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The 2016–17 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 92nd season in the club's history and its 21st consecutive season in the Russian Premier League.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2016–17 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
Stadium	Krestovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	3rd
Russian Cup	Round of 16 vs Anzhi Makhachkala
Russian Super Cup	Winners
Europa League	Round of 32 vs Anderlecht
Top goalscorer	League: Dzyuba (13) All: Giuliano (17)
Home colours Away colours
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Season Events

Prior to the start of the season, 24 May 2016, Mircea Lucescu replaced André Villas-Boas as manager of Zenit, following the expiry of Villas-Boas' contract.

Squad

As of 1 February 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 Ivan Novoseltsev 4 DF  ITA Domenico Criscito 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev 6 DF  BEL Nicolas Lombaerts 7 MF  BRA Giuliano 8 MF  BRA Maurício 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin 10 MF  POR Danny 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov 13 DF  POR Luís Neto 14 MF  RUS Artur Yusupov 17 MF  RUS Oleg Shatov 19 DF  RUS Igor Smolnikov

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  RUS Viktor Fayzulin 21 MF  ESP Javi García 22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba 23 DF  RUS Yevgeni Chernov 24 MF  FRA Yohan Mollo 27 DF  RUS Sergei Zuykov 29 MF  SVK Róbert Mak 30 DF  RUS Ibragim Tsallagov 33 MF  BRA Hernani 60 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović 71 GK  RUS Yegor Baburin 77 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević 81 MF  RUS Yuriy Zhirkov 98 FW  RUS Kirill Pogrebnyak 99 GK  RUS Andrey Lunyov

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  SRB Vukašin Jovanović (at Bordeaux)

Zenit-2

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev 18 MF  RUS Konstantin Zyryanov (Captain) 23 DF  RUS Yevgeni Chernov 25 MF  RUS Aleksei Isayev 26 DF  SRB Vukašin Jovanović 32 DF  RUS David Mildzikhov 34 FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev 38 MF  RUS Leon Musayev 40 MF  RUS Yuri Bavin 43 FW  RUS Pavel Nazimov 45 DF  RUS Kirill Kostin 46 MF  RUS Vitali Gorulyov 47 FW  RUS Anton Zinkovskiy 48 FW  RUS Aleksei Gasilin 50 DF  RUS Maksim Karpov 55 DF  RUS Konstantin Lobov

No. Pos. Nation Player 56 DF  RUS Danil Krugovoy 58 DF  RUS Ilya Zuyev 64 FW  RUS Daniil Lesovoy 65 MF  RUS Danila Yashchuk 70 GK  RUS Nikita Goylo 71 GK  RUS Yegor Baburin 75 DF  RUS Temur Mustafin 83 GK  RUS Igor Obukhov 87 DF  RUS Artyom Vyatkin 88 MF  RUS Nikita Salamatov 92 FW  RUS Pavel Dolgov 93 GK  RUS Mikhail Kizeyev 94 MF  RUS Alexey Yevseyev 97 MF  RUS Ilya Kamyshev 98 FW  RUS Ivan Ivanchenko

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev (from Rostov) 5 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ryazantsev (end of loan to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) 7 MF  BRA Giuliano (from Grêmio) 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kerzhakov (end of loan to Zürich) 15 MF  RUS Pavel Mogilevets (end of loan to Rostov) 29 MF  SVK Róbert Mak (from PAOK) 34 FW  RUS Maximilian Pronichev (end of loan to Schalke 04 U19) 43 MF  RUS Nikita Koldunov 48 FW  RUS Aleksei Gasilin (end of loan to Schalke 04 II) 54 DF  RUS Nikita Kakkoyev 62 MF  RUS Maksim Levin 66 DF  RUS Samir Bayramov 68 MF  RUS Yefim Boytsov 70 GK  RUS Nikita Goylo 75 DF  RUS Temur Mustafin (from Rostov) 76 MF  RUS Kirill Makeyev 77 FW  MNE Luka Đorđević (end of loan to Ponferradina) 78 FW  RUS Aleksandr Nekrasov 79 DF  RUS Daniil Penchikov 86 GK  RUS Nikolai Rybikov 89 GK  RUS Amir Fattakhov 90 FW  RUS Yefrem Vartanyan 97 MF  RUS Ilya Kamyshev (from Chertanovo Moscow) — MF  RUS Aleksei Isayev (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  BRA Hulk (to Shanghai SIPG) 16 GK  RUS Vyacheslav Malafeev (retired) 24 DF  ARG Ezequiel Garay (to Valencia) 32 DF  RUS Artyom Sumin 37 FW  RUS Artyom Ponikarov 43 FW  RUS Pavel Nazimov 45 DF  RUS Artyom Vodyannikov 47 MF  RUS Valeri Yaroshenko (to Rostov) 51 GK  RUS Maksim Rudakov (loan to Zenit Penza) 52 DF  RUS Andrei Ivanov (on loan to Mordovia Saransk) 54 MF  RUS Daniil Zuyev 57 DF  RUS Nikolai Tarasov 60 MF  RUS Maksim Paliyenko (end of loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 62 DF  RUS Stepan Rebenko (to Arsenal Tula) 66 FW  RUS Vadim Romanov 67 MF  RUS Nikita Andreyev (on loan to VSS Košice) 68 MF  RUS Vyacheslav Zinkov (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) 70 FW  RUS Dmitri Bogayev (to Palanga) 73 MF  RUS Pavel Osipov (on loan to Lahti) 74 MF  RUS Sergei Ivanov (on loan to VSS Košice) 75 DF  RUS Andrei Vasilyev 76 FW  RUS Pavel Kireyenko (to Palanga) 80 GK  RUS Mikhail Mzhelsky 83 GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 88 MF  RUS Artyom Popov (to Tom Tomsk) 90 FW  RUS Ramil Sheydayev (to Trabzonspor) 95 GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin (on loan to Lahti) 96 MF  RUS Ilya Kubyshkin (to Slovan Liberec) 97 FW  RUS Ruslan Suanov 98 FW  RUS Yevgeni Reutov — DF  ARG Cristian Ansaldi (to Genoa, previously on loan) — DF  RUS Dmitri Chistyakov (to Shinnik Yaroslavl, previously on loan to Mika) — MF  RUS Ivan Solovyov (to Fakel Voronezh, previously on loan to Lahti)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  RUS Andrey Lunyov (from Ufa) 24 MF  FRA Yohan Mollo (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 27 DF  RUS Sergei Zuykov (from Volgar Astrakhan) 30 DF  RUS Ibragim Tsallagov (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 33 MF  BRA Hernani (from Atlético Paranaense) 35 MF  RUS Yuri Pershin 44 MF  ENG Jacob Gardiner-Smith (from CSKA Moscow) 47 MF  RUS Ruslan Kazakov 57 MF  RUS Pavel Korkin 60 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović (from Chelsea) 64 FW  RUS Daniil Lesovoy (from Dynamo Kyiv) 73 DF  RUS Aleksei Plotnikov 80 GK  RUS Mikhail Mzhelsky 82 FW  RUS Aleksandr Yelovskikh 92 FW  RUS Daniil Kultinov 99 GK  RUS Andrey Lunyov (from Ufa)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  RUS Pavel Mogilevets (to Rostov) 26 DF  SRB Vukašin Jovanović (on loan to Bordeaux) 28 MF  BEL Axel Witsel (to Tianjin Quanjian) 36 FW  RUS Stanislav Krapukhin (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 41 GK  RUS Mikhail Kerzhakov (on loan to Orenburg) 47 FW  RUS Anton Zinkovskiy (end of loan from Chertanovo Moscow) 48 FW  RUS Aleksei Gasilin (to Amkar Perm) 54 DF  RUS Nikita Kakkoyev (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 63 DF  RUS Daniil Maykov (to Slavia Sofia) 64 FW  RUS Daniil Lesovoy (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 83 GK  RUS Igor Obukhov (on loan to Tyumen) 85 FW  RUS Yuri Kozlov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) 88 MF  RUS Nikita Salamatov (to SKA Rostov-on-Don) 92 FW  RUS Pavel Dolgov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) 98 FW  RUS Ivan Ivanchenko (to Anzhi Makhachkala)

Competitions

Russian Super Cup

23 July 2016	CSKA Moscow	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Natcho  61' Wernbloom  62' Tošić  62'	Summary	Kokorin  45' Maurício 22' 62' Shatov  62' Lodigin  76'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Russian Premier League

Results by round

Matches

30 July 2016 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto  80'	Summary	Škuletić  36' N'Dinga  51' Tarasov  84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,427 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

6 August 2016 2	Ufa	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ufa
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Alikin  71'	Summary	Kokorin  52' Criscito  79' Neto  87' Witsel  90'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

12 August 2016 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 2	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolnikov  29' García  33' Witsel  45+2' Giuliano 50' (pen.) Kokorin  68' Ezatolahi 72' (o.g.) Đorđević 85' 86'	Summary	Poloz 8', 14' Kalachou  18' Gațcan  30'  44' Navas  49'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,967 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

20 August 2016 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	García  41' Zhirkov 45' Shatov  61'	Summary	Ignashevich  21' Eremenko 24' Wernbloom  27' Milanov  41'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,678 Referee: Sergei Ivanov

27 August 2016 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Giuliano 22', 32' Criscito 89'	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,864 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

11 September 2016 6	Arsenal Tula	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tula
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Kokorin 18' Dzyuba 38' Mak 66' Giuliano 84' Kerzhakov 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 18,200 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

19 September 2016 7	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 16' (pen.) Mak 53' Dzyuba  57' 63' Giuliano 59' Đorđević  77' Smolnikov  88'	Summary	Carlos Zambrano  57' Jonathas 86' Lestienne  88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,008 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

25 September 2016 8	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha 28' (pen.) 87' Gasanov  39' Boli  61' 64' Yambéré  74'	Summary	Dzyuba 6', 18' García  72' Zhirkov  90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

2 October 2016 9	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito 20' (pen.) 31' Dzyuba 33' 34' Witsel 61' Giuliano 87' (pen.) Neto  90'	Summary	Bocchetti 28' 54' Zé Luís  31' 37' Glushakov  49' Yeshchenko  86'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,684 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

16 October 2016 10	Ural Yekaterinburg	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yekaterinburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pavlyuchenko  54'	Summary	Shatov 22' Neto  69' Yusupov 89'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Igor Fedotov

24 October 2016 11	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Orenburg	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mak 17' García  68' Yusupov  81'	Summary	Koronov  42' Vorobyov  85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,685 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

30 October 2016 12	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin 26' Witsel  49' Criscito  67' Yusupov  90+2'	Summary	Popov  15' Dyakov  49' Droppa  60' Kudryashov  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

6 November 2016 13	Terek Grozny	2 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Grozny
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Balaj 34', 38' Roshi  42' Utsiyev  52' Kuzyayev  68'	Summary	Mak 10' Criscito  54' Neto  55'  90+2' Witsel  87'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 16,708 Referee: Sergey Karasev

20 November 2016 14	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 10', 89' (pen.) Rodić 36' (o.g.) Maurício  69'	Summary	Pasquato 4' Nadson  22' Taranov  52' Margasov  63'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,930 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

27 November 2016 15	Krasnodar	2 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Krasnodar
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Laborde  49' Jędrzejczyk  75' Izmailov  85' 90+2' Torbinski  90' Okriashvili 90+4'	Summary	Witsel  45' García  80' Dzyuba 86' 90+3'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 31,854 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

30 November 2016 16	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Ufa	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto  44' Giuliano 84' Kokorin 90+3'	Summary	Bezdenezhnykh  49'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,813 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

3 December 2016 17	Rostov	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalachev  49' Azmoun  88'	Summary	Yusupov  43' Criscito  45+1' Neto  60'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 9,110 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

4 March 2017 18	CSKA Moscow	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Golovin  29' A.Berezutski  36' Wernbloom  65'  70'	Summary	García  65' Zhirkov  90+3'	Stadium: Arena CSKA Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

12 March 2017 19	Amkar Perm	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Perm
11:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Komolov  23' Zanev  27' Gigolayev 33' Gasilin  34' Khomich  60' Gol  73'	Summary	Neto  60' Criscito  77'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

19 March 2017 20	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Arsenal Tula	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin  36' Criscito 51' (pen.) Danny 53' Hernani  61'	Summary	Gabulov  53'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,903 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

2 April 2017 21	Rubin Kazan	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kambolov  77' Nabiullin  88'	Summary	Dzyuba 36' Danny 40' Yusupov  49'  83' Lombaerts  62' Giuliano  65' Criscito  90+1'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

8 April 2017 22	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
19::00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts  50' Hernani  59' Kokorin 73'	Summary	Forbes  14' Yakovlev 21' Budkivskyi  39' Guliyev  57' Phibel  78' Khubulov  82' Ezatolahi  89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,620 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

16 April 2017 23	Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Promes 21' 85' Samedov 80'	Summary	Dzyuba 66'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 43,333 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

22 April 2017 24	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanović 86' Dzyuba  86' Criscito  89' Mollo 90+3'	Summary	Bicfalvi  23'  60' Yemelyanov  40'  86' Pavlyuchenko  61'  61'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

26 April 2017 25	Orenburg	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Orenburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Giuliano 17' (pen.) Neto  43' Shatov  60' Smolnikov  66' Tsallagov  81' García  90'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

1 May 2017 26	Tom Tomsk	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tomsk
13:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Sobolev  31'	Summary	Criscito  31' Shatov 35' Danny 83' 84'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 6,958 Referee: Roman Galimov

7 May 2017 27	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 1	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov  70'  90+6'	Summary	Mohammadi  27' Mbengue 65'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 30,673 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

13 May 2017 28	Krylia Sovetov	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Samara
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bateau  38' Ivanović 55' (o.g.) Bozhin  59' Zotov  81'	Summary	Dzyuba 1', 8' García 35'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 18,750 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

17 May 2017 29	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 12' García  60' Yusupov  87'	Report	Kaboré  71'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,098 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

21 May 2017 30	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Guilherme  35' Fernandes  35' Denisov  38' Pejčinović  79'	Report	Kokorin 33' Dzyuba  38' Criscito  39' Danny 83'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 14,022 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

League table

Russian Cup

22 September 2016 Round of 32	Tambov	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tambov
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dutov  57'	Summary	Mak 29' Shatov 47' Kokorin 61' Đorđević 77' Gasilin  81' Giuliano 84'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Sergei Kulikov

27 October 2016 Round of 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	4 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gasanov 29' Budkivskyi  31' 62', 70' Berisha  36' 79' Gadzhibekov  51'  89' Mayewski  89'	Summary	Neto  36' Kokorin  56' Kerzhakov  58' Zhirkov  67' Giuliano  89' Witsel  89'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZEN	AZ	MTA	DUN
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	17	8	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–0	2–0	2–1
2	AZ	6	2	2	2	6	10	−4	8			3–2	—	1–2	1–1
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7			3–4	0–0	—	2–1
4	Dundalk	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4			1–2	0–1	1–0	—

15 September 2016 1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3 – 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Netanya, Israel
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Medunjanin 26', 70' 87' Kjartansson 50' Rajković  77' Dasa  78'  81' Micha  83'	Report	Kokorin  19' 77' García  57' Witsel  60' Maurício 84' Giuliano 86' Đorđević 90+2'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 10,855 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

29 September 2016 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 0	AZ	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Neto  11' García  22' Kokorin 26', 59' Giuliano 48' Criscito 66' (pen.) Shatov 80'	Report	Wuytens  79' Lewis  90+1'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,275 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

20 October 2016 3	Dundalk	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
22:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Benson 52' B.Gartland  90+1'	Report	Shatov  29' García  37' Neto  59' Anyukov  61' Criscito  67' Mak 71' Giuliano 77'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

3 November 2016 4	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Dundalk	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Criscito  41' Giuliano 42', 78' Lombaerts  86'	Report	Finn  43' Horgan 52' B.Gartland  71' McEleney  81' O'Donnell  88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,723 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

24 November 2016 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kokorin 44' Criscito  74' Witsel  79' A. Kerzhakov 90+1'	Report	Peretz  83' Yehezkel  88' Igiebor  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,843 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

8 December 2016 6	AZ	3 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Rienstra 7' Haps 43' Bel Hassani  66' Tanković 68' Johansson  81'	Report	Giuliano 58' S. Wuytens (o.g.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,713 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Knockout stage

16 February 2017 Round of 32 1st Leg	Anderlecht	2 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Brussels, Belgium
23:05 MSK (UTC+3)	Acheampong 5', 31' Tielemans  17' Thelin  19'	Report	Criscito  21'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 13,415 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

23 February 2017 Round of 32 2nd Leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Anderlecht	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Giuliano 24', 78' Neto  31' García  41' Dzyuba 72' Lodygin  90+4'	Report	Tielemans  29' Acheampong  81' Kiese Thelin 90' Dendoncker  90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,992 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Yuri Lodygin	25	0	14+1	0	1+1	0	1	0	7	0
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	16	0	9+1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	RUS	Ivan Novoseltsev	8	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	ITA	Domenico Criscito	33	5	25	4	0	0	1	0	7	1
6	DF	BEL	Nicolas Lombaerts	15	0	6+2	0	2	0	0	0	4+1	0
7	MF	BRA	Giuliano	38	17	26+2	8	1+1	1	0	0	8	8
8	MF	BRA	Maurício	27	2	11+8	0	2	0	1	1	2+3	1
9	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kokorin	38	10	25+2	5	1+1	1	1	0	6+2	4
10	MF	POR	Danny	14	4	12	4	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	18	2	1+13	1	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
13	DF	POR	Luís Neto	35	0	22+3	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
14	MF	RUS	Artur Yusupov	21	1	7+10	1	1	0	1	0	0+2	0
17	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov	25	4	13+5	2	2	1	1	0	3+1	1
19	DF	RUS	Igor Smolnikov	20	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF	ESP	Javi García	31	1	22	1	1	0	1	0	7	0
22	FW	RUS	Artem Dzyuba	34	14	25+1	13	1	0	1	0	5+1	1
23	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Chernov	7	0	4+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	FRA	Yohan Mollo	7	1	1+6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SVK	Róbert Mak	27	6	9+8	4	2	1	0	0	5+3	1
30	DF	RUS	Ibragim Tsallagov	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	BRA	Hernani	9	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	GK	RUS	Mikhail Kerzhakov	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
48	FW	RUS	Aleksei Gasilin	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
60	DF	SRB	Branislav Ivanović	11	1	9+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	FW	MNE	Luka Đorđević	18	3	2+8	1	0+1	1	0+1	0	2+4	1
81	MF	RUS	Yuri Zhirkov	29	1	20+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	5+1	0
99	GK	RUS	Andrey Lunyov	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
15	MF	RUS	Pavel Mogilevets	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Garay	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel	23	1	15+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	6	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF		7	Giuliano	8	1	0	8	17
2	FW		22	Artem Dzyuba	13	0	0	1	14
3	FW		9	Aleksandr Kokorin	5	1	0	4	10
4	MF		29	Róbert Mak	4	1	0	1	6
5	DF		4	Domenico Criscito	4	0	0	1	5
6	MF		10	Danny	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		17	Oleg Shatov	2	1	0	1	4
8	FW		77	Luka Đorđević	1	1	0	1	3
				Own goal	2	0	0	1	3
10	FW		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	1	0	0	1	2
	MF		8	Maurício	0	0	1	1	2
12	DF		81	Yuri Zhirkov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		28	Axel Witsel	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Artur Yusupov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		60	Branislav Ivanović	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		24	Yohan Mollo	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		21	Javi García	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	50	5	1	20	76

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Yuri Lodygin	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	15	0
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
7		MF	Giuliano	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
8		MF	Maurício	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
10		MF	Danny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Luís Neto	10	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	14	1
14		MF	Artur Yusupov	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
17		MF	Oleg Shatov	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1
19		DF	Igor Smolnikov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21		MF	Javi García	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	0
22		FW	Artem Dzyuba	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
28		MF	Axel Witsel	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
30		DF	Ibragim Tsallagov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		MF	Hernani	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41		GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
48		FW	Aleksei Gasilin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		FW	Luka Đorđević	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
81		DF	Yuri Zhirkov	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
			TOTALS	65	4	5	2	5	0	18	0	93	6

Notes

1. Maccabi Tel Aviv play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya instead of their regular stadium, Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.
1. Dundalk play their home matches at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin instead of their regular stadium, Oriel Park, Dundalk.

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• FC Zenit Saint Petersburg seasons
• 2016–17 UEFA Europa League participants seasons
• Russian football clubs 2016–17 season