2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
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The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 91st season in the club's history and its 20th consecutive season in the Russian Premier League. The club also participated in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
| 2015–16 season | |||
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| Chairman | Aleksandr Dyukov | ||
| Manager | André Villas-Boas | ||
| Stadium | Petrovsky Stadium | ||
| Russian Premier League | 3rd | ||
| Russian Cup | Winners | ||
| Russian Super Cup | Winners | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Round of 16 v. Benfica | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Hulk (17) All: Artyom Dzyuba (23) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 18,593 vs Krasnodar 15 August 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 14,880 vs Ural 21 November 2015 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 16,771 16 April 2016 | ||
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Russian Premier League
| 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 |
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| Ground | 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 | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2016. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Rostov | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 50 |
Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | GNT | VAL | LYO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | |
| 4 | Lyon | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
- As of match played 28 April 2016
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | Super Cup | Russian Cup | Champions League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodygin | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Nicolas Lombaerts | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Hulk | 38 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Maurício | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Danny | 33 | 7 | 18+5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto | 34 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov | 37 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov | 34 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Viktor Faizulin | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García | 37 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Artyom Dzyuba | 43 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay | 28 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel | 40 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Zinkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bogaev | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Troyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Yuri Zhirkov | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Pavel Dolgov | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Yevseyev | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 19 | 1 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Zenit but left during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Denis Tkachuk | 9 | 3 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Super Cup | Russian Cup | Champions League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 22 | Artyom Dzyuba | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Hulk | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Oleg Shatov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Danny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 5 | MF | 28 | Axel Witsel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | DF | 19 | Igor Smolnikov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Javi García | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| MF | 31 | Denis Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | DF | 24 | Ezequiel Garay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 8 | Maurício | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | FW | 9 | Aleksandr Kokorin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 5 | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 77 | ||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Super Cup | Russian Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||
| 1 | GK | Yuri Lodygin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Aleksandr Anyukov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | Domenico Criscito | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 6 | DF | Nicolas Lombaerts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Hulk | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Kokorin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Danny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Luís Neto | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Artur Yusupov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Oleg Shatov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Igor Smolnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Javi García | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Artyom Dzyuba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Salomón Rondón | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Ezequiel Garay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Axel Witsel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 81 | MF | Yuri Zhirkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 94 | MF | Aleksei Yevseyev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 85 | 3 | |||
- ^ "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Tuesday 20 October 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.