# 2002 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2002 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's eighth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## Squad

    As of match played 17 November 2002
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | GK | (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 1999 | 92 | 0 |
| 28 | Sergei Losev | GK | (1983-07-31)31 July 1983 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 31 | Sergey Ivanov | GK | (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 33 | Aleksandr Makarov | GK | (1978-08-23)23 August 1978 (aged 24) | Lokomotiv St.Petersburg | 2000 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Daniel Chiriță | DF | (1974-03-24)24 March 1974 (aged 28) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2002 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | Sargis Hovsepyan | DF | (1972-11-02)2 November 1972 (aged 30) | Pyunik | 1998 | | |
| 5 | Aleksei Igonin | DF | (1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 26) | Youth Team | 1995 | | |
| 7 | Milan Vještica | DF | (1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 23) | Vojvodina | 2002 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | Konstantin Lepyokhin | DF | (1975-10-02)2 October 1975 (aged 27) | Druzhba Maykop | 1996 | | |
| 20 | Mikhail Yakovenko | DF | (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 22) | | | | |
| 22 | Valeri Tsvetkov | DF | (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 (aged 25) | Pskov | 2000 | | |
| 32 | Dmitri Vasilyev | DF | (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 37 | Dmitri Davydov | DF | (1975-01-22)22 January 1975 (aged 27) | Youth Team | 1993 | | |
| 38 | Igor Nedorezov | DF | (1981-06-27)27 June 1981 (aged 21) | FC Pskov | 2000 | | |
| 46 | Konstantin Lobov | DF | (1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 1998 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Zeno Bundea | MF | (1977-10-04)4 October 1977 (aged 25) | Waldhof Mannheim | 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | MF | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 27) | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2000 | | |
| 10 | Vladimir Mudrinić | MF | (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 26) | Sartid Smederevo | 2002 | 10 | 2 |
| 13 | Denis Ugarov | MF | (1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 26) | Irtysh Omsk | 1999 | | |
| 15 | Andrey Arshavin | MF | (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 1999 | 82 | 11 |
| 17 | Sergei Vasyanovich | MF | (1982-07-08)8 July 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| 18 | Valentin Filatov | MF | (1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 24 | Barys Haravoy | MF | (1974-04-08)8 April 1974 (aged 28) | Torpedo-MAZ | 1999 | | |
| 27 | Igor Denisov | MF | (1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Aleksei Lazarev | MF | (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 1999 | | |
| 34 | Vladimir Bystrov | MF | (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 35 | Viktor Lopatyonok | MF | (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Oleg Vlasov | MF | (1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 17) | Metallurg Pikalyovo | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Maksim Mosin | MF | (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 1999 | | |
| 45 | Konstantin Konoplyov | MF | (1980-05-13)13 May 1980 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 1998 | | |
| 47 | Darius Miceika | MF | (1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 19) | Žalgiris | 2002 | 12 | 2 |
| 48 | Stanislav Miloserdov | MF | (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Yevgeny Levandovsky | MF | (1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Semyon Melnikov | MF | (1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Dzhambulad Bazayev | MF | (1979-08-18)18 August 1979 (aged 23) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2002 | 11 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Sergei Osipov | FW | (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 1996 | | |
| 9 | Predrag Ranđelović | FW | (1976-09-13)13 September 1976 (aged 26) | CSKA Moscow | 2002 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | FW | (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2001 | 66 | 24 |
| 19 | Maksim Astafyev | FW | (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| 23 | Andrei Nikolayev | FW | (1982-08-30)30 August 1982 (aged 20) | Sheksna Cherepovets | 2001 | | |
| 25 | Dzmitry Aharodnik | FW | (1978-06-11)11 June 1978 (aged 24) | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 2000 | | |
| 26 | Dmitri Makarov | FW | (1982-09-16)16 September 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 30 | Yevgeni Tarasov | FW | (1979-03-25)25 March 1979 (aged 23) | Kairat | 2000 | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2002 | DF | Milan Vještica | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | MF | Oleg Vlasov | Metallurg Pikalyovo | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | MF | Vladimir Mudrinić | Smederevo 1924 | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | FW | Predrag Ranđelović | CSKA Moscow | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2002 | DF | Daniel Chiriță | Shakhtar Donetsk | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2002 | MF | Darius Miceika | Žalgiris | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2002 | MF | Zeno Bundea | Waldhof Mannheim | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2002 | MF | Dzhambulad Bazayev | Alania Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| Summer 2002 | FW | | Yevgeni Tarasov | Sokol Saratov | Undisclosed | |

## 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 | 9 March 2002 | 17 November 2002 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 026.67 |
| 2001–02 Russian Cup | 3 April 2002 | 12 May 2002 | Quarterfinal | Runners Up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 066.67 |
| 2002–03 Russian Cup | 14 September 2002 | 19 October 2002 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 15 August 2002 | 15 August 2002 | Qualifying Round | First Round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 035.90 |
Last updated: 17 November 2002 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 42 |
| 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 38 |
| 10 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 33 |
| 11 | Rostselmash | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 31 |
| 12 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 30 |

### UEFA Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 17 November 2002

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | 01/02 Russian Cup | 01/02 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Daniel Chiriță | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ROU | Zeno Bundea | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Sargis Hovsepyan | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Igonin | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Spivak | 22 | 8 | 14+1 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | SCG | Milan Vještica | 11 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | RUS | Sergei Osipov | 10 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCG | Predrag Ranđelović | 12 | 4 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | SCG | Vladimir Mudrinić | 11 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 36 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Denis Ugarov | 18 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Lepyokhin | 33 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 37 | 7 | 28+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Valentin Filatov | 28 | 1 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Maksim Astafyev | 16 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Katulsky | 18 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Valeri Tsvetkov | 34 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Andrei Nikolayev | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | BLR | Barys Haravoy | 32 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BLR | Dzmitry Aharodnik | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Makarov | 8 | 2 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Igor Denisov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Sergey Ivanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Bystrov | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Davydov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Igor Nedorezov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Konoplyov | 19 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | LTU | Darius Miceika | 12 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | RUS | Dzhambulad Bazayev | 11 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Zenit during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 30 | FW | KAZ | Yevgeni Tarasov | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 01/02 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 15 | Andrey Arshavin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Predrag Ranđelović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 8 | Sergei Osipov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 55 | Dzhambulad Bazayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 19 | Maksim Astafyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | Aleksei Katulsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 22 | Valeri Tsvetkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 30 | Yevgeni Tarasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Vladimir Mudrinić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 26 | Dmitri Makarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 47 | Darius Miceika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 45 | Konstantin Konoplyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Daniel Chiriță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 14 | Konstantin Lepyokhin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 23 | Andrei Nikolayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Valentin Filatov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 58 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 01/02 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 31 | Sergey Ivanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 01/02 Russian Cup | 01/02 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | 02/03 Russian Cup | UEFA League | UEFA League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Daniel Chiriță | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Zeno Bundea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sargis Hovsepyan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksei Igonin | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Spivak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Milan Vještica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Sergei Osipov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Predrag Ranđelović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Vladimir Mudrinić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Konstantin Lepyokhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Andrey Arshavin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Valentin Filatov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Maksim Astafyev | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Aleksei Katulsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Valeri Tsvetkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Barys Haravoy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Igor Nedorezov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Konstantin Konoplyov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Darius Miceika | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Dzhambulad Bazayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 30 | FW | Yevgeni Tarasov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 1 |