Football World Cup 2014 / Russia

This article covers the Russian national football team at the 2014 World Cup . Russia took part in the finals for the third time and in a World Cup in South America for the first time . As before, the Russian team was eliminated in the preliminary round. The Soviet Union team, made up of predominantly Russian and Ukrainian players, had reached the quarter-finals at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, but could not qualify for the final 1978 World Cup in South America.

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in Brazil through the qualifying matches of the European football association UEFA .

Games

In the first round hit Russia in Group F on Portugal , Israel , Azerbaijan , Northern Ireland and Luxembourg . In the ten encounters that resulted from this, Russia had seven wins, one draw and two defeats. The 1-1 draw against Azerbaijan on the last matchday resulted in direct qualification, group runners-up Portugal were able to qualify as one of four runners-up in the group via the playoff games.

date	Venue	host	guest	Result	Goal scorers for Russia
07.09.2012	Lokomotiv Stadium , Moscow	Russia	Northern Ireland	2: 0 (1: 0)	Faisulin (30.) Shirokov (78./Elfm.)
09/11/2012	Ramat Gan Stadium , Ramat Gan ( ISR )	Israel	Russia	0: 4 (0: 2)	Kerhakov (7th, 64th), Kokorin (18th), Faisulin (78th)
October 12, 2012	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium , Moscow	Russia	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)	Kerhakov (6.)
10/16/2012	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium , Moscow	Russia	Azerbaijan	1: 0 (0: 0)	Shirokov (84./Elf.)
06/07/2013	Estádio da Luz , Lisbon ( PRT )	Portugal	Russia	1: 0 (1: 0)
08/14/2013	Windsor Park , Belfast	Northern Ireland	Russia	1: 0 (0: 0)
06.09.2013	Kazan Arena , Kazan	Russia	Luxembourg	4: 1 (2: 0)	Kokorin (1st, 36th), Kerschakow (59th), Samedow (90th + 3)
09/10/2013	Petrovsky Stadium , Saint Petersburg	Russia	Israel	3: 1 (0: 0)	Beresuzki, W. (49.), Kokorin (52.), Gluschakow (74.)
10/11/2013	Josy Barthel Stadium , Luxembourg ( LUX )	Luxembourg	Russia	0: 4 (0: 3)	Samedov (9th), Faisulin (39th), Gluschakow (45th + 2), Kerhakov (73rd)
October 15, 2013	Bakcell Arena , Baku ( AZE )	Azerbaijan	Russia	1: 1 (0: 1)	Shirokov (16.)

Final table of the qualifying round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Russia	20: 5	22nd
2	Portugal	20: 9	21st
3	Israel	19:14	14th
4th	Azerbaijan	7:11	9
5	Northern Ireland	9:17	7th
6th	Luxembourg	7:26	6th

A total of seven players scored the 20 goals for Russia, of which Alexander Kerzhakov scored the most with 5 goals. Fabio Capello used 26 players, of which goalkeepers Igor Akinfejew , Viktor Faisulin , Kerhakov, Dmitri Kombarow and Roman Schirokow were used in all ten games. With Wladimir Granat , Andrei Jeschtschenko and Alexei Koslow , three players made their first international matches through the qualifying matches.

preparation

Test matches:

• 0March 5 in Krasnodar against Armenia : 2-0 (goal scorers: Kokorin / 21st and Kombarow / 43rd)
• May 26 in St. Petersburg against Slovakia : 1-0 (goalscorer: Kerschakow / 82.)
• May 31 in Oslo against Norway : 1: 1 (scorer for Russia: Shatow / 3rd)
• 0June 6 in Moscow against Morocco : 2-0 (goal scorers: Vasily Beresuzki / 29th and Schirkow / 58th)

Squad

The preliminary list of 30 players had to be submitted to FIFA by May 13, 2014. The final list of 23 players had to be received by FIFA by June 2, 2014 at the latest. The provisional squad was named on May 12, 2014, but was later reduced to 23 players, with the only previously named legionnaire being omitted and Russia being the only team to play with players from the domestic league. Only Alexander Kerzhakov had previously played a World Cup game, when Russia last played in the 2002 World Cup. He also scored the first goal for Russia - after being substituted on - in the first game of the 2014 final.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	International matches *	Länderspiel- gates *	birthday	Games	Gates				World Cup participation	World Cup games (before 2014)	World Cup goals (before 2014)
goalkeeper
01	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow M	69	0	0Apr 8, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
12	Yuri Lodygin	Zenit St. Petersburg	03	0	May 26, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sergei Ryschikov	Rubin Kazan	01	0	19 Sep 1980	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
14th	Vasily Berezuzky	CSKA Moscow M	78	04th	June 20, 1982	3	0	0	0	0
13	Vladimir Garnet	Dynamo Moscow	05	00	May 22, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
04th	Sergei Ignashevich	CSKA Moscow M	98	05	July 14, 1979	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Andrei Yeshchenko	Anzhi Makhachkala A.	12	00	0Feb 9, 1984	2	0	0	0	0
23	Dmitri Kombarov	Spartak Moscow	23	01	Jan. 22, 1987	3	0	1	0	0
02	Alexei Koslow	Dynamo Moscow	11	00	Dec 25, 1986	2	0	1	0	0
03	Georgy Shchennikov	CSKA Moscow M	04th	00	Apr 27, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
05	Andrei Semenov	Terek Grozny	01	00	24 Mar 1989	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
07th	Igor Denisov	Dynamo Moscow	44	00	17th May 1984	2	0	0	0	0
10	Alan Dzagoyev	CSKA Moscow M	33	08th	June 17, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Viktor Faisulin	Zenit St. Petersburg	19th	04th	Apr 22, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
08th	Denis Glushakov	Spartak Moscow	26th	03	Jan. 27, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Pavel Mogilevets	Rubin Kazan	01	00	Jan 25, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Oleg Shatov	Zenit St. Petersburg	07th	02	July 29, 1990	3	0	1	0	0
18th	Yuri Schirkow	Dynamo Moscow	61	01	Aug 20, 1983	1	0	0	0	0
striker
21st	Alexei Ionov	Dynamo Moscow	05	00	Feb. 18, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
06th	Maxim Kanunnikov	Rubin Kazan	02	00	July 14, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
11	Alexander Kerhakov	Zenit St. Petersburg	81	25th	Nov. 27, 1982	3	1	0	0	0	2002	1	0
09	Alexander Kokorin	Dynamo Moscow	22nd	05	19 Mar 1991	3	1	0	0	0
19th	Alexander Samedov	Moscow locomotive	17th	03	July 19, 1984	3	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
	Fabio Capello	Trainer	32	08th	June 18, 1946						1974, 2010	3, 4	1
	Italo Galbiati Christian Panucci	Assistant coaches	57	4th	0Aug 8, 1937 Apr 12, 1973						2002	04th	0
	Sergei Ovchinnikov	Goalkeeping coach	35	00	Oct 11, 1970

(*) only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are given (source (as of May 16, 2014), as of: after the games against Slovakia on May 26 and Norway on May 31, 2014 and Morocco on June 6, 2014)

1. ↑ M = The club became champions of its country in the 2013/14 season, A = The club was relegated from the highest league in the country, P = The club was cup winners in the 2013/14 season, * = The club plays in the second highest League of the country.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} As a player for Italy
3. ↑ ^{a b} With England
4. ↑ ^{a b} As a player

Finals

Group stage

Cuiabá Rio de Janeiro Curitiba Itu

Venues (red) and quarters (blue)

When the final round was drawn on December 6, 2013, Russia was drawn into Group H with Belgium (group head), Algeria and South Korea. The only game against South Korea was played a few days before the draw and won 2-1 in Dubai . Before the World Cup, Russia could never win against Belgium. In the 2002 World Cup preliminary round they lost 3-2, which meant that the round of 16 was missed. The Soviet Union lost in the 1986 World Cup in the second round with 3: 4 after extra time against Belgium, but was in 1982 in the second final round with 1: 0 win against Belgium and also in 1970 there was a victory (4: 1) in the World Cup qualifying round. Before the World Cup, Russia had never played against Algeria, the Soviet team once, although the two separated 2-2 in 1964. Previously, Russia had not played in any of the three preliminary round venues.

The crew quarters were the San Raphael Country Hotel in Itu .

Russia was eliminated in the preliminary round. In the first game Russia did not get beyond a draw against South Korea. Goalkeeper Akinfejew had made a mistake that led to the goal. In the second game against Belgium they lost after a weak game. The German referee Felix Brych had not given a penalty despite a clear foul against Kanunnikow and Belgium had only scored in the 88th minute. In the final and decisive game, Russia had to beat Algeria and took the lead early on. Akinfejew made another mistake, which led to the decisive equalizer for Algeria. Shortly before, Akinfejew had been irritated by a laser pointer that a viewer had aimed at his eyes. The referee did not respond to Akinfeev's complaints. Because of the draw, Algeria reached second place in the group and thus the second round.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Algeria	3	1	1	1	006: 500	+1	04th
3.	Russia	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	South Korea	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01

• Tue., June 17, 2014, 6:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Cuiabá Russia - South Korea 1: 1 (0: 0)
  
• Sun., June 22, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Rio de Janeiro Belgium - Russia 1: 0 (0: 0)
  
• Friday, June 27, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Curitiba Algeria - Russia 1: 1 (0: 1)
  

Sports impact

In the FIFA world rankings , Russia fell four places from 19th to 23rd with only a slight change in the number of points.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regulations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™, para. 29 List of players, rest time, preparatory phase
2. ↑ fifa.com: “Pogrebnyak the only legionnaire in Russia's World Cup contingent” ( memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Release List of Players ( English , PDF) FIFA. May 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
4. ↑ Norway - Russia 1: 1 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
5. ↑ Russia - Morocco 2-0 . weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
6. ↑ fifa.com: team quarters
7. ↑ agr / thi: World Cup 2014 Brazil: Russia pushes World Cup off to laser pointer attack. In: Focus Online . June 27, 2014, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
8. ↑ fifa.com: "World Champion Germany takes over the top position"

Web links

• All qualifiers
• All games of the preliminary round at a glance