The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of

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and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg are participating in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, the

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and the

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Season events

On 3 June, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Dmitri Chistyakov from

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on a four-year contract. On 19 July, Emanuel Mammana returned to

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on loan for the season. Two days later, 21 July, Daniil Shamkin left the club to join Baltika Kaliningrad on a season-long loan deal. On 26 July, Sebastián Driussi bought out the remaining year of his contract with Zenit St.Petersburg, and left the club. On 13 August, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Claudinho from

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on a five-year contract. On 2 September, Zenit announced the signing of Stanislav Kritsyuk to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, from

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. The following day, 3 September, Zenit announced that they had extended their contract with Brazilian defender Douglas Santos until the end of the 2025/26 season. On 19 October, Wilmar Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season. On 7 January, Emanuel Mammana and Zenit agreed to mutual terminate his contract and he left the club. On 10 January, Zenit announced the signing of Ivan Sergeyev from Krylia Sovetov with a contract until the end of the 2024/25 season. On the same day, Aleksandr Vasyutin extended his loan deal with

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for the 2022 season. In January 2022,

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joined up with Zenit for a trial during their week long training camp in the

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. On 25 January, Zenit announced the signing of

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from Ural Yekaterinburg on a contract until the end of 2025–26 season. On 30 January, Zenit announced that

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had left the club to sign for

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, and that they had signed Yuri Alberto to a five-year contract from Internacional. On 10 February, Danila Khotulyov and Dmitri Vasilyev both joined

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on loan until the end of the 2022/23 season. On 16 February, Zenit announced that they'd signed

on loan from Kairat for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent. On 2 March, Yaroslav Rakitskyi left Zenit by mutual consent. On 7 April, Zenit extended their contract with Aleksandr Yerokhin until the summer of 2024, and with Aleksei Sutormin until the summer of 2025.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Trial

Contract renewals

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Super Cup

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Russian Cup

UEFA Champions League

The draw for the

group stage was held on 26 August, drawing Zenit with Chelsea,

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and

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Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

=Knockout round play-offs

= The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="16", ''Players away from the club on loan:'' , - , colspan="16", ''Players who left Zenit during the season:''

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

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