# 2016–17 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2016–17 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 92nd season in the club's history and its 21st consecutive season in the Russian Premier League.

## Season Events

Prior to the start of the season, 24 May 2016, Mircea Lucescu replaced André Villas-Boas as manager of Zenit, following the expiry of Villas-Boas' contract.

## Squad

    As of 1 February 2017
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 | Yuri Lodygin |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Nicolas Lombaerts |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Giuliano |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Maurício |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin |
| 10 | MF | POR | Danny |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Viktor Fayzulin |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Sergei Zuykov |
| 29 | MF | SVK | Róbert Mak |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Hernani |
| 60 | DF | SRB | Branislav Ivanović |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Yegor Baburin |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Yuriy Zhirkov |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Kirill Pogrebnyak |
| 99 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov |

### Out 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 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović (at Bordeaux) |

### Zenit-2

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Zyryanov (Captain) |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Isayev |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović |
| 32 | DF | RUS | David Mildzikhov |
| 34 | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev |
| 38 | MF | RUS | Leon Musayev |
| 40 | MF | RUS | Yuri Bavin |
| 43 | FW | RUS | Pavel Nazimov |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Kirill Kostin |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Vitali Gorulyov |
| 47 | FW | RUS | Anton Zinkovskiy |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Gasilin |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Maksim Karpov |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Lobov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 56 | DF | RUS | Danil Krugovoy |
| 58 | DF | RUS | Ilya Zuyev |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy |
| 65 | MF | RUS | Danila Yashchuk |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Nikita Goylo |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Yegor Baburin |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin |
| 83 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov |
| 87 | DF | RUS | Artyom Vyatkin |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Nikita Salamatov |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Pavel Dolgov |
| 93 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kizeyev |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Alexey Yevseyev |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Ilya Kamyshev |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Ivan Ivanchenko |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev (from Rostov) |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Ryazantsev (end of loan to Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Giuliano (from Grêmio) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov (end of loan to Zürich) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (end of loan to Rostov) |
| 29 | MF | SVK | Róbert Mak (from PAOK) |
| 34 | FW | RUS | Maximilian Pronichev (end of loan to Schalke 04 U19) |
| 43 | MF | RUS | Nikita Koldunov |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Gasilin (end of loan to Schalke 04 II) |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kakkoyev |
| 62 | MF | RUS | Maksim Levin |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Samir Bayramov |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Yefim Boytsov |
| 70 | GK | RUS | Nikita Goylo |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Temur Mustafin (from Rostov) |
| 76 | MF | RUS | Kirill Makeyev |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (end of loan to Ponferradina) |
| 78 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Nekrasov |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Daniil Penchikov |
| 86 | GK | RUS | Nikolai Rybikov |
| 89 | GK | RUS | Amir Fattakhov |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Yefrem Vartanyan |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Ilya Kamyshev (from Chertanovo Moscow) |
| — | MF | RUS | Aleksei Isayev (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Hulk (to Shanghai SIPG) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vyacheslav Malafeev (retired) |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay (to Valencia) |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Artyom Sumin |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Artyom Ponikarov |
| 43 | FW | RUS | Pavel Nazimov |
| 45 | DF | RUS | Artyom Vodyannikov |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Valeri Yaroshenko (to Rostov) |
| 51 | GK | RUS | Maksim Rudakov (loan to Zenit Penza) |
| 52 | DF | RUS | Andrei Ivanov (on loan to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 54 | MF | RUS | Daniil Zuyev |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Tarasov |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Maksim Paliyenko (end of loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 62 | DF | RUS | Stepan Rebenko (to Arsenal Tula) |
| 66 | FW | RUS | Vadim Romanov |
| 67 | MF | RUS | Nikita Andreyev (on loan to VSS Košice) |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Vyacheslav Zinkov (to Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bogayev (to Palanga) |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Pavel Osipov (on loan to Lahti) |
| 74 | MF | RUS | Sergei Ivanov (on loan to VSS Košice) |
| 75 | DF | RUS | Andrei Vasilyev |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Pavel Kireyenko (to Palanga) |
| 80 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Mzhelsky |
| 83 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Artyom Popov (to Tom Tomsk) |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Ramil Sheydayev (to Trabzonspor) |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin (on loan to Lahti) |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Ilya Kubyshkin (to Slovan Liberec) |
| 97 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Suanov |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Reutov |
| — | DF | ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (to Genoa, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov (to Shinnik Yaroslavl, previously on loan to Mika) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ivan Solovyov (to Fakel Voronezh, previously on loan to Lahti) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov (from Ufa) |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Sergei Zuykov (from Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov (from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Hernani (from Atlético Paranaense) |
| 35 | MF | RUS | Yuri Pershin |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Jacob Gardiner-Smith (from CSKA Moscow) |
| 47 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Kazakov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Pavel Korkin |
| 60 | DF | SRB | Branislav Ivanović (from Chelsea) |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy (from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 73 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Plotnikov |
| 80 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Mzhelsky |
| 82 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Yelovskikh |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Daniil Kultinov |
| 99 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov (from Ufa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets (to Rostov) |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Vukašin Jovanović (on loan to Bordeaux) |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel (to Tianjin Quanjian) |
| 36 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Krapukhin (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov (on loan to Orenburg) |
| 47 | FW | RUS | Anton Zinkovskiy (end of loan from Chertanovo Moscow) |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Gasilin (to Amkar Perm) |
| 54 | DF | RUS | Nikita Kakkoyev (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 63 | DF | RUS | Daniil Maykov (to Slavia Sofia) |
| 64 | FW | RUS | Daniil Lesovoy (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 83 | GK | RUS | Igor Obukhov (on loan to Tyumen) |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Yuri Kozlov (to Zenit-2 St. Petersburg) |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Nikita Salamatov (to SKA Rostov-on-Don) |
| 92 | FW | RUS | Pavel Dolgov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 98 | FW | RUS | Ivan Ivanchenko (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |

## Competitions
### Russian 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 48 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | AZ | MTA | DUN |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dundalk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yuri Lodygin | 25 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Anyukov | 16 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito | 33 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Nicolas Lombaerts | 15 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Giuliano | 38 | 17 | 26+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Maurício | 27 | 2 | 11+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin | 38 | 10 | 25+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Danny | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 18 | 2 | 1+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Luís Neto | 35 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Artur Yusupov | 21 | 1 | 7+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Oleg Shatov | 25 | 4 | 13+5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Igor Smolnikov | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Javi García | 31 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Artem Dzyuba | 34 | 14 | 25+1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Yohan Mollo | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SVK | Róbert Mak | 27 | 6 | 9+8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Ibragim Tsallagov | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Hernani | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Gasilin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | SRB | Branislav Ivanović | 11 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 18 | 3 | 2+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 81 | MF | RUS | Yuri Zhirkov | 29 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | RUS | Pavel Mogilevets | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Garay | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel | 23 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

### Goal Scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Super Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Giuliano | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Artem Dzyuba | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Aleksandr Kokorin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 29 | Róbert Mak | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Domenico Criscito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Danny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Oleg Shatov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 77 | Luka Đorđević | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Maurício | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 81 | Yuri Zhirkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 28 | Axel Witsel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 14 | Artur Yusupov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 60 | Branislav Ivanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 24 | Yohan Mollo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 21 | Javi García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 76 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Yuri Lodygin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Aleksandr Anyukov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Domenico Criscito | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nicolas Lombaerts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Giuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Maurício | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Aleksandr Kokorin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Danny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Luís Neto | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Artur Yusupov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Oleg Shatov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Igor Smolnikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Javi García | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Axel Witsel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Ibragim Tsallagov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Hernani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 48 | FW | Aleksei Gasilin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Luka Đorđević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Yuri Zhirkov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 93 | 6 |