2017 European Women's Football Championship / Russia

This article covers the Russian national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Russia took part in the finals for the fifth time and was able to win a final game for the first time, but was eliminated in the preliminary round.

qualification

Russia was drawn for qualification in group 5 and met defending champions Germany in the World Cup qualifying as they did two years earlier . The Russians lost both games against the Germans again, but the away game with which they started the qualification was not as high as in the World Cup qualification. Other opponents were Hungary , Croatia and Turkey , against whom they did not get beyond a goalless draw in the second game. Since they also surrendered one point in the 3: 3 home game against Hungary, they were sixth-best group runner-up ahead of Romania and thus qualified directly for the finals only because of one more goal scored. With only 14 goals, they are the finalists with the fewest qualifying goals. The best Russian goal scorers in the qualification were Jelena Danilowa , Nadeschda Karpowa , Jekaterina Pantjuchina and Jelena Terechowa with two goals each.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	8th	8th	0	0	035-000	+35	24
2.	Russia	8th	4th	2	2	014: 900	+5	14th
3.	Hungary	8th	2	2	4th	008:200	−12	08th
4th	Croatia	8th	2	1	5	008:150	−7	07th
5.	Turkey	8th	1	1	6th	003:240	−21	04th

10/22/2015	Wiesbaden	Germany	-	Russia	2: 0 (1: 0)
11/25/2015	Fethiye	Turkey	-	Russia	0-0
11/29/2015	Felcsút	Hungary	-	Russia	0: 1 (0: 0)
04/12/2016	St. Petersburg	Russia	-	Hungary	3: 3 (1: 1)
06/02/2016	Khimki	Russia	-	Turkey	2: 0 (1: 0)
06/06/2016	Koprivnica	Croatia	-	Russia	0: 3 (0: 3)
09/16/2016	Khimki	Russia	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)
09/20/2016	Khimki	Russia	-	Croatia	5: 0 (4: 0)

Squad

On June 29, the squad for the European Championship finals was announced.

The initially nominated goalkeeper Yelisaveta Shcherbakova was replaced by Yulia Gritschenko and the defender Yelena Medved by the 17-year-old Viktorija Shkoda. Record national player Elwira Todua was not taken into account .

No.	Surname	birth date	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use	EM 2017
								Sp.
goal
12	Aljona Beljajewa (Алёна Беляева)	February 13, 1992	2017	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	7th	0	June 11, 2017
21st	Yulia Gritschenko (Юлия Гриченко)	March 10, 1990	2013	PFK CSKA Moscow	14th	0	April 9, 2017
01	Tatyana Shcherbak (Татьяна Щербак)	October 22, 1997	2017	Kubanochka Krasnodar	5	0	11th July 2017	3		1
Defense
13	Anna Belomytzewa (Анна Беломытцева)	November 24, 1996	2017	Ryazan WDW	5	0	April 9, 2017
03	Anna Koschnikowa (Анна Кожникова)	July 10, 1987	2009	PFK CSKA Moscow	73	5	11th July 2017	3		1
08th	Darja Makarenko (Дарья Макаренко)	March 7, 1992	2013	Ryazan WDW	52	4th	11th July 2017	3
19th	Ekaterina Morozova (Екатерина Морозова)	March 26, 1991	2017	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	4th	0	11th July 2017	1
04th	Tatiana Scheikina (Татьяна Шейкина)	November 14, 1991	2014	Ryazan WDW	16	0	11th July 2017
05	Viktorija Shkoda (Виктория Шкода)	December 21, 1999		Kubanochka Krasnodar	0	0
18th	Elvira Sijastinowa (Эльвира Зиястинова)	February 13, 1991	2015	PFK CSKA Moscow	22nd	0	11th July 2017	3
midfield
16	Marina Feodorova (Марина Фёдорова)	May 10, 1997	2015	Ryazan WDW	6th	1	11th July 2017	2
14th	Nassiba Gassanowa (Насиба Гасанова)	December 12, 1994	2017	Kubanochka Krasnodar	2	0	June 11, 2017
23	Jelena Morozova (Елена Морозова)	March 15, 1987	2004	Kubanochka Krasnodar	93	19th	11th July 2017	3	1	1
07th	Anastassija Posdejewa (Анастасия Поздеева)	June 12, 1993	2013	Zvezda 2005 Perm	16	0	April 9, 2017
10	Nadeschda Smirnowa (Надежда Смирнова)	February 22, 1996	2016	PFK CSKA Moscow	6th	0	11th July 2017	3
02	Natalja Solodkaja (Наталья Солодкая)	March 4, 1995	2017	Kubanochka Krasnodar	3	0	11th July 2017	3
11	Ekaterina Sochneva (Екатерина Сочнева)	August 12, 1985	2005	PFK CSKA Moscow	88	21st	11th July 2017	3		1
20th	Margarita Tschernomyrdina (Маргарита Черномырдина)	March 6, 1996	2014	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	27	2	11th July 2017	3
09	Anna Tscholowjaga (Анна Чоловяга)	May 8, 1992	2010	PFK CSKA Moscow	50	4th	11th July 2017	3
attack
15th	Jelena Danilowa (Елена Данилова)	June 17, 1987	2003	Ryazan WDW	36	15th	11th July 2017	3	1
06th	Nadezhda Karpova (Надежда Карпова)	March 9, 1995	2016	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	15th	5	11th July 2017	3
22nd	Marina Kiskonen (Марина Кисконен)	March 19, 1994	2017	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	3	0	11th July 2017	2
17th	Ekaterina Pantjukhina (Екатерина Пантюхина)	April 9, 1993	2013	Zvezda 2005 Perm	40	12	11th July 2017	1
Coaching staff
Head coach	Jelena Fomina (Елена Александровна Фомина)	April 5th 1979	2015

1. ↑ As of June 29, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: July 11, 2017 after the game against Belgium.

preparation

After the successful qualification, Russia played against Belgium twice and lost both games (0: 3 and 1: 3). In December, the team participated in the four-nation tournament in Brazil , where she in the first match on European Championship finals opponents Italy met with 0: lost third They then lost 4-0 against hosts Brazil. Against Costa Rica , the group game was won 3: 1 and then the game for third place with 1: 0. In January, the Russians started the European Championship year with games against Finland (0: 2) and European Championship hosts Netherlands (0: 4). In March 2017, participation in the Algarve Cup was on the program, where the team competed in the group stage on the European Championship participants Denmark (1: 6) and Portugal (1: 0) as well as defending champions Canada (1: 2) and in the game for 7th place on EM final opponents Sweden (0: 4) met. In April, the Russians traveled to the USA for two friendly matches against the world champions , where they lost 4-0 and 5-1. On June 8th they won against Serbia 5-2 in Ramenskoye , against which they won 2-0 in a second game on June 11th. Before the EM they lost on July 11th in Denderleeuw against EM newcomer Belgium with 0-2.

The Van der Valk Hotel De Bilt in Utrecht will be based in the Netherlands .

European Championship finals

Utrecht (VR and district) Deventer Rotterdam

Venues

In the draw on November 8, 2016, Russia was assigned to Pot 4. Russia was drawn into Group B and met Italy in the first game of the only group without a newcomer to the European Championship , then against qualifying opponents Germany and Sweden . There were only four defeats against Sweden, including three in the European Championship preliminary rounds in 1997, 2001 and 2009. Against the other two opponents, the record is negative: against the Germans there were two draws and 16 in 18 games before the draw Losses and against Italy in seven games there were three wins and four losses (the last four games, all of which ended 2-0). With the opening win, however, the balance against Italy was balanced and a final game was won for the first time. Against Sweden and Germany, however, the number of defeats increased.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Italy	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
Note: The direct comparison is decisive for places 3 and 4 (see mode ).

Monday, July 17, 2017, 6 p.m. in Rotterdam
Italy	-	Russia	1: 2 (0: 2)	9 ′ Danilowa , 26 ′ Morosowa , 88 ′ Mauro
Friday, July 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m. in Deventer
Sweden	-	Russia	2: 0 (1: 0)	22 ′ Schelin , 51 ′ Blackstenius
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Utrecht
Russia	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)	10 ′ Peter ( FE ), 56 ′ Marozsán ( FE )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rfs.ru: "Russia's women's A-squad list for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Женская национальная сборная России (Women's National Team of Russia) ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2017 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. 
3. ↑ 10 дней до женского ЕВРО-2017 в Голландии
4. ↑ Number at the final round ( Russia squad ). Positions according to information from the Russian association, UEFA sometimes names others.
5. ↑ fpf.pt: "As equipas da Algarve Cup 2017"
6. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
7. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"