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; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Management

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Igor Simutenkov
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Aleksandr Anyukov , - , Goalkeeping coach , Mikhail Biryukov
Yuri Zhevnov , - , Fitness coach , Ivan Carminati
Andrea Scanavino , - , Doctor , Mikhail Grishin

Players

First-team squad

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, €700k , 6 , 0 , - , 16 , Denis Adamov , , GK , , 2023 , 2027 ,

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, €1M , 7 , 0 , - , 41 , Mikhail Kerzhakov , , GK , , 2015 , 2024 ,

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, Free , 98 , 0 , - ! colspan="11" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;", Defenders , - , 2 , Dmitri Chistyakov , , CB , , 2021 , 2025 ,

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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 , Ufa , €2m , 76 , 2 , - , 6 , Mário Fernandes , , LB , , 2023 , 2024 , Internacional , €365k , 12 , 0 , - , 15 , Vyacheslav Karavayev , , RB , , 2019 , 2026 , Vitesse , €8m , 104 , 4 , - , 25 , Strahinja Eraković , , CB , , 2023 , 2027 ,

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, €8M , 22 , 0 , - , 27 , Nino , , CB , , 2024 , 2028 , Fluminense , €5M , 7 , 0 , - , 28 , Nuraly Alip , , CB , , 2023 , 2025 , Kairat Almaty , €2m , 25 , 0 , - , 55 ,

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, , CB , , 2022 , 2025 ,

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

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, €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 , , 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 , , RW , , 2022 , 2025 , Spartak Moscow , Free , 21 , 1 , - , 9 , Artur , , RW , , 2024 , 2027 , Palmeiras , €15M , 7 , 2 , - , 10 , Wilson Isidor , , ST , , 2023 , 2024 ,

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, Loan , 12 , 1 , - , 17 , Andrei Mostovoy , , LW , , 2019 , 2024 , Academy , – , 101 , 22 , - , 19 , Aleksei Sutormin , , RW , , 2019 , 2025 ,

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, €3M , 95 , 10 , - , 24 , Pedro , , LW , , 2024 , 2028 ,

, €9M , 7 , 1 , - , 30 , Mateo Cassierra , , ST , , 2022 , 2025 ,

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

, €2M , 22 , 2 , - , 33 , Ivan Sergeyev , , ST , , 2022 , 2025 , Krylia Sovetov Samara , €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 ,

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

, €540,000 , , - , 17 July 2023 , LB , Mário Fernandes , Internacional , €365,000 , — , - , 23 July 2023 , CB , Strahinja Eraković ,

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

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

, Loan ,

Winter

, €9,000,000 ,

Out

Summer

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, €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 , , -

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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, 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , 21 , MF , align="left" , Yerokhin , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , colspan=4, Totals, , 43, , 8, , 0, , 51

Clean sheets

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Season FC Zenit Saint Petersburg seasons Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian football championship–winning seasons