Evgeniy Latyshonok, Vyacheslav Karavaev and Andrey Mostovoy have left to join-up with Russia and will play away friendlies with Vietnam on 5 September and Thailand 7 September.

Strahinja Erakovic is with Serbia for the Nations League game with Spain on 5 September and Denmark on 8 September. Nuraly Alip and his Kazakhstan team will prepare for matches with Norway on 6 September and Slovenia 9 September. 

Pedro has been slected by Brazil U20s for their preparations for the South American U20 Championship in Peru in January 2025. 

The remaining Zenit players will resume training on Wednesday 4 September. Our next game is the Winline Super Series match against Kairat in Almaty. on Sunday 8 September at 5pm St. Petersburg time.