# 2023–24 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

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

| Position | 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 |
Source: http://fc-zenit.ru/zenit/coaches/

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of match played 24 April 2024
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from | Transfer fee | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Vasyutin | GK | (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | 2024 | Sarpsborg | €700k | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Denis Adamov | GK | (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) | 2023 | 2027 | Sochi | €1M | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | GK | (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37) | 2015 | 2024 | Orenburg | Free | 98 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Dmitri Chistyakov | CB | (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30) | 2021 | 2025 | Rostov | €3.25m | 47 | 1 |
| 3 | Douglas Santos | LB | (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2026 | Hamburger SV | €14m | 133 | 5 |
| 4 | Danil Krugovoy | LB | (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26) | 2019 | 2024 | Ufa | €2m | 76 | 2 |
| 6 | Mário Fernandes | LB | (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34) | 2023 | 2024 | Internacional | €365k | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Vyacheslav Karavayev | RB | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | 2026 | Vitesse | €8m | 104 | 4 |
| 25 | Strahinja Eraković | CB | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | 2023 | 2027 | Red Star Belgrade | €8M | 22 | 0 |
| 27 | Nino | CB | (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27) | 2024 | 2028 | Fluminense | €5M | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | Nuraly Alip | CB | (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 (age 24) | 2023 | 2025 | Kairat Almaty | €2m | 25 | 0 |
| 55 | Rodrigão | CB | (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29) | 2022 | 2025 | Sochi | €2m | 36 | 2 |
| 77 | Robert Renan | CB | (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21) | 2023 | 2028 | Corinthians | Free | 13 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Wilmar Barrios | DM | (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | 2026 | Boca Juniors | €15M | 141 | 3 |
| 8 | Wendel | CM | (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27) | 2020 | 2027 | Sporting CP | €20.3m | 87 | 17 |
| 11 | Claudinho | AM | (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) | 2021 | 2027 | RB Bragantino | €12m | 72 | 17 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | CM | (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 21) | 2023 | 2028 | Sochi | €2M | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | AM | (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | 2024 | Rostov | €5M | 154 | 31 |
| 35 | Vladislav Saus | AM | (2003-08-06) 6 August 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | 2024 | Academy | – | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Du Queiroz | DM | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | 2023 | 2028 | Corinthians | Free | 10 | 0 |
| 77 | Ilzat Akhmetov | AM | (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26) | 2024 | 2026 | Krasnodar | €850k | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Dmitri Vasilyev | DM | (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 20) | 2022 | 2024 | Academy | – | 6 | 0 |
| 94 | Danila Kozlov (U19) | AM | (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19) | 2023 | 2026 | Academy | – | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Zelimkhan Bakayev | RW | (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 28) | 2022 | 2025 | Spartak Moscow | Free | 21 | 1 |
| 9 | Artur | RW | (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26) | 2024 | 2027 | Palmeiras | €15M | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | Wilson Isidor | ST | (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24) | 2023 | 2024 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Loan | 12 | 1 |
| 17 | Andrei Mostovoy | LW | (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26) | 2019 | 2024 | Academy | – | 101 | 22 |
| 19 | Aleksei Sutormin | RW | (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2025 | Rubin Kazan | €3M | 95 | 10 |
| 24 | Pedro | LW | (2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 (age 18) | 2024 | 2028 | Corinthians | €9M | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Mateo Cassierra | ST | (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | 2025 | Sochi | €4.5M | 48 | 18 |
| 31 | Gustavo Mantuan | LW | (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23) | 2023 | 2027 | Corinthians | €2M | 22 | 2 |
| 33 | Ivan Sergeyev | ST | (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29) | 2022 | 2025 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | €2.15M | 59 | 20 |
| 96 | Aleksey Baranovsky (U19) | ST | (2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 19) | 2023 | 2026 | Academy | – | 3 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 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

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 4 January 2024 | CB | Nino | Fluminense | €5,000,000 | – |
| 5 February 2024 | LW | Pedro | Corinthians | €9,000,000 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 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

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Until | Ref. |
| 25 July 2023 | GK | Nikita Goylo | Sochi | 30 June 2024 | |
| 1 August 2023 | LB | Arsen Adamov | Orenburg | 30 June 2024 | |

#### Winter

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Until | Ref. |
| 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 | |

## 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 % |
| Russian Premier League | 22 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 056.67 |
| Russian Cup | 25 July 2023 | 2 June 2024 | Group stage | Winners | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 053.85 |
| Russian Super Cup | 15 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 056.82 |
Last updated: 2 June 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Russian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 57 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 56 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 56 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 53 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 50 |
* 1 2 Krasnodar is ahead of Dynamo on head-to-head points: Krasnodar 6, Dynamo 0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2024. Source:

#### 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 | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 24 June 2023.

### Russian Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 31 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 33 | FW | Ivan Sergeyev | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 8 | FW | Wendel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | Claudinho | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | Andrei Mostovoy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | Douglas Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |
| 7 | 30 | FW | Gustavo Mantuan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | Wilson Isidor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Artur | 2 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 10 | 55 | DF | Rodrigão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | MF | Yerokhin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 8 | 0 | 51 |
Last updated: 6 May 2024. Source: FBref.com

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier Liga | Russian Cup | Russian Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 41 | GK | | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 | GK | | Denis Adamov | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
Last updated: 15 May 2024. Source: