On this day 38 years ago we won our first ever league title

The blue-white-sky blues won our first ever league title on 21 November 1984. Beating Metalist Kharkiv 4-1 in Leningrad in the decisive game.

On this day 38 years ago we won our first ever league title

Pavel Sadyrin’s team won the game thanks to goals from Nikolai Larionov, Yuri Zheludkov and two from Sergey Dmitriev.

Over the course of the 1984 season, Zenit won 19 games out of the 34, drew six and lost six, finishing on 47 points, four ahead of Spartak Moscow.

Happy anniversary Zenit fans.