2022–23 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
# 2022–23 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 98th season in the existence of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zenit Saint Petersburg participated in this season's editions of the Russian Cup. The club won the Russian Super Cup before the season with their participation in the UEFA Champions League still on hold due to the ongoing Russian conflict with Ukraine.

## Squad

    As of 6 March 2023

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 | Aleksandr Vasyutin |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Chistyakov |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Douglas Santos (captain) |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Danil Krugovoy |
| 5 | MF | COL | Wilmar Barrios |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Zelimkhan Bakayev |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Wendel |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Malcom |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Claudinho |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Daler Kuzyayev |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Karavayev |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mostovoy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Sutormin |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Yerokhin |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Arsen Adamov |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Nuraly Alip |
| 30 | FW | COL | Mateo Cassierra |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Mantuan (on loan from Corinthians) |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Ivan Sergeyev |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Rodrigão |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Daniil Odoyevsky |
| 77 | DF | BRA | Robert Renan |
| 94 | MF | RUS | Danila Kozlov |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 June 2022 | MF | Zelimkhan Bakayev | Spartak Moscow | Free |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Mateo Cassierra | Sochi | €4,500,000 |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | Rodrigão | Sochi | €3,500,000 |
| 14 December 2022 | DF | Nuraly Alip | Kairat | €2,000,000 |
| 10 January 2023 | DF | Robert Renan | Corinthians | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | | Gustavo Mantuan | Corinthians | 30 June 2023 | |
| 29 June 2022 | GK | | Ivan | Corinthians | 30 June 2023 | |

* ↑ Exercised purchase option in loan deal.
* ↑ Includes a purchase option.
* ↑ Zenit later exercised an option to terminate early on 10 January 2023.

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 June 2022 | GK | Stanislav Kritsyuk | Gil Vicente | Free |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Artem Dzyuba | Free agent | End of Contract |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Magomed Ozdoyev | Free agent | End of Contract |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | Kirill Kravtsov | Sochi | €835,000 |
| 2 January 2023 | DF | Dejan Lovren | Lyon | €2,000,000 |
| 10 January 2023 | FW | Yuri Alberto | Corinthians | Free |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 June 2022 | FW | | Yuri Alberto | Corinthians | 30 June 2023 | |
| 2 July 2022 | FW | | Daniil Shamkin | KAMAZ | 30 June 2023 | |

* ↑ Signed with Adana Demirspor in August 2022.
* ↑ Signed with Fatih Karagümrük S.K. in July 2022.
* ↑ Zenit received a share of Ivan and Gustavo Mantuan's future transfer fees as well as first right of refusal to sign Pedro and Robert Renan as part of the deal.
* ↑ Corinthians later exercised an option to terminate early on 10 January 2023 as part of a permanent deal.

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Russian Premier League | 15 July 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 070.00 |
| Russian Cup | 31 August 2022 | 15 March 2023 | Group stage | Regions Quarterfinal Second Stage | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Russian Super Cup | 9 July 2022 | 9 July 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 88 | 27 | +61 | 066.67 |

Source: Soccerway

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 70 |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 58 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 54 |
| 4 | Rostov | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 53 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 50 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: See Results

### Russian Cup

On 12 August 2022, the Russian Football Union announced a new format with modifications to both the group and knockout phases. As Zenit have previously been involved in European completion, the new format change marked the club's first participation in the (now-expanded) group stage since its addition to the competition in 2020.

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) |
| 4 | Fakel Voronezh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

## Squad statistics

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Malcom | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 33 | Ivan Sergeyev | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Wendel | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Andrei Mostovoy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Daler Kuzyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 31 | Gustavo Mantuan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 30 | Mateo Cassierra | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Claudinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 30 | Zelimkhan Bakayev | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 5 | Wilmar Barrios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 55 | Rodrigão | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Dejan Lovren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 21 | Aleksandr Yerokhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 53 | 10 | 4 | 67 |
