2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fourteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically, Zenit finished fifth in the Russian Premier League, reached the Fifth round of the 2008–09 Russian Cup and won the Russian Super Cup. In Europe, Zenit won the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup before finishing third in their Champions League group.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008-09 season
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerDick Advocaat
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Premier League5th
08–09 Russian CupFifth round vs Sibir Novosibirsk
Russian Super CupWinners
UEFA CupWinners
UEFA Super CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup Stage 3rd
Top goalscorerLeague: Fatih Tekke (8)
All: Pavel Pogrebnyak (16)
← 2007
2009 →

Squad edit

As of match played 10 December 2008[1]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age)[N 1] Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Kamil Čontofalský   GK (1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 30) Bohemians 1905 2003 72 0
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev   GK (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 29) Trainee 1999 277 0
51 Vladimir Mukhin   GK (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
90 Nikolai Zabolotny   GK (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
91 Andrei Zaytsev   GK (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Defenders
4 Ivica Križanac   DF (1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 29) Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 2005 102 3
5 Kim Dong-jin   DF (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 26) Seoul 2006 65 3
6 Nicolas Lombaerts   DF (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 23) KAA Gent 2007 26 2
14 Tomáš Hubočan   DF (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 23) MŠK Žilina 2008 15 0
22 Aleksandr Anyukov   DF (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 26) Krylia Sovetov 2005 134 8
25 Fernando Ricksen   DF (1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 32) Rangers 2015 45 2
26 Mikhail Smirnov   DF (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 18) Trainee 2006 0 0
28 Sébastien Puygrenier   DF (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26) Nancy 2008 14 1
32 Artyom Kulesha   DF (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
34 Aleksandr Khokhlov   DF (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 20) Trainee 2006 1 0
40 Ivan Lapin   DF (1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 20) Sportakademklub Moscow 2007 1 0
43 Yuriy Vorobyov   DF (1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
50 Igor Cheminava   DF (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
55 Yan Bobrovsky   DF (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
65 Yuriy Boyev   DF (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Midfielders
2 Vladislav Radimov   MF (1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 33) Krylia Sovetov 2003 155 12
7 Alejandro Domínguez   MF (1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 27) Rubin Kazan 2007 62 18
10 Andrey Arshavin   MF (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 27) Trainee 1999 310 71
11 Radek Šírl   MF (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 27) Sparta Prague 2003 162 7
15 Roman Shirokov   MF (1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 27) Khimki 2008 39 3
17 Lee Ho   MF (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 24) Ulsan Hyundai 2006 26 1
18 Konstantin Zyryanov   MF (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 31) Torpedo Moscow 2007 84 22
19 Danny   MF (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 25) Dynamo Moscow 2008 17 8
20 Viktor Fayzulin   MF (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 22) Spartak Nalchik 2008 37 7
27 Igor Denisov   MF (1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 24) Trainee 2002 190 26
28 Pavel Zubov   MF (1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20) Sportakademklub Moscow 2007 0 0
30 Pavel Komolov   MF (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2006 0 0
35 Anton Sosnin   MF (1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
37 German Pyatnikov   MF (1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 20) Trainee 2006 0 0
44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   MF (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 29) Shakhtar Donetsk 2007 84 15
45 Yegor Okorokov   MF (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 19) Trainee 2006 0 0
47 Basel Abdoulfattakh   MF (1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
48 Nikita Kolesnikov   MF (1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 20) Trainee 2007 0 0
53 Pavel Mochalin   MF (1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 19) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
57 Aleksei Ionov   MF (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 9 1
59 Sergey Vasetsky   MF (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
75 Ilya Sagdatullin   MF (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 17) Trainee 2007 0 0
77 Alexander Petrov   MF (1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 18) Trainee 2007 0 0
88 Oleksandr Horshkov   MF (1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 38) Saturn-REN TV 2004
96 Roland Gigolayev   MF (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 18) Yunost Vladikavkaz 2005 0 0
98 Sergei Petrov   MF (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 17) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Forwards
8 Pavel Pogrebnyak   FW (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 25) Tom Tomsk 2007 67 24
9 Fatih Tekke   FW (1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 31) Trabzonspor 2006 67 19
31 Vitali Galysh   FW (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
33 Pavel Ignatovich   FW (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 19) Trainee 2007 0 0
36 Stanislav Matyash   FW (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 17) Trainee 2007 0 0
38 Yevgeni Izvekov   FW (1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 20) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
42 Andrei Ornat   FW (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 17) Trainee 2007 0 0
89 Dmitri Nechayev   FW (1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
Out on loan
21 Sergei Gorbunov   DF (1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 21) Sportakademklub Moscow 2007 0 0
41 Mikhail Kerzhakov   GK (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 21) Youth Team 2004 0 0
42 Boris Rotenberg   DF (1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 22) Klubi-04 2006 0 0
50 Sergey Mironov   FW (1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 20) Trainee 2005 0 0
87 Ilya Maksimov   MF (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 21) Trainee 2006 21 1
Left during the season
49 Pavel Teteryukov   FW (1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 18) DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 0 0
  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   RUS Sergei Gorbunov (at Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk)
41 GK   RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volga Ulyanovsk)
42 DF   RUS Boris Rotenberg (at Saturn Ramenskoye)
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 MF   RUS Sergey Mironov (at Sliven)
87 MF   RUS Ilya Maksimov (at Sportakademklub Moscow)

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
Winter 2007 DF   Tomáš Hubočan MŠK Žilina Undisclosed [2]
Winter 2007 MF   Viktor Fayzulin Spartak Nalchik Undisclosed
Winter 2007 MF   Roman Shirokov Khimki Undisclosed
Summer 2007 DF   Sébastien Puygrenier Nancy Undisclosed
Summer 2007 MF   Danny Dynamo Moscow Undisclosed

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
Winter 2008 DF   Martin Škrtel Liverpool Undisclosed [3]
Summer 2008 FW   Pavel Teteryukov Dmitrov Undisclosed

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
Winter 2008 DF   Erik Hagen Wigan Athletic Summer 2008 [4]
Winter 2008 DF   Sergei Gorbunov Sportakademklub Moscow Summer 2008
Winter 2008 DF   Boris Rotenberg Shinnik Yaroslavl Summer 2008
Winter 2008 DF   Yuri Lebedev Nosta Novotroitsk Summer 2008
Winter 2008 MF   Ilya Maksimov Shinnik Yaroslavl Summer 2008
Winter 2008 MF   Sergey Mironov TP-47 Summer 2008
Summer 2008 GK   Mikhail Kerzhakov Volga Ulyanovsk Winter 2009
Summer 2008 DF   Erik Hagen Vålerenga Winter 2009
Summer 2008 DF   Sergei Gorbunov Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk Winter 2009
Summer 2008 DF   Boris Rotenberg Saturn Winter 2009
Summer 2008 MF   Sergey Mironov Sliven Winter 2009
Summer 2008 MF   Ilya Maksimov Sportakademklub Moscow Winter 2009

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
Winter 2009 DF   Mikhail Smirnov Amkar Perm
Winter 2009 MF   Vladislav Radimov Retired
Winter 2009 MF   Oleksandr Horshkov Retired

Friendlies edit

19 January 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg   1–1   Neftchi Fargʻona Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   75' (pen.) [ Report]
24 January 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg   2–0   Litex Lovech Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   79', 86' [ Report]
27 January 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg   1–0   Slavia Prague Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4) Zyryanov   43' [ Report]
30 January 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg   3–0   ZESCO United Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   2', 42'
Zyryanov   90'
[ Report]
6 February 2008 Málaga   2–1   Zenit St. Petersburg Málaga, Spain
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Kim   63' Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
9 February 2008 Zenit St. Petersburg   2–2   Dynamo Kyiv Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   41'
Fayzulin   47'
[ Report] Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
23 February 2008 Noordwijk   0–2   Zenit St. Petersburg Noordwijk, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Tymoschuk   14'
Radimov   38'
Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering
26 February 2008 ADO Den Haag   0–1   Zenit St. Petersburg The Hague, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Tymoshchuk   4' Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
22 June 2008 Helsingborg   0–1   Zenit St. Petersburg Helsingborg, Sweden
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Denisov   50' Stadium: Olympia
25 June 2008 Nordsjælland   1–5   Zenit St. Petersburg Farum, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Fayzulin   9', 42', 66', 72'
Tekke   30'
Stadium: Farum Park
28 June 2008 Copenhagen   2–0   Zenit St. Petersburg Copenhagen, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4) [ Report] Stadium: Parken Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 16 March 2008 22 November 2008 Matchday 1 5th 30 12 12 6 59 37 +22 040.00
Russian Cup 6 August 2008 6 August 2008 Fifth round Fifth round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Russian Super Cup 9 March 2008 9 March 2008 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
UEFA Cup 13 February 2008 14 May 2008 Round of 32 Winners 9 5 1 3 16 8 +8 055.56
UEFA Super Cup 29 August 2008 29 August 2008 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
UEFA Champions League 17 September 2008 10 December 2008 Group stage Group stage 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 016.67
Total 48 20 15 13 83 55 +28 041.67

Last updated: 10 December 2008
Source: Competitions

Russian Super Cup edit

9 March 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg 2–1 Lokomotiv Moscow Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Arshavin   34'  69'
Zyryanov   55'
Križanac   68'   90+'
Radimov   79'
Hubočan   81'
Pogrebnyak   82'
[ Report] Gurenko   53'
Rodolfo   69'  90+'
Torbinski   73'   79'
Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov

UEFA Super Cup edit

29 August 2008 Manchester United   1–2   Zenit St.Petersburg Fontvieille, Monaco
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Scholes   45+1'   90'
Anderson   54'
Vidić   73'
Tevez   74'
Report Pogrebnyak   44'
Danny   59'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 18,064
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Premier League edit

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDWLDDDWDDDLWWWLWLLWDWLWWDDWDDW
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

16 March 2008 1 Zenit St. Petersburg 0–0 Spartak Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   22'
Šírl   27'
Fayzulin   62'
Summary Mozart   7'
Stranzl   24'
Covalciuc   38'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
23 March 2008 2 Moscow 0–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Kuzmin   2'
Rebeja   16'
Epureanu   48'
Barrientos   90'
Summary Arshavin   3'
Šírl   38'
Anyukov   60'
Tekke   78'
Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
2 July 2008 3 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–3 Rubin Kazan Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4) Fayzulin   3'
Arshavin   16'
Križanac   35'
Summary Kobenko   12'
Semak   76'
Karadeniz   77', 84'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,470
Referee: Igor Zakharov
8 July 2008 4 Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Yaroslavl
16:30 MSK (UTC+4) Bochkov   3'
Khazov   39'
Boyarintsev   43'  90+'
Laizāns   45+'
Buznikin   70' (pen.)
Summary Hubočan   16'
Pogrebnyak   42'
Tymoshchuk   44' (pen.)
Stadium: Shinnik Stadium
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Almir Kayumov
12 July 2008 5 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Krylia Sovetov Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Anyukov   13'
Križanac   69'
Summary Taranov   27'
Oh   29'
Savin   59'
Ivanov   63'
Salugin   74'
Leilton   79'
Kowba   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
16 July 2008 6 Saturn Ramenskoye 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Ramenskoye
18:00 MSK (UTC+4) Zelão   40'  90'
Igonin   67'
Summary Ricksen   17'
Arshavin   51'
Shirokov   57'  86'
Hubočan   69'
Pogrebnyak   76'
Denisov   77'
Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
20 July 2008 7 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–1 Terek Grozny Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4) Zabavník   17' (o.g.)
Zyryanov   38'
Tekke   53'
Summary Pancu   47'
Zabavník   83'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev
30 July 2008 8 CSKA Moscow 0–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
MSK (UTC+4) Erkin   21'
Dzagoev   31'   78'
Dudu   45+'
Krasić   49'
Akinfeev   57'
Rahimić   70'
Summary Križanac   45+'   49' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Igor Egorov
7 May 2008 9 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Lokomotiv Moscow Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4) Arshavin   51'
Domínguez   52'  88'
Summary Cociș   39'
Glushakov   44'
Torbinski   61'
Gurenko   77'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
11 May 2008 10 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Vladivostok
MSK (UTC+4) Summary Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
16 May 2008 11 Zenit St. Petersburg 3–4 Spartak Nalchik Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4) Amisulashvili   11' (o.g.)
Zyryanov   25'
Tekke   49'  77'
Tymoshchuk   55'
Anyukov   80'
Summary Anyukov   19' (o.g.)
Kalimullin   20'  86'
Geteriev   40'
Džudović   58'
Amisulashvili   69'
Yatchenko   71'
Kisenkov   81'
Dzakhmishev   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
6 July 2008 12 Zenit St. Petersburg 5–1 Tom Tomsk Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4) Fayzulin   6', 34'
Shirokov   11'  61'
Križanac   21'   64'
Tymoshchuk   23', 27' (pen.)
Tekke   41'
Kim   82'
Summary Michkov   22' (pen.)
Catînsus   23'   77'
Shirko   47'
Radosavljević   66'
Klimov   85'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Igor Zakharov
11 July 2008 13 Khimki 1–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Khimki
MSK (UTC+4) Trivunović   18'   84'
Dineyev   32'
Șoavă   68'
Blatnjak   81'
Sabitov   87'
Summary Zyryanov   27'
Anyukov   31'
Tekke   53'
Fayzulin   20'
Arshavin   90+'
Stadium: Rodina Stadium
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Almir Kayumov
19 July 2008 14 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–0 Amkar Perm Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4) Arshavin   12'
Zyryanov   30'
Tymoshchuk   51' (pen.)
Summary Dujmović   11'
Gaál   48'
Popov   50'
Belorukov   55'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
26 July 2008 15 Dynamo Moscow 1–0 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Tanasijević   17'
K.Kombarov   41'  88'
Summary Tekke   29'   36'
Zyryanov   43'
Domínguez   55'
Shirokov   59'
Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov
2 August 2008 16 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–1 Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Šírl   32'
Denisov   51'  60'
Tekke   77'  77'
Summary Rebko   22'
Kuzmin   58'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
10 August 2008 17 Rubin Kazan 4–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+4) Bukharov   9', 11'
Rebrov   12'
Karadeniz   21'
Kobenko   86'
Summary Tymoshchuk   15'   90'  23' (pen.)
Križanac   55'
Puygrenier   76'
Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
17 August 2008 18 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–3 Shinnik Yaroslavl Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4) Zyryanov   25' Summary Bochkov   20'
Buznikin   52'
Silva   57'
Olexici   72'
Kudryashov   79'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
24 August 2008 19 Krylia Sovetov 0–3 Zenit St. Petersburg Samara
15:00 MSK (UTC+4) Booth   32'
Kowba   88'
Koller   90'
Summary Pogrebnyak   16', 75' (pen.)
Puygrenier   22'
Tymoshchuk   54'
Zyryanov   61'
Šírl   63'
Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
30 August 2008 20 Zenit St. Petersburg 2–2 Saturn Ramenskoye Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4) Fayzulin   7'
Domínguez   78'
Tekke   82'
Summary Karyaka   9'
Topić   41'
Ďurica   81'
Kinský   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
13 September 2008 21 Terek Grozny 1–4 Zenit St. Petersburg Grozny
MSK (UTC+4) Bouli   15'
Bendz   39'  75'
Kuznetsov   90+'
Summary Arshavin   12'
Križanac   23'
Tymoshchuk   25'
Anyukov   32'
Pogrebnyak   41'
Zyryanov   70'
Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Igor Egorov
21 September 2008 22 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–3 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Arshavin   35'
Denisov   37'
Puygrenier   56'
Zyryanov   86'
Pogrebnyak   88'
Report Dzagoev   3', 65'
Mamayev   37'
Akinfeev   63'
Love   57' (pen.)
Grigoryev   77'   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
27 September 2008 23 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–3 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Torbinski   50'
Rodolfo   77'
Summary Fayzulin   18'
Denisov   37'
Šírl   44'
Puygrenier   61'
Domínguez   74'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 19,630
Referee: Igor Egorov
5 October 2008 24 Zenit St. Petersburg 8–1 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4) Danny   7', 42'  41'
Puygrenier   16'
Arshavin   20'
Tekke   28'  47', 60', 89'
Shirokov   35'
Domínguez   72'
Summary Bulyga   74'
Dantsev   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Igor Zakharov
18 October 2008 25 Spartak Nalchik 2–2 Zenit St. Petersburg Nalchik
16:45 MSK (UTC+4) Shumeyko   18'
Geteriev   29'
Gogua   36'
Samsonov   45'
Dzakhmishev   61'
Mashukov   86'
Summary Tymoshchuk   34'
Šírl   54'
Domínguez   63'  72'
Arshavin   81'
Zyryanov   84'
Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev
26 October 2008 26 Tom Tomsk 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Tomsk
15:00 MSK (UTC+4) Maznov   23'
Klimov   81'
Summary Fayzulin   20'
Tekke   61'
Zyryanov   64'
Stadium: Trud Stadium
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Almir Kayumov
31 October 2008 27 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–0 Khimki Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4) Danny   16'  90+'
Puygrenier   25'
Križanac   89'
Summary Trivunović   21'
Čeh   66'
Sabitov   68'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Aleksey Kovalyov
9 November 2008 28 Amkar Perm 1–1 Zenit St. Petersburg Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Sikimić   67'
Peev   70'
Sirakov   80'
Summary Šírl   10'
Hubočan   20'
Anyukov   58'
Tymoshchuk   80' (pen.)
Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis
16 November 2008 29 Zenit St. Petersburg 1–1 Dynamo Moscow Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Danny   19'
Tekke   80'
Šírl   90'
Tymoshchuk   90+'
Summary Wilkshire   29'
D.Kombarov   38'
Granat   39'
Fernández   54'
Khokhlov   90+'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
22 November 2008 30 Spartak Moscow 1–3 Zenit St. Petersburg Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4) Fathi   29'
Covalciuc   32'
Pavlenko   47'
Summary Pogrebnyak   5'
Danny   19', 45+1'
Anyukov   23'
Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Igor Egorov

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Dynamo Moscow 30 15 9 6 41 29 +12 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Amkar Perm 30 14 9 7 31 22 +9 51 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 12 12 6 59 37 +22 48[a]
6 Krylia Sovetov Samara 30 12 12 6 46 28 +18 48[a] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[b]
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 8 9 37 32 +5 47
Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of Krylia Sovetov on head-to-head points; Zenit St. Petersburg–Krylia Sovetov 1–1, Krylia Sovetov–Zenit St. Petersburg 0–3.
  2. ^ Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup edit

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6 August 2008 Fifth round Sibir Novosibirsk 1–0 Zenit St.Petersburg Novosibirsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4) Bukhryakov   10'
Shvetsov   13'
Samoylov   39'
Medvedev   64'
Report Ricksen   20'
Puygrenier   35'
Hubočan   41'
Radimov   65'
Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Sergei Timofeyev

UEFA Cup edit

13 February 2008 Round of 32 1st leg Zenit St.Petersburg   1–0   Villarreal Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4) Anyukov   35'
Pogrebnyak   63'  73'
Kim   78'
Report Cani   36'
Capdevila   82'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,300
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)
21 February 2008 Round of 32 2nd leg Villarreal   2–1
(2–2 agg.)
  Zenit St.Petersburg Villarreal, Spain
23:45 MSK (UTC+4) Franco   75'
Tomasson   90'
Report Shirokov   13'   47'
Šírl   24'   82'
Pogrebnyak   31'
Kim   45'
Malafeev   65'
Zyryanov   88'
Križanac   90+3'
Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stefan Meissner (Austria)
6 March 2008 Round of 16 1st leg Marseille   3–1   Zenit St.Petersburg Marseille, France
23:45 MSK (UTC+4) Cissé   37', 55'
M'bami   40'
Niang   48'
Zubar   54'
Report Kim   27'
Ricksen   32'
Arshavin   82'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)
12 March 2008 Round of 16 2nd leg Zenit St.Petersburg   2–0
(3–3 agg.)
  Marseille Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:30 MSK (UTC+4) Denisov   10'
Pogrebnyak   39', 78'
Tymoshchuk   64'
Arshavin   90+3'
Report M'bami   33'
Niang   38'
Cissé   68'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
3 April 2008 Quarterfinal 1st leg Bayer Leverkusen   1–4   Zenit St.Petersburg Leverkusen, Germany
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Kießling   33'
Barnetta   73'
Friedrich   79'
Report Arshavin   20'
Križanac   23'
Pogrebnyak   52'
Anyukov   61'
Denisov   64'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
10 April 2008 Quarterfinal 2nd leg Zenit St.Petersburg   0–1
(4–2 agg.)
  Bayer Leverkusen Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Report Bulykin   18'
Freier   29'
Castro   29'
Sinkiewicz   65'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
24 April 2008 Semifinal 1st leg Bayern Munich   1–1   Zenit St.Petersburg Munich, Germany
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Ribéry   18' Report Ricksen   17'
Fayzulin   28'
Lúcio   60' (o.g.)
Šírl   75'
Arshavin   79'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
1 May 2008 Semifinal 2nd leg Zenit St.Petersburg   4–0
(5–1 agg.)
  Bayern Munich Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Pogrebnyak   4', 73'  76'
Zyryanov   38'
Fayzulin   53'
Report Toni   67'
Lell   81'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Final edit

14 May 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg   2–0   Rangers Manchester, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Denisov   72'  72'
Malafeev   90+2'
Zyryanov   90+3'
Report Broadfoot   90+4' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Juventus 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12
3   Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   BATE Borisov 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3
Source: RSSSF
17 September 2008 1 Juventus   1–0   Zenit St.Petersburg Turin, Italy
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Del Piero   76'
Salihamidžić   84'
Report Pogrebnyak   18'
Šírl   68'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,853
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
30 September 2008 2 Zenit St.Petersburg   1–2   Real Madrid Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Danny   25'
Arshavin   26'
Tymoshchuk   33'
Hubočan   47'
Report Hubočan   4' (o.g.)
Van Nistelrooy   31'  47'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,075
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
21 October 2008 3 Zenit St.Petersburg   1–1   BATE Borisov Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Tekke   80' Report Nyakhaychyk   52'
Vyeramko   90+4'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
5 November 2008 4 BATE Borisov   0–2   Zenit St.Petersburg Minsk, Belarus
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Report Pogrebnyak   34'
Puygrenier   39'   73'
Danny   90+4'
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 28,793
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
25 November 2008 5 Zenit St.Petersburg   0–0   Juventus Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4) Lombaerts   10'
Tymoshchuk   76'
Report Iaquinta   43'
Camoranesi   45'
Sissoko   90+2'
Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,155
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
10 December 2008 6 Real Madrid   3–0   Zenit St.Petersburg Madrid, Spain
22:45 MSK (UTC+4) Raúl   25', 57'
Robben   50'
Report Danny   63'
Šírl   26'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 46,265
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 10 December 2008

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Russian Cup Europe Super Cups
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 MF   RUS Vladislav Radimov 7 0 0+3 0 1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
4 DF   CRO Ivica Križanac 41 1 25 1 0 0 13+1 0 2 0
5 DF   KOR Kim Dong-jin 14 0 5+5 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0
6 DF   BEL Nicolas Lombaerts 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
7 MF   ARG Alejandro Domínguez 28 4 13+8 4 1 0 1+4 0 1 0
8 FW   RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak 34 16 14+4 6 0 0 13+1 8 2 2
9 FW   TUR Fatih Tekke 28 9 12+10 8 1 0 2+3 1 0 0
10 MF   RUS Andrey Arshavin 43 9 26+1 6 0 0 14 2 1+1 1
11 MF   CZE Radek Šírl 41 0 26 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
14 DF   SVK Tomáš Hubočan 15 0 7+4 0 1 0 1+1 0 1 0
15 MF   RUS Roman Shirokov 39 3 20+7 3 0 0 9+1 0 1+1 0
16 GK   RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev 48 0 30 0 1 0 15 0 2 0
17 MF   KOR Lee Ho 3 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0 0 0
18 MF   RUS Konstantin Zyryanov 46 9 29 7 0 0 15 2 2 0
19 MF   POR Danny 17 8 10 5 0 0 6 2 1 1
20 MF   RUS Viktor Fayzulin 37 7 17+7 6 1 0 9+2 1 1 0
22 DF   RUS Aleksandr Anyukov 42 4 26 3 0 0 14 1 2 0
25 MF   NED Fernando Ricksen 11 0 4+4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
27 MF   RUS Igor Denisov 44 3 29 1 0 0 12+1 2 1+1 0
28 DF   FRA Sébastien Puygrenier 14 1 8+1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0
34 DF   RUS Aleksandr Khokhlov 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF   UKR Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 44 6 27 6 0 0 15 0 2 0
57 MF   RUS Aleksei Ionov 7 0 0+5 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
88 MF   UKR Oleksandr Horshkov 4 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Champions League Russian Super Cup UEFA Super Cup Total
1 FW   8 Pavel Pogrebnyak 6 0 7 1 1 1 16
2 FW   9 Fatih Tekke 8 0 0 1 0 0 9
MF   18 Konstantin Zyryanov 7 0 2 0 0 0 9
MF   10 Andrey Arshavin 6 0 2 0 1 0 9
5 MF   19 Danny 5 0 0 2 0 1 8
6 MF   20 Viktor Fayzulin 6 0 1 0 0 0 7
7 MF   44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
8 MF   7 Alejandro Domínguez 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
DF   22 Aleksandr Anyukov 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
10 MF   15 Roman Shirokov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
MF   27 Igor Denisov 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Own goal 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
13 DF   4 Ivica Križanac 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF   28 Sébastien Puygrenier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 59 0 16 4 2 2 83

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Nation Number Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup UEFA Champions League Russian Super Cup UEFA Super Cup Total
1 GK   16 Vyacheslav Malafeev 8 0 4 2 0 0 14
TOTALS 8 0 4 2 0 0 14

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Russian Cup UEFA Cup Champions League Russian Super Cup UEFA Super Cup Total
                           
2   MF Vladislav Radimov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
4   DF Ivica Križanac 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
5   DF Kim Dong-jin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6   DF Nicolas Lombaerts 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8   FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10   MF Andrey Arshavin 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
11   MF Radek Šírl 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
14   DF Tomáš Hubočan 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
15   MF Roman Shirokov 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
16   GK Vyacheslav Malafeev 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18   MF Konstantin Zyryanov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
19   MF Danny 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20   MF Viktor Fayzulin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   DF Aleksandr Anyukov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25   MF Fernando Ricksen 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27   MF Igor Denisov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28   DF Sébastien Puygrenier 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
44   MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 0 0 4 0 24 2 11 1 5 2 0 0 44 5

References edit

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