Zenit once again dominated the Russian league
Zenit St. Petersburg secured the title in the Russian Premier League, despite the home draw against FC Krasnodar with a score 2-2
Three games before the season finale,
Zenit St. Petersburg mathematically secured the title in the Russian Premier League, despite the home draw they conceded (13/05) to
Krasnodar with a score of
2-2.
It was the 5th consecutive title for the club from St. Petersburg and the 10th since 1992 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Sergei Semak's team reached 65 points, 14 more than second-placed CSKA Moscow.
Football Club Zenit , also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football l club based in Saint Petersbur . Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Premier League.
In December 2005, Gazprom took a controlling stake in the club. The deal was announced by Valentina Matviyenko the Saint Petersburg governor. Gazprom bought the majority of the club.
Semak
In May 2018, Mancini left to become the head coach of the Italy national football tea. Sergey Semak became the new manager of Zenit, receiving a two-year contract.
On 30 April 2022, Zenit secured their fourth title in a row and eighth overall.[ Many of Zenit's foreign players have not been able to leave Russia, unable to secure moves away from Russian clubs, due to western sanctions placed upon the country as a result of Russia's war with Ukraine.
On 7 May 2023, Zenit secured their fifth title in a row and ninth overall.
Zenit's home ground is now the 67,800-capacity Krestovsky Stadium , known as Gazprom Arena for sponsorship reasons, in Saint Petersburg.Petrovsky stadium used to be the home ground of the team before the new Krestovsky Stadium was built.] Before moving to the Petrovsky stadium , Zenit's home ground was the Kirov Staidum . It stood on the site where the Krestovsky Stadium was later erected.
The "golden book" of champions in the Soviet Union and Russia is:
SOVIET UNION
1936 Dynamo Moscow (Spring), Spartak Moscow (Autumn)
1937 Dynamo Moscow
1938 Spartak Moscow
1939 Spartak Moscow
1940 Dynamo Moscow
1941 Not held
1942 Not held
1943 Not held
1944 Not held
1945 Dynamo Moscow
1946 CSKA Moscow
1947 CSKA Moscow
1948 CSKA Moscow
1949 Dynamo Moscow
1950 CSKA Moscow
1951 CSKA Moscow
1952 Spartak Moscow
1953 Spartak Moscow
1954 Dynamo Moscow
1955 Dynamo Moscow
1956 Spartak Moscow
1957 Dynamo Moscow
1958 Spartak Moscow
1959 Dynamo Moscow
1960 Moscow Torpedo
1961 Dynamo Kyiv
1962 Spartak Moscow
1963 Dynamo Moscow
1964 Dynamo Tbilisi
1965 Moscow Torpedo
1966 Dynamo Kyiv
1967 Dynamo Kyiv
1968 Dynamo Kyiv
1969 Spartak Moscow
1970 CSKA Moscow
1971 Dynamo Kyiv
1972 Zoria Vorosilovgrad
1973 Ararat Yerevan
1974 Dynamo Kyiv
1975 Dynamo Kyiv
1976 Dynamo Moscow (Spring), Torpedo Moscow (Fall)
1977 Dynamo Kyiv
1978 Dynamo Tbilisi
1979 Spartak Moscow
1980 Dynamo Kyiv
1981 Dynamo Kyiv
1982 Dynamo Minsk
1983 Dnieper Dnipropetrovsk
1984 Zenit St. Petersburg
1985 Dynamo Kyiv
1985 Dynamo Kyiv
1986 Dynamo Kyiv
1987 Spartak Moscow
1988 Dnieper Dnipropetrovsk
1989 Spartak Moscow
1990 Dynamo Kyiv
1991 CSKA Moscow
RUSSIA
1992 Spartak Moscow
1993 Spartak Moscow
1994 Spartak Moscow
1995 Alanya Vladikavkaz
1996 Spartak Moscow
1997 Spartak Moscow
1998 Spartak Moscow
1999 Spartak Moscow
2000 Spartak Moscow
2001 Spartak Moscow
2002 Lokomotiv Moscow
2003 CSKA Moscow
2004 Lokomotiv Moscow
2005 CSKA Moscow
2006 CSKA Moscow
2007 Zenit St. Petersburg
2008 Rubin Kazan
2009 Rubin Kazan
2010 Zenit St. Petersburg
2011 Zenit St. Petersburg
2012 Zenit St. Petersburg
2013 CSKA Moscow
2014 CSKA Moscow
2015 Zenit St. Petersburg
2016 CSKA Moscow
2017 Spartak Moscow
2018 Lokomotiv Moscow
2019 Zenit St. Petersburg
2020 Zenit St. Petersburg
2021 Zenit St. Petersburg
2022 Zenit St. Petersburg
2023: Zenit St. Petersburg
Manos Staramopoulos
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