Football World Cup 1994 / Russia

This article covers the Russian national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was the first World Cup after the collapse of the Soviet Union and consequently the first participation of the Russian national team in the finals of a World Cup.

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Greece	10: 02	14th
2	Russia	15: 04	12
3	Iceland	07: 06	8th
4th	Hungary	06:11	5
5	Luxembourg	02:17	1

Russia	-	Iceland	1-0
Russia	-	Luxembourg	2-0
Luxembourg	-	Russia	0: 4
Russia	-	Hungary	3-0
Russia	-	Greece	1: 1
Iceland	-	Russia	1: 1
Hungary	-	Russia	1: 3
Greece	-	Russia	1-0

Russian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Stanislav Cherchessov	Dynamo Dresden	09/02/1963	1	0	0	0
16	Dmitri Charin	Chelsea FC	08/16/1968	2	0	1	0
Defender
3	Sergei Gorlukovich	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	11/18/1961	2	0	1	1
4th	Dmitri Galiamin	Espanyol Barcelona	01/08/1963	1	0	0	0
5	Yuri Nikiforov	Spartak Moscow	09/16/1970	3	0	2	0
6th	Wladislaw Ternawski	Spartak Moscow	05/02/1969	2	0	0	0
12	Omari Tetradze	Dynamo Moscow	10/13/1969	1	0	0	0
18th	Viktor Onopko	Spartak Moscow	10/14/1969	2	0	0	0
21st	Dmitri Chlestov	Spartak Moscow	01/21/1971	3	0	2	0
midfield player
2	Dmitri Kuznetsov	Espanyol Barcelona	08/28/1965	2	0	1	0
7th	Andrei Pyatnitsky	Spartak Moscow	09/27/1967	1	0	0	0
8th	Dmitry Popov	Racing Santander	02/27/1967	1	0	0	0
10	Valery Karpin	Spartak Moscow	02/02/1969	3	0	1	0
14th	Igor Korneev	Espanyol Barcelona	09/04/1967	1	0	0	0
17th	Ilya Zymbalar	Spartak Moscow	06/17/1969	2	0	0	0
19th	Alexander Mostovoi	SM Caen	08/22/1968	1	0	0	0
20th	Igor Ledjachow	Spartak Moscow	05/22/1968	1	0	0	0
striker
9	Oleg Salenko	CD Logroñés	10/25/1969	3	6th	0	0
11	Vladimir Bestzhastnych	Spartak Moscow	04/01/1974	1	0	0	0
13	Alexander Borodyuk	Sc freiburg	11/30/1962	2	0	0	0
15th	Dmitry Rachenko	Racing Santander	December 2nd, 1970	3	1	0	0
22nd	Sergei Juran	Benfica Lisbon	06/11/1969	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Pavel Sadyrin		September 18, 1942

Russian team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	6: 01	7th
2	Sweden	6: 04	5
3	Russia	7: 06	3
4th	Cameroon	3:11	1

Brazil - Russia 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stanford Stadium ( Palo Alto )

Spectators: 81,061

Referee: Chong ( Mauritius )

Goals: 1-0 Romário (26th), 2-0 Raí (52nd) 11m

Sweden - Russia 3: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome ( Pontiac )

Spectators: 71,528

Referee: Quiniou ( France )

Goals: 0: 1 Salenko (4th) 11m , 1: 1 Brolin (37th) 11m , 2: 1 Dahlin (59th), 3: 1 Dahlin (81st)

Russia - Cameroon 6: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Stanford Stadium ( Palo Alto )

Spectators: 74,914

Referee: Al Sharif ( Syria )

Goals: 1-0 Salenko (15th), 2-0 Salenko (41st), 3-0 Salenko (44th) 11m , 3: 1 Milla (46th), 4: 1 Salenko (72nd), 5: 1 Salenko (75th), 6-1 Radtschenko (81st)

In Russia's group B, the three-time world champion Brazil lived up to its role of favorite; especially the storm duo Romario and Bebeto convinced. Carlos Alberto Parreira's team won against Russia and Cameroon, while the defensive Swedes drew against the Brazilians in the last group game. Sweden, which started the tournament rather moderately, moved into the second team in the round of 16. Russia could only convince in the last group game. Oleg Salenko was the first and only player in World Cup history to score five times in one game. For the Russians, the first World Cup after the collapse of the Soviet Union ended after the preliminary round. Cameroon was unable to match the performance of the 1990 World Cup. Old star Roger Milla made a record in the game between Cameroon and Russia, which was ultimately insignificant for the rest of the tournament. At the age of 42 he was the oldest player in World Cup history to score a goal.