2017–18 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2017–18 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	5th
Russian Cup	Round of 32
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Kokorin (10) All: Aleksandr Kokorin (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season Events

Prior to the start of the season, 1 June 2017, Roberto Mancini replaced Mircea Lucescu as manager of Zenit.[1]

Squad

As of 18 February 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Yuri Lodygin 2 DF  RUS Aleksandr Anyukov 3 DF  RUS Denis Terentyev 4 DF  ITA Domenico Criscito 5 MF  ARG Leandro Paredes 7 FW  RUS Dmitry Poloz 8 MF  ARG Matías Kranevitter 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin 10 MF  ARG Emiliano Rigoni 11 FW  ARG Sebastián Driussi 14 MF  RUS Daler Kuzyayev 15 DF  RUS Elmir Nabiullin 18 MF  RUS Yuriy Zhirkov 19 DF  RUS Igor Smolnikov

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  RUS Viktor Fayzulin 21 MF  RUS Aleksandr Yerokhin 23 DF  SVN Miha Mevlja 27 MF  RUS Magomed Ozdoyev 29 FW  RUS Anton Zabolotny 30 DF  ARG Emanuel Mammana 33 FW  RUS Andrei Panyukov 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov 55 MF  BLR Kirill Kaplenko 60 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović 71 GK  RUS Yegor Baburin 80 DF  RUS Ilya Skrobotov 99 GK  RUS Andrey Lunyov — MF  RUS Vyacheslav Zinkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov)

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 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev (at Amkar Perm) 13 DF  POR Luís Neto (at Fenerbahçe) 15 DF  RUS Ibragim Tsallagov (at Dynamo Moscow) 16 MF  ECU Christian Noboa (at Rubin Kazan) 17 MF  RUS Oleg Shatov (at Krasnodar) 22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba (at Arsenal Tula) 23 DF  RUS Yevgeni Chernov (at Tosno) 25 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev (at Arsenal Tula) 27 DF  RUS Sergei Zuykov (at Tom Tomsk)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  SVK Róbert Mak (at PAOK) 46 MF  RUS Vitali Gorulyov (at Volgar Astrakhan) 77 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević (at Arsenal Tula) 87 DF  RUS Artyom Vyatkin (at Lahti) 88 MF  RUS Dmitri Bogayev (at SKA-Khabarovsk) — GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (at Arsenal Tula) — MF  BRA Hernani (at Saint-Étienne) — MF  RUS Aleksei Isayev (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) — MF  RUS Artur Yusupov (at Rostov)

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Denis Terentyev (from Rostov)[2] 5 MF  ARG Leandro Paredes (from Roma)[3] 7 FW  RUS Dmitry Poloz (from Rostov)[4] 8 MF  ARG Matías Kranevitter (from Atlético Madrid)[5] 10 MF  ARG Emiliano Rigoni (from Independiente)[6] 11 FW  ARG Sebastián Driussi (from River Plate)[7] 14 MF  RUS Daler Kuzyayev (from Akhmat Grozny)[8] 16 MF  ECU Christian Noboa (from Rostov)[9] 21 MF  RUS Aleksandr Yerokhin (from Rostov)[4] 23 DF  SVN Miha Mevlja (from Rostov)[10] 30 DF  ARG Emanuel Mammana (from Lyon)[11] 31 GK  RUS Mikhail Ponomarenko 32 FW  RUS Nikolai Prudnikov (from Chertanovo Moscow) 33 FW  RUS Andrei Panyukov (from Atlantas)[12] 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (end of loan to Orenburg) 52 DF  RUS Andrei Anisimov 55 MF  BLR Kirill Kaplenko (from own academy) 63 DF  RUS Maksim Smirnov 65 FW  RUS Maksim Bachinsky 67 MF  RUS Nikita Andreyev (end of loan to VSS Košice) 72 DF  RUS Anton Sinyak 74 MF  RUS Sergei Ivanov (end of loan to VSS Košice) 75 MF  RUS Ivan Andreyev 80 DF  RUS Ilya Skrobotov (from own academy) 81 MF  LVA Vladislavs Soloveičiks (from RTU)[13] 82 FW  RUS Ivan Tarasov (from own academy) 84 FW  RUS Ilya Vorobyov 88 FW  RUS Dmitri Bogayev (from Palanga)[14] 90 FW  RUS Yefrem Vartanyan 90 DF  RUS Stanislav Utkin 94 FW  RUS Nikita Povarov 96 DF  RUS Tomas Rukas (from União de Leiria)[15] — GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (end of loan to Tyumen)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev (on loan to Amkar Perm)[16] 6 DF  BEL Nicolas Lombaerts (to Oostende)[17] 6 MF  ESP Javi García (to Real Betis)[18] 8 MF  BRA Maurício (to PAOK)[19] 10 MF  POR Danny (to Slavia Prague)[20][21] 10 MF  BRA Giuliano (to Fenerbahçe)[22] 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov (retired)[23] 13 DF  POR Luís Neto (loan to Fenerbahçe)[24] 14 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov (on loan to Rostov)[25] 15 DF  RUS Ibragim Tsallagov (on loan to Dynamo Moscow)[26] 23 DF  RUS Yevgeni Chernov (on loan to Tosno)[27] 23 MF  BRA Hernani (on loan to Saint-Étienne)[28] 24 MF  FRA Yohan Mollo (to Fulham)[29][30] 25 MF  RUS Aleksei Isayev (on loan to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)[31] 26 DF  SRB Vukašin Jovanović (to Bordeaux, previously on loan) 27 DF  RUS Sergei Zuykov (on loan to Tom Tomsk)[32] 29 MF  SVK Róbert Mak (on loan to PAOK)[33] 32 DF  RUS David Mildzikhov (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)[34] 34 FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev 39 FW  RUS Vasili Zapryagayev 40 MF  RUS Yuri Bavin (to Ural Yekaterinburg)[35] 42 MF  RUS Konstantin Kotov 45 DF  RUS Kirill Kostin (to Dynamo St. Petersburg) 49 MF  RUS Dmitri Pletnyov 52 GK  RUS Nodari Kalichava (to Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg) 55 MF  RUS Konstantin Lobov (retired) 65 MF  RUS Danila Yashchuk (to Kuban Krasnodar)[36] 72 DF  RUS Stanislav Mareyev (to Irtysh Omsk) 75 DF  RUS Temur Mustafin (to Fakel Voronezh)[37] 77 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević (loan to Arsenal Tula)[38] 80 GK  RUS Mikhail Mzhelsky (to Anzhi-Yunior Zelenodolsk) 84 DF  RUS Feliks Shalimov (to Dynamo-2 St. Petersburg) 85 FW  RUS Yuri Kozlov 87 DF  RUS Artyom Vyatkin (on loan to Novigrad) 88 FW  RUS Beni Yunayev 90 FW  RUS Yefrem Vartanyan (to Dynamo St. Petersburg) 94 MF  RUS Alexey Yevseyev (to Ural Yekaterinburg)[39] 98 FW  RUS Kirill Pogrebnyak (to Baltika Kaliningrad) — DF  RUS Andrei Ivanov (to Tom Tomsk, previously on loan to Mordovia Saransk)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  RUS Elmir Nabiullin (from Rubin Kazan)[40] 27 MF  RUS Magomed Ozdoyev (from Rubin Kazan)[41] 29 FW  RUS Anton Zabolotny (from Tosno)[42] 40 DF  RUS Ilya Vakhaniya 45 MF  RUS Dmitri Sergeyev 48 GK  RUS Nodari Kalichava (from Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg) 50 DF  RUS Vladislav Molchan 51 FW  RUS Artyom Dyakonov 69 MF  RUS Nikita Miroshnichenko 83 DF  RUS Aleksandr Korotkov 87 DF  RUS Danila Prokhin 88 MF  RUS Vyacheslav Zinkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)[43] 90 FW  RUS Ilya Grishchenko 95 GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin (end of loan to Lahti)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ECU Christian Noboa (loan to Rubin Kazan)[44] 17 MF  RUS Oleg Shatov (loan to Krasnodar)[45] 22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba (loan to Arsenal Tula)[46] 25 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev (loan to Arsenal Tula)[47] 40 MF  RUS Konstantin Zyryanov (retired)[48] 46 MF  RUS Vitali Gorulyov (on loan to Volgar Astrakhan)[49] 50 DF  RUS Maksim Karpov (on loan to SKA-Khabarovsk)[50] 51 GK  RUS Maksim Rudakov (on loan to HJK)[51] 53 DF  RUS Kirill Aloyan 67 MF  RUS Nikita Andreyev (to Anzhi Makhachkala)[52] 88 MF  RUS Dmitri Bogayev (on loan to SKA-Khabarovsk)[53] 90 DF  RUS Stanislav Utkin (to Lokomotiv Moscow) — GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (on loan to Arsenal Tula, previously on loan to Tyumen)[53] — DF  RUS Artyom Vyatkin (on loan to Lahti, previously on loan to Novigrad)[54]

Competitions

Russian 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W
Position	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2017. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 July 2017 1	SKA-Khabarovsk	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Khabarovsk
11:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kazankov  42'	Report	Yerokhin  30' Smolnikov  40' Kuzyayev  52' 85' Kokorin  67' 81'	Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Roman Galimov

22 July 2017 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  51', 90+1'	Report	Nabiullin  14' Zhemaletdinov  45+1' Karadeniz  73'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 38,284 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

30 July 2017 3	Tosno	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Chernov  19' Galiulin  55' Rocha  87'	Report	Kokorin  10' Yerokhin  45+1'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 12,555 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

6 August 2017 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	5–1	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin  36' Paredes  40' Yerokhin  45' Criscito  57' Kuzyayev  63' Rebrov  77' (o.g.) Smolnikov  90+2' Terentyev  90+3'	Report	Dzhikiya  27' Glushakov  34' Kombarov  45+1' Promes  71' (pen.) Fernando  89' Adriano  90+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 53,359 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

9 August 2017 5	Ural Yekaterinburg	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Bicfalvi  35' Ilyin  77'	Report	Kokorin  60' Neto  77'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 8,965 Referee: Roman Galimov

13 August 2017 6	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0	Akhmat Grozny	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  26' Paredes  28' Kokorin  50' Kuzyayev  68' Zhirkov  84'	Report	Akhyadov  21' Ángel  25' Utsiyev  26'  29' Ivanov  50' Roshi  75'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 45,470 Referee: Igor Fedotov

20 August 2017 7	Amkar Perm	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Perm
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Idowu  63'	Report	Kokorin  61' Kranevitter  84' Lunyov  90+1'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 11,345 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

27 August 2017 8	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz  78'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,404 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

10 September 2017 9	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Khimki
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sow  45+2' Temnikov  66' Wánderson  84'	Report	Yerokhin  70'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 11,518 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

18 September 2017 10	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  9' Criscito  22' (pen.) Kokorin  77'	Report	Paurević  83' Sly  90+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 30,158 Referee: Roman Galimov

24 September 2017 11	Krasnodar	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pereyra  45+2'	Report	Yerokhin  30' Poloz  36' Kranevitter  63'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 33,979 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

1 October 2017 12	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Phibel  13' Danchenko  20' 81' Markelov  23' Katsayev  59'	Report	Kranevitter  36' Kokorin  57' Paredes  85' 90+4' Rigoni  90+3'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

15 October 2017 13	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–1	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Paredes  77'	Report	Čaušić  37' Sunzu  53' Kangwa  73' Gabulov  90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 45,746 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

22 October 2017 14	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Vasin  5' Akinfeev  11' Fernandes  12' A.Berezutski  30' Wernbloom  65' Natkho  66'	Report	Mevlja  32' Rigoni  43' Dzyuba  66' Paredes  66'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 26,137 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

29 October 2017 15	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  59'	Report	Farfán  58', 69' Guilherme  72' Al.Miranchuk  77'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 45,829 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

5 November 2017 16	Rubin Kazan	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Granat  24' Bauer  54' M'Vila  61' Azmoun  90+5'	Report	Paredes  72' Smolnikov  90+5'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Roman Galimov

19 November 2017 17	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 0	Tosno	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov  1' Paredes  20' (pen.) Kuzyayev  52' Ivanović  64' Kokorin  70' Dzyuba  86'	Report	Rocha  39' Zabolotny  88'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 48,031 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

27 November 2017 18	Spartak Moscow	3 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov  19' 24' Luiz Adriano  30' Glushakov  45' Zobnin  68' Fernando  79'  85' Zé Luís  82' Bocchetti  90+7' Pašalić  90+8'	Report	Paredes  24' Criscito  35' Rigoni  81'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 41,141 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

2 December 2017 19	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Portnyagin  31' (o.g.) Criscito  45+1' Yerokhin  53' Kokorin  76' 76'	Report	Mammana  6' (o.g.) Bavin  68' Yemelyanov  69' Ilyin  75' Merkulov  80'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 43,921 Referee: Sergey Karasev

11 December 2017 20	Akhmat Grozny	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov  26' Philipe Sampaio  73'	Report	Zhirkov  27' Paredes  73'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 15,532 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

3 March 2017 21	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin  7'  67' Zabolotny  71' Criscito  78'  90+4' Paredes  90+3'	Report	Zaytsev  22'  90+7' Gashchenkov  26' Ezatolahi  82' Nigmatullin  90+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 41,543 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

11 March 2018 22	Rostov	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sapeta  36' Gațcan  67'	Report	Driussi  8' Ivanović  43' Ozdoyev  88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,873 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

1 April 2018 24	Ufa	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Paurević  63' Oblyakov  90+3'	Report	Ivanović  17' Nedelcearu  21' (o.g.) Criscito  90+4'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 8,524 Referee: Igor Fedotov

7 April 2018 25	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 2	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yerokhin  33' Paredes  63' Mevlja  85'	Report	Shatov  22' Mamayev  82' Claesson  88' Smolov  90+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 47,306 Referee: Roman Galimov

14 April 2018 26	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  36' Smolnikov  39' Criscito  52' Lodygin  86'	Report	Khubulov  44'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 38,048 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

18 April 2018 23	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  57' (pen.) Skrobotov  90+3'	Report	Morozov  57' Šunjić  88' Temnikov  90+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 33,793 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

22 April 2018 27	Arsenal Tula	3 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tula
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gorbatenko  3' 23'  77' Tkachyov  45' 45+1' Aleksandrov  81' Dzyuba  88'	Report	Driussi  26' Paredes  36' Kuzyayev  82', 84'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 17,650 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

29 April 2018 28	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  6' Rigoni  84' Paredes  90+3'	Report	Bistrović  5' A.Berezutski  37' V.Berezutski  43' Shchennikov  58'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 51,328 Referee: Roman Galimov

5 May 2018 29	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignatyev  25' Eder  87' Guilherme  90+3'	Report	Driussi  25' Kuzyayev  55' Kranevitter  62' Paredes  67' Mevlja  76'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 26,109 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

13 May 2018 30	Zenit St.Petersburg	6 – 0	SKA-Khabarovsk	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  6' Zabolotny  21' Kuzyayev  37' Yerokhin  38', 49', 60', 78' Mevlja  54' Zhirkov  56'	Report	Savichev  65' Cherevko  74'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,218 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Spartak Moscow	30	16	8	6	51	32	+19	56	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Krasnodar	30	16	6	8	46	30	+16	54	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	14	11	5	46	21	+25	53	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Ufa	30	11	10	9	34	30	+4	43	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Arsenal Tula	30	12	6	12	35	41	−6	42

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[55]
Notes:

1. Tosno qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Russian Cup. However, since they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to fourth-placed team, the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to fifth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team was passed to sixth-placed team.

Russian Cup

21 September 2017 Round of 32	Dynamo St.Petersburg	3 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pesegov  32' Kulishev  37', 111' (pen.) Barsov  43' Tsveiba  74' Markosov  117'	Report	Mevlja  10' Paredes  60' Poloz  62' Kaplenko  110'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 37,123 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

27 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st Leg	Bnei Yehuda	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Petah Tikva, Israel
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Turjeman  35'	Report	Neto  42' Criscito  59' Kokorin  90'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 3,200[56] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

3 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Bnei Yehuda	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Driussi  85'	Report	Kandil  62' Buzaglo  67'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 45,670[56] Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

16 August 2017 Playoff round 1st Leg	Utrecht	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Klaiber  61' Labyad  77' Ayoub  86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,370[57] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

24 August 2017 Playoff round 2nd Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 1 agg.)	Utrecht	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin  9', 105' 105+1' Shatov  21' Paredes  65' Yerokhin  68' Kranevitter  115'	Report	Labyad  65'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 49,237 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 1	Vardar	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Skopje, Macedonia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Alves  43' Jighauri  56'	Report	Kokorin  6', 21' Dzyuba  39' Ivanović  66' Rigoni  89'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 11,118[58] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

28 September 2017 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rigoni  5' Kokorin  24', 60'	Report	Llorente  41'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,487[59] Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

19 October 2017 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Rosenborg	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rigoni  1', 68', 75' Paredes  39'	Report	Hedenstad  14' Trondsen  35' Helland  88'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 46,211[60] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

2 November 2017 4	Rosenborg	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Trondheim, Norway
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Reginiussen  42' Bendtner  55' (pen.)	Report	Yerokhin  33' Criscito  73' Kokorin  90+3'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

23 November 2017 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Vardar	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz  16' Dzyuba 27' Rigoni  43' Terentyev  71'	Report	Demiri  54' Hambardzumyan  77' Blazhevski  90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

7 December 2017 6	Real Sociedad	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	San Sebastián, Spain
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Willian José  58' Canales  77'	Report	Kranevitter  28' Yerokhin  35' 76' Ivanović  64' Paredes  85'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Knockout phase

15 February 2018 Round of 32 1st Leg	Celtic	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Glasgow, Scotland
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Ntcham  56' Kouassi  73' McGregor  78' Brown  83' Dembélé  84' Lustig  85'	Report	Kuzyayev  36' Criscito  64' Smolnikov  76' Paredes  83' Kranevitter  87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,743[61] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

22 February 2018 Round of 32 2nd Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Celtic	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanović  8' Kuzyayev  11' 27' Paredes  21' Kokorin  61'	Report	Kouassi  36' Dembélé  45+1'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,492[62] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

8 March 2018 Round of 16 1st Leg	RB Leipzig	2 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Leipzig, Germany
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Bruma  56' Werner  77' Upamecano  85'	Report	Criscito  86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 19,877[63] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

15 March 2018 Round of 16 2nd Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	RB Leipzig	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  38' Driussi  45+1' Smolnikov  62' Mevlja  81'	Report	Demme  10' Augustin  22' Orban  25' Werner 82'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Squad Statistics

As of match played 13 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Yuri Lodygin	15	0	9+2	0	1	0	3	0
2	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	4	0	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Denis Terentyev	8	0	2+2	0	1	0	2+1	0
4	DF		Domenico Criscito	40	6	28	4	0	0	12	2
5	MF		Leandro Paredes	39	6	25+3	4	1	1	8+2	1
7	FW		Dmitry Poloz	31	3	10+9	1	1	1	4+7	1
8	MF		Matías Kranevitter	33	0	15+6	0	0	0	8+4	0
9	FW		Aleksandr Kokorin	35	19	21+1	10	0	0	11+2	9
10	MF		Emiliano Rigoni	28	6	9+8	0	1	0	9+1	6
11	FW		Sebastián Driussi	40	6	20+7	5	0+1	0	5+7	1
14	MF		Daler Kuzyayev	36	7	22+4	6	0+1	0	6+3	1
15	DF		Elmir Nabiullin	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Yuri Zhirkov	25	1	10+7	1	1	0	5+2	0
19	DF		Igor Smolnikov	29	0	20+2	0	0	0	6+1	0
21	MF		Aleksandr Yerokhin	39	8	25+2	7	0	0	8+4	1
23	DF		Miha Mevlja	29	0	16+2	0	1	0	10	0
27	MF		Magomed Ozdoyev	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Anton Zabolotny	14	1	7+3	1	0	0	3+1	0
30	DF		Emanuel Mammana	26	0	16	0	0	0	10	0
33	FW		Andrei Panyukov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF		Dmitri Pletnyov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Nikita Kakkoyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF		Kirill Kaplenko	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
60	DF		Branislav Ivanović	38	5	27	2	0	0	10+1	3
71	GK		Yegor Baburin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF		Ilya Skrobotov	4	1	1+3	1	0	0	0	0
99	GK		Andrey Lunyov	31	0	20	0	0	0	11	0
Players away from the club on loan:
13	DF		Luís Neto	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF		Christian Noboa	9	0	2	0	1	0	5+1	0
17	MF		Oleg Shatov	16	0	8+5	0	0	0	3	0
22	FW		Artem Dzyuba	24	2	7+8	1	0+1	0	3+5	1
23	MF		Hernani	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF		Ivan Novoseltsev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
50	DF		Maksim Karpov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
6	MF		Javi García	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Giuliano	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Aleksandr Kokorin	10	0	9	19
2	DF		21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	7	0	1	8
3	MF		14	Daler Kuzyayev	6	0	1	7
3	FW		11	Sebastián Driussi	5	0	1	6
	MF		5	Leandro Paredes	4	1	1	6
	DF		4	Domenico Criscito	4	0	2	6
	MF		10	Emiliano Rigoni	0	0	6	6
8	DF		60	Branislav Ivanović	2	0	3	5
9	FW		7	Dmitry Poloz	1	1	1	3
				Own goal	3	0	0	3
11	FW		22	Artem Dzyuba	1	0	1	2
12	DF		18	Yuri Zhirkov	1	0	0	1
	DF		80	Ilya Skrobotov	1	0	0	1
	FW		29	Anton Zabolotny	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	46	2	26	74

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Total
1		GK	Yuri Lodygin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Denis Terentyev	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	7	1	0	0	3	0	10	1
5		MF	Leandro Paredes	11	0	0	0	4	0	15	0
7		FW	Dmitry Poloz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Matías Kranevitter	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
9		FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10		MF	Emiliano Rigoni	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Sebastián Driussi	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14		MF	Daler Kuzyayev	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
18		DF	Yuri Zhirkov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		DF	Igor Smolnikov	4	1	0	0	3	0	7	1
21		MF	Aleksandr Yerokhin	6	1	0	0	2	0	8	1
23		DF	Miha Mevlja	4	0	0	1	1	0	5	1
27		MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		FW	Anton Zabolotny	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		MF	Kirill Kaplenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
60		DF	Branislav Ivanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99		GK	Andrey Lunyov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away from Zenit on loan:
13		DF	Luís Neto	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17		MF	Oleg Shatov	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		FW	Artem Dzyuba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	59	3	1	1	23	0	83	4

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