2019–20 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2019–20 season
Chairman	Aleksander Medvedev
Manager	Sergei Semak
Stadium	Gazprom Arena
Premier League	1st
Russian Cup	Champions
Super Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sardar Azmoun & Artem Dzyuba (17); All: Sardar Azmoun & Artem Dzyuba (21)
Highest home attendance	54,078 ; (vs. Krasnodar, 3 August 2019, Russian Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	42,431 ; (vs. Arsenal Tula, 13 September 2019, Russian Premier League)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 95th season in the club's history and its 24th consecutive season in the Russian Premier League. Zenit are the defending Premier League champions and as such participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage as well as the Super Cup and the Russian Cup.

Season Events[edit]

20 June, goalkeeper Igor Obukhov joined SKA-Khabarovsk on a season-long loan.^[1]

On 25 June, Zenit announced that Aleksandr Anyukov had retired from playing, and had taken up a coaching role with the club.^[2] On 10 June, Zenit announced that Claudio Marchisio had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.^[3]

On 4 July, Zenit announced the signing of Douglas Santos from Hamburger SV on a five-year contract,^[4] the departure of Dmitry Poloz to Sochi for an undisclosed fee,^[5] and the loan move of Daniil Lesovoy to Arsenal Tula until the end of the season.^[6]

On 5 July, Zenit announced that Mikhail Kerzhakov and Yuri Zhirkov had both signed new one-year contract with the club, keeping them at Zenit until the end of the 2019/20 season.^[7]

On 8 July, Zenit announced the signing of Aleksei Sutormin on a 3-year contract, with the option of a 1-year extension, from Rubin Kazan,^[8] and the departure of Elmir Nabiullin to Sochi.^[9]

On 12 July, Hernani joined Parma on a season-long loan deal,^[10] and Yegor Baburin moved permanently to Rostov.^[11]

On 13 July, Aleksandr Anyukov came out of retirement to join Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan for the 2019–20 season.^[12]

On 18 July, Aleksandr Yerokhin extended his contract with Zenit for another three-years.^[13] The following day, 19 July, Andrei Mostovoy moved to Sochi on a season-long loan deal.^[14]

On 23 July, Zenit announced the return of Aleksandr Vasyutin on a four-year contract from Sarpsborg 08^[15]

On 2 August, Zenit announced the signing of Malcom on a five-year contract from Barcelona.^[16]

On 5 August, Zenit announced that Christian Noboa had left the club to sign for Sochi on a permanent transfer,^[17] with Anton Zabolotny making the same move three days later.^[18]

On 12 August, Luka Đorđević left Zenit to sign for Lokomotiv Moscow on a permanent transfer.^[19]

On 21 August, Zenit announced the signing of Danil Krugovoy on a five-year contract from FC Ufa, with the defender staying in Ufa on loan for the remainder of the season.^[20]

On 29 August, Zenit announced the signing of Vladimir Khubulov on a season-long loan from Akhmat Grozny.^[21]

On 31 August, Zenit announced the arrival of Yordan Osorio on a season-long loan deal from Porto, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.^[22]

On 2 September, Vyacheslav Karavayev signed for Zenit on a four-year contract from Vitesse,^[23] and Emiliano Rigoni moved to Sampdoria on loan until the end of season, with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season,^[24] and Miha Mevlja moved to Sochi on a permanent transfer.^[25]

Also on September, Denis Terentyev extended his contract with Zenit for an additional year, and joined Ufa on loan for the remainder of the season.^[26]

On 21 January, Kokorin scored a hat-trick for Zenit in their 10–0 victory over Qatar club Al Uwaynah, before PFC Sochi announced they had signed Kokorin on loan until the end of the season.^[27]

On 24 January, Matías Kranevitter left Zenit by mutual consent.^[28]

On 1 February, Zenit announced the return of Emiliano Rigoni from his loan deal with Sampdoria.^[29]

On 12 February, Maksim Rudakov left Zenit to sign for Rostov.^[30]

On 17 February, Zenit confirmed that Kokorin had join Sochi on loan for the remainder of the season.^[31]

On 16 March, Zenit's away game against CSKA Moscow scheduled for 22 March, was postponed after the Mayor of Moscow banned outdoor sporting events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[32]

On 17 March, the Russian Premier League postponed all league fixtures until April 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[33]

On 1 April, the Russian Football Union extended the suspension of football until 31 May.^[34]

On 15 May, the Russian Football Union announced that the Russian Premier League season would resume on 21 June.^[35]

Squad[edit]

As of match played 25 July 2020

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 33)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2015	2020^[7]	38	0
71	Daniil Odoyevskiy	GK	(2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 17)	Academy	2019		0	0
78	Aleksandr Vasyutin	GK	(1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 25)	Sarpsborg 08	2019^[15]	2023^[15]	3	0
99	Andrey Lunyov	GK	(1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 28)	Ufa	2016	2021	104	0
Defenders
3	Douglas Santos	DF	(1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 26)	Hamburger SV	2019^[4]	2024^[4]	38	0
4	Yordan Osorio	DF	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 26)	loan from Porto	2019^[22]	2020^[22]	16	0
6	Branislav Ivanović	DF	(1984-02-22)22 February 1984 (aged 36)	Chelsea	2017^[36]	2020	124	11
15	Vyacheslav Karavayev	DF	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 25)	Vitesse	2019^[23]	2023^[23]	31	1
19	Igor Smolnikov	DF	(1988-08-08)8 August 1988 (aged 31)	Krasnodar	2013		198	10
24	Emanuel Mammana	DF	(1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 24)	Lyon	2017	2022	41	0
44	Yaroslav Rakitskyi	DF	(1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 30)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2019^[37]	2022^[37]	53	4
54	Nikita Kakkoyev	DF	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		1	0
80	Ilya Skrobotov	DF	(2000-07-06)6 July 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		4	1
87	Danila Prokhin	DF	(2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		4	0
88	Dmitri Bogayev	DF	(1994-01-24)24 January 1994 (aged 26)	Palanga	2017	2020	7	0
Midfielders
5	Wílmar Barrios	MF	(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 26)	Boca Juniors	2019^[38]	2023^[38]	49	2
10	Emiliano Rigoni	MF	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 27)	Independiente	2017	2021	54	12
14	Daler Kuzyayev	MF	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 27)	Terek Grozny	2017	2020	93	10
17	Oleg Shatov	MF	(1990-07-29)29 July 1990 (aged 29)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2013		191	30
18	Yuri Zhirkov	MF	(1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 36)	Dynamo Moscow	2016	2020^[7]	106	5
21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	MF	(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 30)	Rostov	2017	2022^[13]	94	17
27	Magomed Ozdoyev	MF	(1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2018	2022	65	5
38	Leon Musayev	MF	(1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 21)	Academy	2016		13	0
55	Kirill Kaplenko	MF	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 21)	Krasnodar	2017		3	0
84	Ilya Vorobyov	MF	(1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 21)	Academy	2017		1	0
91	Aleksei Sutormin	MF	(1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 26)	Rubin Kazan	2019^[8]	2022^[8]	31	5
Forwards
7	Sardar Azmoun	FW	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 25)	Rubin Kazan	2019^[39]	2022^[39]	54	33
8	Malcom	FW	(1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 23)	Barcelona	2019^[16]	2024^[16]	15	4
11	Sebastián Driussi	FW	(1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 24)	River Plate	2017	2021	115	23
22	Artem Dzyuba	FW	(1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 31)	Spartak Moscow	2015		175	73
92	Daniil Shamkin	FW	(2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2020		4	0
Away on loan
74	Sergei Ivanov	MF	(1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 23)	Academy	2015		1	0
	Danil Krugovoy	DF	(1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 22)	Ufa	2019^[20]	2024^[20]	0	0
	Denis Terentyev	DF	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 27)	Rostov	2017		12	0
	Hernani	MF	(1994-03-27)27 March 1994 (aged 26)	Atlético Paranaense	2016	2021	36	1
	Andrei Mostovoy	MF	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 22)	Khimki	2019		0	0
	Aleksandr Kokorin	FW	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 29)	Dynamo Moscow	2016		93	35
	Ivan Tarasov	FW	(2000-01-30)30 January 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		0	0
Left during the season
16	Christian Noboa	MF	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 35)	Rostov	2017	2020	22	1
20	Róbert Mak	MF	(1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 29)	PAOK	2016	2020	71	14
23	Miha Mevlja	DF	(1990-06-12)12 June 1990 (aged 30)	Rostov	2017	2021	42	1
29	Anton Zabolotny	FW	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 29)	Tosno	2018	2021	43	4
32	Matías Kranevitter	MF	(1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 27)	Atlético Madrid	2017	2021	52	0
34	Sergei Zuykov	DF	(1993-09-19)19 September 1993 (aged 26)	Volgar Astrakhan	2017		0	0
71	Yegor Baburin	GK	(1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 26)	Academy	2010		7	0
77	Luka Đorđević	FW	(1994-07-09)9 July 1994 (aged 26)	Mogren	2012		30	3
	Igor Obukhov	GK	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 24)	Academy	2012		0	0
	Maksim Rudakov	GK	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 24)	Academy	2012		0	0
	Aleksandr Anyukov	DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 37)	Coaching Staff	2019		417	13
	Daniil Lesovoy	MF	(1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (aged 22)	Dynamo Kyiv	2016		0	0

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Igor Obukhov (at SKA-Khabarovsk)
—	DF	RUS	Danil Krugovoy (at Ufa)
—	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev (at Ufa)
—	MF	ARG	Emiliano Rigoni (at Sampdoria)
—	MF	BRA	Hernani (at Parma)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Sergei Ivanov (at Krylia Sovetov)
—	MF	RUS	Andrei Mostovoy (at Sochi)
—	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kokorin (at Sochi)
—	FW	RUS	Ivan Tarasov (at HJK)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
4 July 2019	DF	Douglas Santos	Hamburger SV	Undisclosed	^[4]
8 July 2019	MF	Aleksei Sutormin	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	^[8]
13 July 2019	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	Coaching Staff	Free	^[12]
23 July 2019	GK	Aleksandr Vasyutin	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	^[15]
2 August 2019	FW	Malcom	Barcelona	Undisclosed	^[16]
21 August 2019	DF	Danil Krugovoy	Ufa	Undisclosed	^[20]
2 September 2019	DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	Vitesse	Undisclosed	^[23]

Loans in[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
29 August 2019	MF		Vladimir Khubulov	Akhmat Grozny	End of Season	^[21]
31 August 2019	DF		Yordan Osorio	Porto	End of Season	^[22]

Out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2019	FW	Andrei Panyukov	Ural Yekaterinburg	Undisclosed	^[40]
2 July 2019	DF	Ivan Novoseltsev	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[41]
2 July 2019	DF	Ibragim Tsallagov	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[41]
4 July 2019	FW	Dmitry Poloz	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[5]
4 July 2019	MF	Vitali Gorulyov	SKA-Khabarovsk	Undisclosed	^[42]
8 July 2019	DF	Elmir Nabiullin	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[9]
12 July 2019	GK	Yegor Baburin	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[11]
5 August 2019	MF	Christian Noboa	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[17]
8 August 2019	FW	Anton Zabolotny	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[18]
12 August 2019	FW	Luka Đorđević	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	^[19]
2 September 2019	DF	Miha Mevlja	Sochi	Undisclosed	^[25]
24 January 2020	DF	Sergei Bugriyev	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	^[43]
30 January 2020	MF	Róbert Mak	Konyaspor	Undisclosed	^[44]
7 February 2020	DF	Sergei Zuykov	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed	^[45]
12 February 2020	GK	Maksim Rudakov	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[30]
30 June 2020	GK	Igor Obukhov	SKA-Khabarovsk	Undisclosed
3 July 2020	MF	Daniil Lesovoy	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	^[46]

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
9 November 2018	GK	Maksim Rudakov	HJK	31 December 2019	^[47]
25 February 2019	FW	Ivan Tarasov	HJK	31 December 2019	^[48]
20 June 2019	GK	Igor Obukhov	SKA-Khabarovsk	End of Season	^[1]
4 July 2019	MF	Daniil Lesovoy	Arsenal Tula	3 July 2020	^[6]^[46]
12 July 2019	MF	Hernani	Parma	End of Season	^[10]
13 July 2019	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	Krylia Sovetov	End of Season	^[12]
19 July 2019	MF	Andrei Mostovoy	Sochi	End of Season	^[14]
21 August 2019	DF	Danil Krugovoy	Ufa	End of Season	^[20]
2 September 2019	MF	Emiliano Rigoni	Sampdoria	1 February 2020	^[24]^[29]
2 September 2019	DF	Denis Terentyev	Ufa	End of Season	^[26]
6 February 2020	MF	Sergei Ivanov	Krylia Sovetov	End of Season	^[49]
17 February 2020	FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	Sochi	End of Season	^[31]

Released[edit]

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Summer 2019	GK	Yuri Lodygin	Gazişehir Gaziantep	3 August 2019	^[50]
Summer 2019	MF	Nikita Koldunov	Sochi
25 June 2019	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	Retired		^[2]
1 July 2019	MF	Claudio Marchisio	Retired	3 October 2019	^[3]^[51]
24 January 2020	MF	Matías Kranevitter	Monterrey	26 January 2020	^[28]^[52]
28 May 2020	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	Retired		^[53]

Friendlies[edit]

21 June 2019	Wacker Innsbruck	1 – 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	11'	Report	Shatov 26', 27' Rigoni 33' Yerokhin 59' Zabolotny 61', 66'	Stadium: Sankt Ulrich Sports Centre

25 June 2019	Levski Sofia	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Azmoun 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Sankt Ulrich Sports Centre

29 June 2019	Budapest Honvéd	0 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Austria
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Mevlja 21' Hernani 74' Đorđević 86' (pen.)

29 June 2019	Red Star Belgrade	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Austria
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Azmoun 39' Ozdoyev 79'

8 September 2019	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Sochi	Saint Petersburg, Russia
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sutormin 3' Bachinsky 22'	Report	Burmistrov 36'	Stadium: Stadion SDYuShOR Smena Attendance: 1,868

21 January 2020	Al Uwaynah	0 – 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	Doha, Qatar
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Kokorin 6', 9', 36' Dzyuba 34', 36' Osorio 56' Azmoun 59', 67', 83' Driussi 72'	Stadium: Aspire Academy Referee: Mohamed Nasser

25 January 2020	Red Bull Salzburg	6 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Doha, Qatar
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Osorio 4' 53' Rakitskiy 7' Kerzhakov 29' Shatov 54' Mak 76'	Report	Berisha 5' Ramalho 33' Hwang 34' Adeyemi 63' Pokorný 78' Koïta 90'	Stadium: Aspire Academy
Note: Match consisted of 3x40mins.

1 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 0	F91 Dudelange	La Nucia, Spain
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Osorio 2' Driussi 20' Smolnikov 27' Sutormin 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Camilo Cano Stadium

6 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 0	Saburtalo Tbilisi	Benidorm, Spain
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Sutormin 21' Barrios 38' Shatov 60' Shamkin 62'	Report		Referee: Manuel Muñoz

9 February 2020	CSKA Moscow	2 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	La Nucia, Spain
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bistrović 22' Chalov 43'	Report	Dzyuba 59', 61' Azmoun 64'	Stadium: Camilo Cano

9 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Leningradets Leningrad Oblast	Benidorm, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rigoni 31', 43' Vorobyov 58'	Report	D.Luchin 63'

17 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 2	Alania Vladikavkaz	Belek, Turkey
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 29', 64' Musayev 31' Rigoni 45', 54' Vorobyov 50' Zhirkov 59' Shamkin 62'	Report	Mashukov 5' Da.Kobesov 67' (pen.)

17 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Kairat	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoyev 8' Malcom 25' Douglas 67' Azmoun 68'	Report	Tungyshbayev 34'

22 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Isloch	Belek, Turkey
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi 51'		Osorio (o.g.)

22 February 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhirkov 44'		Klimovich 33'

Competitions[edit]

Super Cup[edit]

6 July 2019	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 45+2', 52' Smolnikov 51' Ozdoyev 68' 90+2'	Report	Smolov 6' Zhivoglyadov 19' Al.Miranchuk 79', 81'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 21,382 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Premier League[edit]

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	2	2	1	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

14 July 2019 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Tambov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 46' Dzyuba 48' Rakitskiy 60' Barrios 80'	Report	Benito 71' Appayev 80' Takazov 88'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,231 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

21 July 2019 2	Sochi	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Sochi
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Miladinović 29' Novoseltsev 43'	Report	Azmoun 30' (pen.) Ozdoyev 88'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 35,102 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

28 July 2019 3	Orenburg	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Orenburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kozlov 54' Dovbnya 89'	Report	Azmoun 1' Dzyuba 55' (pen.) 65' Sutormin 77' Barrios 80'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 6,626 Referee: Sergei Karasev

3 August 2019 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhirkov 2' Barrios 28' Dzyuba 90+1'	Report	Vilhena 36' Cabella 54' Ramírez 61' Ari 89'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 54,078 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

10 August 2019 5	Dynamo Moscow	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Joãozinho 26' Panchenko 56' Rykov 60' Yusupov 69' 80'	Report	Dzyuba 10' Ozdoyev 35' 88' Azmoun 39' Sutormin 59'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 19,095 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

17 August 2019 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 24' Ozdoyev 74' Rakitskiy 90+4'	Report	Utsiyev 7' Berisha 14' Roshi 66' Nižić 90+4'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 48,468 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

24 August 2019 7	Ufa	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fomin 52' 79' Carp 53' Belenov 76'	Report	Ozdoyev 35' Yerokhin 46' Ivanović 87' Rakitskiy 90'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 13,368 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

1 September 2019 8	Spartak Moscow	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Guliyev 3' Ayrton 15'	Report	Ozdoyev 27' Zhirkov 41' 54' Rigoni 44' Ivanović 61' Douglas 65'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 43,482 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

13 September 2019 9	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 6' Azmoun 22' 75' Driussi 66' (pen.) Shatov 88'	Report	Denisov 39' Bauer 42' Berkhamov 56' Lutsenko 67'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 42,431 Referee: Pavel Kukyan

21 September 2019 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	5–0	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanović 58' Sutormin 65', 75' Mak 82' Shatov 87'	Report	Mogilevets 90+4'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 43,598 Referee: Sergei Karasev

28 September 2019 11	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Krychowiak 20' 48'	Report	Kuzyayev 83' Barrios 85' Rakitskiy 90'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 21,598 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

6 October 2019 12	Ural Yekaterinburg	1–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov 58' (o.g.)	Report	Ivanović 3' Ozdoyev 27' Azmoun 63'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,432 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

19 October 2019 13	Zenit St.Petersburg	6–1	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 14' (pen.), 20', 80' (pen.) Ozdoyev 17' Azmoun 44' Barrios 56' 90+2' Karavayev 61' Ivanović 81'	Report	Hadžikadunić 12' Eremenko 19' 83' (pen.) Chistyakov 78' Chernov 79'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 58,639 Referee: Sergei Karasev

27 October 2019 14	Krylia Sovetov	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Samara
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Mijailović 67' Kombarov 88'	Report	Karavayev 23' Zhirkov 28' Dzyuba 90+3'	Stadium: Samara Arena Attendance: 32,560 Referee: Stanislav Vasilyev

2 November 2019 15	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 73' Azmoun 85' Douglas 90+5' Barrios 90+6'	Report	Vlašić 45+1' Bijol 51' 54' Karpov 54' Oblyakov 86' Fernandes 90+6'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 48,141 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

10 November 2019 16	Arsenal Tula	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Álvarez 54' Tkachyov 69'	Report	Karavayev 23' Azmoun 63'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

23 November 2019 17	Rubin Kazan	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Danchenko 51' Sorokin 61' Markov 66' Ig.Konovalov 82'	Report	Azmoun 8' Driussi 53' Karavayev 62' Dzyuba 79'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

1 December 2019 18	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ozdoyev 15' 49' Kutepov 21' (o.g.) Shatov 28'	Report	Bakayev 29' Kutepov 34' Umyarov 44' Král 67' Gigot 75' Schürrle 88'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 55,119 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

6 December 2019 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 6' Yerokhin 26' Ivanović 35' Dzyuba 45+1'	Report	Szymański 15' Philipp 22' Yusupov 41'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

29 February 2020 20	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanović 69' Rakitskiy 71' Ozdoyev 74'	Report	Höwedes 14' Guilherme 32'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,463 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

9 March 2020 21	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rakitskiy 50' Barrios 77'	Report	Putsko 29' Bizjak 45+1' Jokić 52'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 42,191 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

14 March 2020 22	Zenit St.Petersburg	7–1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 8', 15', 61' Dzyuba 12', 72' (pen.) Malcom 27' Driussi 69'	Report	Kalinin 62' Panyukov 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 33,677 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

20 June 2020 23	CSKA Moscow	0–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Diveyev 5' Oblyakov 10' Karpov 89'	Report	Ivanović 2' Malcom 9', 45+2' Ozdoyev 50' Yerokhin 81' Barrios 88' Driussi 90+4'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 2,904 Referee: Sergey Ivanov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 22 March, before being postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[32] with all league games being postponed on 17 March.^[33]

26 June 2020 24	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kuzyayev 21' Ivanović 47' Dzyuba 64' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report	Chernov 30' Glushenkov 44' Kombarov 52' Timofeyev 62'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Pavel Kukyan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 5 April, but postponed on 17 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[33]

1 July 2020 25	Tambov	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ciupercă 12' 88' (pen.) Filin 90+2'	Report	Azmoun 43' Rigoni 90+1'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
Note: Match played at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod instead of Tambov's regular Spartak Stadium. Match originally scheduled for 12 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

5 July 2020 26	Krasnodar	2–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Utkin 29', 50' Wanderson 41' Petrov 46' Olsson 56' Vilhena 58' Martynovich 60' Berg 73'	Report	Azmoun 5', 52' Barrios 22' Dzyuba 45+1' (pen.) Kuzyayev 45+3' Sutormin 72' Driussi 78'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Referee: Sergei Karasev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

8 July 2020 27	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Sochi	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 2' Musayev 4' Malcom 33' Azmoun 76'	Report	Zabolotny 5' 6' Tsallagov 26' Poloz 42'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Evgeny Turbin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 26 April, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

11 July 2020 28	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov 6' Ismael 87'	Report	Rigoni 10' 34' Driussi 22'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

15 July 2020 29	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Orenburg	Saint Petersburg
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Malykh 2' (o.g.) Ozdoyev 34' Prokhin 53' Azmoun 61', 77' Shamkin 73' Rakitskiy 75' Dzyuba 90+1'	Report	Shakhov 30' Fameyeh 32' 37' Terekhov 65' Škoflek 90'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Vitali Meshkov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 6 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

22 July 2020 30	Rostov	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaynutdinov 18' Normann 42' Hadžikadunić 66' Saplinov 90+1'	Report	Rigoni 72' Azmoun 75' Shatov 82'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17 May, but postponed on 1 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[34]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg (C)	30	22	6	2	65	18	+47	72	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	16	9	5	41	29	+12	57	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Krasnodar	30	14	10	6	49	30	+19	52	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	CSKA Moscow	30	14	8	8	43	29	+14	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Rostov	30	12	9	9	45	50	−5	45	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Russian Premier Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off.^[54]
(C) Champions

Russian Cup[edit]

25 September 2019 Round of 32	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnoyarsk
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Savichev 14' Dolgov 45' Rozhkov 58' Mildzikhov 74' Zotov 75'	Report	Smolnikov 23' Sutormin 58' (pen.) 63' Mak 63'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,783 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

30 October 2019 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov 13' Sutormin 56' Yerokhin 67' Shatov 81'	Report	Kazankov 41'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Igor Panin

4 March 2020 Quarter-final	Akhmat Grozny	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov 56' Roshi 59' (pen.) Ismael 67' Nenakhov 71' Ángel 85' Ravanelli 114'	Report	Rigoni 78' Zhirkov 97'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 16,411 Referee: Nikolay Voloshin

19 July 2020 Semi-final	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Douglas 2' Barrios 17' Dzyuba 24' (pen.) Rakitskiy 27' Kuzyayev 45+3' 81' Ozdoyev 89'	Report	Gaponov 24' Sobolev 39' 45+1' Ayrton 74' Dzhikiya 81' Gigot 90+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Final[edit]

25 July 2020	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Khimki	Yekaterinburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 37' Rakitskiy 64' Dzyuba 83' (pen.)	Report	Dyadyun 35' Bozhenov 39' Barkov 90' Kukharchuk 90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RB Leipzig	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Lyon	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Benfica	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7^[a]	Transfer to Europa League
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7^[a]

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Benfica +1, Zenit Saint Petersburg −1.

17 September 2019 1	Lyon	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Décines-Charpieu, France
19:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Depay 51' (pen.) Koné 71'	Report	Azmoun 38' 41' Rakitskiy 61' Kuzyayev 70' Shatov 87'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 47,201^[55] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

2 October 2019 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–1	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 22' Rakitskiy 44' Dias 70' (o.g.) Azmoun 78'	Report	De Tomás 85'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,683^[56] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

23 October 2019 3	RB Leipzig	2–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Leipzig, Germany
19:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Laimer 49' Sabitzer 59'	Report	Barrios 8' Rakitskiy 25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,058^[57] Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

5 November 2019 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–2	RB Leipzig	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:55 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin 6' Dzyuba 67' Kuzyayev 88'	Report	Demme 45+5' Sabitzer 63' Upamecano 67'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,452^[58] Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

27 November 2019 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0	Lyon	Saint Petersburg, Russia
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