They were knocked out of the Russian Cup at the Round of 32 stage by Alania Vladikavkaz, and they reached the Last 16 of the Europa League where they were defeated by AZ.

Anzhi started the season in the same manor as the previous season, entering the transfer market and signing Igor Denisov[1] from Zenit Saint Petersburg, Aleksei Ionov from Kuban Krasnodar,[2] Aleksandr Kokorin from Dynamo Moscow[3] and resigning Christopher Samba from QPR.

[4] Following a draw and a defeat in their opening two games, Guus Hiddink resigned as manager on 22 July 2013.

[8] As a result, Igor Denisov,[9] Yuri Zhirkov[9] and Aleksandr Kokorin,[9] before Kokorin had made his debut, all left Anzhi in a package deal for Dynamo Moscow whilst Oleg Shatov left the club shortly after joining Zenit St.

[10] These sales prompted the club to recall Nikita Burmistrov and Serder Serderov from their loan deals,[9] before Mbark Boussoufa[11] and Lassana Diarra[9] then joined Lokomotiv Moscow.