FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in European football

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg is a Russian football club that was founded in 1925. The club first qualified for UEFA competition as Zenit Leningrad in 1980, when they finished third in the Soviet Top League to reach the 1981–82 UEFA Cup as representatives of the Soviet Union; however, they were knocked out in the first round by Dynamo Dresden of East Germany, losing 6–2 on aggregate. They qualified for the European Cup for the first time in 1985–86 after winning the 1984 Soviet Top League. They qualified for the UEFA Cup twice more before the break-up of the Soviet Union (in 1987–88 and 1989–90), but then had to wait 10 years for another appearance.

After winning the 1998–99 Russian Cup, Zenit qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup but were again eliminated in the first round by Italian club Bologna, losing 5–2 on aggregate. The 2000s saw Zenit qualify for the UEFA Cup four times – they were knocked out in the first round in 2002–03, the group stage in 2004–05 and the quarter-finals in 2005–06 before claiming their first European title by beating Scottish club Rangers 2–0 in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester Stadium. This win meant that they would play in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup against Champions League winners Manchester United, whom they beat 2–1. Following their first three Russian Premier League titles in 2007, 2010 and 2011–12, they qualified for the European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) for the first time in 20 years, but they have yet to get past the round of 16 stage.

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1981–82	UEFA Cup	First round	Dynamo Dresden	1–2 (H), 1–4 (A)
1985–86	European Cup	First round	Vålerenga	2–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
		Second round	Kuusysi	2–1 (H), 1–3 (A)
1987–88	UEFA Cup	First round	Club Brugge	2–0 (H), 0–5 (A)
1989–90	UEFA Cup	First round	Næstved	3–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Second round	Stuttgart	0–1 (H), 0–5 (A)
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	First round	Bologna	0–3 (H), 2–2 (A)
2000	Intertoto Cup	Second round	Primorje	3–0 (H), 3–1 (A)
		Third round	Tatabánya	2–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
		Semi-final	Bradford City	1–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
		Final	Celta Vigo	1–2 (A), 2–2 (H)
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Encamp	5–0 (A), 8–0 (H)
		First round	Grasshopper	1–3 (A), 2–1 (H)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Pasching	1–3 (A), 2–0 (H)[nb 1]
		First round	Red Star Belgrade	4–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
		Group H	AEK Athens	5–1 (H)
			Lille	1–2 (A)
			Sevilla	1–1 (H)
			Alemannia Aachen	2–2 (A)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Pasching	2–2 (A), 1–1 (H)[nb 1]
		First round	AEK Athens	0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
		Group H	Vitória Guimarães	2–1 (H)
			Bolton Wanderers	0–1 (A)
			Sevilla	2–1 (H)
			Beşiktaş	1–1 (A)
		Round of 32	Rosenborg	2–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Marseille	1–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
		Quarter-final	Sevilla	1–4 (A), 1–1 (H)
2007–08	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Zlaté Moravce	2–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
		First round	Standard Liège	3–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Group A	AZ	1–1 (H)
			Larissa	3–2 (A)
			Nürnberg	2–2 (H)
			Everton	0–1 (A)
		Round of 32	Villarreal	1–0 (H), 1–2 (A)[nb 1]
		Round of 16	Marseille	1–3 (A), 2–0 (H)[nb 1]
		Quarter-final	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1 (A), 0–1 (H)
		Semi-final	Bayern Munich	1–1 (A), 4–0 (H)
		Final	Rangers	2–0 (N)
2008	Super Cup	Final	Manchester United	2–1 (N)
2008–09	Champions League	Group H	Juventus	0–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
			Real Madrid	1–2 (H), 0–3 (A)
			BATE Borisov	1–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
2008–09	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	Stuttgart	2–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
		Round of 16	Udinese	0–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
2009–10	Europa League	Play-off round	Nacional	3–4 (A), 1–1 (H)
2010–11	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Unirea Urziceni	0–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Play-off round	Auxerre	1–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
2010–11	Europa League	Group G	Anderlecht	3–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
			AEK Athens	4–2 (H), 3–0 (A)
			Hajduk Split	2–0 (H), 3–2 (A)
		Round of 32	Young Boys	1–2 (A), 3–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Twente	0–3 (A), 2–0 (H)
2011–12	Champions League	Group G	APOEL	1–2 (A), 0–0 (H)
			Porto	3–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Round of 16	Benfica	3–2 (H), 0–2 (A)
2012–13	Champions League	Group G	Málaga	0–3 (A), 2–2 (H)
			Milan	2–3 (H), 1–0 (A)
			Anderlecht	1–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
2012–13	Europa League	Round of 32	Liverpool	2–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
		Round of 16	Basel	0–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
2013–14	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Nordsjælland	1–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
		Play-off round	Paços de Ferreira	4–1 (A), 4–2 (H)
		Group G	Porto	1–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Atlético Madrid	1–3 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Austria Wien	0–0 (H), 1–4 (A)
		Round of 16	Borussia Dortmund	2–4 (H), 2–1 (A)
2014–15	Champions League	Third qualifying round	AEL Limassol	0–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Play-off round	Standard Liège	1–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Group C	Benfica	2–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
			Monaco	0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
			Bayer Leverkusen	0–2 (A), 1–2 (H)
2014–15	Europa League	Round of 32	PSV	1–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Round of 16	Torino	2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Quarter-final	Sevilla	1–2 (A), 2–2 (H)
2015–16	Champions League	Group H	Valencia	3–2 (A), 2–0 (H)
			Gent	2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
			Lyon	3–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
		Round of 16	Benfica	0–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
2016–17	Europa League	Group D	AZ	5–0 (H), 2–3 (A)
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–3 (A), 2–0 (H)
			Dundalk	2–1 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Round of 32	Anderlecht	0–2 (A), 3–1 (H)
2017–18	Europa League	Third Qualifying Round	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.	0–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
		Play-off Round	FC Utrecht	2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
		Group D	Real Sociedad	3–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
			Rosenborg BK	3–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
			FK Vardar	5–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
		Round of 32	Celtic	0–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
		Round of 16	RB Leipzig	1–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
2018–19	Europa League	Third Qualifying Round	Dinamo Minsk	0−4 (A), 8−1 (a.e.t.) (H)
		Play-off Round	Molde	3−1 (H), 1−2 (A)
		Group C	Copenhagen	1−1 (A), 1−0 (H)
			Slavia Prague	1−0 (H), 0−2 (A)
			Bordeaux	2−1 (H), 1−1 (A)
		Round of 32	Fenerbahçe	0−1 (A), 3−1 (H)
		Round of 16	Villarreal	1−3 (H), 1−2 (A)
2019–20	Champions League	Group G	Benfica	3−1 (H), 0−3 (A)
			Lyon	1−1 (A), 2−0 (H)
			RB Leipzig	1−2 (A), 0−2 (H)
2020–21	Champions League	Group F	Club Brugge	1−2 (H), 0–3 (A)
			Lazio	1−1 (H), 1–3 (A)
			Borussia Dortmund	0−2 (A), 1–2 (H)
2021–22	Champions League	Group H	Chelsea	0−1 (A), 3–3 (H)
			Malmö FF	4−0 (H), 1–1 (A)
			Juventus	0−1 (H), 2–4 (A)
	Europa League	Knockout round play-offs	Real Betis	2–3 (H) 0–0 (A)

Overall record

As of 24 February 2022

By competition

By country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%[nb 2]	Ref
Andorra	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00
Austria	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	016.67
Belarus	4	2	1	1	11	6	+5	050.00
Belgium	16	9	1	6	24	20	+4	056.25
Croatia	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Cyprus	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	025.00
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Denmark	6	4	2	0	11	2	+9	066.67
East Germany	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	000.00
England	9	4	1	4	12	10	+2	044.44
Finland	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
France	15	7	4	4	18	14	+4	046.67
Germany / West Germany	16	4	4	8	21	26	−5	025.00
Greece	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	083.33
Hungary	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Ireland	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Israel	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	075.00
Italy	14	3	3	8	12	21	−9	021.43
Macedonia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Netherlands	10	5	1	4	16	9	+7	050.00
Norway	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	083.33
Portugal	17	9	3	5	29	22	+7	052.94
Romania	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Scotland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Serbia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Spain	23	5	7	11	30	42	−12	021.74
Sweden	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	050.00
Switzerland	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	050.00
Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00

UEFA Coefficent Rankings

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 22 September 2023^[1]

Rank	Team	Points
66	Qarabağ	22.000
67	PAOK	22.000
68	Zenit	22.000
69	Bodø/Glimt	21.500
70	Molde	21.500

UEFA Rankings since 2004

As of 19 September 2023^[2]

Season	Ranking	Movement	Points	Change
2022–23	54	-17	32.000	-14.000
2021–22	37	-9	46.000	-4.000
2020–21	28	-6	50.000	-14.000
2019–20	22	-3	64.000	-8.000
2018–19	19	-3	72.000	-6.000
2017–18	16	+3	78.000	+1.000
2016–17	19	-4	77.000	-6.000
2015–16	15	0	83.000	+3.000
2014–15	15	+6	80.000	+15.500
2013–14	21	0	64.500	+3.000
2012–13	21	-1	61.500	+-8.000
2011–12	20	+11	69.500	+18.000
2010–11	31	-5	51.500	-0.500
2009–10	26	-8	52.000	-7.000
2008–09	18	+9	59.000	+13.000
2007–08	27	+33	46.000	+19.000
2006–07	60	0	27.000	0.000
2005–06	60	+64	27.000	+17.000
2004–05	124	0	10.000	0.000

Football Club Elo ranking

As of 14 June 2023^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
52	Bologna	1701
53	Lille	1700
54	Zenit	1697
55	Bilbao	1697
56	Lyon	1696

Notes

References

• "FC Zenit St Petersburg - History". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 December 2012.