2006 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

2006 season
Manager	Vlastimil Petržela (Until May) Vladimír Borovička (Caretaker) (May–July) Dick Advocaat (From 26 June 2006)
Stadium	Petrovsky Stadium
Premier League	4th
2005–06 Russian Cup	Semi-finals vs CSKA Moscow
2006–07 Russian Cup	Progressed to 2007 season
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals vs Sevilla
Top goalscorer	League: Andrey Arshavin (7) All: Aleksandr Kerzhakov (14)
←  2005 2007  →

The 2006 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's twelfth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

Season events

On 26 June, Dick Advocaat was appointed as Zenit's new manager. ^[1]

Squad

As of match played 26 November 2006 ^[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamil Čontofalský		GK	(1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 28)	Bohemians 1905	2003		52	0
16	Vyacheslav Malafeev		GK	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 27)	Youth Team	1999		203	0
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov		GK	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
51	Ruslan Mukhamedzyanov		GK	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
Defenders
3	Martin Škrtel		DF	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 21)	Trenčín	2004		79	4
4	Ivica Križanac		DF	(1979-04-13)13 April 1979 (aged 27)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	2005		41	2
8	Pavel Mareš		DF	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 30)	Sparta Prague	2003		125	11
14	Erik Hagen		DF	(1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 31)	Vålerenga	2005		75	3
15	Kim Dong-jin		DF	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 24)	Anyang LG Cheetahs	2006		17	0
18	Aleksandr Korotkov		DF	(1987-01-13)13 January 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
22	Aleksandr Anyukov		DF	(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 24)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		58	2
25	Fernando Ricksen		DF	(1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 30)	loan from Rangers	2006	2006	15	2
26	Viktor Stroyev		DF	(1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
29	Sergey Grigoryev		DF	(1986-06-14)14 June 1986 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
38	Andrei Nagumanov		DF	(1987-02-21)21 February 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2006		1	0
29	Boris Rotenberg		DF	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 20)	Klubi 04	2006		0	0
75	Yuri Lebedev		DF	(1987-01-21)21 January 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2006
Midfielders
2	Vladislav Radimov		MF	(1975-11-26)26 November 1975 (aged 31)	Krylia Sovetov	2003		123	11
6	Oleksandr Spivak		MF	(1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 31)	Metalurh Zaporizhya	2000
9	Radek Šírl		MF	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 25)	Sparta Prague	2003		89	5
10	Andrey Arshavin		MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 25)	Youth Team	1999		226	50
13	Hyun Young-min		MF	(1979-12-25)25 December 1979 (aged 26)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2006		17	1
17	Lee Ho		MF	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 22)	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	2006		18	1
24	Aleksandr Burakov		MF	(1987-08-27)27 August 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		2	0
27	Igor Denisov		MF	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2002		116	20
33	Mikhail Kozlov		MF	(1986-11-02)2 November 1986 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		5	0
37	German Pyatnikov		MF	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
44	Alan Kasaev		MF	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 20)	Shinnik Yaroslavl	2005		3	0
50	Sergey Mironov		MF	(1988-03-13)13 March 1988 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
77	Oleg Samsonov		MF	(1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2006		0	0
87	Ilya Maksimov		MF	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		9	1
88	Oleksandr Horshkov		MF	(1970-02-08)8 February 1970 (aged 36)	Saturn	2004
Forwards
11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov		FW	(1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 23)	Youth Team	2001		205	94
30	Semyon Melnikov		FW	(1985-01-27)27 January 1985 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
40	Maksim Rogov		FW	(1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
47	Yuri Rodenkov		FW	(1986-04-20)20 April 1986 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2005		0	0
61	Fatih Tekke		FW	(1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (aged 29)	Trabzonspor	2006		16	4
78	Aleksandr Panov		FW	(1975-09-21)21 September 1975 (aged 31)	Torpedo Moscow	2006
Away on loan
5	Milan Vještica		DF	(1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 27)	Vojvodina	2002		90	5
7	Oleg Trifonov		MF	(1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 25)	Rotor Volgograd	2005		17	1
20	Oleg Kozhanov		FW	(1987-06-05)5 June 1987 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2004		15	1
21	Dragan Čadikovski		FW	(1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 24)	NK Celje	2005		9	1
23	Aleksandr Yevstafyev		MF	(1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 21)	Youth Team	2004		0	0
28	Jan Flachbart		DF	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 28)	Jablonec	2004		54	0
31	Jaroslav Nesvadba		DF	(1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 24)	Jablonec	2006		1	0
32	Robertas Poškus		FW	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 27)	Krylia Sovetov	2005		32	4
Left during the season
19	Veliče Šumulikoski		MF	(1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 25)	1. Slovácko	2004		76	2
43	Oleg Vlasov		MF	(1984-12-10)10 December 1984 (aged 21)	Metallurg Pikalyovo	2002		59	4

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Winter 2006	DF		Jaroslav Nesvadba	Jablonec 97	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	MF		Hyun Young-min	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	FW		Aleksandr Panov	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed
Summer 2006	FW		Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor	Undisclosed
28 June 2006	DF		Kim Dong-jin	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Undisclosed	[3]
30 June 2006	MF		Lee Ho	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	Undisclosed	[4]
29 November 2006	DF		Fernando Ricksen	Rangers	Undisclosed	[5]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
11 August 2006	DF		Fernando Ricksen	Rangers	End of Season	[6]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
11 July 2006	MF		Veliče Šumulikoski	Bursaspor	Undisclosed	[7]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
11 July 2006	DF		Milan Vještica	Rostov	1 January 2007	[7]
8 August 2006	MF		Aleksandr Yevstafyev	Khimki	Summer 2007	[8]
8 August 2006	FW		Dragan Čadikovski	Publikum Celje	Summer 2007	[8]
26 August 2006	FW		Robertas Poškus	Dynamo Moscow	End of Season	[8]
30 August 2006	DF		Jan Flachbart	Sigma Olomouc	31 January 2007	[8]
Summer 2006	DF		Jaroslav Nesvadba	Mladá Boleslav	End of 2007 Season
Summer 2006	MF		Oleg Trifonov	Kuban Krasnodar
Summer 2006	FW		Oleg Kozhanov	Ural Sverdlovsk	End of 2007 Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
7 July 2006	MF		Oleg Vlasov	Saturn	7 July 2006	[7]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	19 March 2006	26 November 2006	Matchday 1	4th	30	13	11	6	42	30	+12	043.33
2005–06 Russian Cup	4 March 2006	10 May 2006	Round of 16	Semifinal	6	3	0	3	7	7	+0	050.00
2006–07 Russian Cup	2 July 2006	see 2007 season	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
UEFA Cup	see 2005 season	6 April 2006	Round of 32	Quarterfinal	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	050.00
Total					44	21	13	10	61	46	+15	047.73

Last updated: 26 November 2006
Source: #Competitions

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Rosenborg v Zenit St.Petersburg

15 February 2006Round of 32 1st leg	Rosenborg	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Trondheim, Norway
MSK (UTC+4)	Riseth  62' Koné  80'	Report	Arshavin 22' Anyukov  28' Kerzhakov 32' Čontofalský  46' Škrtel  54' Kerzhakov  73'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 11,082 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rosenborg

23 February 2006Round of 32 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Rosenborg	Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4)	Škrtel  42' Horshkov  54' Arshavin 54' Denisov 86'	Report	Riseth 45' Koppinen  51'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Marseille v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 March 2006Round of 16 1st leg	Marseille	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Marseille, France
MSK (UTC+4)	Lamouchi  60' Ribéry  70'  Oruma  90+3'	Report	Škrtel  35' Arshavin 51' Radimov  58' Trifonov  67' Malafeev  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Marseille

16 March 2006Round of 16 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Marseille	Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4)	Vještica  37' Kerzhakov 69'	Report	Cana  18' Déhu 74' Carrasso  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,838 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Sevilla v Zenit St.Petersburg

30 March 2006Quarterfinal 1st leg	Sevilla	4 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Seville, Spain
MSK (UTC+4)	Saviola 14', 80' Martí 56' (pen.) Martí  66' Kanouté  77' Palop  89' Adriano 90+2'	Report	Kerzhakov 45' Hagen  58' Šumulikoski  60' Arshavin  67'  89' Horshkov  90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Zenit St.Petersburg v Sevilla

6 April 2006Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1 (2 – 5 agg.)	Sevilla	Saint Petersburg, Russia
MSK (UTC+4)	Radimov  30' Anyukov  51' Hyun 51' Križanac  68'	Report	Dani Alves  29' Fabiano  54' Kepa 64' 65'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Premier League

Main article: 2006 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2006. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Zenit St.Petersburg v Saturn

19 March 20061	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Saturn	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen  15' Radimov  39' Denisov  53' Križanac  55' Poškus 74' Arshavin  79'	Report	Obžera 28' Eremenko  31' Vukčević  42' Petráš  44' Igonin  59' Česnauskis  79' Bareiro  81' Géder  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alexander Kolobaev

Amkar Perm v Zenit St.Petersburg

26 March 20062	Amkar Perm	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Perm
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Dujmović  4' Savin 63' Sirakov  85'	Report	Spivak 31' Mareš  57' Arshavin  61' Šírl 65', 86' Denisov  72'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rostov

2 April 20063	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen 37'	Report	Kanyenda 53' 84' Tanasijević  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Krylia Sovetov v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 April 20064	Krylia Sovetov	3 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Samara
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Medvedev 13' Mujiri 18' (pen.), 43' (pen.) Booth  51' Husin  73'	Report	Kerzhakov 9' (pen.), 86' Križanac  36' Malafeev  42' Radimov  75' Arshavin  86' Hagen  89'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

15 April 20065	Zenit St.Petersburg	3 – 1	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov 12' Škrtel  16' Vlasov 66' Arshavin 71' Poškus  89'	Report	Ospeshinskiy 27' Lobov  39' Astafyev  48' Arkhipov  82'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Spartak Nalchik v Zenit St.Petersburg

23 April 20066	Spartak Nalchik	1 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Nalchik
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Serdyukov  34' Pylypchuk  36' Mostovyi  53' Džudović  56' Poroshyn 82' 89'	Report	Horshkov  13' Škrtel  32' Kerzhakov 63' Arshavin  72' Nesvadba  85'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Zenit St.Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

30 April 20067	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 4	Spartak Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Covalciuc 3' (o.g.) Šírl  15' Radimov  38' Škrtel  59'	Report	Covalciuc  27' Pavlyuchenko 35' (pen.) Pjanović 46', 72' Bazhenov 75' Kowalewski  84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Alexander Gonchar

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

6 May 20068	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Traoré 4' Sychev 10' Loskov 89' Kruglov  89' Asatiani  90'	Report	Kerzhakov 17' Radimov  66' Šírl  71' Škrtel  74'  80' Denisov 90' (pen.)	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 18,223 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St.Petersburg v Rubin Kazan

14 May 20069	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov  25' Hagen  36' Arshavin  40' Denisov 42'	Report	Bazayev  45' Calisto  63' Gațcan  64'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

11 July 200610	Moscow	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Rebeja  17' Okoronkwo  58' Semak  76'	Report	Radimov  32' Hagen  36' Škrtel  49' Lee  86'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

19 July 200611	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Radimov  38' Škrtel  44' Lee  59'	Report	Rahimić  30' V.Berezutski  39' Carvalho  60' Dudu  76' Šemberas  84'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar

Zenit St.Petersburg v Torpedo Moscow

22 July 200612	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1	Torpedo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen 25' Arshavin 27' 63' Kerzhakov 35' Lee  45+' Radimov  77'	Report	Lutsenko  39' Budylin 42' (pen.) Jokić  58'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,667 Referee: Alexey Tyumin

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

29 July 200613	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
MSK (UTC+4)	Derlei 51' Cícero 78' Lima  81' Fernández  87'	Report	Kerzhakov 29' Horshkov 63' Maksimov  72' Škrtel  88' Kim  90'	Stadium: Central Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Zenit St.Petersburg v Shinnik Yaroslavl

6 August 200614	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Tekke 69' Spivak  90'	Report	Shirko  57' Amelyanchuk  64' Radosavljević  87'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Tom Tomsk v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 August 200615	Tom Tomsk	2 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Tomsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Klimov 11' Yanotovsky  35' Skerla  45' Bugayev  76' Pogrebnyak 90'	Report	Anyukov  10' Tekke 13' Poškus 19' Radimov  24' Lee  90'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

Saturn v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 August 200616	Saturn	0 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Ramenskoye
MSK (UTC+4)	Eremenko  11' Džiaukštas  58' Polovinchuk  90'	Report	Ricksen  34' Horshkov  59' Arshavin  69' Škrtel  73'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Zenit St.Petersburg v Amkar Perm

27 August 200617	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Amkar Perm	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen  7' Tekke 28' Kim  63' Cherenchikov 67' (o.g.) Radimov  79'	Report	Olexici  66'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 September 200618	Rostov	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
MSK (UTC+4)	Tanasijević  22' Laizāns  52' Bochkov  69' Burchenko 81' 88'	Report	Tekke 13' Hyun  38' Šírl  43' Ricksen 53' Anyukov 60' Kim  85' Malafeev  85'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Mikhail Veselovsky

Zenit St.Petersburg v Krylia Sovetov

17 September 200619	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Radimov  45' Kerzhakov 81'	Report	Medvedev  45' Bobyor  72'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok v Zenit St.Petersburg

24 September 200620	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	0 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Vladivostok
12:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Sheshukov  51' Astafyev  55' Cherkes  84'	Report	Arshavin 1' Kim  8' Shtanyuk 62' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Igor Zakharov

Zenit St.Petersburg v Spartak Nalchik

1 October 200621	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 0	Spartak Nalchik	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin  15' Ricksen 25' 45' Hagen  45' Arshavin 69' Tekke  71' Radimov  71' Denisov 85' Mareš 90'	Report	Bitokov  12' Chikhradze  58' Džudović  72' Jefthon  77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Aleksei Sergeyev

Spartak Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

14 October 200622	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Géder  75' Bystrov 90'	Report	Šírl  83'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Zenit St.Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow

22 October 200623	Zenit St.Petersburg	4 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Hagen 17' Arshavin 45' Denisov 67' Spivak 90+'	Report	Evseev  46' Kingston  65' O'Connor 89'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,750 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

Rubin Kazan v Zenit St.Petersburg

25 October 200624	Rubin Kazan	3 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kazan
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Domínguez 9', 77' (pen.) 57' Benachour  65'67' Gilmullin  72' Ayupov  74'	Report	Hagen  41'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Mikhail Veselovsky

Zenit St.Petersburg v Moscow

29 October 200625	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 1	Moscow	Saint Petersburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Arshavin 14' Radimov  72' Šírl  80' Tekke  90'	Report	Barrientos  25' Rebeja  32' Adamov  43' Bystrov 90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,700 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

5 November 200626	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Vágner Love  17' Carvalho 58' (pen.) 78' Šemberas  61' Krasić  82' Zhirkov  83'	Report	Škrtel  43' Tekke  46' Arshavin  53' Kim  56' Hyun  65' Spivak  85' Križanac  87'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Torpedo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

8 November 200627	Torpedo Moscow	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Florescu  53' Mamayev 59'	Report	Arshavin 9' (pen.) Lee 45' Malafeev  63' Ricksen  68'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Zenit St.Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

12 November 200628	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
MSK (UTC+4)	Šírl  90+'	Report	Ovchinnikov  89' Derlei  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Vladimir Pettay

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Zenit St.Petersburg

18 November 200629	Shinnik Yaroslavl	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Yaroslavl
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Amelyanchuk  17' Matić  57' Budiša 90' Kline  90'	Report	Arshavin  55' Škrtel 68' Lee  90' Iordache 90+' (o.g.)	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Tom Tomsk

26 November 200630	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 0	Tom Tomsk	Saint Petersburg
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kim  30' Panov  41' Hagen  52' Radimov  66' Spivak  87'	Report	Bugayev  6' Klimov  16'  69' Skoblyakov  27' Krunić  51' Kaleshin  67' Yanotovsky  77' Bulyga  79' Kulchy  83'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Spartak Moscow	30	15	13	2	60	36	+24	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	15	8	7	47	34	+13	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round [a]
4	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	13	11	6	42	30	+12	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Rubin Kazan	30	14	7	9	45	35	+10	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	FC Moscow	30	10	13	7	41	37	+4	43

Source: RFPL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored; 7th drawing of lots
Notes:

1. Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.

Russian Cup

2005/06

Zenit St.Petersburg v Terek Grozny

4 March 2006Round of 16 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Terek Grozny	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Škrtel 24' Kerzhakov 69'	Report	Sharonov  63' Kurdyukov  77'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Alexey Sergeev

Terek Grozny v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 March 2006Round of 16 2nd leg	Terek Grozny	1 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Pyatigorsk
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Adiyev  4' Dzhabrailov 60'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Zenit St.Petersburg v Torpedo Moscow

22 March 2006Quarterfinal 1st leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 0	Torpedo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kerzhakov 22', 51' Hagen  44' Anyukov  57' Arshavin  88' Križanac  90+'	Report	Perov  16' Stepanov  31'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

Torpedo Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

12 April 2006Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Torpedo Moscow	2 – 3 (2 – 5 agg.)	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tumasyan  26' Budylin 41'72', 76' Bolikhov  29'  90' Jääger  71'	Report	Kerzhakov 23', 26' (pen.) Škrtel 45' Vještica  50' Anyukov  78'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Igor Egorov

CSKA Moscow v Zenit St.Petersburg

3 May 2006Semifinal 1st leg	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Moscow
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Rahimić  25' Carvalho 61'	Report	Flachbart  28' Šumulikoski  73'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Igor Egorov

Zenit St.Petersburg v CSKA Moscow

10 May 2006Semifinal 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	0 – 3 (0 – 4 agg.)	CSKA Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Anyukov  31' Arshavin  63' Poškus  73'	Report	Vágner Love 9' Dudu 19' Ignashevich 29' 31' Zhirkov  45'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis

2006/07

Chita v Zenit St.Petersburg

2 July 2006Round of 32 1st leg	Chita	1 – 2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Chita
13:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zakharenkov 6' Bodyalov  19' Garmashov  68' Ekimov  79' Podprugin  89'	Report	Škrtel  39' Spivak 67' Maksimov 80' Šírl  81' Vlasov 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Sergei Marushko

Zenit St.Petersburg v Chita

20 September 2006Round of 32 2nd leg	Zenit St.Petersburg	2 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Chita	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Spivak  28' Radimov 29' Mareš  33' Panov 44' 57' Šírl  86' Križanac  88'	Report	Agrofenin  24' A.Kreisman 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Sergey Timofeev

Round 16 took place during the 2007 season.

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 November 2006

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		05/06 Russian Cup		06/07 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Kamil Čontofalský	10	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
2	MF	RUS	Vladislav Radimov	38	1	27	0	2+1	0	2	1	6	0
3	DF	SVK	Martin Škrtel	37	3	26	1	4	2	2	0	5	0
4	DF	CRO	Ivica Križanac	25	0	10+6	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Spivak	21	2	3+10	2	2	0	2	0	3+1	0
8	DF	CZE	Pavel Mareš	21	1	12	1	5	0	1	0	1+2	0
9	MF	CZE	Radek Šírl	36	2	21+3	2	3+1	0	1+1	0	6	0
10	MF	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	37	10	28	7	2+1	0	1	0	5	3
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	34	14	16+5	6	5	5	2	0	6	3
13	MF	KOR	Hyun Young-min	17	1	7+3	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	1+2	1
14	DF	NOR	Erik Hagen	34	3	24	3	4	0	1	0	5	0
15	DF	KOR	Kim Dong-jin	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Malafeev	36	0	26	0	3+1	0	1	0	4+1	0
17	MF	KOR	Lee Ho	18	1	10+7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Anyukov	37	1	25	1	4+1	0	1	0	6	0
25	DF	NED	Fernando Ricksen	15	2	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	RUS	Igor Denisov	35	5	20+4	4	2+2	0	1+1	0	3+2	1
38	DF	RUS	Andrei Nagumanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
61	FW	TUR	Fatih Tekke	16	4	14+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Panov	9	1	2+6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
87	MF	RUS	Ilya Maksimov	8	1	3+4	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
88	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Horshkov	24	1	9+5	1	5	0	1	0	3+1	0
Players who away on loan:
5	DF	SCG	Milan Vještica	9	0	3+1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	RUS	Oleg Trifonov	7	0	0+2	0	2	0	0	0	0+3	0
20	FW	RUS	Oleg Kozhanov	4	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	FW	MKD	Dragan Čadikovski	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	CZE	Jan Flachbart	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	CZE	Jaroslav Nesvadba	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	LTU	Robertas Poškus	16	2	4+6	2	2+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
Players who left Zenit during the season:
19	MF	MKD	Veliče Šumulikoski	14	0	3+2	0	3+3	0	0	0	1+2	0
43	MF	RUS	Oleg Vlasov	11	2	1+5	1	3	0	0+1	1	1	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	05/06 Russian Cup	06/07 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	MF		11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	6	5	0	3	14
2	MF		10	Andrey Arshavin	7	0	0	3	10
3	MF		27	Igor Denisov	4	0	0	1	5
4	FW		61	Fatih Tekke	4	0	0	0	4
				Own goal	4	0	0	0	4
6	DF		14	Erik Hagen	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		3	Martin Škrtel	1	2	0	0	3
8	MF		9	Radek Šírl	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		32	Robertas Poškus	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		25	Fernando Ricksen	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		6	Oleksandr Spivak	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		43	Oleg Vlasov	1	0	1	0	2
13	MF		88	Oleksandr Horshkov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		22	Aleksandr Anyukov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		8	Pavel Mareš	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		17	Lee Ho	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		87	Ilya Maksimov	0	0	1	0	0
	MF		2	Vladislav Radimov	0	0	1	0	0
	FW		78	Aleksandr Panov	0	0	1	0	0
	MF		13	Hyun Young-min	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	42	7	4	8	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	05/06 Russian Cup	06/07 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK		16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	11	2	0	1	14
2	GK		1	Kamil Čontofalský	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	11	2	0	2	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		05/06 Russian Cup		06/07 Russian Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
1		GK	Kamil Čontofalský	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		MF	Vladislav Radimov	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
3		DF	Martin Škrtel	10	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	14	1
4		DF	Ivica Križanac	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
6		MF	Oleksandr Spivak	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8		DF	Pavel Mareš	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
9		MF	Radek Šírl	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
10		MF	Andrey Arshavin	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	1
11		FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13		MF	Hyun Young-min	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Erik Hagen	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	2
15		DF	Kim Dong-jin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16		GK	Vyacheslav Malafeev	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17		MF	Lee Ho	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Anyukov	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
25		DF	Fernando Ricksen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Igor Denisov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
61		FW	Fatih Tekke	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
78		FW	Aleksandr Panov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
87		MF	Ilya Maksimov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Oleksandr Horshkov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
5		DF	Milan Vještica	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		MF	Oleg Trifonov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28		DF	Jan Flachbart	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		DF	Jaroslav Nesvadba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		FW	Robertas Poškus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Zenit St.Petersburg during the season:
19		MF	Veliče Šumulikoski	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	85	2	11	0	7	0	16	3	119	5

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