European Football Championship 1996 / Russia

This article covers the Russian national team at the 1996 European Football Championship in England.

qualification

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Russia	10	8th	2	0	34: 05	26th
2	Scotland	10	7th	2	1	19: 03	23
3	Greece	10	6th	0	4th	23: 09	18th
4th	Finland	10	5	0	5	18:18	15th
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8th	10:35	06th
6th	San Marino	10	0	0	10	02:36	00

Game results

10/12/1994	Russia	-	San Marino	4: 0 (1: 0)
11/16/1994	Scotland	-	Russia	1: 1 (1: 1)
03/29/1995	Russia	-	Scotland	0-0
04/26/1995	Greece	-	Russia	0: 3 (0: 1)
05/06/1995	Russia	-	Faroe Islands	3: 0 (0: 0)
06/07/1995	San Marino	-	Russia	0: 7 (0: 2)
08/16/1995	Finland	-	Russia	0: 6 (0: 3)
09/06/1995	Faroe Islands	-	Russia	2: 5 (1: 1)
10/11/1995	Russia	-	Greece	2: 1 (1: 0)
11/15/1995	Russia	-	Finland	3: 1 (1: 1)

Russian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Dmitri Charin	Chelsea FC	08/16/1968	2	0	0	0	0
12	Stanislav Cherchessov	FC Tirol Innsbruck	09/02/1963	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Sergei Ovchinnikov	Moscow locomotive	10/11/1970	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Omari Tetradze	Alania Vladikavkaz	10/13/1969	3	1	1	0	0
3	Yuri Nikiforov	Spartak Moscow	09/16/1970	2	0	1	0	0
5	Yuri Kovtun	FK Dynamo Moscow	05/01/1970	2	0	1	0	1
7th	Viktor Onopko	Real Oviedo	10/14/1969	2	0	2	0	0
13	Yevgeny Buschmanov	CSKA Moscow	11/02/1971	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Igor Janowski	Alania Vladikavkaz	08/03/1974	2	0	1	0	0
20th	Sergei Gorlukovich	Spartak Moscow	11/18/1961	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
4th	Ilya Zymbalar	Spartak Moscow	06/17/1969	3	1	0	0	0
6th	Valery Karpin	Real Sociedad	02/02/1969	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Andrei Kantschelskis	Everton FC	01/23/1969	2	0	1	0	0
10	Alexander Mostovoi	Racing Strasbourg	08/22/1968	3	1	0	0	0
14th	Igor Dobrowolski	Fortuna Dusseldorf	08/27/1967	1	0	0	0	0
15th	Igor Shalimov	Udinese Calcio	02/02/1969	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Vladislav Radimov	CSKA Moscow	11/26/1975	3	0	1	0	0
21st	Dmitri Chochlow	CSKA Moscow	12/22/1975	2	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Igor Kolyvanov	US Foggia	03/06/1968	3	0	1	0	0
11	Sergei Kirjakov	Karlsruher SC	01/01/1970	1	0	0	0	0
16	Igor Simutenkov	Reggina Calcio	04/03/1973	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Vladimir Bestzhastnych	SV Werder Bremen	04/01/1974	1	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Oleg Romanzew		04/01/1954

Russian games

Preliminary round

In the group with the reigning vice European champion Germany and the reigning vice world champion Italy, the Russian selection was given outsider opportunities at best. So it was not surprising that Russia failed in the preliminary round.

A 1: 2 defeat against Italy, in which Pierluigi Casiraghi scored twice and Ilja Zymbalar managed to equalize in the meantime, was followed by goals from Matthias Sammer and two times Jürgen Klinsmann, a smooth 3-0 defeat against Germany. The elimination was sealed after just two games. Only the surprise team from the Czech Republic was able to wrest a draw in the final third round match. After a 2-0 break through Jan Suchopárek and Pavel Kuka , the Russian team turned the game around with goals from Alexander Mostowoi, Omari Tetradze and Vladimir Bestschastnych. Vladimír Šmicers goal to equalize shortly before the final whistle saved the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals and meant the exit of Italy.

rank	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	5-0	+5	7th
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5: 6	−1	4th
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3: 3	+0	4th
4th	Russia	3	0	1	2	4: 8	−4	1
For positions 2 and 3, the direct comparison is decisive.

June 11, 1996 in Liverpool (Anfield)
Italy	-	Russia	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 16, 1996 in Manchester (Old Trafford)
Germany	-	Russia	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 19, 1996 in Liverpool (Anfield)
Czech Republic	-	Russia	3: 3 (2: 0)