Football World Cup 2018 / Russia

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Football World Cup 2018 :
Russia
Trainer Stanislav Cherchessov
captain Igor Akinfeev
Qualified as host
World rankings
before the tournament
70
Tournament result Quarter finals
Games won 2
Games tie 2
Games lost 1
Gates 11: 7
The Russian national team before their group match against Egypt.

This article covers the Russian national football team at the 2018 World Cup . Russia took part in the finals for the fourth time and as a host for the first time.

qualification

The Russian team are automatically qualified as hosts for the finals after Russia prevailed on December 2, 2010 against the joint applications from Spain and Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium and the application from England.

preparation

Since the Russian team did not have to play any qualifying games , all friendlies with a view to the 2018 World Cup were played at the latest after the preliminary round at the 2016 European Championship , after which Stanislav Cherchessov took over as coach. The Russians competed against teams from all the confederations ultimately represented at the World Cup and also hosted the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup , where New Zealand also competed as a representative of the Oceanic Confederation that was not represented at the World Cup. Between the European Championship finals and the Confederations Cup, the Russians played nine games, three of which were won, ended in a draw and lost. In the Confederations Cup, the Russians could only win the opening game against New Zealand , but then lost to European champions Portugal and Mexico , so that they missed the knockout round.

Play by the Confederations Cup

date Result opponent venue Russian goal scorers
October 7, 2017 4: 2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Moscow Fyodor Smolow (44th), own goals South Korea (55th, 57th), Alexei Mirantschuk (83th)
October 10, 2017 1: 1 IranIran Iran Kazan Dmitri Polos (74th)
November 11, 2017 0: 1 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Moscow
November 14, 2017 3: 3 SpainSpain Spain St. Petersburg Fyodor Smolow (41st, 70th), Alexei Mirantschuk (51st)
23 March 2018 0: 3 BrazilBrazil Brazil Moscow
March 27, 2018 1: 3 FranceFrance France St. Petersburg Fyodor Smolow (68.)
May 30, 2018 0: 1 AustriaAustria Austria innsbruck
5th June 2018 1: 1 TurkeyTurkey Turkey Moscow Alexander Samedov (35.)

Quarter

Team Quarter was the "Federation Center for the training of sports teams" Nowogorsk "" ( Russian Федеральный центр спортивной подготовки сборных команд УТЦ "Новогорск" , "Federal Sports Center Novogorsk") in Khimki ( MICRODISTRICT Nowogorsk) in Moscow , where the team also trained. World icon

Squad

On May 11, a preliminary roster was named, which had to be reduced to 23 players. Six players were already in the squad for the 2014 World Cup, but only four players were used. On May 14, Ruslan Kambolow was replaced by Sergei Ignaschewitsch due to an injury . The final roster was presented on June 3rd. Were canceled Soslan Dschanajew (gate), Roman Neustadter , Konstantin Rausch , Alexander Taschajew and Fyodor Tschalow .

Item No. Surname society
International matches
Länderspiel-
gates
birthday debut Last
use
Number of games goal Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card World Cup participation World Cup games (before 2018) World Cup goals (before 2018)
goal 01 Igor Akinfejew (AKINFEEV)(C)Captain of the crew CSKA Moscow 106 00 04/08/1986 2004 06/05/2018 5 2014 3 0
20th Vladimir Gabulov (GABULOV) BelgiumBelgium Club Bruges M 10 00 October 19, 1983 2007 03/25/2013
12 Andrei Lunjow (LUNEV) Zenit Saint Petersburg 03 00 11/13/1991 2017 03/27/2018
Defense 14th Vladimir Garnet (GARNET) Rubin Kazan 12 01 05/22/1987 2013 05/30/2018 1 2014 0 0
04th Sergei Ignaschewitsch * (IGNASHEVICH) CSKA Moscow 122 08th 07/14/1979 2002 06/05/2018 5 2014 3 0
13 Fyodor Kudryashov (KUDRIASHOV) Rubin Kazan 18th 00 04/05/1987 2016 06/05/2018 4th
03 Ilya Kutepov (KUTEPOV) Spartak Moscow 07th 00 07/29/1993 2016 06/05/2018 5 1
05 Andrei Semjonow (SEMENOV) Achmat Grozny 06th 00 March 24, 1989 2014 March 24, 2017 2014 0 0
23 Igor Smolnikow (SMOLNIKOV) Zenit Saint Petersburg 27 00 08/08/1988 2013 06/05/2018 1 1 1
02 Mário Fernandes (FERNANDES) CSKA Moscow 06th 00 09/19/1990 2017 06/05/2018 5 1
midfield 08th Yuri Gasinski (GAZINSKII) FK Krasnodar 06th 00 07/20/1989 2016 06/05/2018 4th 1 2
17th Alexander Golovin (GOLOVIN) CSKA Moscow 19th 02 05/30/1996 2015 06/05/2018 4th 1 1
09 Alan Dzagoyev (DZAGOEV) CSKA Moscow 59 09 06/17/1990 2008 06/05/2018 2 2014 3 0
21st Alexander Jerochin (EROKHIN) Zenit Saint Petersburg 17th 00 10/13/1989 2016 03/27/2018 2
18th Yuri Schirkow (ZHIRKOV) Zenit Saint Petersburg 84 02 08/20/1983 2005 06/05/2018 3 2014 1 0
07th Daler Kusjajew (KUZIAEV) Zenit Saint Petersburg 06th 00 01/15/1993 2017 06/05/2018 5
11 Roman Sobnin (ZOBNIN) Spartak Moscow 12 00 02/11/1994 2015 06/05/2018 5 1
19th Alexander Samedow (SAMEDOV) Spartak Moscow 48 07th 07/19/1984 2011 06/05/2018 5 2014 3 0
16 Anton Mirantschuk (MIRANCHUK AN.) Locomotive Moscow M 06th 00 10/17/1995 2017 06/05/2018
06th Denis Cheryshev (CHERYSHEV) SpainSpain Villarreal CF 11 00 December 26, 1990 2012 05/30/2018 5 4th
Storm 22nd Artyom Djuba (DZYUBA) Arsenal Tula 23 11 08/22/1988 2011 05/30/2018 5 3
15th Alexei Mirantschuk (MIRANCHUK AL.) Locomotive Moscow M 18th 04th 10/17/1995 2015 06/05/2018 1
10 Fyodor Smolow (SMOLOV) FK Krasnodar 32 12 02/09/1990 2012 06/05/2018 5 1
Trainer Trainer Stanislav Cherchessov 49 00 09/02/1963 2016 5 1994 1 0
  1. Numbers according to the official squad list
  2. * = The player is the record national player of Russia (in brackets = shirt name)
  3. M = champion in the World Cup year
  4. 8 as a goalkeeper for the Soviet Union, 2 for the CIS and 39 for Russia

Source positions: Football Union of Russia, source inserts and goals before the start of the tournament: eu-football.info

Finals

Group draw

Football World Cup 2018 / Russia (European Russia)
Samara (VR)
Samara (VR)
Moscow (VR + AF)
Moscow (VR + AF)
Sochi (VF)
Sochi (VF)
Venues and quarters (blue / italic) of the Russian team

For the qualifying draw on December 1, Russia pot was assigned one and as a group head of the group A set. The Russians could therefore not be drawn against world champions Germany, record world champions Brazil, runner-up world champions Argentina or European champions Portugal. The draw was drawn for the Russian record African champions Egypt , Saudi Arabia and ex-world champions Uruguay . Russia did not meet any of the three teams in the previous three appearances in 1994, 2002 and 2014. Russia has never played against the Egyptians. The previous team, the Soviet Union, played three times against Egypt in 1955 and won all games. In addition, there were two victories for the Soviet Olympic team in 1988. The Russians only played a friendly against Uruguay, which ended 1-1. The USSR played against Uruguay in the preliminary round of the 1962 World Cup and won 2-1. At the 1970 World Cup, the USSR was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Uruguay with a score of 1-0. There were also four wins in friendly matches. There was only one friendly game against Saudi Arabia, which the Russians lost 4-2.

The group game in Samara is the Russians' first game in this city.

Group stage / group A matches

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. UruguayUruguay Uruguay  3  3  0  0 005-000  +5 09
 2. RussiaRussia Russia  3  2  0  1 008: 400  +4 06th
 3. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  3  1  0  2 002: 700  −5 03
 4th EgyptEgypt Egypt  3  0  0  3 002: 600  −4 00
Thursday, June 14, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow (Luzhniki Olympic Stadium)
Russia - Saudi Arabia 5: 0 (2: 0) Goal after 12 minutes 12 ′ Gasinsky , 43, 90 + 1 ′ Cheryshev , 71 ′ Dzyuba , 90 + 4 ′ GolovinGoal after 43, 90 + 1 minutes  Goal after 71 minutes  Goal after 90 + 4 minutes 
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
Russia - Egypt 3: 1 (0: 0) Own goal after 47 minutes 47. ′ Fathi , 59. ′ Cheryshev, 62. ′ Djuba Goal after 59 minutes Goal after 62nd minutes 
Mon., June 25, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Samara
Uruguay - Russia 3: 0 (2: 0) Own goal after 23 minutes 23. ' Cheryshev

Games of the knockout round

After the first two games were won by both Russia and Uruguay, they both reached the round of 16. By losing to Uruguay, Russia finished second and met ex-world champions Spain on July 1 in Moscow .

Thursday, July 1, 2018, 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow (Luschniki Olympic Stadium)
Spain - Russia 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 3: 4 in E. Own goal after 11 minutes 11 ' Ignashevich , 41./Elfmeter' Dsjuba Goal after 41 / penalty minutes 
Sat., July 7th, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Sochi (Sochi Olympic Stadium)
Russia - Croatia 2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 3: 4 i. E. Goal after 31 minutes 31. ' Cheryshev, 115.' FernandesGoal after 115 minutes 

Individual evidence

  1. Decided on penalties
  2. fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
  3. fifa.com: Russia and Poland announce preliminary World Cup squads
  4. rfs.ru: Ignashevich replaced Kambolov
  5. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018
  6. Football Union of Russia ( English ) Football Union of Russia. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  7. NATIONAL TEAM: Russia ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Egypt versus Russia