2014–15 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2014–15 season
	Zenit win the league, 30 May 2015
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	André Villas-Boas
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	1st; (champions)
Russian Cup	Last 16 vs Arsenal Tula
UEFA Champions League	Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals vs Sevilla
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hulk (15); All: ; Hulk (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 19th successive season that the club participated in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. During the season, they participated in the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup, the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Yury Lodygin
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov (2nd vice-captain)
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito
5	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Ryazantsev
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts (1st vice-captain)
7	FW	BRA	Hulk
8	MF	RUS	Pavel Mogilevets
10	FW	RUS	Andrey Arshavin
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kerzhakov
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev
17	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	RUS	Igor Smolnikov
20	MF	RUS	Viktor Fayzulin
21	MF	ESP	Javi García
23	FW	VEN	Salomón Rondón
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel
33	DF	SRB	Milan Rodić
35	MF	POR	Danny (captain)
44	MF	UKR	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
57	DF	RUS	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
71	GK	RUS	Yegor Baburin
99	MF	RUS	Ivan Solovyov

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
58	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev (ar Tom Tomsk until 30 June 2015)
77	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2015)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ARG	Cristian Ansaldi (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2015)

Youth team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	FW	RUS	Maximilian Pronichev
37	FW	RUS	Artyom Ponikarov
39	DF	RUS	Dmitri Skopintsev
41	DF	RUS	Andrei Yakovlev
42	MF	RUS	Danila Davidenko
43	FW	RUS	Pavel Nazimov
45	DF	RUS	Artyom Vodyannikov
46	MF	RUS	Zakhar Dilanyan
47	MF	RUS	Valeri Yaroshenko
48	FW	RUS	Aleksei Gasilin
50	DF	RUS	Maksim Karpov
51	GK	RUS	Maksim Rudakov
52	DF	RUS	Andrei Ivanov
53	DF	RUS	Ivan Ivanidi
54	MF	RUS	Daniil Zuyev
55	DF	RUS	Konstantin Lobov
56	DF	RUS	Kirill Kostin
58	DF	RUS	Ilya Zuyev
59	FW	RUS	Aleksei Yegorov
60	MF	RUS	Yevgeni Serenkov
61	GK	RUS	Anton Tsvetkov
62	DF	RUS	Stepan Rebenko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
64	DF	RUS	Nikita Novopashin
65	MF	RUS	Danila Yashchuk
67	MF	RUS	Nikita Andreyev
68	MF	RUS	Vyacheslav Zinkov
70	FW	RUS	Dmitri Bogayev
72	DF	RUS	Stepan Zhalobkov
73	MF	RUS	Pavel Osipov
76	FW	RUS	Pavel Kireyenko
78	DF	RUS	Dmitri Chistyakov
79	MF	RUS	Konstantin Troyanov
80	GK	RUS	Mikhail Mzhelsky
82	FW	RUS	Aleksei Makarov
83	GK	RUS	Igor Obukhov
88	MF	RUS	Artyom Popov
90	MF	RUS	Ramil Sheydayev
92	FW	RUS	Pavel Dolgov
94	MF	RUS	Aleksei Yevseyev
95	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Vasyutin
96	DF	RUS	Ilya Kubyshkin
97	MF	RUS	Dmitri Khodakovskiy
98	FW	RUS	Yevgeni Kozlov

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ESP	Javi García (from Manchester City)^[1]
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay (from Benfica)^[2]
33	DF	SRB	Milan Rodić (end of loan to Volga Nizhny Novgorod)
49	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev (end of loan to Tom Tomsk)
57	DF	RUS	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (end of loan to Amkar Perm)
67	MF	RUS	Nikita Andreyev
77	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević (end of loan to Twente)
99	MF	RUS	Ivan Solovyov (end of loan to Amkar Perm)
—	FW	RUS	Maximilian Pronichev (from Hertha BSC)^[3]
—	FW	USA	Eugene Starikov (end of loan to Tom Tomsk)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ARG	Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Atlético Madrid)^[4]
14	DF	SVK	Tomáš Hubočan (to Dynamo Moscow)^[5]
18	MF	RUS	Konstantin Zyryanov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)^[6]^[7]
24	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Luković (released)
74	MF	LTU	Ovidijus Verbickas (to Atlantas)
77	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević (loan to Sampdoria)
86	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Alfyorov (on loan to Arsenal Tula)
—	MF	RUS	Roman Shirokov (to Spartak Moscow, previously on loan to Krasnodar)^[6]^[8]
—	MF	RUS	Vladimir Bystrov (to Krasnodar, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala)^[9]
—	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Bukharov (to Rostov, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala)^[10]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
49	DF	RUS	Denis Terentyev (on loan to Tom Tomsk)^[11]
63	DF	RUS	Daniil Maykov
75	MF	ARM	Artyom Simonyan (to Zürich)

Competitions

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit St. Petersburg (C)	30	20	7	3	58	17	+41	67	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	19	3	8	67	27	+40	60	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Krasnodar	30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Dynamo Moscow	30	14	8	8	53	36	+17	50
5	Rubin Kazan	30	13	9	8	39	33	+6	48	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2015. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2014 1	Arsenal Tula	0–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Kascelan 49'	Summary	Criscito 9', 69' Rondón 18' Hulk 36' Fayzulin 53' Neto 90+1'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Alexy Nikolaev

9 August 2014 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	8–1	Torpedo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Smolnikov 26' Rondón 33', 47' Hulk 19', 36' (pen.), 54' Lombaerts 41' Shatov 62' Kerzhakov 72' (pen.), 78'	Summary	Kodoszka 36' Salugin 82' Aydov 70', 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

13 August 2014 3	Ural	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Acevedo 36' Erokhin 90' Sapeta 90+1'	Summary	Danny 5' Criscito 50' Rondón 74'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

16 August 2014 4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Hulk 31' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Vitali Meshkov

23 August 2014 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Shatov 13' Hulk 22'	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 13,063 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

31 August 2014 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
18:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)		Summary	García 60'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,747 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

13 September 2014 7	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–2	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Douglas 28' (o.g.) Arshavin 40' Criscito 48' Danny 81' Smolnikov 89'	Summary	Douglas 6' Valbuena 18' Vainqueur 6' Samba 82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,012 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

20 September 2014 8	Rostov	0–5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
14:30MSK (UTC+04:00)	Kanga 30' Dyakov 62'	Summary	Rondón 11', 57', 73' Danny 22' García 26' Xulu 37' (o.g.) Dyakov 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Igor Fedotov

27 September 2014 9	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Rondón 42' Fayzulin 72' Criscito 85'	Summary	Dzyuba 42' Makeyev 70' Källström 87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

18 October 20104 10	Krasnodar	2 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Krasnodar
17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00)	Sigurðsson 7' Mamayev 21' Granqvist 29' Kaleshin 55'	Summary	García 38', 58' Hulk 60' Garay 68'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 9,650 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

26 October 2014 11	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5 – 0	Mordovia Saransk	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 50' Kerzhakov 55' Nakhushev 62' (o.g.) Witsel 67' Danny 70' Anyukov 85'	Summary	Le Tallec 47' Vasin 79' Shitov 81' Lutsenko 82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

1 November 2014 12	CSKA Moscow	0 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Khimki
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Wernbloom 23' Schennikov 86'	Summary	García 7' Witsel 44' Criscito 57' Kerzhakov 72'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

8 November 2014 13	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 3	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ryazantsev 63'	Summary	Aílton 17', 55' Lebedenko 61'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,244 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

22 November 2014 14	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 8' Hulk 37'	Summary	Kaboré 26' Kulik 66'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,492 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

29 November 2014 15	Mordovia Saransk	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saransk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vlasov 29' Dudiyev 45'	Summary	Smolnikov 28' Fayzulin 65' Hulk 70'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

3 December 2014 16	Rubin Kazan	0 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kazan
17:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Karadeniz 30' Georgiev 48' Portnyagin 78'	Summary	Criscito 51' Witsel 55', 68' Tymoshchuk 81'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 14,340 Referee: Sergey Karasev

6 December 2014 17	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4 – 0	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Garay 12' Witsel 55' Danny 61' 81' Smolnikov 68'	Summary	Mamayev 42'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,666 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

7 March 2015 18	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 – 0	Ural	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rondón 45', 70', 78'	Summary	Podberyozkin 6' Khozin 36' Smolov 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,606 Referee: Sergey Karasev

15 March 2015 19	Torpedo Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Ramensky District
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Stevanović 88' Smárason 90+1'	Summary	Hulk 35'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 6,358 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

22 March 2015 20	Dynamo Moscow	0 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Khimki
MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Smolnikov 17', 34' Garay 85'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 12,553 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

5 April 2015 21	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 45+1' Hulk 62', 73'	Summary	Wernbloom 70' Strandberg 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,261 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

8 April 2015 22	Terek Grozny	1 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Grozny
17:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Semyonov 17' Komorowski 17' Kanu 25' Adílson 54' Utsiyev 66'	Summary	Neto 17' Shatov 30' Rondón 58', 89' Witsel 66' Hulk 66' Anyukov 83'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 21,324 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

12 April 2015 23	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 1	Rubin Kazan'	Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Hulk 48' (pen.) Rondón 54' Criscito 55' 58' García 66' Shatov 84'	Summary	Nabiullin 4' Kislyak 48' Navas 54' Cotugno 55' Kvirkvelia 61' Georgiev 84' Akhmetov 90+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,581 Referee: Sergey Karasev

19 April 2015 24	Kuban Krasnodar	0 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Rabiu 10' Sosnin 59'	Summary	Neto 30' Hulk 90+2'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 9,733 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

26 April 2015 25	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Witsel 17', 36'	Report	Yershov 27'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,789 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

2 May 2015 26	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tasci 20' Rômulo 48' Ebert 52'	Summary	Criscito 17' Hulk 90+1'	Stadium: Otkrytie Arena Attendance: 38,704 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

10 May 2015 27	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov 45' Hulk 45+3' Lodygin 62' Rondón 87', 88'	Summary	Bardachow 9' Kanga 11' Kalachev 34' Dyakov 45+3' Rebko 88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

17 May 2015 28	Ufa	1 – 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Diego 44' Verkhovtsov 84' Handžić 87'	Summary	Hulk 32', 65' Shatov 39' Danny 43'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,925 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

23 May 2015 29	Amkar Perm'	1 – 0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Perm
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kolomeytsev 38'	Summary	Shatov 70' Hulk 90+1'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Sergey Karasev

29 May 2015 30	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Rondón 61'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

Russian Cup

24 September 2014 Round of 32	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Boli 22'	Summary	Shatov 30' Rondón 71'	Stadium: Anzhi-Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

29 October 2014 Round of 16	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Arshavin 20' Rodić 71'	Summary	Kaleshin 80' Garay 90' (o.g.) Maloyan 104'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,625 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

30 July 2014 First leg	AEL Limassol	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Larnaca, Cyprus
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Cadú 12' Zézinho 39' Gikiewicz 64' Sielis 67' Eleftheriou 80'	Report	Criscito 22' Fayzulin 43' Witsel 67'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

6 August 2014 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	AEL Limassol	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Smolnikov 9' Rondón 55' Danny 88' Kerzhakov 90' (pen.)	Report	Danielzinho 17' 27' Eleftheriou 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Play-off round

20 August 2014 First leg	Standard Liège	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Liège, Belgium
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	M'Poku 20' Van Damme 26' Faty 88'	Report	Shatov 16' Danny 46' Smolnikov 74'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 14,435 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

26 August 2014 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Standard Liège	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Criscito 14' Rondón 30' Fayzulin 31' 44' Hulk 54' (pen.), 58', 83'	Report	De Camargo 12' Van Damme 53' Ciman 62' Faty 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	LEV	ZEN	BEN
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	4	1	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	2–0	0–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Benfica	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5		1–0	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2014 1	Benfica	0–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Lisbon, Portugal
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Artur 18' Pereira 60'	Report	Hulk 5' Witsel 22' García 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,294 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

1 October 2014 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0-0	Monaco	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Toulalan 38' Fabinho 81' Dirar 83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

22 October 2014 3	Bayer Leverkusen	2-0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Leverkusen, Germany
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Wendell 57' 79' Donati 58' Papadopoulos 63'	Report	Fayzulin 7' García 15' Hulk 16' Criscito 90+5' Rondón 90+5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,254 Referee: Kuipers

4 November 2014 4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Danny 37' Garay 67' Witsel 76' Shatov 82' Rondón 89'	Report	Son 68', 73' Donati 79' Bellarabi 82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,010^[12] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

26 November 2014 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1-0	Benfica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto 30' Hulk 36' Criscito 44' Danny 79'	Report	Jardel 11' Samaris 21' Luisão 36' 90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 14,123^[13] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

9 December 2014 6	Monaco	2-0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Monaco
22:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Raggi 26' Abdennour 63' Toulalan 81' Fabinho 89'	Report	Lombaerts 10' Fayzulin 62'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 11,319^[14] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Depay 84'	Report	Smolnikov 32' Hulk 64' Ryazantsev 83' Garay 84' Danny 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

26 February 2015 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	PSV Eindhoven	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rondón 29', 67' Hulk 48' Shatov 70'	Report	Brenet 20' Guardado 36' Wijnaldum 45+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Torino	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	García 34' Witsel 38' Criscito 53' Smolnikov 64' Ryazantsev 88'	Report	Benassi 12' 27' Glik 87' Molinaro 90+4'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,271^[15] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

19 March 2015 Second leg	Torino	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Turin, Italy
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Molinaro 20' Quagliarella 52' Gazzi 62' Glik 90'	Report	Tymoshchuk 37' Criscito 45' Neto 48' Danny 52' Lodygin 58' Smolnikov 86' Hulk 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: ^[16] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Quarter-final

16 April 2015 First leg	Sevilla	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Seville, Spain
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Bacca 73', 76' Suárez 88'	Report	Ryazantsev 29', 82' García 68' Garay 81'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

23 April 2015 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Sevilla	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto 5' Witsel 40' Rondón 48' Hulk 72' Lodigin 90+5'	Report	Bacca 6' (pen.) Iborra 76' Banega 83' Gameiro 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,000^[17] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Squad statistics

As of match played 23 May 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Yuri Lodigin	44	0	28	0	0	0	10	0	6	0
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	28	0	14+3	0	2	0	5+2	0	2	0
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito	39	3	24	2	0+1	0	10	0	4	1
5	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	31	1	12+7	1	0+2	0	2+3	0	1+4	0
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts	36	1	20+3	0	1	0	9	0	2+1	1
7	FW	BRA	Hulk	45	21	27+1	15	1+1	0	10	3	5	3
8	MF	RUS	Pavel Mogilevets	14	0	0+9	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
10	FW	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	21	2	5+9	1	2	1	0+4	0	0+1	0
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	21	4	6+8	3	1	0	3+2	1	0+1	0
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	29	0	14+5	0	2	0	1+1	0	6	0
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov	44	6	22+4	4	2	1	7+3	1	6	0
19	DF	RUS	Igor Smolnikov	35	4	23	4	0	0	6+1	0	5	0
20	MF	RUS	Viktor Fayzulin	22	0	11+2	0	1	0	7+1	0	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Javi García	35	3	20+3	3	1	0	6	0	5	0
23	FW	VEN	Salomón Rondón	43	19	16+9	12	1+1	1	9+1	3	6	3
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay	42	1	25+1	1	1	0	10	0	5	0
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel	41	6	25+2	4	1	0	7	1	6	1
33	DF	SRB	Milan Rodić	4	1	0+1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
35	MF	POR	Danny	42	5	25+2	3	0	0	10	2	5	0
44	MF	UKR	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	21	0	4+7	0	1	0	3+1	0	1+4	0
57	DF	RUS	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
90	MF	RUS	Ramil Sheydayev	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF	RUS	Ivan Solovyov	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Zenit St. Petersburg no longer at the club:

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	7	Hulk	15	0	3	3	21
2	FW	23	Salomón Rondón	12	1	3	3	19
3	MF	28	Axel Witsel	4	0	1	1	6
3	MF	17	Oleg Shatov	4	1	1	0	6
5	MF	35	Danny	3	0	2	0	5
6	DF	19	Igor Smolnikov	4	0	0	0	4
	FW	11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	3	0	1	0	4
			Own goal	4	0	0	0	4
9	MF	21	Javi García	3	0	0	0	3
9	DF	4	Domenico Criscito	2	0	0	1	3
11	FW	10	Andrey Arshavin	1	1	0	0	2
11	MF	5	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	1	0	0	1	2
13	DF	24	Ezequiel Garay	1	0	0	0	1
13	DF	33	Milan Rodić	0	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	57	4	10	9	80

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Yury Lodygin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	16	1
5		DF	Aleksandr Ryazantsev	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
7		FW	Hulk	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	12	0
11		FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Luís Neto	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
17		MF	Oleg Shatov	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
19		DF	Igor Smolnikov	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	7	0
20		MF	Viktor Fayzulin	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	1
21		MF	Javi García	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
23		FW	Salomón Rondón	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
24		DF	Ezequiel Garay	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1
28		MF	Axel Witsel	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	1
33		DF	Milan Rodić	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35		MF	Danny	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
44		MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	56	2	3	0	24	2	21	0	104	4

Notes

MSK time changed from UTC+4 to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014.^[18]

References

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^ Эсекиэль Гарай продолжит карьеру в "Зените" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 25 June 2014.
^ Бомбардир юношеской сборной России перешел в "Зенит" (in Russian). Sport Express. 10 June 2014.
^ "Acuerdo con el Zenit para la cesión de Ansaldi" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ Томаш Губочан - в «Динамо»!. fcdynamo.ru (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b Роман Широков и Константин Зырянов покидают "Зенит" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2014.
^ Зырянов стал играющим тренером Зенита-2. news.sport-express.ru (in Russian). news.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ ШИРОКОВ: "ОТЕЦ ВСЮ ЖИЗНЬ БОЛЕЛ ЗА "СПАРТАК"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 July 2014.
^ В "Краснодар" перешел Владимир Быстров (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.
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[1] Хави Гарсия продолжит карьеру в "Зените" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 July 2014.

[2] Эсекиэль Гарай продолжит карьеру в "Зените" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 25 June 2014.

[3] Бомбардир юношеской сборной России перешел в "Зенит" (in Russian). Sport Express. 10 June 2014.

[4] "Acuerdo con el Zenit para la cesión de Ansaldi" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

[5] Томаш Губочан - в «Динамо»!. fcdynamo.ru (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[ShirokovZyryanov-6] Роман Широков и Константин Зырянов покидают "Зенит" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2014.

[7] Зырянов стал играющим тренером Зенита-2. news.sport-express.ru (in Russian). news.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

[RomanShirokovToSpartak-8] ШИРОКОВ: "ОТЕЦ ВСЮ ЖИЗНЬ БОЛЕЛ ЗА "СПАРТАК"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 July 2014.

[VladimirBystrov-9] В "Краснодар" перешел Владимир Быстров (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.

[AleksandrBukharov-10] ""Ростов" заключил контракт с Бухаровым". FC Rostov. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

[11] "Защитник "Зенита" Денис Терентьев арендован до конца сезона" (in Russian). FC Tom Tomsk. 5 February 2015.

[md-04_1-12] "Full Time Summary – Tuesday 4 November 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[md-05_2-13] "Full Time Summary – Matchday 5 Wednesday 26 November 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

[md-06_1-14] "Full Time Summary – Matchday 6 – Tuesday 9 December 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[15] "Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Torino". Soccerway. 12 March 2014.

[16] "Torino vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg". Soccerway. 19 March 2014.

[17] "Sevilla vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg". Soccerway. 23 April 2015.

[mskAbolished-18] "Russia Turns Clocks Back to 'Winter' Time". RIA Novosti. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-27.

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