# 2014–15 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2014–15 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 19th successive season that the club participated in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. During the season, they participated in the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup, the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yury Lodygin |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov (2nd vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Nicolas Lombaerts (1st vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Hulk |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Andrey Arshavin |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Viktor Fayzulin |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić |
| 35 | MF | POR | Danny (captain) |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Yegor Baburin |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Ivan Solovyov |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev (ar Tom Tomsk until 30 June 2015) |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2015) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2015) |

### Youth team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Artyom Ponikarov |
| 39 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev |
| 41 | DF | RUS | Andrei Yakovlev |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Danila Davidenko |
| 43 | FW | RUS | Pavel Nazimov |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Artyom Vodyannikov |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Zakhar Dilanyan |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Gasilin |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Maksim Karpov |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Maksim Rudakov |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov |
| 53 | DF | RUS | Ivan Ivanidi |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Daniil Zuyev |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Lobov |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kostin |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Ilya Zuyev |
| 59 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Yegorov |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Serenkov |
| 61 | GK | RUS | Anton Tsvetkov |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Stepan Rebenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 64 | DF | RUS | Nikita Novopashin |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Danila Yashchuk |
| 67 | MF | RUS | Nikita Andreyev |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Zinkov |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bogayev |
| 72 | DF | RUS | Stepan Zhalobkov |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Pavel Osipov |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Pavel Kireyenko |
| 78 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov |
| 79 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Troyanov |
| 80 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Mzhelsky |
| 82 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Makarov |
| 83 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Artyom Popov |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Pavel Dolgov |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Yevseyev |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kubyshkin |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Khodakovskiy |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García (from Manchester City) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay (from Benfica) |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić (end of loan to Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev (end of loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (end of loan to Amkar Perm) |
| 67 | MF | RUS | Nikita Andreyev |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (end of loan to Twente) |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Ivan Solovyov (end of loan to Amkar Perm) |
| — | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev (from Hertha BSC) |
| — | FW | USA | Eugene Starikov (end of loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to Atlético Madrid) |
| 14 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Hubočan (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Zyryanov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Luković (released) |
| 74 | MF | LTU | Ovidijus Verbickas (to Atlantas) |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (loan to Sampdoria) |
| 86 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Alfyorov (on loan to Arsenal Tula) |
| — | MF | RUS | Roman Shirokov (to Spartak Moscow, previously on loan to Krasnodar) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladimir Bystrov (to Krasnodar, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| — | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov (to Rostov, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev (on loan to Tom Tomsk) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Daniil Maykov |
| 75 | MF | ARM | Artyom Simonyan (to Zürich) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zenit St. Petersburg (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 50 | |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | ZEN | BEN |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Quarter-final
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 23 May 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodigin | 44 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov | 28 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 39 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 31 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Nicolas Lombaerts | 36 | 1 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Hulk | 45 | 21 | 27+1 | 15 | 1+1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 14 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 21 | 2 | 5+9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 21 | 4 | 6+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto | 29 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov | 44 | 6 | 22+4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov | 35 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Viktor Fayzulin | 22 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García | 35 | 3 | 20+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón | 43 | 19 | 16+9 | 12 | 1+1 | 1 | 9+1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay | 42 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel | 41 | 6 | 25+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Milan Rodić | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | POR | Danny | 42 | 5 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 21 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Ivan Solovyov | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Zenit St. Petersburg no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Hulk | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Salomón Rondón | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Axel Witsel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Oleg Shatov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 35 | Danny | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 19 | Igor Smolnikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 21 | Javi García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Domenico Criscito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Andrey Arshavin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 5 | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 24 | Ezequiel Garay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 33 | Milan Rodić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 57 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 80 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Russian Premier League | Russian Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Yury Lodygin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Aleksandr Anyukov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Domenico Criscito | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nicolas Lombaerts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Hulk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Luís Neto | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Oleg Shatov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Igor Smolnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Viktor Fayzulin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Javi García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Salomón Rondón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ezequiel Garay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Axel Witsel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Milan Rodić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Danny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 104 | 4 |