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Manchester United v Zenit Saint Petersburg

1–2
Friday 29th August 2008 · Stade Louis II · Att: 18,064

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Zenit Saint Petersburg at Stade Louis II (N) on Friday 29th August 2008 in the Super Cup. Nemanja Vidic (73') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 44' Pavel Pogrebnyak 0–1
  3. Half Time
  4. 59' Danny 0–2
  5. 60' John O'Shea for Anderson
  6. 60' Ji-Sung Park for Fletcher
  7. 73' Nemanja Vidic 1–2
  8. 76' Wesley Brown for G.Neville
  9. Minute not recorded
  10. — Paul Scholes
  11. Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 Edwin van der Sar
2 Gary Neville
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
8 Oliveira Anderson
10 Wayne Rooney
15 Nemanja Vidic 73'
17 Luis Nani
18 Paul Scholes
24 Darren Fletcher
32 Carlos Tevez
Substitutes
John O'Shea
60' for Anderson
Ji-Sung Park
60' for Fletcher
Wesley Brown
76' for G.Neville

Zenit Saint Petersburg Lineup

Starting XI
4 Ivica Krizanac D
7 Alejandro Domínguez F
8 Pavel Pogrebnyak F
11 Radek Shirl M
16 Vyacheslav Malafeyev G
18 Konstantin Zyrianov M
19 Danny M
22 Aleksandr Aniukov D
27 Igor Denisov M
28 Sebastien Puygrenier D
44 Anatoliy Tymoschuk M
Substitutes
1 Kamil Contofalsky
2 Vladislav Radimov on
5 Kim Dong-Jin
9 Fatih Tekke
10 Andrey Arshavin on
15 Roman Shirokov on
20 Viktor Faitzulin

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Dick Advocaat
Zenit Saint Petersburg

United vs Zenit Saint Petersburg History

Meeting 1 of 1
1
Played
0
Won
0
Drawn
1
Lost
1
Goals For
2
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Friday 29th August 2008.
29 Aug 2008 L 1–2 This match
The full Zenit Saint Petersburg record →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →