On 26 June the Blue-White-SkyBlues played their first match under the guidance of Mircea Lucescu in Austrian Wörgl.

Zenit 0:0 Olympic Team of Iraq

Zenit: Baburin (45, М. Kerzhakov), Bogaev (45, Bavin), Zuev (45, Neto), Criscito (45, Zhirkov), Chernov (45, Jovanovic), Garcia (45, Zinkov), Mogilevets (45, Ryazantsev), Ivanov (45, Kirillov), Mauricio (45, Evseev ), Gasilin (45, Kireenko), Dolgov (45, Djordjievic)

As of 27 June the team from St.Petersburg will continue their training programme in Austria and will play the second test match against FC Qarabağ.