2012–13 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit St. Petersburg

2012–13 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Luciano Spalletti
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League	2nd
Russian Cup	Semi-finals vs Anzhi Makhachkala
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Round of 16 vs Basel
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (10) All: Aleksandr Kerzhakov & Hulk (11)
Highest home attendance	21,703 vs Milan 3 October 2012
Lowest home attendance	0[1] vs CSKA Moscow 26 November 2012 & Anzhi Makhachkala 10 December 2012
Average home league attendance	15,919
Home colours Away colours
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The 2012–13 Zenit season is the 17th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

Squad

As of 2 February 2013. According to RFPL and FC Zenit

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Aleksandr Anyukov 3 DF Bruno Alves 4 DF Domenico Criscito 6 DF Nicolas Lombaerts 9 FW Aleksandr Bukharov 10 MF Danny 11 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 13 DF Luís Neto 14 DF Tomáš Hubočan 15 MF Roman Shirokov (captain) 16 GK Vyacheslav Malafeev (vice-captain) 18 MF Konstantin Zyryanov (vice-captain)

No. Position Player 20 MF Viktor Fayzulin 21 DF Milan Rodić 24 DF Aleksandar Luković 25 MF Sergei Semak 27 MF Igor Denisov 28 MF Axel Witsel 29 FW Hulk 30 GK Yuri Zhevnov 34 MF Vladimir Bystrov 50 DF Igor Cheminava 71 GK Yegor Baburin 77 FW Luka Đorđević

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 28 DF Michael Lumb (end of loan to Freiburg, not later than June 2012)[2] 28 MF Axel Witsel (from Benfica)[3] 29 FW Hulk (from Porto)[4] 50 DF Igor Cheminava (end of loan to Sibir Novosibirsk)[5] 55 DF Renat Yanbayev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)[6] 77 FW Luka Đorđević (end of loan to Mogren)[7][8]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 17 MF Alessandro Rosina (to Siena)[9] 23 MF Szabolcs Huszti (to Hannover 96)[10] 28 DF Michael Lumb (to VfL Bochum September 2012)[11] 29 FW Andrei Arshavin (end of loan from Arsenal)[12] 72 MF Ayzer Abbasov (to Krylia Sovetov Samara)[13] 82 GK Daniil Sizko (to Rus Saint Petersburg)[13] FW Stanislav Matyash (to Amkar Perm, previously on loan to Volgar Astrakhan)[14][15] FW Eugene Starikov (on loan to Rostov)[16]

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 13 DF Luís Neto (from Siena) 21 DF Milan Rodić (from OFK Beograd)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 55 DF Renat Yanbayev (loan return to Lokomotiv Moscow) 99 FW Maksim Kanunnikov (to Amkar Perm) GK Dmitri Borodin (end of career) FW Danko Lazović (on loan to Rostov)[17]

Competitions

Friendlies

Zenit St. Petersburg v Al-Hilal

16 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 1	Al-Hilal	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukharov  26' Hulk  37' (pen.) Alves  58' Đorđević  62'	Summary	Al Abdullah S  31'	Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium

Zenit St. Petersburg v Zamalek

19 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 1	Zamalek	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		[ Summary]	Samir	Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium

Zenit St. Petersburg v Shakhtar Donetsk

22 January 2013 Super Cup of Champions	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 3	Shakhtar Donetsk	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov  35'	Stats Live Text Report	Mkhitaryan  21', 39' Eduardo  79'	Stadium: Al-Wasl Stadium Attendance: 300[18] or 1,500[19] Referee: Bader Abdullah (UAE)

Zenit St. Petersburg v RNK Split

29 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	RNK Split	Turkey
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin  2nd Half'	[ Summary]

Zenit St. Petersburg v Górnik Zabrze

31 January 2013	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Górnik Zabrze	Turkey
13:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bystrov  2nd Half'	[ Summary]

Russian Super Cup

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

14 July 2012	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Samara
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bocchetti  28' Dyadyun  38'	Stadium: Metallurg Attendance: 16,284 Referee: Sergei Karasyov (Moscow)

Zenit

Rubin

GK 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev (c) DF 3 Bruno Alves  65' DF 4 Domenico Criscito  68' DF 6 Nicolas Lombaerts DF 14 Tomáš Hubočan MF 15 Roman Shirokov MF 20 Viktor Fayzulin MF 25 Sergei Semak  46' MF 27 Igor Denisov  31' MF 34 Vladimir Bystrov  62'  71' FW 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Substitutes: GK 30 Yuri Zhevnov DF 24 Aleksandar Luković  65' DF 58 Ilya Zuyev MF 18 Konstantin Zyryanov  71' MF 94 Aleksei Yevseyev FW 9 Aleksandr Bukharov  46' FW 99 Maksim Kanunnikov Manager: Luciano Spalletti Assistant referees: Vitali Drozdov (Moscow) Oleg Tselovalnikov (Astrakhan) Fourth official: Maksim Layushkin (Moscow)

GK 1 Sergey Ryzhikov DF 2 Oleg Kuzmin DF 3 Cristian Ansaldi  40' DF 4 César Navas DF 27 Salvatore Bocchetti  75' DF 76 Roman Sharonov (c) MF 8 Aleksandr Ryazantsev MF 23 Roman Eremenko MF 61 Gökdeniz Karadeniz  78' FW 5 Obafemi Martins  34'  64' FW 22 Vladimir Dyadyun  74' Substitutes: GK 24 Giedrius Arlauskis DF 19 Vitali Kaleshin  74' DF 25 Iván Marcano  78' MF 10 Alan Kasaev MF 16 Mikhail Platica MF 20 Alexei Eremenko FW 18 Nelson Haedo Valdez  64' Manager: Kurban Berdyev

Russian Premier League

Matches

Zenit St. Petersburg v Amkar Perm

22 July 2012 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov  37', 62' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

28 July 2012 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov  10' Criscito  71'	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,068 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

4 August 2012 3	CSKA Moscow	1 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Honda  43'	Summary	Semak  10', 32' Kerzhakov  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 15,621 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

11 August 2012 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	5 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kanunnikov  15' Bystrov  52' Shirokov  61', 88' Fayzulin  67'	Summary	McGeady  63'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,107 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Zenit St. Petersburg

19 August 2012 5	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Makhachkala, Dagestan
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Shatov  65'	Summary	Zyryanov  20'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

25 August 2012 6	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin  25'	Summary	Natkho  52' (pen.) Eremenko  61'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Mordovia Saransk v Zenit St. Petersburg

31 August 2012 7	Mordovia Saransk	0 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Zyryanov  25' Kerzhakov  55', 63'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

Zenit St. Petersburg v Terek Grozny

14 September 2012 8	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Aílton  86' Lebedenko  90+3'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St. Petersburg

22 September 2012 9	Krylia Sovetov	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara, Samara Oblast
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Karnilenka  10' Caballero  26' Epureanu  45+2', 75'	Summary	Hulk  65' Shirokov  78'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 16,570 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

29 September 2012 10	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Criscito  14' Anyukov  31', 48'	Summary	N'Doye  25' Shishkin  6', 32'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

7 October 2012 11	Krasnodar	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
20:15 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Zyryanov  69' Fayzulin  78'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

20 October 2012 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov  45+1' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Alania Vladikavkaz v Zenit St. Petersburg

27 October 2012 13	Alania Vladikavkaz	2 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Vladikavkaz
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Khozin  34', 44'	Summary	Bystrov  13' Kerzhakov  71', 88'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sergey Kuznetsov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rostov

2 November 2012 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 1	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bystrov  51' Shirokov  90+3'	Summary	Holenda  79'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit St. Petersburg

10 November 2012 15	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	1 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maksimov  90'	Summary	Anyukov  32' Kerzhakov  90+1'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

17 November 2012 16	Dynamo Moscow	3 – 0^1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Granat  27'	Summary		Stadium: Arena Khimki Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

26 November 2012 17	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Yanbaev  56'	Summary	Elm  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 0[1] Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

30 November 2012 18	Spartak Moscow	2 – 4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Dzyuba  26' Pareja  64', 69' Emenike  81' Insaurralde  90+3'	Summary	Hulk  21' Witsel  41', 71' Shirokov  78'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,251 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

10 December 2012 19	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov  66' Danny  90+2'	Summary	João Carlos  24'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 0[1] Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St. Petersburg

10 March 2013 20	Rubin Kazan	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan, Tatarstan
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Neto  30' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Mordovia Saransk

17 March 2013 21	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Mordovia Saransk	Saint Petersburg
20:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Hulk  55'	Summary	Božović  41', 62'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,876 Referee: Vlafimar Kazmenko

Terek Grozny v Zenit St. Petersburg

31 March 2013 22	Terek Grozny	0 – 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Makhachkala, Dagestan
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kudryashov  45+2'	Summary	Witsel  8' Alves  58' Zyryanov  90+2'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 24,128 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

7 April 2013 23	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Hulk  14' (pen.) Danny  45+1' Rodić  57' Witsel  90'	Summary	Angbwa  20' Vyeramko  38'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,741 Referee: Maxim Layushkin

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St. Petersburg

13 April 2013 24	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
MSK (UTC+4)	Ďurica  23'	Summary	Fayzulin  16' Hulk  90+4'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 17,016 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Krasnodar

21 April 2013 25	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  90+4'	Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,877 Referee: Sergei Ivanov

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit St. Petersburg

28 April 2013 26	Kuban Krasnodar	2 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Niculae  24' Popov  30'	Summary	Zyryanov  6' Danny  66'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 30,359 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Alania Vladikavkaz

4 May 2013 27	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Saint Petersburg
20:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Hulk  36' (pen.)  64', 72' Bukharov  88'	Summary	Vranješ  9', 14'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,307 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Zenit St. Petersburg

12 May 2013 28	Rostov	1 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Dyakov  80' (pen.) Kalachev  90', 90+5'	Summary	Witsel  6'	Stadium: Olimp – 2 Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

19 May 2013 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Neto  34' Fayzulin  20' Shirokov  90+1' Shirokov  90+2'	Summary	Shulenin  17' Karyaka  10', 76'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,604 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Amkar Perm v Zenit St. Petersburg

26 May 2013 30	Amkar Perm	0 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm, Perm Krai
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Notes

• The Russian Championship match between Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg was suspended after 35 minutes after a missile was launched from the crowd at Dynamo's goalkeeper Anton Shunin.^[20] On 22 November Dynamo were awarded a 3-0 win, whilst Zenit were fined 500,000 rouble (£10,025.69) and forced to play their next two home games behind closed doors.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	20	4	6	49	25	+24	64	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	18	8	4	53	25	+28	62	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Anzhi Makhachkala	30	15	8	7	45	34	+11	53	2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage
4	Spartak Moscow	30	15	6	9	51	39	+12	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Kuban Krasnodar	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Rubin Kazan	30	15	5	10	39	27	+12	50	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7	Dynamo Moscow	30	14	6	10	41	34	+7	48		DYN 1–2 TER TER 1–2 DYN
8	Terek Grozny	30	14	6	10	38	40	−2	48
9	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	12	7	11	39	36	+3	43
10	Krasnodar	30	12	6	12	45	39	+6	42
11	Amkar Perm	30	7	8	15	34	51	−17	29		AMK: 7 pts VNN: 5 pts ROS: 4 pts
12	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	30	7	8	15	28	46	−18	29
13	Rostov (O)	30	7	8	15	30	41	−11	29	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
14	Krylia Sovetov Samara (O)	30	7	7	16	31	52	−21	28
15	Mordovia Saransk (R)	30	5	5	20	30	57	−27	20	Relegation to 2013–14 FNL
16	Alania Vladikavkaz (R)	30	4	7	19	26	53	−27	19

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored; 11) position in the 2011–12 season (only used until all the regularly scheduled games have been played); 11) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Russian Cup

Baltika Kaliningrad v Zenit St. Petersburg

25 September 2012 Round of 32	Baltika Kaliningrad	1 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kaliningrad
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Plopa  74'	Summary	Hulk  13' Alves  71'	Stadium: Baltika Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Sergei Ivanov

Mordovia Saransk v Zenit St. Petersburg

30 October 2012 Round of 16	Mordovia Saransk	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Saransk
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Semak  66' Criscito  90+1'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar

17 April 2013 Quarter-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0 (4 – 3 p)	Kuban Krasnodar	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko
		Penalties
	Kerzhakov Luković Faizulin Denisov Witsel Semak		Bucur Popov Kaboré Dealbert Tsorayev Leandro

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

8 May 2013 Semi-finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Eto'o  61'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Referee: 19,441

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Málaga	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	12
Milan	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
Zenit St. Petersburg	6	2	1	3	6	9	–3	7
Anderlecht	6	1	2	3	4	9	–2	5

Málaga v Zenit St. Petersburg

18 September 2012 1	Málaga	3 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Málaga, Spain
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Isco  3', 76' Saviola  13'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 23,670 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Milan

3 October 2012 2	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 3	Milan	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hulk  45+2' Shirokov  49'	Report	Emanuelson  13' El Shaarawy  16' Hubočan  75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,703 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anderlecht

24 October 2012 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0	Anderlecht	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Anderlecht v Zenit St. Petersburg

6 November 2012 4	Anderlecht	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Anderlecht, Belgium
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Mbokani  17'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 16,437 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Málaga

21 November 2012 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 2	Málaga	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny  28',  49' Anyukov  66' Alves  70' Fayzulin  86' Bystrov  90+5'	Report	Buonanotte  8',  36' Fernández  9',  45+1' Demichelis  14'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,347 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Milan v Zenit St. Petersburg

4 December 2012 6	Milan	0 – 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Milan, Italy
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Danny  35'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 29,508 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Zenit St. Petersburg v Liverpool

14 February 2013 First leg	Zenit St. Petersburg	2 – 0	Liverpool	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hulk  69' Semak  72'	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000[21] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Liverpool v Zenit St. Petersburg

22 February 2013 Second leg	Liverpool	3 – 1 (3 – 3 agg.)	Zenit St. Petersburg	Liverpool, England
00:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Suárez  28', 59' Allen  43'	Report	Hulk  19'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,026[22] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Round of 16

Basel v Zenit St. Petersburg

8 March 2013 First leg	Basel	2 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Basel, Switzerland
00:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Díaz  83' A. Frei  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Neto  90+3'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 15,008[23] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Basel

14 March 2013 Second leg	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Basel	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Witsel  30'	Report	Díaz  41', 45'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Squad and statistics

As of 21 May 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	33	1	21	1	4	0	5	0	3	0
3	DF		Bruno Alves	28	2	19+1	1	2	1	3+2	0	1	0
4	DF		Domenico Criscito	17	3	12	2	0+1	1	3	0	0+1	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	33	0	20+1	0	2	0	6	0	4	0
9	FW		Aleksandr Bukharov	14	1	2+7	1	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Danny	20	4	9+2	2	2	0	2+1	2	4	0
11	FW		Aleksandr Kerzhakov	30	11	18+3	10	1	0	5	1	2+1	0
13	DF		Luís Neto	14	1	9	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
14	DF		Tomáš Hubočan	34	0	22	0	3	0	5	0	4	0
15	MF		Roman Shirokov	37	6	23+1	5	3	0	6	1	4	0
16	GK		Vyacheslav Malafeev	38	0	25	0	4	0	6	0	3	0
18	MF		Konstantin Zyryanov	33	6	15+11	6	3	0	1+3	0	0	0
20	MF		Viktor Fayzulin	36	6	23+1	5	1+3	0	3+1	1	0+4	0
21	DF		Milan Rodić	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF		Aleksandar Luković	12	0	3+6	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Sergei Semak	23	4	8+7	2	1+1	1	3	0	2+1	1
27	MF		Igor Denisov	32	0	21+1	0	2	0	4	0	4	0
28	MF		Axel Witsel	31	5	16+3	4	3	0	5	0	4	1
29	FW		Hulk	29	11	17+1	7	3	1	4	1	4	2
30	GK		Yuri Zhevnov	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF		Vladimir Bystrov	32	3	13+11	3	2	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
48	FW		Aleksei Gasilin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	DF		Igor Cheminava	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF		Danila Yashchuk	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	MF		Vyacheslav Zinkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK		Yegor Baburin	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Luka Đorđević	10	0	2+5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
85	FW		Pavel Mogilevets	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	MF		Aleksei Yevseyev	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Zenit no longer at the club:
82	DF		Michael Lumb	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
55	DF		Renat Yanbayev	12	1	7+3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Maksim Kanunnikov	14	1	3+6	1	1+1	0	0+3	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	10	0	1	0	11
	FW		29	Hulk	7	1	1	2	11
3	MF		18	Konstantin Zyryanov	6	0	0	0	6
	DF		15	Roman Shirokov	5	0	1	0	6
	MF		20	Viktor Fayzulin	5	0	1	0	6
6	MF		28	Axel Witsel	4	0	0	1	5
7	MF		25	Sergei Semak	2	1	0	1	4
	MF		10	Danny	2	0	2	0	4
9	DF		4	Domenico Criscito	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		34	Vladimir Bystrov	3	0	0	0	3
11	DF		3	Bruno Alves	1	1	0	0	2
12	FW		99	Maksim Kanunnikov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		2	Aleksandr Anyukov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		55	Renat Yanbayev	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		9	Aleksandr Bukharov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		13	Luís Neto	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	54	4	6	3	68

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1
3		DF	Bruno Alves	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
4		DF	Domenico Criscito	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Aleksandr Bukharov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Danny	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
11		FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
13		DF	Luís Neto	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
14		DF	Tomáš Hubočan	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
15		MF	Roman Shirokov	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	1
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		MF	Viktor Fayzulin	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
21		DF	Milan Rodić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Sergei Semak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
28		MF	Axel Witsel	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
29		FW	Hulk	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
34		MF	Vladimir Bystrov	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
55		DF	Renat Yanbayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		FW	Luka Đorđević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	63	3	7	0	16	1	8	1	94	5

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