2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008-09 season
Chairman	Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	5th
08–09 Russian Cup	Fifth round vs Sibir Novosibirsk
Russian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage 3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Fatih Tekke (8); All: Pavel Pogrebnyak (16)

The 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fourteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically, Zenit finished fifth in the Russian Premier League, reached the Fifth round of the 2008–09 Russian Cup and won the Russian Super Cup. In Europe, Zenit won the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup before finishing third in their Champions League group.

Squad

As of match played 10 December 2008[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age[N 1])	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamil Čontofalský	GK	(1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 30)	Bohemians 1905	2003	70	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 29)	Trainee	1999
51	Vladimir Mukhin	GK	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
90	Nikolai Zabolotny	GK	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
91	Andrei Zaytsev	GK	(1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Defenders
4	Ivica Križanac	DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 29)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005	96	3
5	Kim Dong-jin	DF	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 26)	Seoul	2006	65	3
6	Nicolas Lombaerts	DF	(1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 23)	KAA Gent	2007	26	2
14	Tomáš Hubočan	DF	(1985-09-17)17 September 1985 (aged 23)	MŠK Žilina	2008	15	0
22	Aleksandr Anyukov	DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 26)	Krylia Sovetov	2005	94	6
25	Fernando Ricksen	DF	(1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 32)	Rangers	2015	45	2
26	Mikhail Smirnov	DF	(1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2006	0	0
28	Sébastien Puygrenier	DF	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26)	Nancy	2008	14	1
32	Artyom Kulesha	DF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
34	Aleksandr Khokhlov	DF	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2006	1	0
40	Ivan Lapin	DF	(1988-05-08)8 May 1988 (aged 20)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007	1	0
43	Yuriy Vorobyov	DF	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
50	Igor Cheminava	DF	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
55	Yan Bobrovsky	DF	(1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
65	Yuriy Boyev	DF	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov	MF	(1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 33)	Krylia Sovetov	2003	149	12
7	Alejandro Domínguez	MF	(1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 27)	Rubin Kazan	2007	62	18
10	Andrey Arshavin	MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 27)	Trainee	1999	305	68
11	Radek Šírl	MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 27)	Sparta Prague	2003	156	7
15	Roman Shirokov	MF	(1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 27)	Khimki	2008	39	3
17	Lee Ho	MF	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 24)	Ulsan Hyundai	2006	26	1
18	Konstantin Zyryanov	MF	(1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 31)	Torpedo Moscow	2007	84	22
19	Danny	MF	(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 25)	Dynamo Moscow	2008	17	8
20	Viktor Fayzulin	MF	(1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 22)	Spartak Nalchik	2008	37	7
27	Igor Denisov	MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 24)	Trainee	2002	185	25
28	Pavel Zubov	MF	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007	0	0
30	Pavel Komolov	MF	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2006	0	0
35	Anton Sosnin	MF	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
37	German Pyatnikov	MF	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2006	0	0
44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	MF	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 29)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2007	84	15
45	Yegor Okorokov	MF	(1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2006	0	0
47	Basel Abdoulfattakh	MF	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
48	Nikita Kolesnikov	MF	(1988-08-12)12 August 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2007	0	0
53	Pavel Mochalin	MF	(1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 19)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
57	Aleksei Ionov	MF	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	9	1
59	Sergey Vasetsky	MF	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
75	Ilya Sagdatullin	MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007	0	0
77	Alexander Petrov	MF	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 18)	Trainee	2007	0	0
88	Oleksandr Horshkov	MF	(1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 38)	Saturn-REN TV	2004
96	Roland Gigolayev	MF	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 18)	Yunost Vladikavkaz	2005	0	0
98	Sergei Petrov	MF	(1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 17)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Forwards
8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	ST	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 25)	Tom Tomsk	2007	67	24
9	Fatih Tekke	ST	(1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 31)	Trabzonspor	2006	67	19
31	Vitali Galysh	ST	(1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
33	Pavel Ignatovich	ST	(1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 19)	Trainee	2007	0	0
36	Stanislav Matyash	ST	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007	0	0
38	Yevgeni Izvekov	ST	(1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 20)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
42	Andrei Ornat	ST	(1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 17)	Trainee	2007	0	0
89	Dmitri Nechayev	ST	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0
Out on loan
21	Sergei Gorbunov	DF	(1987-04-05)5 April 1987 (aged 21)	Sportakademklub Moscow	2007	0	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2004	0	0
42	Boris Rotenberg	DF	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 22)	Klubi-04	2006	0	0
50	Sergey Mironov	ST	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 20)	Trainee	2005	0	0
87	Ilya Maksimov	MF	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 21)	Trainee	2006	21	1
Left during the season
49	Pavel Teteryukov	ST	(1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 18)	DYuSSh Smena-Zenit	2008	0	0

Out on loan

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

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Sergei Gorbunov (at Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk)
41	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov (at Volga Ulyanovsk)
42	DF	Boris Rotenberg (at Saturn Ramenskoye)

No.		Position	Player
50		MF	Sergey Mironov (at Sliven)
87		MF	Ilya Maksimov (at Sportakademklub Moscow)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2007	DF	Tomáš Hubočan	MŠK Žilina	Undisclosed	[2]
Winter 2007	MF	Viktor Fayzulin	Spartak Nalchik	Undisclosed
Winter 2007	MF	Roman Shirokov	Khimki	Undisclosed
Summer 2007	DF	Sébastien Puygrenier	Nancy	Undisclosed
Summer 2007	MF	Danny	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2008	DF		Martin Škrtel	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[3]
Summer 2008	FW		Pavel Teteryukov	Dmitrov	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2008	DF	Erik Hagen	Wigan Athletic	Summer 2008	[4]
Winter 2008	DF	Sergei Gorbunov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	DF	Boris Rotenberg	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	DF	Yuri Lebedev	Nosta Novotroitsk	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	MF	Ilya Maksimov	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Summer 2008
Winter 2008	MF	Sergey Mironov	TP-47	Summer 2008
Summer 2008	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov	Volga Ulyanovsk	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF	Erik Hagen	Vålerenga	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF	Sergei Gorbunov	Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	DF	Boris Rotenberg	Saturn	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	MF	Sergey Mironov	Sliven	Winter 2009
Summer 2008	MF	Ilya Maksimov	Sportakademklub Moscow	Winter 2009

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined
Winter 2009	DF	Mikhail Smirnov	Amkar Perm
Winter 2009	MF	Vladislav Radimov	Retired
Winter 2009	MF	Oleksandr Horshkov	Retired

Friendlies

19 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Neftchi Fargʻona	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 75' (pen.)	[ Report]

24 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Litex Lovech	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 79', 86'	[ Report]

27 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Slavia Prague	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov 43'	[ Report]

30 January 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–0	ZESCO United	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 2', 42' Zyryanov 90'	[ Report]

6 February 2008	Málaga	2–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Málaga, Spain
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Kim 63'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium

9 February 2008	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 41' Fayzulin 47'	[ Report]		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

23 February 2008	Noordwijk	0–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Noordwijk, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Tymoschuk 14' Radimov 38'	Stadium: Sportpark Duinwetering

26 February 2008	ADO Den Haag	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	The Hague, Netherlands
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Tymoshchuk 4'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion

22 June 2008	Helsingborg	0–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Helsingborg, Sweden
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Denisov 50'	Stadium: Olympia

25 June 2008	Nordsjælland	1–5	Zenit St. Petersburg	Farum, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]	Fayzulin 9', 42', 66', 72' Tekke 30'	Stadium: Farum Park

28 June 2008	Copenhagen	2–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Copenhagen, Denmark
MSK (UTC+4)		[ Report]		Stadium: Parken Stadium

Competitions

Russian Super Cup

9 March 2008	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 34' 69' Zyryanov 55' Križanac 68' 90+' Radimov 79' Hubočan 81' Pogrebnyak 82'	[ Report]	Gurenko 53' Rodolfo 69' 90+' Torbinski 73' 79'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

UEFA Super Cup

29 August 2008	Manchester United	1–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Fontvieille, Monaco
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Scholes 45+1' 90' Anderson 54' Vidić 73' Tevez 74'	Report	Pogrebnyak 44' Danny 59'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 18,064 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Russian 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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2008. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

16 March 2008 1	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 22' Šírl 27' Fayzulin 62'	Summary	Mozart 7' Stranzl 24' Covalciuc 38'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

23 March 2008 2	Moscow	0–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuzmin 2' Rebeja 16' Epureanu 48' Barrientos 90'	Summary	Arshavin 3' Šírl 38' Anyukov 60' Tekke 78'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

30 March 2008 3	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin 3' Arshavin 16' Križanac 35'	Summary	Kobenko 12' Semak 76' Karadeniz 77', 84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,470 Referee: Igor Zakharov

6 April 2008 4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Yaroslavl
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Bochkov 3' Khazov 39' Boyarintsev 43' 90+' Laizāns 45+' Buznikin 70' (pen.)	Summary	Hubočan 16' Pogrebnyak 42' Tymoshchuk 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Almir Kayumov

13 April 2008 5	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov 13' Križanac 69'	Summary	Taranov 27' Oh 29' Savin 59' Ivanov 63' Salugin 74' Leilton 79' Kowba 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

19 April 2008 6	Saturn Ramenskoye	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Ramenskoye
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zelão 40' 90' Igonin 67'	Summary	Ricksen 17' Arshavin 51' Shirokov 57' 86' Hubočan 69' Pogrebnyak 76' Denisov 77'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

26 April 2008 7	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–1	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Zabavník 17' (o.g.) Zyryanov 38' Tekke 53'	Summary	Pancu 47' Zabavník 83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

30 July 2008 8	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
MSK (UTC+4)	Erkin 21' Dzagoev 31' 78' Dudu 45+' Krasić 49' Akinfeev 57' Rahimić 70'	Summary	Križanac 45+' 49'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

7 May 2008 9	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 51' Domínguez 52' 88'	Summary	Cociș 39' Glushakov 44' Torbinski 61' Gurenko 77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000

11 May 2008 10	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	0–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Vladivostok
MSK (UTC+4)		Summary		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

16 May 2008 11	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–4	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Amisulashvili 11' (o.g.) Zyryanov 25' Tekke 49' 77' Tymoshchuk 55' Anyukov 80'	Summary	Anyukov 19' (o.g.) Kalimullin 20' 86' Geteriev 40' Džudović 58' Amisulashvili 69' Yatchenko 71' Kisenkov 81' Dzakhmishev 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

6 July 2008 12	Zenit St. Petersburg	5–1	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin 6', 34' Shirokov 11' 61' Križanac 21' 64' Tymoshchuk 23', 27' (pen.) Tekke 41' Kim 82'	Summary	Michkov 22' (pen.) Catînsus 23' 77' Shirko 47' Radosavljević 66' Klimov 85'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Igor Zakharov

11 July 2008 13	Khimki	1–4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Khimki
MSK (UTC+4)	Trivunović 18' 84' Dineyev 32' Șoavă 68' Blatnjak 81' Sabitov 87'	Summary	Zyryanov 27' Anyukov 31' Tekke 53' Fayzulin 20' Arshavin 90+'	Stadium: Rodina Stadium Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Almir Kayumov

19 July 2008 14	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 12' Zyryanov 30' Tymoshchuk 51' (pen.)	Summary	Dujmović 11' Gaál 48' Popov 50' Belorukov 55'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

26 July 2008 15	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tanasijević 17' K.Kombarov 41' 88'	Summary	Tekke 29' 36' Zyryanov 43' Domínguez 55' Shirokov 59'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov

2 August 2008 16	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–1	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl 32' Denisov 51' 60' Tekke 77' 77'	Summary	Rebko 22' Kuzmin 58'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Vitali Doroshenko

10 August 2008 17	Rubin Kazan	4–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukharov 9', 11' Rebrov 12' Karadeniz 21' Kobenko 86'	Summary	Tymoshchuk 15' 90' 23' (pen.) Križanac 55' Puygrenier 76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

17 August 2008 18	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zyryanov 25'	Summary	Bochkov 20' Buznikin 52' Silva 57' Olexici 72' Kudryashov 79'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

24 August 2008 19	Krylia Sovetov	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Samara
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Booth 32' Kowba 88' Koller 90'	Summary	Pogrebnyak 16', 75' (pen.) Puygrenier 22' Tymoshchuk 54' Zyryanov 61' Šírl 63'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

30 August 2008 20	Zenit St. Petersburg	2–2	Saturn Ramenskoye	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Fayzulin 7' Domínguez 78' Tekke 82'	Summary	Karyaka 9' Topić 41' Ďurica 81' Kinský 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

13 September 2008 21	Terek Grozny	1–4	Zenit St. Petersburg	Grozny
MSK (UTC+4)	Bouli 15' Bendz 39' 75' Kuznetsov 90+'	Summary	Arshavin 12' Križanac 23' Tymoshchuk 25' Anyukov 32' Pogrebnyak 41' Zyryanov 70'	Stadium: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

21 September 2008 22	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 35' Denisov 37' Puygrenier 56' Zyryanov 86' Pogrebnyak 88'	Report	Dzagoev 3', 65' Mamayev 37' Akinfeev 63' Love 57' (pen.) Grigoryev 77' 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

27 September 2008 23	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Torbinski 50' Rodolfo 77'	Summary	Fayzulin 18' Denisov 37' Šírl 44' Puygrenier 61' Domínguez 74'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 19,630 Referee: Igor Egorov

5 October 2008 24	Zenit St. Petersburg	8–1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Saint Petersburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny 7', 42' 41' Puygrenier 16' Arshavin 20' Tekke 28' 47', 60', 89' Shirokov 35' Domínguez 72'	Summary	Bulyga 74' Dantsev 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Igor Zakharov

18 October 2008 25	Spartak Nalchik	2–2	Zenit St. Petersburg	Nalchik
16:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Shumeyko 18' Geteriev 29' Gogua 36' Samsonov 45' Dzakhmishev 61' Mashukov 86'	Summary	Tymoshchuk 34' Šírl 54' Domínguez 63' 72' Arshavin 81' Zyryanov 84'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kolobaev

26 October 2008 26	Tom Tomsk	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Tomsk
15:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Maznov 23' Klimov 81'	Summary	Fayzulin 20' Tekke 61' Zyryanov 64'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Almir Kayumov

31 October 2008 27	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Khimki	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Danny 16' 90+' Puygrenier 25' Križanac 89'	Summary	Trivunović 21' Čeh 66' Sabitov 68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Aleksey Kovalyov

9 November 2008 28	Amkar Perm	1–1	Zenit St. Petersburg	Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Sikimić 67' Peev 70' Sirakov 80'	Summary	Šírl 10' Hubočan 20' Anyukov 58' Tymoshchuk 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

16 November 2008 29	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny 19' Tekke 80' Šírl 90' Tymoshchuk 90+'	Summary	Wilkshire 29' D.Kombarov 38' Granat 39' Fernández 54' Khokhlov 90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

22 November 2008 30	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Zenit St. Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Fathi 29' Covalciuc 32' Pavlenko 47'	Summary	Pogrebnyak 5' Danny 19', 45+1' Anyukov 23'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	29	+12	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Amkar Perm	30	14	9	7	31	22	+9	51	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	12	12	6	59	37	+22	48[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	12	12	6	46	28	+18	48[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	8	9	37	32	+5	47

Source: RFPL (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th position in previous season or decision game
Notes:

ZEN 1–1 KRY; KRY 0–3 ZEN
Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Russian Cup

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6 August 2008 Fifth round	Sibir Novosibirsk	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Novosibirsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bukhryakov 10' Shvetsov 13' Samoylov 39' Medvedev 64'	Report	Ricksen 20' Puygrenier 35' Hubočan 41' Radimov 65'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sergei Timofeyev

UEFA Cup

13 February 2008 Round of 32 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–0	Villarreal	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov 35' Pogrebnyak 63' 73' Kim 78'	Report	Cani 36' Capdevila 82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,300 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

21 February 2008 Round of 32 2nd leg	Villarreal	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Villarreal, Spain
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Franco 75' Tomasson 90'	Report	Shirokov 13' 47' Šírl 24' 82' Pogrebnyak 31' Kim 45' Malafeev 65' Zyryanov 88' Križanac 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stefan Meissner (Austria)

6 March 2008 Round of 16 1st leg	Marseille	3–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Marseille, France
23:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Cissé 37', 55' M'bami 40' Niang 48' Zubar 54'	Report	Kim 27' Ricksen 32' Arshavin 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

12 March 2008 Round of 16 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0 (3–3 agg.)	Marseille	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov 10' Pogrebnyak 39', 78' Tymoshchuk 64' Arshavin 90+3'	Report	M'bami 33' Niang 38' Cissé 68'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

3 April 2008 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Zenit St.Petersburg	Leverkusen, Germany
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kießling 33' Barnetta 73' Friedrich 79'	Report	Arshavin 20' Križanac 23' Pogrebnyak 52' Anyukov 61' Denisov 64'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

10 April 2008 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–1 (4–2 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bulykin 18' Freier 29' Castro 29' Sinkiewicz 65'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

24 April 2008 Semifinal 1st leg	Bayern Munich	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Munich, Germany
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Ribéry 18'	Report	Ricksen 17' Fayzulin 28' Lúcio 60' (o.g.) Šírl 75' Arshavin 79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

1 May 2008 Semifinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Pogrebnyak 4', 73' 76' Zyryanov 38' Fayzulin 53'	Report	Toni 67' Lell 81'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Final

14 May 2008	Zenit St.Petersburg	2–0	Rangers	Manchester, England
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov 72' 72' Malafeev 90+2' Zyryanov 90+3'	Report	Broadfoot 90+4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juventus	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	BATE Borisov	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source:

17 September 2008 1	Juventus	1–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Turin, Italy
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Del Piero 76' Salihamidžić 84'	Report	Pogrebnyak 18' Šírl 68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,853 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

30 September 2008 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–2	Real Madrid	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Danny 25' Arshavin 26' Tymoshchuk 33' Hubočan 47'	Report	Hubočan 4' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy 31' 47'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

21 October 2008 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	BATE Borisov	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 80'	Report	Nyakhaychyk 52' Vyeramko 90+4'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

5 November 2008 4	BATE Borisov	0–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Minsk, Belarus
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Pogrebnyak 34' Puygrenier 39' 73' Danny 90+4'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 28,793 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

25 November 2008 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	0–0	Juventus	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Lombaerts 10' Tymoshchuk 76'	Report	Iaquinta 43' Camoranesi 45' Sissoko 90+2'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

10 December 2008 6	Real Madrid	3–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Madrid, Spain
22:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Raúl 25', 57' Robben 50'	Report	Danny 63' Šírl 26'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 46,265 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad statistics

As of match played 10 December 2008

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europe		Super Cups
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF		Vladislav Radimov	7	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
4	DF		Ivica Križanac	41	1	25	1	0	0	13+1	0	2	0
5	DF		Kim Dong-jin	14	0	5+5	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
6	DF		Nicolas Lombaerts	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF		Alejandro Domínguez	28	4	13+8	4	1	0	1+4	0	1	0
8	FW		Pavel Pogrebnyak	34	16	14+4	6	0	0	13+1	8	2	2
9	FW		Fatih Tekke	28	9	12+10	8	1	0	2+3	1	0	0
10	MF		Andrey Arshavin	43	9	26+1	6	0	0	14	2	1+1	1
11	MF		Radek Šírl	41	0	26	0	0	0	13	0	2	0
14	DF		Tomáš Hubočan	15	0	7+4	0	1	0	1+1	0	1	0
15	MF		Roman Shirokov	39	3	20+7	3	0	0	9+1	0	1+1	0
16	GK		Vyacheslav Malafeev	48	0	30	0	1	0	15	0	2	0
17	MF		Lee Ho	3	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	0	0
18	MF		Konstantin Zyryanov	46	9	29	7	0	0	15	2	2	0
19	MF		Danny	17	8	10	5	0	0	6	2	1	1
20	MF		Viktor Fayzulin	37	7	17+7	6	1	0	9+2	1	1	0
22	DF		Aleksandr Anyukov	42	4	26	3	0	0	14	1	2	0
25	MF		Fernando Ricksen	11	0	4+4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF		Igor Denisov	44	3	29	1	0	0	12+1	2	1+1	0
28	DF		Sébastien Puygrenier	14	1	8+1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
34	DF		Aleksandr Khokhlov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	44	6	27	6	0	0	15	0	2	0
57	MF		Aleksei Ionov	7	0	0+5	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF		Oleksandr Horshkov	4	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0	0	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	UEFA Cup	UEFA Champions League	Russian Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	Total
1	FW	8	Pavel Pogrebnyak	6	7	1	1	1	16
2	FW	9	Fatih Tekke	8	0	1	0	0	9
	MF	18	Konstantin Zyryanov	7	2	0	0	0	9
	MF	10	Andrey Arshavin	6	2	0	1	0	9
5	MF	19	Danny	5	0	2	0	1	8
6	MF	20	Viktor Fayzulin	6	1	0	0	0	7
7	MF	44	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	6	0	0	0	0	6
8	MF	7	Alejandro Domínguez	4	0	0	0	0	4
8	DF	22	Aleksandr Anyukov	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	MF	15	Roman Shirokov	3	0	0	0	0	3
	MF	27	Igor Denisov	1	2	0	0	0	3
			Own goal	2	1	0	0	0	3
13	DF	4	Ivica Križanac	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	DF	28	Sébastien Puygrenier	1	0	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	59	16	4	2	2	83

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Champions League		Russian Super Cup		UEFA Super Cup		Total
2		MF	Vladislav Radimov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
5		DF	Kim Dong-jin	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Nicolas Lombaerts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Andrey Arshavin	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
11		MF	Radek Šírl	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
14		DF	Tomáš Hubočan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Roman Shirokov	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Konstantin Zyryanov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Danny	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Viktor Fayzulin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Fernando Ricksen	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		DF	Sébastien Puygrenier	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
44		MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	0	0	4	0	24	2	11	1	5	2	0	0	44	5

Notes

Age as of the end of the season

References

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/rus08squads.html
"Hubočan zo Žiliny do Petrohradu za 120 miliónov!". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Pro Futbal. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
Smith, Allen (20 March 2009). "Martin Skrtel proving to be another fine Rafael Benitez signing". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
"Wigan swoop for Norway defender". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
"Russia Cups 2008/09". rsssf.com/. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

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[table_hth_ZEN0.51551339473366-6] ZEN 1–1 KRY; KRY 0–3 ZEN

[table_note_res_EL30.51551339473366-7] Since both finalists of the 2008–09 Russian Cup qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Krylia Sovetov earned a spot in the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

[2] Age as of the end of the season

[1] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/rus08squads.html

[3] "Hubočan zo Žiliny do Petrohradu za 120 miliónov!". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Pro Futbal. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[finsig-4] Smith, Allen (20 March 2009). "Martin Skrtel proving to be another fine Rafael Benitez signing". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[5] "Wigan swoop for Norway defender". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[8] "Russia Cups 2008/09". rsssf.com/. Retrieved 5 October 2013.