The 2019–20 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season was the club's first season back in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of football in Russia, since 1996. Anzhi finished the previous season bottom of the Russian Premier League and where initially relegated to the Russian National Football League for the 2019–20 season. However, on 15 May 2019, the club failed to earn a Russian Football Union license for the 2019–20 season, recalled their appeal against the decision on 29 May 2019, dropping down to the Russian Professional Football League.