The Russia national football team , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia’s home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their current head coach is Stanislav Cherchesov.
Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Soviet Union before 1990), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They qualified for the tournament 11 times in total, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964, 1972 and 1988. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia’s best result was in 2008, when the team won bronze medal.
After an impressive run to the quarter-finals of FIFA World Cup 2018 on home soil, the Russians head into the rescheduled Euro 2020 high on expectations. They qualified for the European Championship as runner-ups in the group behind World’s No.1 ranked team Belgium. Cruising past Scotland, Kazakhstan, Cyprus and San Marino. Cherchesov’s side scored 33 goals while registering 8 victories and two defeats against Belgium in the qualifying campaign.
Russia are place in Group B alongside Belgium, Denmark and debutants Finland. They will open their campaign against Belgium on June 13 before facing Finland and Denmark on June 16 and 22 respectively.
Key Players
Artem Dzyuba will be once again the talisman of the team. The 32-year-old Zenit striker is coming to the tournament on the back of a very good season in the Russian League, scoring 20 goals. He is also the top scorer in the squad with 29 goals from 52 international appearances. Russia’s ability to win games will largely depend on Dzyuba’s goal scoring form up front.
Monaco’s Aleksandr Golovin will be the playmaker in the team. He will have the task of creating goal scoring opportunities for the strikers. The 25-year-old scored 5 goals and provided 9 assists in the last Ligue 1 campaign despite missing the first three months of the season. Valencia winger Denis Cheryshev is another experienced campaigner in the team. The 30-year-old has the ability to find the back of the net, he has scored 12 goals in 30 appearances for the national team.
The defence line is a bit inexperienced as many of the seasoned campaigners have retired since 2018 and a new crop of youngster have come in. 21-year-old CSKA Moscow defender Igor Diveyev is a promising prospect and has played all matches for the Russian club whenever he was available in the previous season. Wing-back Mari0 Fernandes has netted 5 times for Russia in 29 appearances.
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The Russia national football team , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia’s home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their current head coach is Stanislav Cherchesov.
Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Soviet Union before 1990), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They qualified for the tournament 11 times in total, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964, 1972 and 1988. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia’s best result was in 2008, when the team won bronze medal.
After an impressive run to the quarter-finals of FIFA World Cup 2018 on home soil, the Russians head into the rescheduled Euro 2020 high on expectations. They qualified for the European Championship as runner-ups in the group behind World’s No.1 ranked team Belgium. Cruising past Scotland, Kazakhstan, Cyprus and San Marino. Cherchesov’s side scored 33 goals while registering 8 victories and two defeats against Belgium in the qualifying campaign.
Russia are place in Group B alongside Belgium, Denmark and debutants Finland. They will open their campaign against Belgium on June 13 before facing Finland and Denmark on June 16 and 22 respectively.
Key Players
Artem Dzyuba will be once again the talisman of the team. The 32-year-old Zenit striker is coming to the tournament on the back of a very good season in the Russian League, scoring 20 goals. He is also the top scorer in the squad with 29 goals from 52 international appearances. Russia’s ability to win games will largely depend on Dzyuba’s goal scoring form up front.
Monaco’s Aleksandr Golovin will be the playmaker in the team. He will have the task of creating goal scoring opportunities for the strikers. The 25-year-old scored 5 goals and provided 9 assists in the last Ligue 1 campaign despite missing the first three months of the season. Valencia winger Denis Cheryshev is another experienced campaigner in the team. The 30-year-old has the ability to find the back of the net, he has scored 12 goals in 30 appearances for the national team.
The defence line is a bit inexperienced as many of the seasoned campaigners have retired since 2018 and a new crop of youngster have come in. 21-year-old CSKA Moscow defender Igor Diveyev is a promising prospect and has played all matches for the Russian club whenever he was available in the previous season. Wing-back Mari0 Fernandes has netted 5 times for Russia in 29 appearances.
