The 2023–24 season is FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's 99th season in existence and 28th consecutive in the Russian Premier League. They will also compete in the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.
Management {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Position ! style="color:#fff; background:#243e9c;"|Name |- |Manager | Sergey Semak |- |Assistant managers | William Artur de Oliveira Igor Simutenkov Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Aleksandr Anyukov |- |Goalkeeping coach | Mikhail Biryukov Yuri Zhevnov |- |Fitness coach | Ivan Carminati Andrea Scanavino |- |Doctor | Mikhail Grishin
Players First-team squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Transfer fee Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Aleksandr Vasyutin GK 2019 2024 Sarpsborg €700k 6 0 16 Denis Adamov GK 2023 2027 Sochi €1M 7 0 41 Mikhail Kerzhakov GK 2015 2024 Orenburg Free 98 0 Defenders 2 Dmitri Chistyakov CB 2021 2025 Rostov €3.25m 47 1 3 Douglas Santos LB 2019 2026 Hamburger SV €14m 133 5 4 Danil Krugovoy LB 2019 2024 Ufa €2m 76 2 6 Mário Fernandes LB 2023 2024 Internacional €365k 12 0 15 Vyacheslav Karavayev RB 2019 2026 Vitesse €8m 104 4 25 Strahinja Eraković CB 2023 2027 Red Star Belgrade €8M 22 0 27 Nino CB 2024 2028 Fluminense €5M 7 0 28 Nuraly Alip CB 2023 2025 Kairat Almaty €2m 25 0 55 Rodrigão CB 2022 2025 Sochi €2m 36 2 77 Robert Renan CB 2023 2028 Corinthians Free 13 0 Midfielders 5 Wilmar Barrios DM 2019 2026 Boca Juniors €15M 141 3 8 Wendel CM 2020 2027 Sporting CP €20.3m 87 17 11 Claudinho AM 2021 2027 RB Bragantino €12m 72 17 18 Aleksandr Kovalenko CM 2023 2028 Sochi €2M 4 0 21 Aleksandr Yerokhin AM 2017 2024 Rostov €5M 154 31 35 Vladislav Saus AM 2022 2024 Academy – 1 0 37 Du Queiroz DM 2023 2028 Corinthians Free 10 0 77 Ilzat Akhmetov AM 2024 2026 Krasnodar €850k 2 0 79 Dmitri Vasilyev DM 2022 2024 Academy – 6 0 94 Danila Kozlov (U19) AM 2023 2026 Academy – 2 0 Forwards 7 Zelimkhan Bakayev RW 2022 2025 Spartak Moscow Free 21 1 9 Artur RW 2024 2027 Palmeiras €15M 7 2 10 Wilson Isidor ST 2023 2024 Lokomotiv Moscow Loan 12 1 17 Andrei Mostovoy LW 2019 2024 Academy – 101 22 19 Aleksei Sutormin RW 2019 2025 Rubin Kazan €3M 95 10 24 Pedro LW 2024 2028 Corinthians €9M 7 1 30 Mateo Cassierra ST 2022 2025 Sochi €4.5M 48 18 31 Gustavo Mantuan LW 2023 2027 Corinthians €2M 22 2 33 Ivan Sergeyev ST 2022 2025 Krylia Sovetov Samara €2.15M 59 20 96 Aleksey Baranovsky (U19) ST 2023 2026 Academy – 3 0
Transfers In Summer DatePosPlayerFromFeeRef. 1 July 2023 CM Aleksandr Kovalenko Sochi €2,000,000 1 July 2023 DM Du Queiroz Corinthians Free transfer 1 July 2023 LW Gustavo Mantuan Corinthians €2,000,000 1 July 2023 GK Nikita Goylo Nizhny Novgorod €540,000 17 July 2023 LB Mário Fernandes Internacional €365,000 — 23 July 2023 CB Strahinja Eraković Red Star Belgrade €8,000,000– 25 July 2023 GK Denis Adamov Sochi €1,000,000 10 September 2023 ST Wilson Isidor Lokomotiv Moscow Loan
Winter DatePosPlayerFromFeeRef. 4 January 2024 CB Nino Fluminense€5,000,000 – 5 February 2024 LW Pedro Corinthians €9,000,000
Out Summer DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 10 July 2023 AM Daniil Shamkin Torpedo Moscow €200,000 12 July 2023 CM Daler Kuzyaev Le Havre Free transfer 26 July 2023 RW Malcom Al Hilal €60,000,000
Loans out Summer DatePos.PlayerToUntilRef. 25 July 2023 GK Nikita Goylo Sochi 30 June 2024 1 August 2023 LB Arsen Adamov Orenburg 30 June 2024
Winter DatePos.PlayerToUntilRef. 11 January 2024 CB Robert Renan Internacional 30 June 2024– 14 January 2024 CB Dmitri Chistyakov Sochi 30 June 2024
New contracts Position Player Until Ref. GK Mikhail Kerzhakov June 2024 GK Daniil Odoyevsky June 2027
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Super Cup
Russian Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.
Russian Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Statistics Goalscorers Rank No. Pos. Player Russian Premier League Russian Cup Russian Super Cup Total131FWMateo Cassierra161017233FWIvan Sergeyev6501138FWWendel4004411MFClaudinho4105517FWAndrei Mostovoy30033DFDouglas Santos3003730FWGustavo Mantuan200210FWWilson Isidor20029FWArtur2021055DFRodrigão100121MFYerokhin0101Totals438051
Clean sheets Rank Name Premier Liga Russian Cup Russian Super Cup Total141GK Mikhail Kerzhakov8019216GK Denis Adamov230531GK Aleksandr Vasyutin0202 Total105116
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