[3] On 4 July, Zenit announced the signing of Douglas Santos from Hamburger SV on a five-year contract,[4] the departure of Dmitry Poloz to Sochi for an undisclosed fee,[5] and the loan move of Daniil Lesovoy to Arsenal Tula until the end of the season.

[7] On 8 July, Zenit announced the signing of Aleksei Sutormin on a 3-year contract, with the option of a 1-year extension, from Rubin Kazan,[8] and the departure of Elmir Nabiullin to Sochi.

[9] On 12 July, Hernani joined Parma on a season-long loan deal,[10] and Yegor Baburin moved permanently to Rostov.

[16] On 5 August, Zenit announced that Christian Noboa had left the club to sign for Sochi on a permanent transfer,[17] with Anton Zabolotny making the same move three days later.

[21] On 31 August, Zenit announced the arrival of Yordan Osorio on a season-long loan deal from Porto, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.

[25] Also on September, Denis Terentyev extended his contract with Zenit for an additional year, and joined Ufa on loan for the remainder of the season.