1800-WorldCup.com - Russia at Korea-Japan 2002

Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: Russia

Russia in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Russia's 9th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best Performance:
Fourth at England 1966.

Russia in the 2002 World Cup

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.

Russia World Cup Squad

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.

Players to watch:
Viktor Onopko, Alexandr Mostovoi and Vladimir Beschastnykh.

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