2007 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2007-08 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	1st
06–07 Russian Cup	Quarterfinal vs Spartak Moscow
07–08 Russian Cup	Quarterfinal vs Tom Tomsk
UEFA Cup	Advanced to 2008 season
Top goalscorer	League: Pavel Pogrebnyak (11); All: Pavel Pogrebnyak (16)
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's thirteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit won the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, whilst reaching the Quarterfinal of both the 2006–07 and 2007–08 Russian Cups. In Europe, Zenit entered the UEFA Cup at the first round stage, before finishing third in their group, advancing to the Round of 32 which would take place during their 2008 season.

Squad

As of match played 5 December 2007^[1]

No.	Name	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 29)	Bohemians 1905	2003		72	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 28)	Youth Team	1999		229	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
90	Nikolai Zabolotny	GK	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 17)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
Defenders
3	Martin Škrtel	DF	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 22)	Trenčín	2004		113	5
4	Ivica Križanac	DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 28)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005		61	2
5	Kim Dong-jin	DF	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 25)	Seoul	2006		51	3
6	Nicolas Lombaerts	DF	(1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 22)	KAA Gent	2007		21	2
14	Erik Hagen	DF	(1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 32)	Vålerenga	2005	2008^[2]	97	3
21	Sergei Gorbunov	DF	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 20)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		0	0
22	Aleksandr Anyukov	DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 25)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		92	4
25	Fernando Ricksen	DF	(1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 31)	Rangers	2006^[3]	2009^[3]	34	2
40	Ivan Lapin	DF	(1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 19)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		1	0
42	Boris Rotenberg	DF	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 21)	Klubi-04	2006		0	0
55	Yan Bobrovsky	DF	(1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2007		0	0
75	Yuri Lebedev	DF	(1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2007		2	0
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov	MF	(1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 32)	Krylia Sovetov	2003		148	12
7	Alejandro Domínguez	MF	(1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 26)	Rubin Kazan	2007	2009^[4]	34	14
10	Andrey Arshavin	MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 26)	Trainee	1999		267	62
11	Radek Šírl	MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 26)	Sparta Prague	2003		121	7
17	Lee Ho	MF	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 23)	Ulsan Hyundai	2006		23	1
18	Konstantin Zyryanov	MF	(1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 30)	Torpedo Moscow	2007	2009^[5]	38	13
27	Igor Denisov	MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 23)	Trainee	2002		146	23
28	Pavel Zubov	MF	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 19)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007		0	0
35	Anton Sosnin	MF	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
37	German Pyatnikov	MF	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	MF	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 28)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2007		40	9
45	Yegor Okorokov	MF	(1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 18)	Trainee	2006		1	0
50	Sergey Mironov	MF	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 19)	Trainee	2005		0	0
53	Pavel Mochalin	MF	(1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 18)	Trainee	2008		0	0
57	Aleksei Ionov	MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007		2	1
77	Alexander Petrov	MF	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
87	Ilya Maksimov	MF	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 20)	Trainee	2006		21	1
88	Oleksandr Horshkov	MF	(1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 37)	Saturn-REN TV	2004
Forwards
8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	FW	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 24)	Tom Tomsk	2007		33	8
9	Fatih Tekke	FW	(1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 30)	Trabzonspor	2006		39	10
89	Denis Minkov	FW	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007		0	0
Away on loan
7	Oleg Trifonov	MF	(1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 26)	Rotor Volgograd	2005		17	1
20	Oleg Kozhanov	FW	(1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2004		15	1
30	Semyon Melnikov	FW	(1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2005	2009^[6]	0	0
31	Jaroslav Nesvadba	DF	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 25)	Jablonec	2006		1	0
32	Robertas Poškus	FW	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 28)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		32	4
44	Alan Kasaev	MF	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 21)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2005		3	0
77	Oleg Samsonov	MF	(1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
78	Aleksandr Panov	FW	(1975-09-21)21 September 1975 (aged 32)	Torpedo Moscow	2006
Left during the season
21	Dragan Čadikovski	FW	(1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 25)	NK Celje	2005		9	1

^ 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
7	MF	RUS	Oleg Trifonov (at Krylia Sovetov)
20	FW	RUS	Oleg Kozhanov (at Ural Sverdlovsk)
30	FW	RUS	Semyon Melnikov (at Luch-Energiya)
31	DF	CZE	Jaroslav Nesvadba (at Mladá Boleslav)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	FW	LTU	Robertas Poškus (at Rostov)
44	MF	RUS	Alan Kasaev (at Alania Vladikavkaz)
77	MF	RUS	Oleg Samsonov (at Spartak Nalchik)
78	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Panov (at Torpedo Moscow)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 December 2006	MF	Alejandro Domínguez	Rubin Kazan	Undisclosed	^[4]
1 March 2007	MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed	^[5]
Winter 2007	DF	Sergei Gorbunov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Ivan Lapin	Sportakademklub Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Pavel Zubov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed
6 July 2007	DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	Gent	Undisclosed	^[7]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
28 December 2006	FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	Sevilla	Undisclosed	^[8]
20 January 2007	DF	Pavel Mareš	Sparta Prague	Undisclosed	^[9]
Winter 2007	DF	Jan Flachbart	Jablonec 97	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Sergey Grigoryev	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Aleksandr Korotkov	Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Viktor Stroyev	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Milan Vještica	Rostov	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Hyun Young-min	Ulsan Hyundai Horangi	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Aleksandr Burakov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Aleksandr Yevstafyev	Khimki	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	DF	Andrei Nagumanov	Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	FW	Mikhail Kozlov	Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	FW	Yuri Rodenkov	Spartak Nalchik	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	FW	Maksim Rogov	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	Undisclosed
Summer 2007	FW	Dragan Čadikovski	Maribor	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2006	DF	Jaroslav Nesvadba	Mladá Boleslav	End of Season
8 August 2006	FW	Dragan Čadikovski	Publikum Celje	Summer 2007	^[10]
Summer 2006	FW	Oleg Kozhanov	Ural Sverdlovsk	End of Season
Winter 2007	FW	Robertas Poškus	Rostov	End of Season
	MF	Alan Kasaev	Alania Vladikavkaz
	MF	Oleg Samsonov	Spartak Nalchik
	MF	Oleg Trifonov	Krylia Sovetov
	FW	Semyon Melnikov	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
	FW	Aleksandr Panov	Torpedo Moscow

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
Winter 2007	GK	Ruslan Mukhamedzyanov
Winter 2007	MF	Oleksandr Spivak	Retired
Winter 2007	FW	Yuriy Rodenkov

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	11 March 2007	11 November 2007	Matchday 1	Winners	30	18	7	5	54	32	+22	060.00
2006–07 Russian Cup	4 March 2007	18 April 2007	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	4	1	2	1	4	4	+0	025.00
2007–08 Russian Cup	27 June 2007	31 October 2007	Round of 32	Quarterfinal	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	066.67
UEFA Cup	20 September 2007	see 2008 season	First Round	Group stage	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	033.33
Total					43	23	13	7	81	47	+34	053.49

Last updated: 5 December 2007
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	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	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2007. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

11 March 2007 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ricksen 25' Kim 27' Arshavin 38' Križanac 77' Tekke 90+' 90+'	Report	Karyaka 29' 21' (pen.) Gogua 38' 48' Lebedenko 45+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Igor Zakharov

18 March 2007 2	Rostov	2–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pjanović 62' Kalachev 65' Kanyenda 82' Bendz 84' Kruščić 90'	Report	Zyryanov 9' Tymoshchuk 40' Kim 43' Arshavin 60' Šírl 84' Anyukov 85'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

31 March 2007 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tymoshchuk 5' Pogrebnyak 13' 90' 85' Škrtel 90+'	Report	Titov 2' Rebko 19' 40' Stranzl 23' 90+' Bystrov 37' (pen.) Torbinski 40' Șoavă 65' Boyarintsev 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,036 Referee: Igor Egorov

8 April 2007 4	Amkar Perm	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kushev 17' Gaál 18' Savin 79' Sirakov 86'	Report	Anyukov 61' Zyryanov 66'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

14 April 2007 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen 9' Domínguez 18' Pogrebnyak 52' 54' Denisov 57' 74' Tymoshchuk 90'	Report	Semshov 21' Tochilin 37' Danny 51' Tanasijević 54'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Eduard Malyi

22 April 2007 6	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Vladivostok
12:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Semochko 33' Novković 63'	Report	Škrtel 58' Hagen 64' Zyryanov 81'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

28 April 2007 7	Tom Tomsk	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tomsk
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Serdyukov 24' Michkov 57' Yanotovsky 69'	Report	Ricksen 18' Pogrebnyak 73' 76'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

6 May 2007 8	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Malafeev 26' Hagen 33' Kim 62' Pogrebnyak 68' (pen.)	Report	Trifonov 31' 36' Branco 54' 74' Gadzhiyev 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Igor Zakharov

13 May 2007 9	Kuban Krasnodar	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Gogniyev 13' Ivanov 15' Laizāns 28' Ushenin 39' Zuyev 84'	Report	Denisov 15' Pogrebnyak 43' Križanac 60'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Aleksei Sergeyev

20 May 2007 10	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kim 7' Škrtel 68' Arshavin 76' 78' Ricksen 90+'	Report	Gabriel 41' Jean 76' 90+' Gațcan 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

26 May 2007 11	CSKA Moscow	2–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Aldonin 31' Jô 60', 67' Šemberas 80'	Report	Tymoshchuk 69' Domínguez 70' Križanac 81'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Markus Merk

10 June 2007 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov 74'	Report	Sychev 16' O'Connor 30' Spahić 80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

16 June 2007 13	Khimki	2–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Yevstafyev 7' Trivunović 17' 83' Arkhipov 60' Tikhonov 84' Orlov 86' Blatnjak 88' Shirokov 90'	Report	Kim 7' 86' Tymoshchuk 11' (pen.) Križanac 25' Tekke 39' Arshavin 70' Anyukov 77'	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sergey Timofeev

24 June 2007 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	4–3	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 40' (pen.) 64' Arshavin 44' Škrtel 64' Radimov 86' 86' Anyukov 90+' Malafeev 90+'	Report	Amisulashvili 12' Radić 64' Matić 64' Pylypchuk 81' Jesus 83' Uzdenov 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

1 July 2007 15	Moscow	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ivanov 7' Adamov 50' Barrientos 74' Bystrov 90'	Report	Arshavin 9' Križanac 34' 56' Tymoshchuk 43' Anyukov 66' Hagen 74' Ricksen 79' Škrtel 89' Malafeev 90'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Igor Egorov
Note: Zenit were awarded a 3-0 technical win after FC Moscow fielding Roman Hubník who was ineligible.^[11]

15 July 2007 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl 41' Domínguez 45' Radimov 86' Arshavin 90'	Report	Kalachev 37' Horák 45' Bochkov 69' Kruščić 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,223 Referee: Aleksei Sergeyev

21 July 2007 17	Spartak Moscow	3–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Mozart 7' Pavlyuchenko 28', 61' (pen.) 84' Torbinski 30' Jiránek 32' Bystrov 50' Bazhenov 83' Stranzl 90+'	Report	Hagen 6' Arshavin 45' Škrtel 57' Malafeev 58' Šírl 71' Ricksen 82' Čontofalský 84' Tymoshchuk 84'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar

28 July 2007 18	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Radimov 30' Hagen 33' Zyryanov 43' Škrtel 48' Šírl 49' Pogrebnyak 61' Anyukov 90+'	Report	Volkov 24' Gaál 79' Belorukov 80' Levenets 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eduard Malyi

4 August 2007 19	Dynamo Moscow	4–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kolodin 29', 55' (pen.) Fernández 39' Pimenov 45' 80' Danny 65' Granat 73' D.Kombarov 88'	Report	Ricksen 10' Domínguez 13' Tymoshchuk 44' (pen.) Tekke 48' Škrtel 77' Denisov 88'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Igor Egorov

11 August 2007 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov 27', 77' Arshavin 84'	Report	Kralevski 20' Ajinjal 54' Strelkov 59' Semochko 78'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

19 August 2007 21	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kim 17', 38' Pogrebnyak 72'	Report	Catînsus 19' Bugayev 73'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Aleksey Kovalyov

25 August 2007 22	Krylia Sovetov	1–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kaleshin 6' Bobyor 12' 71' Mujiri 34' Topić 77' Branco 77'	Report	Zyryanov 24' Arshavin 30' 37' Anyukov 35' Kim 57' Lombaerts 62' Pogrebnyak 68' Hagen 77'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Aleksei Sergeyev

2 September 2007 23	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov 77' Anyukov 83'	Report	Laizāns 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

23 September 2007 24	Rubin Kazan	1–4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Benachour 76' Bazayev 82'	Report	Pogrebnyak 18', 57' Zyryanov 22' Denisov 72'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

29 September 2007 25	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Lombaerts 20' Pogrebnyak 33' 90' Denisov 88'	Report	Šemberas 39' Ignashevich 63' Gusev 79' Love 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

7 October 2007 26	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spahić 37' 51' (pen.) Rodolfo 41' Sychev 68'	Report	Pogrebnyak 53' Anyukov 87' Šírl 90' 90'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 20,683 Referee: Igor Egorov

21 October 2007 27	Zenit St. Petersburg	4–1	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 35' 45+' Zyryanov 45+' Lombaerts 60' Križanac 71' Tekke 79'	Report	Tikhonov 20' (pen.) Blatnjak 39' Shirokov 64' Drozdov 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

28 October 2007 28	Spartak Nalchik	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nalchik
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Džudović 44' Yatchenko 66'	Report	Šírl 25' Lombaerts 56' Domínguez 67' Tymoshchuk 71' Tekke 75' 90+'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Eduard Malyi

3 November 2007 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 20'	Report	Ivanov 22' 90+' Bystrov 44' López 72' Moralez 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

11 November 2007 30	Saturn Ramenskoye	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ramenskoye
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Evseev 78' Eremenko 80'	Report	Šírl 14' Tymoshchuk 43' Pogrebnyak 59'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit St. Petersburg (C)	30	18	7	5	54	32	+22	61	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	8	5	50	30	+20	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	CSKA Moscow	30	14	11	5	43	24	+19	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	FC Moscow	30	15	7	8	40	32	+8	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Saturn	30	11	12	7	34	28	+6	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Qualified as the winner of 2007–08 Russian Cup

Russian Cup

2006–07

^[12]

4 March 2007 Sixth Round 1st Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tekke 2' 58' Horshkov 10' Kim 19' Škrtel 26' Radimov 63'	Report	Ďurica 4' Eremenko 30' Kirichenko 53' Igonin 61' Gogua 68' Pershin 69' Polovinchuk 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Eduard Malyi

14 March 2007 Sixth Round 2nd Leg	Saturn Ramenskoye	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ramenskoye
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vukčević 45' Gyan 48'	Report	Anyukov 61' Horshkov 69'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 11,870 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

4 April 2007 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Radimov 1' Kim 7' Križanac 27' Pogrebnyak 71' Domínguez 84'	Report	Stranzl 25' Torbinski 33' Mozart 45' (pen.) Dzyuba 69' Titov 70'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

18 April 2007 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Spartak Moscow	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dineyev 14' Prudnikov 17'	Report	Šírl 28' Pogrebnyak 52' Škrtel 56' Malafeev 59' Arshavin 60'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

2007–08

^[13]

27 June 2007 Round of 32	Dynamo Bryansk	1–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Bryansk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sannikov 19' Alekseyev 40' Malin 56' (pen.) Tolstykh 82' Bouli 88'	Report	Domínguez 16' Ricksen 20' Šírl 43' Tymoshchuk 45+', 90+' (pen.) 52'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar

8 August 2007 Round of 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	9–3	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tymoshchuk 9' (pen.), 41' (pen.), 74' Denisov 25' 45' Arshavin 43' 72' Domínguez 51' (pen.), 90+' Zyryanov 61', 65', 80' Anyukov 72' Lombaerts 82'	Report	Karčemarskas 8' Klimavičius 20' 68' Kolodin 41' 78' Fernández 45' Tochilin 62' Genkov 70' D.Kombarov 83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksandr Yevstigneyev

31 October 2007 Quarterfinal	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Radimov 101'	Report	Yevsikov 50' Bulyga 111'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev
	Penalties
	Radimov Lebedev Gorshkov Ricksen Čontofalský Ionov		Michkov Skoblyakov Klimov Yevsikov Bulyga Vejić

UEFA Cup

2007–08

First round

v

Standard Liège

20 September 2007 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	3–0	Standard Liège	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen 24' Arshavin 36', 65' 59' Šírl 81' Kim 84'	Summary	Defour 36' Tuama 39' Onyewu 59' Fellaini 67' Dante 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

v

Zenit St.Petersburg

4 October 2007 2nd leg	Standard Liège	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Liège, Belgium
22:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Onyewu 31' 39' 35' Defour 41' Camozzato 68' Sarr 78' Fellaini 88'	Summary	Pogrebnyak 67' 79' 79'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EVE	NÜR	ZEN	AZ	AEL
1	Everton	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	1–0	—	3–1
2	Nürnberg	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7		0–2	—	—	2–1	—
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5		—	2–2	—	1–1	—
4	AZ	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4		2–3	—	—	—	1–0
5	AEL	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0		—	1–3	2–3	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

v

AZ Alkmaar

25 October 2007 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	AZ Alkmaar	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tymoschuk 43' (pen.) Tekke 85'	Summary	Ari 20' 39' Mendes 26' Agustien 36' Martens 41' Opdam 42' Koenders 45+1' Jaliens 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kostas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

v

Zenit St.Petersburg

8 November 2007 2	AEL	2–3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Volos, Greece
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Alexandrou 58' Fotakis 62' E.Kotsios 84'	Summary	Pogrebnyak 39' Ricksen 55' Zyryanov 70' Fatih 78'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 14,508 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

v

Nürnberg

29 November 2007 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–2	Nürnberg	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov 24' Škrtel 48' Pogrebnyak 76' Ionov 79'	Summary	Charisteas 25' Beauchamp 45' Benko 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

v

Zenit St.Petersburg

5 December 2007 4	Everton	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Liverpool, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Johnson 39' Cahill 85'	Summary	Pogrebnyak 22' Lombaerts 30' Šírl 34'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,407 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Squad statistics

As of match played 5 December 2007

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		2006–07 Russian Cup		2007–08 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SVK	Kamil Čontofalský	20	0	11+2	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
2	MF	RUS	Vladislav Radimov	25	1	12+5	1	3	0	2	0	0+3	0
3	DF	SVK	Martin Škrtel	34	1	23	1	4	0	2	0	5	0
4	DF	CRO	Ivica Križanac	20	0	11+4	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	KOR	Kim Dong-jin	34	3	24	2	3	0	1	0	6	1
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts	21	2	13	2	0	0	0+2	0	6	0
7	MF	ARG	Alejandro Domínguez	34	14	17+7	11	2	0	2	3	4+2	0
8	FW	RUS	Pavel Pogrebnyak	33	8	17+7	3	2+2	2	0	0	5	3
9	FW	TUR	Fatih Tekke	23	6	11+5	4	2+1	1	2	0	1+1	1
10	MF	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	41	12	30	9	3	0	2	1	6	2
11	MF	CZE	Radek Šírl	32	2	19+3	1	2	0	2	1	6	0
14	DF	NOR	Erik Hagen	22	0	13+2	0	2	0	3	0	1+1	0
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev	25	0	19	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
17	MF	KOR	Lee Ho	5	0	0	0	1+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	RUS	Konstantin Zyryanov	38	13	24+3	9	1+2	0	0+2	3	6	1
22	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	34	2	21+1	2	3	0	3	0	6	0
25	MF	NED	Fernando Ricksen	19	0	12+2	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0
27	MF	RUS	Igor Denisov	30	3	14+11	3	1+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
40	DF	RUS	Ivan Lapin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	UKR	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	40	9	29	3	3	0	2	5	6	1
45	MF	RUS	Yegor Okorokov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
57	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ionov	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	1
75	DF	RUS	Yuri Lebedev	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
87	MF	RUS	Ilya Maksimov	12	0	0+6	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
88	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Horshkov	17	1	9+2	0	3	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	2006–07 Russian Cup	2007–08 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW	8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	11	2	0	3	16
2	MF	18	Konstantin Zyryanov	9	0	3	1	13
3	FW	10	Andrey Arshavin	9	0	1	2	12
4	MF	44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	3	0	5	1	9
5	FW	9	Fatih Tekke	4	1	0	1	6
5	MF	7	Alejandro Domínguez	3	0	3	0	6
7	MF	27	Igor Denisov	3	0	0	0	3
7	DF	5	Kim Dong-jin	2	0	0	1	3
9	DF	6	Nicolas Lombaerts	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	22	Aleksandr Anyukov	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	11	Radek Šírl	1	0	1	0	2
12	DF	3	Martin Škrtel	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	2	Vladislav Radimov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	88	Oleksandr Horshkov	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	57	Aleksei Ionov	0	0	0	1	1
			Awarded	3	0	0	0	3
			TOTALS	54	4	13	10	81

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	06/07 Russian Cup	07/08 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK	16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	7	1	0	0	8
2	GK	1	Kamil Čontofalský	2	0	1	1	4
			TOTALS	10	2	0	2	14

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		2006–07 Russian Cup		2007–08 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
1		GK	Kamil Čontofalský	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		MF	Vladislav Radimov	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
3		DF	Martin Škrtel	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
5		DF	Kim Dong-jin	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
7		MF	Alejandro Domínguez	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	14	2
9		FW	Fatih Tekke	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10		MF	Andrey Arshavin	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
11		MF	Radek Šírl	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	10	1
14		DF	Erik Hagen	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
18		MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
25		MF	Fernando Ricksen	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	1
44		MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
88		MF	Oleksandr Horshkov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	85	7	13	0	8	1	11	2	117	10

References

^ "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2007".
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[2] Age as of the end of the season

[table_note_res_UC10.73982224787577-13] Qualified as the winner of 2007–08 Russian Cup

[1] "Russian Premier League Final Stats 2007".

[3] "Хаген продлил контракт". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 1 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[Ricksen-4] "Ricksen makes £1m Russian switch". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[Alejandro_Domínguez-5] "Домингес подписал личный контракт с Зенитом". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 23 December 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[Konstantin_Zyryanov-6] "Зенит подписал контракт с Зыряновым". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[7] "Семен Мельников продлил контракт с клубом". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[Nicolas_Lombaerts-8] "Зенит подписал контракт с бельгийцем Ломбертсом". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[9] "Кержаков - игрок Севильи". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[10] "Мареш - игрок Спарты". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 23 January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2019.

[30_August_2006-11] "Новости за Август 2006 года". fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[12] "FC Moscow 0-3 Zenit _Saint_Petersburg". eng.rfpl.org. RFPL. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

[14] "Russia Cups 2006/07". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[15] "Russia Cups 2007/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

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