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