc  32' Pavlenko  47'	Summary	Pogrebnyak  5' Danny  19', 45+1' Anyukov  23'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	29	+12	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Amkar Perm	30	14	9	7	31	22	+9	51	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	12	12	6	59	37	+22	48[lower-alpha 1]
6	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	12	12	6	46	28	+18	48[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	8	9	37	32	+5	47

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
Notes:

1. ZEN 1–1 KRY; KRY 0–3 ZEN
2. Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Russian Cup

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Sibir Novosibirsk v Zenit St.Petersburg

6 August 2008 Fifth round	Sibir Novosibirsk	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Novosibirsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukhryakov  10' Shvetsov  13' Samoylov  39' Medvedev  64'	Report	Ricksen  20' Puygrenier  35' Hubočan  41' Radimov  65'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sergei Timofeyev

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Zenit St.Petersburg v Villarreal

13 February 2008 Round of 32 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Villarreal	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov  35' Pogrebnyak  63' 73' Kim  78'	Report	Cani  36' Capdevila  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,300 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Villarreal v Zenit St.Petersburg

21 February 2008 Round of 32 2nd leg	Villarreal	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Villarreal, Spain
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Franco  75' Tomasson  90'	Report	Shirokov  13'  47' Šírl  24'  82' Pogrebnyak  31' Kim  45' Malafeev  65' Zyryanov  88' Križanac  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefan Meissner (Austria)

Marseille v Zenit St.Petersburg

6 March 2008 Round of 16 1st leg	Marseille	3–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Marseille, France
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Cissé  37', 55' M'bami  40' Niang  48' Zubar  54'	Report	Kim  27' Ricksen  32' Arshavin  82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Marseille

12 March 2008 Round of 16 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0 (3–3 agg.)	Marseille	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov  10' Pogrebnyak  39', 78' Tymoshchuk  64' Arshavin  90+3'	Report	M'bami  33' Niang  38' Cissé  68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Bayer Leverkusen v Zenit St.Petersburg

3 April 2008 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Leverkusen, Germany
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kießling  33' Barnetta  73' Friedrich  79'	Report	Arshavin  20' Križanac  23' Pogrebnyak  52' Anyukov  61' Denisov  64'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Bayer Leverkusen

10 April 2008 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–1 (4–2 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bulykin  18' Freier  29' Castro  29' Sinkiewicz  65'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Bayern Munich v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 April 2008 Semifinal 1st leg	Bayern Munich	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Munich, Germany
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Ribéry  18'	Report	Ricksen  17' Fayzulin  28' Lúcio  60' (o.g.) Šírl  75' Arshavin  79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Bayern Munich

1 May 2008 Semifinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak  4', 73' 76' Zyryanov  38' Fayzulin  53'	Report	Toni  67' Lell  81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Final

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rangers

14 May 2008	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0	Rangers	Manchester, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov  72' 72' Malafeev  90+2' Zyryanov  90+3'	Report	Broadfoot  90+4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source:

Juventus v Zenit St.Petersburg

17 September 2008 1	Juventus	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Turin, Italy
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Del Piero  76' Salihamidžić  84'	Report	Pogrebnyak  18' Šírl  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,853 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Real Madrid

30 September 2008 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Real Madrid	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  25' Arshavin  26' Tymoshchuk  33' Hubočan  47'	Report	Hubočan  4' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy  31' 47'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Zenit St.Petersburg v BATE Borisov

21 October 2008 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	BATE Borisov	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke  80'	Report	Nyakhaychyk  52' Vyeramko  90+4'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

BATE Borisov v Zenit St.Petersburg

5 November 2008 4	BATE Borisov	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Minsk, Belarus
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Pogrebnyak  34' Puygrenier  39'  73' Danny  90+4'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 28,793 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Juventus

25 November 2008 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Juventus	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Lombaerts  10' Tymoshchuk  76'	Report	Iaquinta  43' Camoranesi  45' Sissoko  90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Real Madrid v Zenit St.Petersburg

10 December 2008 6	Real Madrid	3–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Madrid, Spain
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Raúl  25', 57' Robben  50'	Report	Danny  63' Šírl  26'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 46,265 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad statistics

As of match played 10 December 2008

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europe		Super Cups
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF		Vladislav Radimov	7	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
4	DF		Ivica Križanac	41	1	25	1	0	0	13+1	0	2	0
5	DF		Kim Dong-jin	14	0	5+5	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF		Alejandro Domínguez	28	4	13+8	4	1	0	1+4	0	1	0
8	FW		Pavel Pogrebnyak	34	16	14+4	6	0	0	13+1	8	2	2
9	FW		Fatih Tekke	28	9	12+10	8	1	0	2+3	1	0	0
10	MF		Andrey Arshavin	43	9	26+1	6	0	0	14	2	1+1	1
11	MF		Radek Šírl	41	0	26	0	0	0	13	0	2	0
14	DF		Tomáš Hubočan	15	0	7+4	0	1	0	1+1	0	1	0
15	MF		Roman Shirokov	39	3	20+7	3	0	0	9+1	0	1+1	0
16	GK		Vyacheslav Malafeev	48	0	30	0	1	0	15	0	2	0
17	MF		Lee Ho	3	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	0	0
18	MF		Konstantin Zyryanov	46	9	29	7	0	0	15	2	2	0
19	MF		Danny	17	8	10	5	0	0	6	2	1	1
20	MF		Viktor Fayzulin	37	7	17+7	6	1	0	9+2	1	1	0
22	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	42	4	26	3	0	0	14	1	2	0
25	MF		Fernando Ricksen	11	0	4+4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF		Igor Denisov	44	3	29	1	0	0	12+1	2	1+1	0
28	DF		Sébastien Puygrenier	14	1	8+1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
34	DF		Aleksandr Khokhlov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	44	6	27	6	0	0	15	0	2	0
57	MF		Aleksei Ionov	7	0	0+5	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF		Oleksandr Horshkov	4	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	UEFA Champions League	Russian Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	Total
1	FW		8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	6	0	7	1	1	1	16
2	FW		9	Fatih Tekke	8	0	0	1	0	0	9
	MF		18	Konstantin Zyryanov	7	0	2	0	0	0	9
	MF		10	Andrey Arshavin	6	0	2	0	1	0	9
5	MF		19	Danny	5	0	0	2	0	1	8
6	MF		20	Viktor Fayzulin	6	0	1	0	0	0	7
7	MF		44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	6	0	0	0	0	0	6
8	MF		7	Alejandro Domínguez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
	DF		22	Aleksandr Anyukov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF		15	Roman Shirokov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	MF		27	Igor Denisov	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
				Own goal	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
13	DF		4	Ivica Križanac	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		28	Sébastien Puygrenier	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	59	0	16	4	2	2	83

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Champions League		Russian Super Cup		UEFA Super Cup		Total
2		MF	Vladislav Radimov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Kim Dong-jin	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Andrey Arshavin	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Radek Šírl	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
14		DF	Tomáš Hubočan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Roman Shirokov	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Danny	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Viktor Fayzulin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Fernando Ricksen	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		DF	Sébastien Puygrenier	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
44		MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	0	0	4	0	24	2	11	1	5	2	0	0	44	5

Notes

1. Age as of the end of the season

References

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