# 2018–19 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2018–19 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's fourth season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, since their relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season. Anzhi finished the season 15th in the league, being relegated back to the Russian Football National League, whilst they were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 16 stage by Spartak Moscow.

## Season events

With manager Vadim Skripchenko's contract expiring at the end of the 2017–18 season, was replaced by Magomed Adiyev on 4 June 2018
Anzhi Makhachkala were initially relegated at the end of the 2017–18 season, but FC Amkar Perm announced on 13 June that the Russian Football Union had recalled their 2018–19 license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. Anzhi then re-applied for their Premier League membership on 15 June, with their admission to the 2018–19 Russian Premier League being confirmed on 22 June.
On 10 May 2019, following a 0-1 defeat to Arsenal Tula, their relegation back to the Russian Football National League was confirmed.

## Squad

    As of match played 26 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Budakov | GK | (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 (aged 34) | Amkar Perm | 2017 | | 13 | 0 |
| 22 | Yuri Dyupin | GK | (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 31) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2018 | | 31 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Igor Udaly | DF | (1984-12-08)8 December 1984 (aged 34) | SKA-Khabarovsk | 2017 | | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | Anton Belov | DF | (1996-05-02)2 May 1996 (aged 23) | Sokol Saratov | 2015 | | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Dmitri Belorukov | DF | (1983-03-24)24 March 1983 (aged 36) | Dynamo Moscow | 2018 | | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | Magomed Elmurzayev | DF | (1997-06-16)16 June 1997 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2015 | | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Pavel Kaloshin | DF | (1998-03-13)13 March 1998 (aged 21) | Tosno | 2018 | | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | Yevgeny Gapon | DF | (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 28) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2018 | | 18 | 0 |
| 50 | Nikita Chistyakov | DF | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Alikadi Saidov | DF | (1999-04-02)2 April 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Vladislav Kulik | MF | (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 31) | Krylia Sovetov | 2018 | | 25 | 3 |
| 8 | Shakhban Gaydarov | MF | (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2015 | | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Adlan Katsayev | MF | (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 31) | Akhmat Grozny | 2018 | | 45 | 2 |
| 13 | Roland Gigolayev | MF | (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 29) | loan from Akhmat Grozny | 2018 | | 27 | 0 |
| 23 | Nikita Andreyev | MF | (1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 21) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Gaël Ondoua | MF | (1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 23) | | 2018 | | 27 | 0 |
| 97 | Magomed Magomedov | MF | (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2015 | | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Kamil Zakirov | MF | (1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 12 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 6 | Ivan Markelov | FW | (1988-04-17)17 April 1988 (aged 31) | Dynamo Moscow | 2017 | | 42 | 4 |
| 7 | Juan Lescano | FW | (1992-10-29)29 October 1992 (aged 26) | SKA-Khabarovsk | 2017 | 2020 | 23 | 5 |
| 9 | Andrés Ponce | FW | (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 22) | Sampdoria | 2018 | | 28 | 5 |
| 14 | Gamid Agalarov | FW | (2000-07-16)16 July 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Ivan Ivanchenko | FW | (1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 20) | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 2017 | | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | Apti Akhyadov | FW | (1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 25) | loan from Akhmat Grozny | 2018 | 2019 | 23 | 0 |
| 19 | Pavel Dolgov | FW | (1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 22) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2017 | | 35 | 2 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 27 | Amir Mohammad | MF | (1996-02-23)23 February 1996 (aged 23) | Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala | 2018 | | 7 | 0 |
| | Magomed Musalov | DF | (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 (aged 25) | LFK Rubin Kazan | 2012 | | 57 | 1 |
| | Pavel Karasyov | MF | (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 28) | SKA-Khabarovsk | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| | Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev | FW | (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2014 | | 4 | 1 |
| | Amur Kalmykov | FW | (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 24) | Afips Afipsky | 2018 | | 7 | 1 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Guram Tetrashvili | DF | (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 30) | Tosno | 2017 | | 39 | 0 |
| 4 | Jhon Chancellor | DF | (1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 27) | Delfín | 2018 | 2020 | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | MF | (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 22) | Bunyodkor | 2018 | 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | Paul Anton | MF | (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 28) | Dinamo București | 2018 | 2020 | 13 | 3 |
| 15 | Danil Glebov | MF | (1999-11-03)3 November 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Vladimir Sugrobov | GK | (1996-09-10)10 September 1996 (aged 22) | Ararat Moscow | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Ihor Chaykovskyi | MF | (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 27) | Zorya Luhansk | 2017 | | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Mohammed Rabiu | MF | (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 29) | | 2018 | | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | Konstantin Savichev | MF | (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 25) | SKA-Khabarovsk | 2018 | | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | Ivan Novoseltsev | DF | (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 27) | loan from Zenit St.Petersburg | 2018 | 2019 | 12 | 1 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RUS | Magomed Musalov (at Akhmat Grozny) |
| — | MF | RUS | Pavel Karasyov (at SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | Amir Mohammad (at Legion Dynamo Makhachkala) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | RUS | Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev (at Urozhay Krasnodar) |
| — | FW | RUS | Amur Kalmykov (at Urozhay Krasnodar) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 12 July 2018 | GK | Yuri Dyupin | Kuban Krasnodar | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Adlan Katsayev | Akhmat Grozny | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Konstantin Savichev | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2018 | DF | Dmitri Belorukov | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Mohammed Rabiu | | Free |
| 25 July 2018 | MF | Amir Mohammad | Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | | Free |
| 27 July 2018 | FW | Andrés Ponce | Sampdoria | Undisclosed |
| 27 November 2018 | FW | Nikoloz Kutateladze | Paris Saint-Germain U17 | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 June 2018 | DF | Vladimir Poluyakhtov | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Kwadwo Poku | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Arsen Khubulov | BB Erzurumspor | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Miral Samardžić | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2018 | MF | Paul Anton | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Anton Belov | Zorky Krasnogorsk | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2019 | MF | Danil Glebov | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2019 | MF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | Zorya Luhansk | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | Konstantin Savichev | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2019 | GK | Vladimir Sugrobov | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2019 | DF | Jhon Chancellor | Al Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2019 | MF | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Pakhtakor Tashkent | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2019 | MF | Mohammed Rabiu | Krylia Sovetov | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 23 July 2018 | MF | Roland Gigolayev | Akhmat Grozny | End of Season |
| 26 July 2018 | FW | Apti Akhyadov | Akhmat Grozny | End of Season |
| 27 July 2018 | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | Zenit St.Petersburg | January 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Magomed Musalov | Akhmat Grozny | End of Season |
| 13 July 2018 | MF | Pavel Karasyov | SKA-Khabarovsk | End of Season |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | Juan Lescano | Tobol | January 2019 |
| 26 July 2018 | FW | Amur Kalmykov | Urozhay Krasnodar | End of Season |
| | DF | Anton Belov | Zorky Krasnogorsk | January 2019 |
| | MF | Shakhban Gaydarov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | January 2019 |
| | MF | Magomed Magomedov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | January 2019 |
| 14 February 2019 | MF | Amir Mohammad | Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 2 July 2018 | DF | Sergei Bryzgalov | Ural Yekaterinburg | |
| 2 July 2018 | FW | Pavel Yakovlev | Krylia Sovetov Samara | |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Mikhail Bakayev | Orenburg | |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Islam Zhilov | Urozhay Krasnodar | |
| 24 November 2018 | DF | Guram Tetrashvili | Gomel | 9 March 2019 |
| | DF | Igor Armaș | Voluntari | |
| | DF | Miral Samardžić | Krylia Sovetov | 19 August 2018 |
| | DF | Magomed Elmurzayev | | |
| | MF | Anvar Gazimagomedov | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | |
| | FW | Aleksandr Prudnikov | Spartaks Jūrmala | |
| | FW | Aleksandr Bataev | | |

## Competitions
### Russian Premier League
#### 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 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 33 | |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (O) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Ufa (O) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Anzhi Makhachkala (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 50 | −37 | 21 | Relegation to Football National League |
| 16 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 20 | Relegation to Football National League |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Budakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Igor Udaly | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Anton Belov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Kulik | 25 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | RUS | Ivan Markelov | 16 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Juan Lescano | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Shakhban Gaydarov | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Andrés Ponce | 28 | 5 | 24+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Adlan Katsayev | 21 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Roland Gigolayev | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Gamid Agalarov | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Ivan Ivanchenko | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Apti Akhyadov | 23 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Pavel Dolgov | 24 | 3 | 16+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Belorukov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Yury Dyupin | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Nikita Andreyev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Magomed Elmurzayev | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Pavel Kaloshin | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Gaël Ondoua | 27 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | RUS | Yevgeny Gapon | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Nikita Chistyakov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Alikadi Saidov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Magomed Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | RUS | Kamil Zakirov | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | RUS | Guram Tetrashvili | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | VEN | Jhon Chancellor | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | UZB | Dostonbek Khamdamov | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Paul Anton | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Danil Glebov | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Mohammed Rabiu | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Savichev | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Ivan Novoseltsev | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Amir Mohammad | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Andrés Ponce | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 5 | Vladislav Kulik | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Pavel Dolgov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Paul Anton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 25 | Ivan Novoseltsev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 99 | Kamil Zakirov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Jhon Chancellor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 13 | 2 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Igor Udaly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Anton Belov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Vladislav Kulik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Ivan Markelov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Andrés Ponce | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Adlan Katsayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Roland Gigolayev | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Ivan Ivanchenko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Apti Akhyadov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Pavel Dolgov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Dmitri Belorukov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | Yury Dyupin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Magomed Elmurzayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Pavel Kaloshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Yevgeny Gapon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Magomed Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Kamil Zakirov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Guram Tetrashvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jhon Chancellor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dostonbek Khamdamov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Danil Glebov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ihor Chaykovskyi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mohammed Rabiu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Konstantin Savichev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ivan Novoseltsev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 87 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 6 |