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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Season
The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was 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 Out on loan Reserve squad Transfers Summer In: Out: Winter In: Out: Competitions Russian Premier League Results by round Matches League table Russian Super Cup Russian Cup Champions League Group stage Knockout phase =Round of 16= Squad statistics Appearances and goals , - , colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Zenit but left during the season:'' Goal Scorers Disciplinary record References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 FC Zenit Saint Petersb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League. They won the 2007 Russian Premier League, 2007, 2010 Russian Premier League, 2010, 2011–12 Russian Premier League, 2011–12, 2014–15 Russian Premier League, 2014–15, 2018–19 Russian Premier League, 2018–19, 2019–20 Russian Premier League, 2019–20, 2020–21 Russian Premier League, 2020–21, 2021–22 Russian Premier League, 2021–22, 2022–23 Russian Premier League, 2022–23 and the 2023–24 Russian Premier League, 2023–24 seasons of the Russian Premier League, as well as the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup. The club is owned and sponsored by the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. The team plays its home matches at the Krestovsky Stadium, Gazprom Arena. In March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Lodygin
Yuri Vladimirovich Lodygin (, ; born 26 May 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League club Panathinaikos. Although he represented the Russia national team at senior level, he had previously represented Greece at youth level. Club career Born in Vladimir to a Russian father and a Pontic Greek mother, Lodygin has lived in Greece since 2000, playing for Skoda Xanthi, coming from the youth team. During the 2008–09 season, his performances with the Skoda Xanthi U21 team lead to his first professional contract with the first team, which he signed on 17 June 2009. He was then loaned at Eordaikos 2007 for the 2010–11 season, where he made 25 first team appearances. He later returned to Skoda Xanthi, where he made his first appearance in the last match of the season against Ergotelis; since the 2012–13 season, he has been a member of the starting line-up. He was a member of the Greek U21 Football Team. Zenit Saint Petersburg In June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Fayzulin
Viktor Igorevich Fayzulin (; born 22 April 1986) is a Russian former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club A graduate of Sports school, CYSS based in his hometown Nakhodka, he started his professional career with FC Okean Nakhodka, Okean Nakhodka. Later, he played for FC SKA-Khabarovsk, SKA-Energiya and PFC Spartak Nalchik, Spartak Nalchik. In December 2007, he signed a contract with Zenit until December 2010. In February 2012 he extended his contract till 2016. In April 2018, it was reported that Fayzulin was nearing a comeback after being sidelined with a knee injury since September 2015. After his contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg expired at the end of the 2017–18 season, he announced his retirement after missing 2.5 years due to injury. International He made his Russia national football team, national team debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast. He scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Smolnikov
Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (; born 8 August 1988) is a Russian former football player who played as a right-back. Club career On 29 July 2020, he returned to Krasnodar, signing a 2-year contract with a 1-year extension option. On 8 June 2021, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated by mutual consent. On 23 July 2021, he joined Arsenal Tula. On 8 February 2023, Smolnikov returned to Lokomotiv Moscow on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season. Smolnikov left Lokomotiv in June 2023. Smolnikov announced retirement from playing in August 2023. International career Smolnikov was called up by Fabio Capello to the Russia squad for the first time on 4 October 2013 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan. He made his debut for the national team on 19 November 2013 in a friendly against South Korea. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Shatov
Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional Association football, football manager and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as a left winger or right winger. Early life Shatov was born and grew up in Nizhny Tagil, where the winter conditions made playing outdoor sports very difficult. As a result, Shatov began playing futsal from the age of 14, before committing fully to association football two years later. Club career Ural Shatov made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2007 for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. He was named Ural's Player of the Year after the 2010 season. Anzhi Although Shatov was scouted by CSKA Moscow, he accepted an offer to join FC Anzhi Makhachkala, Anzhi Makhachkala during the List of Russian football transfers winter 2011–12, 2011-12 winter transfer window. Upon joining Anzhi, Shatov was teammates with Roberto Carlos and Samuel Eto'o. Shatov earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav Malafeev
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is a one-club man, having spent all 17 of his professional seasons with Zenit. He worked as an assistant director of sports for Zenit from 2016 to 2020. Club career Vyacheslav Malafeev started attending the Smena football school at the age of nine. In 1997, he began to play for the farm club of FC Zenit, Zenit-2, in the Third Division. He got the chance to play for Zenit in the Premier League in 1999 during the suspension of Roman Berezovsky. Malafeev later became the first choice goalkeeper for Zenit in 2001, after Berezovsky left the club. Malafeev eventually became the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Kamil Čontofalský and won the UEFA Cup in 2008 after keeping a clean sheet against Rangers in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Yusupov (footballer)
Artur Rimovich Yusupov (, ; born 1 September 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 for Krylia Sovetov-SOK. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 8 November 2009 for Dynamo Moscow in a game against Spartak Nalchik. He was released from his Zenit St. Petersburg contract by mutual consent on 25 July 2018 and signed with Rostov on the same day. On 11 January 2019, his Rostov contract was dissolved by mutual consent. On 14 January he returned to Dynamo Moscow. On 7 September 2020, he joined Sochi. On 31 May 2024, Yusupov left Sochi as his contract expired. On 19 June 2024, Yusupov returned to Khimki. In Khimki's first 10 games of the season, Yusupov played 35 minutes in a Russian Cup game and appeared on the bench in one league game. On 14 September 2024, his Khimki contract was terminated by mutual consent. On 19 September 2024, Yusupov si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Neto
Luís Carlos Novo Neto (; born 26 May 1988) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Porto District, Neto joined his hometown club Varzim SC's youth ranks at the age of 10. He appeared for them in the second division, being a backup or third choice in four of his five seasons. His competitive debut came on 10 February 2007 in a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica in the sixth round of the Taça de Portugal, when he played two minutes. In July 2011, Neto moved to Primeira Liga side C.D. Nacional on a free transfer. He immediately made an impact for his new team, and attracted interest from the likes of FC Porto and Arsenal during the following off-season. Italy's A.C. Siena eventually signed him, for €1.7 million. Neto was a starter during the first half of the campaign, scoring his first goal in Serie A in a 1–3 home defeat against AS Roma. On 1 February 2013 he moved again, joining compatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny (footballer)
Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes (born 7 August 1983), commonly known as Danny, is a Portuguese former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Also a Midfielder#Winger, winger, he was known for his Dribbling#Association football, dribbling and key passes. He spent most of his career in Russia in service of FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit, after arriving at the age of 21 from Sporting CP. He won seven items of silverware with Zenit, including three Russian Premier League titles. Danny represented Portugal national football team, Portugal at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 World Cup and the Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2004 Olympics. Club career Marítimo and Sporting CP Born to Portuguese people, Portuguese parents in Caracas, Venezuela, Danny moved to the island of Madeira when he was 15. There, he developed his football skills in the youth teams of C.S. Marítimo, making his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Kokorin
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin (''né'' Kartashov; , ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol. Kokorin had his breakthrough season in 2012–13, which led to Dynamo Moscow inserting a €19 million release clause into his contract. A full international since 2011, Kokorin has gained over 45 caps and was named in the Russian squads for Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2016. In October 2018, he was arrested on an assault-related charge. He was later found guilty and spent approximately one year in prison. Club career Kokorin made his debut for the senior FC Dynamo Moscow team on 4 October 2008 – Dynamo was decimated by injuries and was losing to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast 0–1 at the halftime when Kokorin came on as a substitute. With 18 minutes to go Kokorin scored an equalizer (Dynamo went on to win 2–1). He became the youngest player to score a goal for Dynamo in the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurício (footballer, Born October 1988)
Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 21 October 1988), known simply as Maurício, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Currently a free agent, he most recently played for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Portimonense. Club career Mauricio began his career with Brazilian side Fluminense in 2007 and made 52 appearances for the club with two goals scored. On 2 February 2010, Maurício signed for Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny from Fluminense. He scored 29 goals in 172 appearances for the club. On 17 January 2016, Maurício moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg on a six-month contract, with the option of an extension at the end of it. On 19 May 2016, Zenit extended Maurício's contract until the end of the 2018–19 season. On 24 July 2017, he was released from his contract by mutual consent. PAOK On 31 August 2017, PAOK announced the signing of Mauricio on a three-year contract. On 30 October, he scored both goals as PAOK won 2–0 at home to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
