Zenit 5-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016

Result

Zenit 5-0 AZ Alkmaar

Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

Zenit · AZ Alkmaar · Europa League predictions

Zenit 5-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Zenit won against AZ Alkmaar 5-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

A. Kokorin opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Zenit's goals came from A. Kokorin (26'), Giuliano (48'), A. Kokorin (59'), Domenico Criscito (66', penalty) and Oleg Shatov (80'). AZ Alkmaar did not score.

Discipline: Zenit received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Zenit lined up in a 4-4-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Criscito of Zenit (9.2), ahead of Giuliano (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Zenit wins, 1 draw and 0 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Luís NetoZenit
  • 22'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaZenit
  • 26'Goal · A. KokorinZenit · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · GiulianoZenit · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · A. KokorinZenit · 3-0
  • 66'Penalty goal · Domenico CriscitoZenit · 4-0
  • 79'Yellow card · S. WuytensAZ Alkmaar
  • 80'Goal · Oleg ShatovZenit · 5-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · F. LewisAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Zenit 0, draws 1, AZ Alkmaar 0.

Team news

Zenit line-up (4-4-2)

Yuriy Lodygin, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Luís Neto, Igor Smolnikov, Abdelghani Aouamri, Javi García, Axel Witsel, Robert Mak, Giuliano, Artem Dzyuba

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Rochet, Rens Van Eijden, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Fernando Lewis, Joris van Overeem, Dabney dos Santos, Derrick Luckassen, Stijn Wuytens, Wout Weghorst, Fred Friday