2009 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008-09 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Anatoli Davydov
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	3rd
09–10 Russian Cup	Progressed to 2010 season
2008–09 UEFA Cup	Round of 16 vs Udinese
2009–10 UEFA Europa League	Play-off round vs Nacional
Top goalscorer	League: Fatih Tekke (8); All: Fatih Tekke (10)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fifteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit finished third in the Russian Premier League, progressed to the quarterfinal of the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reached the round of 16 in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the playoff round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Squad

As of match played 29 November 2009^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)^{[N 1]}	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamil Čontofalský	GK	(1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 31)	Bohemians 1905	2003	76	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 30)	Trainee	1999	311	0
22	Dmitri Borodin	GK	(1977-10-08)8 October 1977 (aged 32)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2009	0	0
51	Vladimir Mukhin	GK	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
90	Nikolai Zabolotny	GK	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
91	Andrei Zaytsev	GK	(1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Defenders
2	Aleksandr Anyukov	DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 27)	Krylia Sovetov	2005	168	9
3	Fernando Meira	DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 27)	Galatasaray	2009	26	1
4	Ivica Križanac	DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 30)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005	127	6
5	Kim Dong-jin	DF	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 27)	Seoul	2006	86	4
6	Nicolas Lombaerts	DF	(1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 24)	KAA Gent	2007	44	4
14	Tomáš Hubočan	DF	(1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 24)	MŠK Žilina	2008	28	0
37	Dmitri Grebenev	DF	(1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
50	Igor Cheminava	DF	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
55	Yan Bobrovsky	DF	(1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007	0	0
65	Yuriy Boyev	DF	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Midfielders
10	Danny	MF	(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 26)	Dynamo Moscow	2008	25	8
11	Radek Šírl	MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 28)	Sparta Prague	2003	183	7
15	Roman Shirokov	MF	(1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 28)	Khimki	2008	67	4
17	Alessandro Rosina	MF	(1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 25)	Torino	2009	12	2
18	Konstantin Zyryanov	MF	(1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 32)	Torpedo Moscow	2007	122	27
20	Viktor Fayzulin	MF	(1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 23)	Spartak Nalchik	2008	59	8
21	Igor Semshov	MF	(1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 31)	Dynamo Moscow	2009	34	9
23	Szabolcs Huszti	MF	(1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 26)	Hannover 96	2009	27	3
27	Igor Denisov	MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 25)	Trainee	2002	224	27
30	Pavel Komolov	MF	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 20)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2006	0	0
34	Vladimir Bystrov	MF	(1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 25)	Spartak Moscow	2009	96	16
35	Anton Sosnin	MF	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
47	Basel Abdoulfattakh	MF	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
53	Pavel Mochalin	MF	(1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 20)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
57	Aleksei Ionov	MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007	20	1
59	Sergey Vasetsky	MF	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
69	Yevgeni Bashkirov	MF	(1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
75	Ilya Sagdatullin	MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
77	Alexander Petrov	MF	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
80	Maxim Batov	MF	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
92	Nikita Bocharov	MF	(1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
96	Roland Gigolayev	MF	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 19)	Yunost Vladikavkaz	2005	0	0
98	Sergei Petrov	MF	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Forwards
9	Fatih Tekke	FW	(1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 32)	Trabzonspor	2006	92	29
19	Sergei Kornilenko	FW	(1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (aged 26)	Tom Tomsk	2009	18	1
31	Vitali Galysh	FW	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
33	Pavel Ignatovich	FW	(1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007	2	0
36	Stanislav Matyash	FW	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
70	Vyacheslav Sushkin	FW	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
71	Sergei Kostin	FW	(1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
73	Stanislav Murikhin	FW	(1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	0	0
79	Andrei Ornat	FW	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
87	Eugene Starikov	FW	(1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 21)	Bradenton Academics	2009	0	0
88	Mateja Kežman	FW	(1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 30)	loan from Paris Saint-Germain	2009	10	2
99	Maksim Kanunnikov	FW	(1991-07-14)14 July 1991 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2009	1	0
Out on loan
28	Sébastien Puygrenier	DF	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 27)	Nancy	2008	14	1
32	Artyom Kulesha	DF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
34	Aleksandr Khokhlov	DF	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 21)	Trainee	2006	1	0
37	German Pyatnikov	MF	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 21)	Trainee	2006	0	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2004	0	0
48	Nikita Kolesnikov	MF	(1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 21)	Trainee	2007	0	0
Left during the season
8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	FW	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 26)	Tom Tomsk	2007	97	30
44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	MF	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 30)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2007	100	18

^ Age as of the end of the season

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	FRA	Sébastien Puygrenier (at AS Monaco)
32	DF	RUS	Artyom Kulesha (at Smena-Zenit)
34	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Khokhlov (at Kuban Krasnodar)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	RUS	German Pyatnikov (at Smena-Zenit)
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volgar Astrakhan)
48	MF	RUS	Nikita Kolesnikov (at Smena-Zenit)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2009	GK	Dmitri Borodin	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed
Winter 2009	MF	Maxim Batov	Youth Team	Promoted
Winter 2009	MF	Nikita Bocharov	Youth Team	Promoted
Winter 2009	FW	Stanislav Murikhin	Youth Team	Promoted
2 February 2009	MF	Szabolcs Huszti	Hannover 96	Undisclosed	^[2]
11 March 2009	DF	Fernando Meira	Galatasaray	Undisclosed	^[3]
Summer 2009	MF	Vladimir Bystrov	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2009	FW	Sergei Kornilenko	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed
31 July 2009	MF	Alessandro Rosina	Torino	Undisclosed	^[4]
31 August 2009	FW	Mateja Kežman	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	^[5]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2009	MF	Lee Ho	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Undisclosed
Winter 2009	FW	Yevgeni Izvekov	Yelets	Undisclosed
Winter 2009	FW	Yegor Okorokov	Smena-Zenit	Undisclosed
3 February 2009	MF	Andrey Arshavin	Arsenal	Undisclosed	^[6]
12 March 2009	MF	Alejandro Domínguez	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed
1 July 2009	MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed	^[7]
1 August 2009	FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	VfB Stuttgart	Undisclosed	^[8]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2009	DF	Aleksandr Khokhlov	Kuban Krasnodar
Winter 2009	DF	Artyom Kulesha	Smena-Zenit
Winter 2009	DF	Ivan Lapin	Rostov
Winter 2009	MF	Nikita Kolesnikov	Smena-Zenit
Winter 2009	MF	German Pyatnikov	Smena-Zenit
15 January 2009	DF	Sébastien Puygrenier	Bolton Wanderers	Summer 2009	^[9]
Summer 2009	DF	Sébastien Puygrenier	AS Monaco	Winter 2010

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2009	DF	Yuriy Vorobyov
Winter 2009	FW	Dmitri Nechayev
28 August 2009^[10]	MF	Fernando Ricksen	Fortuna Sittard	2 December 2010	^[11]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	15 March 2009	29 November 2009	Matchday 1	3rd	30	15	9	6	48	27	+21	050.00
Russian Cup	15 July 2009	see 2010 season	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
UEFA Cup	18 February 2009	19 March 2009	Round of 32	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1	075.00
UEFA Europa League	20 August 2009	27 August 2009	Playoff Round	Playoff Round	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total					38	20	10	8	61	37	+24	052.63

Last updated: 29 November 2009
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2009. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

15 March 2009 1	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Saenko 2' Bystrov 51' Parshivlyuk 52'	Report	Pogrebnyak 17' Tymoshchuk 31' Denisov 53' Fayzulin 74'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

22 March 2009 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Križanac 9' Tekke 66' 88'	Report	Topić 36' Evseev 39' Zelão 42' Okoronkwo 83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Almir Kayumov

5 April 2009 3	Tom Tomsk	0 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tomsk
11:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Smirnov 24' Klimov 33' Yevsikov 39' Ivanov 70'	Report	Kim 40' Meira 54' Denisov 60' Tekke 82'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

12 April 2009 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Meira 75'	Report	Cherenchikov 4' Novaković 45' Belorukov 63' Narubin 79' Sirakov 83' Drinčić 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

19 April 2009 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Odemwingie 25' Dujmović 44' Rodolfo 70' 79' Baša 79' Čech 88'	Report	Tymoshchuk 50' Križanac 52' Kim 58'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 17,102 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

25 April 2009 6	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 2	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Trivunović 8' (o.g.) Kim 18' Semshov 28' Danny 58' Tekke 63' Pogrebnyak 88'	Report	Kozhanov 13' 15' Budyanskiy 17' Maksimov 45' Zinovyev 53' Samsonov 69' Antipenko 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Harlamov

3 May 2009 7	Rostov	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
15:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Akimov 53' Rozhkov 60' Astafyev 69' Gațcan 85'	Report	Meira 75' Pogrebnyak 83' (pen.) Tekke 88' 90+' Križanac 90+'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Ildus Biglov

10 May 2009 8	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov 27' Denisov 49' Zyryanov 57' Pogrebnyak 69' Tymoshchuk 90+'	Report	Ajinjal 67' Koller 87' Bobyor 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

17 May 2009 9	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maâzou 32' Šemberas 59' Erkin 65' Love 85' (pen.) Carvalho 90'	Report	Semshov 54' Hubočan 78'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

24 May 2009 10	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kolodin 59' Ropotan 69' Khokhlov 84' Gabulov 90+' D.Kombarov 90+'	Report	Denisov 41' 90+' Tymoshchuk 57' Anyukov 90+'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 11,160 Referee: Eduard Malyi

30 May 2009 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov 38' Zyryanov 45' Anyukov 61' Šírl 76' Semshov 79'	Report	Zaseev 6' Kaita 59'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

14 June 2009 12	Spartak Nalchik	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nalchik
19:0 MSK (UTC+4)	Gogua 28' Geteriev 44', 49'	Report	Semshov 32' Huszti 54' Anyukov 63' Križanac 70'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov

12 July 2009 13	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kim 49' Križanac 56' 76' Meira 57'	Report	Česnauskis 32' Okoronkwo 75' Tarasov 80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduard Malyi

19 July 2009 14	Terek Grozny	3 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Georgiev 22' Gvazava 23' Kobenko 26' Pancu 31' Lakhiyalov 57' Iliev 90' 90'	Report	Ionov 9' Pogrebnyak 30' 75' Huszti 72' Denisov 90+' Meira 90+'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Almir Kayumov

25 July 2009 15	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
18:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti 10' Anyukov 17' Fayzulin 75'	Report	Navas 33' Noboa 48' Kvirkvelia 59' 63' Adamov 86'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

2 August 2009 16	Saturn Ramenskoye	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ramenskoye
17:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuzmichyov 12' 84' Kirichenko 15' (pen.) Zelão 76' Nakhushev 85'	Report	Križanac 14' Kornilenko 28' Shirokov 54' Kim 58' Meira 84'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Sergei Karasev

9 August 2009 17	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
16:15 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Kharitonov 24' 67' Jokić 48' Stroyev 54' Dyadyun 75'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

15 August 2009 18	Amkar Perm	2 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
MSK (UTC+4)	Kushev 2', 14' 37' Carlos 24' Grishin 33' Cherenchikov 38' Sirakov 71' Kalashnikov 85' 87'	Report	Denisov 2' Semshov 28', 75' Lombaerts 34' Huszti 53' Hubočan 90+'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Ildus Biglov

23 August 2009 19	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 28' Zyryanov 33' Kim 90+'	Report	Wágner 9' Yanbayev 55' Bilyaletdinov 52' Rodolfo 52' Torbinski 64'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

30 August 2008 20	Khimki	0 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Gapon 34' 57' Romaschenko 44' Sansoni 54' 78'	Report	Tekke 24' Bystrov 49' Rosina 67' Zinovyev 90+' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

13 September 2009 21	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Meira 40' Zyryanov 45' Anyukov 68' Bystrov 78' 88' Semshov 89'	Report	Anđelković 10' Lebedenko 45+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

20 September 2009 22	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Taranov 10' Ignatyev 48' Leilton 81'	Report	Bystrov 14' Semshov 67' Denisov 86'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

26 September 2009 23	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kežman 33' 45+1' Huszti 36' Bystrov 49' 87' Meira 77'	Report	Krasić 20' Guilherme 38' González 49' Šemberas 60' Dzagoev 71' Berezutski 77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

4 October 2009 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Semshov 46' Tekke 59' 89' Kežman 62' Križanac 90' Denisov 90+'	Report	Shunin 42' Fernández 44' Granat 82' K.Kombarov 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

18 October 2009 25	Kuban Krasnodar	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Babangida 33'	Report	Rosina 26' Bystrov 49' Šírl 58'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

25 October 2009 26	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 2	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Bystrov 7' 58' Tekke 29'	Report	Siradze 10' 49' Kontsedalov 30' Geteriev 45+' Leandro 65'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,351 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

31 October 2009 27	Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Goore 20' Sheshukov 85'	Report	Denisov 34' Semshov 88'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

8 November 2009 28	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
16:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 26' Utsiyev 39' (o.g.)	Report	Cléber 72' Pancu 82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Yuri Baskakov

21 November 2009 29	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Sharonov 45' Bukharov 47'	Report	Križanac 31' Malafeev 39' Tekke 45' Anyukov 45' Zyryanov 75'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

29 November 2009 30	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti 5' 44' Bystrov 24' Anyukov 45' Zyryanov 45+' Lombaerts 50'	Report	Boyarintsev 43' Makeyev 70' Fathi 83' 85' Alex 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rubin Kazan (C)	30	19	6	5	62	21	+41	63	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	4	9	61	33	+28	55	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	15	9	6	48	27	+21	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round^[a]
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	9	6	43	30	+13	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	CSKA Moscow	30	16	4	10	48	30	+18	52	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

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
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

^[12]

15 July 2009 Round of 32	Torpedo Vladimir	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Vladimir
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Vyazmikin 53' Trofimov 63' Karatygin 76'	Report	Anyukov 12' Zyryanov 34' Pogrebnyak 45+' (pen.) Denisov 53' Ionov 70' Čontofalský 79'	Stadium: Torpedo stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

5 August 2009 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Rosina 39' Anyukov 66' Kornilenko 69' Shirokov 90+' Križanac 97' 98'	Report	Shpedt 81' Zyuzin 82' Zemchenkov 92'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

Quarterfinal took place during the 2010 season.

UEFA Cup

18 February 2009 Round of 32 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Huszti 2' Šírl 29' Anyukov 38' Tymoshchuk 45+3' 90+2' Križanac 60'	Report	Gómez 15' Lanig 36' Magnin 45+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,585 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)

26 February 2009 Round of 32 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Stuttgart, Germany
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Gebhart 80' Gómez 81'	Report	Danny 33' Semshov 42' Anyukov 44' Huszti 66' Fayzulin 86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 34,500 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

12 March 2009 Round of 16 1st leg	Udinese	2 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Udine, Italy
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	D'Agostino 12' Inler 27' Coda 35' Quagliarella 85' 90+3' Di Natale 88' (pen.) Domizzi 88'	Report	Shirokov 24' 90+2' Denisov 71' Anyukov 90+1' Križanac 90+2' Tymoshchuk 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

19 March 2009 Round of 16 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Udinese	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tymoshchuk 34' Križanac 90+4'	Report	Pepe 45+1' Quagliarella 76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

UEFA Europa League

20 August 2009 Play-off round 1st leg	Nacional	4 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Funchal, Portugal
23:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Alberto 30' 66' Cléber 35' Aurélio 37' 38' Silva 53' Patacas 55' Micael 74'	Report	Anyukov 21' Shirokov 35' Semshov 44', 55' Meira 79' Tekke 90+2'	Stadium: Estádio da Madeira Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

27 August 2009 Play-off round 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (4 – 5 agg.)	Nacional	Saint Petersburg, Russia
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 34' Huszti 66' Zyryanov 77' Križanac 80' Kim 90+4'	Report	Micael 14' 89' Pinto 63' Patacas 66' Lopes 76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 December 2009

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SVK	Kamil Čontofalský	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	34	1	27	1	2	0	3	0	2	0
3	DF	POR	Fernando Meira	26	1	22	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	CRO	Ivica Križanac	25	3	18	2	1+1	1	4	0	0+1	0
5	DF	KOR	Kim Dong-jin	21	1	17	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts	18	2	14+1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	TUR	Fatih Tekke	25	10	14+6	8	0	0	0+3	0	1+1	2
10	MF	POR	Danny	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	CZE	Radek Šírl	21	0	13+4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
14	DF	SVK	Tomáš Hubočan	13	0	8+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	RUS	Roman Shirokov	28	1	9+12	1	1+1	0	3	0	2	0
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev	34	0	28	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
17	MF	ITA	Alessandro Rosina	12	3	5+4	2	1	1	0	0	0+2	0
18	MF	RUS	Konstantin Zyryanov	38	5	30	4	2	1	4	0	2	0
19	FW	BLR	Sergei Kornilenko	18	1	4+7	1	1	0	4	0	2	0
20	MF	RUS	Viktor Fayzulin	22	1	10+6	0	0+2	0	1+3	1	0	0
21	MF	RUS	Igor Semshov	34	9	20+6	6	2	0	3+1	1	2	2
23	MF	HUN	Szabolcs Huszti	27	3	12+7	2	1+1	0	3+1	1	2	0
27	MF	RUS	Igor Denisov	34	1	28	1	2	0	3	0	1	0
33	FW	RUS	Pavel Ignatovich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
34	MF	RUS	Vladimir Bystrov	10	6	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ionov	11	0	5+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW	SRB	Mateja Kežman	10	2	5+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	RUS	Maksim Kanunnikov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
8	FW	RUS	Pavel Pogrebnyak	20	6	13+2	5	1	1	4	0	0	0
44	MF	UKR	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	13	2	8+2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	9	Fatih Tekke	8	0	0	2	10
2	MF	21	Igor Semshov	6	0	1	2	9
3	MF	34	Vladimir Bystrov	6	0	0	0	6
3	FW	8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	5	1	0	0	6
5	MF	18	Konstantin Zyryanov	4	1	0	0	5
6	DF	4	Ivica Križanac	2	1	0	0	3
	MF	23	Szabolcs Huszti	2	0	1	0	3
	MF	17	Alessandro Rosina	2	1	0	0	3
			Own goal	3	0	0	0	3
10	DF	6	Nicolas Lombaerts	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	88	Mateja Kežman	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	0	0	2	0	2
13	MF	3	Fernando Meira	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	27	Igor Denisov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Kim Dong-jin	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	2	Aleksandr Anyukov	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	19	Sergei Kornilenko	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	15	Roman Shirokov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	20	Viktor Fayzulin	0	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	48	4	5	4	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK	16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	12	0	1	13
1	GK	1	Kamil Čontofalský	1	1	0	2
			TOTALS	13	1	1	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Kamil Čontofalský	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	12	0
3		DF	Fernando Meira	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	12	0
5		DF	Kim Dong-jin	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9		FW	Fatih Tekke	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
10		MF	Danny	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Radek Šírl	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Tomáš Hubočan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Roman Shirokov	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	1
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		FW	Sergei Kornilenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Viktor Fayzulin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Igor Semshov	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
23		MF	Szabolcs Huszti	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	1
27		MF	Igor Denisov	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	1
34		MF	Vladimir Bystrov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
57		MF	Aleksei Ionov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
88		FW	Mateja Kežman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
8		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
			TOTALS	71	3	8	0	14	1	7	0	100	4

References

^ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2009".
^ "Zenit land Huszti". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "Zenit take Meira off Galatasaray's hands". UEFA. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
^ "Official: Alessandro Rosina Joins Zenit St. Petersburg From Torino". Goal.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
^ "Official for Kezman". psg.fr. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
^ "Russian international Arshavin joins Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
^ "Anatoliy Tymoshchuk". Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
^ "Stuttgart Sign Pavel Pogrebnyak From Zenit". goal.com. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ "Puygrenier given Bolton go-ahead". BBC Sport. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ Official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website (Russian)
^ "Ricksen maakt vrijdag rentree bij Fortuna". voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ "Russia Cups 2009/10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 October 2016.^{[dead link]}

[2] Age as of the end of the season

[table_note_res_CL30.79326990376845-13] Winners of 2009–10 Russian Cup, Zenit, qualified for the Champions League, that means the loser finalists Sibir Novosibirsk will play in third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[1] "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2009".

[3] "Zenit land Huszti". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[4] "Zenit take Meira off Galatasaray's hands". UEFA. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.

[5] "Official: Alessandro Rosina Joins Zenit St. Petersburg From Torino". Goal.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

[6] "Official for Kezman". psg.fr. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

[7] "Russian international Arshavin joins Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

[8] "Anatoliy Tymoshchuk". Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

[9] "Stuttgart Sign Pavel Pogrebnyak From Zenit". goal.com. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

[10] "Puygrenier given Bolton go-ahead". BBC Sport. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[11] Official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website (Russian)

[12] "Ricksen maakt vrijdag rentree bij Fortuna". voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[14] "Russia Cups 2009/10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 October 2016.^{[dead link]}

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