European Football Championship 2016 / Russia

The Russian team before the qualifying match against Moldova on October 12, 2014

This article covers the Russian national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . For Russia it was the fifth participation and since Russia was able to qualify as a separate team for the first time in 1996, the Russians only missed the finals once (2000).

qualification

Artyom Djuba , Russia's top scorer in the qualifying matches of the second game against Sweden

Russia, which was set at the group draw in Pot 1, completed the qualification for the European Championship in the group G . After the preliminary round at the 2014 World Cup , Fabio Capello had led the Russians into the qualification, but on July 14, 2015 he was dismissed one month after a home defeat against Austria. Under his successor Leonid Sluzki the remaining four games could then be won, so that Russia qualified as group runner-up for the European Championship finals. Austria won the group and qualified for the finals for the first time. The third-placed Swedes were able to prevail in the playoffs of the third group against Denmark .

Overall, the two coaches used 34 players, of which only goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew was used in all ten games. Sergei Ignaschewitsch and Alexander Kokorin were each missing . Seven players were able to enter the goalscorer list, as the best Russian goalscorer Artjom Dzjuba with eight goals, who scored four goals in the second game against Liechtenstein. Dzjuba was the fourth best scorer in the qualification, but had the lowest playing time of the ten top scorers. Only in the first game under Leonid Sluzki, Oleg Kuzmin, a newcomer came to his first international match. In the 7-0 win against Liechtenstein, Sergei Ignaschewitsch outbid Viktor Onopko's Russian record with his 110th international match , making him the only Russian national record player.

In the FIFA world rankings , the Russians, who fell to 23rd place after the preliminary round of the World Cup, even fell back to 33rd place during qualifying, but were able to improve again to 23rd place in the end.

Games

All results from a Russian perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
09/08/2014	Arena Khimki , Khimki	Liechtenstein	4: 0 (1: 0)	1: 0 Martin Büchel (4th / own goal), 2: 0 Franz Burgmeier (50th / own goal), 3: 0 Dmitri Kombarow (54th / penalty), 4: 0 Artyom Dzjuba (65th)
09/10/2014	Friends Arena , Solna ( SWE )	Sweden	1: 1 (1: 0)	1: 0 Alexander Kokorin (10th), 1: 1 Ola Toivonen (49th)
10/12/2014	Otkrytije Arena , Moscow	Moldova	1: 1 (0: 0)	1: 0 Artyom Djuba (73./ penalty), 1: 1 Alexandru Epureanu (74.)
11/15/2014	Ernst Happel Stadium , Vienna ( AUT )	Austria	0: 1 (0: 0)	0: 1 Rubin Okotie (73rd)
03/27/2015	Pod Goricom Stadium , Podgorica ( MNE )	Montenegro	3: 0 (valuation) 1
06/14/2015	Otkrytije Arena , Moscow	Austria	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Marc Janko (33.)
05.09.2015	Otkrytije Arena , Moscow	Sweden	1: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Artyom Djuba (38th)
09/08/2015	Rheinpark Stadium , Vaduz ( LIE )	Liechtenstein	7: 0 (3: 0)	1-0 Artyom Dsyuba (21st), 2-0 Alexander Kokorin (40th / penalty), 3-0, 4-0 Artyom Dzyuba (45th, 73rd), 5-0 Fyodor Smolow (77th), 6th : 0 Alan Dzagoyev (85th), 7-0 Artyom Djuba (90th)
09/10/2015	Stadionul Zimbru , Chișinău ( MDA )	Moldova	2: 1 (0: 0)	1-0 Sergei Ignaschewitsch (58th), 2-0 Artjom Dzjuba (78th), 2-1 Eugeniu Cebotaru (85th)
October 12, 2015	Otkrytije Arena , Moscow	Montenegro	2: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Oleg Kuzmin (33rd), 2-0 Alexander Kokorin (37th / penalty)

¹Shortly after kick-off, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew was hit in the head by a firecracker, causing the game to be interrupted. The game was initially released again, but after 67 minutes when the score was 0-0, it was finally canceled because objects continued to be thrown onto the field. The game was rated 3-0 for Russia by UEFA.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Austria	10	9	1	0	022: 500	+17	28
2.	Russia	10	6th	2	2	021: 500	+16	20th
3.	Sweden	10	5	3	2	015: 900	+6	18th
4th	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	010:130	−3	11
5.	Liechtenstein	10	1	2	7th	002:260	−24	05
6th	Moldova	10	0	2	8th	004:160	−12	02
Status: October 12, 2015

preparation

After the end of the qualification, the Russians won 1-0 against the Portuguese, who played without Cristiano Ronaldo , in Krasnodar on November 14th and put in a newcomer in Wladislaw Ignatjew , while the Portuguese even put in four newcomers. Three days later they lost 3-1 to European Championship participants Croatia in Rostov-on-Don and once again put two newcomers in with Artem Rebrow and Artur Jussupow . On March 26, 2016, a 3-0 win against Lithuania in Moscow , with the two goalkeepers Stanislaw Krizjuk and Guilherme Marinato and Ilja Maksimow, three newcomers made their first international matches. Three days later, they lost 4-2 to European championship hosts France in Saint-Denis . In preparation for the European Championship, the Russians lost 2-1 to the Czech Republic on June 1st in Innsbruck , with Roman Neustädter playing his first game for Russia. Serbia is the last test opponent on June 5th in Monte Carlo .

Squad

On May 21, 2016, national coach Leonid Sluzki named the squad with 23 players. Players from eight clubs were nominated, most (7) from the champions CSKA Moscow , followed by six players from cup winners Zenit St. Petersburg . Only Roman Neustädter , who was the only player without an international appearance for Russia, did not play in Russia .

No.	position	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	EM games
01	goalkeeper	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	0Apr 8, 1986	88	0	2004	0 (2004), 5 (2008), 0 (2012)	3
12	goalkeeper	Yuri Lodygin	Zenit St. Petersburg	May 26, 1990	11	0	2013
16	goalkeeper	Guilherme Marinato	Moscow locomotive	Dec 12, 1985	2	0	2016
06th	Defense	Alexei Berezuzky	CSKA Moscow	June 20, 1982	57	0	2003	0 (2008), 3 (2012)	1
14th	Defense	Vasily Berezuzky	CSKA Moscow	June 20, 1982	96	4th	2003	2 (2008)	3	1
04th	Defense	Sergei Ignashevich	CSKA Moscow	July 14, 1979	118	8th	2002	4 (2008), 3 (2012)	3
23	Defense	Dimitri Kombarov	Spartak Moscow	Jan. 22, 1987	39	2	2012	0 (2012)	1
05	Defense	Roman Neustädter	FC Schalke 04	Feb. 18, 1988	4th	0	2016		2
02	Defense	Roman Schischkin	Moscow locomotive	Jan. 27, 1987	11	0	2007
21st	Defense	Georgy Shchennikov	CSKA Moscow	Apr 27, 1991	9	0	2012		2		1
03	Defense	Igor Smolnikov	Zenit St. Petersburg	0Aug 8, 1988	15th	0	2013		3
08th	midfield	Denis Glushakov	Spartak Moscow	Jan. 27, 1987	44	4th	2011	1 (2012)	3	1
13	midfield	Alexander Golovin	CSKA Moscow	May 30, 1996	6th	2	2015		3
18th	midfield	Oleg Ivanov	Terek Grozny	0Aug 4, 1986	5	0	2015	0 (2008)
07th	midfield	Artur Yusupov	Zenit St. Petersburg	0Sep 1 1989	2	0	2015
11	midfield	Pavel Mamayev	FK Krasnodar	17 Sep 1988	13	0	2010		3		1
19th	midfield	Alexander Samedov	Moscow locomotive	July 19, 1984	28	3	2011		1
17th	midfield	Oleg Shatov	Zenit St. Petersburg	July 29, 1990	24	2	2013		2
15th	midfield	Roman Shirokov	CSKA Moscow	0July 6, 1981	55	13	2008	1 (2008), 3 (2012)	3
20th	midfield	Dmitri Torbinski	FK Krasnodar	Apr 28, 1984	30th	2	2007	3 (2008)
22nd	attack	Artyom Djuba	Zenit St. Petersburg	22 Aug 1988	19th	9	2011		3
09	attack	Alexander Kokorin	Zenit St. Petersburg	19 Mar 1991	40	12	2011	1 (2012)	3
10	attack	Fyodor Smolov	FK Krasnodar	0Feb 9, 1990	15th	5	2012		3

Coach: Leonid Sluzki

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

On May 21, 2016, Alan Dzagojew suffered a broken metatarsal in the championship game and was replaced by Dmitri Torbinski . On June 6, Igor Denisov was replaced by Artur Yusupov after the former sustained a thigh injury in a friendly against Serbia on June 5.

position	Surname	society	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	birth date	debut	EM games
midfield	Igor Denisov	Dynamo Moscow	54	0	05/17/1984	2008	3 (2012)
midfield	Alan Dzagoyev	CSKA Moscow	49	9	06/17/1990	2008	3 (2012)

Remarks:

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} as of June 11, 2016
2. ↑ Status before the EM 2016
3. ↑ 2 of which for Germany

Finals

Marseille Toulouse Lille Croissy-sur-Seine

Venues (yellow = draw, red = lost), quarters (blue)

In the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, the Russians were only placed in Pot 2, so there was a risk that they would face hosts France, defending champions Spain or world champions Germany in the group stage. Ultimately, they were drawn to group B with England. Other opponents were the two newcomers to the European Championship, Slovakia and Wales, making this the only group with two newcomers. Against England, which they met in the first group game, there were only two games before, both in qualifying for the European Championship 2008 , both of which won one game each. After the Russians fell behind in the 73rd minute with a free kick directly converted by Eric Dier , they managed to equalize in stoppage time through captain Vasily Berezuzki . Against Slovakia, against which there had been three wins, three draws and two defeats in eight games, they lost 2-1, so that the record against the Slovaks is now even. In the last group game against Wales, against which they had previously won three times and played once, they had to win to reach the round of 16. But they fell 0-1 in the 11th minute and later had to accept two more goals, so that they lost to the Welsh for the first time and were eliminated as the bottom of the group. More goals were only prevented by goalkeeper Akinfejew , who was the only Russian to receive a satisfactory grade from the kicker , while the performance of his teammates was consistently rated as “poor” or “unsatisfactory”. After the end, national coach Sluzki made his office available.

With a total of ten European Championship games, Sergei Ignaschewitsch has now also become the record player for the Russian Championship.

On June 30, national coach Leonid Sluzki resigned from his post.

Russia lost 100 points and nine places in the FIFA world rankings as a result of the European Championship games .

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Wales	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
2.	England	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Russia	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

Sat., June 11, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Marseille
England	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 0)
Wed., June 15, 2016 at 3 p.m. in Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( Lille )
Russia	-	Slovakia	1: 2 (0: 2)
Mon., June 20, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Toulouse
Russia	-	Wales	0: 3 (0: 2)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Capello no longer coach of" Sbornaja "" , fussball-em-total.de
2. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (August 14, 2014)
3. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (February 12, 2015)
4. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (5th November 2015)
5. ↑ Game Russia against Montenegro canceled after a riot. In: zeit.de. Die Zeit , March 28, 2015, accessed on March 28, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Scandalous game counted as a defeat for Montenegro. In: sportschau.de. Sportschau , April 8, 2015, accessed on April 8, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2016 , rfs.ru
8. ↑ "Torbinsky replaces injured Djagoyev in Russia" , uefa.com
9. ↑ Shoeless Yusupov before participating in the European Championship , uefa.com
10. ↑ “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com
11. ↑ kicker.de: "Russia is eliminated after losing 3-0 in the group bottom - the dragons are loose: Bale shoots Wales into the last sixteen"
12. ↑ dfb.de "After EM-Aus: Russia's coach Sluzki provides office"
13. ↑ Slutsky resigned as coach of Russia