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Russia in the World Cup Finals, World Cup Reports, World Cup Squad.
World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Russia's ninth appearance in the World Cup Finals.
Best Performance:
Fourth at England 1966.
Group H
Russia vs Tunisia
Dmitry Sychev was only on the pitch for half an hour, but he brought
the game to life and was instrumental in both of Russia's goals.
Japan vs Russia
Arsenal's Junichi Inamoto inspired Japan to their first World Cup
finals victory.
Belgium vs Russia
Russia were so close to qualifying for the Second Round yet let it
slip from their grasp.
Knockout Stage
Russia failed to qualify for the Second Round.
UEFA:
Union of European Football Associations.
Football Union of
Russia.
Goalkeepers:
1 Rusian Nigmatullin (Verona)
12 Stanislav Cherchesov (Tirol Innsbruck
23 Alexander Filimonov (Dynamo Kiev)
Defenders:
2 Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow)
3 Yuri Nikiforov (PSV Eindhoven)
5 Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow)
7 Viktor Onopko (Oviedo)
13 Vyacheslav Dayev (CSKA Moscow)
14 Igor Chugainov (Uralan Elista)
18 Dmitry Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Midfielders:
4 Alexei Smertin (Bordeaux)
6 Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)
8 Valeri Karpin (Celta Vigo)
9 Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow)
10 Alexandr Mostovoi (Celta Vigo)
15 Dmitri Alenichev (Porto)
17 Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow)
20 Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
21 Dmitri Khokhlov (Real Sociedad)
Forwards:
11 Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow)
16 Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St. Petersburhg)
19 Rusian Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
22 Dmitry Sychev (Spartak Moscow)
Trainer:
Oleg Romantsev.
In Korea
Group A
 Denmark,  France,  Senegal,  Uruguay.
Group B
 Paraguay,  Slovenia,  Spain, 
South Africa.
Group C
 Brazil,  China,  Costa Rica,  Turkey.
Group D
 Poland,  Portugal, 
South Korea,  United States.
Korea First Round Matches.
In Japan
Group E
 Cameroon,  Germany,  Republic of Ireland, 
Saudi Arabia.
Group F
 Argentina,  England,  Nigeria,  Sweden.
Group G
 Croatia,  Ecuador,  Italy,  Mexico.
Group H
 Belgium,  Japan,  Russia,  Tunisia.
Japan First Round Matches.
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