2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit St. Petersburg
	2008–09 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Russian Premier League	5th
2008–09 Russian Cup	Fifth round
Russian Super Cup	Winners
2007–08 UEFA Cup	Winners
Champions League	Third in group stage
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Fatih Tekke (8)

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Kamil Čontofalský
2	MF	Vladislav Radimov
4	DF	Ivica Križanac
5	DF	Kim Dong-Jin
6	DF	Nicolas Lombaerts
7	FW	Alejandro Domínguez
8	FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak
9	FW	Fatih Tekke
10	FW	Andrei Arshavin
11	DF	Radek Šírl
14	DF	Tomáš Hubočan
15	MF	Roman Shirokov
16	GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev (vice-captain)

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Lee Ho
18	MF	Konstantin Zyryanov
19	MF	Danny^[2]
20	MF	Viktor Fayzulin
22	DF	Aleksandr Anyukov
25	MF	Fernando Ricksen
27	MF	Igor Denisov
28	DF	Sébastien Puygrenier
34	DF	Aleksandr Khokhlov
40	DF	Ivan Lapin
44	MF	Anatoliy Tymoschuk (captain)
57	MF	Aleksei Ionov
88	MF	Olexandr Gorshkov

Transfers

Winter

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

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

No.		Position	Player
14		DF	Erik Hagen (loan to Wigan Athletic)^[3]

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
19 January 2008	FK Neftchi	Dubai	1-1	Pogrebnyak 75' (pen),
24 January 2008	Litex Lovech	Dubai	2-0	Pogrebnyak 79', 86'
27 January 2008	Slavia Prague	Dubai	1-0	Zyryanov 43'
30 January 2008	ZESCO United	Dubai	3-0	Pogrebnyak 2', 42', Zyryanov 90'
6 February 2008	Málaga	A	1-2	Kim Dong-Jin 63'
9 February 2008	Dynamo Kyiv	H	2-2	Pogrebnyak 41', Fayzulin 47'
23 February 2008	Noordwijk	A	2-0	Tymoschuk 14', Radimov 38'
26 February 2008	ADO Den Haag	A	1-0	Tymoschuk 4'
22 June 2008	Helsingborg	A	1-0	Denisov 50'
25 June 2008	FC Nordsjælland	A	5-1	Fayzulin 9', 42', 66', 72', Tekke 30'
28 June 2008	FC Copenhagen	A	0-2

Competitions

UEFA Super Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 2008	Manchester United	N	2-1	Pogrebnyak 44', Danny 59'	18,064

Russian Super Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 March 2008	Lokomotiv Moscow	N	2-1	Arshavin 34', Pogrebnyak 82'	48,000

Russian Premier League

Matches

Date	Day	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
16 March 2008	1	Spartak Moscow	H	0-0		22,500
23 March 2008	2	FC Moscow	A	2-0	Arshavin 3', Anyukov 60'	8,000
30 March 2008	3	Rubin	H	1-3	Arshavin 15'	21,500
6 April 2008	4	Shinnik	A	2-2	Pogrebnyak 42', Tymoshchuk 44'	19,600
13 April 2008	5	Krylia Sovetov	H	1-1	Anyukov 13'	20,000
19 April 2008	6	Saturn	A	1-1	Shirokov 86'	14,000
6 July 2008	12	Tom	H	5-1	Fayzulin 7', 34', Tymoshchuk 24', 25' (pen), Shirokov 11'	21,500
9 July 2008	11	Spartak Nalchik	H	3-4	Amisulashvili 12' (OG), Zyryanov 23', Tekke 48'	21,000
13 July 2008	13	Khimki	A	4-1	Zyryanov 28', Anyukov 30', Fayzulin 88', Arshavin 90+2'	9,300
16 July 2008	10	Luch	A	0-0		6,500
19 July 2008	14	Amkar	H	2-0	Zyryanov 29', Tymoshchuk 51' (pen)	21,200
23 July 2008	9	Lokomotiv Moscow	H	1-1	Dominguez 51'	21,000
26 July 2008	15	Dynamo Moscow	A	0-1		15,000
30 July 2008	8	CSKA Moscow	A	0-0		16,000
2 August 2008	16	FC Moscow	H	2-1	Denisov 50', Tekke 77'	21,000
10 August 2008	17	Rubin	A	1-4	Tymoshchuk 23' (pen)	24,000
13 August 2008	7	Terek	H	3-1	Zabavník 17' (OG), Zyryanov 36', Tekke 51'	18,000
17 August 2008	18	Shinnik	H	1-3	Zyryanov 25'	22,500
24 August 2008	19	Krylia Sovetov	A	3-0	Pogrebnyak 16', 75' (pen), Zyryanov 60'	30,500
13 September 2008	21	Terek	A	4-1	Arshavin 13', Križanac 23', Pogrebnyak 41', Zyryanov 69'	13,000
21 September 2008	22	CSKA Moscow	H	1-3	Pogrebnyak 88'	22,000
27 September 2008	23	Lokomotiv Moscow	A	3-0	Fayzulin 18', Puygrenier 60', Dominguez 72'	19,630
5 October 2008	24	Luch	H	8-1	Tekke 47', 60', 89', Danny 7', 42', Arshavin 21', Shirokov 35', Dominguez 72'	20,000
18 October 2008	25	Spartak Nalchik	A	2-2	Dominguez 72', Arshavin 82'	10,000
26 October 2008	26	Tom Tomsk	A	1-1	Fayzulin 20'	14,800
29 October 2008	20	Saturn	H	2-2	Fayzulin 7', Tekke 83'	21,000
1 November 2008	27	Khimki	H	1-0	Danny 16'	18,500
9 November 2008	28	Amkar	A	1-1	Tymoshchuk 80' (pen)	18,500
16 November 2008	29	Dynamo Moscow	H	1-1	Tekke 79'	20,500
22 November 2008	30	Spartak Moscow	A	3-1	Danny 19', 45+1', Pogrebnyak 4'	30,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Rubin Kazan (C)	30	18	6	6	44	26	+18	60	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	CSKA Moscow	30	16	8	6	53	24	+29	56	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	29	+12	54	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Amkar Perm	30	14	9	7	31	22	+9	51	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	12	12	6	59	37	+22	48	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round	ZEN 1–1 KRY KRY 0–3 ZEN
6	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	12	12	6	46	28	+18	48		ZEN 1–1 KRY KRY 0–3 ZEN
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	8	9	37	32	+5	47
8	Spartak Moscow	30	11	11	8	43	39	+4	44

Russian Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6 August 2008	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	A	0-1		12,500

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
13 February 2008	Round of 32	Villarreal	H	1-0	Pogrebnyak 63'	21,300
21 February 2008	Round of 32	Villarreal	A	1-2	Pogrebnyak 31'	18,000
6 March 2008	Round of 16	Marseille	A	1-3	Arshavin 82'	35,000
12 March 2008	Round of 16	Marseille	H	2-0	Pogrebnyak 39', 78'	21,000
3 April 2008	Last 8	Leverkusen	A	4-1	Arshavin 20', Pogrebnyak 52', Anyukov 61', Denisov 64'	19,500
10 April 2008	Last 8	Leverkusen	H	0-1		21,500
24 April 2008	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	A	1-1	Lúcio 60' (OG)	66,000
1 May 2008	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	H	4-0	Pogrebnyak 4', 73', Zyryanov 38', Fayzulin 53'	22,000
1 May 2008	Final	Rangers	N	2-0	Denisov 72', Zyryanov 90+3'	45,000

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12
Zenit St. Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Juventus v Zenit St. Petersburg

2008-09-17
20:45

Juventus	1 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg
Del Piero 76'	Report

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin
Attendance: 20,853
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Real Madrid

2008-09-30
18:30

Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 2	Real Madrid
Danny 25'	Report	Hubočan 4' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy 31'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 21,075
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Zenit St. Petersburg v BATE Borisov

2008-10-21
18:30

Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 1	BATE Borisov
Tekke 80'	Report	Nyakhaychyk 52'

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

BATE Borisov v Zenit St. Petersburg

2008-11-05
20:45

BATE Borisov	0 – 2	Zenit St. Petersburg
	Report	Pogrebnyak 34' Danny 90+4'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 28,793
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Zenit St. Petersburg v Juventus

2008-11-25
18:30

Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 0	Juventus
	Report

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 20,155
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Real Madrid v Zenit St. Petersburg

2008-12-10
20:45

Real Madrid	3 – 0	Zenit St. Petersburg
Raúl 25' 57' Robben 50'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 46,265
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

References

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2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Contents

Squad

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Friendlies

Competitions

UEFA Super Cup

Russian Super Cup

Russian Premier League

Matches

League table

Russian Cup

UEFA Cup

UEFA Champions League

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