2012–13 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

The 2012–13 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the 3rd successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Anzhi Makhachkala finished the season in Third place, qualifying for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group stage, whilst they also where Runners Up to CSKA Moscow in the Russian Cup and reached the Round of 16 of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out by Newcastle United.

Anzhi Makhachkala

2012–13 season
Chairman	Suleyman Kerimov
Manager	Guus Hiddink
Stadium	Dinamo Stadium Anzhi Arena
Premier League	3rd
Russian Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Last 16 vs Newcastle United
Top goalscorer	League: Lacina Traoré (9) All: Samuel Eto'o (15)
Highest home attendance	26,200 vs Krylia Sovetov Samara 17 March 2013
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs Honvéd 19 July 2012 vs Vitesse Arnhem 2 August 2012 vs Newcastle United 7 March 2013
Average home league attendance	13,415
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Season events

Anzhi Makhachkala's away game against Zenit St. Petersburg on 10 December was played behind closed doors.^[1]

Anzhi Makhachkala's home UEFA Europa League knockout phase games where played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow instead of their regular Dynamo Stadium in Makhachkala, due to security issues involving the city of Makhachkala and the autonomous republic of Dagestan.^[2]

Squad

As of match played 1 June 2013

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Vladimir Gabulov		GK	(1983-10-19)19 October 1983 (aged 29)	Dynamo Moscow	2011		55	0
22	Yevgeny Pomazan		GK	(1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 24)	CSKA Moscow	2011		13	0
26	Azamat Dzhioev		GK	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 22)	Spartak Moscow	2011		0	0
27	Mehdi Jannatov		GK	(1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 21)	Trainee	2010		0	0
97	Islamkhan Gadzhiyasulov		GK	(1997-05-18)18 May 1997 (aged 16)	Trainee	2012		0	0
Defenders
2	Andrey Yeshchenko		DF	(1984-02-09)9 February 1984 (aged 29)	Lokomotiv Moscow	2013		5	0
3	Ali Gadzhibekov		DF	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 29)	Trainee	2006		91	2
5	João Carlos		DF	(1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 31)	Genk	2011		71	5
7	Kamil Agalarov		DF	(1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 24)	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	2008		114	3
13	Rasim Tagirbekov		DF	(1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 29)	Trainee	2002		299	20
15	Arseny Logashov		DF	(1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 21)	FC Khimki	2011		41	0
18	Yuri Zhirkov		DF	(1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 29)	Chelsea	2011		62	3
33	Emir Spahić		DF	(1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 32)	loan from Sevilla	2013	2013	9	1
37	Ewerton		DF	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 24)	Corinthians Alagoano	2012[3]	2016[3]	12	0
44	Murad Qurbanov		DF	(1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 20)	Eintracht Frankfurt U17	2010		0	0
56	Jamal Rasulov		DF	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 21)	Unattached	2011		0	0
70	Yuri Udunyan		DF	(1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 18)	Trainee	2011		0	0
93	Islam Suleymanov		DF	(1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 19)	Zenit-2 St.Petersburg	2011		0	0
Midfielders
6	Mbark Boussoufa		MF	(1984-08-15)15 August 1984 (aged 28)	Anderlecht	2011		83	13
8	Jucilei		MF	(1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 25)	Corinthians	2011		74	2
10	Willian		MF	(1988-08-09)9 August 1988 (aged 24)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2013		13	1
14	Oleg Shatov		MF	(1990-07-29)29 July 1990 (aged 22)	Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg	2012		47	5
16	Mehdi Carcela		MF	(1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23)	Standard Liège	2011		43	2
17	Sharif Mukhammad		MF	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 23)	Trainee	2010		10	0
25	Odil Ahmedov		MF	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 25)	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2011		81	5
53	Ismail Korgoloyev		MF	(1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 19)	Trainee	2012		0	0
57	Magomed Gamidov		MF	(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 18)	Trainee	2011		0	0
78	Azret Omarov		MF	(1993-07-30)30 July 1993 (aged 19)	Unattached	2012		0	0
85	Lassana Diarra		MF	(1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 28)	Real Madrid	2012		23	1
Forwards
9	Samuel Eto'o		FW	(1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 32)	Internazionale	2011		66	34
19	Lacina Traoré		FW	(1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 23)	Kuban Krasnodar	2012		39	17
20	Fyodor Smolov		FW	(1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 23)	loan from Dynamo Moscow	2012	2013	19	1
28	Serder Serderov		FW	(1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow	2012		6	1
32	Shamil Mirzayev		FW	(1992-11-28)28 November 1992 (aged 20)	Trainee	2010		0	0
71	Magomedzagir Zagirov		FW	(1994-01-08)8 January 1994 (aged 19)	Trainee	2012		0	0
73	Mariz Saidov		FW	(1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 18)	Trainee	2012		0	0
94	Islamnur Abdulavov		FW	(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 19)	Dynamo Kyiv	2011		0	0
Away on loan
21	Abdulla Gadzhikadiyev		GK	(1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 20)	Trainee	2012		0	0
81	Nikita Burmistrov		FW	(1989-07-06)6 July 1989 (aged 23)	Amkar Perm	2012		6	1
Players who left during the season
4	Christopher Samba		DF	(1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 29)	Blackburn Rovers	2012	2016	39	4
10	Shamil Lakhiyalov		FW	(1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (aged 33)	Krasnodar	2011
21	Georgy Gabulov		MF	(1988-09-04)4 September 1988 (aged 24)	Alania Vladikavkaz	2012		13	1
24	Aleksei Ivanov		MF	(1981-09-01)1 September 1981 (aged 31)	Saturn Ramenskoye	2011		27	1
29	Badavi Huseynov		DF	(1991-07-11)11 July 1991 (aged 21)	Dagdizel Kaspiysk	2010		0	0
47	Eldar Jangishiev		DF	(1994-07-26)26 July 1994 (aged 18)	Trainee	2011		0	0
	Miro Slavov		FW	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 22)	Girondins de Bordeaux	2010		2	0

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  RUS Abdulla Gadzhikadiyev (at Dagdizel Kaspiysk)

No. Pos. Nation Player 81 FW  RUS Nikita Burmistrov (at Amkar Perm)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Russian football transfers summer 2012 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2012–13

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2012	FW		Lacina Traoré	Kuban Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[4]
10 July 2012	FW		Serder Serderov	CSKA Moscow	Undisclosed	[5]
3 August 2012	DF		Ewerton	Corinthians Alagoano	Undisclosed	[3][6]
3 September 2012	MF		Lassana Diarra	Real Madrid	Undisclosed	[7]
3 September 2012	FW		Nikita Burmistrov	Amkar Perm	Undisclosed	[7]
12 January 2013	DF		Andrey Yeshchenko	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[8]
2 February 2013	MF		Willian	Shakhtar Donetsk	Undisclosed	[9]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
10 July 2012	FW		Fyodor Smolov	Dynamo Moscow	30 June 2013	[10]
1 March 2013	DF		Emir Spahić	Sevilla	30 June 2013	[11]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2012	FW		Jan Holenda	Rostov	Undisclosed
12 July 2012	DF		Benoît Angbwa	Rostov	Undisclosed
13 July 2012	FW		Ilya Kukharchuk	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Undisclosed
31 August 2012	FW		Miro Slavov	First Vienna	Undisclosed
6 September 2012	MF		Aleksei Ivanov	Mordovia Saransk	Undisclosed
1 January 2013	MF		Georgy Gabulov	Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed
20 January 2013	FW		Shamil Lakhiyalov	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed
31 January 2013	DF		Christopher Samba	Queens Park Rangers	£12,500,000	[12]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
24 January 2013	FW		Nikita Burmistrov	Amkar Perm	30 June 2013	[13]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
7 July 2012	GK		Aleksandr Makarov	Sibir Novosibirsk	13 July 2012	[14][15]
7 July 2012	MF		Makhach Gadzhiyev	Tavriya Simferopol		[14]
30 June 2013	GK		Azamat Dzhioev

Friendlies

Kapfenberger SV v Anzhi Makhachkala

28 June 2012	Kapfenberger SV	1–3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kapfenberg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuljić 48' (pen.)	Summary	1' (o.g.) Eto'o 39', 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium Referee: Kislik Alfred (Austria)

Kufstein v Anzhi Makhachkala

10 July 2012	Kufstein	0–7	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kufstein
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Traoré 17' Boussoufa 43' Shatov 51', 76' Zhirkov 63' Smolov 80' Gadzhibekov 87'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

Anzhi Makhachkala v Pakhtakor Tashkent

20 January 2013	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–1	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Dubai, UAE
13:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Miladinović 76'	Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium Referee: Mohamed Obaid Kadem (UAE)

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2012–13 Russian Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	15	8	7	45	34	+11	53	10	5	0	30	15	+15	5	3	7	15	19	−4

Last updated: 26 May 2013.
Source: See Results

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L
Position	3	4	3	7	7	6	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2013. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Anzhi Makhachkala v Kuban Krasnodar

21 July 2012 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Kuban Krasnodar	Makhachkala
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Eto'o 31' Traoré 43'	Report	João Carlos 1' (o.g.) Ionov  30' Tsorayev  38' Lolo  64' Zelão  69' Armaș  76'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Rostov v Anzhi Makhachkala

28 July 2012 2	Rostov	2–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Rostov
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Saláta  18' Gațcan  38' Kirichenko 74' (pen.) Sheshukov  83' Holenda 88' Malyaka  89'	Report	Jucilei  18'  30' Tagirbekov 49', 90+5'  73' Logashov  63' Samba  71' Zhirkov  73'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Amkar Perm

4 August 2012 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Amkar Perm	Makhachkala
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	G.Gabulov  21' 72'	Report	Burmistrov  49' Jakubko  89'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

CSKA Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

12 August 2012 4	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Wernbloom  54' Tošić 74'	Report	João Carlos  43' Logashov  50' Agalarov  55'  85' V.Gabulov  74' Eto'o  85' Shatov  90'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Zenit St.Petersburg

19 August 2012 5	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Makhachkala
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	João Carlos  15' Tagirbekov  40' Shatov 65'  72' G.Gabulov  90+' Shatov  90+'	Report	Zyryanov 20' Lombaerts  80' Đorđević  81'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Anzhi Makhachkala v Mordovia Saransk

26 August 2012 6	Anzhi Makhachkala	4–2	Mordovia Saransk	Makhachkala
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Traoré 14' Dujmović 41' (o.g.) Ewerton  47' Eto'o 79', 81'  79'	Report	R.Mukhametshin 35' Rogov 64'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Krylia Sovetov v Anzhi Makhachkala

1 September 2012 7	Krylia Sovetov	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Samara
18:15 MSK (UTC+4)	Tsallagov  5' Balyaikin  47' Vyeramko  71' Zeballos  79' 83' Svezhov  90+'	Report	Samba 26' Traoré 56' Boussoufa  58' Shatov  73' Jucilei  79'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Alexander Yegorov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Krasnodar

16 September 2012 8	Anzhi Makhachkala	5–2	Krasnodar	Makhachkala
17:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Shatov 1' João Carlos 4' Eto'o 14', 87' Boussoufa 48'	Report	Abreu 38' Vranješ 52' Ignatyev  77'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Alania Vladikavkaz v Anzhi Makhachkala

24 September 2012 9	Alania Vladikavkaz	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Vladikavkaz
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Neco  16' Maurício  79'	Report	Traoré 7' Agalarov  44' Diarra  47' Jucilei  75' Tagirbekov  90+'	Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

30 September 2012 10	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Makhachkala
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Eto'o 45+1' Traoré 62' João Carlos  81' Carcela  90+'	Report	Asildarov  10' Maksimov 59'  68' Kharitonov  73' Shulenin  75'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Dynamo Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

7 October 2012 11	Dynamo Moscow	0–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Schildenfeld  52' Yusupov  58' Rykov  82'	Report	Carlos  10' Agalarov  13' Zhirkov 76' Eto'o 87'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 7,712 Referee: Alexander Yegorov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Spartak Moscow

20 October 2012 12	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Spartak Moscow	Makhachkala
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Boussoufa  41' Eto'o  44' Traoré 64' Insaurralde 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Welliton  32' Bilyaletdinov 35' Ari  38' Källström  40' K.Kombarov  45+1'  46' Insaurralde  79' Pesyakov  90'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Rubin Kazan v Anzhi Makhachkala

28 October 2012 13	Rubin Kazan	2–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kazan
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kuzmin 5' Kasaev 19'	Report	Traoré 10'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,181 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Terek Grozny

4 November 2012 14	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–1	Terek Grozny	Makhachkala
15:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Boussoufa 9' Traoré 17' João Carlos  31' Samba 64'	Report	Georgiev 54' (pen.) Lebedenko  63' Kudryashov  71'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Alexander Yegorov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

11 November 2012 15	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Caicedo  57' N'Doye 84'	Report	Carcela  48' 72' Traoré  50' Boussoufa  57'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,657 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Rostov

18 November 2012 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Rostov	Makhachkala
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Eto'o  86'	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Amkar Perm v Anzhi Makhachkala

26 November 2012 17	Amkar Perm	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Perm
15:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Semyonov 26'	Report	Ahmedov 28' Shatov 90+2'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Anzhi Makhachkala v CSKA Moscow

1 December 2012 18	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	CSKA Moscow	Makhachkala
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Shatov  41' Zhirkov  45' Traoré 57' Boussoufa 78'	Report	Cauņa  19'  45+1' Nababkin  43'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

10 December 2012 19	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Denisov  43' Zyryanov 66' Hulk  86' Danny  90+2'	Report	João Carlos 24' Diarra  40'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 0[1] Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Mordovia Saransk v Anzhi Makhachkala

10 March 2013 20	Mordovia Saransk	2–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saransk
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Perendija 3' R.Mukhametshin 73'	Report	Spahić  33' Boussoufa  39' Traoré  90+'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 5,896 Referee: Sergei Karasev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Krylia Sovetov

17 March 2013 21	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–1	Krylia Sovetov	Makhachkala
15:45 MSK (UTC+4)	João Carlos  44' Traoré 81' Ahmedov  90+'	Report	Amisulashvili  18'  37' Kornilenko 63' Vyeramko  88'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 26,200 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Krasnodar v Anzhi Makhachkala

31 March 2013 22	Krasnodar	4–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Krasnodar
15:45 MSK (UTC+4)	Wánderson 33', 59', 89' Petrov  35' Joãozinho 47'	Report	Diarra  35' Abreu  85'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Alania Vladikavkaz

7 April 2013 23	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Makhachkala
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Traoré  87'	Report	Khubulov  18' Goore  25' Bakayev  69' Prudnikov  77'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Anzhi Makhachkala

14 April 2013 24	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	0–3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Nizhny Novgorod
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ropotan  26'  67' Bordian  61' Belozyorov  67'	Report	Spahić  15' 33' Traoré 40' Diarra  62' Willian 73'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Dynamo Moscow

21 April 2013 25	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–3	Dynamo Moscow	Makhachkala
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Boussoufa  38'  47' 39' Zhirkov 51' Eto'o 67'	Report	Wilkshire  27' Noboa 36' Granat  53' Gatagov 73' Fernández  78' Kurányi 88' Solomatin  90'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Spartak Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

28 April 2013 26	Spartak Moscow	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Källström 5' Vukojević  27' D.Kombarov 69' (pen.)	Report	Spahić  24' Agalarov  50' Gabulov  66' Smolov  88'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Anzhi Makhachkala v Rubin Kazan

4 May 2013 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Rubin Kazan	Makhachkala
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Traoré 86' Eto'o 90' Tagirbekov  90+4'	Report	Kvirkvelia  12' Ansaldi  29' Eremenko 82'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Terek Grozny v Anzhi Makhachkala

12 May 2013 28	Terek Grozny	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Grozny
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ferreira  20' Ivanov  22' Píriz 27'  34' Komorowski  40'	Report	Spahić  34'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Anzhi Makhachkala v Lokomotiv Moscow

20 May 2013 29	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Makhachkala
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ćorluka 40' (o.g.) Eto'o 74'	Report	Torbinski  18' Denisov  29' Samedov 34' Ćorluka  53' Tarasov  53'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Kuban Krasnodar v Anzhi Makhachkala

26 May 2013 30	Kuban Krasnodar	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Krasnodar
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Popov 24'  24' Xandão  41'	Report	Shatov  90+'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 31,743 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	20	4	6	49	25	+24	64	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Zenit St. Petersburg	30	18	8	4	53	25	+28	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Anzhi Makhachkala	30	15	8	7	45	34	+11	53	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	Spartak Moscow	30	15	6	9	51	39	+12	51	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Kuban Krasnodar	30	14	9	7	48	28	+20	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) number of head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) number of head-to-head goals scored; 7) number of head-to-head away goals scored; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored; 11) position in the 2011–12 season (only used until all the regularly scheduled games have been played); 11) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question.
(C) Champions

Russian Cup

Main article: 2012–13 Russian Cup

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v Anzhi Makhachkala

27 September 2012 Round of 32	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Yekaterinburg
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Bochkov  49' Gogniyev  71' 105' Dantsev  95'	Report	Tagirbekov  56' Jucilei  71' Traoré  100' G.Gabulov  105' Serderov  114'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov
	Penalties
	Acevedo Shchanitsyn Gogniyev Vještica		Smolov Shatov Serderov Tagirbekov Jucilei

Anzhi Makhachkala v Krylia Sovetov

31 October 2012 Round of 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Krylia Sovetov	Makhachkala
16:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Burmistrov 21' Tagirbekov  63' Serderov 87'	Report	Petrov 8' Zeballos  66' Bruno Teles  83'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Vladimir Kazmenko

Anzhi Makhachkala v Dynamo Moscow

17 April 2013 Quarter-Finals	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Dynamo Moscow	Makhachkala
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Logashov  24' Eto'o 99' (pen.)  114' Gadzhibekov  113'	Report	Dzsudzsák  98' Wilkshire  105' Yusupov  108'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alexander Yegorov

Zenit St. Petersburg v Anzhi Makhachkala

8 May 2013 Semi-Finals	Zenit St. Petersburg	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
19:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Shirokov  45+' Hubočan  61' Luís Neto  83' Hulk  90+'	Report	Zhirkov  35' Eto'o 61' V.Gabulov  90+'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,441 Referee: Sergei Karasev

CSKA Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

1 June 2013 Final	CSKA Moscow	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Grozny
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Musa 11' Wernbloom  87'	Report	Diarra 74'  77' Boussoufa  81' Zhirkov  90'	Stadium: Terek Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alexander Yegorov
	Penalties
	Mamayev V. Berezutski Musa Vágner Love Doumbia		Boussoufa Zhirkov Willian Jucilei Eto'o

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012-13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main articles: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round

Anzhi Makhachkala v Honvéd

19 July 2012 2nd Qualifying Round 1st leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Honvéd	Ramenskoye, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Jucilei 22' Zhirkov  43' Samba  90'	Report		Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 5,000[16] Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Budapest Honvéd v Anzhi Makhachkala

26 July 2012 2nd Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Budapest Honvéd	0–4 (0–5 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Budapest, Hungary
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Lovrić  55' Vernes  55'	Report	Eto'o 7', 81' Tagirbekov  9' João Carlos  13' Traoré 53' Shatov 68'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 5,100[17] Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Vitesse Arnhem

2 August 2012 3rd Qualifying Round 1st leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Vitesse Arnhem	Ramenskoye, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tagirbekov  9' Jucilei  45' Shatov 63' Smolov 74'	Report	Pröpper  21' van der Struijk  59' Reis  86'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 5,000[18] Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Vitesse Arnhem v Anzhi Makhachkala

9 August 2012 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Vitesse Arnhem	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Arnhem, Netherlands
22:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Cziommer  21'  59'	Report	Agalarov  46' Eto'o 48', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,892[19] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Anzhi Makhachkala v AZ

23 August 2012 Play off Round 1st leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	AZ	Ramenskoye, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tagirbekov  49' Traoré 51'	Report	Martens  80' Berghuis  90+1'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 6,030[20] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

AZ v Anzhi Makhachkala

30 August 2012 Play off Round 2nd leg	AZ	0–5 (0–6 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Alkmaar, Netherlands
23:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Boussoufa 17' Logashov  37' Eto'o 45+2' Carcela  73' 83' Traoré 79' Lakhiyalov 90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,512[21] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ANZ	YB	UDI
1	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–2	2–3
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10[a]			1–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10[a]			3–5	3–1	—	3–1
4	Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4			0–1	1–1	2–3	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Liverpool 7, Anzhi Makhachkala 6, Young Boys 4.

Udinese v Anzhi Makhachkala

20 September 2012 1	Udinese	1–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Udine, Italy
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Pereyra  18' Danilo  80' Benatia  90' Di Natale 90+2'	Report	Padelli 45' (o.g.) Zhirkov  83' Boussoufa  90'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 7,220 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Young Boys

4 October 2012 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Young Boys	Ramenskoye, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Tagirbekov  5' Samba  59' Eto'o 62' (pen.), 90' Carcela  85'	Report	Frey  84' Costanzo  88'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Liverpool v Anzhi Makhachkala

25 October 2012 3	Liverpool	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Liverpool, England
23:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Downing 53' Suárez  75' Agger  81'	Report	Samba  21' Agalarov  43'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 39,358[22] Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Liverpool

8 November 2012 4	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Liverpool	Ramenskoye, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Traoré 45+1'	Report	Flanagan  65' Shelvey  88'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Udinese

22 November 2012 5	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Udinese	Ramenskoye, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Samba 72' Eto'o 75' Zhirkov  79' Boussoufa  88'	Report	Willians  45'  80' Di Natale  66' Domizzi  80'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 8,556 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Young Boys v Anzhi Makhachkala

6 December 2012 6	Young Boys	3–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bern, Switzerland
22:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zárate 38' Costanzo 52' González 90'  90+1'	Report	João Carlos  8' Traoré  33'  69' Tagirbekov  48' Ahmedov 45+2'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 17,132 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Anzhi Makhachkala v Hannover 96

14 February 2013 Round of 32 First leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–1	Hannover 96	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Eto'o 34' Ahmedov 48' Boussoufa 64' Zhirkov  68'	Report	Huszti 22' Schulz  90+1'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 6,676[23] Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
Note: Match played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, instead of Anzhi's regular Dynamo Stadium in Makhachkala.

Hannover 96 v Anzhi Makhachkala

21 February 2013 Round of 32 Second leg	Hannover 96	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Hannover, Germany
01:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Pinto 70' Sakai  77' Diouf  87' Ya Konan  88' Huszti  90+4'	Report	Logashov  30' Boussoufa  40' Ewerton  45' V.Gabulov  65' Eto'o  71' Traoré 90+9'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 27,500[24] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Newcastle United

7 March 2013 Round of 16 First leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–0	Newcastle United	Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Haïdara  34'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 9,948[25] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Note: Match played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, instead of Anzhi's regular Dynamo Stadium in Makhachkala.

Newcastle United v Anzhi Makhachkala

15 March 2013 Round of 16 Second leg	Newcastle United	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
00:05 MSK (UTC+4)	Anita  57' Cissé 90+3'	Report	Carcela  48'  55' Zhirkov  86'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 45,487[26] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 June 2013

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Vladimir Gabulov	45	0	26+1	0	3	0	15	0
2	DF	RUS	Andrey Yeshchenko	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	RUS	Ali Gadzhibekov	14	0	7+1	0	5	0	0+1	0
5	DF	BRA	João Carlos	45	2	25	2	4	0	16	0
6	MF	MAR	Mbark Boussoufa	43	6	24+2	4	3+1	0	13	2
7	DF	RUS	Kamil Agalarov	22	0	14	0	0+1	0	6+1	0
8	MF	BRA	Jucilei	46	1	27	0	5	0	14	1
9	FW	CMR	Samuel Eto'o	44	21	24+1	10	2+1	2	16	9
10	FW	BRA	Willian	13	1	6+1	1	3	0	3	0
13	DF	RUS	Rasim Tagirbekov	35	2	22	2	4	0	8+1	0
14	MF	RUS	Oleg Shatov	41	5	18+6	3	1+2	0	11+3	2
15	DF	RUS	Arseny Logashov	32	0	15+4	0	3	0	8+2	0
16	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela	36	2	9+11	1	2	0	6+8	1
17	MF	RUS	Sharif Mukhammad	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	RUS	Yuri Zhirkov	39	2	19+4	2	4	0	9+3	0
19	FW	CIV	Lacina Traoré	39	17	20+4	12	0+3	0	8+4	5
20	FW	RUS	Fyodor Smolov	20	1	2+8	0	2+1	0	1+6	1
22	GK	RUS	Yevgeny Pomazan	8	0	4+1	0	2	0	1	0
25	MF	UZB	Odil Akhmedov	37	3	13+9	1	1+3	0	11	2
28	FW	RUS	Serder Serderov	6	1	1+3	0	0+2	1	0	0
33	DF	BIH	Emir Spahić	9	1	7	1	1+1	0	0	0
37	DF	BRA	Ewerton	13	0	7	0	2	0	4	0
85	MF	FRA	Lassana Diarra	24	1	14	0	3	1	7	0
Players away from the club on loan:
81	FW	RUS	Nikita Burmistrov	6	1	1+3	0	2	1	0	0
Players who appeared for Anzhi Makhachkala no longer at the club:
4	DF	CGO	Christopher Samba	29	3	17	2	0	0	12	1
10	FW	RUS	Shamil Lakhiyalov	17	1	2+6	0	2	0	0+7	1
21	MF	RUS	Georgy Gabulov	13	1	2+5	1	1	0	2+3	0
24	MF	RUS	Aleksei Ivanov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Samuel Eto'o	10	2	9	21
2	FW		19	Lacina Traoré	12	0	5	17
3	MF		6	Mbark Boussoufa	4	0	2	6
4	MF		14	Oleg Shatov	3	0	2	5
5				Own goal	3	0	1	4
6	DF		4	Christopher Samba	2	0	1	3
	MF		25	Odil Ahmedov	1	0	2	3
8	DF		13	Rasim Tagirbekov	2	0	0	2
	MF		16	Mehdi Carcela	1	0	1	2
	DF		5	João Carlos	2	0	0	2
	MF		18	Yuri Zhirkov	2	0	0	2
12	MF		21	Georgy Gabulov	1	0	0	1
	DF		33	Emir Spahić	1	0	0	1
	FW		10	Willian	1	0	0	1
	FW		28	Serder Serderov	0	1	0	1
	MF		81	Nikita Burmistrov	0	1	0	1
	MF		85	Lassana Diarra	0	1	0	1
	MF		8	Jucilei	0	0	1	1
	FW		10	Shamil Lakhiyalov	0	0	1	1
	FW		20	Fyodor Smolov	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	45	5	26	76

Clean Sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Vladimir Gabulov	6	2	9	17
2	GK		22	Yevgeny Pomazan	1	1	0	2
				TOTALS	7	3	9	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Vladimir Gabulov	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	1
3		DF	Ali Gadzhibekov	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	João Carlos	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
6		MF	Mbark Boussoufa	6	1	1	0	3	0	10	1
7		DF	Kamil Agalarov	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
8		MF	Jucilei	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
9		FW	Samuel Eto'o	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
13		DF	Rasim Tagirbekov	4	0	1	1	5	0	10	1
14		MF	Oleg Shatov	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
15		DF	Arseny Logashov	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
16		MF	Mehdi Carcela	2	0	0	0	4	0	6	0
18		MF	Yuri Zhirkov	2	0	2	0	5	0	9	0
19		FW	Lacina Traoré	3	0	1	1	2	1	6	2
20		FW	Fyodor Smolov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		MF	Odil Ahmedov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		FW	Serder Serderov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Emir Spahić	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
37		DF	Ewerton	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
85		MF	Lassana Diarra	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Anzhi Makhachkala during the season:
4		DF	Christopher Samba	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
21		MF	Georgy Gabulov	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	58	5	12	2	32	2	102	9

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Name	Award
September	Samuel Eto'o	Won[27]