OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0
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RUSSIA<br />
Russian Federation<br />
Population: 143 million<br />
Main language: Russian<br />
Life expectancy: 68 years<br />
GDP per person: $23500<br />
Capital city: Moscow<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1912<br />
No. footballers / registered: 5,802,536 / 846,736<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 19<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Apr-96+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 1960<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982,<br />
1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Fourth 1966<br />
Biggest win: 6-0 v Hungary (1986)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-3 v Sweden (1994)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group F winners<br />
Australia's record against Russia (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 7 0 3 4<br />
Under-20 5 2 2 1<br />
Group H<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Russia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 18300<br />
0.3 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 5.4 11.3 62.0 21.3<br />
Median age: 42.0 years<br />
Sex ratio: 59.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 9.3 47.4 43.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 72.0 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bentleigh East (Vic),<br />
Maroubra (NSW), Carnegie (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Luxembourg W 4-1 Kazan<br />
10-09-13 Israel W 3-1 St. Petersburg<br />
11-10-13 Luxembourg W 4-0 Luxembourg<br />
15-10-13 Azerbaijan D 1-1 Baku<br />
15-11-13 Serbia D 1-1 Dubai<br />
19-11-13 Korea Republic W 2-1 Dubai<br />
05-03-14 Armenia W 2-0 Krasnodar<br />
26-05-14 Slovakia W 1-0 St Petersburg<br />
31-05-14 Norway D 1-1 Oslo<br />
06-06-14 Morocco W 2-0 Moscow<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – RUSSIA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Igor AKINFEEV GK 08-04-86 / 28 185cm 68 (0) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
2 Aleksei KOZLOV DF 25-12-86 / 27 185cm 10 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
3 Georgy SHCHENNIKOV DF 27-04-91 / 23 179cm 3 (0) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
4 Sergey IGNASHEVICH DF 14-07-79 / 34 186cm 97 (5) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
5 Andrey SEMENOV DF 24-03-89 / 25 191cm 1 (0) Terek Grozny, Russia<br />
6 Maksim KANUNNIKOV FW 14-07-91 / 22 184cm 2 (0) Amkar Perm, Russia<br />
7 Igor DENISOV MF 17-05-84 / 30 176cm 43 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
8 Denis GLUSHAKOV MF 27-01-87 / 27 182cm 26 (3) Spartak Moscow, Russia<br />
9 Alexander KOKORIN FW 19-03-91 / 23 182cm 21 (5) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
10 Alan DZAGOEV MF 17-06-90 / 23 178cm 32 (8) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
11 Aleksandr KERZHAKOV FW 27-11-82 / 31 175cm 80 (25) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
12 Yury LODYGIN GK 26-05-90 / 24 186cm 2 (0) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
13 Vladimir GRAN<strong>AT</strong> DF 22-05-87 / 27 184cm 4 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
14 Vasily BEREZUTSKIY DF 20-06-82 / 31 188cm 77 (3) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
15 Roman SHIROKOV MF 06-07-81 / 32 183cm 41 (12) Krasnodar, Russia<br />
16 Sergey RYZHIKOV GK 19-09-80 / 33 192cm 1 (0) Rubin Kazan, Russia<br />
17 Oleg SH<strong>AT</strong>OV MF 29-07-90 / 23 176cm 6 (2) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
18 Yury ZHIRKOV FW 20-08-83 / 30 180cm 60 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
19 Alexander SAMEDOV FW 19-07-84 / 29 178cm 16 (3) Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia<br />
20 Victor FAYZULIN MF 22-04-86 / 28 176cm 18 (4) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
21 Alexey IONOV FW 18-02-89 / 25 178cm 5 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
22 Andrey ESHCHENKO DF 09-02-84 / 30 177cm 11 (0) Anzhi Makhachkala, Russia<br />
23 Dmitry KOMBAROV DF 22-01-87 / 27 182cm 22 (1) Spartak Moscow, Russia<br />
COACH: Fabio Capello (Italy) age 67 years<br />
Coach of Russia since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (England)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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