2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season

Anzhi Makhachkala
	2015–16 season
Chairman	Suleyman Kerimov
Manager	Yuri Semin; (until 29 September 2015); Ruslan Agalarov(caretaker); (from 29 September 2015)
Stadium	Anzhi-Arena
Russian Premier League	13th
Russian Cup	Round of 16 vs Krasnodar
Top goalscorer	League: Yannick Boli (9); All: Yannick Boli (10)
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season is the clubs first 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 will also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the Round of 32 stage.

Season events

On 18 June 2015, Yuri Semin was announced as the clubs new manager, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.^[1] On 29 September, Semin left Anzhi Makhachkala by Mutual consent, and Ruslan Agalarov was appointed as caretaker manager.^[2]

Squad

As of 29 March 2016^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Yurchenko (loan from Ufa)
3	DF	Ali Gadzhibekov
4	DF	Darko Lazić
5	DF	Aleksandr Zhirov
6	MF	Karlen Mkrtchyan
8	MF	Lorenzo Ebecilio
14	MF	Bernard Berisha ¹
16	GK	Yury Shafinsky
18	MF	Ivan Mayewski
20	MF	Amadou Moutari
25	DF	Jonathan Mensah

No.	Position	Player
27	GK	Mekhti Dzhenetov
30	DF	Shamil Gasanov
37	MF	Batraz Khadartsev
55	GK	Yevgeny Pomazan
57	DF	Magomed Musalov
77	DF	Georgi Tigiyev
87	MF	Ilya Maksimov
88	MF	Anvar Gazimagomedov
94	FW	Yannick Boli
96	FW	Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev
99	FW	Islamnur Abdulavov

On loan

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Andrey Yeshchenko (at Dynamo Moscow)
	GK	Aleksandr Krivoruchko (at Tom Tomsk)
	DF	Yuri Udunyan (at Khimik Dzerzhinsk)

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Murad Kurbanov (at Khimik Dzerzhinsk)
		MF	Valeriu Ciupercă (at Tom Tomsk)

Youth squad

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

No.	Position	Player
45	DF	Narula Dzharulayev
47	MF	Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov
48	MF	Magomed Magomedov
49	MF	Yuri Kuzmin
53	MF	Karim Girayev
54	FW	Rashid Magomedov
56	DF	Mikhail Reshetnyak
58	DF	Magomed Elmurzaev
59	FW	Mariz Saidov
61	DF	Anton Belov
62	FW	Shakhban Gaydarov

No.	Position	Player
63	MF	Dordzhi Sangadzhiyev
64	MF	Tamerlan Ramazanov
65	DF	Abubakar Ustarkhanov
67	MF	Alan Yarikbayev
68	MF	Goutemir Umarov
69	FW	Said Aliev
71	GK	Mukharbek Buraev
73	MF	Chingiz Agabalaev
75	FW	Tagir Musalov
78	MF	Timur Patakhov

Transfers

Summer

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Andrey Yeshchenko (end of loan to Kuban Krasnodar)
4	DF	Darko Lazić (from Red Star Belgrade)^[4]
5	DF	Aleksandr Zhirov (from Volgar Astrakhan)^[5]
6	MF	Karlen Mkrtchyan (from Tobol Kostanay)^[6]
8	MF	Lorenzo Ebecilio (from Metalurh Donetsk, previously on loan to Mordovia Saransk)^[7]
9	FW	Hugo Almeida (from Kuban Krasnodar)^[8]
10	MF	Lukman Haruna (loan from Dynamo Kyiv)^[9]
16	GK	Yury Shafinsky (from Torpedo Moscow)^[10]
18	MF	Ivan Mayewski (from Zawisza Bydgoszcz)^[11]
28	FW	Serder Serderov (end of loan to Krylia Sovetov Samara)
33	GK	Sergei Pesyakov (on loan from Spartak Moscow)^[12]
37	MF	Batraz Khadartsev (from Tosno)^[13]
45	DF	Narula Dzharulayev (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
47	MF	Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
48	MF	Magomed Magomedov
49	MF	Yuri Kuzmin (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
53	MF	Karim Girayev (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
54	FW	Rashid Magomedov (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
55	GK	Yevgeny Pomazan (end of loan at Kuban Krasnodar)
56	DF	Mikhail Reshetnyak (from Dolgoprudny)
58	DF	Magomed Elmurzayev
59	FW	Mariz Saidov (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
61	FW	Anton Belov (from Sokol Saratov academy)
62	FW	Shakhban Gaydarov
63	MF	Dordzhi Sangadzhiyev
64	MF	Tamerlan Ramazanov
65	DF	Abubakar Ustarkhanov
67	MF	Alan Yarikbayev
68	MF	Goytemir Umarov
69	FW	Said Aliyev
71	GK	Mukharbek Burayev
73	MF	Chingiz Agabalayev
75	FW	Tagir Musalov (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)
77	DF	Georgi Tigiyev (from Torpedo Moscow)^[14]
78	MF	Timur Patakhov (from Anzhi-2 Makhachkala)

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Aleksandr Krivoruchko (loan to Tom Tomsk)^[15]
2	DF	Aleksei Aravin (to Tosno)^[16]^[17]
4	DF	Dmitry Aydov (to Arsenal Tula)^[18]^[19]
8	MF	Grigori Chirkin (to Tosno)^[16]^[17]
9	FW	Shamil Asildarov ^[20]
14	MF	Valeriu Ciupercă (loan to Tom Tomsk)^[21]
18	MF	Roman Kontsedalov (loan return to Volga)^[22]
19	DF	Pyotr Ten (end of loan from CSKA Moscow)^[22]
21	MF	Mikhail Komkov (to Tosno)^[16]^[17]
22	GK	Mikhail Kerzhakov (to Zenit St.Petersburg)^[23]
24	MF	Sergei Miroshnichenko (to Torpedo Armavir)^[22]
28	MF	Maksim Andreyev (to Sokol Saratov)^[22]
44	DF	Murad Kurbanov (on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk)^[24]^[25]
60	MF	Magomed Muslimov
70	DF	Yuri Udunyan (on loan to Khimik Dzerzhinsk)^[25]
80	MF	Ismail Korgoloyev
95	FW	Magomed Mitrishev (end of loan from Terek Grozny)^[22]
	DF	Ewerton (to Sporting CP, previously on loan)^[26]
	DF	Valery Kichin (to Tyumen, previously on loan)^[27]

Winter

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Yurchenko (loan from Ufa)^[28]
14	MF	Bernard Berisha (from Skënderbeu Korçë)^[29]
25	DF	Jonathan Mensah (from Evian)^[30]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Andrey Yeshchenko (loan to Dynamo Moscow)^[31]
7	DF	Kamil Agalarov ^[32]
9	FW	Hugo Almeida (to Hannover 96)^[33]^[34]
10	MF	Lukman Haruna (loan return to Dynamo Kyiv)^[35]
13	DF	Rasim Tagirbekov ^[32]
15	DF	Georgi Zotov (to Kuban Krasnodar)^[36]^[37]
28	FW	Serder Serderov (to Slavia Sofia)^[38]
33	GK	Sergei Pesyakov (loan return to Spartak Moscow)^[39]
42	MF	Leonardo ^[40]

Friendlies

25 June 2015	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
12:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyakov 55' (o.g.)	Summary	Lazić 26'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

4 July 2015	Midtjylland	1 – 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 28' Maksimov 58' Dibirgadzhiyev 69' Ciupercă 83'	Summary	R.Nicolaisen 27'	Attendance: 200

7 July 2015	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Basat 85'	Summary	Boli 48'

10 July 2015	Copenhagen	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Jørgensen Template:Yel69 Gadzhibekov 83' (o.g.) Delaney 86'	[ Summary]

14 July 2015	Slavija Sarajevo	0 – 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
12:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Musalov 45' Serderov 59' Dibirgadzhiyev 74'	Referee: Hofler Martin

16 January 2016	Okzhetpes	0 – 3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Moutari 31' Abdulavov 34', 45' Berisha 38' Dibirgadzhiyev 83'

20 January 2016	Bunyodkor	3 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	S.Kodirkulov 7' S.Nurmatov 36' Juraev 59' Urinboev 90'	Summary	Abdulavov 23' Berisha 32' Moutari 42' Boli 68' Lazić 68'

26 January 2016	Henan Jianye	0 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Zhirov 13' 32' Lazić 65'

3 February 2016	Jiangsu Suning	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Ramires 36' Yun 45'	Summary	A.Belov 67'

6 February 2016	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Drahun 36' Lyovin 55' 85'	Summary	Pomazan 20'

9 February 2016	Benfica	0 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Mayewski 90'

12 February 2016	Krasnodar	4 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ari 25' Smolov 37', 74' Torbinski 89'	Summary	Zhirov 90'

21 February 2016	CSKA Moscow	3 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
14:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tošić 16' Golovin 38' Strandberg 85'	Summary

24 February 2016	Vålerenga	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Brown 75' Castro 90'	Summary	Boli 42', 69' Agalarov 84', 90'

27 February 2016	Viking	0–1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Marbella, Spain
MSK (UTC+3)		[ Summary]

Competitions

Russian Premier League

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D
Position	13	15	16	15	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	13	13

Last updated: 21 May 2016.
Source: Russian Premier League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

19 July 2015 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Krylia Sovetov	Kaspiysk
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Haruna 86'	Summary	Gabulov 51' Pomerko 90+1'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

27 July 2015 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Haruna 15' Maksimov 47'	Summary	Škuletić 19' Maicon 77' Kasaev 82' AL.Miranchuk 86'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 18,100

1 August 2015 3	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Fernandes 3' Nababkin 52' Wernbloom 57'	Summary		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

8 August 2015 4	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 3	Dynamo Moscow	Kaspiysk
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Maksimov 5' 56' Boli 35' (pen.) Zhirov 37' Moutari 43' Ebecilio 44' Gadzhibekov 45', 76' Yeshchenko 90+2'	Summary	Kozlov 19' Morozov 25' Hubočan 45+1' Valbuena 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

14 August 2015 5	Amkar Perm	1 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Perm
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zanev 23' Ogude 26' Gol 66' Belorukov 75' Balanovich 86' Peev 90+4'	Summary	Yeshchenko 15' Boli 64' Maksimov 90+4'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Igor Fedotov

22 August 2015 6	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 1	Ural	Kaspiysk
20:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Leonardo 68' (pen.)	Summary	Podberyozkin 9' Yerokhin 45' Yemelyanov 63' Sapeta 67'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aleksey Matyunin

29 August 2015 7	Spartak Moscow	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Popov 29' Kombarov 53' (pen.)	Summary	Almeida 16' Ebecilio 27' 28' Mkrtchyan 68' Zhirov 71' 85' Pesyakov 90+3'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 26,167 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

13 September 2015 8	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 2	Terek Grozny	Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lazić 15' Haruna 20'	Summary	Lazić 59' (o.g.) Lebedenko 62' Gorodov 70'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Igor Fedotov

18 September 2015 9	Rostov	1 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Margasov 1' Mogilevets 7' Navas 75' Bayramyan 75' Kalachev 83' Rotenberg 90'	Summary		Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 13,257 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

26 September 2015 10	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 1	Ufa	Kaspiysk
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tagirbekov 46' Ebecilio 81' Almeida 84'	Summary	Yeshchenko 70' (o.g.) Fomin 88' Galiulin 90' Narubin 90+4'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,201 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

3 October 2015 11	Kuban Krasnodar	1 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Krasnodar
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Melgarejo 22' Baldé 83'	Summary	Mkrtchyan 34' Haruna 38' Tagirbekov 52' Boli 59' 68'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 7,145 Referee: Aleksey Matyunin

18 October 2015 12	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 2	Krasnodar	Kaspiysk
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Almeida 15' Boli 40' 65' Gasanov 42' Leonardo 81' Haruna 86'	Summary	Petrov 33' Laborde 61' 79' Strandberg 65' Torbinski 74' Ari 80' 90+3'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

24 October 2015 13	Zenit St.Petersburg	5 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saint Petersburg
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 7', 67' Criscito 16' Yusupov 43' Witsel 55' Shatov 73' Hulk 85'	Summary	Maksimov 48' Haruna 67'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,970 Referee: Vladimir Moskalev

1 November 2015 14	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Kaspiysk
16:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Maksimov 65' Ebecilio 66'	Summary	Dević 20', 22'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,530 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

6 November 2015 15	Mordovia Saransk	4 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saransk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Vlasov 3' Lutsenko 18', 54' Stevanović 45+1' Mukhametshin 60' Djaló 69' Dudiyev 71'	Summary	Zotov 24' Moutari 29' Khadartsev 73'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

21 November 2015 16	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Moscow
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ďurica 39'	Summary	Abdulavov 15' 55' Gadzhibekov 24' Agalarov 34' Boli 70'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

29 November 2015 17	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Kaspiysk
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Tagirbekov 35' Maksimov 55' Tigiyev 82'	Summary	Nababkin 10' Vasin 24' Wernbloom 44' Cauņa 78' Panchenko 86'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

4 December 2015 18	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Kozlov 18' Sosnin 33', 84' Dyakov 41' Obolsky 90+3'	Summary	Agalarov 33' Ebecilio 53' Maksimov 54' Gadzhibekov 64' Pomazan 90+4'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 3,327 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

7 March 2016 19	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Amkar Perm	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 30'	Summary	Peev 3' Balanovich 64'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Aleksey Matyunin

12 March 2016 20	Ural	4 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Yekaterinburg
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Gogniyev 10', 84', 90+1' Sapeta 19'	Summary	Berisha 29' Ebecilio 39' Maksimov 61' 70' Zhirov 82'	Stadium: SKB-Bank Arena Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Igor Fedotov

18 March 2016 21	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 4	Spartak Moscow	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary	Zé Luís 4', 85' Glushakov 31' Promes 67'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,950 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

2 April 2016 22	Terek Grozny	3 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Grozny
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Grozav 11', 26' 57' Mitrishev 31' Ivanov 77' Mbengue 87'	Summary	Lazić 1' 7' Boli 44' Berisha 77' Musalov 90+3'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 19,732 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

8 April 2016 23	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 0	Rostov	Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 90+1'	Summary	Kudryashov 67'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

17 April 2016 24	Ufa	2 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Ufa
14:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Tumasyan 3' Katsalapov 81' Zubarev 90+3'	Summary		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 8,350 Referee: Sergey Ivanov

24 April 2016 25	Anzhi Makhachkala	1 – 0	Kuban Krasnodar	Kaspiysk
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 80' (pen.) Berisha 88'	Summary	Santana 26' Belenov 77' Zotov 84'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

1 May 2015 26	Krasnodar	3 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	[Krasnodar]]
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Granqvist 50' Smolov 51', 72' Mamayev 81'	Summary	Moutari 15' Berisha 90+1'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 7,575 Referee: Aleksey Eskov

7 May 2016 27	Anzhi Makhachkala	0 – 1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Berisha 9', 90' Gadzhibekov 18' Maksimov 45' Mkrtchyan 90+4' Mayewski 90+4'	Summary	Dzyuba 26' Neto 36' Yusupov 45+1' Smolnikov 50' Criscito 67' Zhirkov 76'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

11 May 2016 28	Rubin Kazan	1 – 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kazan
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Portnyagin 17' Kuzmin 48', 89' Bergström 52' Kislyak 54'	Summary	Boli 33' Lazić 58' Mayewski 65'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 7,838 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

15 May 2016 29	Anzhi Makhachkala	3 – 0	Mordovia Saransk	Kaspiysk
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Boli 39' Moutari 42' Mkrtchyan 57' Musalov 90+1'	Summary	Nakhushev 64'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 10,124 Referee: Aleksey Matyunin

21 May 2016 30	Krylia Sovetov	0 – 0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Samara
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Yatchenko 25' Tsallagov 85'	Summary	Mayewski 69' Abdulavov 85'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 7,693 Referee: Sergey Karasev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	20	5	5	51	25	+26	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Rostov	30	19	6	5	41	20	+21	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	30	17	8	5	61	32	+29	59	Qualification to Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Krasnodar	30	16	8	6	54	25	+29	56	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Spartak Moscow	30	15	5	10	48	39	+9	50
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	14	8	8	43	33	+10	50
7	Terek Grozny	30	11	11	8	35	30	+5	44
8	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	30	10	9	11	39	46	−7	39
9	Krylia Sovetov Samara	30	9	8	13	19	31	−12	35
10	Rubin Kazan	30	9	6	15	33	39	−6	33
11	Amkar Perm	30	7	10	13	22	33	−11	31
12	Ufa	30	6	9	15	25	44	−19	27
13	Anzhi Makhachkala (O)	30	6	8	16	28	50	−22	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
14	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	30	5	11	14	34	44	−10	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Dynamo Moscow (R)	30	5	10	15	25	47	−22	25	Relegation to FNL
16	Mordovia Saransk (R)	30	4	12	14	30	50	−20	24	Relegation to FNL

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.^[41]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup. For that reason, the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the fifth-placed team.

Relegation play-offs

24 May 2016 1st Leg	Volgar Astrakhan	0 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Astrakhan
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Aleynik 64' Yakovlev 90'	Summary	Lazić 71' Moutari 74' Boli 90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

27 May 2016 2nd Leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Volgar Astrakhan	Kaspiysk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Lazić 7' Boli 34' Gasanov 50'	Summary	Bairyyev 65' Zuykov 72' Gazzayev 87'	Stadium: Anzhi Arena Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Russian Cup

22 September 2015 Round of 32	Sokol Saratov	2 – 4	Anzhi Makhachkala	Saratov
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Stolyarenko 17' 64' Molodtsov 42' Korotayev 88'	Summary	Lazić 16' Boli 36' Leonardo 61' Almeida 75', 90+1' Mkrtchyan 88'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 9,250 Referee: Evgeny Turbin

29 October 2015 Round of 16	Krasnodar	3 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kuban Stadium
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Mamayev 20' (pen.) Tagirbekov 25' Bystrov 42' Markov 52' Joãozinho 90+1'	Summary	Tigiyev 24' Zhirov 45' Yeshchenko 71' Khadartsev 80' Agalarov 90' Ebecilio 90'	Stadium: Krasnodar Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Aleksey Matyunin

Squad statistics

As of Match played 27 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Play Off
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		David Yurchenko	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF		Ali Gadzhibekov	22	0	20	0	1	0	0+1	0
4	DF		Darko Lazić	28	3	21+4	2	1	0	2	1
5	DF		Aleksandr Zhirov	34	1	30	1	2	0	2	0
6	MF		Karlen Mkrtchyan	21	1	15+5	1	0+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Lorenzo Ebecilio	28	2	19+5	2	2	0	2	0
14	MF		Bernard Berisha	13	1	8+3	1	0	0	0+2	0
18	MF		Ivan Mayewski	20	0	17+1	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF		Amadou Moutari	20	0	13+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
25	DF		Jonathan Mensah	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
30	DF		Shamil Gasanov	13	0	5+5	0	1	0	2	0
37	MF		Batraz Khadartsev	17	0	10+5	0	1+1	0	0	0
47	MF		Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
55	GK		Yevgeny Pomazan	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
57	DF		Magomed Musalov	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
77	DF		Georgi Tigiyev	22	0	16+3	0	1	0	2	0
87	MF		Ilya Maksimov	23	6	22	6	1	0	0	0
88	MF		Anvar Gazimagomedov	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
94	FW		Yannick Boli	32	12	21+7	9	2	1	2	2
99	FW		Islamnur Abdulavov	21	1	8+11	1	0	0	0+2	0
Players away from the club on loan:
1	GK		Aleksandr Krivoruchko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Andrey Yeshchenko	17	1	15+1	0	1	1	0	0
Players who appeared for Anzhi Makhachkala no longer at the club:
7	DF		Kamil Agalarov	12	0	8+2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Hugo Almeida	14	4	7+5	2	0+2	2	0	0
10	MF		Lukman Haruna	13	1	10+2	1	1	0	0	0
13	DF		Rasim Tagirbekov	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Georgi Zotov	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0
28	FW		Serder Serderov	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK		Sergei Pesyakov	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
42	MF		Leonardo	11	2	7+3	1	1	1	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Russian Cup	Play Off	Total
1	FW	94	Yannick Boli	9	1	2	12
2	MF	87	Ilya Maksimov	6	0	0	6
3	FW	9	Hugo Almeida	2	2	0	4
4	DF	4	Darko Lazić	2	0	1	3
5	MF	8	Lorenzo Ebecilio	2	0	0	2
5	MF	42	Leonardo	1	1	0	2
7	MF	10	Lukman Haruna	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Aleksandr Zhirov	1	0	0	1
	FW	99	Islamnur Abdulavov	1	0	0	1
	MF	14	Bernard Berisha	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Karlen Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	1
	DF	57	Magomed Musalov	1	0	0	1
	DF	2	Andrey Yeshchenko	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	28	5	3	36

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Russian Cup		Play Off		Total
2		DF	Andrey Yeshchenko	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3		DF	Ali Gadzhibekov	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
4		DF	Darko Lazić	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
5		DF	Aleksandr Zhirov	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
6		MF	Karlen Mkrtchyan	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
7		DF	Kamil Agalarov	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Lorenzo Ebecilio	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
9		FW	Hugo Almeida	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Lukman Haruna	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
13		DF	Rasim Tagirbekov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		MF	Bernard Berisha	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
15		MF	Georgi Zotov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		MF	Amadou Moutari	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
30		DF	Shamil Gasanov	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
33		GK	Sergei Pesyakov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37		MF	Batraz Khadartsev	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
42		MF	Leonardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		GK	Yevgeny Pomazan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
57		DF	Magomed Musalov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Georgi Tigiyev	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
87		MF	Ilya Maksimov	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
94		FW	Yannick Boli	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
99		FW	Islamnur Abdulavov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	61	2	7	0	3	0	71	2

Notes

As Russia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state, Berisha is registered with the Russian league as an Albanian citizen.^[42]

References

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.078379527936246-41] 1.0 ^1.1 Zenit Saint Petersburg qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Russian Cup. For that reason, the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the fifth-placed team.

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