FC Anzhi Makhachkala

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fullname = Football Club
Anzhi Makhachkala
nickname = "Dagi (Dagestan men)"
founded = 1991
ground = Khazar Stadium,
Kaspiysk
capacity = 20,000
chairman = Magomed-Sultan
Magomedov
manager = Omari Tetradze
league = Russian First Division
season = 2007
position = 10th
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FC Anzhi Makhachkala ( _ru. ФК "Анжи" Махачкала) is a Russian football club based in Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.

Colours are (Home) green shirts, white shorts (Away) yellow shirts, black shorts or red shirts with white arms, red shorts.

History

The club was founded in 1991 and has played in the Russian league since 1992. In 1992 the team entered the Second Division and played there until promotion in 1996, when Eduard Malofeev coached them. In 1999 Anzhi won the First Division. In 2000 the team debuted in the Top Division and just missed the bronze medals. A penalty was awarded against Anzhi on the 95th minute of the last league match, and Torpedo converted it to clinch the third position. Anzhi finished fourth, recording the best result in club's history. In 2001 they reached the final of the Russian Cup, but lost to Lokomotiv on penalties.

Anzhi were relegated from the Premier League in 2002 and play in the First Division since then.

UEFA Cup participation

Anzhi participated in the UEFA Cup 2001-02. Their opponents were Rangers F.C. Instead of usual home-and-away fixtures, UEFA decided to hold a single match in neutral venue (Warsaw) due to the unstable situation in neighbouring Chechnya. Rangers won the match 1-0. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1562900.stm]

League results

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from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:10

from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1993 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2(zone 1)" from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1996 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2(zone West)" from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1999 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2002 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "RPL" from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2008 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1"

Current squad

Notable past players

;Russia
*flagicon|Russia Sergei Grishin
*flagicon|Russia Vladimir Kuzmichyov
*flagicon|Russia Aleksandr Makarov
*flagicon|Russia Sergei Ryzhikov
*flagicon|Russia Andrei Solomatin
*flagicon|Russia Omari Tetradze
*flagicon|Russia Renat Yanbayev;Bosnia and Herzegovina
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Stevo Glogovac
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić;Brazil
*flagicon|Brazil Willer;Georgia
*flagicon|Georgia Kahaber Mzhavanadze;Serbia
*flagicon|Serbia Predrag Ranđelović;Ukraine
*flagicon|Ukraine Oleksandr Babych;Uzbekistan
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Roman Uzdenov

External links

* [http://www.fc-anji.ru/index.php Official Website] ru icon
* [http://anzhi.ru Fans' website] ru icon
* [http://www.fc-anzhi.chat.ru// Unofficial site]