The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg are participating in this season's editions of the Russian Cup, the Russian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Season events On 3 June, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Dmitri Chistyakov from Rostov on a four-year contract.
On 19 July, Emanuel Mammana returned to Sochi on loan for the season. Two days later, 21 July, Daniil Shamkin left the club to join Baltika Kaliningrad on a season-long loan deal.
On 26 July, Sebastián Driussi bought out the remaining year of his contract with Zenit St.Petersburg, and left the club.
On 13 August, Zenit announced the permanent signing of Claudinho from Red Bull Bragantino on a five-year contract.
On 2 September, Zenit announced the signing of Stanislav Kritsyuk to a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, from Gil Vicente. The following day, 3 September, Zenit announced that they had extended their contract with Brazilian defender Douglas Santos until the end of the 2025/26 season.
On 19 October, Wilmar Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season.
On 7 January, Emanuel Mammana and Zenit agreed to mutual terminate his contract and he left the club.
On 10 January, Zenit announced the signing of Ivan Sergeyev from Krylia Sovetov with a contract until the end of the 2024/25 season. On the same day, Aleksandr Vasyutin extended his loan deal with Djurgårdens IF for the 2022 season.
In January 2022, Nuraly Alip joined up with Zenit for a trial during their week long training camp in the United Arab Emirates.
On 25 January, Zenit announced the signing of Arsen Adamov from Ural Yekaterinburg on a contract until the end of 2025–26 season.
On 30 January, Zenit announced that Sardar Azmoun had left the club to sign for Bayer Leverkusen, and that they had signed Yuri Alberto to a five-year contract from Internacional.
On 10 February, Danila Khotulyov and Dmitri Vasilyev both joined Orenburg on loan until the end of the 2022/23 season.
On 16 February, Zenit announced that they'd signed Nuraly Alip on loan from Kairat for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.
On 2 March, Yaroslav Rakitskyi left Zenit by mutual consent.
On 7 April, Zenit extended their contract with Aleksandr Yerokhin until the summer of 2024, and with Aleksei Sutormin until the summer of 2025.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Stanislav Kritsyuk GK Gil Vicente 2021 2022 11 0 41 Mikhail Kerzhakov GK Anzhi Makhachkala 2015 2022 87 0 71 Daniil Odoyevsky GK Academy 2019 6 0 Defenders 2 Dmitri Chistyakov DF Rostov 2021 2025 51 1 3 Douglas Santos DF Hamburger SV 2019 2026 108 4 4 Danil Krugovoy DF Ufa 2019 2024 59 1 6 Dejan Lovren DF Liverpool 2020 2023 47 2 15 Vyacheslav Karavayev DF Vitesse 2019 2023 85 4 23 Arsen Adamov DF Ural Yekaterinburg 2022 2026 6 0 Midfielders 5 Wilmar Barrios MF Boca Juniors 2019 2026 119 2 8 Wendel MF Sporting CP 2020 2025 55 6 11 Claudinho MF Red Bull Bragantino 2021 2026 31 10 14 Daler Kuzyayev MF Zenit St.Petersburg 2020 2023 147 16 17 Andrei Mostovoy MF Khimki 2019 71 13 19 Aleksei Sutormin MF Rubin Kazan 2019 2025 95 12 21 Aleksandr Yerokhin MF Rostov 2017 2024 164 34 27 Magomed Ozdoyev MF Rubin Kazan 2018 2022 115 8 28 Nuraly Alip MF loan from Kairat 2022 2022 12 0 45 Dmitry Sergeyev MF Academy 2018 1 0 45 Kirill Stolbov MF Academy 2021 1 0 74 Sergei Ivanov MF Academy 2015 1 0 Ivan Korshunov MF Academy 2019 0 0 Forwards 9 Yuri Alberto FW Internacional 2022 2026 15 6 10 Malcom FW Barcelona 2019 2024 74 16 22 Artem Dzyuba FW Spartak Moscow 2015 2022 (+1) 247 108 33 Ivan Sergeyev FW Krylia Sovetov 2022 2025 15 5 82 Ivan Tarasov FW Academy 2017 0 0 Away on loan 64 Kirill Kravtsov MF Academy 2019 16 0 94 Danila Khotulyov DF Academy 2020 5 0 Nikita Goylo GK Academy 2016 0 0 Nikolai Rybikov GK Academy 2016 0 0 Aleksandr Vasyutin GK Sarpsborg 08 2019 2023 3 0 Kirill Kaplenko MF Krasnodar 2017 3 0 Yaroslav Mikhailov MF Academy 2021 0 0 Dmitri Sergeyev MF Academy 2018 0 0 Maksim Bachinsky FW Academy 2017 0 0 Daniil Shamkin FW Academy 2019 9 0 Left during the season 7 Sardar Azmoun FW Rubin Kazan 2019 2022 103 62 11 Sebastián Driussi FW River Plate 2017 2022 138 25 44 Yaroslav Rakitskyi DF Shakhtar Donetsk 2019 2022 108 7 85 Daniil Kuznetsov FW Academy 2021 5 0 Emanuel Mammana DF Lyon 2017 2022 41 0 Pavel Dolgov FW Tom Tomsk 2021 11 0
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.3 June 2021DFDmitri ChistyakovRostovUndisclosed13 August 2021MFClaudinhoRed Bull BragantinoUndisclosed2 September 2021GKStanislav KritsyukGil VicenteUndisclosed10 January 2022FWIvan SergeyevKrylia SovetovUndisclosed25 January 2022DFArsen AdamovUral YekaterinburgUndisclosed30 January 2022FWYuri AlbertoInternacionalUndisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.16 February 2022MFNuraly AlipKairatEnd of season
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.23 January 2022FWPavel DolgovMetallurg LipetskUndisclosed30 January 2022FWSardar AzmounBayer LeverkusenUndisclosed20 February 2022FWDaniil KuznetsovRubin KazanUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.11 February 2021GKAleksandr VasyutinDjurgården31 December 20228 June 2021GKNikolai RybikovChayka PeschanokopskoyeEnd of season23 June 2021MFDmitri SergeyevBaltika KaliningradEnd of season13 July 2021MFYaroslav MikhailovSchalke 04End of season19 July 2021DFEmanuel MammanaSochi7 January 202221 July 2021FWDaniil ShamkinBaltika KaliningradEnd of season10 February 2022DFDanila KhotulyovOrenburgEnd of 2022/23 season10 February 2022DFDmitri VasilyevOrenburgEnd of 2022/23 season10 February 2022MFKirill KravtsovNizhny NovgorodEnd of 2022/23 season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.26 July 2021FWSebastián DriussiAustin29 July 20217 January 2022DFEmanuel MammanaRiver Plate10 January 20222 March 2022DFYaroslav RakitskyiAdana Demirspor23 July 202221 June 2022GKStanislav KritsyukGil Vicente21 June 202230 June 2022MFMagomed OzdoyevFatih Karagümrük28 July 202230 June 2022FWArtem DzyubaAdana Demirspor18 August 2022
Trial Date from Position Nationality Name Last club Date to Ref.January 2022MFNuraly AlipKairat16 February 2022
Contract renewals Date Position Nationality Name Length End date Ref.3 September 2021DFDouglas Santos2-Years2025/26 season
Friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Super Cup
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Russian Cup
UEFA Champions League
The draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage was held on 26 August, drawing Zenit with Chelsea, Juventus and Malmö.
Group stage
UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
Knockout round play-offs The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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|colspan="16"|Players who left Zenit during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupSuper CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW22Artem Dzyuba111001132 MF11Claudinho8002010FW7 Sardar Azmoun70120104 FW10Malcom800019MF21Aleksandr Yerokhin7110096 MF17Andrei Mostovoy5200077 FW9 Yuri Alberto4200068 FW33Ivan Sergeyev410005MF19Aleksei Sutormin40010510MF8 Wendel30010411DF4 Danil Krugovoy200002DF44Yaroslav Rakitskyi100102MF27Magomed Ozdoyev100102MF14Daler Kuzyayev00110214DF2 Dmitri Chistyakov100001 Own goal000101TOTALS668310289
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueRussian CupSuper CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 GK41Mikhail Kerzhakov71110102 GK71Daniil Odoyevsky100012TOTALS8111112
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueRussian CupSuper CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal2 DFDmitri Chistyakov3000002100513 DFDouglas Santos1000000000104 DFDanil Krugovoy2000000010305 MFWilmar Barrios3000001020606 DFDejan Lovren2000002000408 MFWendel5100001000619 FWYuri Alberto10000000001010FWMalcom30000000003011MFClaudinho31000010004114MFDaler Kuzyayev81000000008115DFVyacheslav Karavayev10000010002017MFAndrei Mostovoy10001000002019MFAleksei Sutormin20000000002021MFAleksandr Yerokhin20000000103023DFArsen Adamov10100000002027MFMagomed Ozdoyev200000000020Players away on loan:64MFKirill Kravtsov000010000010Players who left Zenit during the season:7 FWSardar Azmoun21000000002144DFYaroslav Rakitskyi400000101060TOTALS46410209150625
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