2004 European Football Championship - Russia

On June 2, 2004, Russia coach Georgi Yartsev named his final 23-man squad.

Aleksandr Mostovoi was expelled from the team and sent home on June 15, due to alleged attacks on the cohesion of the group.

Squad

#

Name

Club in June 2004

Date of Birth

Age

Pld

Goals

Y

Y/R

R

Goalkeepers

12

Vyacheslav Malafeev

Zenit St. Petersburg

04.03.1979

25

2

0

1

0

0

1

Sergei Ovchinnikov

Lokomotiv Moscow

10.11.1970

33

2

0

0

0

1

23

Igor Akinfeev

CSKA Moscow

08.04.1986

18

0

0

0

0

0

Defenders

16

Vadim Evseev

Lokomotiv Moscow

08.01.1976

28

3

0

1

0

0

17

Dmitri Sennikov

Lokomotiv Moscow

24.06.1976

27

2

0

0

0

0

21

Aleksei Bugayev

Torpedo Moscow

25.08.1981

22

2

0

0

0

0

13

Roman Sharonov

Rubin Kazan

08.09.1976

27

2

0

1

1

0

14

Aleksandr Anyukov

Krylya Sovetov Samara

28.09.1982

21

1

0

1

0

0

Midfielders

4

Aleksei Smertin

Portsmouth

01.05.1975

29

2

0

2

0

0

2

Vladislav Radimov

Zenit St. Petersburg

26.11.1975

28

2

0

1

0

0

7

Marat Izmailov

Lokomotiv Moscow

21.09.1982

21

2

0

0

0

0

5

Andrei Karyaka

Krylya Sovetov Samara

01.04.1978

26

3

0

1

0

0

8

Rolan Gusev

CSKA Moscow

17.09.1977

26

2

0

1

0

0

19

Vladimir Bystrov

Zenit St. Petersburg

31.01.1984

20

1

0

0

0

0

22

Evgeni Aldonin

CSKA Moscow

22.01.1980

24

2

0

1

0

0

10

Aleksandr Mostovoi

Celta Vigo

22.08.1968

35

1

0

0

0

0

15

Dmitri Alenichev

Porto

20.10.1972

31

3

0

2

0

0

20

Dmitri Loskov

Lokomotiv Moscow

12.02.1974

30

1

0

0

0

0

6

Igor Semshov

Torpedo Moscow

06.04.1978

26

1

0

0

0

0

Forwards

9

Dmitri Bulykin

Dynamo Moscow

20.11.1979

24

3

1

0

0

0

3

Dmitri Sychev

Lokomotiv Moscow

26.10.1983

20

2

0

0

0

0

11

Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Zenit St. Petersburg

27.11.1982

21

1

0

0

0

0

18

Dmitri Kirichenko

CSKA Moscow

17.01.1977

27

1

1

0

0

0

Coach

Georgi Yartsev

11.04.1948

56

  • Key: Pld - Games played; Y - Yellow cards; Y/R - Yellow/Red cards; R - Red cards
  • Date format: dd.mm.yyyy

Qualifying

Group 10

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. Switzerland

15

8

4

3

1

15

11

+4

2. Russia

14

8

4

2

2

19

12

+7

3. Republic of Ireland

11

8

3

2

3

10

11

-1

4. Albania

8

8

2

2

4

11

15

-4

5. Georgia

7

8

2

1

5

8

14

-6

September 7, 2002

Russia

4 – 2

Republic of Ireland

October 16, 2002

Russia

4 – 1

Albania

March 29, 2003

Albania

3 – 1

Russia

April 30, 2003

Georgia

1 – 0

Russia

June 7, 2003

Switzerland

2 – 2

Russia

September 6, 2003

Republic of Ireland

1 – 1

Russia

September 10, 2003

Russia

4 – 1

Switzerland

October 11, 2003

Russia

3 – 1

Georgia

Play-off

First leg:

November 15, 2003

Russia

0 – 0

Wales

Second leg:

November 19, 2003

Wales

0 – 1

Russia

  • Russia won 1 - 0 on aggregate.

Final tournament

Group A

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. Portugal

6

3

2

0

1

4

2

+2

2. Greece

4

3

1

1

1

4

4

0

3. Spain

4

3

1

1

1

2

2

0

4. Russia

3

3

1

0

2

2

4

-2

June 12, 2004

Spain

1 – 0 (0-0)

Russia

19:45

Estádio do Algarve

June 16, 2004

Russia

0 – 2 (0-1)

Portugal

19:45

Estádio da Luz

June 20, 2004

Russia

2 – 1 (2-1)

Greece

19:45

Estádio do Algarve