2003 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season
# 2003 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2003 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's 1st back in the First Division, following their relegation from the Russian Top Division the previous season. They finished the season in 6th place, reaching the semifinals of the 2002–03 Russian Cup and the fifth round of the 2003–04 Russian Cup.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| | Sergey Armishev | GK | (1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 27) | Uralan Elista | 1999 | 78 | 0 |
| | Aleksandr Makarov | GK | (1978-08-23)23 August 1978 (aged 25) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2003 | 24 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| | Kakhaber Mzhavanadze | DF | (1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 25) | Spartak Moscow | 2002 | | |
| | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | DF | (1968-09-07)7 September 1968 (aged 35) | Locomotive Tbilisi | 2003 | | |
| | Nicolae Stanciu | DF | (1973-11-13)13 November 1973 (aged 29) | Rapid București | 2002 | | |
| | Arsen Akayev | DF | (1970-12-28)28 December 1970 (aged 32) | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1999 | | |
| | Andrei Gordeyev | DF | (1975-04-01)1 April 1975 (aged 28) | Dynamo Moscow | 1999 | 116 | 3 |
| | Rasim Tagirbekov | DF | (1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Omari Tetradze | DF | (1969-10-13)13 October 1969 (aged 34) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2003 | | |
| | Renat Yanbayev | DF | (1984-04-07)7 April 1984 (aged 19) | loan from CSKA Moscow | 2003 | | |
| | Nebojša Stojković | DF | (1974-06-02)2 June 1974 (aged 29) | Pobeda | 2000 | 113 | 2 |
| | Oleksandr Babych | DF | (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 24) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | 2002 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| | Willer | MF | (1979-11-18)18 November 1979 (aged 23) | Independiente | 2002 | | |
| | Gadzhi Bamatov | MF | (1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 1997 | | |
| | Shamil Burziyev | MF | (1985-04-01)1 April 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Valeri Likhobabenko | MF | (1976-02-17)17 February 1976 (aged 27) | | 2003 | | |
| | Eldar Mamayev | MF | (1985-06-14)14 June 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Artur Sadirov | MF | (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Aleksei Savelyev | MF | (1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (aged 26) | CSKA Moscow | 2002 | | |
| | Murad Ramazanov | MF | (1979-03-10)10 March 1979 (aged 24) | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1999 | | |
| | Ruslan Agalarov | MF | (1974-02-21)21 February 1974 (aged 29) | Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody | 1999 | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| | Robson Paolo da Silva | FW | (1976-06-15)15 June 1976 (aged 27) | | 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| | Valery Alekseyev | FW | (1979-02-16)16 February 1979 (aged 24) | Fakel Voronezh | 2003 | | |
| | Budun Budunov | FW | (1975-12-04)4 December 1975 (aged 27) | Lokomotiv-Taym Mineralnye Vody | 1999 | | |
| | Shamil Lakhiyalov | FW | (1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (aged 24) | Saturn | 2003 | | |
| | Ishref Magomedov | FW | (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 23) | Torpedo Vladimir | 2003 | | |
| | Magomed Magomedov | FW | (1987-12-11)11 December 1987 (aged 15) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Sheykh Osmanov | FW | (1984-10-26)26 October 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| | Igor Strelkov | FW | (1982-03-21)21 March 1982 (aged 21) | Lada-Tolyatti | 2003 | | |
| | Aleksandr Nikulin | FW | (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 24) | Zhemchuzhina-Sochi | 2003 | | |
| | Akhmed Kurbanov | FW | (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2003 | | |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | Amel Mujčinović | GK | (1973-11-20)20 November 1973 (aged 29) | NK Celje | 2002 | 8 | 0 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Winter 2003 | GK | Aleksandr Makarov | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | DF | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Omari Tetradze | Alania Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | MF | Valeri Likhobabenko | Unattached | Free |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Paulo da Silva Robson | | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Shamil Lakhiyalov | Saturn Ramenskoye | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Ishref Magomedov | Torpedo Vladimir | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2003 | FW | Igor Strelkov | Lada-Togliatti | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winter 2003 | DF | | Renat Yanbayev | CSKA Moscow | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Winter 2002 | DF | Stevo Glogovac | Zemun | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | DF | Dženan Hošić | Szczakowianka Jaworzno | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | DF | Igor Aksyonov | Kristall Smolensk | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | GK | Amir Hamzić | Zvijezda Gradačac | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | GK | Oleksandr Mitrofanov | Tavriya Simferopol | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | GK | Vladyslav Prudius | Sokol Saratov | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | GK | Hadis Zubanović | Velež Mostar | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2002 | GK | Jafar Irismetov | Pakhtakor Tashkent | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2003 | GK | Amel Mujčinović | Mura | Undisclosed |

## 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 % |
| First Division | 29 March 2003 | 1 November 2003 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 045.24 |
| 2002–03 Russian Cup | 2 March 2003 | 21 May 2003 | Round of 16 | Semifinal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 033.33 |
| 2003–04 Russian Cup | 24 August 2003 | 5 November 2003 | Fourth Round | Fifth Round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 045.83 |

Last updated: 5 November 2003 Source: See Results

### First Division

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Terek Grozny | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 85 | |
| 5 | Dynamo St. Petersburg (R) | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 77 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 6 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 70 | |
| 7 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 64 | |
| 8 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 62 | |

* ↑ TOM 2–1 TER; TER 0–1 TOM
* ↑ Dynamo Saint Petersburg were expelled from the league due to financial irregularities

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | 2002-03 Russian Cup | 2002-03 Russian Cup | 2003-04 Russian Cup | 2003-04 Russian Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | RUS | Sergey Armishev | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Makarov | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Kakhaber Mzhavanadze | 38 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Arsen Akayev | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Andrei Gordeyev | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Rasim Tagirbekov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Omari Tetradze | 40 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | RUS | Renat Yanbayev | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SRB | Nebojša Stojković | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Babych | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Willer | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Gadzhi Bamatov | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Shamil Burziyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Valeri Likhobabenko | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Eldar Mamayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Aleksei Savelyev | 35 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Murad Ramazanov | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | UZB | Ruslan Agalarov | 40 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | BRA | Paulo da Silva Robson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Valery Alekseyev | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Budun Budunov | 40 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Shamil Lakhiyalov | 40 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Ishref Magomedov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Magomed Magomedov | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Igor Strelkov | 34 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Nikulin | 37 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | RUS | Akhmed Kurbanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Anzhi Makhachkala but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| | GK | BIH | Amel Mujčinović | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Name | First Division | 2002-03 Russian Cup | 2003-04 Russian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | Shamil Lakhiyalov | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | Budun Budunov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | Igor Strelkov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | Ruslan Agalarov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Aleksei Savelyev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | Aleksandr Nikulin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | Valery Alekseyev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | Magomed Magomedov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Kakhaber Mzhavanadze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Murad Ramazanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Nebojša Stojković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Oleksandr Babych | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Renat Yanbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Arsen Akayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Omari Tetradze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Willer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 5 | 59 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Name | First Division | 2002-03 Russian Cup | 2003-04 Russian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Sergey Armishev | | | | |
| 1 | GK | Aleksandr Makarov | | | | |
| | | TOTALS | 21 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
