RFPL fixture list of the start of the 2017/18 season announced

The Russian Premier League has published the fixture list for the first eight rounds of the league next season.
The blue-white-sky blues open the 2017/18 season with an away match against SKA-Khabarovsk, the first home game for Roberto Mancini's team will be on 22 July against Rubin Kazan. 

The first 8 games are as follows:

1st round, Sunday 16 July, 11:00 (hereinafter all St Petersburg time)
SKA-Khabarovsk v Zenit  

2nd round, Saturday 22 July, 17:30 
Zenit v Rubin Kazan 

3rd round, Sunday 30 July, 20.00
Tosno v Zenit 

4th round, Sunday 6 August 20.00 
Zenit v Spartak Moscow 

5th round, Wednesday 9 August 17.30 
Ural v Zenit 

6th round, Sunday 13 August 20.00 
Zenit v Akhmad Grozny 

7th round, Sunday 20 August 15.00 
Amkar Perm v Zenit

8th round, Sunday 27 August 20.00 
Zenit v Rostov 

Further fixtures will be announced once the European football timetable has been decided. 

Information about the start of ticket sales for the home games of the blue-white-sky blues will be published at a later date.