2016–17 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

Anzhi Makhachkala
2016–17 season
Chairman	Suleyman Kerimov
Manager	Pavel Vrba ; (until 30 December); Aleksandr Grigoryan; (from 5 January)
Stadium	Anzhi-Arena
Russian Premier League	12th
Russian Cup	Quarter-final (vs. Ufa)
Top goalscorer	League: Arsen Khubulov (5); All: Pylyp Budkivskyi (6)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's second 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 in twelfth, narrowly avoiding a Relegation play-off thanks to their head-to-head record against FC Orenburg, whilst also reaching the Quarterfinals of the Russian Cup, where they were knocked out by FC Ufa.

Season events[edit]

Pavel Vrba was appointed as the club's new manager on 30 June 2016,^[1] following the expiration of Ruslan Agalarov's contract on 31 May 2016.^[2]

On 28 December 2016, Suleyman Kerimov sold the club to Osman Kadiyev.^[3] Two days later Pavel Vrba left by mutual consent,^[4] with Aleksandr Grigoryan being appointed as the club's new manager on 5 January 2017.^[5]

Squad[edit]

As of 24 February 2017,^[6] according to the RFPL official website Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	David Yurchenko
2	DF	RUS	Guram Tetrashvili
4	DF	UKR	Maksym Bilyi
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov (on loan from Krasnodar)
6	MF	IRN	Saeid Ezatolahi (on loan from Rostov)
7	DF	RUS	Kamil Agalarov
8	MF	RUS	Arsen Khubulov
9	FW	RUS	Shamil Asildarov
10	MF	RUS	Adlan Katsayev (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)
14	DF	RUS	Aslan Dudiyev
15	MF	UKR	Dmytro Shcherbak
16	GK	RUS	Yury Shafinsky
17	MF	RUS	Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky
19	FW	RUS	Pavel Dolgov
21	MF	RUS	Maksim Batov
22	MF	UKR	Sergey Karetnik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	RUS	Sergei Parshivlyuk
26	DF	BRA	Xandão
27	GK	RUS	Mehdi Jannatov
28	FW	UKR	Pylyp Budkivskyi (on loan from Shakhtar)
30	MF	RUS	Shamil Gasanov
37	MF	RUS	Batraz Khadartsev
45	DF	FRA	Thomas Phibel
57	DF	RUS	Magomed Musalov
77	MF	RUS	Ayaz Guliyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
85	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
90	MF	RUS	Andrei Lyakh
91	FW	RUS	Pavel Yakovlev
92	DF	RUS	Sergei Bryzgalov
94	FW	CRC	Felicio Brown Forbes (on loan from Arsenal Tula)
99	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Prudnikov

On loan[edit]

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	Georgi Tigiyev (loan to Spartak Moscow until 30 June 2017)
—	FW	RUS	Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev (loan to Fátima until 30 June 2017)
—	MF	MDA	Valeriu Ciupercă (loan to Tom Tomsk until 30 June 2017)

Youth squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
39	MF	RUS	Kamil Zakirov
43	DF	RUS	Dmitri Dontsov
44	DF	RUS	Bagautdin Rikmatullayev
49	MF	RUS	Yuri Kuzmin
52	FW	RUS	Arsanbeg Murtazaliyev
53	MF	RUS	Karim Girayev
54	FW	RUS	Gamid Agalarov
56	MF	RUS	Nikita Adamov
58	FW	RUS	Shamil Murtuzaliyev
59	DF	RUS	Mariz Saidov
61	DF	RUS	Anton Belov
62	FW	RUS	Shakhban Gaydarov
64	DF	RUS	Alikadi Saidov
65	DF	RUS	Rustam Isayev
66	MF	RUS	Amirkhan Temukov
67	MF	RUS	Alan Yarikbayev
68	DF	RUS	Roman Khodakovsky


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
69	GK	RUS	Yegor Sedov
70	FW	RUS	Rashid Magomedov
72	FW	RUS	Ivan Ivanchenko
73	MF	RUS	Chingiz Agabalayev
76	MF	RUS	Gadzhi Adzhiyev
76	GK	RUS	Nikita Repin
78	GK	RUS	Dmitri Gerasimov
78	MF	RUS	Timur Patakhov
79	FW	RUS	Said Aliyev
80	MF	RUS	Tamerlan Ramazanov
81	DF	RUS	Rustam Machilov
86	MF	RUS	Suleyman Dzhabrailov
88	GK	RUS	Yuri Shleyev
95	DF	RUS	Magomed Elmurzayev
97	MF	RUS	Magomed Magomedov
98	MF	RUS	Zalimkhan Yusupov

Transfers[edit]

Summer[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	David Yurchenko (from Ufa, previously on loan)^[7]
10	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević (from Hamburger SV)^[8]
13	MF	GHA	Mohammed Rabiu (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[9]
15	MF	UKR	Dmytro Shcherbak (from Kuban Krasnodar)
17	MF	RUS	Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[10]
21	DF	FRA	Cédric Yambéré (on loan from Bordeaux)^[11]
22	MF	UKR	Sergey Karetnik (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[12]
24	DF	RUS	Sergei Parshivlyuk (from Spartak Moscow)^[13]
26	DF	BRA	Xandão (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[14]
28	FW	UKR	Pylyp Budkivskyi (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)^[15]
31	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Belenov (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[16]
44	DF	RUS	Bagautdin Rikmatullayev
65	DF	RUS	Rustam Isayev
66	MF	RUS	Amirkhan Temukov
68	MF	RUS	Roman Khodakovsky
69	GK	RUS	Yegor Sedov (from own academy)
76	GK	RUS	Nikita Repin (from Rotor Volgograd academy)
86	MF	RUS	Suleyman Dzhabrailov
91	MF	RUS	Pavel Yakovlev (from Spartak Moscow)^[13]
98	MF	RUS	Zalimkhan Yusupov
99	MF	FRA	Gabriel Obertan (from Newcastle United)^[17]
—	DF	ESP	Cala (loan from Getafe)^[18]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov (to Tom Tomsk)^[19]
27	GK	RUS	Mehdi Jannatov (on loan to Baltika Kaliningrad)^[20]
55	GK	RUS	Yevgeny Pomazan (to Kuban Krasnodar)^[21]
56	DF	RUS	Mikhail Reshetnyak
65	DF	RUS	Abubakar Ustarkhanov
68	MF	RUS	Goytemir Umarov
71	GK	RUS	Mukharbek Burayev
75	FW	RUS	Tagir Musalov
87	MF	RUS	Ilya Maksimov (to Arsenal Tula)^[22]
96	FW	RUS	Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev (loan to Fátima)^[23]
99	FW	RUS	Islamnur Abdulavov (to Ufa)^[24]
—	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Krivoruchko (to SKA-Khabarovsk, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk)^[25]^[26]
—	DF	ESP	Cala (loan return to Getafe)^[27]
—	DF	RUS	Murad Kurbanov (released, previously on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk)
—	DF	RUS	Yuri Udunyan (to Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala, previously on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk)
—	DF	RUS	Andrey Yeshchenko (to Spartak Moscow, previously on loan to Dynamo Moscow)^[28]

Winter[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	RUS	Guram Tetrashvili (from Tosno)^[29]
4	DF	UKR	Maksym Bilyi ^[30]
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov (loan from Krasnodar)^[31]
6	MF	IRN	Saeid Ezatolahi (on loan from Rostov)^[32]
7	DF	RUS	Kamil Agalarov
8	MF	RUS	Arsen Khubulov (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[33]
9	FW	RUS	Shamil Asildarov (from Tobol)^[34]
10	MF	RUS	Adlan Katsayev (on loan from Terek Grozny)^[35]
13	MF	RUS	Dmitri Kudryashov
14	DF	RUS	Aslan Dudiyev (from Tom Tomsk)^[29]
19	FW	RUS	Pavel Dolgov (from Zenit St.Petersburg)^[36]
21	DF	RUS	Maksim Batov (from Rubin Kazan)
39	MF	RUS	Kamil Zakirov (from Krasnodar)
45	DF	FRA	Thomas Phibel (from Red Star Belgrade)^[37]
52	FW	RUS	Arsanbeg Murtazaliyev (from UOR Dagestan Kaspiysk)
54	FW	RUS	Gamid Agalarov (from own academy)
56	MF	RUS	Nikita Adamov
58	FW	RUS	Shamil Murtuzaliyev (from Zenit St. Petersburg academy)
64	DF	RUS	Alikadi Saidov (from own academy)
72	FW	RUS	Ivan Ivanchenko (from Zenit St. Petersburg)
76	MF	RUS	Gadzhi Adzhiyev (from Dynamo Bryansk)
77	MF	RUS	Ayaz Guliyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)^[38]
78	GK	RUS	Dmitri Gerasimov (from CSKA Moscow)^[39]
81	DF	RUS	Rustam Machilov (from own academy)
85	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Filtsov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)^[40]
88	GK	RUS	Yuri Shleyev (from Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk)
90	MF	RUS	Andrei Lyakh (free agent)^[41]
92	DF	RUS	Sergei Bryzgalov (from Terek Grozny)^[42]
94	FW	CRC	Felicio Brown Forbes (on loan from Arsenal Tula)^[43]
99	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Prudnikov (from Orenburg)^[44]
—	GK	RUS	Mehdi Jannatov (end of loan to Baltika Kaliningrad)^[45]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	RUS	Ali Gadzhibekov (to Krylia Sovetov)^[46]^[47]
4	DF	SRB	Darko Lazić (to Alanyaspor)^[48]
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan
8	MF	NED	Lorenzo Ebecilio (to APOEL)^[49]
10	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević (to Kairat)^[50]
13	MF	GHA	Mohammed Rabiu
14	MF	KOS	Bernard Berisha (to Terek Grozny)^[51]
18	MF	BLR	Ivan Mayewski (to Astana)^[52]
20	MF	NIG	Amadou Moutari (to Ferencvárosi)^[53]
21	DF	FRA	Cédric Yambéré (loan return to Bordeaux)
25	DF	GHA	Jonathan Mensah (to Columbus Crew)^[54]
31	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Belenov (from Ufa)^[55]
45	DF	RUS	Narula Dzharulayev
47	MF	RUS	Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov ^[56]
77	DF	RUS	Georgi Tigiyev (on loan to Spartak Moscow)^[57]
88	MF	RUS	Anvar Gazimagomedov (to Armavir)^[58]
94	FW	CIV	Yannick Boli (to Dalian Yifang)^[59]
99	MF	FRA	Gabriel Obertan (to Wigan Athletic)^[60]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Yuri Shleyev ^[61]
—	DF	RUS	Kamil Agalarov ^[61]
—	DF	RUS	Qvanzav Məhəmmədov ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Andrei Bezhonov ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Adlan Katsayev ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Butta Magomedov ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Shamil Mirzayev ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Sharif Mukhammad ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Ruslan Shauvkhalov ^[61]
—	MF	RUS	Fedor Sheremetov ^[61]
—	MF	UKR	Denys Dedechko ^[61]
—	FW	RUS	Shamil Asildarov ^[61]
—	FW	RUS	Tagir Musalov ^[61]
—	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Antonov ^[61]
—		RUS	Magomed Suleimanov ^[61]
—		RUS	Shamil Murtuzaliev ^[61]

Friendlies[edit]

30 June 2016	Khimki	2–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Kuzmichyov 34' Petrusyov 90'

4 July 2016	Spartak-2 Moscow	3–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Davydov 23', 86' Sinodzuka 88'	Summary	Trialist 43' Abdulavov 52'

16 July 2016	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Pinkafeld, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lazić 29' Trialist 50' Tigiyev 90'	Summary	Harriott 7'	Stadium: Adeg-Meister Frost Arena

19 July 2016	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Ettifaq	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Budkivskyi 2', 26'	Summary	53' (pen.)

23 July 2016	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Watford	Austria
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dibirgadzhiyev 67' Berisha 70'	Summary

18 January 2017	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Katsayev 24'

22 January 2017	Aktobe	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	B.Baitana	Summary

2 February 2017	Botev Plovdiv	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stoyanov 75'	Summary	Budkivskyi 28' Asildarov 33'

4 February 2017	Elazığspor	0–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary

5 February 2017	Vardar	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Georgiyevsky 47'

8 February 2017	Dukla Prague	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Hanousek 80', 90+3' (pen.)	Summary	Katsayev 23' (pen.)

17 February 2017	Şagadam	0–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Asildarov 3' Bryzgalov 83'

20 February 2017	Kairat	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Katsayev 41'

23 February 2017	Atyrau	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
17:30 MSK (UTC+3)	72'	Summary

25 February 2017	Irtysh Pavlodar	3–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Belek, Turkey
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	S.Bando 44' Fonseca 70' Zivkovic 78'	Summary	Karetnik 14' Budkivskyi 51'

Competitions[edit]

Russian Premier League[edit]

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L
Position	11	13	10	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[edit]

30 July 2016 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	CSKA Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 68' Zhirov 82'	Summary		Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

7 August 2016 2	Amkar Perm	2–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Perm
15:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Anene 31' Gol 57' Zaytsev 88' 89'	Summary	Zhirov 17' 64' Lazić 34' Musalov 81'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

14 August 2016 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Arsenal Tula	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yambéré 15' Ebecilio 29' Mayewski 45+2' Berisha 82' Budkivskyi 90' Gadzhibekov 90+1'	Summary	Belyayev 58' Denisov 79'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

19 August 2016 4	Rubin Kazan	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kazan
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanunnikov 34'	Summary	Budkivskyi 42' Ebecilio 54' Gadzhibekov 69' Lazić 76' Gasanov 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,572 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

28 August 2016 5	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–2	Spartak Moscow	Kaspiysk
21:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Musalov 52' Yambéré 57' Lazić 62' Mensah 85'	Summary	Ananidze 18' Yeshchenko 37' 72' Kutepov 65' Fernando 68' Promes 81'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Sergei Ivanov

10 September 2016 6	Orenburg	0–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Orenburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Georgiev 61' Oyewole 75'	Summary	Mensah 10' Obertan 57'	Stadium: Gazovik Stadium Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Artem Chistyakov

17 September 2016 7	Ural	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Yekaterinburg
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Obertan 25' Parshivlyuk 87' Iličević 90+1'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

25 September 2016 8	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–2	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha 28' (pen.) 87' Gasanov 39' Boli 61' 64' Yambéré 74'	Summary	Dzyuba 6', 18' García 72' Zhirkov 90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

1 October 2016 9	Krylia Sovetov	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Samara
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Mollo 18' Tkachyov 45+1' 76'	Summary	Musalov 25' Parshivlyuk 43' Gasanov 80' Lazić 90' Berisha 90+1' 90+2'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 5,263 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

17 October 2016 10	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Terek Grozny	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Xandão 57'	Summary	Píriz 22' 82' Ángel 65' Gorodov 90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

22 October 2016 11	Tom Tomsk	0–3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Tomsk
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vranješ 36' Droppa 60'	Summary	Mayewski 45' Iličević 49' 66', 77' Berisha 82'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

30 October 2016 12	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Krasnodar	Kaspiysk
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Xandão 55' Obertan 90+2'	Summary	Kaboré 6' 17' Izmailov 47' Laborde 90+2' Eboue 90+4'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 7,203 Referee: Sergey Karasev

5 November 2016 13	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Maicon 3', 4' Fernandes 50' Samedov 59' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,014 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

19 November 2016 14	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–1	Ufa	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Yakovlev 90'	Summary	Vaněk 63' Sukhov 73' Oblyakov 79' Bezdenezhnykh 81'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

27 November 2016 15	Rostov	2–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Rostov-on-Don
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Azmoun 41' Kalachev 45+1' Gațcan 79' 80'	Summary	Obertan 37' Xandão 64'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 9,194 Referee: Igor Fedotov

1 December 2016 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–1	Amkar Perm	Kaspiysk
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Budkivskyi 43', 65' Boli 49' (pen.) Musalov 75' Gadzhibekov 84'	Summary	Bodul 25' Gol 50' Gigolayev 66'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Sergey Karasev

5 December 2016 17	Arsenal Tula	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Tula
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Berkhamov 34' Belyayev 70' Levashov 90+2'	Summary	Budkivskyi 17' Ebecilio 42'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

6 March 2017 18	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–1	Rubin Kazan	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ezatolahi 27' 77'	Summary	Tkachuk 11' Kanunnikov 23' 81'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

12 March 2017 19	Spartak Moscow	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Samedov 67'	Summary	Phibel 3' Yakovlev 28' Khubulov 47' Tetrashvili 57'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 34,456 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

17 March 2017 20	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Orenburg	Kaspiysk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Asildarov 12' Prudnikov 79' 80'	Summary	Sivakow 49'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

31 March 2017 21	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–3	Ural	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Prudnikov 49' Khubulov 53' Phibel 83'	Summary	Ilyin 22' Yemelyanov 34' Dantsev 45+1' Manucharyan 53' 88' Gasanov 57' (o.g.) Bicfalvi 61'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

8 April 2017 22	Zenit St.Petersburg	1–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lombaerts 50' Hernani 59' Kokorin 73'	Summary	Forbes 14' Yakovlev 21' Budkivskyi 39' Guliyev 57' Phibel 78' Khubulov 82' Ezatolahi 89'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,620 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

15 April 2017 23	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–3	Krylia Sovetov	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Parshivlyuk 15' Khubulov 89' (pen.)	Summary	Kornilenko 9' Zotov 23' Pasquato 64' Bozhin 88'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

22 April 2017 24	Terek Grozny	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Grozny
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Roshi 12'	Summary	Forbes 14' 52' Dudiyev 30' Yurchenko 90+4' Katsayev 90+5'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 15,537 Referee: Roman Galimov

27 April 2017 26	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–3	Tom Tomsk	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Khubulov 29' (pen.), 51' (pen.), 90+7' (pen.) 37' Guliyev 63'	Summary	Sobolev 25' 47' Golyshev 27' Osipov 45+1' Miterev 49' Gvineysky 70' Bukachyov 83' Bolshunov 90+3' Karymov 90+6'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

1 May 2017 26	Krasnodar	0–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Krasnodar
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Pereyra 53' Torbinski 82'	Summary	Guliyev 33' Yakovlev 60' Musalov 65' Yurchenko 90+1'	Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 27,658 Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

8 May 2017 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tetrashvili 14'	Summary	Barinov 81' Denisov 87' Ignatyev 90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,980 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

14 May 2017 28	Ufa	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Ufa
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Jokić 24' Stotsky 39' Fatai 90'	Report	Budkivskyi 41'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

17 May 2017 29	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–2	Rostov	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tetrashvili 31' Prudnikov 78' Budkivskyi 90+1'	Report	Bayramyan 58' Azmoun 61' Poloz 64' Terentyev 90+2'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

21 May 2017 30	CSKA Moscow	4–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignashevich 17' Vitinho 24', 38' Wernbloom 33' Chalov 49'	Report	Guliyev 31'	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 16,523 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Amkar Perm	30	8	11	11	25	29	−4	35
11	Ural Yekaterinburg	30	8	6	16	24	44	−20	30
12	Anzhi Makhachkala	30	7	9	14	24	38	−14	30^[a]
13	Orenburg (R)	30	7	9	14	25	36	−11	30^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Arsenal Tula (O)	30	7	7	16	18	40	−22	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

Source: Russian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored.^[62]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Anzhi Makhachkala ahead of Orenburg on head-to-head points; Orenburg–Anzhi Makhachkala 0–0, Anzhi Makhachkala–Orenburg 1–0.

Russian Cup[edit]

21 September 2016 Round of 32	Mordovia Saransk	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saransk
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ivanov 66' Lukyanov 87'	Summary	Iličević 6' Moutari 45+3' Yurchenko 86' Budkivskyi 90+2'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 920 Referee: Oleg Sokolov

27 October 2016 Round of 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	4–0	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gasanov 29' Budkivskyi 31' 62', 70' Berisha 36' 79' Gadzhibekov 51' 89' Mayewski 89'	Summary	Neto 36' Kokorin 56' Kerzhakov 58' Zhirkov 67' Giuliano 89' Witsel 89'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

1 March 2017 Quarterfinal	Ufa	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Ufa
17:0 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaseyev 55' 66' Igboun 57' Stotsky 85' Paurević 89'	Summary	Yakovlev 32' Guliyev 79'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 8,400

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played 21 May 2017

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	David Yurchenko	16	0	13	0	3	0
2	DF	RUS	Guram Tetrashvili	11	0	10	0	1	0
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov	16	0	15	0	1	0
6	MF	IRN	Saeid Ezatolahi	11	0	3+7	0	1	0
8	MF	RUS	Arsen Khubulov	11	5	7+3	5	1	0
9	FW	RUS	Shamil Asildarov	7	0	2+4	0	1	0
10	MF	RUS	Adlan Katsayev	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
14	DF	RUS	Aslan Dudiyev	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
15	MF	UKR	Dmytro Shcherbak	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	RUS	Svyatoslav Georgiyevsky	11	0	7+3	0	1	0
19	FW	RUS	Pavel Dolgov	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
21	DF	RUS	Maksim Batov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
24	DF	RUS	Sergei Parshivlyuk	20	0	19	0	0+1	0
26	DF	BRA	Xandão	7	0	5	0	2	0
28	FW	UKR	Pylyp Budkivskyi	31	6	21+8	4	2	2
30	MF	RUS	Shamil Gasanov	21	1	17+2	0	2	1
37	MF	RUS	Batraz Khadartsev	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
45	DF	FRA	Thomas Phibel	14	0	13	0	1	0
57	DF	RUS	Magomed Musalov	31	0	27+2	0	2	0

[table_hth_ANZ0.049224572744791-62] Anzhi Makhachkala ahead of Orenburg on head-to-head points; Orenburg–Anzhi Makhachkala 0–0, Anzhi Makhachkala–Orenburg 1–0.

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2016–17 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

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