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RUSSIARussian FederationPopulation: 143 millionMain language: RussianLife expectancy: 68 yearsGDP per person: $23500Capital city: Moscow2014 FIFA WORLD CUP COUNTRY PROFILESAssociation founded: 1912No. footballers / registered: 5,802,536 / 846,736FIFA ranking (May-14): 18Highest FIFA ranking: 3 (Apr-96+)Continental titles: European Championship winners 1960FIFA WORLD CUP RECORDParticipations: 10 (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982,1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014)Best placing: Fourth 1966Biggest win: 6-0 v Hungary (1986)Biggest loss: 1-3 v Sweden (1994)Qualified for 2014 edition as: UEFA Group F winnersAustralia's record against Russia (men's)Team P W D LSenior 7 0 3 4Under-20 5 2 2 1Group HDEMOGRAPHIC PROFILEAustralian residents born in RussiaPopulation count (2011 census): 183000.3 per cent of overseas-born populationAge range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+per cent distribution 5.4 11.3 62.0 21.3Median age: 42.0 yearsSex ratio: 59.5 males per 100 femalesArrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000per cent distribution 9.3 47.4 43.2Australian citizenship rate: 72.0 per centMain localities of residence: Bentleigh East (Vic),Maroubra (NSW), Carnegie (Vic)FORM GUIDE06/09/13 Luxembourg W 4-1 Kazan10/09/13 Israel W 3-1 St. Petersburg11/10/13 Luxembourg W 4-0 Luxembourg15/10/13 Azerbaijan D 1-1 Baku15/11/13 Serbia D 1-1 Dubai19/11/13 Korea Republic W 2-1 Dubai05/03/14 Armenia W 2-0 Krasnodar26/05/14 Slovakia - St Petersburg31/05/14 Norway - Oslo06/06/14 Morocco - .No. of matches played 12/06/13 to 12/06/14: 11PROVISIONAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP SQUAD – RUSSIAPlayer Age Pos ClubIgor Akinfeev 28 GK CSKA Moscow RUSAlexander Anyukov 31 Def Zenit St Petersburg RUSAlexey Berezutskiy 31 Def CSKA Moscow RUSVasili Berezutskiy 31 Def CSKA Moscow RUSVladimir Bystrov 30 For Anzhi Makhachkala RUSIgor Denisov 30 Mid Dynamo Moscow RUSAlan Dzagoev 23 Mid CSKA Moscow RUSArtem Dzyuba 25 For Rostov RUSVictor Faizulin 28 Mid Zenit St Petersburg RUSIurii Gazinskii 24 Mid Krasnodar RUSDenis Glushakov 27 Mid Spartak Moscow RUSVladimir Granat 27 Def Dynamo Moscow RUSSergey Ignashevich 34 Def CSKA Moscow RUSAlexey Ionov 25 For Dynamo Moscow RUSMaxim Kanunnikov 22 For Amkar Perm RUSCOACH: Fabio Capello (Italy) age 67 yearsCoach of Russia since 2012Previous FIFA World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (England)Player Age Pos ClubAlexander Kerzhakov 31 For Zenit St Petersburg RUSAlexander Kokorin 23 For Dynamo Moscow RUSDmitry Kombarov 27 Def Spartak Moscow RUSAlexey Kozlov 27 Def Dynamo Moscow RUSYuriy Lodygin 24 GK Zenit St Petersburg RUSPavel Mogilevetc 21 Mid Rubin Kazan RUSPavel Pogrebnyak 30 For Reading ENGSergey Ryzhikov 33 GK Rubin Kazan RUSAlexander Samedov 29 For Lokomotiv Moscow RUSAndrey Semenov 25 Def Terek Grozny RUSOleg Shatov 23 Mid Zenit St Petersburg RUSGeorgy Shchennikov 23 Def CSKA Moscow RUSRoman Shirokov 32 Mid Krasnodar RUSAndrey Yeshchenko 30 Def Anzhi Makhachkala RUSYury Zhirkov 30 For Dynamo Moscow RUSOFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 35