# 2014–15 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2014–15 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's first season back in the Football National League following their relegation in 2014. Anzhi Makhachkala finished the season in 2nd place, earning promotion back to the Russian Premier League at the first opportunity, whilst they also reached the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup where they were knocked out by Zenit St.Petersburg.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 May 2015
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Krivoruchko | GK | (1984-09-23)23 September 1984 (aged 30) | Fakel Voronezh | 2014 | | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | GK | (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 28) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2013 | | 64 | 0 |
| 27 | Mehdi Jannatov | GK | (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Aleksei Aravin | DF | (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 28) | Tom Tomsk | 2014 | | 34 | 0 |
| 2 | Aleksei Aravin | DF | (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 28) | Tom Tomsk | 2014 | | 34 | 0 |
| 3 | Ali Gadzhibekov | DF | (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 31) | Trainee | 2006 | | 159 | 4 |
| 4 | Dmitry Aydov | DF | (1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 33) | Torpedo Moscow | 2014 | | 27 | 2 |
| 7 | Kamil Agalarov | DF | (1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 26) | Rostov | 2014 | | 151 | 3 |
| 13 | Rasim Tagirbekov | DF | (1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 31) | Trainee | 2002 | | 322 | 20 |
| 19 | Pyotr Ten | DF | (1992-07-12)12 July 1992 (aged 22) | loan from CSKA Moscow | 2014 | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Sergei Miroshnichenko | DF | (1982-07-18)18 July 1982 (aged 32) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2015 | | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Murad Kurbanov | DF | (1992-03-22)22 March 1992 (aged 23) | Trainee | 2010 | | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Magomed Musalov | DF | (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2014 | | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Yuri Udunyan | DF | (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2011 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Grigori Chirkin | MF | (1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 29) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 2014 | | 28 | 0 |
| 14 | Valeriu Ciupercă | MF | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 22) | Krasnodar | 2014 | | 21 | 0 |
| 15 | Georgi Zotov | MF | (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 25) | Metalurh Donetsk | 2014 | | 25 | 2 |
| 17 | Sharif Mukhammad | MF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 25) | Trainee | 2010 | | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | Roman Kontsedalov | MF | (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 29) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2015 | 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Amadou Moutari | MF | (1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 21) | Metalurh Donetsk | 2014 | | 31 | 7 |
| 21 | Mikhail Komkov | MF | (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 30) | Tom Tomsk | 2014 | | 19 | 0 |
| 28 | Maksim Andreyev | MF | (1988-01-09)9 January 1988 (aged 27) | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2015 | | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | Shamil Gasanov | MF | (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 31) | Youth Team | 2013 | | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Anvar Gazimagomedov | MF | (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 27) | Dagdizel Kaspiysk | 2014 | | 15 | 0 |
| 42 | Leonardo | MF | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 23) | Gabala | 2014 | | 22 | 7 |
| 60 | Magomed Muslimov | MF | (1992-02-03)3 February 1992 (aged 23) | Dagdizel Kaspiysk | 2014 | | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Ismail Korgoloyev | MF | (1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2012 | | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Ilya Maksimov | MF | (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 28) | Krylia Sovetov | 2013 | | 48 | 10 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Shamil Asildarov | FW | (1983-05-18)18 May 1983 (aged 32) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2014 | | | |
| 94 | Yannick Boli | FW | (1988-01-13)13 January 1988 (aged 27) | Zorya Luhansk | 2014 | | 24 | 16 |
| 95 | Magomed Mitrishev | FW | (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 22) | loan from Terek Grozny | 2014 | | 14 | 2 |
| 96 | Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev | FW | (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2014 | | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | Islamnur Abdulavov | FW | (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2013 | | 15 | 1 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 1 | Yevgeny Pomazan | GK | (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 26) | CSKA Moscow | 2011 | | 19 | 0 |
| 2 | Andrey Yeshchenko | DF | (1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 31) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2013 | | 29 | 0 |
| 10 | Serder Serderov | FW | (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 21) | CSKA Moscow | 2012 | | 47 | 4 |
| 25 | Valery Kichin | DF | (1992-10-12)12 October 1992 (aged 22) | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2014 | | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Ewerton | DF | (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 26) | Corinthians Alagoano | 2012 | | 38 | 2 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 88 | Oleksandr Aliyev | MF | (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 (aged 30) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2014 | | 16 | 3 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2014 | MF | Georgi Zotov | Metalurh Donetsk | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | GK | Aleksandr Krivoruchko | Fakel Voronezh | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | DF | Valerii Kichin | Ufa | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | DF | Aleksei Aravin | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Valeriu Ciupercă | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Amadou Moutari | Metalurh Donetsk | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | MF | Grigori Chirkin | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Shamil Asildarov | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2014 | MF | Leonardo | Gabala | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2014 | DF | Dmitry Aydov | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2014 | FW | Yannick Boli | Zorya Luhansk | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Mikhail Komkov | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2014 | MF | Levan Gvazava | Neftchi Fergana | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 11 June 2014 | DF | Pyotr Ten | CSKA Moscow | End of season |
| 20 June 2014 | FW | Magomed Mitrishev | Terek Grozny | End of season |
| 29 December 2014 | MF | Maksim Andreyev | Dynamo St.Petersburg | End of season |
| 17 January 2015 | MF | Roman Kontsedalov | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | End of season |
| 27 January 2015 | DF | Sergei Miroshnichenko | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 21 June 2013 | DF | Alexandru Epureanu | İstanbul BB | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2013 | MF | Odil Ahmedov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2013 | FW | Gustavo Leschuk | Wydad Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2013 | MF | Rizvan Umarov | Dynamo St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2013 | FW | Nikita Burmistrov | Krasnodar | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 2 July 2014 | GK | Yevgeny Pomazan | Kuban Krasnodar | End of season |
| 11 July 2014 | DF | Andrey Yeshchenko | Kuban Krasnodar | End of season |
| 24 January 2015 | DF | Ewerton | Sporting CP | End of season |
| 29 January 2015 | DF | Valerii Kichin | Tyumen | End of season |
| 4 February 2015 | FW | Serder Serderov | Krylia Sovetov | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 August 2014 | DF | Benoît Angbwa | Olympique Grande-Synthe | March 2016 |
| 16 January 2015 | MF | Oleksandr Aliyev | Rukh Lviv | |
| 12 February 2015 | DF | Gia Grigalava | Pafos | |

### Trials

| Date From | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Date To | Ref. |
| June 2014 | FW | | Savio Nsereko | Atyrau | | |

## Friendlies
### FNL Cup

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sibir Novosibirsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Tosno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

#### Final Series
## 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 % |
| Football National League | 6 July 2014 | 30 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 064.71 |
| Russian Cup | 30 August 2014 | 24 September 2014 | Fourth round | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 25 | +40 | 063.89 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: See Competitions

### Football National 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 May 2014. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (P) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 73 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala (P) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 71 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Tosno | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Tom Tomsk | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Gazovik Orenburg | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 58 | |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 30 May 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football National League | Football National League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Krivoruchko | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Aravin | 34 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Ali Gadzhibekov | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Dmitry Aydov | 27 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | RUS | Kamil Agalarov | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Grigori Chirkin | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov | 31 | 7 | 12+17 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Rasim Tagirbekov | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MDA | Valeriu Ciupercă | 21 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Georgi Zotov | 25 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Sharif Mukhammad | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Roman Kontsedalov | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | RUS | Pyotr Ten | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NIG | Amadou Moutari | 31 | 7 | 27+2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Komkov | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Sergei Miroshnichenko | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | RUS | Mehdi Jannatov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Maksim Andreyev | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | RUS | Shamil Gasanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Anvar Gazimagomedov | 15 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | BRA | Leonardo | 22 | 7 | 20+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Murad Kurbanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Magomed Musalov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | RUS | Magomed Muslimov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | RUS | Yuri Udunyan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Ismail Korgoloyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Ilya Maksimov | 33 | 10 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | CIV | Yannick Boli | 24 | 16 | 21+2 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | RUS | Magomed Mitrishev | 14 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | RUS | Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Islamnur Abdulavov | 11 | 2 | 1+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | RUS | Serder Serderov | 12 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KGZ | Valery Kichin | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | BRA | Ewerton | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Anzhi Makhachkala that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 88 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Aliyev | 16 | 3 | 6+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Football National League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 94 | Yannick Boli | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | 87 | Ilya Maksimov | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 42 | Leonardo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Amadou Moutari | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Shamil Asildarov | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 88 | Oleksandr Aliyev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 95 | Magomed Mitrishev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Ali Gadzhibekov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 15 | Georgi Zotov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Dmitry Aydov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 99 | Islamnur Abdulavov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Serder Serderov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 24 | Sergei Miroshnichenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 96 | Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 70 | Yuri Udunyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 60 | 5 | 65 |

### Clean Sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Football National League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 22 | Mikhail Kerzhakov | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Aleksandr Krivoruchko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | GK | 27 | Mehdi Jannatov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Krivoruchko & Jannatov both played in Anzhi's 1-0 victory over Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 30 May 2015

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Football National League | Football National League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Aleksandr Krivoruchko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Aleksei Aravin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Ali Gadzhibekov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Dmitry Aydov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Kamil Agalarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Grigori Chirkin | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Shamil Asildarov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Rasim Tagirbekov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Valeriu Ciupercă | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Georgi Zotov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Roman Kontsedalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Amadou Moutari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mikhail Komkov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Sergei Miroshnichenko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Anvar Gazimagomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Leonardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Ilya Maksimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | Yannick Boli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Magomed Mitrishev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 37 | DF | Ewerton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| 88 | MF | Oleksandr Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 4 |