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	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	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	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

Qualifying rounds

15 February 2006 Round 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)

23 February 2006 Round 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)

9 March 2006 Round 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)

16 March 2006 Round 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)

30 March 2006 Quarterfinal 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)

6 April 2006 Quarterfinal 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

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

19 March 2006 1	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

26 March 2006 2	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

2 April 2006 3	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

9 April 2006 4	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

15 April 2006 5	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

23 April 2006 6	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

30 April 2006 7	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

6 May 2006 8	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

14 May 2006 9	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

11 July 2006 10	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

19 July 2006 11	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

22 July 2006 12	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

29 July 2006 13	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

6 August 2006 14	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

12 August 2006 15	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

19 August 2006 16	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

27 August 2006 17	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

9 September 2006 18	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

17 September 2006 19	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

24 September 2006 20	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

1 October 2006 21	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

14 October 2006 22	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

22 October 2006 23	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

25 October 2006 24	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

29 October 2006 25	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

5 November 2006 26	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

8 November 2006 27	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

12 November 2006 28	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

18 November 2006 29	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

26 November 2006 30	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:

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

Russian Cup

2005/06

4 March 2006 Round 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

12 March 2006 Round 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

22 March 2006 Quarterfinal 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

12 April 2006 Quarterfinal 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

3 May 2006 Semifinal 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

10 May 2006 Semifinal 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

2 July 2006 Round 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

20 September 2006 Round 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	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
4			Own goal	4	0	0	0	4
6	DF	14	Erik Hagen	3	0	0	0	3
6	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	Number	Name	Premier League	05/06 Russian Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	GK	16	Vyacheslav Malafeev	11	2	1	14
2	GK	1	Kamil Čontofalský	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	11	2	2	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

References

^ "Дик Адвокаат едет в Санкт-Петербург!". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 26 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ "Russian Premier League Squads & Stats 2006".
^ "Новичок в "Зените"". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ "Ли Хо - игрок "Зенита"". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ "Ricksen makes £1m Russian switch". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ "Ricksen completes move to Zenit". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Новые команды зенитовцев". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 15 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Новости за Август 2006 года". fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[table_note_res_UC10.21021152763172-9] Qualified as the winner of 2006–07 Russian Cup.

[1] "Дик Адвокаат едет в Санкт-Петербург!". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 26 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[2] "Russian Premier League Squads & Stats 2006".

[Kim_Dong-jin-3] "Новичок в "Зените"". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[Lee_Ho-4] "Ли Хо - игрок "Зенита"". fc-zenit.ru/ (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[Ricksen-5] "Ricksen makes £1m Russian switch". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[Ricksen_Loan-6] "Ricksen completes move to Zenit". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[15_July_2006-7] "Новые команды зенитовцев". fc-zenit.ru (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 15 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[30_August_2006-8] "Новости за Август 2006 года". fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

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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)
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