{{short description|Association football club in Russia}} {{Other uses|FC Zenit (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Zenit | image = FC Zenit Saint Petersburg crest.svg | image_size = 220px | fullname = Футбольный клуб Зенит | nickname = ''Sine-Belo-Golubye'' (The Blue-White-Sky Blues)<br />''Zenitchiki'' (The Zeniters)<br />''L’vy'' (The Lions) | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1925|05|25}} | ground = Krestovsky Stadium | capacity = 67,800<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/stadiums/stadiums_1758.html|title=Arena St Petersburg|website=eng.premierliga.ru|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206031146/https://eng.premierliga.ru/stadiums/stadiums_1758.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | owner = Gazprom | chairman = Konstantin Zyryanov | chrtitle = President | manager = Sergei Semak | league = Russian Premier League | season = 2025–26 | position = Russian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions) | current = | website = {{URL|https://en.fc-zenit.ru/}} | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = }} {{Zenit Saint Petersburg sections}} '''Football Club Zenit''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Футбольный клуб «Зенит»|Futbolny klub "Zenit"}}, {{IPA|ru|fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈklub zʲɪˈnʲit|pron}}), 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, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League and are the reigning champions. They won the 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2025–26 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 Gazprom Arena. On 24 May 2023, Zenit became the first Russian sports club with 10 million followers on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/2023-05-24-zenit-dostig-10-millionov-podpischikov-v-sotsialnykh-setyakh.htm |title=Zenit hit 10 million followers across our social networks |access-date=25 March 2024 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203141700/https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/2023-05-24-zenit-dostig-10-millionov-podpischikov-v-sotsialnykh-setyakh.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
==History==
===Before Zenit=== Zenit's history is tightly connected with the political history of Saint Petersburg, Russia (also called "Petrograd" and "Leningrad" at times in its history). In 1897, the first officially-recorded football match in Russia was held in Saint Petersburg on Vasilievsky Island, an unofficial game between the local English team "Ostrov" and the local Russian team "Petrograd," which the English team won, 6–0. The players of those local teams were amateurs and loosely associated with each other.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
===Formation of Zenit=== The original Zenit team stemmed from several football teams, which changed names and owners many times during the Soviet era after the Revolution of 1917, as powerful political forces manipulated the careers of individual players as well as the fate of the whole team. The club was renamed several times and its owners and leaders were under political pressure for many decades. The origins of Zenit date back to the beginning of the 20th century to several predecessor teams in Saint Petersburg that were playing locally. The oldest documented predecessor of Zenit was the team "Murzinka," founded in 1914, which played in the ''Obukhovsky'' stadium from 1914 until 1924, when the team came to be known as "Bolshevik" (the new name for ''Obukhovsky'' industry and its stadium). The team and stadium survived the drama of World War I, the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War of 1918 to 1922.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
In 1925, another predecessor team of Zenit was formed, of workers from the ''Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod'' (Leningrad Metal Plant); they were called the "Stalinets" in the 1930s. (''Stalinets'' translates literally to English as "Stalinist"; however, in Russian, the name is a play on words as ''stal'' means "steel".) Historians documented that both predecessor teams of Zenit were playing independently until their official merger at the end of 1939. The Stalinets were not the same team named Zenit that took part in the 1938 USSR championship. The current name of FC Zenit was registered in 1936 (as Bolshevik became part of the Zenit sports society and was renamed), three years before the Stalinets merged with it. The name ''Zenit'' means "Zenith".{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
In 1939, during the rule of Joseph Stalin, Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod became part of the military industry and its sports teams, players, and managers were transferred to the Zenit sports society. FC Zenit was ordered to take in members of the "Stalinets" metallurgical workers' team after the end of the 1939 season.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
===Zenit in the Soviet League===
Zenit won their first honours in 1944, claiming the war-time USSR Cup after defeating CSKA Moscow in the well-attended final. The club was always adored in Leningrad,{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} but was not able to make much of a significant impact in the Soviet League. In 1967, Zenit finished last but were saved from relegation because the Soviet leadership decided it would not be prudent to relegate a Leningrad team during the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, which occurred in the city. Composer Dmitry Shostakovich and film star Kirill Lavrov were well known as ardent supporters of Zenit, a passion that is reflected in their attendance of many games.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Zenit won the bronze medal in 1980, also reaching the Soviet Cup Final and winning the Soviet League title in 1984. In 1985, Zenit beat the Soviet Cup holder in the Soviet Super Cup (also called the Season Cup).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
===Zenit in the Russian League=== The LOMO optical plant took up the ownership of the team after the war.{{Vague|date=September 2010}} In 1990, FC Zenit were re-registered as an independent city-owned professional club. In 1992, After being relegated in the first year of the Russian League,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Premier Liga |url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/about-rpl/championat/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=eng.premierliga.ru |language=ru |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522204300/https://eng.premierliga.ru/about-rpl/championat/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Zenit returned to the top flight in 1996 and has been decent since. They claimed the 1999 Russian Cup, finished third in the League in 2001, made the Cup final in 2002, became the runners-up in the Premier League and won the Russian Premier League Cup in 2003.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
===Gazprom era=== In December 2005, Gazprom took a controlling stake in the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=16457 |title=Gazprom Buys Zenit |publisher=The St. Petersburg Times |date=23 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407231452/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=16457 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The deal was announced by Valentina Matviyenko, the Saint Petersburg governor. Gazprom bought the majority of the club.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
====Under Advocaat==== Although Zenit reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2006, a mediocre start to the league season led to the summer replacement of coach Vlastimil Petržela. In July 2006, Dick Advocaat<ref name="uefa-1">{{Cite news |date=19 January 2007 |url=http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=134217728/newsid=497842.html |title=Gazprom fuels Zenit dream |publisher=UEFA |access-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224134326/http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind%3D134217728/newsid%3D497842.html |archive-date=24 February 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> took over as Zenit's manager. Advocaat worked together with his assistant manager, former Netherlands national youth team coach Cor Pot. Zenit won the 2007 Russian Premier League—their best league achievement since winning the USSR Championship in 1984—allowing them to compete in the group stage of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
In 2008, Zenit won the Russian Super Cup and reached the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup for the second time in their history. In the first leg of the quarter-final away game against German side Bayer Leverkusen, the team achieved a 4–1 victory. They qualified for the semi-finals of the competition for the first time in their history, despite a 1–0 home loss to Leverkusen in the second leg, and were drawn to play further German opposition in the semi-final, Bayern Munich, considered the top team remaining.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zenit stuns Bayern in UEFA Cup semi, 4–0 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/sports/02iht-SOCCER.1.12518632.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 2008 |access-date=21 February 2017 |archive-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701093654/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/sports/02iht-SOCCER.1.12518632.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> A battling performance in the first leg of the semi-final earned Zenit a 1–1 draw away against Bayern Munich. In the second leg at home, Zenit won 4–0, defeating Bayern 5–1 on aggregate and going through to the UEFA Cup Final for the first time in club history, where they met Scottish side Rangers at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester on 14 May. Zenit won 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov in the 72nd minute and Konstantin Zyryanov in stoppage time, to lift the club's first-ever UEFA Cup. Andrey Arshavin was named man of the match.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eugene |last=Ravdin |title=Proud Arshavin spent by star turn |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=696278.html |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516121410/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D696278.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
On 29 August 2008, at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, Zenit then defeated Manchester United 2–1 in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup, becoming the first Russian side to win the trophy. Pavel Pogrebnyak scored the first goal and Danny scored the second, the latter being named man of the match in his debut for Zenit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2008/index.html |title=2008: Zenit claim Russian first |publisher=uefa.com |access-date=3 June 2012 |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629202915/http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=2008/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the 2008–09 Champions League group stage, Zenit was grouped with Real Madrid, Juventus and BATE Borisov in Group H, which by some was marked as the "group of death." Zenit ultimately finished in third place in the group, behind Juventus and Real Madrid, and was thus unable to progress to the knockout phase of the competition. This position, however, was good enough to earn the club a place in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup last 32, where the team faced VfB Stuttgart for a place in the last 16 of the competition. After defeating Stuttgart on away goals, Zenit went on to lose 2–1 over two legs against Italian club Udinese.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
====Under Spalletti==== [[File:Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. View at the sectors during the match Zenit SPb-Bayern Munchen.JPG|thumb|left|Zenit against Bayern Munich in 2011]]
Luciano Spalletti signed a contract with Zenit in December 2009, with Italian coaches Daniele Baldini, Marco Domenichini and Alberto Bartali also joining the Russian club. The Board of Zenit mandated him to return the Russian Premier League title to Zenit, win the Russian Cup and progress from the group stage of the Champions League in his first year.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
Zenit won the Russian Cup on 16 May 2010 after beating Sibir Novosibirsk in the final (previously beating Volga Tver in the quarter-finals and Amkar Perm in the semi-finals). After 16 games in the 2010 Premier League, with 12 wins and four draws, Zenit claimed 40 points, setting a new Russian Premier League record for most points won at that stage of the campaign.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
On 25 August 2010, Zenit lost its first game under Spalletti to French side Auxerre and failed to advance to the Champions League group stage, instead participating in the Europa League. On 3 October, Zenit beat Spartak Nalchik to set another Russian Premier League record for most consecutive games going undefeated, with 21 games since the start of the league season. On 27 October, however, Zenit suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of rival club Spartak Moscow, just seven games short of finishing the championship undefeated. On 14 November, Zenit defeated Rostov and two games prior to the end of the season won the championship title, the first in Spalletti's managerial career.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
Zenit progressed through the knockout stage of the 2010–11 Europa League in first place, then beating Swiss side Young Boys in the Round of 16. On 6 March 2011, Zenit won against CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super Cup, the third Russian trophy won under Spalletti. On 17 March, however, Zenit were knocked out of the Europa League, losing to Dutch team Twente 2–3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
In the 2011–12 Champions League, Zenit began the group stage drawn into Group G alongside Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and APOEL. On 6 December 2011, the team finished the group stage in second place and for the first time in club's history qualified for the spring knockout phase of Champions League. In the Round of 16, Zenit were drawn with Portuguese side Benfica, winning the first leg 3–2 at home through two goals from Roman Shirokov and one from Sergei Semak. In the second leg in Lisbon, however, Zenit lost 2–0 and were thus eliminated from the competition.
In April 2012, Zenit won their second-straight Russian Championship after beating Dynamo Moscow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=rus/news/newsid=1787404.html |title=The secrets of Zenit's third title success |publisher=uefa.com |date=28 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515210605/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association%3Drus/news/newsid%3D1787404.html |archive-date=15 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
====Under Villas-Boas==== After a series of disappointing results in both the Champions League and the Premier League, Spalletti was fired on 11 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themoscownews.com/sports/20140311/192384970/Zenit-St-Petersburg-fires-coach-Luciano-Spalletti.html |title=Zenit St. Petersburg fires coach Luciano Spalletti |work=The Moscow News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903175123/http://themoscownews.com/sports/20140311/192384970/Zenit-St-Petersburg-fires-coach-Luciano-Spalletti.html |archive-date=3 September 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> A week later, the club announced they had negotiated a two-year deal with André Villas-Boas, who himself had been released a few months prior after a disappointing stint as manager of English side Tottenham Hotspur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/russian-premier-league/story/1754816/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-become-zenit-st-petersburg-head-coach|title=Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to become Zenit St Petersburg head coach - ESPN FC|work=ESPNFC.com|date=18 March 2014|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330180053/http://www.espnfc.com/russian-premier-league/story/1754816/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-become-zenit-st-petersburg-head-coach|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2014–15 Europa League, Zenit were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual champions Sevilla. In May 2015, Zenit won the Russian Championship, the first championship title under Villas-Boas and the team's fifth-ever on the eve of its 90th anniversary celebration. Zenit then defeated Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2015 Russian Super Cup 1–1 (4–2 on penalties).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
Later in the 2015 calendar year, Villas-Boas said that he would be leaving the club after the 2015–16 season. In the 2015–16 Champions League, Zenit began the competition in the group stage. They were drawn in Group H alongside Valencia, Lyon and Gent. They ended the group stage with their best group stage finish ever, winning five out of six matches and emerging as group winners. They were, however, eliminated from the competition in the Round of 16 by Portuguese side Benfica.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
On 24 May 2016 Villas-Boas left the club at the end of the season, with Mircea Lucescu appointed the new manager of Zenit.<ref>{{cite news |title=André Villas-Boas announces he is to quit as Zenit St Petersburg manager |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/10/andre-villas-boas-announces-quit-zenit-st-petersburg-manager |website=The Guardian |agency=Associated Press |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=29 May 2016 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524074704/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/10/andre-villas-boas-announces-quit-zenit-st-petersburg-manager |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lucescu Appointed">{{cite news |title=Mircea Lucescu takes charge at Zenit |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2367776.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525125122/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2367776.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2016 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
====Under Lucescu and Mancini==== In July 2016 Zenit won the Russian Super Cup after a 0–1 victory over CSKA Moscow.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
During the 2016–17 Europa League, Zenit began the group stage drawn into Group D alongside Maccabi Tel Aviv, AZ Alkmaar and Dundalk. On 8 December 2016, the team finished the group stage in first place and qualified for the spring knockout phase of Europa League. In the round of 32, Zenit faced R.S.C. Anderlecht and was eliminated 3–3 on aggregate due to the away goals rule. In the league, Zenit's performances in the spring were disappointing and as such the club finished third and missed out on the Champions League for the second year in a row. Zenit was also eliminated in the round of 16 by FC Anzhi Makhachkala 0–4 on aggregate after an abysmal performance. The first (and last) season of Mircea Lucescu was a complete disappointment despite the expectations.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
On 1 June 2017 Zenit appointed Roberto Mancini as the new manager of the team.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-06-01-roberto-manchini-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-zenita.htm|script-title=ru:Роберто Манчини назначен главным тренером «Зенита»|date=1 June 2017|language=ru|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603212957/http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-06-01-roberto-manchini-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-zenita.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 May 2018, Mancini terminated his contract by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/121290/official-mancini-leaves-zenit|title=Official: Mancini leaves Zenit|publisher=Football Italia|date=13 May 2018|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064830/https://www.football-italia.net/121290/official-mancini-leaves-zenit|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Under Semak==== thumb|FC Zenit logo during the 95th birthday celebrations at May 2020. In May 2018, Mancini left to become the head coach of the Italy national football team. Sergey Semak became the new manager of Zenit, receiving a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.besoccer.com/new/official-zenit-name-semak-as-new-manager-437064|title=Zenit name Semak as new manager|publisher=BeSoccer|access-date=26 September 2018|date=29 May 2018|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005655/https://www.besoccer.com/new/official-zenit-name-semak-as-new-manager-437064|url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2018, during the 1st leg of the 3rd qualification round of the UEFA Europa League, Zenit suffered a 0–4 loss to Dynamo Minsk. During the 2nd leg back on home ground, Zenit made a comeback winning 8–1, scoring 3 goals in the second half and 4 goals in the second half of the extra time, with 2 goals scored in the 120th minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2025364--zenit-vs-dinamo-minsk/|title=Match Summary|publisher=UEFA Europa League|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731094757/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000988/match=2025364/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Zenit went on to beat Molde FK 4–3 on aggregate in the next round, entering the group stage of 2018-19 UEFA Europa League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2025434--molde-vs-zenit/|title=Match Summary|publisher=UEFA Europa League|access-date=26 September 2018|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927010904/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000989/match=2025434/index.html?iv=true|url-status=live}}</ref>
In March 2020, the league was forced to halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus outbreak sees Russian Premier League postponed until April |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/european-football-news-russia-postponed-coronavirus-a9406326.html |last=Matchett |first=Karl |date=2020-03-17 |website=The Independent |language=en |access-date=2020-05-26 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328074728/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/european-football-news-russia-postponed-coronavirus-a9406326.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Zenit secured another title on 5 July 2020 after a victory over FC Krasnodar, with 4 games left to play in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2020-07-05-zenit-v-sedmoy-raz-v-istorii-stal-chempionom-strany.htm|title="Зенит" в седьмой раз в истории стал чемпионом страны|date=5 July 2020|language=ru|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502175432/https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2020-07-05-zenit-v-sedmoy-raz-v-istorii-stal-chempionom-strany.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 2 May 2021, Zenit secured their third title in a row in a 6–1 victory over second-place FC Lokomotiv Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26546.html|title=Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing|date=2 May 2021|access-date=2 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503045407/https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26546.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Zenit opened the 2021–22 season with a seventh win in the Russian Super Cup after a 3–0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow, but without major key players who left the club like Yuri Zhirkov, Andrei Lunev, and Sebastián Driussi.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, former Ukrainian international Yaroslav Rakitskiy made a pro-Ukrainian post on Instagram and severed his contract with the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sporf.com/russian-club-fc-krasnodar-suspends-contracts-of-foreign-players/|title=Russian club FC Krasnodar suspends contracts of eight foreign players|first=Lewis|last=Corrick|date=4 March 2022|website=SPORF|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406020803/https://www.sporf.com/russian-club-fc-krasnodar-suspends-contracts-of-foreign-players/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-soccer-rakitskiy-idUKKBN2KZ1W0|title=Soccer-Ukraine's Rakitskiy terminates contract with Zenit St Petersburg|newspaper=Reuters|date=2 March 2022|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320131310/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-soccer-rakitskiy-idUKKBN2KZ1W0|url-status=live}}</ref> FIFA and the UEFA indefinitely suspended the team from their competitions.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/russia-ban-uefa-cups-europa-league-spartak-moscow-suspension/zgkvtkjezdcbpk8df0p074ce|title=Russian football clubs banned from UEFA cups, Spartak Moscow ousted from Europa League after suspension|website=www.sportingnews.com|access-date=19 March 2022|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319211825/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/russia-ban-uefa-cups-europa-league-spartak-moscow-suspension/zgkvtkjezdcbpk8df0p074ce|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the European Club Association suspended the team.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/60568139|title=Which sports have banned Russian athletes?|work=BBC Sport|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320172203/https://www.bbc.com/sport/60568139|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 30 April 2022, Zenit secured their fourth title in a row and eighth overall.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_27999.html|title=«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!|trans-title=Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL|date=30 April 2022|language=ru|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=21 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221223124/https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_27999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of Zenit's foreign players have not been able to leave Russia, unable to secure moves away from Russian clubs, due to international sanctions placed upon the country as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2022/05/03/stuck-in-limbo-the-soccer-players-caught-between-russia-and-uefa/?sh=59160f5372d7 | title=Stuck in Limbo: The Soccer Players Caught Between Russia and UEFA | website=Forbes | access-date=3 May 2022 | archive-date=3 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503162220/https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2022/05/03/stuck-in-limbo-the-soccer-players-caught-between-russia-and-uefa/?sh=59160f5372d7 | url-status=live }}</ref>
On 7 May 2023, Zenit secured their fifth title in a row and ninth overall.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29379.html|title="Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"|trans-title=Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak|date=7 May 2023|access-date=7 May 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529132223/https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29379.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2024, Zenit was one of the organizers of the Equality Cup, an international football tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Equality Cup Football Tournament in collaboration with Zenit Saint Petersburg FC.|url=https://aspirezone.qa/news-item.aspx?id=10258&lang=en|website=Aspire Zone|access-date=10 February 2024|archive-date=25 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225115145/https://aspirezone.qa/news-item.aspx?id=10258&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 25 May 2024, Zenit won their sixth title in a row dramatically on the last day of the season, as league-leading Dynamo Moscow lost to third-placed Krasnodar, allowing Zenit to come back to the top. The winning goal in Zenit's game against Rostov was scored in the 85th minute by Artur.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_30772.html|title="Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!|trans-title=Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!|date=25 May 2024|language=ru}}</ref> On 2 June 2024, Zenit won the Russian Cup with a late-comeback 2–1 victory over Baltika Kaliningrad, Nuraly Alip scored the winning goal in the 5th added minute.<ref name="RC24">{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/220537|title=Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу|trans-title=Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory|date=2 June 2024|language=ru}}</ref> On 13 July 2024, Zenit won the 2024 Russian Super Cup.<ref name="2024SC">{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/220804|title="Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024|trans-title=Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024|date=13 July 2024|language=ru}}</ref>
On 17 May 2026, Zenit won their 11th Russian Premier League title.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/33454/|title="Зенит" стал 11-кратным чемпионом России и обновил рекорд по количеству титулов|trans-title=Zenit became Russian champion for 11th time and updated the record for number of trophies|date=17 May 2026|access-date=17 May 2026|language=ru}}</ref>
==Stadiums== {{main|Krestovsky Stadium}} {{multiple image| direction = vertical | width = 220 | caption_align = center | image1 = RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Petrovsky Stadium.jpg|caption1 =Petrovsky Stadium|image2 = RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Krestovsky Stadium 01.jpg|caption2 =Krestovsky Stadium }} Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity Krestovsky Stadium, known as '''Gazprom Arena''' for sponsorship reasons, in Saint Petersburg.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Petrovsky Stadium used to be the home ground of the team before the new Krestovsky Stadium was built.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Before moving to the Petrovsky Stadium, Zenit's home ground was the Kirov Stadium. It stood on the site where the Krestovsky Stadium was later erected.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
==Honours== ===Domestic competitions=== *'''Soviet Top League / Russian Premier League'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/ruschamp.html|title=Russia – List of Champions|publisher=rsssf.com|access-date=2 June 2012|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709081138/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/ruschamp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> **'''Champions (12):''' 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–26 *'''Soviet Cup / Russian Cup'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/ruscuphist.html|title=Russia – Cup Finals|publisher=rsssf.com|access-date=3 June 2012|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709081138/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/ruscuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> **'''Winners (6):''' 1944, 1998–99, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2019–20, 2023–24<ref name="RC24" /> **Runners-up: 1939, 1984, 2001–02 *'''Soviet Super Cup / Russian Super Cup''' **'''Winners (10) (record):''' 1984, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 **Runners-up: 2012, 2013, 2019 *'''USSR Federation Cup / Russian Premier League Cup''' **'''Winners:''' 2003 **Runners-up: 1986 *'''Soviet First League / Russian National Football League''' **Runners-up: 1993 (Center)
===International competitions=== *'''UEFA Cup''' **'''Winners:''' 2007–08<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/|title=Previous winners|publisher=uefa.com|access-date=2 June 2012|archive-date=25 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025002405/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''UEFA Super Cup''' **'''Winners:''' 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/|title=Previous winners|publisher=uefa.com|access-date=2 June 2012|archive-date=1 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701063110/http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''The Atlantic Cup''' **'''Winners (2)''': 2016, 2022
==League and cup history==
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P !Domestic Cup !colspan=2|Europe |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1936 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''3''' |align=center|6 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|9 |align=center|9 |align=center|'''13''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1936 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''6''' |align=center|7 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|6 |align=center|13 |align=center|'''12''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1937 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''4''' |align=center|12 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center|22 |align=center|18 |align=center|'''25''' |align=center|Round of 128 |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1938 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''14''' |align=center|25 |align=center|7 |align=center|10 |align=center|8 |align=center|38 |align=center|57 |align=center|'''24''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1939 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''11''' |align=center|26 |align=center|7 |align=center|7 |align=center|12 |align=center|30 |align=center|46 |align=center|'''21''' | style="text-align:center; 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background:#deb678;"|Semi-final |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1984 |align=center|1st | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|34 |align=center|19 |align=center|9 |align=center|6 |align=center|60 |align=center|32 |align=center|'''47''' | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|Runner-up |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1985 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''6''' |align=center|34 |align=center|14 |align=center|7 |align=center|13 |align=center|48 |align=center|38 |align=center|'''35''' | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|Semi-final |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1986 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''4''' |align=center|30 |align=center|12 |align=center|9 |align=center|9 |align=center|44 |align=center|36 |align=center|'''33''' | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|Semi-final |align=center|ECC |align=center|Second round |- |align=center|1987 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''14''' |align=center|30 |align=center|7 |align=center|10 |align=center|13 |align=center|25 |align=center|37 |align=center|'''24''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1988 |align=center|1st |align=center|'''6''' |align=center|30 |align=center|11 |align=center|9 |align=center|10 |align=center|35 |align=center|34 |align=center|'''31''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|UC |align=center|First round |- |align=center|1989 |align=center|1st | style="text-align:center; 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=== Russian Federation === <div style="height:512px; overflow-y:auto; margin:0 auto; border:1px solid #BBB"> {|class="wikitable" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Season ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pld ! W ! D ! L ! GF ! GA ! Pts !Cup !colspan=2|Europe !Top scorer <br />(league) !Head coach |- |align=center|1992 |align=center|'''1st''' | style="text-align:center; background:#f65f45;"|'''16''' |align=center|30 |align=center|10 |align=center|8 |align=center|12 |align=center|39 |align=center|45 |align=center|'''28''' |align=center|— | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kulik – 13 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Melnikov |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1993 |align=center|2nd |align=center|'''2''' |align=center|38 |align=center|25 |align=center|8 |align=center|5 |align=center|87 |align=center|33 |align=center|'''58''' |align=center|Round of 32 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kulik – 36 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Melnikov |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1994 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2nd |align=center|'''13''' |align=center|42 |align=center|14 |align=center|12 |align=center|16 |align=center|44 |align=center|49 |align=center|'''40''' |align=center|Round of 64 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kulik – 9 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Melnikov |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|1995 | style="text-align:center; background:lightgreen;"|'''3''' |align=center|42 |align=center|24 |align=center|5 |align=center|13 |align=center|68 |align=center|42 |align=center|'''77''' |align=center|Round of 32 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kulik – 19 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sadyrin |- |align=center|1996 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="29"|'''1st''' |align=center|'''10''' |align=center|34 |align=center|13 |align=center|4 |align=center|17 |align=center|32 |align=center|37 |align=center|'''43''' |align=center|Round of 32 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kulik – 11 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sadyrin |- |align=center|1997 |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|34 |align=center|13 |align=center|10 |align=center|11 |align=center|28 |align=center|29 |align=center|'''49''' |align=center|Semifinal | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Horshkov – 5 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Byshovets |- |align=center|1998 |align=center|'''5''' |align=center|30 |align=center|12 |align=center|11 |align=center|7 |align=center|42 |align=center|25 |align=center|'''47''' |align=center|Round of 16 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Panov – 8 <br />{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Maksymyuk – 8 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Byshovets <br />{{Flag icon|Russia}} Davydov |- |align=center|1999 |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|30 |align=center|9 |align=center|12 |align=center|9 |align=center|36 |align=center|34 |align=center|'''39''' | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner''' | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Popovych – 7 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Davydov |- |align=center|2000 |align=center|'''7''' |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|8 |align=center|9 |align=center|38 |align=center|26 |align=center|'''47''' |align=center|Round of 32 |align=center|UC <br /> IC |align=center|1st round <br />Runner-up |align=left|{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Popovych – 10 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Davydov <br />{{Flag icon|Russia}} Morozov |- |align=center|2001 | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|'''3''' |align=center|30 |align=center|16 |align=center|8 |align=center|6 |align=center|52 |align=center|35 |align=center|'''56''' |align=center|Round of 32 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Popovych – 7 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Morozov |- |align=center|2002 |align=center|'''10''' |align=center|30 |align=center|8 |align=center|9 |align=center|13 |align=center|36 |align=center|42 |align=center|'''33''' | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|Runner-up | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 14 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Morozov <br />{{Flag icon|Russia}} Biryukov <br />{{Flag icon|Russia}} Rappoport |- |align=center|2003 | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|'''2''' |align=center|30 |align=center|16 |align=center|8 |align=center|6 |align=center|48 |align=center|32 |align=center|'''56''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|UC |align=center|1st round |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 13 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Czech}} Petržela |- |align=center|2004 |align=center|'''4''' |align=center|30 |align=center|17 |align=center|5 |align=center|8 |align=center|55 |align=center|37 |align=center|'''56''' |align=center|Round of 16 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 18 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Czech}} Petržela |- |align=center|2005 |align=center|'''6''' |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|10 |align=center|7 |align=center|45 |align=center|26 |align=center|'''49''' |align=center|Semifinals |align=center|UC |align=center|Group stage |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Arshavin – 9 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Czech}} Petržela |- |align=center|2006 |align=center|'''4''' |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|11 |align=center|6 |align=center|42 |align=center|30 |align=center|'''50''' |align=center|Semifinals |align=center|UC |align=center|Quarterfinals |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Arshavin – 7 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Czech}} Petržela <br /> {{Flag icon|Czech}} Borovička <br /> {{Flag icon|Netherlands}} Advocaat |- |align=center|2007 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|18 |align=center|7 |align=center|5 |align=center|53 |align=center|32 |align=center|'''61''' |align=center|Quarterfinals | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|— |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Pogrebnyak – 11 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} Advocaat |- |align=center|2008 |align=center|'''5''' |align=center|30 |align=center|12 |align=center|12 |align=center|6 |align=center|59 |align=center|37 |align=center|'''48''' |align=center|Quarterfinals |align=center|UC<br><br>USC | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner'''<br><br>'''Winner''' |align=left|{{Flag icon|Turkey}} Tekke – 8 |align=left|<br>{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} Advocaat<br><br> |- |align=center|2009 | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|'''3''' |align=center|30 |align=center|15 |align=center|9 |align=center|6 |align=center|48 |align=center|27 |align=center|'''54''' |align=center|Round of 32 |align=center|UCL <br />UC |align=center|Group stage <br /> Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Turkey}} Tekke – 8 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Netherlands}} Advocaat <br />{{Flag icon|Russia}} Davydov |- |align=center|2010 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|20 |align=center|8 |align=center|2 |align=center|61 |align=center|21 |align=center|'''68''' | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner''' |align=center|EL |align=center|Play-off round |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 13 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} Spalletti |- |align=center|2011–12 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|44 |align=center|24 |align=center|16 |align=center|4 |align=center|85 |align=center|40 |align=center|'''88''' |align=center|Quarterfinals |align=center|UCL |align=center|Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 23 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} Spalletti |- |align=center|2012–13 | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|'''2''' |align=center|30 |align=center|18 |align=center|8 |align=center|4 |align=center|52 |align=center|25 |align=center|'''62''' |align=center|Semifinals |align=center|UCL<br />EL |align=center|Group stage <br /> Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kerzhakov – 10 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} Spalletti |- |align=center|2013–14 | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|'''2''' |align=center|30 |align=center|19 |align=center|6 |align=center|5 |align=center|63 |align=center|32 |align=center|'''63''' |align=center|Fifth round |align=center|UCL |align=center|Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Brazil}} Hulk – 17 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} Spalletti <br /> {{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak <br />{{Flag icon|Portugal}} Villas-Boas |- |align=center|2014–15 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|20 |align=center|7 |align=center|3 |align=center|58 |align=center|17 |align=center|'''67''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|UCL<br />EL |align=center|Group stage <br /> Quarterfinals |align=left|{{Flag icon|Brazil}} Hulk – 15 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Portugal}} Villas-Boas |- |align=center|2015–16 | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|'''3''' |align=center|30 |align=center|17 |align=center|8 |align=center|5 |align=center|61 |align=center|32 |align=center|'''59''' |style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner''' |align=center|UCL |align=center|Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Brazil}} Hulk – 17 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Portugal}} Villas-Boas |- |align=center|2016–17 | style="text-align:center; background:#deb678;"|'''3''' |align=center|30 |align=center|18 |align=center|7 |align=center|5 |align=center|50 |align=center|19 |align=center|'''61''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|EL |align=center|Round of 32 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Dzyuba – 13 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Romania}} Lucescu |- |align=center|2017–18 |align=center|'''5''' |align=center|30 |align=center|14 |align=center|11 |align=center|5 |align=center|46 |align=center|21 |align=center|'''53''' |align=center|Round of 32 |align=center|EL |align=center|Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Kokorin – 10 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Italy}} Mancini |- |align=center|2018–19 |style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|20 |align=center|4 |align=center|6 |align=center|57 |align=center|29 |align=center|'''64''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|EL |align=center|Round of 16 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Argentina}} Driussi – 11 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2019–20 |style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|22 |align=center|6 |align=center|2 |align=center|65 |align=center|18 |align=center|'''72''' | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner''' |align=center|UCL |align=center|Group stage |align=left|{{Flag icon|Iran}} Azmoun – 17 <br /> {{Flag icon|Russia}} Dzyuba – 17 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2020–21 |style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|19 |align=center|8 |align=center|3 |align=center|76 |align=center|26 |align=center|'''65''' |align=center|Round of 16 |align=center|UCL |align=center|Group stage |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Dzyuba – 20 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2021–22 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|19 |align=center|8 |align=center|3 |align=center|66 |align=center|28 |align=center|'''65''' |align=center|Quarter-finals |align=center|UCL<br />EL |align=center|Group stage<br />Knockout round |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Dzyuba – 11 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2022–23 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|21 |align=center|7 |align=center|2 |align=center|74 |align=center|20 |align=center|'''70''' |align=center|Quarter-finals | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" rowspan="3"|''Suspended'' |align=left|{{Flag icon|Brazil}} Malcom – 23 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2023–24 | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''1''' |align=center|30 |align=center|17 |align=center|6 |align=center|7 |align=center|52 |align=center|27 |align=center|'''57''' | style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|'''Winner''' |align=left|{{Flag icon|Colombia}} Mateo Cassierra – 21 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |- |align=center|2024–25 | style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|'''2''' |align=center|30 |align=center|20 |align=center|6 |align=center|4 |align=center|58 |align=center|18 |align=center|'''66''' |align=center|Semifinals |align=left|{{Flag icon|Argentina}} Luciano Gondou – 10 |align=left|{{Flag icon|Russia}} Semak |}</div>
==League positions== <timeline> ImageSize = width:900 height:60 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1991 till:01/07/2024 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1992 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)
PlotData= bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/01/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2023 till:01/07/2024 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/01/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "VL" from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "RFNL" from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1997 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "VL" from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/2001 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "VD" from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2024 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "Russian Premier League" </timeline>
==Players==
===Current squad=== {{updated|17 May 2026}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Players – FC Zenit |url=https://en.fc-zenit.ru/zenit/players/ |publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg |access-date=4 February 2026}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Yevgeni Latyshonok}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Douglas Santos|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Yuri Gorshkov}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Wilmar Barrios}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=SVN|pos=DF|name=Vanja Drkušić}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Aleksandr Sobolev}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Wendel}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Maksim Glushenkov}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Luiz Henrique}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Jhon Jhon}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Vyacheslav Karavayev}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Denis Adamov}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Andrei Mostovoy}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Yaroslav Mikhaylov}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Pedro}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Aleksandr Yerokhin}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=KAZ|pos=DF|name=Nuraly Alip}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Gustavo Mantuan}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Nino}} {{Fs player|no=57|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Bogdan Moskvichyov}} {{Fs player|no=61|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Daniil Kondakov}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Román Vega}} {{Fs player|no=78|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Igor Diveyev}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Kevin Andrade}} {{Fs end}}
=== Players at Zenit-2 === {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=43|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Denis Terentyev}} {{Fs player|no=51|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Vadim Shilov}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Nikita Vershinin}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=86|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Dmitry Barkov}} {{Fs player|no=91|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Kirill Kosarev}} {{Fs player|no=92|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Ivan Shilyonok}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Nikita Goylo|other=at Vitebsk until 31 December 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Daniil Odoyevsky|other=at Rostov until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Matvey Bardachyov|other=at Ural Yekaterinburg until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SRB|pos=DF|name=Strahinja Eraković|other=at Red Star Belgrade until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Ilya Kirsh|other=at Pari Nizhny Novgorod until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Kirill Obonin|other=at Baltika Kaliningrad until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=DF|name=Sergei Volkov|other=at Sochi until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Robert Renan|other=at Vasco da Gama until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Ilzat Akhmetov|other=at Krylia Sovetov Samara until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Dmitri Vasilyev|other=at Sochi until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Du Queiroz|other=at Orenburg until 30 June 2026}} {{Fs end}}
===Reserve squad=== {{main|FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg}} Zenit's reserve squad played professionally as '''Zenit-2''' (Russian Second League in 1993, Russian Second Division from 1998 to 2000) and '''Zenit-d''' (Russian Third League from 1994 to 1997). Another team that was founded as '''Lokomotiv-Zenit-2''' played as Zenit-2 in the Russian Second Division from 2001 to 2008. By 2008, there was no relation between that team and FC Zenit. Another farm club called FC Smena-Zenit debuted in the Russian Second Division in 2009, taking the spot of the former FC Zenit-2. FC Smena-Zenit was dissolved after the 2009 season because it did not fulfill Zenit's initial expectations. Zenit-2 reentered professional football in the 2013–14 season in the Russian Professional Football League.
===Team captains===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Name ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Years |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Aleksey Naumov |1992 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Oleg Dmitriyev |1993–94 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Vladimir Kulik |1995–96 |- |{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Yuriy Vernydub |1997–2000 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Andrey Kobelev |2000–01 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Aleksei Igonin |2002–03 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Vladislav Radimov |2003–07 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Andrey Arshavin |2007 |- |{{Flag icon|Norway}} Erik Hagen |2007 |- |{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |2007–09 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Aleksandr Anyukov |2009–12, 2018–19 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Vyacheslav Malafeev |2012 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Roman Shirokov |2013 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Konstantin Zyryanov |2013–14 |- |{{Flag icon|Portugal}} Danny |2014–17 |- |{{Flag icon|Italy}} Domenico Criscito |2017–18 |- |{{Flag icon|Serbia}} Branislav Ivanović |2019–20 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Artem Dzyuba |2020 |- |{{Flag icon|Croatia}} Dejan Lovren |2020–22 |- |{{Flag icon|Brazil}} Douglas Santos |2023– |}
==Club officials==
===Board of directors=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Position ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Name |- |General Director |Konstantin Zyryanov |- |Executive Director |Maksim Pogorelov |- |Deputy General Directors |Alexander Medvedev |- |Deputy General Directors |Vladimir Litvinov |- |Deputy General Directors |Andrey Arshavin |- |Deputy General Directors |Aleksandr Vasilyev |- |Deputy General Directors |Zhanna Dembo |- |Director of FC Zenit Academy |Anatoli Davydov |- {{Fb oi footer||s=[http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/club/leads/ fc-zenit.ru]|date=July 2012}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} {{Col-end}}
In July 2023, by decision of the board of directors, a new executive body, the board, was created at Zenit. The purpose of creating a new structure is to streamline the decision-making process and increase the planning horizon. The board included CEO Konstantin Zyryanov as chairman, his deputies and heads of departments Andrey Arshavin, Alexander Vasilyev, Zhanna Dembo, Oleg Zadubrovsky, Vladimir Litvinov, Alexey Pak, Maxim Pogorelov, head coach Sergey Semak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2023-07-24-utverzhden-sostav-pravleniya-futbolnogo-kluba-zenit.htm|title=Утвержден состав правления футбольного клуба «Зенит»|language=ru|date=2023-07-24|website=FC Zenit|access-date=25 July 2023|archive-date=25 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725193052/https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2023-07-24-utverzhden-sostav-pravleniya-futbolnogo-kluba-zenit.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Management=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Position ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Name |- |Manager |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Semak |- |Assistant managers |{{flagicon|BRA}} William Oliveira <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Anyukov <br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Simutenkov <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |- |Goalkeeping coach |{{flagicon|BLR}} Yuri Zhevnov |- |Fitness coach |{{flagicon|ITA}} Ivan Carminati |- |Doctor |{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Grishin {{Fb oi footer||s=http://fc-zenit.ru/zenit/coaches/|date=March 2021}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} {{Col-end}}
==Sponsors== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Period ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Brand ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Sponsor |- | 1977–2000 || Adidas ||LOMO, XX Trest and<br>Saint Petersburg City Administration |- | 2001–2002 || Diadora || rowspan="2"|David Traktovenko |- | 2003–2004 || Umbro |- | 2005–2007 || Adidas || rowspan="3"|Gazprom |- | 2008–2009 || Puma |- | 2010–2022 || Nike |- | 2023–2024 || Joma || Gazprom, Wildberries |- | 2024–2025 || Kelme || Gazprom, Wildberries |- | 2025– || Jögel || Gazprom, Wildberries |}
==Partnership==
===Other football clubs=== *{{Flag icon|Germany}} Schalke 04<ref>{{cite web|title=ФК "Зенит" подписал соглашение о партнерстве с ФК "Шальке 04"|url=http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/45851.html?ns=1&tx=%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821163747/http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/45851.html?ns=1&tx=%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{Flag icon|Ukraine}} Shakhtar Donetsk<ref>{{cite web|title=Сергей Фурсенко: Партнерство с "Шахтером" – шаг актуальный и своевременный|url=http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/46434.html?ns=1&tx=%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821141327/http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/46434.html?ns=1&tx=%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{Flag icon|Serbia}} Red Star Belgrade *{{Flag icon|Iran}} Sepahan<ref>{{cite web |title=Zenit and Iran's Sepahan S.C. sign a cooperation agreement |url=https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/2021-04-11-zenit-i-iranskiy-sepakhan-zaklyuchili-soglashenie-o-sotrudnichestve.htm |website=fc-zenit.ru/ |publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg |access-date=11 April 2021 |date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411105628/https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/2021-04-11-zenit-i-iranskiy-sepakhan-zaklyuchili-soglashenie-o-sotrudnichestve.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Corporations=== *MegaFon<ref>{{cite web|title="Zenit" has begun a partnership with "MegaFon"|url=http://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/59394.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524074743/https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref> *Rossiya Airlines<ref>{{cite web|title=Rossiya Airlines becomes official Zenit partner|url=http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/54673.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821135825/http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/54673.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref> *Nissan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.fc-zenit.ru/news/|title=News|website=en.fc-zenit.ru|access-date=9 August 2018|archive-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022224825/http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/56047.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *Obi<ref name="Premium partners">{{cite web|title=Premium partners|url=http://en.fc-zenit.ru/club/sponsorspartners/partners/?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=21 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621005705/http://en.fc-zenit.ru/club/sponsorspartners/partners/?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref> *Rostelecom<ref name="Premium partners"/> *Corinthia Saint Petersburg<ref>{{cite web|title=Zenit and Corinthia St. Petersburg 5-star hotel have become partners|url=http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/54020.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821143111/http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/54020.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref> *St. Peter Line<ref>{{cite web|title=Official partners|url=http://en.fc-zenit.ru/club/sponsorspartners/oficial_partners/?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=20 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620195311/http://en.fc-zenit.ru/club/sponsorspartners/oficial_partners/?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref> *Google<ref>{{cite web|title=Zenit launches new partnership with YouTube|url=http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/55774.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|publisher=FC Zenit|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821142815/http://www.en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/55774.html?ns=1&tx=Partnership|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Presidents== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Period |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Vladislav Gusev |1990–1992 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Leonid Tufrin |1992–1994 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Vitaly Mutko |1995–2003 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} David Traktovenko |2003–2005 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sergey Fursenko |2006–2008 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Alexander Dyukov |2008–2017 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sergey Fursenko |2017–2019 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Alexander Medvedev |2019–2025 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Konstantin Zyryanov |2025– |}
==Head coaches== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Period |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Pyotr Filippov |1936–37 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Mikhail Yudenich |1938–39 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Konstantin Egorov |1938–39 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Pyotr Filippov |1940 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Konstantin Lemeshev |1941–45 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Mikhail Butusov |1946 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Ivan Talanov |1946–48 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Konstantin Lemeshev |1948–50 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Georgiy Lasin |1950–51 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Vladimir Lemeshev |1952–54 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Nikolay Lyukshinov |1954–55 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Arkadiy Alov |1956–57 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Georgiy Zharkov |1957–60 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Gennadiy Bondarenko |1960 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Evgeniy Eliseev |1961–64 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Valentin Fyodorov |1964–66 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Arkadiy Alov |1967 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Artem Falyan |1968–70 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Yevgeniy Goryanskiy |1970–72 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} German Zonin |1973–77 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Yuri Morozov |1977–82 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Pavel Sadyrin |1983-87 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Name ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#243e9c;"|Period |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Vladimir Golubev |1987 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Stanislav Zavidonov |1988–89 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Vladimir Golubev |1989 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Anatoliy Konkov |1990 |- |{{Flag icon|USSR}} Vyacheslav Bulavin |1990 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia|1991}} Yuri Morozov |1991 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia|1991}} Vyacheslav Melnikov |1992–94 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Pavel Sadyrin |Jan 1, 1995 – Dec 31, 1996 |- |{{flagicon|Russia}} Anatoliy Byshovets |Jan 1, 1997 – Sep 25, 1998 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Anatoli Davydov |1998–00 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Yuri Morozov |2000–02 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Mikhail Biryukov |2002 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Boris Rappoport |2002 |- |{{Flag icon|Czech Republic}} Vlastimil Petržela |Nov 19, 2002 – May 3, 2006 |- |{{Flag icon|Czech Republic}} Vladimír Borovička (caretaker) |2006 |- |{{Flag icon|Holland}} Dick Advocaat |July 13, 2006 – Aug 10, 2009 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Anatoli Davydov |Aug 10, 2009 – Dec 9, 2009 |- |{{Flag icon|Italy}} Luciano Spalletti |Dec 10, 2009 – March 11, 2014 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sergei Semak (caretaker) |March 11, 2014 – March 20, 2014 |- |{{Flag icon|Portugal}} André Villas-Boas |March 20, 2014 – May 24, 2016 |- |{{Flag icon|Romania}} Mircea Lucescu |May 24, 2016 – May 28, 2017 |- |{{Flag icon|Italy}} Roberto Mancini |June 1, 2017 – May 13, 2018 |- |{{Flag icon|Russia}} Sergei Semak |May 29, 2018 – present |} {{col-end}}
==Zenit in European football== {{Main|FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in European football}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col"|Pld !scope="col"|W !scope="col"|D !scope="col"|L !scope="col"|GF !scope="col"|GA !scope="col"|GD !scope="col"|Win%<ref name="winpre" group="nb">Win% is rounded to two decimal places</ref> |- !scope="row" align=left|Champions League / European Cup {{WDL|76|30|15|31|for=98|against=96|diff=yes}} |- !scope="row" align=left|Europa League / UEFA Cup / Inter-Cities Fairs Cup {{WDL|118|60|21|37|for=208|against=143|diff=yes}} |- !scope="row" align=left|Super Cup {{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}} |- !scope="row" align=left|Intertoto Cup {{WDL|8|6|1|1|for=17|against=7|diff=yes}} |- !Total {{WDLtot|203|97|37|69|for=326|against=246|diff=yes}} |}
== Notable players == Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in '''bold''' represented their countries while playing for Zenit.
{{col-begin-small}} {{col-3}} ;USSR/Russia * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Mikhail Biryukov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Vasily Danilov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Sergey Dmitriyev''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Vladimir Golubev''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Aleksandr Ivanov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Leonid Ivanov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} Anzor Kavazashvili * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Vladimir Kazachyonok''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Nikolay Larionov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Fridrikh Maryutin''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} Sergei Salnikov * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Sergei Shvetsov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Yuriy Voynov''' * {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Anatoli Zinchenko''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Arsen Adamov * {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilzat Akhmetov * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Anyukov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Andrey Arshavin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Zelimkhan Bakayev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Bukharov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Vladimir Bystrov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Dmitri Chistyakov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Maksim Demenko''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Igor Denisov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Igor Diveyev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Artyom Dzyuba''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Viktor Fayzulin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|BRA}} Mário Fernandes * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Maksim Glushenkov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Yuri Gorshkov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksei Igonin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksei Ionov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Maksim Kanunnikov * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Vyacheslav Karavayev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Kerzhakov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kobelev * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Kokorin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Kolotovkin * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Andrei Kondrashov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Kovalenko * {{flagicon|RUS}} Stanislav Kritsyuk * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Danil Krugovoy''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|CIS}} {{flagicon|USSR}} Vasili Kulkov * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Daler Kuzyayev''' *{{flagicon|Russia}} '''Yevgeni Latyshonok''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Lebed * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Yury Lodygin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Andrey Lunyov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Maksimov * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Vyacheslav Malafeev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Pavel Mogilevets''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Andrei Mostovoy''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Elmir Nabiullin * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Ivan Novoseltsev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Magomed Ozdoyev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Panov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Petrov * {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Podpaly * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Pavel Pogrebnyak''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Dmitry Poloz''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Dmitri Radchenko''' {{col-3}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Vladislav Radimov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Ryazantsev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleg Salenko * {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Semak * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Igor Semshov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Ivan Sergeyev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Oleg Shatov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Roman Shirokov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Igor Smolnikov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Sobolev * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksei Sutormin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Vakhaniya * {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Volkov * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Renat Yanbayev''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Aleksandr Yerokhin''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Artur Yusupov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Anton Zabolotny''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Yuri Zhirkov''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Zubko * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Konstantin Zyryanov''' ;Europe * {{flagicon|ARM}} '''Roman Berezovsky''' * {{flagicon|ARM}} '''Sargis Hovsepyan''' * {{flagicon|ARM}} '''Yervand Krbachyan''' * {{flagicon|ARM}} '''Artem Simonyan''' * {{flagicon|AZE}} Ramil Sheydayev * {{flagicon|BLR}} '''Sergey Gerasimets''' * {{flagicon|BLR}} '''Boris Gorovoy''' * {{flagicon|BLR}} Kirill Kaplenko * {{flagicon|BLR}} '''Sergey Kornilenko''' * {{flagicon|BLR}} '''Dmitry Ogorodnik''' * {{flagicon|BLR}} '''Yuri Zhevnov''' * {{flagicon|BEL}} '''Nicolas Lombaerts''' * {{flagicon|BEL}} '''Axel Witsel''' * {{flagicon|BIH}} Darko Maletić * {{flagicon|CRO}} '''Ivica Križanac''' * {{flagicon|CRO}} '''Dejan Lovren''' * {{flagicon|CZE}} Marek Kincl * {{flagicon|CZE}} '''Pavel Mareš''' * {{flagicon|CZE}} '''Radek Šírl''' * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Michael Lumb''' * {{flagicon|GEO}} Saba Sazonov * {{flagicon|HUN}} '''Szabolcs Huszti''' * {{flagicon|ITA}} '''Domenico Criscito''' * {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Marchisio * {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Rosina * {{flagicon|KAZ}} '''Nuraly Alip''' * {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrei Kurdyumov * {{flagicon|KAZ}} '''Yevgeni Tarasov''' * {{flagicon|LTU}} Egidijus Majus * {{flagicon|LTU}} Darius Miceika * {{flagicon|LTU}} '''Robertas Poškus''' * {{flagicon|LTU}} '''Irmantas Stumbrys''' * {{flagicon|LUX}} Mikhail Zaritskiy * {{Flagicon|MKD}} '''Dragan Čadikovski''' * {{flagicon|MKD}} '''Veliče Šumulikoski''' * {{flagicon|MDA}} '''Serghei Cleșcenco''' * {{flagicon|MDA}} '''Alexandru Curteian''' * {{flagicon|MNE}} '''Luka Đorđević''' * {{flagicon|NOR}} '''Erik Hagen''' * {{flagicon|POR}} '''Bruno Alves''' * {{flagicon|POR}} '''Danny''' {{col-3}} * {{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Meira * {{flagicon|POR}} '''Luís Neto''' * {{flagicon|ROM}} Zeno Bundea * {{flagicon|ROM}} Daniel Chiriță * {{flagicon|SCG}} Mateja Kežman * {{flagicon|SRB}} '''Strahinja Eraković''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} {{flagicon|SCG}} '''Branislav Ivanović''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} {{flagicon|SCG}} '''Danko Lazović''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} {{flagicon|SCG}} '''Aleksandar Luković''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} '''Ognjen Mimović''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} Milan Rodić * {{flagicon|SRB}} Saša Zdjelar * {{flagicon|SVK}} '''Kamil Čontofalský''' * {{flagicon|SVK}} '''Tomáš Hubočan''' * {{flagicon|SVK}} '''Róbert Mak''' * {{flagicon|SVK}} '''Martin Škrtel''' * {{flagicon|SVN}} '''Vanja Drkušić''' * {{flagicon|SVN}} '''Miha Mevlja''' * {{flagicon|SPA}} Javi García * {{flagicon|TUR}} '''Fatih Tekke''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} Vladimir Gorily * {{flagicon|UKR}} {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Olexandr Gorshkov''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} '''Roman Maksimyuk''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} '''Sergey Popov''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} Yaroslav Rakitskiy * {{flagicon|UKR}} '''Oleksandr Spivak''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Svystunov * {{flagicon|UKR}} '''Anatoliy Tymoschuk''' * {{flagicon|UKR}} Igor Zhabchenko ;South and Central America * {{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Ansaldi * {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Ezequiel Garay''' * {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Matías Kranevitter''' * {{flagicon|ARG}} Emanuel Mammana * {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Leandro Paredes''' * {{flagicon|ARG}} '''Emiliano Rigoni''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} Yuri Alberto * {{flagicon|BRA}} Gerson * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Giuliano''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Luiz Henrique''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Hulk''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Malcom''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} Nino * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Douglas Santos''' * {{flagicon|COL}} '''Wílmar Barrios''' * {{flagicon|COL}} '''Mateo Cassierra''' * {{flagicon|COL}} Jhon Durán * {{flagicon|ECU}} '''Christian Noboa''' * {{flagicon|HAI}} Wilson Isidor * {{flagicon|VEN}} '''Yordan Osorio''' * {{flagicon|VEN}} '''Salomón Rondón''' ;Asia * {{flagicon|IRN}} '''Sardar Azmoun''' * {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Kim Dong-jin''' * {{flagicon|KOR}} '''Lee Ho''' * {{flagicon|KOR}} Hyun Young-min * {{flagicon|TJK}} '''Andrei Manannikov''' * {{flagicon|TJK}} '''Vazgen Manasyan''' * {{flagicon|TKM}} {{flagicon|USSR}} Valeri Broshin * {{flagicon|TKM}} Dmitri Khomukha * {{flagicon|TKM}} Dmitri Nezhelev {{col-end}}
==Rivalries== Zenit's traditional rivals are the big Moscow clubs, most notably FC Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Torpedo Moscow. They also shared rivalries with the big Ukrainian clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet era.
==See also== *ZFK Zenit Saint Petersburg
==Notes== <references group="nb" />
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