Zenit St. Petersburg

Champions League group stage debut in 2008-09.

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg is a Russian club that won the 2007 Russian Premier League, its best league result since the 1984 USSR championship.

Lore & Background

That title put Zenit into the 2008-09 Champions League group stage alongside Real Madrid, Juventus and BATE Borisov in Group H. In 2010 it failed to reach the group stage after losing to Auxerre, and in 2011-12 it was drawn in Group G with Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and APOEL.

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