The 2023–24 season is FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's 99th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...

Management

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Igor Simutenkov Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov (russian: Игорь Витальевич Симутенков; born 3 April 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as assistant manager at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. ...

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Anatoliy Oleksandrovych Tymoshchuk ( uk, Анатолій Олександрович Тимощук ; born 30 March 1979) is a Ukrainian football coach and a former midfielder, currently an assistant coach of the Russian Premier League club Ze ...

Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Ze ...

, - , Goalkeeping coach , Mikhail Biryukov

Yuri Zhevnov Yuri Zhevnov ( be, Юры Жаўноў; born 17 April 1981) is a professional football coach and a former player from Belarus. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Zhevnov started his career at third division. In 2000 ...

, - , Fitness coach , Ivan Carminati
Andrea Scanavino , - , Doctor , Mikhail Grishin

Players

First-team squad

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, €1M , 7 , 0 , - , 41 ,

Mikhail Kerzhakov Mikhail Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (russian: Михаил Анатольевич Кержаков; born 28 January 1987) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zenit St. Petersburg. He is the younger brother of striker A ...

, , GK , , 2015 , 2024 ,

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

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, €3.25m , 47 , 1 , - , 3 , Douglas Santos , , LB , , 2019 , 2026 ,

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, €14m , 133 , 5 , - , 4 , Danil Krugovoy , , LB , , 2019 , 2024 ,

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, €2m , 76 , 2 , - , 6 ,

Mário Fernandes Mário Figueira Fernandes (russian: Марио Фигейра Фернандес, ; born 19 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Internacional on loan from CSKA Moscow. Born in Brazil, he represented the R ...

, , LB , , 2023 , 2024 ,

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, €365k , 12 , 0 , - , 15 , Vyacheslav Karavayev , , RB , , 2019 , 2026 , Vitesse , €8m , 104 , 4 , - , 25 ,

Strahinja Eraković Strahinja Eraković ( sr-Cyrl, Страхиња Ераковић; born 22 January 2001) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a centre back for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Serbia national team. Club career Red Star Belgrade Stra ...

, , CB , , 2023 , 2027 ,

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, €8M , 22 , 0 , - , 27 , Nino , , CB , , 2024 , 2028 ,

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...

, €5M , 7 , 0 , - , 28 ,

Nuraly Alip Nuraly Paktuly Alip ( kk, Нұралы Пақтұлы Әліп, ''Nūraly Paqtūly Älıp'', ; born 22 December 1999) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Ka ...

, , CB , , 2023 , 2025 , Kairat Almaty , €2m , 25 , 0 , - , 55 ,

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, €2m , 36 , 2 , - , 77 , Robert Renan , , CB , , 2023 , 2028 ,

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Wilmar Barrios Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán (born 16 October 1993) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for Russian club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Peters ...

, , DM , , 2019 , 2026 ,

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, €15M , 141 , 3 , - , 8 , Wendel , , CM , , 2020 , 2027 ,

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, €20.3m , 87 , 17 , - , 11 , Claudinho , , AM , , 2021 , 2027 , RB Bragantino , €12m , 72 , 17 , - , 18 , Aleksandr Kovalenko , , CM , , 2023 , 2028 ,

, €2M , 4 , 0 , - , 21 ,

Aleksandr Yerokhin Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈroxʲɪn; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Rus ...

, , AM , , 2017 , 2024 ,

, €5M , 154 , 31 , - , 35 , Vladislav Saus , , AM , , 2022 , 2024 , Academy , – , 1 , 0 , - , 37 , Du Queiroz , , DM , , 2023 , 2028 ,

, Free , 10 , 0 , - , 77 , Ilzat Akhmetov , , AM , , 2024 , 2026 ,

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, €850k , 2 , 0 , - , 79 , Dmitri Vasilyev , , DM , , 2022 , 2024 , Academy , – , 6 , 0 , - , 94 , Danila Kozlov ''(U19)'' , , AM , , 2023 , 2026 , Academy , – , 2 , 0 , - ! colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;", Forwards , - , 7 ,

Zelimkhan Bakayev Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev (russian: Зелимхан Джабраилович Бакаев; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Wahda FC, Al Wahda on loan from FC Zenit Saint P ...

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, Free , 21 , 1 , - , 9 ,

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, , RW , , 2024 , 2027 ,

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, €15M , 7 , 2 , - , 10 , Wilson Isidor , , ST , , 2023 , 2024 ,

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, Loan , 12 , 1 , - , 17 ,

Andrei Mostovoy Andrei Andreyevich Mostovoy (russian: Андрей Андреевич Мостовой; born 5 November 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national team. He mostly plays as a left w ...

, , LW , , 2019 , 2024 , Academy , – , 101 , 22 , - , 19 ,

Aleksei Sutormin Aleksei Sergeyevich Sutormin (russian: Алексей Серге́евич Сутормин; born 10 January 1994) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit St. Peter ...

, , RW , , 2019 , 2025 ,

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, €3M , 95 , 10 , - , 24 ,

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, €9M , 7 , 1 , - , 30 ,

Mateo Cassierra Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas (born 13 April 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Deportivo Cali Cassierra made his debut for Deportivo Cali in 2015. Despite having ...

, , ST , , 2022 , 2025 ,

, €4.5M , 48 , 18 , - , 31 , Gustavo Mantuan , , LW , , 2023 , 2027 ,

, €2M , 22 , 2 , - , 33 ,

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, , ST , , 2022 , 2025 ,

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, €2.15M , 59 , 20 , - , 96 , Aleksey Baranovsky ''(U19)'' , , ST , , 2023 , 2026 , Academy , – , 3 , 0

Transfers

In

Summer

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, €2,000,000 , , - , 1 July 2023 , DM , Du Queiroz ,

, Free transfer , , - , 1 July 2023 , LW , Gustavo Mantuan ,

, €2,000,000 , , - , 1 July 2023 , GK ,

Nikita Goylo Nikita Sergeyevich Goylo (russian: Никита Сергеевич Гойло; born 10 August 1998) is a Russian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for PFC Sochi, on loan from FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Club career He made his debut in t ...

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, €540,000 , , - , 17 July 2023 , LB ,

, €365,000 , — , - , 23 July 2023 , CB ,

, €8,000,000 , – , - , 25 July 2023 , GK , Denis Adamov ,

, €1,000,000 , , - , 10 September 2023 , ST , Wilson Isidor ,

, Loan ,

Winter

, €5,000,000 , – , - , 5 February 2024 , LW ,

, €9,000,000 ,

Out

Summer

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Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pre ...

, €200,000 , , - , 12 July 2023 , CM , Daler Kuzyaev ,

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, Free transfer , , - , 26 July 2023 , RW , Malcom , Al Hilal , €60,000,000 ,

Loans out

Summer

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, 30 June 2024 , , - , 1 August 2023 , LB , Arsen Adamov ,

, 30 June 2024 ,

Winter

, 30 June 2024 , – , - , 14 January 2024 , CB , Dmitri Chistyakov ,

, 30 June 2024 , , -

New contracts

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Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Super Cup

Russian Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.

Russian Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Yerokhin Yerokhin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aleksandr Yerokhin (born 1989), Russian footballer * Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (born 1985), Russian footballer *Igor Yerokhin Igor Nikolayevich Yerokhin or Erokhin (russian: И� ...

, 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , colspan=4, Totals, , 43, , 8, , 0, , 51

Clean sheets

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, 8 , 0 , 1 , 9 , - , 2 , 16 , GK , , align="left" , Denis Adamov , 2 , 3 , 0 , 5 , - , 3 , 1 , GK , , align="left" , Aleksandr Vasyutin , 0 , 2 , 0 , 2 , - !colspan="5" , Total !10 !5 !1 !16

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Season FC Zenit Saint Petersburg seasons

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

Russian football championship-winning seasons