Zenit is currently seventh in the 16-team Russian league with 24 points after 17 games, 10 points behind leader Rubin Kazan.
Dutch-born Advocaat led Zenit to its first Russian league title in 2007 and won the UEFA Cup a year afterward.
In June, Advocaat, who acquire over Zenit in 2006, announced that he would not make longer his contract with the club at the ending of the season and would take over Belgium’s state team.
Advocaat has earlier coached the national teams of the Netherlands, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, as well as PSV Eindhoven and Scottish League winner Rangers.
Zenit St. Petersburg fired coach Dick Advocaat on Monday subsequent a 2-0 home loss to rival team Tom in the Russian soccer league on Sunday.
Anatoly Davydov, the club’s youth squad manager, was appointed temporary coach.
