Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional
football
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club based in the
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...
i capital of
Makhachkala
Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. ...
. Founded in 1991, the club last competed in the third-tier
Russian Football National League 2.
In January 2011, Anzhi Makhachkala was purchased by billionaire
Suleyman Kerimov, and subsequently made numerous high-profile signings, including those of striker
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the ...
and defender
Roberto Carlos. Following severe budget cuts ahead of the
2013–14 Russian Premier League
The 2013–14 Russian Premier League was the 22nd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 12th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 13 July 2013 and concluded on 17 ...
season, the club lost most of its key players and went on to finish bottom of the table, which resulted in relegation to the
Russian National Football League
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
at the end of the season.
History
The club was founded in 1991 by former Dinamo Makhachkala player
Aleksandr Markarov with the head of Dagnefteprodukt – Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and took part in its first season in the Dagestan League the same year. The club's name Anzhi means ''pearl'' in local
Kumyk language
Kumyk (,L. S. Levitskaya, "Kumyk language", in ''Languages of the world. Turkic languages'' (1997). , ) is a Turkic language spoken by about 520,000 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the Dagestan, North Ossetia and Chechen republics of the ...
and is a former name of
Makhachkala
Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. ...
. FC Anzhi ended up as league champions with an unbeaten record and 16 wins out of 20 matches.
[История футбольного клуба «АНЖИ»]
Due to the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
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, the club entered Zone 1 of the
Russian Second Division
The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football.
History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...
(the third-highest tier) in 1992
and finished in fifth place. The club won their Group in 1993, but due to league reorganisation were not promoted, and remained in the new Western Zone of the third tier until a second-place finish in 1996 guaranteed promotion to the
First Division, under the coaching of
Eduard Malofeev.
A key player in Anzhi's early history was
Azerbaijani international forward
Ibragim Gasanbekov, who was the team's top scorer in all of their first seven seasons. He was the league's top scorer in 1993 (30 goals) and 1996 (33 goals).
In 1999, Anzhi won the First Division, and were thus promoted to the top-flight
Premier League
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for the first time.
The side missed out on a bronze-medal finish on the last day of the season, as they conceded a last-minute
Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. Their c ...
penalty which took their opponents into third place. On 20 June 2001, the club played in the final of the
Russian Cup for the first time, losing to
Lokomotiv Moscow
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on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
Anzhi finished 15th and were relegated from the Premier League in 2002, but during their first season back in the First Division, they reached the semi-finals of the Russian Cup, where they lost 1–0 to
Rostov. In their seventh season in the First Division, Anzhi won the league and returned to the Premier League.
On 5 December 2010, defender
Shamil Burziyev died in a car accident at the age of 25.
Purchase
On 18 January 2011, the club was purchased by Dagestani billionaire
Suleyman Kerimov, but later it was revealed that the President of
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...
,
Magomedsalam Magomedov, met Kerimov and gave him a 100% stake in the club, including 50% of the shares of the former owner of the club Igor Yakovlev, in exchange for financial support. Kerimov was planning to invest over $200 million in infrastructure, of which a substantial amount would go into building a new stadium with a capacity of more than 40,000 spectators, which would meet all
UEFA requirements.
Kerimov's investment was immediate as the club made many signings in the
2011 winter transfer window. The first significant signing came on 16 February, when the club announced the free transfer of Brazilian left-back and
2002 FIFA World Cup
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winner
Roberto Carlos from
Corinthians. Further signings included Roberto Carlos's teammate at Corinthians, midfielder
Jucilei, who was bought for €10 million,
Atletico Mineiro forward
Diego Tardelli, who signed on a four-year contract, and
Moroccan winger
Mbark Boussoufa from
Anderlecht
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. Anzhi paid €8 million for Boussoufa, and his transfer was finalised in the last minute of the window, on 10 March.
In summer 2011, the club signed Hungarian winger
Balázs Dzsudzsák
Balázs Dzsudzsák (; born 23 December 1986) is a Hungarian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Debreceni VSC.
Dzsudzsák began his career at his home ...
, who signed a four-year deal for a reported €14 million. Anzhi also bought Russian midfielder
Yuri Zhirkov from
Chelsea for a similar fee. On 23 August,
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
ian striker
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the ...
signed from
Inter Milan
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for approximately €21 million on a world-record €20.5 million annual salary. The deal included a three-year contract. On 30 August, Anzhi made their last big summer transfer window signing, with the arrival of
Mehdi Carcela.
In September 2011,
Gadzhi Gadzhiyev was sacked, after managing only one win in the last six matches, leaving the club seventh in the league table. Roberto Carlos took on a player-manager role, along with assistant
Andrei Gordeyev. On 27 December 2011, the club appointed
Yuri Krasnozhan as the new coach. However, he was sacked after only two months, and the team didn't play any official games under his management. In February 2012, experienced Dutchman
Guus Hiddink was announced as his replacement.
Hiddink's first signing was Congolese defender
Christopher Samba, joining for £12 million from
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...
on 24 February.
On 30 January 2012, Roberto Carlos announced his plans to retire at the end of the season, despite his contract running until June 2013. He ended his football career on 1 August and took up a role as the club's director. The Russian club concluded the first season after the takeover, the
2011–12 season, with a fifth-place finish in the league, which qualified the club for the Europa League second qualifying round. In the
Russian Cup, the club was eliminated in the round of 16 with an extra time loss against
Dynamo Moscow.
On 3 September 2012, the club signed
Lassana Diarra on a four-year deal. On 10 October, Anzhi opened a youth academy, the first in Dagestan, in order to develop youth talents for the first team. The academy is being run by Anzhi Sporting Director
Jelle Goes. On 2 February 2013,
Willian joined the club from
Shakhtar Donetsk for a €35 million fee.
Anzhi finished the
2012–13 season in third place in the league table, missing out on qualification for the next season's Champions League. Anzhi began the campaign in great form, losing only once in their first 12 matches and even holding the top spot four times. However, they suffered a downturn in form after the new year, winning only three times in their final twelve matches, including a 4–0 defeat against
Krasnodar
Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and up to 1.263 millio ...
in March. In the
Europa League, they finished second in their group, and were eliminated in the round of 16 by
Newcastle United
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with a last minute goal after beating
Hannover 96
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in the round of 32. They reached the
Russian Cup final that season, losing to CSKA on penalties.
On 22 July 2013, Hiddink resigned from his post as manager, ending an 18-month stint. His newly appointed assistant, countryman
René Meulensteen, was promoted to the manager position.
However, after 16 days as the team manager, Meulensteen was sacked.
Budget cuts
On 7 August 2013, Kerimov decided to reduce the team's annual budget by two-thirds. As a result, on 15 August 2013,
Yuri Zhirkov,
Igor Denisov, and
Aleksandr Kokorin were packaged to
Dynamo Moscow for an undisclosed fee. The three players had been purchased within the preceding two seasons, at a total cost exceeding €50 million.
Remchukov said that the reason for the move was the "sharp deterioration in the health of Suleyman Kerimov, because of worries about the club's lack of success".
In addition, Dynamo also signed Christopher Samba,
Vladimir Gabulov and
Aleksei Ionov from Anzhi. Other cost-cutting transfers included Samuel Eto'o and Willian to
English side
Chelsea;
Lassana Diarra, Mbark Boussoufa and
Arseniy Logashov to Lokomotiv Moscow;
João Carlos to
Spartak Moscow; and
Oleg Shatov to
Zenit Saint Petersburg. The firesale continued into January 2014 with the sale of striker
Lacina Traoré to
Monaco
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for €18 million and the sale of midfielder Jucilei to
Emirati side
Al-Jazira.
Several of the players sold had been recent signings for Anzhi; Aleksandr Kokorin had signed from Dynamo only a month before being sold back to the Dinamiki and had yet to make an appearance for Anzhi. Igor Denisov and Aleksei Ionov had both signed only in June and had played only a handful of matches before being sold. Christopher Samba had rejoined Anzhi in July after a spell with
Queens Park Rangers
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. Willian had joined in January and played only 11 league matches before being sold.
The budget cuts and subsequent sales resulted in Anzhi performing very poorly in the
2013–14 Russian Premier League
The 2013–14 Russian Premier League was the 22nd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 12th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 13 July 2013 and concluded on 17 ...
: they finished last and were relegated, having amassed a record low of three wins and 20 points, making them the worst last-placed team in Europe. However, they returned to the top division at the first attempt.
Although they were relegated, the club still managed to get into the last 16 of the
Europa League, being eliminated by
AZ Alkmaar
Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
.
Recent history
Yuri Semin was announced as Anzhi's manager on 18 June 2015, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.
After gaining only 6 points in first 10 games of the 2015–16 season and with Anzhi in last place, Semin left Anzhi on 29 September 2015.
After Semin's departure,
Ruslan Agalarov was placed in charge of the club,
until the end of the season, saving them from relegation with a play-off victory over
Volgar Astrakhan.
Pavel Vrba was appointed as the club's new manager on 30 June 2016,
following the expiration of
Ruslan Agalarov's contract on 31 May 2016.
On 28 December 2016, Suleyman Kerimov sold the club to Osman Kadiyev, with
Pavel Vrba leaving by mutual consent two days later,
with
Aleksandr Grigoryan being appointed as the club's new manager on 5 January 2017.
Anzhi was relegated from the
Russian Premier League
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once again at the end of the 2017–18 season, losing the relegation playoffs to
FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk with an aggregate score of 4–6. On 13 June 2018,
FC Amkar Perm
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announced that the
Russian Football Union
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recalled their 2018–19 season license, making them ineligible for the
Russian Premier League
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or
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
. As a consequence, Anzhi took Amkar's spot and was not relegated.
Anzhi struggled again during the
2018–19 season, and following a 0–1 defeat to
Arsenal Tula, their relegation back to the
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
was confirmed.
On 15 May 2019, club's general director Absalutdin Agaragimov announced that the club failed
Russian Football Union
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licensing for the 2019–20 season. The club had until the end of May to lodge an appeal. On 29 May 2019, Russian Football Union licensing department chief Yevgeni Letin announced that Anzhi has recalled their appeal and, as a result, will not compete in the second-tier
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system.
The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
in the 2019–20 season. They had an option of applying for the third-tier
Russian Professional Football League
The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football.
History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...
license or potentially declaring bankruptcy. On 26 June 2019, Anzhi confirmed that they had received a license to play in the Russian Professional Football League for the 2019–20 season, and that they were still unable to register new players due to outstanding debts. Their 2019–20 squad mostly included the under-20 players who played for their youth team in the previous season, with most first-team players moving to other professional teams, including several notable ones (
Yury Dyupin,
Vladislav Kulik
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Club career
On 2 July 2019, h ...
,
Andrés Ponce) who remained in the Russian Premier League.
On 3 June 2022, the
Russian Football Union
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confirmed their decision to not grant Anzhi the license that is necessary to play in the FNL 2. Their appeal was not considered as it was not filed according to the procedure. That automatically meant the loss of professional status. The club issued a statement apologizing to the fans and stating hope that the club can come back "one day". The last game of the
FNL2 season and the last professional Anzhi game was played on 5 June 2022, Anzhi won 4–0 away against
FC Rotor-2 Volgograd. Another club based in Makhachkala,
FC Dynamo Makhachkala, secured promotion to the
FNL 3 days prior to that.
Crest and colours
The club's crest includes a yellow eagle in traditional Caucasian clothing with elements of the
Dagestani flag.
The club's name derives from the word ''Anzhi'' which means "pearl" in the
Kumyk language
Kumyk (,L. S. Levitskaya, "Kumyk language", in ''Languages of the world. Turkic languages'' (1997). , ) is a Turkic language spoken by about 520,000 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the Dagestan, North Ossetia and Chechen republics of the ...
. It was also the ancient name for the land around where
Makhachkala
Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. ...
is situated.
In the 2013–14 season, they changed their
kit sponsor from Adidas to Nike.
Stadium

Due to the risk of possible armed conflict in Dagestan, the club's players primarily live and train at a training base near Moscow, which was previously used by
Saturn Moscow. The club fly in for home matches, which have a heavy security presence.
The club's 28,000-seat
Anzhi Arena was built in 2003, and due to its facilities is not used in European competition, for which Anzhi use the
Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow. A high-priority goal of Kerimov when he purchased the club was the construction of a new 40,000 seater ground.
Supporters
Anzhi receive most of their support from the
Northern Caucasian region, particularly from the city of Makhachkala. The club also enjoys support from fans scattered all over
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...
, and the local area in general. The club is hated by some supporters of the Moscow-based clubs as well as
Zenit Saint Petersburg, in part out of jealousy of the club's former wealth and also out of ethnic and religious animosity.
European competitions
Anzhi's first continental participation was in the
2001–02 UEFA Cup. Their opponents were
Rangers of
Scotland
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. Instead of usual home-and-away fixtures, UEFA decided to hold a single match in a neutral venue—the
Polish Army Stadium
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in
Warsaw
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—due to the unstable situation in neighbouring
Chechnya
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. Rangers won the match 1–0 and eliminated Anzhi.
After finishing fifth in the
2011–12 Russian Premier League, Anzhi qualified for the group stage of the
UEFA Europa League
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for the first time in the club's history, after eliminating
Budapest Honvéd in the second qualifying round,
Vitesse in the third qualifying round and
AZ Alkmaar
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in the play-off round.
However, they again had to play home matches away, this time at the
Luzhniki Stadium
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, due to unrest in the city of Makhachkala. They finished second in
group A
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behind
Liverpool
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; both games between the two ended as 1–0 home wins. Liverpool, Anzhi and
Young Boys took the top three positions in the group respectively with ten points each, and were ranked by their head-to-head record with fourth-placed
Udinese; Anzhi were the only team in the group not to lose at home, having won all their home games in the group stage.
Guus Hiddink's team were drawn with German side
Hannover 96
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, who won
group L. The Russians won the first leg 3–1 at the Luzhniki before a 1–1 draw in
Hanover
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sent them through 4–2 on aggregate. They then faced
Newcastle United
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in the next round, where
Alan Pardew's men became the first team to deny Anzhi a home win in European competition. In the second leg away at
St James' Park
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, Newcastle's
Papiss Cissé headed home the winner in the last second to eliminate Anzhi;
Mehdi Carcela-González had earlier been sent off for the club.
Record
1R: First round, 2Q: Second qualifying round, 3Q: Third qualifying round, PO: Play-off round
;Notes
1 Only one leg was played, in a neutral venue in Warsaw, Poland, due to security concerns in Russia.
Honours
*
Russian National League
: Champions (2):
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2009
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Recent seasons
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bar:PFL at:01/11/1994 shift:(-10,-4) text:10
bar:PFL at:01/11/1995 shift:(-10,-4) text:7
bar:PFL at:01/11/1996 shift:(-10,-4) text:2
bar:FNL at:01/11/1997 shift:(-10,-4) text:13
bar:FNL at:01/11/1998 shift:(-10,-4) text:11
bar:FNL at:01/11/1999 shift:(-10,-4) text:1
bar:RFPL at:01/11/2000 shift:(-10,-4) text:4
bar:RFPL at:01/11/2001 shift:(-10,-4) text:13
bar:RFPL at:01/11/2002 shift:(-10,-4) text:15
bar:FNL at:01/11/2003 shift:(-10,-4) text:6
bar:FNL at:11/11/2004 shift:(-10,-4) text:8
bar:FNL at:19/11/2005 shift:(-10,-4) text:11
bar:FNL at:26/11/2006 shift:(-10,-4) text:15
bar:FNL at:11/11/2007 shift:(-10,-4) text:10
bar:FNL at:22/11/2008 shift:(-10,-4) text:6
bar:FNL at:29/11/2009 shift:(-10,-4) text:1
bar:RFPL at:28/11/2010 shift:(-10,-4) text:11
bar:RFPL at:13/05/2012 shift:(-15,-4) text:5
bar:RFPL at:26/05/2013 shift:(-10,-4) text:3
bar:RFPL at:15/05/2014 shift:(-10,-4) text:16
bar:FNL at:30/05/2015 shift:(-10,-4) text:2
bar:RFPL at:21/05/2016 shift:(-10,-4) text:13
bar:RFPL at:21/05/2017 shift:(-10,-4) text:12
bar:RFPL at:21/05/2018 shift: (-10,-4) text:14
LineData=
at:01/11/1996 color:prom frompos:40 tillpos:73
at:01/11/1999 color:prom frompos:57 tillpos:90
at:21/11/2002 color:rel frompos:57 tillpos:90
at:29/11/2009 color:prom frompos:57 tillpos:90
at:15/05/2014 color:rel frompos:57 tillpos:90
at:30/05/2015 color:prom frompos:57 tillpos:90
Russia
Reserve teams
Records
Appearances
Top goalscorers
Top scorers by season
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Anzhi.
;Russia
;Europe
;Africa
;Asia
;South America
Managers
*
Vladimir Petrov (1993)
*
Ahmad Alaskarov (1994)
*
Aleksandr Markarov ''(interim)'' (1995)
*
Eduard Malofeyev (1996–98)
*
Aleksandr Reshetnyak ''(interim)'' (1998)
*
Pyotr Shubin (1998)
*
Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (1999–01)
*
Aleksandr Markarov ''(interim)'' (2001)
*
Leonid Tkachenko (2001–02)
*
Myron Markevych (10 July 2002 – 10 Oct 2002)
*
Aleksandr Piskaryov (2003)
*
Aleksandr Reshetnyak ''(interim)'' (2003)
*
Aleksandr Markarov ''(interim)'' (2003)
*
Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2004)
*
Aleksandr Reshetnyak ''(interim)'' (2004)
*
Dmitri Galiamin (2004–06)
*
Aleksandr Markarov (2006)
*
Omari Tetradze (1 Jan 2007 – 14 March 2010)
''Information correct as of match played 15 March 2020. Only competitive matches are counted.''
References
External links
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Association football clubs established in 1991
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1991 establishments in Russia
2022 disestablishments in Russia