European Football Championship 2008 / Russia
This article covers the Russian national team at the 2008 European Football Championship .
At the European Championships in 2008, a selection of the Russian federation succeeded for the first time after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to survive the preliminary round and advance into the knockout round with victories over Greece and Sweden as group runners-up behind Spain and into the knockout round, as well as after a superior victory against the Netherlands even reached the semi-finals, where the team lost 3-0 to the Spaniards.
qualification
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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1 | Croatia | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28: 8 | 29 |
2 | Russia | 12 | 7th | 3 | 2 | 18: 7 | 24 |
3 | England | 12 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 24: 7 | 23 |
4th | Israel | 12 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 20:12 | 23 |
5 | North Macedonia | 12 | 4th | 2 | 6th | 12:12 | 14th |
6th | Estonia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5:21 | 7th |
7th | Andorra | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2:42 | 0 |
After narrowly missing out on qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , the Russian federation had signed a non-Russian coach for the first time in the form of Dutchman Guus Hiddink , who made it to the quarter-finals with three different national teams in 1998-2002 and even made it to the semi-finals in 1998 and 2002.
Russia played in the qualifying group E . In the first eight games the Russians remained unbeaten, in this phase only the two games against the eventual group winners Croatia and the home game against Israel could not be won. In September / October 2007 followed the two games against the main competitor for qualification alongside Croatia, England . The clashes were considered to be the group's finals in the run-up to the game: after eight match days, Russia, second in the group, was one point ahead of the English, while the fourth-placed Israelis had already played the ninth matchday.
The first game at the new Wembley Stadium was disastrous, in particular the defense, which had been strong up until then, was not able to cope with the brilliant two-time goalscorer Owen , and so they won 3-0 and were ousted by England to become the only place eligible for qualification .
The second leg a month later in the Moscow Olympic Stadium in front of 84,700 spectators had to be won, but despite an assault on the English goal in the first few minutes, it was the guests who were in the lead through Rooney after half an hour and thus the Russian game up to Break out of rhythm. It was only when Pawlyuchenko came on to bring the Russians back into play, first he converted a controversial penalty in the 69th, and then four minutes later a ricocheting attempt by A. Beresuzkis to score a 2-1 winner. After the victory, Russia was two points behind the English in a less played game and could have qualified with two victories against the already eliminated Israelis and Andorra without points.
But despite oppressive superiority in Tel Aviv, Russia lost the game in stoppage time after a counter goal by the Israelis, which meant that Russia could no longer qualify on its own, but had to hope for an away win for Croatia at Wembley while simultaneously winning in Andorra. The Russians were able to win their own game after a miserable game against amateur footballers despite a penalty missed by Kolodin immediately before the break and a dismissal against the star of the Arshavin team thanks to a hit by Sychev . At Wembley, the Croatians led 2-0 after just 14 minutes, the English constantly increased the pressure on the Croatian goal, but it took about an hour for Lampard and Crouch to equalize within nine minutes. Now England retreated on the defensive as it would have been qualified with only one point due to better direct comparison with Russia, which the Croats their way to the 3: 2 victory by Petrić paved and later as a tactical blunder and embarrassed referred was .
Game results
date | Venue | opponent | Result | Goal scorers |
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09/06/2006 | Moscow | Croatia | 0-0 | |
07/10/2006 | Moscow | Israel | 1: 1 (1: 0) | 1: 0 Arshavin (5th), 1: 1 Shushan (84th) |
10/11/2006 | St. Petersburg | Estonia | 2: 0 (0: 0) | 1-0 Pogrebnjak (70th), 2-0 Sychev (90 + 1.) |
11/15/2007 | Skopje | Macedonia | 2: 0 (2: 0) | 1-0 Bystrow (18th), 2-0 Arshavin (32nd) |
03/24/2007 | Tallinn | Estonia | 2: 0 (2: 0) | 1-0 Bystrow (66th), 2-0 Kerschakow (78th) |
03/28/2007 | Moscow | Andorra | 4: 0 (2: 0) | 1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0 Kerchakov (8th, 16th, 49th), 4: 0 Sychov (71st) |
06/06/2007 | Zagreb | Croatia | 0-0 | |
09/08/2007 | Moscow | Macedonia | 3: 0 (1: 0) | 1: 0 W. Beresuzki (6th), 2: 0 Arshavin (83rd), 3: 0 Kerzhakov (86th) |
09/12/2007 | London | England | 0: 3 (0: 2) | 0: 1, 0: 2 Owen (7th, 31st), 0: 3 Rio Ferdinand |
10/17/2007 | Moscow | England | 2: 1 (0: 1) | 0: 1 Rooney (29th), 1: 1, 2: 1 Pavlyuchenko |
11/17/2007 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 1: 2 (0: 1) | 1: 0 Barda (10th), 1: 1 Biljaletdinow (61st), 1: 2 Golan (90 + 2nd) |
11/21/2007 | Andorra la Vella | Andorra | 1: 0 (1: 0) | 1-0 Sychev (71st) |
preparation
Russia's preparation began at the end of March with a disaster in the only preparation game against another European Championship finalist, Romania . Completely inferior, if not with the best squad, they lost 3-0 in Bucharest .
The first preliminary line-up of 25 players was named on May 13, 2008 with only one player who is not under contract in the Russian league. With the nomination, Hiddink announced that he might still be nominating players from Zenit Saint Petersburg based on their performance in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup final , but the then considered Denisov rejected his nomination.
The last test before the final determination of the squad was played against Kazakhstan before leaving for the training camp on May 24th in Moscow . With hits from all attackers, a 6-0 victory was achieved , but only with three lucky goals in the last five minutes of the game was so clear.
The next day we went to a training camp in Rottach-Egern , Bavaria , and the Russian test matches during the training camp against Serbia and Latvia were held in the Wacker Arena run by the German regional list Wacker Burghausen .
Hiddink announced the final roster on May 27, one day before UEFA's deadline. As expected by the trade press, the two midfielders Oleg Ivanov from Krylya Sovetov Samara and Alexander Pavlenko from Spartak Moscow were eliminated from the squad.
The Russians deserved to win both preparation games in Burghausen, but they showed great weaknesses in defense. The first game against Serbia was overshadowed by an early injury-related replacement of the goalscorer to 1-0 Pogrebnjak . The top scorer of the 2007/08 UEFA Cup suffered a knee injury that proved so severe that the euro was canceled for the finals and on the day of the opening of the tournament by midfielder Ivanov von Samara, who was a possible substitute during the entire tournament Preparation with the squad Hiddinks had trained was replaced.
Preparation games
date | Venue | opponent | Result | Goal scorers |
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03/26/2008 | Bucharest | Romania | 0: 3 (0: 1) | 1-0 Marica (45th), 2-0 D. Niculae (61st), 3-0 M. Niculae (75th) |
05/23/2008 | Moscow | Kazakhstan | 6: 0 (2: 0) | 1-0 Pogrebnjak (26th, hand penalty ), 2-0 Bystrow (45th), 3-0 Syrjanow (59th), 4-0 Biljaletdinow (85th, penalty kick ), 5-0 Torbinski (89th), 6th : 0 Sychev (90.) |
05/28/2008 | Burghausen | Serbia | 2: 1 (1: 1) | 1-0 Pogrebnjak (12th), 1: 1 Pantelić (40th)
2: 1 Pavlyuchenko (48th) |
06/04/2008 | Burghausen | Lithuania | 4: 1 (1: 1) | 0: 1 Savenas (24th), 1: 1 Syrjanow (33rd), 2: 1 Arshavin (52nd), 3: 1 Pavlyuchenko (64th), 4: 1 Bystrov (80th) |
Russian contingent
With the exception of Sajenko from the German Bundesliga club Nuremberg, Hiddink only selected players from the Russian Premier League for the squad . At the time the squad was reported to UEFA, the average age of the squad was 26 years and three months, which is younger than the squads of any of the other finalists.
The team lacks real top stars, and the two top attackers of the Russian UEFA Cup winner Zenit Saint Petersburg were missing in the first games: Arshavin was suspended for the first two games. Pogrebnjak injured himself in the preparatory game against Serbia, Oleg Ivanov was nominated for him .
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the European Championship | birthday | Games | Gates | ||||
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Igor Akinfeev | CSKA Moscow | 04/08/1986 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Vladimir Gabulov | FK Dynamo Moscow | October 19, 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Vyacheslav Malafeyev | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 03/04/1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Vasily Berezuzky | CSKA Moscow | 06/20/1982 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Renat Janbayev | Moscow locomotive | 04/07/1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4th | Sergei Ignashevich | CSKA Moscow | 07/14/1979 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Alexei Berezuzky | CSKA Moscow | 06/20/1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Denis Kolodin | FK Dynamo Moscow | 01/11/1982 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Yuri Schirkow | CSKA Moscow | 08/20/1983 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Alexander Anyukov | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 09/28/1982 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
7th | Dmitri Torbinski | Moscow locomotive | 04/28/1984 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Sergei Semak | Rubin Kazan | 02/27/1976 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Oleg Ivanov | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 08/04/1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Roman Shirokov | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 07/06/1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Diniyar Biljaletdinov | Moscow locomotive | 02/27/1985 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Konstantin Syrjanow | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 05.10.1977 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Igor Semschow | FK Dynamo Moscow | 04/06/1978 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Vladimir Bystrov | Spartak Moscow | 01/31/1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
6th | Roman Adamow | FK Moscow | 06/21/1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Ivan Sajenko | 1. FC Nuremberg | 10/17/1983 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Andrei Arshavin | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 05/29/1981 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Roman Pavlyuchenko | Spartak Moscow | December 15, 1981 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Dmitri Sychev | Moscow locomotive | 10/26/1983 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
Guus Hiddink | 11/08/1946 |
course
On June 4th, immediately after the last friendly against Lithuania , Russia moved into the EM quarters in Leogang, Austria .
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 | Spain | 8: 3 | 9 |
2 | Russia | 4: 4 | 6th |
3 | Sweden | 3: 4 | 3 |
4th | Greece | 1: 5 | 0 |
In the preliminary round, the reigning European champions Greece and Spain faced two teams in Group D , which they had already met in Group A at the Euro 2004 , as well as Sweden .
Spain - Russia 4: 1 (2: 0)
Spain |
4: 1 (2: 0) |
Russia | |
1st matchday Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 6:00 p.m. CEST, Tivoli-Neu ( Innsbruck ) Spectators: 30,772 (sold out) |
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Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol , Joan Capdevila - David Silva (77th Xabi Alonso ), Marcos Senna , Xavi , Andrés Iniesta (63rd Santi Cazorla ) - David Villa , Fernando Torres (54th Cesc Fàbregas ) coach : Luis Aragonés |
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Roman Shirokov , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Dmitri Sychev (46. Vladimir Bystrov , 70. Roman Adamov ), Konstantin Zyryanov , Sergei Semak , Igor Semshov (58. Dmitri Torbinski ) Dinijar Bilyaletdinov - Roman Pavlyuchenko coach : Guus Hiddink |
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1: 0 David Villa (20th) 2: 0 David Villa (44th) 3: 0 David Villa (75th) 4: 1 Cesc Fàbregas (90th + 1) |
3: 1 Roman Pavlyuchenko (86.) |
Greece - Russia 0: 1 (0: 1)
Greece |
0: 1 (0: 1) |
Russia | |
2nd matchday Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST, EM Stadium Wals-Siezenheim ( Salzburg ) Spectators: 31,063 (sold out) |
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Antonios Nikopolidis - Georgios Seitaridis (40. George Karagounis ), Traianos Dellas , Sotirios Kyrgiakos , Vassilios Torosidis - Kostas Katsouranis , Angelos Basinas , Christos Patsatzoglou - Charisteas , Nikos Liberopoulos (61. Theofanis Gekas ), Ioannis Amanatidis (80. Stelios Giannakopoulos ) Trainer: Otto Rehhagel |
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Denis Kolodin , Sergei Ignashevich , Yuri Shirkov (87. Vasily Berezutsky ) - Dmitri Torbinski , Konstantin Zyryanov , Sergei Semak , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (70 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko Coach: Guus Hiddink |
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0: 1 Konstantin Syrjanow (33.) | |||
Giorgos Karagounis (42nd), Nikos Liberopoulos (58th) | Ivan Sajenko (77th), Dmitri Torbinski (84th) |
Russia - Sweden 2: 0 (1: 0)
Russia |
2: 0 (1: 0) |
Sweden | |
3rd matchday Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST, Tivoli-Neu ( Innsbruck ) Spectators: 30,772 (sold out) |
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Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Sergei Ignashevich , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Sergei Semak - Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov , Dinijar Bilyaletdinov (66 Ivan Saenko ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko (90. Vladimir Bystrov ), Andrei Arshavin Coach: Guus Hiddink |
Andreas Isaksson - Fredrik Stoor , Olof Mellberg , Petter Hansson , Mikael Nilsson (79th Marcus Allbäck ) - Johan Elmander , Daniel Andersson (56th Kim Källström ), Anders Svensson , Freddie Ljungberg - Henrik Larsson , Zlatan Ibrahimović Trainer: Lars Lagerbäck |
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1: 0 Roman Pavlyuchenko (24th) 2: 0 Andrei Arshavin (50th) |
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Sergei Semak (57th), Andrei Arshavin (65th), Denis Kolodin (76th) | Andreas Isaksson (10th), Johan Elmander (49th) |
Knockout round
Quarter-finals: Netherlands 1-3 Russia aet (1-1, 0-0)
Netherlands |
1: 3 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0) |
Russia | |
Quarter-finals 3 Saturday, June 21, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST, St. Jakob-Park ( Basel ) Spectators: 38,374 (sold out) |
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Edwin van der Sar - Khalid Boulahrouz (54th Johnny Heitinga ), André Ooijer , Joris Mathijsen , Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Nigel de Jong , Orlando Engelaar (62nd Ibrahim Afellay ) - Dirk Kuyt (46th Robin van Persie ), Rafael van der Vaart , Wesley Sneijder - Ruud van Nistelrooy Trainer: Marco van Basten |
Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Sergei Ignashevich , Denis Kolodin , Yuri Shirkov - Sergei Semak - Ivan Saenko (81. Dmitri Torbinski ), Igor Semshov (69th Dinijar Bilyaletdinov ), Konstantin Zyryanov - Andrei Arshavin , Roman Pavlyuchenko (115th Dmitri Sychev ) Trainer: Guus Hiddink |
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1: 1 Ruud van Nistelrooy (86.) |
0: 1 Roman Pavlyuchenko (56th) 1: 2 Dmitri Torbinsky (112th) 1: 3 Andrei Arshavin (116th) |
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Khalid Boulahrouz (50.), Robin van Persie (55.), Rafael van der Vaart (60.) | Denis Kolodin (71.) *, Juri Schirkow (103.), Dmitri Torbinski (111.) * |
* second yellow card, suspended in the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: Russia 0-3 Spain (0-0)
Russia |
0: 3 (0: 0) |
Spain | |
Semi-final 2 Thursday, June 26, 2008, 8:45 p.m. CEST, Ernst-Happel-Stadion ( Vienna ) Spectators: |
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Igor Akinfejew - Alexander Anjukow , Vasily Berezutsky , Sergei Ignashevich , Yuri Shirkov - Sergei Semak - Konstantin Zyryanov , Igor Semshov (56th Dinijar Bilyaletdinov ), Ivan Saenko (57th Dmitri Sychev ) - Roman Pavlyuchenko , Andrei Arshavin Coach: Guus Hiddink |
Iker Casillas - Sergio Ramos , Carlos Marchena , Carles Puyol , Joan Capdevila - Andrés Iniesta , Marcos Senna , Xavi (69th Xabi Alonso ), David Silva - David Villa (34th Cesc Fàbregas ), Fernando Torres (69th Daniel Güiza ) coach : Luis Aragonés |
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0: 1 Xavi (50.) 0: 2 Daniel Güiza (73.) 0: 3 David Silva (82.) |
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Juri Schirkow (56.), Dinijar Biljaletdinow (60.) |
Web links
- Information and news about the Russian selection at Euro 2008 ( Memento from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the Euro 2008 website . ( German )
Individual evidence
- ↑ They were eliminated as third party after a 0-0 draw against Slovakia on the last day of the match.
- ↑ " England vs. Russia: Final before the European Football Championship ”, preliminary report on the game by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti , from September 12, 2007, 18:34 UTC ( visited on May 17, 2008 ).
- ↑ " Overview: Croatia effortlessly - Slovakia duped - Greeks draw France 0: 1, Italy wins ", message from the kicker for the ninth matchday of the European Championship qualification on September 13, 2007 ( visited on May 17, 2008 ).
- ↑ Phil McNulty: " Russia 2-1 England ", BBC report of October 17, 2007 ( visited May 17, 2008 ).
- ↑ [Turkey, Sweden and Portugal qualified - England in the valley of tears], message from the kicker on the last day of the European Championship qualification ( visited on May 17, 2008 ).
- ↑ Pavo Prskalo: " Drama in Wembley - The English Nightmare ", Spiegel Online from November 22, 2007 ( visited May 17, 2008 ).
- ^ " Russia without a chance in Romania ( Memento of May 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )", report on the Euro 2008 website from Wednesday, March 26, 2008 ( visited on May 29, 2008 ).
- ↑ " Denisov cancels for EURO ( Memento of May 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )", report on the Euro 2008 website from Monday, May 19, 2008 ( visited on May 29, 2008 ).
- ↑ a b Russian national team - games always start at 7 p.m. , report on the Wacker Burghausen website from May 14, 2008 ( visited May 29, 2008 ).
- ↑ Igor Rabiner " Wtschera Gus Chiddink objawil, chto na Euro 2008 ne pojedut Oleg Ivanov i Alexander Pavlenko. ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ", Sport-Express of May 28, 2008, p. 1.