Football is a widely popular game in Russia and played in all over the country, form well-suited playing conditions to the extremes of Siberia. FK Tom, a Premier League club from Tomsk, Siberia, plays football in the very harsh condition, where the temperature on average in February remains around -150 C. Russia as a part of the Soviet Union, joined FIFA in 1946 and took part 7 times, where their best ever achievement including now as independent Russia, was the fourth place in the 1966 England World Cup. As independent Russia, since their independence in December 1991, took part on 4 occasions including being the host of the 2018 World Cup, which was held from 14 June to 15 July between 32 teams in 12 venues in 11 cities.

In their group stage, Russia’s opponents were Uruguay, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In the round of 16, they have beaten Spain in the penalty shoot-out by 4-3 before the being defeated by the Croatians’ again be the same score 4-3 in the penalty shoot out.

Players of Russia in World Cup 2018:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (1), Andrey Lunyov (12), Vladimir Gabulov (20)
Defenders: Mario Fernandes(2), Ilya Kutepov (3), Sergei Ignashevich(4), Andrey Semenov(5), Fedor Kudriashov(13), Vladimir Granat(14), Igor Smolnikov(23)
Midfielders: Denis CHERYSHEV(6), Daler KUZIAEV(7), Iury GAZINSKY(8), Alan DZAGOEV(9), Roman ZOBNIN(11), Alexey MIRANCHUK (15), Anton MIRANCHUK(16), Aleksandr GOLOVIN(17), Yury ZHIRKOV (18),Alexander SAMEDOV (19), Aleksandr EROKHIN (21
Forwards: Fedor SMOLOV (10), Artem DZYUBA(22)

Statistics of Russia in FIFA World Cup 2018:

Matches Played: 5
Goals Scored: 14
Goals Against: 7
Shots: 46
Attempts on Target: 19
Penalties: 1
Offsides: 7
Corners: 26
Fouls Committed: 95
Fouls Suffered: 56
Yellow Cards: 6
Red Cards: 1

Status: Quarter-final

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