RUSSIA
NATIONAL TEAM
Russia have qualified for
two World Cups (1994, 2002)
and four European
Championships (1996, 2004,
2008, 2012).
Euro 2008 marked the first
time they have passed the
group stages of a major
tournament, these advances
are
not counting the Soviet
Union national team.
Under the Soviet Unionen the
team also won the first
European championship in
1960.
Facts
Head coach:
Dick Advocaat Honours:
none, but won the
1960 Euro as Soviet
Union
Euro-qualifying:
Winner of group B.
Most caps:
Victor Onopko (109)
Most goals:
Vladimir
Beschastnykh (26)
Team colours:
Red shirts,
red
shorts
Away colours: All
white
Russian
squad 2012
Goalkeepers:
1
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA
Moskva)
16
Vyacheslav Malafeev
(Zenit)
13
Anton Shunin
(Din.Moskva)
Defenders:
2
Aleksandr Anyukov
(Zenit)
12
Aleksei Berezutski
(CSKA Moskva)
4
Sergei Ignashevich
(CSKA Moskva)
19
Vladimir Granat
(Dinamo Moskva)
5
Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi
Makhachkala)
15
Dmitri Kombarov
(Spartak Moskva)
3
Roman Sharonov
(Rubin Kazan)
21
Kirill Nababkin
(CSKA Moskva)
Midfielders:
7
Igor Denisov (Zenit)
8
Konstantin Zyryanov
(Zenit)
6
Roman Shirokov
(Zenit)
22 Denis Glushakov
(L. Moskva)
7
Igor Semshov (Din.
Moskva)
9
Marat Izmailov
(Sporting)
17 Alan Dzagoev
(CSKA Moskva)
Forwards:
10
Andrey Arshavin
(Zenit) K
11
Aleksandr Kerzhakov
(Zenit)
18 Aleksandr Kokorin
(Din. Mos)
14 Roman
Pavlyuchenko
(Lok.Mos)
20
Pavel Pogrebnyak
(Fulham)
Russia`s games
2012
Res
08.June: Russia -
Czech rep.
12.June: Russia - Poland
16.June: Russia -
Greece
English football