# 2001 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2001 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the 2nd season that the club played in the Russian Top Division, the highest tier of football in Russia, following their promotion from the National Football League in 1999. They finished the season in 13th, were runners-up in the 2001–02 cup and reached the Sixth Round of the 2002–03 cup losing to Dynamo Moscow, and were knocked out of the UEFA Cup at the First Round stage after a 0–1 defeat to Rangers over one leg in Warsaw, Poland.

## Season Events

After Gadzhi Gadzhiyev left the club during the summer, Aleksandr Markarov was appointed as an interim manager until a permanent manager could be found.
On 19 August 2001, during the game against CSKA Moscow, Serhiy Perkhun collided head-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision. At first, the injury appeared to be minor. Perkhun was substituted for and diagnosed with a broken nose. However he became suddenly comatose on the way to the airport and died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.
On 27 September, Anzhi faced Rangers in the First Round of the UEFA Cup, with the match being switched to a single-legged tie and moved to neutral Warsaw from Dagestan due to increased fighting in neighbouring Chechnya.

## Squad

    As of 8 November 2001
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Zhidkov | GK | (1965-03-16)16 March 1965 (aged 36) | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 1999 | | | |
| 25 | Sergey Armishev | GK | (1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 25) | Uralan Elista | 1999 | | | |
| | Amel Mujčinović | GK | (1973-11-20)20 November 1973 (aged 27) | Publikum Celje | 2001 | | | |
| | Stanislav Khoteyev | GK | (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 20) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Denis Peremenin | DF | (1976-01-04)4 January 1976 (aged 25) | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1999 | | | |
| 5 | Syarhey Yaskovich | DF | (1972-01-14)14 January 1972 (aged 29) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1999 | | | |
| 6 | Andrei Gordeyev | DF | (1975-04-01)1 April 1975 (aged 26) | Dynamo Moscow | 1999 | | | |
| 14 | Arsen Akayev | DF | (1970-12-28)28 December 1970 (aged 30) | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1999 | | | |
| 15 | Michel Pensée | DF | (1973-06-16)16 June 1973 (aged 28) | Aves | 2001 | | 21 | 0 |
| 19 | Nebojša Stojković | DF | (1974-06-02)2 June 1974 (aged 27) | Pobeda | 2000 | | | |
| 22 | Dženan Hošić | DF | (1976-05-13)13 May 1976 (aged 25) | Sarajevo | 2000 | | | |
| | Ilgar Abdurahmanov | DF | (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 22) | Belshina Bobruisk | 2001 | | 2 | 0 |
| | Serhiy Dmytriyev | DF | (1978-11-03)3 November 1978 (aged 23) | Metalurh Donetsk | 2001 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Goran Jovanović | MF | (1976-03-20)20 March 1976 (aged 25) | Železničar Niš | 2001 | | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Marek Hollý | MF | (1973-08-20)20 August 1973 (aged 28) | CSKA Moscow | 2001 | | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Ruslan Agalarov | MF | (1974-02-21)21 February 1974 (aged 27) | Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody | 1999 | | | |
| 8 | Narvik Sırxayev | MF | (1974-03-16)16 March 1974 (aged 27) | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1997 | | | |
| 10 | Valeri Likhobabenko | MF | (1976-02-17)17 February 1976 (aged 25) | Dynamo-2 Moscow | 1999 | | | |
| 13 | Murad Ramazanov | MF | (1979-03-10)10 March 1979 (aged 22) | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1999 | | | |
| 17 | Ratko Nikolić | MF | (1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 24) | Spartak-Chukotka Moscow | 2001 | | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Ilya Tsymbalar | MF | (1969-06-17)17 June 1969 (aged 32) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2001 | | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Sergei Ivanov | MF | (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 21) | Kairat | 2001 | | 7 | 0 |
| | Amir Hamzić | MF | (1975-01-05)5 January 1975 (aged 26) | Aarau | 2001 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Zehrudin Kavazović | MF | (1975-02-16)16 February 1975 (aged 26) | VfL Osnabrück | 1999 | | | |
| | Gadzhi Bamatov | MF | (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 1997 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Budun Budunov | FW | (1975-12-04)4 December 1975 (aged 25) | Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody | 1999 | | | |
| 12 | Magomed Adiyev | FW | (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 24) | Spartak-d Moscow | 2000 | | | |
| 18 | Edu | FW | (1974-04-19)19 April 1974 (aged 27) | loan from Krylia Sovetov | 2001 | 2001 | 15 | 2 |
| 24 | Valery Alekseyev | FW | (1979-02-16)16 February 1979 (aged 22) | Spartak Kostroma | 2000 | | | |
| | Ishref Magomedov | FW | (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 21) | CSKA Moscow | 2001 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Aleksei Sherstnyov | FW | (1975-05-01)1 May 1975 (aged 26) | Ventspils | 2000 | | | |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Elvir Rahimić | MF | (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 25) | Vorwärts Steyr | 1999 | | | |
| 10 | Jupiter Yves Ngangue | FW | (1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 21) | Dynamo Douala | 2001 | | | |
| 18 | Predrag Ranđelović | FW | (1976-09-13)13 September 1976 (aged 25) | Zvezdara | 1999 | | | |
| 20 | Anatoli Tebloyev | MF | (1974-07-16)16 July 1974 (aged 27) | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | 2000 | | | |
| | Lazo Lipovski | GK | (1966-03-27)27 March 1966 (aged 35) | Sloga Jugomagnat | 1998 | | | |
| | Mikhail Mikhaylov | DF | (1981-11-11)11 November 1981 (aged 19) | Lokomotiv-2 Moscow | 2001 | | | |
| | Dmitry Byakov | MF | (1978-04-09)9 April 1978 (aged 23) | Kairat | 2001 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Sergei Nekrasov | MF | (1973-01-29)29 January 1973 (aged 28) | Dynamo Moscow | 2000 | | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| Winter 2001 | GK | Stanislav Khoteyev | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Winter 2001 | DF | Ilgar Abdurahmanov | Belshina Bobruisk |
| Winter 2001 | DF | Michel Pensée | Aves |
| Winter 2001 | DF | Mikhail Mikhaylov | Lokomotiv-2 Moscow |
| Winter 2001 | DF | Serhiy Dmytriyev | Metalurh Donetsk |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Amir Hamzić | Aarau |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Dmitriy Byakov | Kairat |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Sergei Ivanov | Kairat |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Ilya Tsymbalar | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Goran Jovanović | Železničar Niš |
| Winter 2001 | MF | Ratko Nikolić | OFK Beograd |
| Winter 2001 | FW | Jupiter Yves Ngangue | Dynamo Douala |
| Summer 2001 | GK | Amel Mujčinović | Publikum Celje |
| Summer 2001 | MF | Marek Hollý | CSKA Moscow |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2001 | FW | | Edu | Krylia Sovetov | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| Summer 2001 | DF | Mikhail Mikhaylov | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Summer 2001 | MF | Elvir Rahimić | CSKA Moscow |
| Summer 2001 | MF | Dmitriy Byakov | Kairat |
| Summer 2001 | MF | Sergei Nekrasov | Khimki |
| Summer 2001 | MF | Anatoli Tebloyev | Alania Vladikavkaz |
| Summer 2001 | FW | Jupiter Yves Ngangue | Lunel |
| Summer 2001 | FW | Predrag Ranđelović | CSKA Moscow |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2001 | GK | Lazo Lipovski | | |
| 31 December 2001 | GK | Aleksandr Zhidkov | Tom Tomsk | |
| 31 December 2001 | DF | Ilgar Abdurahmanov | Chernomorets Novorossiysk | |
| 31 December 2001 | DF | Syarhey Yaskovich | Olympique Alès | |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Narvik Sırxayev | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Zehrudin Kavazović | Čelik Zenica | |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Valeri Likhobabenko | Anzhi Makhachkala | 1 January 2003 |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Goran Jovanović | Győri ETO | |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Ratko Nikolić | Radnički Beograd | 1 January 2004 |
| 31 December 2001 | MF | Marek Hollý | Volgar Astrakhan | |
| 31 December 2001 | FW | Aleksei Sherstnyov | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Top Division | 10 March 2001 | 8 November 2001 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 023.33 |
| 2000–01 Russian Cup | 11 April 2001 | 20 June 2001 | Quarterfinal | Runners Up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| 2001–02 Russian Cup | 8 September 2000 | 13 October 2001 | Fifth Round | Sixth Round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 000.00 |
| 2001–02 UEFA Cup | 27 September 2001 | 27 September 2001 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 8 November 2001 Source: See Results

### Top Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Rostselmash | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 32 | |
| 12 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 32 | |
| 14 | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Fakel Voronezh (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to First Division |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 November 2001. Source: See Results

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 November 2001

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Top Division | Top Division | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Aleksandr Zhidkov | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | TKM | Denis Peremenin | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SCG | Goran Jovanović | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SVK | Marek Hollý | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Yaskovich | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Andrei Gordeyev | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UZB | Ruslan Agalarov | 30 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AZE | Narvik Sırxayev | 31 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Budun Budunov | 15 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Valeri Likhobabenko | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | RUS | Magomed Adiev | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Murad Ramazanov | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Arsen Akayev | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CMR | Michel Pensée | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCG | Ratko Nikolić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Edu | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCG | Nebojša Stojković | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Ilya Tsymbalar | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KGZ | Sergei Ivanov | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BIH | Dženan Hošić | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Valery Alekseyev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | RUS | Sergey Armishev | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | AZE | Ilgar Abdurahmanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | UKR | Serhiy Dmytriyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Gadzhi Bamatov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BIH | Zehrudin Kavazović | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Aleksei Sherstnyov | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Anzhi Makhachkala but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | BIH | Elvir Rahimić | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Jupiter Yves Ngangue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCG | Predrag Ranđelović | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Anatoli Tebloyev | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Top Division | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Narvik Sırxayev | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Budun Budunov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Ruslan Agalarov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 12 | Magomed Adiyev | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Edu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Predrag Ranđelović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 13 | Murad Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Michel Pensée | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 14 | Arsen Akayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Top Division | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Aleksandr Zhidkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Top Division | Top Division | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2000-01 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | 2001-02 Russian Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Denis Peremenin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Goran Jovanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Marek Hollý | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Andrei Gordeyev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ruslan Agalarov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Narvik Sırxayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Magomed Adiyev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Murad Ramazanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Arsen Akayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Michel Pensée | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Edu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Nebojša Stojković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ilya Tsymbalar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Dženan Hošić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Valery Alekseyev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Gadzhi Bamatov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | Aleksei Sherstnyov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | Predrag Ranđelović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Anatoli Tebloyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |