# 2003 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2003 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's ninth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

## Squad

    As of match played 1 November 2003
| 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 25) | Bohemians 1905 | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | GK | (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 1999 | 124 | 0 |
| 28 | Sergei Losev | GK | (1983-07-31)31 July 1983 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 31 | Sergey Ivanov | GK | (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Martin Horák | DF | (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 23) | Sparta Prague | 2003 | 21 | 2 |
| 5 | Aleksei Igonin | DF | (1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 27) | Youth Team | 1995 | | |
| 8 | Pavel Mareš | DF | (1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 27) | Sparta Prague | 2003 | 26 | 3 |
| 17 | Milan Vještica | DF | (1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 23) | Vojvodina | 2002 | 42 | 3 |
| 20 | Aleksei Katulsky | DF | (1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 27) | Youth Team | 1996 | | |
| 22 | Valeri Tsvetkov | DF | (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 (aged 25) | Pskov | 2000 | | |
| 25 | Daniel Chiriță | DF | (1974-03-24)24 March 1974 (aged 29) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2002 | 35 | 2 |
| 30 | Maxim Usanov | DF | (1985-03-05)5 March 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dmitri Vasilyev | DF | (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 38 | Igor Nedorezov | DF | (1981-06-27)27 June 1981 (aged 22) | FC Pskov | 2000 | | |
| 41 | Ivan Lozenkov | DF | (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Nikolai Yefimov | DF | (1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Konstantin Lobov | DF | (1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 1998 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Vladislav Radimov | MF | (1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 27) | Krylia Sovetov | 2003 | 24 | 3 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | MF | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 28) | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2000 | | |
| 9 | Radek Šírl | MF | (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 22) | Sparta Prague | 2003 | 18 | 1 |
| 10 | Andrey Arshavin | MF | (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 1999 | 111 | 16 |
| 18 | Valentin Filatov | MF | (1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 27 | Igor Denisov | MF | (1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2002 | 22 | 3 |
| 29 | Sergei Vasyanovich | MF | (1982-07-08)8 July 1982 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| 34 | Vladimir Bystrov | MF | (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2001 | | |
| 35 | Viktor Lopatyonok | MF | (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Yaroslav Kanavchenko | MF | (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Oleg Vlasov | MF | (1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 18) | Metallurg Pikalyovo | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Maksim Mosin | MF | (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 1999 | | |
| 45 | Konstantin Konoplyov | MF | (1980-05-13)13 May 1980 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 1998 | | |
| 47 | Darius Miceika | MF | (1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 20) | Žalgiris | 2002 | 13 | 2 |
| 48 | Stanislav Miloserdov | MF | (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Yevgeny Levandovsky | MF | (1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Semyon Melnikov | MF | (1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | FW | (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2001 | 95 | 40 |
| 15 | Lukáš Hartig | FW | (1976-10-28)28 October 1976 (aged 27) | Bohemians 1905 | 2003 | 12 | 1 |
| 19 | Maksim Astafyev | FW | (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| 23 | Andrei Nikolayev | FW | (1982-08-30)30 August 1982 (aged 20) | Sheksna Cherepovets | 2001 | | |
| 24 | Predrag Ranđelović | FW | (1976-09-13)13 September 1976 (aged 26) | CSKA Moscow | 2002 | 15 | 4 |
| 26 | Dmitri Makarov | FW | (1982-09-16)16 September 1982 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2000 | | |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Sargis Hovsepyan | DF | (1972-11-02)2 November 1972 (aged 30) | Pyunik | 1998 | | |
| 7 | Sergei Osipov | FW | (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 (aged 25) | Youth Team | 1996 | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| Winter 2003 | GK | Kamil Čontofalský | Bohemians 1905 |
| Winter 2003 | DF | Martin Horák | Sparta Prague |
| Winter 2003 | DF | Pavel Mareš | Sparta Prague |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Radek Šírl | Sparta Prague |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Vladislav Radimov | Krylia Sovetov |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Lukáš Hartig | Bohemians 1905 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| Winter 2003 | GK | Aleksandr Makarov | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Winter 2003 | DF | Dmitri Davydov | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Winter 2003 | DF | Konstantin Lepyokhin | Dynamo St.Petersburg |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Barys Haravoy | Torpedo Metallurg |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Zeno Bundea | Universitatea Craiova |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Dzhambulad Bazayev | Saturn |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Aleksei Lazarev | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Denis Ugarov | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Vladimir Mudrinić | Sartid Smederevo |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Dzmitry Aharodnik | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Summer 2003 | DF | Sargis Hovsepyan | Torpedo Metallurg |
| Summer 2003 | FW | Sergei Osipov | Torpedo Moscow |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| Winter 2013 | DF | Mikhail Yakovenko | |
| Winter 2013 | DF | Dmitri Vasilyev | |
| Winter 2013 | FW | Semyon Melnikov | Dynamo St.Petersburg |

## 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 March 2003 | 1 November 2003 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 053.33 |
| 2003–04 Russian Cup | 14 October 2003 | see 2004 season | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 054.55 |
Last updated: 1 November 2003 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 | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 52 | |
| 5 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |

### Russian Cup
#### 2002–03

Round 16 2nd leg took place during the 2004 season.

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 1 November 2003

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | 03/04 Russian Cup | 03/04 Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Kamil Čontofalský | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Radimov | 24 | 3 | 17+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Martin Horák | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Igonin | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Spivak | 28 | 6 | 25+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | CZE | Pavel Mareš | 26 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Radek Šírl | 18 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 29 | 5 | 16+11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 29 | 16 | 26+1 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Lukáš Hartig | 12 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCG | Milan Vještica | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Valentin Filatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Maksim Astafyev | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Katulsky | 20 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Valeri Tsvetkov | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Andrei Nikolayev | 8 | 3 | 3+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | SCG | Predrag Ranđelović | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Daniel Chiriță | 22 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Makarov | 14 | 3 | 8+4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Igor Denisov | 21 | 3 | 18+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Bystrov | 19 | 4 | 12+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | RUS | Igor Nedorezov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Oleg Vlasov | 16 | 3 | 3+10 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 45 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Konoplyov | 18 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Lobov | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | LTU | Darius Miceika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | RUS | Semyon Melnikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Zenit during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ARM | Sargis Hovsepyan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Sergei Osipov | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 03/04 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Oleksandr Spivak | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Andrey Arshavin | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 34 | Vladimir Bystrov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 2 | Vladislav Radimov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 27 | Igor Denisov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 8 | Pavel Mareš | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 43 | Oleg Vlasov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 23 | Andrei Nikolayev | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 26 | Dmitri Makarov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Martin Horák | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Aleksei Katulsky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 45 | Konstantin Konoplyov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 9 | Radek Šírl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 15 | Lukáš Hartig | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 25 | Daniel Chiriță | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 48 | 8 | 56 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 03/04 Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 16 | Vyacheslav Malafeev | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Kamil Čontofalský | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 2 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 03/04 Russian Cup | 03/04 Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Vladislav Radimov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Martin Horák | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksei Igonin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Oleksandr Spivak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Pavel Mareš | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Radek Šírl | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Andrey Arshavin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Lukáš Hartig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Milan Vještica | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Valentin Filatov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Aleksei Katulsky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Daniel Chiriță | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | Dmitri Makarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Igor Denisov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Vladimir Bystrov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Igor Nedorezov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Konstantin Konoplyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Konstantin Lobov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Sargis Hovsepyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sergei Osipov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 5 |