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Head to Head

UEFA Europa League
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
15/03/2018	R16	FC Zenit - RB Leipzig	1-1 agg: 2-3	St Petersburg	Driussi 45+1; Augustin 22
08/03/2018	R16	RB Leipzig - FC Zenit	2-1	Leipzig	Bruma 56, Werner 77; Criscito 86

	Home				Away				Final				Total
	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
RB Leipzig	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	2
FC Zenit	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3

RB Leipzig - Record versus clubs from opponents' country

RB Leipzig have not played against a club from their opponents' country

FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country

UEFA Champions League
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
04/11/2014	GS	FC Zenit - Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1-2	St Petersburg	Rondón 89; Son 68, 73
22/10/2014	GS	Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Zenit	2-0	Leverkusen	Donati 58, Papadopoulos 63

UEFA Champions League
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
19/03/2014	R16	Borussia Dortmund - FC Zenit	1-2 agg: 5-4	Dortmund	Kehl 38; Hulk 16, Rondón 73
25/02/2014	R16	FC Zenit - Borussia Dortmund	2-4	St Petersburg	Shatov 57, Hulk 69 (P); Mkhitaryan 4, Reus 5, Lewandowski 61, 71

UEFA Cup
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
26/02/2009	R3	VfB Stuttgart - FC Zenit	1-2 agg: 2-4	Stuttgart	Gebhart 80; Semshov 42, Fayzulin 86
18/02/2009	R3	FC Zenit - VfB Stuttgart	2-1	St Petersburg	Huszti 2, Tymoshchuk 45+3; Gomez 15

UEFA Cup
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
01/05/2008	SF	FC Zenit - FC Bayern München	4-0 agg: 5-1	St Petersburg	Pogrebnyak 4, 73, Zyryanov 39, Fayzulin 54
24/04/2008	SF	FC Bayern München - FC Zenit	1-1	Munich	Ribéry 18; Lúcio 60 (og)
10/04/2008	QF	FC Zenit - Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0-1 agg: 4-2	St Petersburg	Bulykin 18
03/04/2008	QF	Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Zenit	1-4	Leverkusen	Kiessling 33; Arshavin 20, Pogrebnyak 52, Anyukov 61, Denisov 64
29/11/2007	GS	FC Zenit - 1. FC Nürnberg	2-2	St Petersburg	Pogrebnyak 76, Ionov 79; Charisteas 25, Benko 84

UEFA Cup
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
02/12/2004	GS	TSV Alemannia Aachen - FC Zenit	2-2	Cologne	Meijer 25, Blank 88 (P); Radimov 37 (P), Gorshkov 75

UEFA Cup
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
01/11/1989	R2	VfB Stuttgart - FC Zenit	5-0 agg: 6-0	Stuttgart	Walter 27, Sigurvinsson 41, 45, Allgöwer 43, Buchwald 49
18/10/1989	R2	FC Zenit - VfB Stuttgart	0-1	St Petersburg	Allgöwer 89

UEFA Cup
Date	Stage	Match	Result	Venue	Goalscorers
30/09/1981	R1	1. FC Dynamo Dresden - FC Zenit	4-1 agg: 6-2	Dresden	Trautmann 9, Schmuck 14, Minge 49, Heidler 71 (P); Kazachyenok 39 (P)
16/09/1981	R1	FC Zenit - 1. FC Dynamo Dresden	1-2	St Petersburg	Zheludkov 14; Dörner 32, Heidler 36

	Home				Away				Final				Total
	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
RB Leipzig	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	2
FC Zenit	9	2	2	5	9	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	18	5	4	9	26	33

Last updated 02/12/2020 15:50CET

Match background Only this chapter

Having lost the leadership of Group G with a home defeat on Matchday 2, Leipzig will be keen to reassert themselves as Zenit, who now occupy first place in the standings, come to Germany.

• The Bundesliga side were beaten at home by Lyon last time out having kicked off their second UEFA Champions League campaign with victory at Benfica; Zenit, who got the better of the Portuguese side in St Petersburg in their most recent fixture, have four points, level with Lyon and one more than their German rivals.

2017/18 highlights: Leipzig 2-1 Zenit

Previous meetings
• The sides' only past contests are also Leipzig's only UEFA matches against a Russian club. They were 2-1 winners in the home first leg against Zenit in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League round of 16, Timo Werner scoring the decisive goal, and progressed thanks to a 1-1 draw in St Petersburg, a Sebastián Driussi goal in first-half added time proving insufficient for Zenit.

Form guide
Leipzig
• Werner's double gave Leipzig three points at Benfica on Matchday 1 – their third UEFA Champions League victory in their seventh match in the competition – although they then went down 2-0 at home to Lyon.

• Third in the Bundesliga last season and German Cup finalists, this is Leipzig's third European campaign, and only their 27th match. They became the first team to make their European debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2017/18, when they picked up seven points to finish third in a section including Beşiktaş, Porto and Monaco. They went on to reach the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals before losing to Marseille.

Highlights: Leipzig 0-2 Lyon

• Leipzig's first European home game was a 1-1 draw against Monaco on Matchday 1 two years ago; also at home in that season's group stage, they beat Porto 3-2 but lost 2-1 to Beşiktaş.

• In 2018/19 the German club came through three qualifying rounds to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage, but finished behind Salzburg and Celtic to drop out of the competition, collecting seven points from their three games.

• Leipzig have won seven of their 13 home European matches (D2 L4), although only one of the last four (D1 L2).

Highlights: Zenit 3-1 Benfica

Zenit
• Having been held 1-1 at Lyon on Matchday 1, Zenit were 3-1 winners at home to Benfica two weeks later, only their second win in their last seven European matches (D1 L4).

• Zenit are without a win in ten European away matches (D3 L7) since a 3-1 victory at Real Sociedad on Matchday 6 of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League.

• Zenit claimed their sixth USSR/Russian league title in 2018/19, and the first since 2015; their last five triumphs have all come from 2007 onwards.

• This is the St Petersburg outfit's seventh UEFA Champions League group campaign, and a first since 2015/16, when they reached the round of 16 for the third time.

Highlights: Lyon 1-1 Zenit

• In 2018/19, Zenit's 12th successive European campaign, they began in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, staging an astonishing second-leg comeback against Dinamo Minsk in St Petersburg to win 8-1 after extra time following a shock 4-0 first-leg defeat in Belarus. They went on to beat Molde in the play-offs and finish first in a group including Slavia Praha, Bordeaux and Copenhagen, beating Fenerbahçe in the round of 32 before losing home (1-3) and away (1-2) against Villarreal in the round of 16.

• That 2018 defeat at Leipzig was Zenit's most recent away game in Germany, where they have lost on their last two visits; they were unbeaten in five successive matches on German soil (W3 D2) until a 0-2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League group stage.

2017/18 highlights: Zenit 1-1 Leipzig (2-3 agg)

Links and trivia
• Have played in Germany:
Róbert Mak (Nürnberg 2010-14)
Douglas Santos (Hamburg 2016-19)

• Christopher Nkunku made his senior debut for Paris Saint-Germain as a late substitute in a 2-0 win against Yaroslav Rakits'kyy's Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 8 December 2015.

• Yussuf Poulsen scored his first goal for Denmark in a 2-0 UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying win against a Serbia team captained by Branislav Ivanović on 13 June 2015.

• Patrik Schick was on target for the Czech Republic against Rakits'kyy's Ukraine (1-2) and twice against a Slovakia team including Mak (2-1 a, 1-0 h) in the UEFA Nations League in 2018.

• Ethan Ampadu was in the Wales side that drew 1-1 against Róbert Mak's Slovakia in a UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier on 10 October.

Latest news

Leipzig
• Leipzig are four competitive games without a win; they were held 1-1 at home by Wolfsburg on Saturday.

• Leipzig suffered their first defeat of the season in all competitions on 28 September, going down 3-1 at home to Schalke to lose the leadership of the Bundesliga. After the home loss on Matchday 2 against Lyon they drew 1-1 in Leverkusen on 5 October.

• Timo Werner scored five goals in the first three Bundesliga games this season, and ended a scoreless run of four league games by giving Leipzig the lead on Saturday.

• In the European Qualifiers Marcel Sabitzer scored in Austria's 3-1 home win against Israel on 10 October.

• Two days later Yussuf Poulsen got Denmark's late winner in a 1-0 UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying success against Switzerland.

• Werner was on target for Germany in a 3-0 qualifying win at Estonia on 13 October.

• Ibrahima Konaté suffered a hip injury against Lyon, but is back in light training.

• Kevin Kampl returned as a substitute against Wolfsburg having been out since 30 August with an ankle injury .

• Tyler Adams has been out since the beginning of August due to a metatarsal injury, but is back in light training.

• On 17 June Hannes Wolf scored for Austria against Serbia in their first game of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship before breaking his right ankle. He is also back in light training.

Zenit
• Zenit have won five of their last six league games, beating Rostov 6-1 at home on Saturday.

• Artem Dzyuba has provided the most assists (8) in this season's Russian Premier League, including two on Saturday. He has also scored eight goals himself and hit a hat-trick against Rostov.

• Dzyuba scored three goals and provided three assists for Russia in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying victories against Scotland (4-0) and Cyprus (5-0) as his team booked their place in next summer's finals. Magomed Ozdoev also scored in both games with Vyacheslav Karavaev coming off the bench to make his international debut against Cyprus.

• With nine goals Dzyuba is the second highest scorer in the European Qualifiers behind Israel's Eran Zahavi (11).

• Sardar Azmoun hit a first-half hat-trick as Iran overwhelmed Cambodia 14-0 in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying on 10 October.

• Yordan Osorio set up a goal in Venezuela's 2-0 friendly victory against Trinidad and Tobago on 14 October.

• Malcom, who has not played since 10 August due to a thigh injury, has undergone surgery and is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the year.

• Zenit lost 3-2 to Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Super Cup on 6 July.

FootballPeople weeks
The FootballPeople weeks take place from 10 to 24 October 2019 and are organised by UEFA's social responsibility partner Fare. The weeks are a global campaign aimed at tackling discrimination and celebrating diversity in football. The UEFA Champions League is offering its full support to the FootballPeople weeks; teams will line up for a mixed photo with the referees, while an #EqualGame hashtag will also be on display. Videos will be played on giant screens at stadiums across Europe, and child mascots will be wearing #FootballPeople t-shirts. UEFA's collaboration with the Fare network's FootballPeople weeks has been running since 2001. The aim of this initiative fits in perfectly with the goals of #EqualGame, which is looking to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility.

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2020/matches/round=2001140/match=2027060/prematch/background/index.html#leipzig+zenit+facts

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Squad list Only this chapter

RB Leipzig - Squad list
						Current season						All-time
						UCLQ		UCL		League		UCL		UEFA
No.	Player	Nat.	DoB	Age	D	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	Péter Gulácsi	HUN	06/05/1990	29	-	-	-	2	-	8	-	8	-	40	-
28	Yvon Mvogo	SUI	06/06/1994	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	-
32	Tim Schreiber	GER	24/04/2002	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
3	Marcelo Saracchi	URU	23/04/1998	21	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	10	-
4	Willi Orban	HUN	03/11/1992	26	-	-	-	2	-	8	1	8	1	22	1
5	Dayot Upamecano	FRA	27/10/1998	20	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	6	-	21	-
6	Ibrahima Konaté	FRA	25/05/1999	20	-	-	-	2	-	5	-	2	-	15	2
16	Lukas Klostermann	GER	03/06/1996	23	-	-	-	2	-	7	-	8	-	22	-
22	Nordi Mukiele	FRA	01/11/1997	21	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	2	-	10	-
23	Marcel Halstenberg	GER	27/09/1991	28	-	-	-	2	-	6	1	8	-	12	-
26	Ethan Ampadu	WAL	14/09/2000	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
37	Frederik Jäkel	GER	07/03/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	Anton Rücker	GER	13/02/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Malik Talabidi	GER	16/07/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
7	Marcel Sabitzer	AUT	17/03/1994	25	-	-	-	2	-	8	2	7	-	46	4
8	Amadou Haidara	MLI	31/01/1998	21	*	-	-	2	-	3	-	2	-	27	5
10	Emil Forsberg	SWE	23/10/1991	28	-	-	-	2	-	7	2	13	2	36	7
14	Tyler Adams	USA	14/02/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	Ademola Lookman	ENG	20/10/1997	22	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	6	2
18	Christopher Nkunku	FRA	14/11/1997	21	-	-	-	2	-	7	2	4	-	4	-
19	Hannes Wolf	AUT	16/04/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	2
27	Konrad Laimer	AUT	27/05/1997	22	-	-	-	2	-	7	-	3	-	28	1
31	Diego Demme	GER	21/11/1991	27	-	-	-	1	-	8	-	5	-	19	-
34	Oliver Bias	GER	15/06/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
35	Fabrice Hartmann	GER	02/03/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
39	Jacob Ruhner	GER	27/01/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
43	Max Winter	GER	16/02/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	Kevin Kampl	SVN	09/10/1990	29	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	20	2	58	10
53	Tom Krauß	GER	22/06/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
9	Yussuf Poulsen	DEN	15/06/1994	25	-	-	-	2	-	7	1	6	-	19	2
11	Timo Werner	GER	06/03/1996	23	-	-	-	2	2	8	6	8	5	18	9
20	Matheus Cunha	BRA	27/05/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	14	6
21	Patrik Schick	CZE	24/01/1996	23	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	-	11	-
Coach
-	Julian Nagelsmann	GER	23/07/1987	32	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	8	-	16	-

FC Zenit - Squad list
						Current season						All-time
						UCLQ		UCL		League		UCL		UEFA
No.	Player	Nat.	DoB	Age	D	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls	Pld	Gls
Goalkeepers
41	Mikhail Kerzhakov	RUS	28/01/1987	32	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	12	-
70	Nikita Goylo	RUS	10/08/1998	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
78	Aleksandr Vasyutin	RUS	04/03/1995	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
86	Nikolai Rybikov	RUS	05/01/2000	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
99	Andrei Lunev	RUS	13/11/1991	27	-	-	-	2	-	11	-	2	-	25	-
Defenders
3	Douglas Santos	BRA	22/03/1994	25	-	-	-	2	-	13	-	2	-	2	-
4	Yordan Osorio	VEN	10/05/1994	25	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	2	-	2	-
6	Branislav Ivanović	SRB	22/02/1984	35	-	-	-	2	-	13	2	60	7	108	15
15	Vyacheslav Karavaev	RUS	20/05/1995	24	-	-	-	2	-	4	1	3	-	22	1
19	Igor Smolnikov	RUS	08/08/1988	31	-	-	-	1	-	8	-	16	-	45	-
24	Emanuel Mammana	ARG	10/02/1996	23	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	19	-
44	Yaroslav Rakits'kyy	UKR	03/08/1989	30	*	-	-	2	-	12	-	55	1	88	3
87	Danila Prokhin	RUS	24/05/2001	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
5	Wílmar Barrios	COL	16/10/1993	26	-	-	-	2	-	12	1	2	-	6	-
14	Daler Kuzyaev	RUS	15/01/1993	26	-	-	-	1	-	8	-	1	-	21	3
17	Oleg Shatov	RUS	29/07/1990	29	-	-	-	2	-	5	2	22	3	60	7
18	Yuri Zhirkov	RUS	20/08/1983	36	-	-	-	1	-	11	1	32	2	97	7
20	Róbert Mak	SVK	08/03/1991	28	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	41	16
21	Aleksandr Erokhin	RUS	13/10/1989	30	-	-	-	1	-	10	1	7	-	58	6
27	Magomed Ozdoev	RUS	05/11/1992	26	-	-	-	2	-	12	3	2	-	26	1
32	Matías Kranevitter	ARG	21/05/1993	26	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	25	-
38	Leon Musaev	RUS	25/01/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
55	Kirill Kaplenko	RUS	15/06/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
84	Ilya Vorobyov	RUS	11/07/1999	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
91	Aleksei Sutormin	RUS	10/01/1994	25	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Sardar Azmoun	IRN	01/01/1995	24	-	-	-	2	2	12	4	8	4	22	11
8	Malcom	BRA	26/02/1997	22	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	1	5	1
11	Sebastian Driussi	ARG	09/02/1996	23	-	-	-	2	-	10	1	2	-	28	2
22	Artem Dzyuba	RUS	22/08/1988	31	-	-	-	2	1	13	8	15	7	59	21
Coach
-	Sergei Semak	RUS	27/02/1976	43	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	17	-

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Head coach Only this chapter

Julian Nagelsmann

Date of birth: 23 July 1987
Nationality: German
Playing career: 1860 München II, Augsburg II
Coaching career: Augsburg (youth), 1860 München (youth), Hoffenheim (youth), Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig

• Nagelsmann's playing career began at Issing before a move to Augsburg's youth academy. From 2002 he represented 1860 München for five seasons, starting off in the youth side before being promoted to the second team.

• Injury prevented him from making a single appearance in 2006/07, so he returned to Augsburg, where he picked up a serious knee injury and was forced to retire in 2007 aged just 20 having never played a competitive first-team game.

• Nagelsmann, who has a degree in sports and applied coaching, swiftly took up a post in Augsburg's youth coaching set-up under Thomas Tuchel before two years in charge of 1860's Under-17 side.

• His association with Hoffenheim began in 2010 and he led the club's Under-19s to the league title in 2013/14, his first season. Succeeded Huub Stevens as first-team coach in February 2016, aged just 28 – the youngest coach in Bundesliga history – and guided the club away from the Bundesliga relegation zone by the end of that campaign.

• Took Hoffenheim to a fourth-placed finish in 2016/17 although their subsequent UEFA Champions League adventure lasted only one tie, Liverpool eliminating them in the play-offs. Another strong Bundesliga season was rewarded with third place and on 21 June 2018 it was announced that Nagelsmann would leave Hoffenheim at the end of 2018/19 to take over as coach of RB Leipzig; before departing he oversaw Hoffenheim's debut UEFA Champions League group campaign and a ninth-placed Bundesliga finish.

https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2566351.html#julian+nagelsmann

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Sergei Semak

Date of birth: 27 February 1976
Nationality: Russian
Playing career: Presnya Moskva, Karelia Petrozavodsk, Asmaral Moskva, CSKA Moskva, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Moskva, Rubin, Zenit
Coaching career: Zenit (assistant, caretaker), Russia (assistant), Ufa, Zenit

• A midfielder, Semak made his Russian top-flight debut as a teenager for Presnya Moskva – later renamed Asmaral – before switching to CSKA, where he was a club mainstay from 1994–2004, making 289 league appearances and scoring 69 goals. He collected his first major honour in 2002, lifting the Russian Cup with CSKA, with a maiden Premier-Liga championship following in 2003.

• Won the first of his 65 caps for Russia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off against Italy in Naples (0-1); travelled to Japan for the 2002 World Cup and later captained Guus Hiddink's side to the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2008.

• Struck four goals in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League – all against Paris – prompting the French outfit to buy him that winter, which caused him to miss out on CSKA's UEFA Cup triumph.

• A lack of success in Ligue 1 brought him back to Russia 12 months later, to FC Moskva; after two good seasons he joined Rubin for the 2008 campaign and went on to skipper the team from Tatarstan to consecutive Premier-Liga crowns. Left Rubin for Zenit midway through the 2010 campaign and proceeded to win the 2010 and 2011/12 titles, meaning he was a champion for four straight seasons.

• Having hung up his boots in 2013, Semak worked as Luciano Spalletti's assistant at Zenit, stepping in as caretaker coach after the Italian was dismissed that March. Also worked as assistant to Spalletti's successor André Villas-Boas and the Russia national team before taking charge of Ufa in December 2016; returned to Zenit as head coach 18 months later and led the St Petersburg club to the 2018/19 Russian league title.

https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=228219.html#sergei+semak

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Match officials Only this chapter

RefereeAli Palabıyık (TUR)
Assistant refereesMustafa Eyisoy (TUR) , Serkan Olguncan (TUR)
Video Assistant RefereeMassimiliano Irrati (ITA)
Fourth officialHalis Özkahya (TUR)
Assistant Video Assistant RefereeMete Kalkavan (TUR)
UEFA DelegateTormod Larsen (NOR)
UEFA Referee observerHugh Dallas (SCO)

Referee

Name	Date of birth	UEFA Champions League matches	UEFA matches
Ali Palabıyık	14/08/1981	2	35

Ali Palabıyık

Referee since: 2000
First division: 2012
FIFA badge: 2015

Tournaments: 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Finals
2017 UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match

No such matches refereed

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match

Date	Competition	Stage reached	Home	Away	Result	Venue
26/03/2015	U17	ELITE	Russia	Austria	1-1	Krasnodar
09/07/2017	U19	GS-FT	England	Germany	4-1	Tbilisi
03/08/2017	UEL	3QR	FC Zenit	Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC	0-1	St Petersburg
02/10/2018	UYL	GS	PFC CSKA Moskva	Real Madrid CF	1-4	Moscow
11/06/2019	EURO	QR	Germany	Estonia	8-0	Mainz
25/07/2019	UEL	2QR	FC Flora Tallinn	Eintracht Frankfurt	1-2	Tallinn
03/10/2019	UEL	GS	PFC CSKA Moskva	RCD Espanyol	0-2	Moscow

Last updated 09/10/2020 14:05CET

Fixtures and results Only this chapter

RB LeipzigFixtures and results
Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Goalscorers
11/08/2019	Cup	VfL Osnabrück (A)	W 3-2	Sabitzer 7, 31, Klostermann 29
18/08/2019	League	1. FC Union Berlin (A)	W 4-0	Halstenberg 16, Sabitzer 31, Werner 42, Nkunku 69
25/08/2019	League	Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	W 2-1	Werner 10, Y. Poulsen 80
30/08/2019	League	VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A)	W 3-1	Werner 38, 47, 90+4
14/09/2019	League	FC Bayern München (H)	D 1-1	Forsberg 45+3 (P)
17/09/2019	UCL	SL Benfica (A)	W 2-1	Werner 69, 78
21/09/2019	League	SV Werder Bremen (A)	W 3-0	Orban 13, Sabitzer 35, Saracchi 83
28/09/2019	League	FC Schalke 04 (H)	L 1-3	Forsberg 83
02/10/2019	UCL	Olympique Lyonnais (H)	L 0-2
05/10/2019	League	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A)	D 1-1	Nkunku 78
19/10/2019	League	VfL Wolfsburg (H)	D 1-1	Werner 54
23/10/2019	UCL	FC Zenit (H)
26/10/2019	League	SC Freiburg (A)
30/10/2019	Cup	VfL Wolfsburg (A)
02/11/2019	League	1. FSV Mainz 05 (H)
05/11/2019	UCL	FC Zenit (A)
09/11/2019	League	Hertha BSC Berlin (A)
23/11/2019	League	1. FC Köln (H)
27/11/2019	UCL	SL Benfica (H)
30/11/2019	League	SC Paderborn 07 (A)
07/12/2019	League	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H)
10/12/2019	UCL	Olympique Lyonnais (A)
14/12/2019	League	Fortuna Düsseldorf (A)
17/12/2019	League	Borussia Dortmund (A)
21/12/2019	League	FC Augsburg (H)
18/01/2020	League	1. FC Union Berlin (H)
25/01/2020	League	Eintracht Frankfurt (A)
01/02/2020	League	VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)
08/02/2020	League	FC Bayern München (A)
15/02/2020	League	SV Werder Bremen (H)
22/02/2020	League	FC Schalke 04 (A)
29/02/2020	League	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H)
07/03/2020	League	VfL Wolfsburg (A)
14/03/2020	League	SC Freiburg (H)
21/03/2020	League	1. FSV Mainz 05 (A)
04/04/2020	League	Hertha BSC Berlin (H)
11/04/2020	League	1. FC Köln (A)
18/04/2020	League	SC Paderborn 07 (H)
25/04/2020	League	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (A)
02/05/2020	League	Fortuna Düsseldorf (H)
09/05/2020	League	Borussia Dortmund (H)
16/05/2020	League	FC Augsburg (A)

Pos.	Clubs	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach	8	5	1	2	15	7	16
2	VfL Wolfsburg	8	4	4	0	11	5	16
3	FC Bayern München	8	4	3	1	22	10	15
4	Borussia Dortmund	8	4	3	1	20	11	15
5	RB Leipzig	8	4	3	1	16	8	15
6	SC Freiburg	8	4	2	2	15	9	14
7	FC Schalke 04	8	4	2	2	14	9	14
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	4	2	2	14	10	14
9	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	8	4	2	2	12	11	14
10	Hertha BSC Berlin	8	3	2	3	13	13	11
11	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	8	3	2	3	8	11	11
12	SV Werder Bremen	8	2	3	3	13	17	9
13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	8	2	1	5	10	14	7
14	1. FC Union Berlin	8	2	1	5	8	13	7
15	1. FC Köln	8	2	1	5	8	16	7
16	FC Augsburg	8	1	3	4	10	21	6
17	1. FSV Mainz 05	8	2	0	6	7	18	6
18	SC Paderborn 07	8	0	1	7	9	22	1

FC ZenitFixtures and results
Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Goalscorers
14/07/2019	League	Tambov (H)	W 2-1	Erokhin 46, Dzyuba 48
21/07/2019	League	PFC Sochi (A)	W 2-0	Azmoun 30 (P), Ozdoev 88
28/07/2019	League	FC Orenburg (A)	W 2-0	Azmoun 1, Dzyuba 55 (P)
03/08/2019	League	FC Krasnodar (H)	D 1-1	Dzyuba 90+1
10/08/2019	League	FC Dinamo Moskva (A)	W 2-0	Dzyuba 10, Ozdoev 88
17/08/2019	League	FC Akhmat Grozny (H)	D 0-0
24/08/2019	League	FC Ufa (A)	L 0-1
01/09/2019	League	FC Spartak Moskva (A)	W 1-0	Zhirkov 41
13/09/2019	League	FC Arsenal Tula (H)	W 3-1	Dzyuba 5, Driussi 66 (P), Shatov 88
17/09/2019	UCL	Olympique Lyonnais (A)	D 1-1	Azmoun 41
21/09/2019	League	FC Rubin (H)	W 5-0	Ivanović 58, Sutormin 65, 75, Mak 82, Shatov 87
25/09/2019	Cup	FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (A)	W 2-1	Sutormin 58 (P), Mak 63
28/09/2019	League	FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A)	L 0-1
02/10/2019	UCL	SL Benfica (H)	W 3-1	Dzyuba 22, Rúben Dias 70 (og), Azmoun 78
06/10/2019	League	FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A)	W 3-1	Ivanović 3, Ozdoev 27, Azmoun 63
19/10/2019	League	FC Rostov (H)	W 6-1	Dzyuba 14 (P), 20, 80 (P), Azmoun 44, Karavaev 61, Barrios 90+2
23/10/2019	UCL	RB Leipzig (A)
27/10/2019	League	PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (A)
30/10/2019	Cup	FC Tom Tomsk (H)
02/11/2019	League	PFC CSKA Moskva (H)
05/11/2019	UCL	RB Leipzig (H)
10/11/2019	League	FC Arsenal Tula (A)
23/11/2019	League	FC Rubin (A)
27/11/2019	UCL	Olympique Lyonnais (H)
01/12/2019	League	FC Spartak Moskva (H)
06/12/2019	League	FC Dinamo Moskva (H)
10/12/2019	UCL	SL Benfica (A)
01/03/2020	League	FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H)
08/03/2020	League	FC Ufa (H)
15/03/2020	League	FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (H)
22/03/2020	League	PFC CSKA Moskva (A)
05/04/2020	League	PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (H)
12/04/2020	League	Tambov (A)
19/04/2020	League	FC Krasnodar (A)
26/04/2020	League	PFC Sochi (H)
03/05/2020	League	FC Akhmat Grozny (A)
10/05/2020	League	FC Orenburg (H)
17/05/2020	League	FC Rostov (A)

Pos.	Clubs	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	FC Lokomotiv Moskva	13	9	2	2	22	11	29
2	FC Zenit	13	9	2	2	27	7	29
3	FC Krasnodar	13	8	3	2	26	14	27
4	FC Rostov	13	8	2	3	24	21	26
5	PFC CSKA Moskva	13	8	2	3	20	12	26
6	PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara	13	5	2	6	18	16	17
7	FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	13	5	2	6	20	27	17
8	FC Ufa	13	4	4	5	12	12	16
9	FC Rubin	13	4	3	6	8	16	15
10	FC Spartak Moskva	13	4	3	6	13	15	15
11	FC Arsenal Tula	13	4	3	6	15	19	15
12	FC Orenburg	13	4	2	7	17	20	14
13	PFC Sochi	13	3	4	6	11	16	13
14	FC Akhmat Grozny	13	3	3	7	8	19	12
15	FC Dinamo Moskva	13	2	5	6	9	15	11
16	Tambov	13	2	2	9	11	21	8

Last updated 09/10/2020 12:14CET

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RB Leipzig

UEFA Champions League - Group stage
Group G - Group Standings
Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts
FC Zenit 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
Olympique Lyonnais 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
SL Benfica 2 0 0 2 2 5 0

Matchday 1 (17/09/2019)
SL Benfica 1-2 RB Leipzig
Goals: 0-1 Werner 69, 0-2 Werner 78, 1-2 Seferović 84

RB Leipzig: Gulácsi, Orban, Konaté, Sabitzer, Y. Poulsen, Forsberg (88 Nkunku), Werner, Mukiele, Halstenberg (83 Klostermann), Laimer (39 Haidara), Demme
Matchday 2 (02/10/2019)
RB Leipzig 0-2 Olympique Lyonnais
Goals: 0-1 Depay 11, 0-2 Terrier 65

RB Leipzig: Gulácsi, Orban, Upamecano (66 Nkunku), Konaté (23 Mukiele), Sabitzer, Haidara (58 Forsberg), Y. Poulsen, Werner, Klostermann, Halstenberg, Laimer
Matchday 3 (23/10/2019)
RB Leipzig-FC Zenit
Matchday 4 (05/11/2019)
FC Zenit-RB Leipzig
Matchday 5 (27/11/2019)
RB Leipzig-SL Benfica
Matchday 6 (10/12/2019)
Olympique Lyonnais-RB Leipzig

Group G - Group Standings
Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
FC Zenit	2	1	1	0	4	2	4
Olympique Lyonnais	2	1	1	0	3	1	4
RB Leipzig	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
SL Benfica	2	0	0	2	2	5	0

FC Zenit

UEFA Champions League - Group stage

Matchday 1 (17/09/2019)
Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 FC Zenit
Goals: 0-1 Azmoun 41, 1-1 Depay 51 (P)

FC Zenit: Lunev, Douglas Santos, Osorio, Barrios, Ivanović, Azmoun (46 Ozdoev), Driussi, Karavaev (78 Shatov), Zhirkov (64 Kuzyaev), Dzyuba, Rakits'kyy
Matchday 2 (02/10/2019)
FC Zenit 3-1 SL Benfica
Goals: 1-0 Dzyuba 22, 2-0 Rúben Dias 70 (og) , 3-0 Azmoun 78, 3-1 De Tomás 85

FC Zenit: Lunev, Douglas Santos, Barrios, Ivanović, Azmoun (81 Erokhin), Driussi, Shatov (68 Karavaev), Smolnikov (63 Osorio), Dzyuba, Ozdoev, Rakits'kyy
Matchday 3 (23/10/2019)
RB Leipzig-FC Zenit
Matchday 4 (05/11/2019)
FC Zenit-RB Leipzig
Matchday 5 (27/11/2019)
FC Zenit-Olympique Lyonnais
Matchday 6 (10/12/2019)
SL Benfica-FC Zenit

Last updated 09/10/2020 12:01CET

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RB Leipzig
Formed: 2009

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• None

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
None

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise)
2018/19: UEFA Europa League group stage
2017/18: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition
2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition
2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition
2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition
2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition
2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition
2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition
2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition

Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
4-0: Leipzig v Häcken
26/07/18, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg

• Biggest away win
1-4: Monaco v Leipzig
21/11/17, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
0-2 twice, most recently v Lyon
02/10/19, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat
5-2: Marseille v Leipzig
12/04/18, UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)
• Biggest home win
3-2: Leipzig v Porto
17/10/17, group stage

• Biggest away win
1-4: Monaco v Leipzig (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat
0-2: Leipzig v Lyon (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat
3-1: Porto v Leipzig
01/11/17, group stage
2-0: Beşiktaş v Leipzig
26/09/17, group stage

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FC Zenit
Formed: 1925
Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Cup (1): 2008
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008

Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets)
League title: 6 (2019)
USSR/Russian Cup: 4 (2016)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless otherwise indicated)
2018/19: UEFA Europa League round of 16
2017/18: UEFA Europa League round of 16
2016/17: UEFA Europa League round of 32
2015/16: round of 16
2014/15: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2013/14: round of 16
2012/13: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2011/12: round of 16
2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)
2009/10: UEFA Europa League play-offs

Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
8-0: Zenit v Encamp
29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg

• Biggest away win
0-5 twice, most recently v Vardar
14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
0-3: Zenit v Bologna
16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest away defeat
5-0 twice, most recently v Stuttgart
01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)
• Biggest home win
3-1 three times, most recently v Benfica
02/10/19, group stage
2-0: Zenit v Valencia
24/11/15, group stage

• Biggest away win
0-2 three times, most recently v Lyon
04/11/15, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
2-4: Zenit v Borussia Dortmund
25/02/14, round of 16 first leg

• Heaviest away defeat
4-1: Austria Wien v Zenit
11/12/13, group stage
3-0 twice, most recently v Málaga
18/09/12, group stage

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ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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EURO: UEFA European Football Championship
WC: FIFA World Cup
CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup
FRIE: Friendly internationals
U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals
U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship
U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship
U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship
U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship
U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship
WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup
WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship

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GS: Group stage
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(aet): After extra time
pens: Penalties
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ag: Match decided on away goals
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agg: Aggregate
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AP: Appearances
Pos.: Position
Comp.: Competition
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DoB: Date of birth
Res.: Result
ET: Extra Time
sg: Match decided by silver goal
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t: Match decided by toss of a coin
GF: Goals for
W: Won
gg: Match decided by golden goal
Y: Booked
L: Lost
Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards)
Nat.: Nationality
N/A: Not applicable
f: Match forfeited

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-: Denotes player substituted
+: Denotes player introduced
*: Denotes player sent off
+/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

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*: Misses next match if booked
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