For early uses, see FC Anzhi russian association football club

Football club

Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala ( russian : Футбо́льный клуб « Анжи́ » Махачкала́, pronounced [ fʊdˈbolʲnɨj kɫup ɐnˈʐɨ məxətɕkɐˈɫa ] ), or plainly known as FC Anji, is a russian professional football baseball club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded in 1991, the club competes in the russian Professional Football League. In January 2011, Anzhi Makhachkala was purchased by billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and subsequently made numerous high-profile signings, including those of striker Samuel Eto’o and defender Roberto Carlos. [ 4 ] Following severe budget cuts ahead of the 2013–14 russian Premier League season, the clubhouse lost most of its identify players and went on to finish bottom of the postpone, which resulted in relegation to the russian National Football League at the end of the season .

history [edit ]

The baseball club was founded in 1991 by former Dinamo Makhachkala actor Aleksandr Markarov with the head of Dagnefteprodukt – Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and took separate in its first gear season in the Dagestan League the lapp year. The golf club ‘s name Anzhi means pearl in local Kumyk linguistic process and is a former name of Makhachkala. FC Anzhi ended up as league champions with an unbeaten record and 16 wins out of 20 matches. [ 5 ] ascribable to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the baseball club entered Zone 1 of the russian Second Division ( the third-highest tier ) in 1992 [ 5 ] and finished in fifth identify. The clubhouse won their Group in 1993, but due to league reorganization were not promoted, and remained in the new Western Zone of the third tier until a second-place polish in 1996 guarantee promotion to the First Division, [ 6 ] under the coaching of Eduard Malofeev. [ 5 ] A key player in Anzhi ‘s early history was Azerbaijani external ahead Ibragim Gasanbekov, who was the team ‘s acme scorer in all of their foremost seven seasons. He was league lead scorekeeper in 1993 ( 30 goals ) and 1996 ( 33 goals ). In 1999, Anzhi won the First Division, and were frankincense promoted to the top-flight Premier League for the first time. [ 5 ] The side missed out on a bronze-medal finish on the survive day of the season, as they conceded a last-minute Torpedo Moscow punishment which took their opponents into third seat. [ 7 ] On 20 June 2001, the club played in the final examination of the russian Cup for the first time, losing to Lokomotiv Moscow on penalties after a 1–1 draw. [ 5 ] Anzhi finished 15th and were relegated from the Premier League in 2002, but during their first season back in the First Division, they reached the semi-finals of the russian Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Rostov. [ 8 ] In their seventh season in the First Division, Anzhi won the league and returned to the Premier League. [ 5 ] On 5 December 2010, defender Shamil Burziyev died in a car accident at the age of 25. [ 9 ]

purchase [edit ]

cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o was the team ‘s captain until his passing to Chelsea in 2013 On 18 January 2011, the club was purchased by Dagestani billionaire Suleyman Kerimov, [ 10 ] but later it was revealed that the President of Dagestan, Magomedsalam Magomedov, met Kerimov and gave him a 100 % post in the club, including 50 % of the shares of the former owner of the club Igor Yakovlev, in exchange for fiscal subscribe. [ 11 ] Kerimov was planning to invest over $ 200 million in infrastructure, of which a hearty sum will go in building a new stadium with a capacity of more than 40,000 spectators, which would meet all UEFA requirements. [ 12 ] Kerimov ‘s investment was contiguous as the club made signings in the 2011 winter transfer window. The first gear significant sign came on 16 February, when the club announced the free transfer of brazilian left-back Roberto Carlos, a FIFA World Cup winner in 2002. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Further signings included €10 million on another brazilian, the erstwhile Corinthians midfielder Jucilei [ 15 ] and €8 million on Moroccan winger Mbark Boussoufa from Anderlecht. Boussoufa ‘s transfer was finalised in the final hour of the window, on 10 March. [ 16 ] In summer 2011, the baseball club signed the Hungarian Balázs Dzsudzsák, who signed a four-year softwood for a reported €14 million. [ 17 ] Anzhi besides bought russian midfielder Yuri Zhirkov from Chelsea for a similar tip. [ 18 ] On 23 August 2011, cameroonian hitter Samuel Eto’o signed from Inter Milan for approximately €21 million on a world-record €20.5 million annual wage. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The deal included a three-year-contract. [ 21 ] In September 2011, Gadzhi Gadzhiyev was sacked, after only managing one winnings in the last six matches, leaving the golf club seventh in the league table. [ 22 ] Roberto Carlos took on a player-manager function, along with adjunct Andrei Gordeyev. On 27 December 2011, the club appointed Yuri Krasnozhan as the new coach. [ 23 ] however, he was sacked after only two months, and the team did n’t play any official games under his management. In February 2012, experienced Dutchman Guus Hiddink was announced as his substitution. [ 24 ] Hiddink ‘s inaugural sign was congolese defender Christopher Samba, joining for £12 million from Blackburn Rovers. [ 25 ] On 30 January 2012, Roberto Carlos announced his plans to retire at the end of the season, despite his contract running until June 2013. [ 26 ] He ended his football career on 1 August and took up a function as the club ‘s director. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The russian cabaret concluded the first base season after the coup d’etat, the 2011–12 season, with a fifth-place finish in the league, which qualified the baseball club for the Europa League moment qualify polish. In the russian Cup, the club was eliminated in the round of 16 with an extra time loss against Dynamo Moscow. On 3 September 2012, the baseball club signed Lassana Diarra on a four-year share. [ 29 ] On 10 October, Anzhi opened a youth academy, the first in Dagestan in order to develop young person talents for the first team. The academy is being run by Anzhi Sporting Director Jelle Goes. [ 30 ] On 2 February 2013, Willian joined the club from Shakhtar Donetsk for a €35 million fee. [ 31 ] Anzhi finished the 2012–13 season in one-third place in the league, missing out of qualification for next season ‘s Champions League. In the Europa League, they finished second in their group, and were eliminated in the beat of 16 by Newcastle United with a last moment goal after beating Hannover 96 in the round of 32. [ 32 ] They reached the russian Cup final that season, losing to CSKA on penalties. On 22 July 2013, Hiddink resigned from his post as director, ending an 18-month stint. [ 33 ] His newly appointed adjunct, countryman René Meulensteen, was promoted to the coach situation. [ 34 ] however, after 16 days as the team coach, Meulensteen was sacked. [ 35 ]

Budget cuts [edit ]

On 7 August 2013, Kerimov decided to reduce the team ‘s annual budget by two-thirds. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] As a resultant role, on 15 August 2013, Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Denisov, and Aleksandr Kokorin were packaged to Dynamo Moscow for an undisclosed fee. The three players had been purchased within the preceding two seasons, at a entire price exceeding €50 million. [ citation needed ] Remchukov said that the reason for the motion was the “ sharp deterioration in the health of Suleyman Kerimov, because of worries about the club ‘s lack of success ”. [ 35 ] [ 38 ] In addition, Dynamo besides signed Christopher Samba, Vladimir Gabulov and Aleksei Ionov from Anzhi. other cost-cutting transfers included Samuel Eto’o and Willian to English side Chelsea ; [ 39 ] Lassana Diarra, [ 40 ] Mbark Boussoufa [ 41 ] and Arseniy Logashov to Lokomotiv Moscow ; João Carlos to Spartak Moscow ; and Oleg Shatov to Zenit Saint Petersburg. The firesale continued into January 2014 with the sale of striker Lacina Traoré to Monaco for €18 million and the sale of midfielder Jucilei to Emirati slope Al-Jazira. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] several of the players sold had been holocene signings for Anzhi ; Aleksandr Kokorin had signed from Dynamo entirely a month before being sold back to the Dinamiki and had so far to make an appearance for Anzhi. Igor Denisov and Aleksei Ionov had both merely signed in June and had played lone a handful of matches before being sold. Christopher Samba had rejoined Anzhi in July after a spell with Queens Park Rangers. [ 44 ] Willian had joined in January and played only 11 league matches before being sold. The budget cuts and subsequent sales resulted in Anzhi performing identical ailing in the 2013–14 russian Premier League : they finished last and were relegated, having amassed a criminal record broken of three wins and 20 points, making them the worst last-placed team in Europe. [ 45 ] however, they returned to the top division at the first attempt. Although they were relegated, the club still managed to get into the last 16 of the Europa League, being eliminated by AZ Alkmaar .

holocene history [edit ]

Yuri Semin was announced as Anzhi ‘s director on 18 June 2015, signing a annual abridge with the option of an extra class. [ 46 ] After gaining merely 6 points in first 10 games of the 2015–16 temper and with Anzhi in concluding locate, Semin left Anzhi on 29 September 2015. [ 47 ] After Semin ‘s passing, Ruslan Agalarov was placed in blame of the golf club, [ 48 ] until the end of the season, saving them from relegation with a play-off victory over Volgar Astrakhan. Pavel Vrba was appointed as the golf club ‘s new coach on 30 June 2016, [ 49 ] following the exhalation of Ruslan Agalarov ‘s contract on 31 May 2016. [ 50 ] On 28 December 2016, Suleyman Kerimov sold the baseball club to Osman Kadiyev, [ 51 ] with Pavel Vrba leaving by reciprocal consent two days later, [ 52 ] with Aleksandr Grigoryan being appointed as the golf club ‘s fresh director on 5 January 2017. [ 53 ] Anzhi was relegated from the russian Premier League once again at the end of the 2017–18 season, losing the delegating playoffs to FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk with an aggregate grade of 4–6. On 13 June 2018, FC Amkar Perm announced that the Russian Football Union recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the Russian Premier League or Russian Football National League. [ 54 ] As a consequence, Anzhi took Amkar ‘s spot and was not relegated. Anzhi struggled again during the 2018–19 season, and following a 0–1 defeat to Arsenal Tula, their delegating back to the Russian Football National League was confirmed. [ 55 ] On 15 May 2019, club ‘s general conductor Absalutdin Agaragimov announced that the club failed russian Football Union license for the 2019–20 season. The clubhouse had until the goal of May to lodge an attract. [ 56 ] On 29 May 2019, Russian Football Union license department chief Yevgeni Letin announced that Anzhi has recalled their invoke and, as a result, will not compete in the second-tier Russian Football National League in the 2019–20 season. They had an choice of applying for the third-tier russian Professional Football League license or potentially announce bankruptcy. [ 57 ] On 26 June 2019, Anzhi confirmed that they had received a license to play in the russian Professional Football League for the 2019–20 season, and that they were hush ineffective to register new players ascribable to outstanding debts. [ 58 ] Their 2019–20 police squad by and large included the under-20 players who played for their youth team in the previous temper, with most first-team players moving to other professional teams, including respective celebrated ones ( Yury Dyupin, Vladislav Kulik, Andrés Ponce ) who remained in the russian Premier League.

Crest and colours [edit ]

Anzhi badge from 2007 to 2009. The club returned to the original in 2010. The club ‘s crest includes a yellow eagle in traditional caucasian clothe with elements of the Dagestani flag. The cabaret ‘s name derives from the word Anzhi which means “ bone ” in the Kumyk lyric. It was besides the ancient name for the bring around where Makhachkala is situated. In the 2013–14 season, they changed their kit out sponsor from Adidas to Nike .

stadium [edit ]

due to the gamble of possible arm dispute in Dagestan, the cabaret ‘s players primarily live and train at a train base near Moscow, which was previously used by Saturn Moscow. The golf club fly in for family matches, [ 59 ] [ 60 ] which have a heavy security presence. [ 61 ] The club ‘s 28,000-seat Anzhi Arena was built in 2003, and due to its facilities is not used in european rival, for which Anzhi use the Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow. A high-priority finish of Kerimov when he purchased the club was the construction of a new 40,000 seater earth. [ 62 ]

Supporters [edit ]

Anzhi receive most of their back from the Northern Caucasian region, peculiarly from the city of Makhachkala. The club besides enjoys support from fans scattered all over Dagestan, and the local area in general. [ 63 ] The club is hated by some supporters of the Moscow-based club angstrom well as Zenit Saint Petersburg, in part out of jealousy of the club ‘s early wealth and besides out of cultural and religious animosity. [ 64 ]

european competitions [edit ]

Anzhi participated in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. Their opponents were Rangers of Scotland. rather of common home-and-away fixtures, UEFA decided to hold a single pit in a inert venue—the polish Army Stadium in Warsaw —due to the unstable situation in neighbouring Chechnya. Rangers won the couple 1–0. After finishing fifth in the 2011–12 russian Premier League, Anzhi qualified for the group degree of the UEFA Europa League for the first clock time in the clubhouse ‘s history, after eliminating Budapest Honvéd in the second base qualify round, Vitesse in the third gear qualify round and AZ Alkmaar in the play-off round. [ 65 ] however, they again had to play home matches away, this prison term at the Luzhniki Stadium, due to unrest in the city of Makhachkala. They finished second in group A behind Liverpool ; both games between the two ended as 1–0 home wins. Liverpool, Anzhi and Young Boys took the top three positions in the group respectively with ten-spot points each, and were ranked by their neck and neck criminal record with fourth-placed Udinese ; Anzhi were the only team in the group not to lose at home, having won all their dwelling games in the group stage. Guus Hiddink ‘s team were drawn with german side Hannover 96, who won group L. The Russians won the first peg 3–1 at the Luzhniki before a 1–1 draw in Hanover sent them through 4–2 on aggregate. They then faced Newcastle United in the next round, where Alan Pardew ‘s men became the first team to deny Anzhi a dwelling acquire in european competition. In the second branch away at St James ‘ Park, Newcastle ‘s Papiss Cissé headed home the winner in the last second base to eliminate Anzhi ; Mehdi Carcela-González had earlier been sent off for the club .

record [edit ]

As of match played 20 March 2014
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1
UEFA Europa League 26 13 7 6 32 16
Total 27 13 7 7 32 17

1R : First round, 2Q : second gear qualifying rung, 3Q : third gear qualifying polish, PO : Play-off cycle

Notes

1 only one stage was played, in a neutral venue in Warsaw, Poland, due to security system concerns in Russia .

Honours [edit ]

Champions (2): 1999, 2009

holocene seasons [edit ]

Players [edit ]

As of 29 December 2021, according to the FNL 2 official website

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve teams [edit ]

Records [edit ]

top scorers by season [edit ]

luminary players [edit ]

Had external caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Anzhi .

Managers [edit ]

Information correct as of match played 15 March 2020. Only competitive matches are counted.

  • Notes:

P – Total of act matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won Nationality is indicated by the equate FIFA state code ( sulfur ) .

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