Russia has begun hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The grand opening has already taken place in Moscow and the players of our national team are playing against a team from Saudi Arabia. Based on the results of this and two more games, it will be known whether our players have reached the next stage.
As for the composition of the team, then head coach command remains unchanged. This is Stanislav Cherchesov. He approved the final version of the team in early June. It included 23 players. As for those who were not included in 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 not be able to play well.
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA, Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Bruges, Belgium), Andrey Lunev (Zenit, St. Petersburg).
Defenders:
Vladimir Granat, Fedor Kudryashov (both Rubin, Kazan), Sergei Ignashevich, Mario Fernandez (both CSKA, Moscow), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak, Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat, Grozny), Igor Smolnikov ( Zenit", 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 national team perform outside of Russia. This is 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 football 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 confident that their idol did everything to take revenge on the husband who betrayed her, at least in this way, reports the Ros-Registr website. But, in fact, this is not so, reports the Ros-Registr portal. The information was confirmed in Tarasov’s “native” club.
It should also be noted that in the spring several main players of the national team received serious injuries and were forced to miss the home World Cup, Ros-Registr reports. These are forward Alexander Kokorin (Zenit), defenders Georgy Dzhikia (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 “Play with an open heart.”
By the way, the first match Russian team at the World Championships will take place on June 14. Russian football players will meet with the Saudi Arabian team. Within group stage The Russian national team will also play against Egypt (June 19) and Uruguay (June 25).
In total, the FIFA World Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities of Russia.
MOSCOW, June 14 - RIA Novosti. The story began in 1930 in Uruguay. The USSR national team first 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 at the 1994 tournament in the USA.
Below is statistical information on the performances of the USSR and Russian national teams at the World Championships.
At the qualifying stage of the 1958 World Cup, the USSR national team under the leadership of Gavriil Kachalin beat the teams of Poland and Finland. In the final part of the World Cup, her opponents in the group were the national teams of Brazil, England and Austria. In the group stage Soviet football players They drew 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 English to qualify from the group (1:0). In the 1/4 finals the team Soviet Union lost to Sweden with a score of 0:2.
In 1962, the FIFA World Cup was held in Chile. The USSR national team performed confidently at qualifying stage, ahead of Norway and Turkey. The final group tournament, which began for Soviet football 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, 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 no prior serious coaching practice. 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 teams of the DPRK (3:0), one of the favorites of the championship - Italy (1:0) and Chile (2:1) were beaten. In the quarter finals, Hungary was beaten 2:1.
On July 25, the semi-final of the tournament was played in Liverpool, in which the USSR national team lost to Germany with a score of 1:2. In the match for third place in the championship, the Soviet team fought with the Portuguese team, which turned out to be stronger - 2:1.
Qualifying games At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the Soviet Union team again, under the leadership of Kachalin, held undefeated and reached 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 played a draw with the hosts of the tournament - 0:0. The Soviet football players played the second game of the tournament against the Belgians and won with a score of 4:1, and in the third they confidently beat the El Salvador team - 2:0. Having taken first place in its group, the USSR national team reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to the Uruguay national team 0:1 in extra time.
The 1974 World Championship at the qualifying stage was again successful for the team - three victories and one defeat in the group with the Irish and French. However, further according to the regulations, the winner of European group 9 had to play play-offs with the winner of group 3 South America. As a result, politics intervened in the selection process for the final stage. The USSR delegation refused to travel to Chile for the return play-off match due to the situation in this South American country, where a military coup took place.
In 1986, the USSR team qualified for the World Championships in Mexico from second place in the group (the Danish team took first place). The final stage, led by Valery Lobanovsky, began for the Soviet team with a convincing 6:0 victory over Hungary. In the second match, the Soviet team drew with the French (1:1) and at the end of the group stage defeated Canada (2:0). In the 1/8 finals, the team lost to Belgium with a score of 3:4 in extra time.
The Soviet Union team performed successfully in the qualifying games for the 1990 World Cup, taking first place in its group and leaving behind Austria, Turkey, East Germany and Iceland. However, in 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 the desired result - the Soviet team did not score enough points to reach the 1/8 finals.
At the 1994 World Championships in the USA, the Russian team already participated, reaching the final round of the competition from second place (the Greek team took first place). 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, Sergei Kiryakov, Vasily Kulkov, Andrei Kanchelskis, Andrei Ivanov) did not go to the World Cup.
In the USA, the team led by Pavel Sadyrin failed to leave the group after defeats from Brazil (0:2) and Sweden (1:3). The Russian team's major victory 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 team's tournament position. Salenko scored five goals in the match with Cameroon, which became a record for one player's performance in one World Cup match. The achievement has not yet been achieved.
In 1998, the Russian team was left without the World Championship. 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).
The national teams of the USSR and Russia managed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup nine times. In 37 matches, domestic football players won 17 victories and suffered 14 defeats, with six draws recorded. The teams' best result at world championships was 4th place at 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)
1958 World Championships in Sweden
The USSR national team first competed at the World Championships in 1958. Soviet football players arrived at the tournament, held in Sweden, in the rank Olympic champions 1956. In the group, the USSR team shared 2nd place with the British. To determine the team participating in the playoffs, an additional match was required, which the Soviet football players won with a score of 1:0. In the quarterfinals the team lost to the tournament hosts, the Swedes, 0:2.
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Alexey 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)
1962 World Championships in Chile
In 1962, in Chile, the USSR national team again managed to overcome the group stage. In the quarter finals, the draw again brought Soviet football players together with the hosts of the competition. The Chileans defeated the USSR 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 advanced to the playoffs, beating the DPRK, Italy and Chile in the group stage. For the first and only time in history, domestic football players made it past the quarter-final stage of the World Championship: they beat the Hungarians with a score of 2:1. However, the Soviet football players lost the semi-final match and the match for 3rd place to Germany and Portugal, respectively, ending up 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 Championships in Mexico
In 1970, in Mexico, Soviet football players took part in the opening match of the competition. The meeting with the tournament hosts ended in a goalless draw. Then, having won victories over Belgium and El Salvador, the USSR team advanced to the quarter finals against the Uruguay team. Three minutes before the end of extra time, the Uruguayans scored winning goal– 1:0, and the Soviet team left the competition at the quarterfinal stage for the third time in 12 years.
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USSR national football team, 1973
World Championship 1974 in Germany
To qualify for the 1974 World Cup, the USSR national team had to win a two-game play-off with the Chilean team. The first match in Moscow ended in a goalless draw, and the USSR national team refused the return match on the road for political reasons (in connection with the Chilean military coup of 1973). As a result, FIFA counted the Soviet team a 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
Soviet football players again did not make it to the 1978 world championship. The USSR national team took 3rd place in the qualifying group, losing away 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 Championships in Spain
In 1982, in Spain, the USSR national team reached the second group stage. The decisive match for reaching the 1/2 finals was the game with the Polish team. Final result 0:0 didn't allow Soviet team reach the semi-finals, but satisfied the Poles, who showed at this tournament best result in its history (3rd place).
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Igor Belanov (right), Patrick Vervoort and Stefan Demol (left) during the match between the USSR and Belgium national teams in the 1/8 finals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico (3:4)
1986 World Championships 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 Championships in Italy
At the start of the World Cup, held in Italy in 1990, 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), the Soviet football players took the last, 4th place in the group and for the first time in history were unable to overcome the group stage of the tournament.
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Football players Martin Dalin (left) and Dmitry Galyamin in the match between the Russian and Swedish national teams at the 1994 World Cup in the USA (1:3)
1994 World Championships in USA
The Russian team competed at the 1994 World Championships in the USA. 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 their two opening matches to Brazil and Sweden. In the final meeting of the group stage with Cameroon, the Russian team won big victory 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 football player who managed to score five times in one match at the World Cup.
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Defender Alessandro Costacurta (left) and striker Sergei Yuran in the match between the Russian and Italian national teams for a ticket to the 1998 World Cup in France (1:1)
1998 World Championships in France
The Russians failed to win a ticket to the 1998 world championship: the team took second place in the qualifying round, behind the Bulgarian team, and in the play-offs they lost on aggregate to the Italians.
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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 Championship 2002 in Japan and South Korea
Four years later, the Russian team qualified for the World Championships in Japan and South Korea. In the final part, the Russians were placed in the same group with the tournament hosts, the Japanese, as well as Belgium and Tunisia. The opening victory over the African team was the only one for the Russian team in the tournament. After defeats from Japan and Belgium, the Russians left the tournament, taking 3rd place in the group.
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Igor Denisov, Vasily Berezutsky and Zlatko Dedich (from left to right) during the play-off match at the 2010 World Cup between the national teams of Russia and Slovenia (0:1)
2006 World Championships in Germany and 2010 World Championships 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, but in the play-offs they lost to the Slovenian national team on aggregate.
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Russian national team training in 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 compete at the FIFA World Cup.
