# 2022–23 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 98th season in the existence of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup. The club won the Russian Super Cup before the season with their participation in the UEFA Champions League still on hold due to the ongoing Russian conflict with Ukraine.

## Squad

    As of match played 3 June 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Vasyutin | GK | (1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 28) | Sarpsborg 08 | 2019 | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | GK | (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 36) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2015 | 2022 | 115 | 0 |
| 71 | Daniil Odoyevsky | GK | (2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Dmitri Chistyakov | DF | (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 29) | Rostov | 2021 | 2025 | 74 | 1 |
| 3 | Douglas Santos (captain) | DF | (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 29) | Hamburger SV | 2019 | 2026 | 144 | 4 |
| 4 | Danil Krugovoy | DF | (1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (aged 25) | Ufa | 2019 | 2024 | 86 | 1 |
| 15 | Vyacheslav Karavayev | DF | (1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 28) | Vitesse | 2019 | 2023 | 115 | 4 |
| 23 | Arsen Adamov | DF | (2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 20) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2022 | 2026 | 20 | 0 |
| 28 | Nuraly Alip | DF | (1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 23) | Kairat | 2023 | 2025(+1) | 25 | 0 |
| 55 | Rodrigão | DF | (1995-09-11)11 September 1995 (aged 27) | Sochi | 2022 | 2025(+1) | 26 | 1 |
| 77 | Robert Renan | DF | (2003-10-11)11 October 2003 (aged 19) | Corinthians | 2023 | | 10 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Wilmar Barrios | MF | (1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 29) | Boca Juniors | 2019 | 2026 | 150 | 3 |
| 7 | Zelimkhan Bakayev | MF | (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 26) | Spartak Moscow | 2022 | 2025(+1) | 26 | 3 |
| 8 | Wendel | MF | (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 (aged 25) | Sporting CP | 2020 | 2025 | 88 | 15 |
| 11 | Claudinho | MF | (1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 26) | Red Bull Bragantino | 2021 | 2026 | 61 | 15 |
| 14 | Daler Kuzyayev | MF | (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 30) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2020 | 2023 | 182 | 21 |
| 17 | Andrei Mostovoy | MF | (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 25) | Khimki | 2019 | | 108 | 21 |
| 19 | Aleksei Sutormin | MF | (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 29) | Rubin Kazan | 2019 | 2025 | 115 | 12 |
| 21 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | MF | (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 33) | Rostov | 2017 | 2024 | 192 | 36 |
| 31 | Gustavo Mantuan | MF | (2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 21) | on loan from Corinthians | 2022 | 2023 | 29 | 6 |
| 94 | Danila Kozlov | MF | (2005-01-19)19 January 2005 (aged 18) | Academy | 2022 | | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Malcom | FW | (1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 26) | Barcelona | 2019 | 2024 | 107 | 42 |
| 30 | Mateo Cassierra | FW | (1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 26) | Sochi | 2022 | 2025(+1) | 34 | 6 |
| 33 | Ivan Sergeyev | FW | (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 28) | Krylia Sovetov | 2022 | 2025 | 49 | 19 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 35 | Vladislav Saus | MF | (2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Aleksey Baranovsky | MF | (2005-01-25)25 January 2005 (aged 18) | Academy | 2022 | | 3 | 0 |
| 98 | Yaroslav Mikhaylov | MF | (2003-04-28)28 April 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Ivan | GK | (1997-02-07)7 February 1997 (aged 26) | on loan from Corinthians | 2022 | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Dejan Lovren | DF | (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 33) | Liverpool | 2020 | 2023 | 63 | 3 |
| 45 | Dmitry Sergeyev | MF | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 23) | Academy | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| | Daniil Shamkin | MF | (2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 9 | 0 |
| | Yuri Alberto | FW | (2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 22) | Internacional | 2022 | 2026 | 15 | 6 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 15 June 2022 | MF | Zelimkhan Bakayev | Unattached | Free |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | Rodrigão | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 14 December 2022 | DF | Nuraly Alip | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2023 | DF | Robert Renan | Corinthians | Player Swap |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Du Queiroz | Corinthians | Player Swap |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | | Gustavo Mantuan | Corinthians | 30 June 2023 | |
| 29 June 2022 | GK | | Ivan | Corinthians | 10 January 2023 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2023 | DF | Dejan Lovren | Lyon | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2023 | DF | Danila Khotulyov | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2023 | FW | Yuri Alberto | Corinthians | Player Swap |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 10 February 2022 | DF | Danila Khotulyov | Orenburg | 9 January 2023 |
| 29 June 2022 | FW | Yuri Alberto | Corinthians | 10 January 2023 |
| 2 July 2022 | FW | Daniil Shamkin | KAMAZ | 30 June 2023 |

## 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 | 15 July 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 070.00 |
| Russian Cup | 31 August 2022 | 15 March 2023 | Group stage | Regions Quarterfinal Second Stage | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 9 July 2022 | 9 July 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 88 | 27 | +61 | 066.67 |
Source: Soccerway

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 70 |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 58 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 54 |
| 4 | Rostov | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 53 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 50 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See Results

#### Results
### Russian Cup

On 12 August 2022, the Russian Football Union announced a new format with modifications to both the group and knockout phases. As Zenit have previously been involved in European completion, the new format change marked the club's first participation in the (now-expanded) group stage since its addition to the competition in 2020.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Fakel Voronezh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 3 June 2023

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov | 23 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Douglas Santos | 36 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Danil Krugovoy | 27 | 0 | 5+14 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | COL | Wilmar Barrios | 31 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 26 | 3 | 1+16 | 1 | 5+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Wendel | 33 | 9 | 24+1 | 8 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Malcom | 33 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 3+2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Claudinho | 30 | 5 | 19+5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Daler Kuzyayev | 35 | 5 | 22+4 | 5 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Karavayev | 30 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mostovoy | 37 | 8 | 23+6 | 8 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Sutormin | 20 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 28 | 2 | 1+19 | 2 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Arsen Adamov | 14 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Nuraly Alip | 13 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra | 34 | 6 | 17+9 | 2 | 5+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Mantuan | 29 | 6 | 4+18 | 6 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Ivan Sergeyev | 34 | 14 | 14+12 | 10 | 3+4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Rodrigão | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Daniil Odoyevsky | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | BRA | Robert Renan | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Danila Kozlov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 35 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Saus | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Baranovsky | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Mikhaylov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Zenit during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Ivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Dejan Lovren | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Sergeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Malcom | 23 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| 2 | FW | 33 | Ivan Sergeyev | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Wendel | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Andrei Mostovoy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 31 | Gustavo Mantuan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 30 | Mateo Cassierra | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Claudinho | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Daler Kuzyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 21 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 55 | Rodrigão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 6 | Dejan Lovren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 5 | Wilmar Barrios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 74 | 10 | 4 | 88 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 41 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Aleksandr Vasyutin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 71 | Daniil Odoyevsky | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 4 | 1 | 21 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dmitri Chistyakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Douglas Santos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Danil Krugovoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Wilmar Barrios | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Wendel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Malcom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Claudinho | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Daler Kuzyayev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Vyacheslav Karavayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Aleksei Sutormin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Arsen Adamov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Nuraly Alip | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Gustavo Mantuan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Rodrigão | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 71 | GK | Daniil Odoyevsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Zenit during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | Dejan Lovren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |