Russia qualified for Euro 2008 from Group E.
European Championships
Russia have made two previous appearances at the European Championship
Finals (in 1996 and 2004) although USSR (Soviet Union) appeared in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972,
1988 and 1992 (as CIS).
USSR won the trophy at France 1960; finished runners-up at Spain 1964,
Belgium 1972 and West Germany 1988; and came fourth at Italy 1968.
World Cup Appearences
Russia have made 9 World Cup Finals appearances:
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1998, 1990, 1994 and 2002.
USSR came fourth in England 1966.
Russia Team Manager: Guus Hiddink.
Forwards
6 Roman Adamov (FC Moskva)
9 Ivan Saenko (1. FC Nürnberg)
10 Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St. Petersburg)
13 Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit St. Petersburg)
19 Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moskva)
21 Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv Moskva)
Midfielders
3 Renat Yanbaev (Lokomotiv Moskva)
7 Dmitri Torbinski (Lokomotiv Moskva)
11 Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan)
15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moskva)
17 Konstantin Zyrianov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
20 Igor Semshov (Dinamo Moskva)
23 Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moskva)
Defenders
2 Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moskva)
4 Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moskva)
5 Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moskva)
8 Denis Kolodin (Dinamo Moskva)
14 Roman Shirokov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
18 Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moskva)
22 Aleksandr Anyukov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Goalkeepers
1 Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moskva)
12 Vladimir Gabulov (Amkar Perm)
16 Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Russia Team Hotel
Der Krallerhof - Leogang,
Austria.
Russia kick off their Group D campaign in
Innsbruck, move on to Salzburg and
then return to Innsbruck.
Tuesday, 10th June
Innsbruck: Spain vs
Russia (4:1)
Saturday, 14th June
Salzburg: Greece vs
Russia (0:1)
Wednesday, 18th June
Innsbruck: Russia vs Sweden
(2:0)
Russia join Spain in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
Saturday, 21st June (QF3)
Basle: Netherlands vs Russia (1:3 aet)
Semi-finals
Thursday, 26th June (SF2)
Vienna: Russia vs Spain (0:3)
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