Today was announced the official application of the Russian team for the upcoming World Cup. Of the players included in the extended list, goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev (Rubin), defenders Roman Neustadter (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Konstantin Raush (Dynamo), midfielder Alexander Tashaev ( Dynamo") and forward Fedor Chalov (CSKA).
The regulations of the 2018 World Cup allow teams to make the last substitutions in the official application in the event of a serious injury to one of the players. There are only two requirements. Any roster changes end 24 hours before the first game. The Russian national team will start at the tournament on June 14 with a match against Saudi Arabia (beginning at 18.00). This means that Stanislav Cherchesov will be able to replace him until six in the evening on June 13th. But before that, a detailed medical report must be sent to the FIFA Medical Committee in one of the four official FIFA languages: English, Spanish, French or German. If approval comes from there, then a replacement can be made.
Club representation
Zenit (6): Lunev, Smolnikov, Erokhin, Zhirkov, Kuzyaev, Dzyuba
CSKA (5): Akinfeev, Ignashevich, Fernandez, Golovin, Dzagoev
Spartak (3): Kutepov, Zobnin, Samedov
Lokomotiv (2): Al. Miranchuk, An. Miranchuk
Krasnodar (2): Gazinsky, Smolov
"Ruby" (2): Pomegranate, Kudryashov
"Akhmat" (1): Semenov
Brugge, Belgium (1): Gabulov
Villarreal, Spain (1): Cheryshev
Data
The average age of Stanislav Cherchesov's team is 28.3 years. This is less than the team of Leonid Slutsky at Euro 2016 (28.6). In the 21st century, the youngest teams on major tournaments carried Georgy Yartsev and Guus Hiddink ( average age - 25,7).
The most expanded representation in the national team is in Zenit (6 players). There were four Zenit players at the 2014 World Cup, and not one of them has retained a place in the national team to date (Fabio Capello drove Lodygin, Faizulin, Shatov and Kerzhakov to Brazil). At the same time, four years ago, the most players in the national team were CSKA, which became the champion of Russia that year (Akinfeev, Ignashevich, the Berezutsky brothers and Dzagoev).
Since the 2014 World Cup, seven have remained in the application of the national team- goalkeeper Akinfeev, defenders Ignashevich, Granat and Semenov, midfielders Dzagoev, Samedov and Zhirkov. Akinfeev, Ignashevich and Dzagoev continue to play for CSKA. Semyonov also kept his job (although Terek was renamed Akhmat). Finally, Samedov moved from Lokomotiv to Spartak, Zhirkov from Dynamo to Zenit, and another ex-Dynamo player Granat ended up in Rubin through Rostov.
Since Euro 2016, 7 people have also remained in the application of the Russian national team- goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, defenders Sergei Ignashevich, Igor Smolnikov, midfielders Alexander Golovin, Alexander Samedov and forward duo Fedor Smolov - Artem Dzyuba. The composition has been updated by 69 percent.
The average number of matches played by a player of this convocation for the national team is 27.9. Only four played more than 50 matches - Sergey Ignashevich (121), Igor Akinfeev (105), Yuri Zhirkov (83) and Alan Dzagoev (56).
The current top scorer is Fedor Smolov. He has 12 goals in 31 matches. Artem Dziuba is a little behind - 11 goals in 23 matches.
The gap between the oldest and youngest players is 16 years. When Sergei Ignashevich made his debut in the Russian national team, Alexander Golovin had not yet gone to school.
The list of Stanislav Cherchesov has the most representatives Russian Premier League, which no longer surprises anyone. The native championship is represented by 21 football players. Two more players are legionnaires. Goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov became the Belgian champion with Brugge, and midfielder Denis Cheryshev represents the Spanish Villarreal.
Cherchesov's most "tired" conscripts - Igor Akinfeev and Alexey Miranchuk, which have already played 48 matches this season. Alexander Golovin and Anton Miranchuk played two matches less.
MOSCOW, June 14 - RIA Novosti. The story began in 1930 in Uruguay. The USSR national team for the first time took part in the final stage of the World Cup in 1958, when the tournament was held in Sweden, and made its debut in the final stage of the 1994 tournament in the USA.
Below is a statistical summary of the performances of the national teams of the USSR and Russia at the world championships.
At the qualifying stage for the 1958 World Cup, the USSR national team under the leadership of Gavriil Kachalin outperformed the teams of Poland and Finland. In the final part of the World Cup, her rivals in the group were the teams of Brazil, England and Austria. At the group stage, the Soviet players tied with the England team (2:2), won against Austria (2:0) and lost to Brazil (0:2), after which they won an additional match against the British for leaving the group (1:0). In the 1/4 finals, the national team Soviet Union lost to Sweden 0:2.
In 1962 the FIFA World Cup was held in Chile. The USSR national team performed confidently at the qualifying stage, ahead of Norway and Turkey. The final group tournament, which began for the Soviet players on May 31, brought them a victory over Yugoslavia (2:0), a draw with Colombia (4:4) and a decisive victory in the confrontation with Uruguay (2:1). In the quarterfinals, the USSR national team lost to the hosts of the championship to the Chileans with a score of 2:1.
For the decisive matches of the 1966 World Cup in England, the USSR national team was prepared by Nikolai Morozov, who had not had serious coaching practice before. The Soviet team again did not meet serious resistance in the qualifying group, beating the teams of Wales, Greece and Denmark. At the group stage of the final tournament, the national teams of the DPRK (3:0) were beaten, one of the favorites of the championship was Italy (1:0) and Chile (2:1). In the 1/4 finals with a score of 2:1, Hungary was beaten.
On July 25, the semi-final of the tournament was played in Liverpool, in which the USSR team lost to Germany with a score of 1: 2. In the match for the third place in the championship, the Soviet team fought with the Portuguese team, which turned out to be stronger - 2:1.
The qualifying games of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the team of the Soviet Union again, under the leadership of Kachalin, held without defeat and reached the final stage leaving behind Northern Ireland and Turkey.
On May 31, in Mexico City, in the opening match of the championship, the USSR national team tied with the hosts of the tournament - 0:0. The Soviet players played the second game in the tournament against the Belgians and won with a score of 4:1, and in the third game they confidently beat the El Salvador national team - 2:0. Having taken first place in their group, the USSR team reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to the Uruguay team 0:1 in additional time.
The 1974 World Cup at the selection stage was again successful for the national team - three wins and one defeat in the group with the Irish and the French. However, further according to the rules, the winner European group 9 had to play play-offs with the winner of the 3rd group South America. As a result, politics intervened in the selection process in the final stage. The Soviet delegation refused to travel to Chile for the return play-off due to the situation in that South American country, where a military coup had taken place.
In 1986, the USSR team entered the World Cup in Mexico from the second place in the group (the Danish team took the first place). The final stage under the leadership of Valery Lobanovsky began for the Soviet team with a convincing 6:0 victory over Hungary. In the second match, the Soviet team tied with the French (1: 1) and ended group stage defeated Canada (2:0). In the 1/8 finals, the team lost 3:4 to Belgium in extra time.
The Soviet team played successfully in the qualifying games for the 1990 World Cup, taking first place in their group and leaving behind Austria, Turkey, East Germany and Iceland. However, in the final tournament, which was hosted by Italy, the USSR team started with two defeats with the same score 0:2 - from Romania and Argentina. A major victory over Cameroon (4:0) did not bring desired result- the Soviet team did not score enough points to reach the 1/8 finals.
At the 1994 World Championships in the United States, the Russian team already participated, which advanced to the final round of the competition from second place (the first was taken by the Greek team). In preparation for the World Cup, a group of leading football players made a demarche, refusing to play under the leadership of Pavel Sadyrin. A number of players (Igor Shalimov, Igor Dobrovolsky, Igor Kolyvanov, Sergey Kiryakov, Vasily Kulkov, Andrey Kanchelskis, Andrey Ivanov) did not go to the World Cup.
In the US, the team led by Pavel Sadyrin failed to qualify from the group after losing to Brazil (0:2) and Sweden (1:3). big win Russian team over Cameroon (6:1), which allowed striker Oleg Salenko, along with Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov, to become the top scorer of the tournament (6 goals scored), could not affect the standings of the national team. Salenko in the match with Cameroon scored five goals, which was the record for the performance of one player in one match of the World Cup. The achievement has not been beaten so far.
In 1998, the Russian team was left without the World Cup. As part of the selection in the group, the Russians took second place, and in play-offs lost to the Italians (1:1, 0:1).
Russia has started hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Moscow has already hosted Grand opening and the players of our team play against a team from Saudi Arabia. Based on the results of this and two more games, it will become known whether our players have advanced to the next stage.
As for the composition of the team, Main coach command remains unchanged. This is Stanislav Cherchesov. He approved the final version of the national team in early June. It included 23 players. As for those who did not enter the main squad, these are, as a rule, players who received quite serious injuries during the winter and spring periods, due to which they will now be unable to play efficiently.
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA, Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Bruges, Belgium), Andrey Lunev (Zenith, St. Petersburg).
Defenders:
Vladimir Granat, Fedor Kudryashov (both Rubin, Kazan), Sergey Ignashevich, Mario Fernandez (both CSKA, Moscow), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak, Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat, Grozny), Igor Smolnikov ( Zenith, St. Petersburg).
Midfielders:
Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Alexander Golovin, Alana Dzagoev (both CSKA, Moscow), Alexander Erokhin, Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev (all Zenit, St. Petersburg), Roman Zobnin, Alexander Samedov (both Spartak, Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv, Moscow), Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal, Spain).
Forwards:
Artem Dzyuda (Arsenal, Tula), Alexey Miranchuk (Lokomotiv, Moscow), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar).
It is worth noting that only two players of the national team play outside of Russia. They are goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov and midfielder Denis Cheryshev.
CSKA and Zenit have the largest representation in the Russian national team - Cherchesov called up five players from each club. It is noteworthy that the Russian champion Lokomotiv is represented by only two players - the Miranchuk brothers.
The fact that Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov was not invited to the main team was associated by many with his ex-wife Olga Buzova. Fans of the singer and TV presenter are sure that their idol did everything to take revenge on her husband who betrayed her, at least in this way, according to the Ros-Registr website. But, in fact, this is not the case, the Ros-Registr portal informs. The information was confirmed in Tarasov's "native" club.
It should also be noted that in the spring several key players of the national team were seriously injured and were forced to miss the home World Cup, informs Ros-Registr. These are striker Alexander Kokorin (Zenit), defenders Georgy Jikia (Spartak), Viktor Vasin (CSKA) and Ruslan Kambolov (Rubin), as well as Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov.
The motto of the Russian national football team will be the phrase "Play with an open heart."
By the way, the first match of the Russian team at the World Cup will take place on June 14. Russian football players will meet with the team of Saudi Arabia. As part of the group stage, the Russian team will also play with Egypt (June 19) and Uruguay (June 25).
In total, the World Cup football will take place from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities of Russia.
The national teams of the USSR and Russia managed to qualify for the World Cup nine times. In 37 matches, domestic football players scored 17 victories and suffered 14 defeats, a draw was recorded six times. The best result of teams in world championships is 4th place in the 1966 tournament in England.
USSR national team at the 1966 tournament in England
Football players Orlando (left), Bellini (right) and Valentin Ivanov (behind Orlando) during the match between the national teams of Brazil and the Soviet Union at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden (2: 0)
World Cup 1958 in Sweden
For the first time, the USSR national team performed at the World Cup in 1958. At the tournament, held in Sweden, Soviet football players arrived in the rank Olympic champions 1956. In the group, the USSR national team shared 2nd place with the British. To determine the team participating in the playoffs, an additional match was required, which the Soviet players won with a score of 1: 0. In the quarterfinals, the team lost to the hosts of the tournament, the Swedes - 0:2.
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Alexei Mamykin (16), Galimzyan Khusainov (21) and goalkeeper Roberto Sosa in the match between the national teams of the Soviet Union and Uruguay at the 1962 World Cup in Chile (1:2)
World Cup 1962 in Chile
In 1962, in Chile, the USSR national team again managed to overcome the group stage. In the 1/4 finals, the draw again brought Soviet football players together with the hosts of the competition. The Chileans defeated the USSR national team with a score of 2: 1, reached the semi-finals and, as a result, took 3rd place in the tournament.
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Captain of the USSR national team Lev Yashin (right) and captain of the Portuguese national team Mario Coluna before the start of the match during the 1966 World Cup in England
1966 World Cup in England
At the next world championship, held in 1966 in England, Soviet football players achieved the best result in the history of the country. The USSR national team confidently reached the playoffs, beating the DPRK, Italy and Chile in the group stage. For the first and only time in history, domestic football players overcame the 1/4 finals of the World Cup: the Hungarians were beaten with a score of 2: 1. However, the Soviet players lost the semi-final meeting and the match for 3rd place to Germany and Portugal, respectively, eventually becoming fourth.
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Gennady Logofet (7) and Viktor Serebryannikov (15) during the opening match of the 1970 World Cup between the national teams of the USSR and Mexico (0: 0)
1970 World Cup in Mexico
In 1970, in Mexico, Soviet football players took part in the opening match of the competition. The meeting with the hosts of the tournament ended in a goalless draw. Then, having won victories over Belgium and El Salvador, the USSR national team reached the 1/4 finals against the Uruguay team. Three minutes before the end of extra time, the Uruguayans scored winning goal- 1:0, and the Soviet team for the third time in 12 years left the competition at the quarterfinal stage.
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USSR national football team, 1973
World Championship 1974 in Germany
To get to the 1974 World Cup, the USSR national team had to win in a two-match butt confrontation with the Chilean team. The first match in Moscow ended in a goalless draw, and the USSR national team refused the return match away for political reasons (in connection with the Chilean military coup in 1973). As a result, FIFA credited the Soviet team with defeat, and for the first time in history, the team did not qualify for the final part world championship.
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Head coach of the USSR national football team Nikita Simonyan, 1977
1978 World Cup in Argentina
On the world championship In 1978, Soviet football players again did not hit. The USSR national team took 3rd place in the qualifying group, losing on the road to the teams of Hungary and Greece.
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Match between the national teams of the USSR and Poland at the second stage of the 1982 World Cup in Spain (0:0)
1982 World Cup in Spain
In 1982, in Spain, the USSR national team reached the second group stage. decisive match for reaching the 1/2 finals was the game with the team of Poland. Final result 0:0 did not allow the Soviet team to reach the semi-finals, but arranged for the Poles, who showed at this tournament best result in its history (3rd place).
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Igor Belanov (right), Patrick Wervoort and Stefan Demol (left) during the match between the national teams of the USSR and Belgium in the 1/8 finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico (3:4)
1986 World Cup in Mexico
At the 1986 world championship, held in Mexico, Soviet football players confidently overcame the group stage and reached the playoffs, but in the 1/8 finals they were defeated by the Belgians in extra time - 3:4.
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Match between the national teams of the USSR and Argentina at the 1990 World Cup in Italy (0:2)
1990 World Cup in Italy
At the start of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the USSR national team lost to Romania and Argentina with the same score 0:2. As a result, despite the victory over Cameroon (4:0), Soviet football players took the last, 4th place in the group and for the first time in history they could not overcome the group stage of the tournament.
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Football players Martin Dalin (left) and Dmitry Galyamin in the match between the national teams of Russia and Sweden at the 1994 World Cup in the USA (1:3)
1994 World Championship in USA
At the 1994 World Championships in the United States, the Russian team played. About six months before the start of the competition, 14 team players wrote a letter demanding a change in head coach. However, Pavel Sadyrin retained his post, as a result of which a group of players refused to play for the national team. At the World Cup, the Russians lost two starting matches Brazil and Sweden. In the final meeting of the group stage with Cameroon, the Russian team won big win 6:1, however, this result did not allow the team to reach the playoffs. In the game with the Cameroonians, Russian striker Oleg Salenko set a record: he became the first and so far the only player, who managed to excel at the World Cup five times in one match.
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Defender Alessandro Costacurta (left) and forward Sergei Yuran in the match between the national teams of Russia and Italy for a ticket to the 1998 World Cup in France (1:1)
1998 World Cup in France
The Russians failed to win a ticket to the 1998 world championship: in the selection, the team took second place, letting the Bulgarian national team go ahead, and in the play-offs they lost to the Italians on aggregate.
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Russian fans in Moscow during the match between the national teams of Russia and Tunisia at the 2002 World Cup (2:0)
World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea
Four years later, the Russian team qualified for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. In the final part, the Russians were in the same group with the hosts of the tournament, the Japanese, as well as Belgium and Tunisia. The starting victory over the African team was the only one in the tournament for the Russian team. After defeats to Japan and Belgium, the Russians left the tournament, finishing 3rd in the group.
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Igor Denisov, Vasily Berezutsky and Zlatko Dedic (from left to right) during the play-off match at the 2010 World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Slovenia (0:1)
World Cup 2006 in Germany and World Cup 2010 in South Africa
The 2006 and 2010 World Championships were again held without the participation of the Russian team. In the first case Russian football players took 3rd place in the qualifying group, in the second case - 2nd, however, in the play-offs they lost to the Slovenian national team on aggregate.
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Training of the Russian national team in the city of Itu
World Cup 2014 in Brazil
In qualifying for the 2014 World Championship, the Russian team took 1st place in its qualifying group, ahead of the teams of Portugal, Israel, Azerbaijan, Northern Ireland and Luxembourg. Thus, for the first time since 2002, the Russians received the right to play at the World Cup.