The 2010 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 15th straight season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. The club won the Russian Premier League for the second time in four years and the Russian Cup for the first time since 1999, completing a double.
Internationally, the club was registered for Europe's highest level of football competition, the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, as the third place team from Russia in 2009. Zenit were drawn into the Group Stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League alongside Anderlecht, AEK Athens and Hajduk after falling 2–1 on aggregate to French club Auxerre in the Champions League play-off round.
Season events 11 January: Defender Michael Lumb signs for Zenit from AGF Aarhus. 16 January: Striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov returns to Zenit from Dynamo Moscow after spending six seasons with the club from 2001-06. 26 January: Defender Kim Dong-jin's contract is terminated due to medical examinations and fainting bouts experienced during practices with the South Korea national team. 28 January: Zenit plays its first match of 2010, a friendly against Uzbek side Lokomotiv Tashkent during training camp in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 29 January: Midfielder Igor Semshov rejoins Dynamo Moscow on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. 3 February: Striker and club leading goal scorer from 2008 and 2009 Fatih Tekke joins Rubin Kazan on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. 23 February: Goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov signs for Zenit from FC Moscow. 3 March: Striker Danko Lazović signs for Zenit from PSV. 9 March: Striker Sergey Kornilenko joins former club Tom Tomsk on a one-year loan deal with the option to return to Zenit during the summer. 13 March: Midfielder Danny plays his first match in ten months after suffering a season-ending injury in May 2009 and scores the winning goal against Krylia Sovetov. 16 May: Zenit wins the Russian Cup 1–0 over Sibir Novosibirsk, with the Cup-winning goal scored by midfielder Roman Shirokov. 5 July: Defender Nicolas Lombaerts signs a new four-year contract with the club. 19 July: Striker Aleksandr Bukharov signs for Zenit from Rubin Kazan. Newly acquired defender Michael Lumb is loaned to Feyenoord until July 2011 due to lack of playing time with the club. 29 July: Midfielder Igor Denisov signs a new five-year contract with the club and defender Aleksandar Luković signs for Zenit from Udinese. 31 July: Zenit wins its ninth-straight Russian Premier League match after defeating reigning champions Rubin Kazan 2–0 on a double from striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov. Defender Sébastien Puygrenier returns from a year loan at Monaco and attends Zenit's summer camp in Austria before receiving another one-year loan deal with Monaco. 3 August: Defender Bruno Alves signs for Zenit from Porto for a Russian Premier League-record €22 million foreign transfer fee. 4 August: Zenit defeats Unirea Urziceni 1–0 on aggregate to advance to the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. Danny scores the only goal of the tie in the 33rd minute of the second leg, assisted by Vladimir Bystrov. 5 August: Midfielder Sergei Semak signs for Zenit from Rubin Kazan. 25 August: Manager Luciano Spalletti suffers his first competitive loss with Zenit, falling 2–0 to French club Auxerre at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps. Zenit sees both goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev and defender Tomáš Hubočan sent off by Slovenian referee Damir Skomina as the club falls out of the Champions League 2–1 on aggregate. 27 August: Zenit are seeded into Pot No. 1 of the Europa League with a UEFA coefficient of 61.258 and drawn into a group with Anderlecht, AEK Athens and Hajduk Split. 7 September: Zenit release midfielder Radek Šírl. 14 November: Zenit win the 2010 Russian Premier League by defeating Rostov at the Petrovsky Stadium 5–0. 9 December: 10 Zenit players are named to the annual RFU Top 33 Best Players list with seven players – Aleksandr Anyukov (right back), Tomáš Hubočan (left back), Igor Denisov (defensive midfield), Vladimir Bystrov (right midfield), Konstantin Zyryanov (central midfield), Danny (left midfield) and Aleksandr Kerzhakov (right forward) – named the best at their respective position. 19 December: Four Zenit players receive trophies at the RFU's award ceremony in Moscow. Aleksandr Kerzhakov was named Striker of the Year, Danny was named the best foreign player, manager Luciano Spalletti was named Coach of the Year, and captain Aleksandr Anyukov was named Most Valuable Player.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 16 Vyacheslav Malafeev GK Trainee 1999 22 Dmitri Borodin GK Anzhi Makhachkala 2009 30 Yuri Zhevnov GK FC Moscow 2010 71 Yegor Baburin GK DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 81 Aleksandr Glinskikh GK DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 90 Aleksei Dugnist GK DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 91 Andrei Zaytsev GK DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov DF Krylia Sovetov 2005 3 Bruno Alves DF Porto 2010 4 Ivica Križanac DF Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 2005 5 Fernando Meira DF Galatasaray 2009 6 Nicolas Lombaerts DF KAA Gent 2007 14 Tomáš Hubočan DF MŠK Žilina 2008 24 Aleksandar Luković DF Udinese Calcio 2010 47 Basel Abdoulfattakh MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 48 Aslan Dudiyev DF loan from Akademiya Tolyatti 2010 50 Igor Cheminava DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 55 Sergei Kostin DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 64 Ilya Lebedev DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 66 Yuriy Ponomarenko DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 74 Vladimir Malyshev DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 83 Andrei Vasilyev MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 88 Dmitri Telegin DF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 89 Solomon Kvirkvelia DF Tengiz Sulakvelidze Academy Tbilisi 2010 Midfielders 10 Danny MF Dynamo Moscow 2008 15 Roman Shirokov MF Khimki 2008 17 Alessandro Rosina MF Torino 2009 18 Konstantin Zyryanov MF Torpedo Moscow 2007 20 Viktor Fayzulin MF Spartak Nalchik 2008 23 Szabolcs Huszti MF Hannover 96 2009 25 Sergei Semak MF Rubin Kazan 2010 27 Igor Denisov MF Trainee 2002 34 Vladimir Bystrov MF Spartak Moscow 2009 57 Aleksei Ionov MF Trainee 2007 63 Denis Terentyev MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 69 Yevgeni Bashkirov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 75 Ilya Sagdatullin MF Trainee 2007 77 Alexandr Petrov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 80 Maxim Batov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 87 Alexei Kayukov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 92 Nikita Bocharov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 96 Roland Gigolayev MF Yunost Vladikavkaz 2005 98 Sergei Petrov MF DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2008 Forwards 8 Danko Lazović ST PSV Eindhoven 2010 9 Aleksandr Bukharov ST Rubin Kazan 2010 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov ST Dynamo Moscow 2010 36 Stanislav Matyash ST Trainee 2007 0 0 70 Vyacheslav Sushkin ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0 73 Stanislav Murikhin ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 0 0 78 Vladislav Yefimov ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 93 Alexei Panfilov ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 95 Pavel Shuvalov ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 97 Vladislav Sirotov ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2010 0 0 99 Maksim Kanunnikov ST DYuSSh Smena-Zenit 2009 1 0 Out on loan 28 Michael Lumb DF AGF Aarhus 2010 35 Anton Sosnin MF Trainee 2007 37 Aleksandr Khokhlov DF Trainee 2006 Sébastien Puygrenier DF Nancy 2008 14 1 Sergei Kornilenko ST Tom Tomsk 2009 18 1 Eugene Starikov ST Bradenton Academics 2009 0 0 Left during the season 7 Radek Šírl MF Sparta Prague 2003
Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.11 January 2010DFMichael LumbAGF AarhusUndisclosed16 January 2010FWAleksandr KerzhakovDynamo MoscowUndisclosed23 February 2010GKYuri ZhevnovFC MoscowUndisclosed3 March 2010FWDanko LazovićPSV EindhovenUndisclosed19 July 2010FWAleksandr BukharovRubin KazanUndisclosed29 July 2010DFAleksandar LukovićUdineseUndisclosed3 August 2010DFBruno AlvesPortoUndisclosedComunicado (Announcement) ; FC Porto, 3 August 2010 (in Portuguese)5 August 2010MFSergei SemakRubin KazanUndisclosed
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.29 January 2010MFIgor SemshovDynamo MoscowUndisclosed3 February 2010FWFatih TekkeRubin KazanUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.9 March 2010FWSergei KornilenkoTom TomskSummer 20109 March 2010FWEugene StarikovTom Tomsk 19 July 2010DFMichael LumbFeyenoord 2 August 2010DFSébastien PuygrenierMonacoEnd of Season20 August 2010MFAnton SosninKrylia SovetovEnd of Season26 August 2010FWSergei KornilenkoRubin KazanEnd of Season27 August 2010DFAleksandr KhokhlovSpartak NalchikEnd of Season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.1 January 2010GKKamil ČontofalskýAEL Limassol 26 January 2010DFKim Dong-jinUlsan Hyundai2 February 20107 September 2010MFRadek ŠírlMladá Boleslav14 September 2016
Friendlies Winter
Summer
Competitions Russian Premier League
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results
League table
Russian Cup
The Round of 16 match against Anzhi Makhachkala took place during the 2011–12 season.
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The Round of 32 match against Young Boys took place during the 2011–12 season.
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="16"|Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier League2009-10 Russian Cup2010-11 Russian CupUEFA CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW11Aleksandr Kerzhakov130013172 MF10Danny100011123 MF15Roman Shirokov610007MF34Vladimir Bystrov610007FW8 Danko Lazović500027FW9 Aleksandr Bukharov4000377 MF17Alessandro Rosina2020268 MF23Szabolcs Huszti1100249 DF6 Nicolas Lombaerts30000310MF25Sergei Semak200002MF18Konstantin Zyryanov200002MF20Viktor Fayzulin200002FW99Maksim Kanunnikov101002MF57Aleksei Ionov000022 Own goal20000216DF2 Aleksandr Anyukov100001DF4 Ivica Križanac100001DF3 Bruno Alves000011DF14Tomáš Hubočan000011MF27Igor Denisov000011TOTALS613321887
References
External links Information from http://www.rfpl.org/ 2010 Zenit Saint Petersburg season at ESPN Zenit Saint Petersburg statistics at sports.ru