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2011–12 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2011–12 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 16th straight season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. The club were the defending champions of both the Russian Premier League and the Russian Cup.

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2011–12 season
ChairmanAleksandr Dyukov
ManagerLuciano Spalletti
StadiumPetrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League1st
Russian CupQuarter finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (23)
All: –
Highest home attendance21,400 vs Spartak Moscow, RPL
30 May 2012
Lowest home attendance18,000 vs Anzhi Makhachkala, RPL
20 March 2012
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Internationally, the club participated in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, entering the competition in the group stage as a result of qualifying for the competition as the first place team from Russia.

Squad edit

As of 21 October 2011. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 2011–12
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Height (m) Weight (kg) Signed From
Goalkeepers
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev   GK (1979-03-04) March 4, 1979 (age 45) 1.85 76 Youth System
22 Dmitri Borodin   GK (1977-10-08) October 8, 1977 (age 46) 1.88 82 Youth System
30 Yuri Zhevnov   GK (1981-04-17) April 17, 1981 (age 43) 1.80 85 FC Moscow
Defenders
2 Aleksandr Anyukov (C)   RB (1982-09-28) September 28, 1982 (age 41) 1.78 67 Krylia Sovetov
3 Bruno Alves   CB (1981-11-27) November 27, 1981 (age 42) 1.89 83   Porto
4 Domenico Criscito   LB (1986-12-30) December 30, 1986 (age 37) 1.83 75   Genoa
6 Nicolas Lombaerts   CB / LB (1985-03-20) March 20, 1985 (age 39) 1.88 83   Gent
14 Tomáš Hubočan   LB / RB / CB (1985-09-17) September 17, 1985 (age 38) 1.83 74   Žilina
24 Aleksandar Luković   LB / CB (1982-10-23) October 23, 1982 (age 41) 1.85 83   Udinese
28 Michael Lumb   LB (1988-01-09) January 9, 1988 (age 36) 1.77 70   AGF Aarhus
50 Igor Cheminava   CB (1991-03-23) March 23, 1991 (age 33) 1.86 76 Youth System
Midfielders
10 Danny   AM (1983-08-07) August 7, 1983 (age 40) 1.78 70 Dynamo Moscow
15 Roman Shirokov   CM / AM / DM (1981-07-06) July 6, 1981 (age 42) 1.87 83 Khimki
17 Alessandro Rosina   AM (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 (age 40) 1.68 65   Torino
18 Konstantin Zyryanov   LM / CM (1977-10-05) October 5, 1977 (age 46) 1.76 72 Torpedo Moscow
20 Viktor Fayzulin   CM (1986-04-22) April 22, 1986 (age 38) 1.76 72 Spartak Nalchik
23 Szabolcs Huszti   RM / LM (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983 (age 41) 1.73 73   Hannover 96
25 Sergei Semak   DM / CM (1976-02-27) February 27, 1976 (age 48) 1.78 73 Rubin Kazan
27 Igor Denisov   CM / DM (1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 39) 1.76 70 Youth System
34 Vladimir Bystrov   RM (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 (age 40) 1.77 73 Youth System
57 Aleksei Ionov   AM / CM (1989-02-18) February 18, 1989 (age 35) 1.77 68 Youth System
Forwards
8 Danko Lazović   ST / LW (1983-05-17) May 17, 1983 (age 40) 1.84 80   PSV
9 Aleksandr Bukharov   CF / ST (1985-03-12) March 12, 1985 (age 39) 1.93 92 Rubin Kazan
11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov   ST (1982-11-27) November 27, 1982 (age 41) 1.76 76 Dynamo Moscow

Season Events edit

Pre-season edit

Following the club's double in manager Luciano Spalletti's first season, Zenit made several moves in the winter. First, the loan deal of former Zenit youth player Anton Sosnin to Krylia Sovetov Samara was made permanent, and Yevgeni Starikov's loan to Tom Tomsk was renewed.[1][2] Second, after a very successful 14-goal season with Tom Tomsk and Rubin Kazan, striker Sergei Kornilenko made his return to the club. On 14 January, Croatian defender Ivica Križanac, who had been with the club for the past six seasons and appeared in 100 Russian Premier League matches, was released by the club prior to his contract expiring in the summer of 2011.[3]

On 15 January, the club departed for Dubai with 22 players for the first pre-season training session. However, 19-year-old striker Maksim Kanunnikov, who was a popular first-team substitute early in 2010 prior to the arrival of Aleksandr Bukharov, did not make the trip and was loaned to Tom Tomsk on 17 January until July 2012.[4] The club also hosted the annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup and were represented by youth team players. After qualifying for the knock-out round, Zenit defeated HJK Helsinki 2–1 in the quarterfinal thanks to a double by 19-year-old Stanislav Matyash before being eliminated by eventual champions Inter Baku in the semifinal.

On 29 January, Italian Alessandro Rosina was loaned to Serie A side Cesena until July 2011.[5] On the final day of the English transfer window, striker Sergei Kornilenko was once again sent on loan, this time to Blackpool for the remainder of the 2010–11 Premier League season.[6]

Match World Cup edit

In Dubai, the club participated in the 2011 Match World Cup, a friendly tournament including league winners from Europe and Asia. Zenit were drawn alongside defending Gambrunus liga champions Sparta Prague and defending Hazfi Cup winners, Persepolis of Iran. In the opening match against Sparta Prague, Zenit was fueled by a first-minute strike by Aleksandr Kerzhakov as the blue-whites cruised to a 3–0 victory.[7]

Two days later, Kerzhakov had Zenit off and running against Persepolis with a seventh-minute goal, and 34-year-old Sergei Semak added the finishing touches in the second half with an open-net goal.[8] With six points earned from two group stage matches, Zenit earned a date with Asia's Club of the 20th Century, Al-Hilal in the championship.

After a first half stalemate at the Al-Maktoum Stadium, Szabolcs Huszti finally broke the match open with a 63rd-minute strike. But Al-Hilal would not go quietly. Zenit substitute Danko Lazović was sent off in extra time and Romanian Mirel Rădoi scored in the 93rd minute for Al-Hilal to send the match to penalties. From the spot kicks, the Arabian side were perfect from all four shooters, while both Roman Shirokov and Fernando Meira were off the mark for Zenit, eventually falling 4–1 on penalties.[9]

March edit

Only days before the start of the new season, Zenit signed 19-year-old Chilean left-back Nicolás Peñailillo on a loan deal from Everton de Viña del Mar.[10]

Zenit opened their 2011–12 Russian Premier League campaign on March 13 against Terek Grozny, where Serbian Danko Lazović delivered the only goal of the match in a 1–0 Zenit victory. It took only 14 minutes for Danny to pick out Lazović with a cross and goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev made several excellent saves to deny new Terek manager Ruud Gullit his first points in Russia. After falling to Twente in the Europa League, the club was hit with tragedy on a personal level when they learned of the death of Malafeev's wife Marina, who was killed in a car crash on 17 March.[11] Three days later, the club played its first home match of the season against an inspired Anzhi Makhachkala side led by former Brazilian international and Real Madrid left-back Roberto Carlos. Zenit midfielder Roman Shirokov opened the scoring just four minutes in and then just seconds before half-time, Lazović scored his second of the season to put the sine-byelo-goluboy up 2–0, a scoreline that would hold up for Luciano Spalletti's second victory of the year.

Roberto Carlos incident edit

Following the match on 20 March, Brazilian media reported that Anzhi captain Roberto Carlos was racially abused by a Zenit fan as the two teams took the field. A picture surfaced that revealed the fan offering a banana to the 37-year-old as he entered the pitch, however Russian journalist Boris Bogdanov argued against the allegations of racism, citing that the picture was taken at an "unfavorable angle" and it could not be known for sure if his intention was to offend. Even though there had been incidents of banana-throwing in Saint Petersburg before, there were none during the Anzhi match or any other sort of incident.[12] Roberto Carlos, who initially stated, "In my 37 years I have seen everything, I'm not going to be upset after seeing a banana", and that it didn't make him feel uncomfortable, later demanded action from the Russian Football Union (RFU).[13]

On 7 April, the RFU fined Zenit €7,400 and the club claimed it had banned the offending fan for life.[14]

April edit

After a perfect start to the new season, the club travelled to Nalchik to face a Spartak Nalchuk side that had exceeded all expectations by finishing 6th in 2010 and once more, Sergei Tashuev's squad proved to be worthy competition. Despite an early strike from Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Spartak leveled the score on 60 minutes. Danko Lazović then scored his third goal in three matches in the 80th minute, which appeared to be the winner before 25-year-old Roman Kontsedalov brought the home side back on even terms again. For the sixth time in seven league matches, Spartak had scored multiple goals against Zenit and Spalletti's side left with a 2–2 draw.

On 10 April, Zenit hoste CSKA Moscow in a highly anticipated duel at the Petrovsky Stadium. The match ended 1–1, however the official result awarded a 3–0 victory to CSKA. According to the league regulations, every team has to put at least one player with a Russian citizenship born in 1990 or later on their game roster in every game (even if the player in question stays on the bench). If there is no such player or players, the team guilty is punished by the victory being awarded to their opponent and a fine. In the game Zenit did not have such a player in their lineup – the youngest player was born in 1989. After the game, RFU president Sergei Fursenko said that Zenit would likely be awarded a defeat for breaking the regulations.[15] Zenit manager Luciano Spalletti said after the game that they did this intentionally, as they were told it is punishable by a fine only, and the team was ready to pay the fine. They have done the same thing in the 2010 season and fine was the only punishment.[16] However, the regulations were updated in December 2010, and the current exact language of Article 109 of the Disciplinary Regulations of the RFU states it is punishable by "a defeat awarded and a fine", not "a defeat awarded or a fine".[17] Zenit was awarded a defeat by the RFU on 13 April.[18] Zenit removed Vladislav Radimov, who as team director was responsible for filing the game roster with the league, from his position to the reserve team's assistant coach position, with a reduction in salary. Zenit's lawyer was punished by the club by having his bonus cancelled.

Following the RFU decision, the Premier League further decided that the goals scored by Mark González and Konstantin Zyryanov would not count for their scoring totals, but the yellow cards received in the game would count for disciplinary purposes.[19]

Following the events of 10 April, Zenit closed out the month strong with resounding victories over Amkar Perm (3–1) and Krylia Sovetov (3–0). After a double against Krylia, Danko Lazović had run his scoring total to five goals in six matches.

May edit

Zenit hit a brick wall on their first trip to Krasnodar, failing to score against the newly promoted Bulls. The club could not pick up full points in either of their next two matches either, drawing with Rubin Kazan and Lokomotiv Moscow. An early low point then came on 21 May as the club traveled to Tomsk. Tom Tomsk took an early lead off former Zenit youth star Yevgeni Starikov's 37th-minute goal. Another youngster, Aleksei Ionov, leveled the score for Zenit just four minutes later, but it was ultimately 23-year-old Pavel Golyshev who had the last laugh as he secured a 2–1 victory for Tomsk. The tally was Golyshev's sixth of the season.

To finish off the month before a week of international break, Zenit would have to face arch-rival Spartak Moscow. After a heated first half-hour of play, it was Lazović to the rescue once more, putting Zenit ahead in the 37th minute with a clever penalty. The goal seemed to open the game up considerably and Aleksandr Kerzhakov netted a double in the second half, with the first of the two coming off an artful one-time shot.

June edit

After the club's most resounding victory of the season on 14 June, a 4–0 win over Rostov, Portuguese midfielder Danny signed a contract extension to remain with Zenit until 2015.[20]

Several days later, following the club's 2–0 victory over Volga Nizhny Novgorod, star striker Danko Lazović was tasered by police for giving his jersey to a fan in the crowd. "I just went to give my jersey to the fans after the match, when a police officer appeared behind me and tasered me in the back with his electric shocker. I don't know why that happened. Maybe he thought that I was one of the fans", explained Lazović on Zenit's official website, while the club itself vented its anger against the actions of the police.[21]

Just after entering the Russian Premier League's one-month summer break, the club signed Italian left-back Domenico Criscito from Genoa for a sum of €11 million.[22]

Statistics edit

Field edit

As of 26 June 2011

No. Pos. Name League Cup Super Cup Europe Total Discipline
App Min   A PTS App Min   A App Min   A App Min   A App Min   A    
2 DF   Aleksandr Anyukov 25 2224 1 4 5 1 75 0 0 1 90 0 0 3 270 0 0 30 2659 1 4 5 0
3 DF   Bruno Alves 26 2340 0 0 0 2 180 0 0 1 90 0 0 2 166 0 0 31 2776 0 0 9 1
5 DF   Fernando Meira 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 91 0 0 0 0
6 DF   Nicolas Lombaerts 27 2305 1 1 2 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 360 1 0 32 2755 2 1 5 0
8 FW   Danko Lazović 26 1580 11 4 15 2 151 0 0 1 55 0 0 3 34 0 0 32 1820 11 4 6 0
9 FW   Aleksandr Bukharov 13 446 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 446 2 0 2 0
10 MF   Danny 13 987 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1077 2 4 3 0
11 FW   Aleksandr Kerzhakov 12 964 7 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 964 7 4 2 0
14 DF   Tomáš Hubočan 9 753 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 753 0 0 3 0
15 MF   Roman Shirokov 3 270 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 360 1 0 0 0
18 MF   Konstantin Zyryanov 15 1209 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1299 1 0 2 0
20 MF   Viktor Fayzulin 11 433 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 433 0 0 1 1
23 MF   Szabolcs Huszti 11 351 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 360 1 1 1 0
24 DF   Aleksandar Luković 9 810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 900 0 0 4 0
25 MF   Sergei Semak 6 433 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 82 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 515 0 2 0 0
27 MF   Igor Denisov 13 1170 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1260 0 1 2 0
50 DF   Igor Cheminava 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 180 0 0 1 0
57 MF   Aleksei Ionov 15 867 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 903 4 0 1 0
98 MF   Sergei Petrov 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 0 0

Goalkeeping edit

As of 26 June 2011

No. Pos. Name League Cup Super Cup Europe Total Discipline
App Min GA AVG SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV App Min GA SV    
16 GK   Vyacheslav Malafeev 15 1316 8 0.533 47 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1406 8 47 1 0
30 GK   Yuri Zhevnov 1 34 1 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 1 1 0 0

Transfers edit

Ownership edit

Loan edit

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11 and List of Russian football transfers summer 2011

Matches edit

Russian Premier League edit

13 March 2011 1 Terek Grozny 0–1 Zenit Grozny, Chechnya
18:30 MST Rodrigo Tiuí   90' Report Lazović   14',   74'
Huszti   82'
Zyryanov   84'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev
20 March 2011 2 Zenit 2–0 Anzhi Makhachkala Saint Petersburg
16:30 MST Shirokov   6'
Ionov   37'
Lazović   45'		 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
3 April 2011 3 Spartak Nalchik 2–2 Zenit Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
11:00 MST Jovanović   41'   67'
Zahirović   60'
Kontsedalov   88'		 Report Kerzhakov   7',   34'
Luković   26'
Lazović   56',   80'
Alves   62'
Danny   74'
Lombaerts   78'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
10 April 2011 4 Zenit 0 – 3
Awarded		 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
15:30 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
Note: The match originally ended 1–1 but later the FA awarded a 3–0 win to CSKA due to Zenit not including a player born after 1 January 1990 in the squad for the game.
17 April 2011 5 Amkar Perm 1–3 Zenit Perm, Perm Krai
12:15 MST Sirakov   4'
Novaković   19'
Cherenchikov   36'
Mikhalyov   90'		 Report Ionov   20'
Danny   24'
Luković   38'
Bukharov   80'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev
24 April 2011 6 Zenit 3–0 Krylia Sovetov Saint Petersburg
16:45 MST Kerzhakov   11'
Hubočan   25'
Zyryanov   52'
Lazović   81', 86'		 Report Priyomov   37' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,650
Referee: Sergey Karasev
1 May 2011 7 Krasnodar 0–0 Zenit Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
16:30 MST Gogniyev   12'
Tubić   34'
Martynovich   45'		 Report Anyukov   70'
Danny   89'
Lazović   90'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Aleksey Eskov
8 May 2011 8 Zenit 1–1 Lokomotiv Moscow Saint Petersburg
20:30 MST Lombaerts   21'
Lazović   51',   65' (pen.)		 Report Guilherme   35'
Yanbaev   43'
Ďurica   47'
Maicon   51',   68'
Ivanov   51'
Ibričić   57'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
14 May 2011 9 Zenit 2–2 Rubin Kazan Saint Petersburg
16:00 MST Danny   9'
Anyukov   11'
Bukharov   51'
Kerzhakov   71'		 Report Karadeniz   19'
Medvedev   31'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
21 May 2011 10 Tom Tomsk 2–1 Zenit Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast
11:45 MST Starikov   37'
Golyshev   52'		 Report Lazović   25'
Ionov   41'
Anyukov   69'
Alves   75'		 Stadium: Trud Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Almir Kayumov
30 May 2011 11 Zenit 3–0 Spartak Moscow Saint Petersburg
16:00 MST Kerzhakov   11',   67', 88'
Hubočan   26'
Lazović   37' (pen.)
Fayzulin   81'
Alves   84'		 Report Kudryashov   36'
Suchý   41'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,400
Referee: Igor Egorov
10 June 2011 12 Dynamo Moscow 1–1 Zenit Moscow
20:00 MST Semshov   15'
Kokorin   40'
Wilkshire   56'
Voronin   68'
Sapeta   76'
Samedov   81',   90'		 Report Luković   14'
Hubočan   59'
Lombaerts   70'
Fayzulin   73'
Lazović   82'
Malafeev   90'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 13,734
Referee: Igor Egorov
14 June 2011 13 Zenit 4–0 Rostov Saint Petersburg
18:45 MST Ionov   1'
Lazović   40'
Huszti   72'
Bukharov   90'		 Report Khokhlov   20'
Adamov   65'
Khagush   79'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,081
Referee: Almir Kayumov
18 June 2011 14 Volga 0–2 Zenit Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
18:45 MST Bendz   13'
Gogua   72'
Getigezhev   90'		 Report Kerzhakov   9', 19'
Cheminava   82'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 17,800
Referee: Aleksei Eskov
22 June 2011 15 Zenit 1–0 Kuban Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
21:00 MST Luković   25'
Zyryanov   35'		 Report A. Kozlov   20' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
26 June 2011 16 Zenit 0–0 Terek Grozny Saint Petersburg
18:45 MST Bukharov   86' Report Gvazava   22'
António Ferreira   86'
Dzhanaev   90'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
24 July 2011 17 Anzhi Makhachkala 0–1 Zenit Makhachkala, Dagestan
21:00 MST Tagirbekov   18'
Revishvili   81'		 Report Kerzhakov   80' Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin
31 July 2011 18 Zenit 1–0 Spartak Nalchik Saint Petersburg
16:30 MST Fayzulin   23' Report Džudović   7' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 20,700
Referee: Yuri Baskakov
6 August 2011 19 CSKA Moscow 0–2 Zenit Moscow
18:45 MST Ignashevich   64'
Doumbia   71'
Vágner Love   79'
Rahimić   88'		 Report Zyryanov   16'
Kerzhakov   54'
Anyukov   56'
Fayzulin   79'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
14 August 2011 20 Zenit 1–1 Amkar Perm Saint Petersburg
17:45 MST Kerzhakov   16',   52'
Shirokov   61'
Bukharov   90'
Criscito   90'		 Report Kolomeytsev   23'
Volkov   34'
Popov   45'
Mijailović   70'
Narubin   90'
Cherenchikov   90'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov
20 August 2011 21 Krylia Sovetov 2–5 Zenit Samara, Samara Oblast
18:15 MST Yakovlev   31', 51',   90' Report Danny   22'
Shirokov   29', 78' (pen.)
Lombaerts   32'
Fayzulin   34'		 Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 19,100
Referee: Igor Egorov
28 August 2011 22 Zenit 5–0 Krasnodar Saint Petersburg
16:45 MST Criscito   14'
Kerzhakov   24', 30', 79' (pen.)
Shirokov   85'
Danny   90'		 Report Anđelković   35'
Kulchiy   52'
Mikheyev   67'
Joãozinho   78'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Vyacheslav Popov
10 September 2011 23 Lokomotiv Moscow 4–2 Zenit Moscow
16:10 MST Caicedo   16',   62'
Yanbaev   18'
Shishkin   33'
Obinna   46'
Tarasov   53'
Da Costa   77', 88'		 Report Lazović   8'
Hubočan   14'
Fayzulin   20'
Bukharov   31'
Lombaerts   55'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 19,180
Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev
17 September 2011 24 Rubin Kazan 2–3 Zenit Kazan, Tatarstan
17:00 MST Natcho   7' (pen.)
Kislyak   23'
Navas   69'
Noboa   82'		 Report Danny   7',   50', 68'
Shirokov   12',   28'
Malafeev   24'
Alves   33'
Zyryanov   44'
Zhevnov   90'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 21,450
Referee: Sergei Karasev
24 September 2011 25 Zenit 4–0 Tom Tomsk Saint Petersburg
16:00 MST Fayzulin   4'
Shirokov   23'
Luković   34'
Kerzhakov   43', 54'
Anyukov   55'
Bukharov   90'		 Report Skoblyakov   41'
Stroyev   45'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Aleksei Eskov
2 October 2011 26 Spartak Moscow 2–2 Zenit Moscow
16:00 MST Anyukov   22' (o.g.)
Pareja   32'   43'
Welliton   68',   80'		 Report Danny   39'
Kerzhakov   47'
Hubočan   68'
Lombaerts   71'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 37,075
Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
15 October 2011 27 Zenit 0–0 Dynamo Moscow Saint Petersburg
18:15 MST Alves   52'
Luković   71'		 Report Yusupov   40'
Lomić   49'
Granat   79'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov
23 October 2011 28 Rostov 1–3 Zenit Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast
15:00 MST Smolnikov   15'
Ahumada   19'
Bracamonte   49'
Cociș   62'
Kalachev   72'
Adamov   85'		 Report Danny   9',   87'
Luković   15' (pen.),   61'
Bukharov   32',   65'
Shirokov   69'
Alves   80'
Bystrov   90'		 Stadium: Olimp – 2
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Timur Arsanbekov
28 October 2011 29 Zenit 3–0 Volga Saint Petersburg
19:00 MST Fayzulin   2'
Bukharov   37'
Lazović   69' (pen.)		 Report Arziani   39'
Shulenin   51'
Abayev   69'
Székely   89'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,350
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev
6 November 2011 30 Kuban Krasnodar 1–1 Zenit Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
17:15 MST Lolo   2'
Bucur   8'
Traoré   46'
Traoré   66' (pen.)		 Report Denisov   28'
Luković   30'
Alves   49'
Hubočan   65'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 28,650
Referee: Igor Egorov

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zenit St. Petersburg 30 17 10 3 59 25 +34 61 Qualification to Championship group
2 CSKA Moscow 30 16 11 3 58 29 +29 59
3 Dynamo Moscow 30 16 7 7 51 30 +21 55
4 Spartak Moscow 30 15 8 7 48 33 +15 53[a]
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 15 8 7 49 30 +19 53[a]
Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spartak Moscow ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow on head-to-head points; Lokomotiv Moscow–Spartak Moscow 0–2, Spartak Moscow–Lokomotiv Moscow 3–0.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zenit St. Petersburg (C) 44 24 16 4 85 40 +45 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Spartak Moscow 44 21 12 11 69 47 +22 75 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
3 CSKA Moscow 44 19 16 9 72 47 +25 73 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Dynamo Moscow 44 20 12 12 66 50 +16 72 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Anzhi Makhachkala 44 19 13 12 54 42 +12 70 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6 Rubin Kazan 44 17 17 10 55 41 +14 68 Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 44 18 12 14 59 48 +11 66
8 Kuban Krasnodar 44 15 16 13 50 45 +5 61
Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Rubin have won the 2011–12 Russian Cup and thus have qualified for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage – Group G edit

13 September 2011 Matchday 1 APOEL   2–1   Zenit Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 CET Oliveira   40'
Morais   71'
Paulo Jorge   71'
Manduca   73'
Aílton   75'
Jahić   79'		 Report Alves   29'   76'
Danny   35'
Zyryanov   63'		 Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 21,269
Referee:   Eduardo Iturralde González
28 September 2011 Matchday 2 Zenit   3–1   Porto Saint Petersburg
18:00 CET Shirokov   20', 63'
Hubočan   61'
Danny   72'		 Report J. Rodríguez   10'
Fucile   25'   45'
Otamendi   62'
Belluschi   69'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 21,405
Referee:   Howard Webb
19 October 2011 Matchday 3 Shakhtar   2–2 Zenit   Donetsk
20:45 CET Willian   15'
Luiz Adriano   46'
Chyzhov   58'
Srna   62'		 Report Alves   3'
Shirokov   33'
Fayzulin   60'
Criscito   62'		 Stadium: Donbass Arena
Attendance: 21,405
Referee:   Frank De Bleeckere
1 November 2011 Matchday 4 Zenit   1–0 Shakhtar   Saint Petersburg
18:00 CET Lombaerts   46'
Denisov   74'
Lazović   91'		 Report Srna   23'
Willian   52'
Luiz Adriano   65'		 Stadium: Petrovskiy Stadium
Attendance: 21,405
Referee:   Stéphane Lannoy
23 November 2011 Matchday 5 Zenit   0–0 APOEL   Saint Petersburg
18:00 CET Criscito   45'
Lombaerts   85'
Hubočan   93'		 Report Alexandrou   42'
Ilia   53'
Paulo Jorge   92'		 Stadium: Petrovskiy Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee:   Felix Brych
6 December 2011 Matchday 6   Porto 0–0 Zenit   Porto
20:45 CET Helton   38'
Otamendi   48'
Hulk   71'		 Report Anyukov   28'
Fayzulin   40'
Malafeev   76'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 46,512
Referee:   Carlos Velasco Carballo

Pre-season edit

22 January 2011 Match World Cup Sparta Prague   0–3   Zenit Saint Petersburg Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Řepka   35'
Vacek   72'
Kušnír   79'		 Report Kerzhakov   1'
Ionov   34'
Rosina   38'
Alves   74'
Lazović   78'
Fayzulin   80'
Zyryanov   83'		 Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
24 January 2011 Match World Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–0   Persepolis Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Kerzhakov   8'
Alves   34'
Denisov   72'
Semak   79'
Rosina   80'
Gigolayev   89'		 Report Zare   44' Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
26 January 2011 Final Zenit Saint Petersburg   1–1
(1–4 p)		   Al-Hilal Dubai, UAE
18:30 MST Denisov   21'
Huszti   62'
Kerzhakov   78'
Lazović   80'   90'		 Report Rădoi   20',   90'
Nami   22'
Al-Marshedi   68'		 Stadium: Al-Maktoum Stadium
Penalties
Luković  
Shirokov  
Meira  		 Rădoi  
Al-Shalhoub  
Al-Mehyani  
Hawsawi  
28 January 2011 Metalist Kharkiv   1–1   Zenit Saint Petersburg Jebel Ali, UAE
15:00 MST Pshenychnykh   85' Report Lazović   43' (pen.)
3 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–1   Lokomotiv Plovdiv Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST Huszti   13',   67'
Starikov   75'		 Report Vitanov   19'
Y. Bengelloun   66'
Zlatinski   72'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
5 February 2011 Marbella Cup Polonia Warszawa   1–0   Zenit Saint Petersburg Marbella, Spain
16:00 MST Smolarek   9' Report Kerzhakov   24'
Denisov   67'
Ionov   75'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
8 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg   1–2   Sparta Prague Marbella, Spain
18:00 MST Fayzulin   17'
Lazović   38' (pen.)		 Report Abena   43'
Kušnír   48'
Lačný   52'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
13 February 2011 Marbella Cup Zenit Saint Petersburg   0–0   Dynamo Kyiv Marbella, Spain
19:00 MST Report Yussuf   40'
Eremenko   53'
Silva   63'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

2011 CIS Cup edit

Group stage edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
  Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
  Flora Tallinn 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
  Balkan 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
15 January 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg   1–0   Flora Tallinn Saint Petersburg, Russia
S. Petrov   25'
Murikhin   60'
Cheminava   62'		 Report Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 4,500
16 January 2011 Shakhtyor Soligorsk   1–1   Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MST Kirenkin   26'
Grenkov   45'
Alumona   78'		 Report Tsyganov   83' Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 5,300
18 January 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–0   Nebitçi Balkanabat Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MST Murikhin   33'
Tsyganov   84'		 Report Sarkisov   24'
Meredov   68'
Garakhanov   82'		 Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 2,000

Knockout phase edit

19 January 2011 Quarter-final Zenit Saint Petersburg   2–1   HJK Helsinki Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 MST Batov   6'
Sirotov   43'
Matyash   62', 65'
Mogilevets   75'
Zinkov   86'		 Report Ring   20'
Kastrati   63'
Yobe   78'
Parikka   84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vitali Meshkov
21 January 2011 Semi-final Inter Baku   5–0   Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00 MST Karlsons   3', 15', 54'
Zlatinov   7'
Levin   27'
Chertoganov   30'
Amiraslanov   70'		 Report Kostin   45' Stadium: Petersburg SCC
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sergei Karasev

Russian Cup edit

1 March 2011 Round of 16 Anzhi Makhachkala 2–3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Grozny
18:00 Agalarov   22'
D. Ivanov   90'		 Report Huszti   12' (pen.)
Danny   67'
Lazović   83'		 Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Almir Kayumov
Note: Anzhi's home stadium in Makhachkala was ruled not fit for the game due to weather conditions.
20 April 2011 Quarter-finals Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 CSKA Moscow Saint Petersburg
20:00 Report Doumbia   41'
Ignashevich   58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Russian Super Cup edit

6 March 2011 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–0 CSKA Moscow Krasnodar, Russia
13:00 MST Ionov   57' Report Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev

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