The 2013–14 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 18th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They finished as runners-up to CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League, lost the 2013 Super Cup 3 – 0 to CSKA Moscow, were knocked out of the Russian Cup by Russian Professional Football League side FC Tyumen, and reached the Last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, losing to Borussia Dortmund.
Zenit started the season under the management of Luciano Spalletti, but Spalletti was sacked on 11 March 2014, being replaced by Sergei Semak, in a caretaker capacity, for nine days before André Villas-Boas was appointed manager on 20 March 2014.
Squad
On Loan
Youth Team squad
Transfers
Summer
In:
Out:
Winter
In:
Out:
Competitions
Russian Super Cup
Russian Premier League
Results by round
Matches
League table
Russian Cup
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan=14|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan=14|Players who appeared for Zenit St. Petersburg no longer at the club:
Top Scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameRussian Premier LeagueRussian CupUEFA Champions LeagueRussian Super CupTotal1 FW7 Hulk17050222 MF10Danny12030153 MF15Roman Shirokov5050104 FW9 Salomón Rondón70108FW11Aleksandr Kerzhakov503086 MF17Oleg Shatov401057 MF28Axel Witsel40004FW23Andrey Arshavin202049 MF20Viktor Fayzulin3000310 Own goal0020211DF6 Nicolas Lombaerts10001MF18Konstantin Zyryanov10001DF3 Cristian Ansaldi10001DF4 Domenico Criscito10001FW9 Aleksandr Bukharov00101TOTALS63023086
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameRussian Premier LeagueRussian CupUEFA Champions LeagueRussian Super CupTotal1 GKYuri Lodigin20000000203 DFCristian Ansaldi20000000204 DFDomenico Criscito60001000706 DFNicolas Lombaerts30002000507 FWHulk61002000819 FWAleksandr Bukharov001010103010MFDanny100000001011FWAleksandr Kerzhakov200000002013DFLuís Neto7000311011114DFTomáš Hubočan100030004015MFRoman Shirokov100010002018MFKonstantin Zyryanov200030005017MFOleg Shatov000020002019DFIgor Smolnikov400020006020MFViktor Fayzulin400020006022DFAleksandr Anyukov201020005028MFAxel Witsel300001003131MFAleksandr Ryazantsev100000001057DFDzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov1000000010TOTALS4813024220773
Notes Match was interrupted in the 86th minute with Dynamo leading 4-2 when Zenit fans ran out of the stands. At first they stood behind the goal line, when the referee decided to take the teams off the field into the dressing rooms and teams began to leave, one of Zenit fans punched Dynamo player Vladimir Granat, the match was then abandoned. Austria Wien played their home matches at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna instead of their regular stadium, Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna.
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