2012–13 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

{{short description|Football team season}}

{{Infobox Football club season

|club = Zenit St. Petersburg

|season = 2012–13

|manager = Luciano Spalletti

|chairman = Aleksandr Dyukov

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|league = Russian Premier League

|league result = 2nd

|cup1 = Russian Cup

|cup1 result = Semi-finals vs Anzhi Makhachkala

|cup2 = Russian Super Cup

|cup2 result = Runners-up

|cup3 = Champions League

|cup3 result = Group stage

|cup4 = Europa League

|cup4 result = Round of 16 vs Basel

|league topscorer =
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
(10 goals)

|season topscorer =
Hulk
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
(11 each)

|highest attendance = 21,703 vs Milan
3 October 2012

|lowest attendance = 0 vs CSKA Moscow
26 November 2012
& Anzhi Makhachkala
10 December 2012

|average attendance = 15,919

| prevseason = 2011–12

| nextseason = 2013–14

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The 2012–13 Zenit season was the 17th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.

Squad

:As of 2 February 2013. According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20111021013727/http://rfpl.org/clubs-zenit/igrok RFPL] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20101230003302/http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/team/ FC Zenit]

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{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=Russia|name=Aleksandr Anyukov|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=Portugal|name=Bruno Alves|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=Italy|name=Domenico Criscito|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=Belgium|name=Nicolas Lombaerts|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=Russia|name=Aleksandr Bukharov|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Portugal|name=Danny|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Russia|name=Aleksandr Kerzhakov|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Portugal|name=Luís Neto|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Slovakia|name=Tomáš Hubočan|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Russia|name=Roman Shirokov|pos=MF|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Russia|name=Vyacheslav Malafeev|pos=GK|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Russia|name=Konstantin Zyryanov|pos=MF|other=vice-captain}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Russia|name=Viktor Fayzulin|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Serbia|name=Milan Rodić|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Serbia|name=Aleksandar Luković|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Russia|name=Sergei Semak|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Russia|name=Igor Denisov|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Belgium|name=Axel Witsel|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Brazil|name=Hulk|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Belarus|name=Yuri Zhevnov|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Russia|name=Vladimir Bystrov|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=50|nat=Russia|name=Igor Cheminava|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=71|nat=Russia|name=Yegor Baburin|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Montenegro|name=Luka Đorđević|pos=FW}}

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Transfers

=Summer=

{{main|List of Russian football transfers summer 2012}}

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In:

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{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Denmark|name=Michael Lumb|pos=DF|other=end of loan to {{flagicon|GER}} Freiburg, not later than June 2012}}[http://fc-zenit.ru/main/news/60015.html Микаэль Лумб: «Рад, что вернулся из Германии в „Зенит“» - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Belgium|name=Axel Witsel|pos=MF|other=from {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica}}[https://archive.today/20130416192531/http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/team/56035.html Axel Witsel is coming to St. Petersburg!. Новости ФК «Зенит». FC Zenit official website]

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Brazil|name=Hulk|pos=FW|other=from {{flagicon|POR}} Porto}}[http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/56034.html Hulk is a Zenit player!. News. FC Zenit official website]

{{Fs player|no=50|nat=Russia|name=Igor Cheminava|pos=DF|other=end of loan to {{flagicon|RUS}} Sibir Novosibirsk}}[http://fc-zenit.ru/main/news/59946.html В «Зените» начался медицинский осмотр основного состава - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

{{Fs player|no=55|nat=Russia|name=Renat Yanbayev|pos=DF|other=on loan from {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow}}[http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct1/60778.html Ренат Янбаев продолжит сезон в «Зените» - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=Montenegro|name=Luka Đorđević|pos=FW|other=end of loan to {{flagicon|MNE}} Mogren}}[http://rus.rfpl.org/index.php/player/index/17113 Джорджевич Лука. Российская футбольная Премьер-Лига, Чемпионат России по футболу. Футбол России. 1.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802084441/http://rus.rfpl.org/index.php/player/index/17113 |date=2012-08-02 }}[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2012-06-13/14_3/ Газета СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС. Чемпионы России выходят из отпуска сегодня]

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Out:

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Italy|name=Alessandro Rosina|pos=MF|other=to {{flagicon|ITA}} Siena}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.acsiena.it/2012/08/31/mercato-arrivi-e-partenze/ |title=Mercato, arrivi e partenze {{!}} A.C. SIENA – Sito Ufficiale |access-date=2012-09-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218085642/http://www.acsiena.it/2012/08/31/mercato-arrivi-e-partenze/ |archive-date=2013-02-18 |url-status=dead }}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Hungary|name=Szabolcs Huszti|pos=MF|other=to {{flagicon|GER}} Hannover 96}}[http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/55859.html?ns=1&tx=huszti Szabolcs Huszti goes to Hannover. News. FC Zenit official website]

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Denmark|name=Michael Lumb|pos=DF|other=to {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Bochum September 2012}}[http://rus.rfpl.org/index.php/player/index/15601 Лумб Микаэл. Российская футбольная Премьер-Лига, Чемпионат России по футболу. Футбол России. 1.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003053531/http://rus.rfpl.org/index.php/player/index/15601 |date=2012-10-03 }}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Russia|name=Andrei Arshavin|pos=FW|other=end of loan from {{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal}}[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2012-07-03/6_7/ Газета СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС 03.07.2012. Футбол • У своих ворот • Межсезонье • Премьер-лига]

{{Fs player|no=72|nat=Russia|name=Ayzer Abbasov|pos=MF|other=to {{flagicon|RUS}} Krylia Sovetov Samara}}[http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct1/60446.html Два игрока молодежного состава «Зенита» перешли в новые клубы - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

{{Fs player|no=82|nat=Russia|name=Daniil Sizko|pos=GK|other=to {{flagicon|RUS}} Rus Saint Petersburg}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Russia|name=Stanislav Matyash|pos=FW|other=to {{flagicon|RUS}} Amkar Perm, previously on loan to {{flagicon|RUS}} Volgar Astrakhan}}[http://fc-amkar.org/news/?id=27435 "Амкар": еще один форвард. Футбольный клуб "АМКАР" Пермь - Новости][http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct1/56806.html Станислав Матяш перешел в «Волгарь-Газпром» - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|name=Eugene Starikov|pos=FW|other=on loan to {{flagicon|RUS}} Rostov}}[http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct1/60776.html Пять игроков «Зенита» проведут сезон в аренде - Новости - Официальный сайт ФК «Зенит»]

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=Winter=

{{main|List of Russian football transfers winter 2012–13}}

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In:

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{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Portugal|name=Luís Neto|pos=DF|other=from {{flagicon|Italy}} Siena}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Serbia|name=Milan Rodić|pos=DF|other=from {{flagicon|Serbia}} OFK Beograd}}

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Out:

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=55|nat=Russia|name=Renat Yanbayev|pos=DF|other=loan return to {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Moscow}}

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=Russia|name=Maksim Kanunnikov|pos=FW|other=to {{flagicon|RUS}} Amkar Perm}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Russia|name=Dmitri Borodin|pos=GK|other=end of career}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Serbia|name=Danko Lazović|pos=FW|other= on loan to {{flagicon|RUS}} Rostov}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fc-zenit.ru/main/news/ct1/62420.html|title = Новости}}

{{Fs end}}

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Friendlies

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|date = 16 January 2013

|time = 17:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 4 – 1

|report =[http://www.soccer24.com/match/Wfkei2s1/#match-summary Summary]

|team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

|goals1 = Bukharov {{goal|26}}
Hulk {{goal|37|pen.}}
Alves {{goal|58}}
Đorđević {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Al Abdullah S {{goal|31}}

|location = Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = 19 January 2013

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 0 – 1

|report =[ Summary]

|team2 = {{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Samir {{goal|}}

|location = Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = L

}}

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|round = Super Cup of Champions

|date = 22 January 2013

|time = 17:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 1 – 3

|report =[http://www.championat.com/football/_other/685/match/193055.html Stats]
[http://shakhtar.com/en/news/25204 Live Text]
[http://shakhtar.com/en/news/25203 Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|goals1 = Zyryanov {{goal|35}}

|goals2 = Mkhitaryan {{goal|21||39}}
Eduardo {{goal|79}}

|location = Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

|stadium = Al-Wasl Stadium

|attendance = 300[http://en.fc-zenit.ru/main/calendar/matches/tb2/11625.html FC Zenit – Match Report] or 1,500[http://shakhtar.com/en/news/25203 FC Shakhtar – Match Report]

|referee = Bader Abdullah (UAE)

|result = L

}}

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|date = 29 January 2013

|time = 19:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 1 – 0

|report =[ Summary]

|team2 = {{flagicon|CRO}} RNK Split

|goals1 = Fayzulin {{goal|2nd Half}}

|goals2 =

|location = Turkey

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = 31 January 2013

|time = 13:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score = 1 – 0

|report =[ Summary]

|team2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Górnik Zabrze

|goals1 = Bystrov {{goal|2nd Half}}

|goals2 =

|location = Turkey

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

Competitions

=Russian Super Cup=

{{main|2012 Russian Super Cup}}

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|date = 14 July 2012

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 0 – 2

|report= [http://rus.rfpl.org/index.php/match/index/8967 Report]

|team2 = Rubin Kazan

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Bocchetti {{goal|28}}
Dyadyun {{goal|38}}

|stadium = Metallurg

|location = Samara

|attendance = 16,284

|referee = Sergei Karasyov (Moscow)

|result = L

|}}

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GK16{{flagicon|RUS}} Vyacheslav Malafeev (c)
DF3{{flagicon|POR}} Bruno Alves{{suboff|65}}
DF4{{flagicon|ITA}} Domenico Criscito{{yel|68}}
DF6{{flagicon|BEL}} Nicolas Lombaerts
DF14{{flagicon|SVK}} Tomáš Hubočan
MF15{{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Shirokov
MF20{{flagicon|RUS}} Viktor Fayzulin
MF25{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Semak{{suboff|46}}
MF27{{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Denisov{{yel|31}}
MF34{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Bystrov{{yel|62}}{{suboff|71}}
FW11{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Kerzhakov
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK30{{flagicon|BLR}} Yuri Zhevnov
DF24{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Luković{{subon|65}}
DF58{{flagicon|RUS}} Ilya Zuyev
MF18{{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Zyryanov{{subon|71}}
MF94{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Yevseyev
FW9{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Bukharov{{subon|46}}
FW99{{flagicon|RUS}} Maksim Kanunnikov
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ITA}} Luciano Spalletti


Assistant referees:
Vitali Drozdov (Moscow)
Oleg Tselovalnikov (Astrakhan)


Fourth official:
Maksim Layushkin (Moscow)

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GK1{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Ryzhikov
DF2{{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Kuzmin
DF3{{flagicon|ARG}} Cristian Ansaldi{{yel|40}}
DF4{{flagicon|ESP}} César Navas
DF27{{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Bocchetti{{yel|75}}
DF76{{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Sharonov (c)
MF8{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Ryazantsev
MF23{{flagicon|FIN}} Roman Eremenko
MF61{{flagicon|TUR}} Gökdeniz Karadeniz{{suboff|78}}
FW5{{flagicon|NGR}} Obafemi Martins{{yel|34}}{{suboff|64}}
FW22{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Dyadyun{{suboff|74}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK24{{flagicon|LTU}} Giedrius Arlauskis
DF19{{flagicon|RUS}} Vitali Kaleshin{{subon|74}}
DF25{{flagicon|ESP}} Iván Marcano{{subon|78}}
MF10{{flagicon|RUS}} Alan Kasaev
MF16{{flagicon|MDA}} Mikhail Platica
MF20{{flagicon|FIN}} Alexei Eremenko
FW18{{flagicon|PAR}} Nelson Haedo Valdez{{subon|64}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kurban Berdyev

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=Russian Premier League=

{{main|2012–13 Russian Premier League}}

==Matches==

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|round = 1

|date = 22 July 2012

|time = 15:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 2 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/07/22/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-amkar-perm/1286875/ Summary]

|team2 = Amkar Perm

|goals1 = Kerzhakov {{goal|37||62|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 20,057

|referee = Aleksey Eskov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2

|date = 28 July 2012

|time = 14:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 2 – 0

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/07/28/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-dinamo-moskva/1286883/ Summary]

|team2 = Dynamo Moscow

|goals1 = Kerzhakov {{goal|10}}
Criscito {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 20,068

|referee = Vitali Meshkov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 3

|date = 4 August 2012

|time = 13:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = CSKA Moscow

|score = 1 – 3

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/04/russia/premier-league/cska-moskva/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286891/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Honda {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Semak {{goal|10||32}}
Kerzhakov {{goal|14|pen.}}

|location = Moscow

|stadium = Luzhniki Stadium

|attendance = 15,621

|referee = Alexey Nikolaev

|result = W

}}

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|round = 4

|date = 11 August 2012

|time = 14:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 5 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/11/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-spartak-moskva/1286899/ Summary]

|team2 = Spartak Moscow

|goals1 = Kanunnikov {{goal|15}}
Bystrov {{goal|52}}
Shirokov {{goal|61||88}}
Fayzulin {{goal|67}}

|goals2 = McGeady {{sent off|0|63}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 21,107

|referee = Mikhail Vilkov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 5

|date = 19 August 2012

|time = 21:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Anzhi Makhachkala

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/19/russia/premier-league/anzhi-makhachkala/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286908/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Shatov {{goal|65}}

|goals2 = Zyryanov {{goal|20}}

|location = Makhachkala, Dagestan

|stadium = Dynamo Stadium

|attendance = 15,200

|referee = Vladimir Kazmenko

|result =D

}}

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|round = 6

|date = 25 August 2012

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 2

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/25/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/rubin-kazan/1286915/ Summary]

|team2 = Rubin Kazan

|goals1 = Fayzulin {{goal|25}}

|goals2 = Natcho {{goal|52|pen.}}
Eremenko {{goal|61}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 20,500

|referee = Aleksandr Egorov

|result = L

}}

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|round = 7

|date = 31 August 2012

|time = 19:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Mordovia Saransk

|score = 0 – 3

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/31/russia/premier-league/mordovya-saransk/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286923/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Zyryanov {{goal|25}}
Kerzhakov {{goal|55||63}}

|location = Saransk

|stadium = Start Stadium

|attendance = 11,500

|referee = Evgeny Turbin

|result =W

}}

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|round = 8

|date = 14 September 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 0 – 2

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/14/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/terek-groznyi/1286931/ Summary]

|team2 = Terek Grozny

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Aílton {{goal|86}}
Lebedenko {{goal|90+3}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 20,500

|referee = Eduard Malyi

|result = L

}}

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|round = 9

|date = 22 September 2012

|time = 18:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Krylia Sovetov

|score = 2 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/22/russia/premier-league/pfk-kryliya-sovetov-samara/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286939/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Karnilenka {{goal|10}}
Caballero {{goal|26}}
Epureanu {{sent off|2|45+2|75}}

|goals2 = Hulk {{goal|65}}
Shirokov {{goal|78}}

|location = Samara, Samara Oblast

|stadium = Metallurg Stadium

|attendance = 16,570

|referee = Sergey Karasev

|result = D

}}

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|round = 10

|date = 29 September 2012

|time = 14:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 1

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/29/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-lokomotiv-moscow/1286947/ Summary]

|team2 = Lokomotiv Moscow

|goals1 = Criscito {{goal|14}}
Anyukov {{sent off|2|31|48}}

|goals2 = N'Doye {{goal|25}}
Shishkin {{sent off|2|6|32}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 19,500

|referee = Mikhail Vilkov

|result = D

}}

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|round = 11

|date = 7 October 2012

|time = 20:15 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Krasnodar

|score = 0 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/07/russia/premier-league/fk-krasnodar/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286955/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Zyryanov {{goal|69}}
Fayzulin {{goal|78}}

|location = Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai

|stadium = Kuban Stadium

|attendance = 15,400

|referee = Timur Arslanbekov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 12

|date = 20 October 2012

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/20/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fc-kuban-krasnodar/1286963/ Summary]

|team2 = Kuban Krasnodar

|goals1 = Kerzhakov {{goal|45+1|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Sergey Karasev

|result = W

}}

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|round = 13

|date = 27 October 2012

|time = 19:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Alania Vladikavkaz

|score = 2 – 3

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/27/russia/premier-league/fc-alaniya-vladikavkaz/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286971/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Khozin {{goal|34||44}}

|goals2 = Bystrov {{goal|13}}
Kerzhakov {{goal|71||88}}

|location = Vladikavkaz

|stadium = Republican Spartak Stadium

|attendance = 12,500

|referee = Sergey Kuznetsov

|result =W

}}

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|round = 14

|date = 2 November 2012

|time = 19:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 2 – 1

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/02/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-rostov-na-donu/1286979/ Summary]

|team2 = Rostov

|goals1 = Bystrov {{goal|51}}
Shirokov {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 = Holenda {{goal|79}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 18,600

|referee = Maxim Layushkin

|result = W

}}

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|round = 15

|date = 10 November 2012

|time = 18:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|score = 1 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/11/russia/premier-league/volga-nyzhnyi-novgorod/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286987/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Maksimov {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Anyukov {{goal|32}}
Kerzhakov {{goal|90+1}}

|location = Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium

|attendance = 10,700

|referee = Vladimir Kazmenko

|result = W

}}

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|round = 16

|date = 17 November 2012

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Dynamo Moscow

|score = 3 – 01

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/17/russia/premier-league/fk-dinamo-moskva/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1286995/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Granat {{goal|27}}

|goals2 =

|location = Moscow

|stadium = Arena Khimki

|attendance =

|referee = Alexey Nikolaev

|result = L

}}

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|round = 17

|date = 26 November 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/26/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/cska-moskva/1287003/ Summary]

|team2 = CSKA Moscow

|goals1 = Yanbaev {{goal|56}}

|goals2 = Elm {{goal|85|pen.}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 0

|referee = Aleksandr Egorov

|result = D

}}

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|round = 18

|date = 30 November 2012

|time = 20:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Spartak Moscow

|score = 2 – 4

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/30/russia/premier-league/fk-spartak-moskva/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287011/ Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Dzyuba {{goal|26}}
Pareja {{sent off|2|64|69}}
Emenike {{goal|81}}
Insaurralde {{sent off|0|90+3}}

|goals2 = Hulk {{goal|21}}
Witsel {{goal|41||71}}
Shirokov {{goal|78}}

|location = Moscow

|stadium = Luzhniki Stadium

|attendance = 13,251

|referee = Sergey Karasev

|result =W

}}

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|round = 19

|date = 10 December 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/12/10/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/anzhi-makhachkala/1287019/ Summary]

|team2 = Anzhi Makhachkala

|goals1 = Zyryanov {{goal|66}}
Danny {{sent off|0|90+2}}

|goals2 = João Carlos {{goal|24}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 0

|referee = Maxim Layushkin

|result = D

}}

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|round = 20

|date = 10 March 2013

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Rubin Kazan

|score = 1 – 0

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/10/russia/premier-league/rubin-kazan/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287027/?ICID=PL_MS_07 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Neto {{goal|30|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|location = Kazan, Tatarstan

|stadium = Central Stadium

|attendance = 16,500

|referee = Timur Arslanbekov

|result = L

}}

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|round = 21

|date = 17 March 2013

|time = 20:15 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/17/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/mordovya-saransk/1287035/?ICID=PL_MS_08 Summary]

|team2 = Mordovia Saransk

|goals1 = Hulk {{goal|55}}

|goals2 = Božović {{sent off|2|41|62}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 16,876

|referee = Vlafimar Kazmenko

|result = W

}}

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|round = 22

|date = 31 March 2013

|time = 18:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Terek Grozny

|score = 0 – 3

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/31/russia/premier-league/terek-groznyi/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287043/?ICID=PL_MS_06 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Kudryashov {{sent off|0|45+2}}

|goals2 = Witsel {{goal|8}}
Alves {{goal|58}}
Zyryanov {{goal|90+2}}

|location = Makhachkala, Dagestan

|stadium = Dynamo Stadium

|attendance = 24,128

|referee = Sergey Karasev

|result = W

}}

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|round = 23

|date = 7 April 2013

|time = 14:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 0

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/07/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/pfk-kryliya-sovetov-samara/1287051/?ICID=PL_MS_07 Summary]

|team2 = Krylia Sovetov

|goals1 = Hulk {{goal|14|pen.}}
Danny {{yel|45+1}}
Rodić {{yel|57}}
Witsel {{yel|90}}

|goals2 = Angbwa {{yel|20}}
Vyeramko {{yel|38}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 19,741

|referee = Maxim Layushkin

|result = W

}}

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|round = 24

|date = 13 April 2013

|time = MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Lokomotiv Moscow

|score = 0 – 1

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/13/russia/premier-league/fk-lokomotiv-moscow/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287059/?ICID=PL_MS_04 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Ďurica {{yel|23}}

|goals2 = Fayzulin {{goal|16}}
Hulk {{yel|90+4}}

|location = Moscow

|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium

|attendance = 17,016

|referee = Aleksey Eskov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 25

|date = 21 April 2013

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 1 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/21/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fk-krasnodar/1287067/?ICID=PL_MS_06 Summary]

|team2 = Krasnodar

|goals1 = Danny {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 18,877

|referee = Sergei Ivanov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 26

|date = 28 April 2013

|time = 16:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Kuban Krasnodar

|score = 2 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/28/russia/premier-league/fc-kuban-krasnodar/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287075/?ICID=PL_MS_06 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Niculae {{goal|24}}
Popov {{goal|30}}

|goals2 = Zyryanov {{goal|6}}
Danny {{goal|66}}

|location = Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai

|stadium = Kuban Stadium

|attendance = 30,359

|referee = Aleksandr Egorov

|result = D

}}

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|round = 27

|date = 4 May 2013

|time = 20:15 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 4 – 0

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/04/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fc-alaniya-vladikavkaz/1287083/?ICID=PL_MS_07 Summary]

|team2 = Alania Vladikavkaz

|goals1 = Hulk {{goal|36|pen.}} {{goal|64||72}}
Bukharov {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Vranješ {{sent off|1|9|14}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 19,307

|referee = Mikhail Vilkov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 28

|date = 12 May 2013

|time = 18:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Rostov

|score = 1 – 1

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/12/russia/premier-league/fk-rostov-na-donu/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287091/?ICID=PL_MS_08 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 = Dyakov {{goal|80|pen.}}
Kalachev {{sent off|2|90|90+5}}

|goals2 = Witsel {{goal|6}}

|location = Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast

|stadium = Olimp – 2

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Aleksey Eskov

|result = D

}}

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|round = 29

|date = 19 May 2013

|time = 18:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 3 – 1

|report =[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/19/russia/premier-league/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/volga-nyzhnyi-novgorod/1287099/?ICID=PL_MS_07 Summary]

|team2 = Volga Nizhny Novgorod

|goals1 = Neto {{goal|34}}
Fayzulin {{goal|20}}
Shirokov {{goal|90+1}}
Shirokov {{sent off|0|90+2}}

|goals2 = Shulenin {{goal|17}}
Karyaka {{sent off|2|10|76}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance = 18,604

|referee = Aleksandr Egorov

|result = W

}}

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|round = 30

|date = 26 May 2013

|time = 13:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Amkar Perm

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/26/russia/premier-league/fk-amkar-perm/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1287107/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Summary]

|team2 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Perm, Perm Krai

|stadium = Zvezda Stadium

|attendance = 14,150

|referee = Timur Arslanbekov

|result = D

}}

;Notes

  • The Russian Championship match between Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg was suspended after 35 minutes after a missile was launched from the crowd at Dynamo's goalkeeper Anton Shunin.{{cite web|title=Dynamo, Zenit Match Abandoned After Missile|date=17 November 2012|url=http://en.ria.ru/sports/20121117/177545683.html|publisher=RIA Novista|accessdate=17 November 2012}} On 22 November Dynamo were awarded a 3-0 win, whilst Zenit were fined 500,000 rouble (£10,025.69) and forced to play their next two home games behind closed doors.{{cite web|last=Mehaffey|first=John|title=Zenit handed 3-0 defeat and $16,000 fine for fan trouble|url=http://football.uk.reuters.com/leagues/champleague/news/2012/11/22/B48CE1CC-349D-11E2-83AF-52EB7F33923B.php|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104172540/http://football.uk.reuters.com/leagues/champleague/news/2012/11/22/B48CE1CC-349D-11E2-83AF-52EB7F33923B.php|archive-date=2013-01-04|url-status=dead}}

==League table==

{{:2012–13 Russian Premier League|showteam=ZEN}}

=Russian Cup=

{{main|2012–13 Russian Cup}}

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|round = Round of 32

|date = 25 September 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Baltika Kaliningrad

|score = 1 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/25/russia/cup/baltika-kaliningrad/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1389611/ Summary]

|team2= Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=Plopa {{goal|74}}

|goals2=Hulk {{goal|13}}
Alves {{goal|71}}

|location = Kaliningrad

|stadium = Baltika Stadium

|attendance=14,500

|referee=Sergei Ivanov

|result = W

}}

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|round = Round of 16

|date = 30 October 2012

|time = 17:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Mordovia Saransk

|score = 0 – 2

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/30/russia/cup/mordovya-saransk/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/1397309/ Summary]

|team2= Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=

|goals2= Semak {{goal|66}}
Criscito {{goal|90+1}}

|location = Saransk

|stadium = Start Stadium

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Aleksey Eskov

|result = W

}}

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|round = Quarter-finals

|date = 17 April 2013

|time = 19:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 0 – 0

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/17/russia/cup/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/fc-kuban-krasnodar/1407838/?ICID=HP_MS_150_02 Summary]

|team2= Kuban Krasnodar

|goals1=

|goals2=

|penaltyscore=4 – 3

|penalties1=Kerzhakov {{pengoal}}
Luković {{pengoal}}
Faizulin {{penmiss}}
Denisov {{penmiss}}
Witsel {{pengoal}}
Semak {{pengoal}}

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Bucur
{{pengoal}} Popov
{{penmiss}} Kaboré
{{penmiss}} Dealbert
{{pengoal}} Tsorayev
{{penmiss}} Leandro

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance= 19,000

|referee=Vladimir Kazmenko

|result = D

}}

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|round = Semi-finals

|date = 8 May 2013

|time = 19:30 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1 = Zenit St. Petersburg

|score = 0 – 1

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/08/russia/cup/fk-zenit-sankt-petersburg/anzhi-makhachkala/1469949/ Summary]

|team2= Anzhi Makhachkala

|goals1=

|goals2=Eto'o {{goal|61}}

|location = Saint Petersburg

|stadium = Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance=

|referee=19,441

|result = L

}}

=UEFA Champions League=

{{main|2012–13 UEFA Champions League}}

==Group stage==

{{main|2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C}}

{{:2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group C|showteam=ZEN}}

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|round = 1

|date=18 September 2012

|time = 22:45 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1=Málaga {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score=3 – 0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009500--malaga-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=Isco {{goal|3||76}}
Saviola {{goal|13}}

|goals2=

|location =Málaga, Spain

|stadium=La Rosaleda Stadium

|attendance=23,670

|referee=Mark Clattenburg (England)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 2

|date=3 October 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score= 2 – 3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009509--zenit-vs-milan/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

|goals1=Hulk {{goal|45+2}}
Shirokov {{goal|49}}

|goals2=Emanuelson {{goal|13}}
El Shaarawy {{goal|16}}
Hubočan {{goal|75|o.g.}}

|location =Saint Petersburg, Russia

|stadium=Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance=21,703

|referee=Felix Brych (Germany)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 3

|date=24 October 2012

|time = 20:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score= 1 – 0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009524--zenit-vs-anderlecht/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1=Kerzhakov {{goal|72|pen.}}

|goals2=

|location =Saint Petersburg, Russia

|stadium=Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance= 18,000

|referee= Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 4

|date=6 November 2012

|time = 23:45 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1=Anderlecht {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score= 1 – 0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009548--anderlecht-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=Mbokani {{goal|17}}

|goals2=

|location =Anderlecht, Belgium

|stadium=Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

|attendance=16,437

|referee=Antony Gautier (France)

|result = L

}}

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|round=5

|date=21 November 2012

|time = 21:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score= 2 – 2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009556--zenit-vs-malaga/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|ESP}} Málaga

|goals1= Danny {{yel|28}}, {{goal|49}}
Anyukov {{yel|66}}
Alves {{yel|70}}
Fayzulin {{goal|86}}
Bystrov {{sent off|0|90+5}}

|goals2= Buonanotte {{goal|8}}, {{yel|36}}
Fernández {{goal|9}}, {{yel|45+1}}
Demichelis {{yel|14}}

|location=Saint Petersburg, Russia

|stadium=Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance=18,347

|referee=Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

|result= D

}}

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|round = 6

|date=4 December 2012

|time = 23:45 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score= 0 – 1

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2009581--milan-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=

|goals2=Danny {{goal|35}}

|location =Milan, Italy

|stadium=San Siro

|attendance= 29,508

|referee=Tony Chapron (France)

|result = W

}}

=UEFA Europa League=

{{main|2012–13 UEFA Europa League}}

==Knockout phase==

{{main|2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase}}

===Round of 32===

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|round= First leg

|date=14 February 2013

|time = 21:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score= 2 – 0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2010038--zenit-vs-liverpool/ Report]

|team2= {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|goals1= Hulk {{goal|69}}
Semak {{goal|72}}

|goals2=

|location= Saint Petersburg, Russia

|stadium= Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance=21,000{{cite news |title=Zenit St. Petersburg 2–0 Liverpool |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21448058 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 February 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2013}}

|referee= Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

|result= W

}}

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|round = Second leg

|date=22 February 2013

|time = 00:05 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Liverpool {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score= 3 – 1

|aggregatescore= 3 – 3

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2010054--liverpool-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2= {{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1= Suárez {{goal|28||59}}
Allen {{goal|43}}

|goals2= Hulk {{goal|19}}

|location= Liverpool, England

|stadium= Anfield

|attendance=43,026{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Monaghan |title=Liverpool 3–1 Zenit St Petersburg |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21455139 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=21 February 2013}}

|referee=Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

|result = L

}}

===Round of 16===

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|round= First leg

|date=8 March 2013

|time = 00:05 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Basel {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score= 2 – 0

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2010073--basel-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2= {{flagicon|RUS}} Zenit St. Petersburg

|goals1=Díaz {{goal|83}}
A. Frei {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|goals2=Neto {{sent off|0|90+3}}

|location= Basel, Switzerland

|stadium= St. Jakob-Park

|attendance=15,008{{cite news |title=Der FCB erarbeitet sich eine hervorragende Ausgangslage |url=http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/29779/16/7 |work=FC Basel official website |date=7 March 2013 |accessdate=8 March 2013 |language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310083505/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/29779/16/7 |archive-date=10 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}

|referee=Daniele Orsato (Italy)

|result= L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = Second leg

|date=14 March 2013

|time = 21:00 MSK (UTC+4)

|team1= Zenit St. Petersburg {{flagicon|RUS}}

|score= 1 – 0

|aggregatescore= 1 – 2

|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2010054--liverpool-vs-zenit/ Report]

|team2= {{flagicon|SUI}} Basel

|goals1= Witsel {{goal|30}}

|goals2= Díaz {{sent off|2|41|45}}

|location= Saint Petersburg, Russia

|stadium= Petrovsky Stadium

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Paweł Gil (Poland)

|result = W

}}

Squad and statistics

{{updated|21 May 2013}}

=Appearances and goals=

{{Efs start|Premier League|Russian Cup|Champions League|Europa League}}

{{Efs player|no=2 |name=Aleksandr Anyukov|pos=DF|nat=RUS |21|1|4|0|5|0|3|0}}

{{Efs player|no=3 |name=Bruno Alves|pos=DF|nat=POR |19+1|1|2|1|3+2|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=4 |name=Domenico Criscito|pos=DF|nat=ITA |12|2|0+1|1|3|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=6 |name=Nicolas Lombaerts|pos=DF|nat=BEL |20+1|0|2|0|6|0|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=9 |name=Aleksandr Bukharov|pos=FW|nat=RUS |2+7|1|1+2|0|0+1|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=10|name=Danny|pos=MF|nat=POR |9+2|2|2|0|2+1|2|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=11|name=Aleksandr Kerzhakov|pos=FW|nat=RUS |18+3|10|1|0|5|1|2+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=13|name=Luís Neto|pos=DF|nat=POR |9|1|2|0|0|0|3|0}}

{{Efs player|no=14|name=Tomáš Hubočan|pos=DF|nat=SVK |22|0|3|0|5|0|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=15|name=Roman Shirokov|pos=MF|nat=RUS |23+1|5|3|0|6|1|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=16|name=Vyacheslav Malafeev|pos=GK|nat=RUS |25|0|4|0|6|0|3|0}}

{{Efs player|no=18|name=Konstantin Zyryanov|pos=MF|nat=RUS |15+11|6|3|0|1+3|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=20|name=Viktor Fayzulin|pos=MF|nat=RUS |23+1|5|1+3|0|3+1|1|0+4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=21|name=Milan Rodić|pos=DF|nat=SRB |3+1|0|0|0|0|0|1+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=24|name=Aleksandar Luković|pos=DF|nat=SRB |3+6|0|1+1|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=25|name=Sergei Semak|pos=MF|nat=RUS |8+7|2|1+1|1|3|0|2+1|1}}

{{Efs player|no=27|name=Igor Denisov|pos=MF|nat=RUS |21+1|0|2|0|4|0|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=28|name=Axel Witsel|pos=MF|nat=BEL |16+3|4|3|0|5|0|4|1}}

{{Efs player|no=29|name=Hulk|pos=FW|nat=BRA |17+1|7|3|1|4|1|4|2}}

{{Efs player|no=30|name=Yuri Zhevnov|pos=GK|nat=BLR |2|0|0|0|0|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=34|name=Vladimir Bystrov|pos=MF|nat=RUS |13+11|3|2|0|2+3|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=48|name=Aleksei Gasilin|pos=FW|nat=RUS |0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=50|name=Igor Cheminava|pos=DF|nat=RUS |0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=65|name=Danila Yashchuk|pos=MF|nat=RUS |0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=68|name=Vyacheslav Zinkov|pos=MF|nat=RUS |0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=71|name=Yegor Baburin|pos=GK|nat=RUS |2+2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=77|name=Luka Đorđević|pos=FW|nat=MNE |2+5|0|0+2|0|0+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=85|name=Pavel Mogilevets|pos=FW|nat=RUS |1+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=94|name=Aleksei Yevseyev|pos=MF|nat=RUS |0+1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0}}

|-

|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:

|-

|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Zenit no longer at the club:

{{Efs player|no=82|name=Michael Lumb|pos=DF|nat=DEN |0+1|0|0|0|0+2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=55|name=Renat Yanbayev|pos=DF|nat=RUS |7+3|1|2|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=99|name=Maksim Kanunnikov|pos=FW|nat=RUS |3+6|1|1+1|0|0+3|0|0|0}}

|}

=Top scorers=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
width=60|Place

!width=60|Position

!width=60|Nation

!width=60|Number

!width=150|Name

!width=80|Russian Premier League

!width=80|Russian Cup

!width=80|Champions League

!width=80|Europa League

!width=80|Total

rowspan="2"|1FW{{flagicon|RUS}}11Aleksandr Kerzhakov1001011
|FW{{flagicon|BRA}}29Hulk711211
rowspan="3"|3MF{{flagicon|RUS}}18Konstantin Zyryanov60006
|DF{{flagicon|RUS}}15Roman Shirokov50106
|MF{{flagicon|RUS}}20Viktor Fayzulin50106
6MF{{flagicon|BEL}}28Axel Witsel40015
rowspan="2"|7MF{{flagicon|RUS}}25Sergei Semak21014
|MF{{flagicon|POR}}10Danny20204
rowspan="2"|9DF{{flagicon|ITA}}4Domenico Criscito21003
|MF{{flagicon|RUS}}34Vladimir Bystrov30003
11DF{{flagicon|POR}}3Bruno Alves11002
rowspan="5"|12FW{{flagicon|RUS}}99Maksim Kanunnikov10001
|DF{{flagicon|RUS}}2Aleksandr Anyukov10001
|DF{{flagicon|RUS}}55Renat Yanbayev10001
|FW{{flagicon|RUS}}9Aleksandr Bukharov10001
|DF{{flagicon|POR}}13Luís Neto10001
colspan="4"|

|TOTALS

|54

46368

=Disciplinary record=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;"
rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Number

|rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Nation

|rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Position

|rowspan="2" width="20%" align="center"|Name

|colspan="2" align="center"|Russian Premier League

|colspan="2" align="center"|Russian Cup

|colspan="2" align="center"|Champions League

|colspan="2" align="center"|Europa League

|colspan="2" align="center"|Total

width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"|{{yel}}

!width=60 style="background: #FF8888"|{{sent off}}

!width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"|{{yel}}

!width=60 style="background: #FF8888"|{{sent off}}

!width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"|{{yel}}

!width=60 style="background: #FF8888"|{{sent off}}

!width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"|{{yel}}

!width=60 style="background: #FF8888"|{{sent off}}

!width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"|{{yel}}

!width=60 style="background: #FF8888"|{{sent off}}

2{{flagicon|RUS}}DFAleksandr Anyukov5100200071
3{{flagicon|POR}}DFBruno Alves80003000110
4{{flagicon|ITA}}DFDomenico Criscito2000000020
6{{flagicon|BEL}}DFNicolas Lombaerts2000100030
9{{flagicon|RUS}}FWAleksandr Bukharov2000000020
10{{flagicon|POR}}MFDanny4100100051
11{{flagicon|RUS}}FWAleksandr Kerzhakov1000001020
13{{flagicon|POR}}DFLuís Neto3010001151
14{{flagicon|SVK}}DFTomáš Hubočan70102010110
15{{flagicon|RUS}}MFRoman Shirokov3110201071
16{{flagicon|RUS}}GKVyacheslav Malafeev1000000010
18{{flagicon|SVK}}MFKonstantin Zyryanov2010000030
20{{flagicon|RUS}}MFViktor Fayzulin2010200050
21{{flagicon|SRB}}DFMilan Rodić2000000020
25{{flagicon|RUS}}MFSergei Semak1000000010
27{{flagicon|RUS}}MFIgor Denisov2000002040
28{{flagicon|BEL}}MFAxel Witsel5000102080
29{{flagicon|BRA}}FWHulk80102000110
34{{flagicon|RUS}}MFVladimir Bystrov2000010021
55{{flagicon|RUS}}DFRenat Yanbayev1000000010
77{{flagicon|MNE}}FWLuka Đorđević1000000010
colspan="3"|

|TOTALS

|63

|3

|7

|0

|16

|1

|8

|1

|94

|5

References

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