# 2005 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2005 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's eleventh season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## Squad

    As of match played 2 December 2005
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Kamil Čontofalský | GK | (1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 27) | Bohemians 1905 | 2003 | 42 | 0 |
| 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | GK | (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 26) | Youth Team | 1999 | 167 | 0 |
| 36 | Sergei Kosov | GK | (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | GK | (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Martin Škrtel | DF | (1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 20) | Trenčín | 2004 | 42 | 1 |
| 4 | Ivica Križanac | DF | (1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 26) | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 2005 | 16 | 2 |
| 5 | Milan Vještica | DF | (1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 26) | Vojvodina | 2002 | 81 | 5 |
| 8 | Pavel Mareš | DF | (1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 29) | Sparta Prague | 2003 | 104 | 10 |
| 14 | Erik Hagen | DF | (1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 30) | Vålerenga | 2005 | 41 | 0 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Korotkov | DF | (1987-01-13)13 January 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Valeri Tsvetkov | DF | (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 (aged 28) | Pskov | 2000 | | |
| 26 | Viktor Stroyev | DF | (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jan Flachbart | DF | (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 27) | Jablonec | 2004 | 51 | 0 |
| 32 | Egidijus Majus | DF | (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 21) | Ekranas | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Alexander Grigoriev | DF | (1986-06-14)14 June 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Aleksandr Anyukov | DF | (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 23) | Krylia Sovetov | 2005 | 21 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Vladislav Radimov | MF | (1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 30) | Krylia Sovetov | 2003 | 85 | 10 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | MF | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 30) | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2000 | | |
| 9 | Radek Šírl | MF | (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 24) | Sparta Prague | 2003 | 53 | 3 |
| 10 | Andrey Arshavin | MF | (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 1999 | 189 | 40 |
| 17 | Alan Kasaev | MF | (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 19) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Veliče Šumulikoski | MF | (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 24) | 1. Slovácko | 2004 | 62 | 2 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Burakov | MF | (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Igor Denisov | MF | (1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2002 | 81 | 15 |
| 33 | Mikhail Kozlov | MF | (1986-11-02)2 November 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 43 | Oleg Vlasov | MF | (1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 20) | Metallurg Pikalyovo | 2002 | 48 | 2 |
| 55 | Ilya Maksimov | MF | (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Oleksandr Horshkov | MF | (1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 35) | Saturn | 2004 | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | FW | (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 2001 | 171 | 80 |
| 20 | Oleg Kozhanov | FW | (1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 11 | 1 |
| 21 | Dragan Čadikovski | FW | (1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 23) | NK Celje | 2005 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Robertas Poškus | FW | (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 26) | Krylia Sovetov | 2005 | 16 | 2 |
| 29 | Maksim Shestakov | FW | (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Semyon Melnikov | FW | (1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Maksim Rogov | FW | (1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Yuri Rodenkov | FW | (1986-04-20)20 April 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 7 | Oleg Trifonov | MF | (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 24) | Rotor Volgograd | 2005 | 10 | 1 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | Lukáš Hartig | FW | (1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 29) | Bohemians 1905 | 2003 | 43 | 8 |
| 23 | Aleksandr Yevstafyev | MF | (1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Vladimir Bystrov | MF | (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 45 | Nikolay Bugmyrin | FW | (1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Stanislav Tarasyuk | MF | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Sergey Mironov | MF | (1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2005 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Ivica Križanac | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Erik Hagen | Vålerenga | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Alan Kasaev | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Oleg Trifonov | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | FW | Dragan Čadikovski | Publikum Celje | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | DF | Aleksandr Anyukov | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | FW | Robertas Poškus | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Winter 2005 | GK | Sergey Ivanov | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Daniel Chiriță | Metalist Kharkiv | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Aleksei Katulsky | Ural Sverdlovsk | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Maxim Usanov | Skonto Riga | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Armen Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Darko Maletić | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Darius Miceika | Liepājas Metalurgs | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Valentin Filatov | Nosta Novotroitsk | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | MF | Yaroslav Kanavchenko | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2005 | FW | Dmitri Makarov | Amkar Perm | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | MF | Vladimir Bystrov | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | MF | Stanislav Tarasyuk | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | FW | Lukáš Hartig | Artmedia Petržalka | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2005 | FW | Nikolay Bugmyrin | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Winter 2005 | DF | Martin Horák | Denizlispor | Summer 2015 |
| Summer 2005 | DF | Martin Horák | Rostov | End of Season |
| Summer 2005 | MF | Oleg Trifonov | Kuban Krasnodar | End of Season |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 12 March 2005 | 19 November 2005 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 040.00 |
| 2004–05 Russian Cup | 9 March 2005 | 25 May 2005 | Round of 16 | Semifinal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 066.67 |
| 2005–06 Russian Cup | 6 July 2005 | see 2006 season | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 12 August 2004 | see 2006 season | Second Qualifying Round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 041.30 |
Last updated: 2 December 2005 Source: #Competitions

### 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 | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | W |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 49 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 38 | |

### Russian Cup
#### 2005/06

Round 16 took place during the 2006 season.

### UEFA Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | ZEN | BOL | BJK | VIT |
| 1 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 December 2005

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | 04/05 Russian Cup | 04/05 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Kamil Čontofalský | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Radimov | 36 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Martin Škrtel | 28 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Ivica Križanac | 16 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Milan Vještica | 18 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Spivak | 39 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | CZE | Pavel Mareš | 39 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Radek Šírl | 22 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 41 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 38 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | NOR | Erik Hagen | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Alan Kasaev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Veliče Šumulikoski | 28 | 2 | 6+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | RUS | Oleg Kozhanov | 11 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MKD | Dragan Čadikovski | 7 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Valeri Tsvetkov | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | LTU | Robertas Poškus | 16 | 2 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Igor Denisov | 32 | 5 | 14+6 | 5 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Jan Flachbart | 37 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Kozlov | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | RUS | Maksim Rogov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov | 24 | 1 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov | 21 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Horshkov | 42 | 2 | 22+6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| Players who away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | RUS | Oleg Trifonov | 10 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Zenit during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | CZE | Lukáš Hartig | 9 | 3 | 0+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Bystrov | 18 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 04/05 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Andrey Arshavin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Igor Denisov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 8 | Pavel Mareš | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 2 | Vladislav Radimov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 15 | Lukáš Hartig | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Ivica Križanac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Veliče Šumulikoski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 88 | Oleksandr Horshkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Milan Vještica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 34 | Vladimir Bystrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 9 | Radek Šírl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 20 | Oleg Kozhanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 25 | Robertas Poškus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Martin Škrtel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 44 | Aleksandr Anyukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 21 | Dragan Čadikovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 43 | Oleg Vlasov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Oleg Trifonov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 45 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 65 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 04/05 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Kamil Čontofalský | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 04/05 Russian Cup | 04/05 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | 05/06 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Kamil Čontofalský | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Vladislav Radimov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ivica Križanac | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Milan Vještica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Spivak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Pavel Mareš | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Radek Šírl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Andrey Arshavin | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Erik Hagen | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Veliče Šumulikoski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Dragan Čadikovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Igor Denisov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Jan Flachbart | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Mikhail Kozlov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Aleksandr Anyukov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Oleksandr Horshkov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | Lukáš Hartig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Vladimir Bystrov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 85 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 119 | 2 |