Russia World Cup 2002

Russia World Cup Achievements

Achievements:Qualified as winners of European Group One
Appearing for second time (1994, 2002)
Best result: knocked out in first round
Approx Odds: 66-1

Russia World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:
Ruslan Nigmatullin (Verona, Italy), Alexander Filimonov (Uralan Elista), Stanislav Cherchesov (Tirol Innsbruck, Austria)

Defenders:
Yuri Nikiforov (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Viktor Onopko (Oviedo, Spain), Igor Chugainov (Uralan Elista), Yuri Kovtun (Spartak Moscow), Vyacheslav Dayev (CSKA Moscow), Andrei Solomatin (CSKA Moscow), Dmitry Sennikov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Midfielders:
Alexander Mostovoi (Celta Vigo, Spain), Valery Karpin (Celta Vigo, Spain), Dmitry Alenichev (Porto, Portugal), Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow), Dmitry Khokhlov (Real Sociedad, Spain), Sergei Semak (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Smertin (Bordeaux, France), Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Igor Semshov (Torpedo Moscow)

Strikers:
Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow), Dmitry Sychyov (Spartak Moscow), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Ruslan Pimenov (Lokomotiv Moscow