# 2020–21 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2020–21 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's second season in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of football in Russia, since 1996.

## Season events

On 29 June, Anzhi Makhachkala were granted a licence to compete in the Russian Professional Football League for the 2020–21 season.
On 18 September, Vice President Shamil Asildarov signed a playing-contract with the club for the remainder of the season.
On 28 December, Ahmed Ismailov signed a new three-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.
Umar Magomedbekov, Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev, Shamil Abdurazakov and Adam Shikhanmatov all signed new 2.5-year contracts with Anzhi Makhachkala.
On 3 January, Ahmed Ismailov signed a new three-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala. On 13 January, Alikadi Saidov signed a new two-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.

## Squad

    As of match played 2 June 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Timur Magomedov | GK | (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 42 | 0 |
| 54 | Adam Shikhanmatov | GK | (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Magomednabi Yagyayev | DF | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | | 47 | 12 |
| 3 | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | DF | (2002-12-16) 16 December 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | Rustam Machilov | DF | (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 42 | 3 |
| 5 | Alikadi Saidov | DF | (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2022 | 45 | 2 |
| 13 | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | DF | (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26) | Orbita Krasnogvardeyskoye | 2018 | | 40 | 2 |
| 15 | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | DF | (2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2023 | 36 | 0 |
| 20 | Marat Ramazanov | DF | (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Shamil Abdurazakov | DF | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2023 | 29 | 1 |
| 43 | Yusup Vagabov | DF | (2000-10-29) 29 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | Umar Magomedbekov | DF | (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2023 | 25 | 0 |
| | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | DF | (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | | 32 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Magomednur Isayev | MF | (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 27 | 0 |
| 7 | Magomed Magomedov | MF | (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | | 47 | 18 |
| 8 | Mutaalim Magomedov | MF | (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 50 | 1 |
| 9 | Razhab Magomedov | MF | (2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 29 | 4 |
| 10 | Chingiz Agabalayev | MF | (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 28) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2018 | | 48 | 5 |
| 14 | Sultan Isalov | MF | (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 42 | 4 |
| 25 | Oscar Isakov | MF | (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Islam Khalimbekov | MF | (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 21 | 0 |
| 41 | Ahmed Ismailov | MF | (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2023 | 18 | 1 |
| 44 | Ramazan Kerimov | MF | (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2017 | | 6 | 0 |
| 51 | Abdurakhman Abdulaev | MF | (2002-08-30) 30 August 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Shakhban Gaydarov | MF | (1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 28) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | | 44 | 0 |
| 93 | Shikhamir Isayev | MF | (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 32 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 17 | Ruslan Kalaev | FW | (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | Salautdin Batyrbekov | FW | (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Yusuf Aliev | FW | (2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Shamil Asildarov | FW | (1983-05-18) 18 May 1983 (age 41) | | 2020 | | | |
| 70 | Muslim Shikhbabayev | FW | (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | 2019 | | 41 | 17 |
| 79 | Arsanbeg Murtazaliev | FW | (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 September 2020 | FW | | Shamil Asildarov | Unattached | Free | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 July 2020 | GK | | Maksim Bogatyryov | Avangard Kursk | Undisclosed | |

## Competitions
### Professional Football League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 June 2021. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | - | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | - | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | - | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | - | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 61 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 59 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 51 |
| 7 | Dynamo Stavropol | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 48 |
| 8 | Makhachkala | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 47 |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 15 June 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | PFL | PFL | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Timur Magomedov | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 30 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Rustam Machilov | 28 | 3 | 24+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Alikadi Saidov | 30 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Magomednur Isayev | 20 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Magomed Magomedov | 32 | 12 | 27+3 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Mutaalim Magomedov | 33 | 1 | 24+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Razhab Magomedov | 14 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Chingiz Agabalayev | 31 | 4 | 23+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 23 | 1 | 3+18 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Sultan Isalov | 32 | 4 | 22+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | 21 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Kalaev | 9 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Salautdin Batyrbekov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | RUS | Marat Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Shamil Abdurazakov | 17 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Yusuf Aliev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Oscar Isakov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | RUS | Islam Khalimbekov | 15 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Ahmed Ismailov | 18 | 1 | 5+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | RUS | Yusup Vagabov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | RUS | Abdurakhman Abdulaev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | GK | RUS | Adam Shikhanmatov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 28 | 11 | 22+5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Umar Magomedbekov | 21 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | RUS | Arsanbeg Murtazaliev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Shakhban Gaydarov | 27 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | RUS | Shikhamir Isayev | 22 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 16 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | PFL | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Magomed Magomedov | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | DF | 2 | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 70 | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Chingiz Agabalayev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Sultan Isalov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Rustam Machilov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Razhab Magomedov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 88 | Shakhban Gaydarov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 41 | Ahmed Ismailov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Mutaalim Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Alikadi Saidov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | Shamil Abdurazakov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Ruslan Kalaev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 60 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | PFL | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Timur Magomedov | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | PFL | PFL | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Timur Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Magomednabi Yagyayev | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Mukhtar Khanmurzayev | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rustam Machilov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alikadi Saidov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Magomednur Isayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Magomed Magomedov | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mutaalim Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Razhab Magomedov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Chingiz Agabalayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Dzhambulat Abdulkadyrov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Sultan Isalov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Radzhab Gusengadzhiyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Dzhamaludin Ipayev | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Shamil Abdurazakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Shamil Asildarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Islam Khalimbekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Ahmed Ismailov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | GK | Adam Shikhanmatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Muslim Shikhbabayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Umar Magomedbekov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Shakhban Gaydarov | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 93 | MF | Shikhamir Isayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 97 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 106 | 7 |