Russia

Football Union of Russia

Foundation year: 1912
UEFA affiliation: 1954
FIFA affiliation: 1912

www.rfs.ru

UEFA rankings: 7
FIFA rankings: 12
(Ratings issued on December 2011)

Национальная сборная U21 (Игроки 1990 года рождения)

Family name, Name	Date of birth	Position	Club
Kobzev Evgeniy	11.01.1990	Goalkeeper	FC «Ufa»
Zaytsev Andrey	14.01.1991	Goalkeeper	FC «Zenit»
Kritsyuk Stanislav	01.12.1990	Goalkeeper	FC «Academiya»
Checherin Nikita	18.08.1990	Defender	FC «Volga»
Ghestokov Maksim	19.06.1991	Defender	FC «Rubin»
Knyazev Ivan	05.11.1992	Defender	FC «Kuban»
Kyz’michev Viktor	19.03.1992	Defender	FC «Anghi»
Byrnash Georgiy	08.08.1993	Defender	FC «Locomotiv»
Kylesha Artem	14.01.1990	Defender	FC «Rubin»
Shlyakov Evgeniy	30.08.1991	Defender	FC «Dynamo» Bryansk
Shalaev Oleg	06.02.1992	Midfielder	FC «Kryl’ya Sovetov»
Maleev Artemiy	04.05.1991	Midfielder	FC «Kamaz»
Vasil’ev Nikita	22.03.1992	Midfielder	FC «Rostov»
Makhmudov Emin	27.04.1992	Midfielder	FC «Spartak»
Zverev Evgeniy	12.03.1992	Midfielder	FC «Kryl’ya Sovetov»
Bydonov Aleksandr	27.04.1991	Midfielder	FC «Volga»
Khodyrev Anton	26.01.1992	Midfielder	FC «Spartak»
Bayramyan Khoren	07.01.1992	Midfielder	FC «Rostov»
Voynov Denis	01.03.1990	Midfielder	FC «Locomotiv-2»
Pomerko Aleksey	03.05.1990	Midfielder	FC «Volga»
Zabolotniy Anton	13.06.1991	Forward	FC «Ural»
Del’kin Artem	02.08.1990	Forward	FC «Torpedo» Vladimir
Bibilov Shota	06.08.1990	Forward	FC «Volga»

UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2011/2013

Qualifying round (Group 6)

Poland – Russia 0:2
Moldova – Russia 0:6
Russia – Portugal 2:1
Albania – Russia 0:1

 

Head coach

Nikolai Pisarev

(Russia)
Date of birth: 23.11.1968

Career as a player:
1986 – 1989 FC Torpedo (Moscow, Russia)
1990 – 1992 FC Winterthur (Switzerland)
1992 – 1995, 1998, 2000 – 2001 FC Spartak (Moscow, Russia)
1995 – 1996 FC Merida (Spain)
1996 – 1997 FC St.Pauli (Germany)
1999 FC Dinamo (Moscow, Russia)
2001 FC Torpedo-ZIL (Moscow, Russia)

Accomplishments as a player:

Champion of Russia (1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001)
National Russian Cup winner (1994)
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship winner (1990)
Commonwealth Cup winner (1993)

Coaching career:

2002 FC Krasnoznamensk (Russia)
2002 FC Krylia Sovetov (Samara, Russia)
2002 – 2003 FC Uralan (Elista, Russia)
2005 – 2009  Head coach of the Russian national beach soccer team
Since 2010 Head coach of the youth (U21) national Russian team

Accomplishments as a coach:

The winner of the beach soccer Euro (2009)