2014–15 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg 2014–15 football season

Zenit Saint Petersburg2014–15 season

Zenit win the league, 30 May 2015

Chairman| Aleksandr Dyukov
Manager| André Villas-Boas
Stadium| Petrovsky Stadium
Russian Premier League| 1st
(champions)
Russian Cup| Last 16 vs Arsenal Tula
UEFA Champions League| Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa League| Quarter-finals vs Sevilla
Top goalscorer| League:
Hulk (15)
All:
Hulk (21)

Home colours

Away colours

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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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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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
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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

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58  | DF |  RUS | Denis Terentyev (ar Tom Tomsk until 30 June 2015)
77  | FW |  MNE | Luka Đorđević (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2015)
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—  | DF |  ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (at Atlético Madrid until 30 June 2015)

### Youth team squad

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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
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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

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### Summer

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Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2014

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21  | MF |  ESP | Javi García (from  Manchester City)[1]
24  | DF |  ARG | Ezequiel Garay (from  Benfica)[2]
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)[3]
-- | FW |  USA | Eugene Starikov (end of loan to  Tom Tomsk)

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3  | DF |  ARG | Cristian Ansaldi (on loan to  Atlético Madrid)[4]
14  | DF |  SVK | Tomáš Hubočan (to  Dynamo Moscow)[5]
18  | MF |  RUS | Konstantin Zyryanov (to  Zenit-2 St. Petersburg)[6][7]
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)[6][8]
-- | MF |  RUS | Vladimir Bystrov (to  Krasnodar, previously on loan to  Anzhi Makhachkala)[9]
-- | FW |  RUS | Aleksandr Bukharov (to  Rostov, previously on loan to  Anzhi Makhachkala)[10]

### Winter

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Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2014–15

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49  | DF |  RUS | Denis Terentyev (on loan to  Tom Tomsk)[11]
63  | DF |  RUS | Daniil Maykov
75  | MF |  ARM | Artyom Simonyan (to  Zürich)

## Competitions

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### Russian Premier League

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Main article: 2014–15 Russian Premier League

#### League table

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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

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(C) Champions

#### Results by round

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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

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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

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2015. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

#### Matches

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Arsenal Tula v Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 August 2014 1|  Arsenal Tula | 0–4|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Tula

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19:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Kascelan 49' | Summary | Criscito 9', 69'
Rondón 18'
Hulk 36'
Fayzulin 53'
Neto 90+1' | Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alexy Nikolaev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Torpedo Moscow 9 August 2014 2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 8–1|  Torpedo Moscow | Saint Petersburg

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17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Smolnikov 26'
Rondón 33', 47'
Hulk 19',  36' (pen.), 54'
Lombaerts 41'
Shatov 62'
Kerzhakov 72' (pen.), 78' | Summary | Kodoszka 36'
Salugin 82'
Aydov 70',  86' (pen.) | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Ural v Zenit Saint Petersburg 13 August 2014 3|  Ural | 1–2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Yekaterinburg

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17:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Acevedo 36'
Erokhin 90'
Sapeta 90+1' | Summary | Danny 5'
Criscito 50'
Rondón 74' | Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Ufa 16 August 2014 4|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0|  Ufa | Saint Petersburg

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20:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Hulk 31' (pen.) | Summary |  | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Amkar Perm 23 August 2014 5|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0|  Amkar Perm | Saint Petersburg

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17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Shatov 13'
Hulk 22' | Report |  | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 13,063
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg 31 August 2014 6|  Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Moscow

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18:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) |  | Summary | García 60' | Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 14,747
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow 13 September 2014 7|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–2|  Dynamo Moscow | Saint Petersburg

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18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Douglas 28' (o.g.)
Arshavin 40'
Criscito 48'
Danny 81'
Smolnikov 89' | Summary | Douglas 6'
Valbuena 18'
Vainqueur 6'
Samba 82' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Zenit Saint Petersburg 20 September 2014 8|  Rostov | 0–5|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Rostov-on-Don

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14:30MSK (UTC+04:00) | Kanga 30'
Dyakov 62' | Summary | Rondón 11', 57', 73'
Danny 22'
García 26'
Xulu 37' (o.g.)
Dyakov 72' (o.g.) | Stadium: Olimp-2
Attendance: 14,253
Referee: Igor Fedotov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Spartak Moscow 27 September 2014 9|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 - 0|  Spartak Moscow | Saint Petersburg

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18:30 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Rondón 42'
Fayzulin 72'
Criscito 85' | Summary | Dzyuba 42'
Makeyev 70'
Källström 87' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Krasnodar v Zenit Saint Petersburg 18 October 20104 10|  Krasnodar | 2 - 2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Krasnodar

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17:00 MSK (UTC+04:00) | Sigurðsson 7'
Mamayev 21'
Granqvist 29'
Kaleshin 55' | Summary | García 38',  58'
Hulk 60'
Garay 68' | Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 9,650
Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Mordovia Saransk 26 October 2014 11|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 5 - 0|  Mordovia Saransk | Saint Petersburg

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19:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Hulk 50'
Kerzhakov 55'
Nakhushev 62' (o.g.)
Witsel 67'
Danny 70'
Anyukov 85' | Summary | Le Tallec 47'
Vasin 79'
Shitov 81'
Lutsenko 82' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

CSKA Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 November 2014 12|  CSKA Moscow | 0 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Khimki

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16:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Wernbloom 23'
Schennikov 86' | Summary | García 7'
Witsel 44'
Criscito 57'
Kerzhakov 72' | Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Terek Grozny 8 November 2014 13|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 - 3|  Terek Grozny | Saint Petersburg

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19:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Ryazantsev 63' | Summary | Aílton 17', 55'
Lebedenko 61' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,244
Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Kuban Krasnodar 22 November 2014 14|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 - 0|  Kuban Krasnodar | Saint Petersburg

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19:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Criscito 8'
Hulk 37' | Summary | Kaboré 26'
Kulik 66' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,492
Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Mordovia Saransk v Zenit Saint Petersburg 29 November 2014 15|  Mordovia Saransk | 1 - 0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saransk

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18:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Vlasov 29'
Dudiyev 45' | Summary | Smolnikov 28'
Fayzulin 65'
Hulk 70' | Stadium: Start Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rubin Kazan v Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 December 2014 16|  Rubin Kazan | 0 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Kazan

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17:45 MSK (UTC+3) | Karadeniz 30'
Georgiev 48'
Portnyagin 78' | Summary | Criscito 51'
Witsel 55',  68'
Tymoshchuk 81' | Stadium: Kazan Arena
Attendance: 14,340
Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Krasnodar 6 December 2014 17|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 - 0|  Krasnodar | Saint Petersburg

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16:45 MSK (UTC+3) | Garay 12'
Witsel 55'
Danny 61' 81'
Smolnikov 68' | Summary | Mamayev 42' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,666
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Ural 7 March 2015 18|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 - 0|  Ural | Saint Petersburg

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19:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Rondón 45', 70', 78' | Summary | Podberyozkin 6'
Khozin 36'
Smolov 85' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,606
Referee: Sergey Karasev

Torpedo Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg 15 March 2015 19|  Torpedo Moscow | 1 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Ramensky District

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16:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Stevanović 88'
Smárason 90+1' | Summary | Hulk 35' | Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 6,358
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg 22 March 2015 20|  Dynamo Moscow | 0 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Khimki

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MSK (UTC+3) |  | Summary | Smolnikov 17',  34'
Garay 85' | Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 12,553
Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v CSKA Moscow 5 April 2015 21|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 - 1|  CSKA Moscow | Saint Petersburg

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13:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Criscito 45+1'
Hulk 62',  73' | Summary | Wernbloom 70'
Strandberg 81' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 18,261
Referee: Sergey Ivanov

Terek Grozny v Zenit Saint Petersburg 8 April 2015 22|  Terek Grozny | 1 - 2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Grozny

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17:45 MSK (UTC+3) | Semyonov 17'
Komorowski 17'
Kanu 25'
Adílson 54'
Utsiyev 66' | Summary | Neto 17'
Shatov 30'
Rondón 58',  89'
Witsel 66'
Hulk 66'
Anyukov 83' | Stadium: Akhmat-Arena
Attendance: 21,324
Referee: Aleksey Eskov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Rubin Kazan' 12 April 2015 23|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 - 1|  Rubin Kazan' | Saint Petersburg

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13:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Hulk 48' (pen.)
Rondón 54'
Criscito 55' 58'
García 66'
Shatov 84' | Summary | Nabiullin 4'
Kislyak 48'
Navas 54'
Cotugno 55'
Kvirkvelia 61'
Georgiev 84'
Akhmetov 90+3' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,581
Referee: Sergey Karasev

Kuban Krasnodar v Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 April 2015 24|  Kuban Krasnodar | 0 - 0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Krasnodar

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18:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Rabiu 10'
Sosnin 59' | Summary | Neto 30'
Hulk 90+2' | Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 9,733
Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Arsenal Tula 26 April 2015 25|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 - 0|  Arsenal Tula | Saint Petersburg

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18:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Witsel 17',  36' | Report | Yershov 27' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,789
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Spartak Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 May 2015 26|  Spartak Moscow | 1 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Moscow

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13:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Tasci 20'
Rômulo 48'
Ebert 52' | Summary | Criscito 17'
Hulk 90+1' | Stadium: Otkrytie Arena
Attendance: 38,704
Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Rostov 10 May 2015 27|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 - 0|  Rostov | Saint Petersburg

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18:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Shatov 45'
Hulk 45+3'
Lodygin 62'
Rondón 87',  88' | Summary | Bardachow 9'
Kanga 11'
Kalachev 34'
Dyakov 45+3'
Rebko 88' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,831
Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Ufa v Zenit Saint Petersburg 17 May 2015 28|  Ufa | 1 - 1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg

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16:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Diego 44'
Verkhovtsov 84'
Handžić 87' | Summary | Hulk 32',  65'
Shatov 39'
Danny 43' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,925
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Amkar Perm' v Zenit Saint Petersburg 23 May 2015 29|  Amkar Perm' | 1 - 0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Perm

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13:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Kolomeytsev 38' | Summary | Shatov 70'
Hulk 90+1' | Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 12,800
Referee: Sergey Karasev

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Moscow 29 May 2015 30|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 - 0|  Lokomotiv Moscow | Saint Petersburg

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13:30 MSK (UTC+3) | Rondón 61' | [ Summary] |  | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium

### Russian Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 Russian Cup

Anzhi Makhachkala v Zenit Saint Petersburg 24 September 2014 Round of 32|  Anzhi Makhachkala | 1 - 2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Kaspiysk

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19:00 MSK (UTC+4) | Boli 22' | Summary | Shatov 30'
Rondón 71' | Stadium: Anzhi-Arena
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Arsenal Tula 29 October 2014 Round of 16|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 - 3 (a.e.t.)|  Arsenal Tula | Saint Petersburg

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19:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Arshavin 20'
Rodić 71' | Summary | Kaleshin 80'
Garay 90' (o.g.)
Maloyan 104' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,625
Referee: Sergey Kulikov

### UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

#### Third qualifying round

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round

AEL Limassol v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 July 2014 First leg|  AEL Limassol | 1–0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Larnaca, Cyprus

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21:00 MSK (UTC+4) | Cadú 12'
Zézinho 39'
Gikiewicz 64'
Sielis 67'
Eleftheriou 80' | Report | Criscito 22'
Fayzulin 43'
Witsel 67' | Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  AEL Limassol 6 August 2014 Second leg|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–0
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21:00 MSK (UTC+4) | Smolnikov 9'
Rondón 55'
Danny 88'
Kerzhakov 90' (pen.) | Report | Danielzinho 17' 27'
Eleftheriou 89' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,417
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

#### Play-off round

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Standard Liège v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 20 August 2014 First leg|  Standard Liège | 0–1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Liège, Belgium

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22:45 MSK (UTC+4) | M'Poku 20'
Van Damme 26'
Faty 88' | Report | Shatov 16'
Danny 46'
Smolnikov 74' | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 14,435
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Standard Liège 26 August 2014 Second leg|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–0
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20:00 MSK (UTC+4) | Criscito 14'
Rondón 30'
Fayzulin 31' 44'
Hulk 54' (pen.), 58',  83' | Report | De Camargo 12'
Van Damme 53'
Ciman 62'
Faty 89' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

#### Group stage

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

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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  |  | 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 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Benfica v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 16 September 2014 1|  Benfica | 0–2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Lisbon, Portugal

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22:45 MSK (UTC+4) | Artur 18'
Pereira 60' | Report | Hulk 5'
Witsel 22'
García 65' | Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,294
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Monaco 1 October 2014 2|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0-0|  Monaco | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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20:00 MSK (UTC+4) |  | Report | Toulalan 38'
Fabinho 81'
Dirar 83' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 22 October 2014 3|  Bayer Leverkusen | 2-0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Leverkusen, Germany

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22:45 MSK (UTC+4) | Wendell 57' 79'
Donati 58'
Papadopoulos 63' | Report | Fayzulin 7'
García 15'
Hulk 16'
Criscito 90+5'
Rondón 90+5' | Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,254
Referee:  Kuipers

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Bayer Leverkusen 4 November 2014 4|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2|  Bayer Leverkusen | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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20:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Danny 37'
Garay 67'
Witsel 76'
Shatov 82'
Rondón 89' | Report | Son 68', 73'
Donati 79'
Bellarabi 82' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,010[12]
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Benfica 26 November 2014 5|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1-0|  Benfica | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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20:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Neto 30'
Hulk 36'
Criscito 44'
Danny 79' | Report | Jardel 11'
Samaris 21'
Luisão 36' 90+2' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 14,123[13]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Monaco v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 9 December 2014 6|  Monaco | 2-0|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Monaco

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22:45 MSK (UTC+3) | Raggi 26'
Abdennour 63'
Toulalan 81'
Fabinho 89' | Report | Lombaerts 10'
Fayzulin 62' | Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 11,319[14]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

### UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

#### Round of 32

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Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

PSV Eindhoven v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 February 2015 First leg|  PSV Eindhoven | 0–1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Eindhoven, Netherlands

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21:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Depay 84' | Report | Smolnikov 32'
Hulk 64'
Ryazantsev 83'
Garay 84'
Danny 90' | Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  PSV Eindhoven 26 February 2015 Second leg|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–0
(4–0 agg.)|  PSV Eindhoven | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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20:00 MSK (UTC+3) | Rondón 29', 67'
Hulk 48'
Shatov 70' | Report | Brenet 20'
Guardado 36'
Wijnaldum 45+2' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

#### Round of 16

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Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Torino 12 March 2015 First leg|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–0|  Torino | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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20:00 MSK (UTC+3) | García 34'
Witsel 38'
Criscito 53'
Smolnikov 64'
Ryazantsev 88' | Report | Benassi 12' 27'
Glik 87'
Molinaro 90+4' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 17,271[15]
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Torino v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 March 2015 Second leg|  Torino | 1–0
(1–2 agg.)|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Turin, Italy

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23:05 MSK (UTC+3) | Molinaro 20'
Quagliarella 52'
Gazzi 62'
Glik 90' | Report | Tymoshchuk 37'
Criscito 45'
Neto 48'
Danny 52'
Lodygin 58'
Smolnikov 86'
Hulk 89' | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: [16]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

#### Quarter-final

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Sevilla v  Zenit Saint Petersburg 16 April 2015 First leg|  Sevilla | 2–1|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | Seville, Spain

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22:05 MSK (UTC+3) | Bacca 73',  76'
Suárez 88' | Report | Ryazantsev 29',  82'
García 68'
Garay 81' | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v  Sevilla 23 April 2015 Second leg|  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–2
(3–4 agg.)|  Sevilla | Saint Petersburg, Russia

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22:05 MSK (UTC+3) | Neto 5'
Witsel 40'
Rondón 48'
Hulk 72'
Lodigin 90+5' | Report | Bacca 6' (pen.)
Iborra 76'
Banega 83'
Gameiro 85' | Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 24,000[17]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

## Squad statistics

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As of match played 23 May 2015

### Appearances and goals

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No. | Pos | Nat | Player  | Total | Premier League | Russian Cup | Champions League | Europa League

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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

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Place  | Position  | Nation  | Number  | Name  | Russian Premier League  | Russian Cup  | UEFA Champions League  | UEFA Europa League  | Total

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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
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
FW |  | 11 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4
| Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
9 | MF |  | 21 | Javi García | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3
DF |  | 4 | Domenico Criscito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3
11 | FW |  | 10 | Andrey Arshavin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2
MF |  | 5 | Aleksandr Ryazantsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2
13 | DF |  | 24 | Ezequiel Garay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DF |  | 33 | Milan Rodić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
| TOTALS | 57 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 80

### Disciplinary record

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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

## Notes

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* MSK time changed from UTC+4 to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014.[18]

## References

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1. ^ Хави Гарсия продолжит карьеру в "Зените" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 July 2014.
2. ^ Эсекиэль Гарай продолжит карьеру в "Зените" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 25 June 2014.
3. ^ Бомбардир юношеской сборной России перешел в "Зенит" (in Russian). Sport Express. 10 June 2014.
4. ^ "Acuerdo con el Zenit para la cesión de Ansaldi" (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
5. ^ Томаш Губочан - в «Динамо»!. fcdynamo.ru (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
6. ^ a b Роман Широков и Константин Зырянов покидают "Зенит" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2014.
7. ^ Зырянов стал играющим тренером Зенита-2. news.sport-express.ru (in Russian). news.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
8. ^ ШИРОКОВ: "ОТЕЦ ВСЮ ЖИЗНЬ БОЛЕЛ ЗА "СПАРТАК"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 July 2014.
9. ^ В "Краснодар" перешел Владимир Быстров (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014.
10. ^ ""Ростов" заключил контракт с Бухаровым". FC Rostov. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
11. ^ "Защитник "Зенита" Денис Терентьев арендован до конца сезона" (in Russian). FC Tom Tomsk. 5 February 2015.
12. ^ "Full Time Summary – Tuesday 4 November 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
13. ^ "Full Time Summary – Matchday 5 Wednesday 26 November 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
14. ^ "Full Time Summary – Matchday 6 – Tuesday 9 December 2014" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
15. ^ "Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Torino". Soccerway. 12 March 2014.
16. ^ "Torino vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg". Soccerway. 19 March 2014.
17. ^ "Sevilla vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg". Soccerway. 23 April 2015.
18. ^ "Russia Turns Clocks Back to 'Winter' Time". RIA Novosti. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-27.

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