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Russian national team coach Georgy Jarcev has announced the preliminary squad for the upcoming European Championship.
Since the Russians have problems with injuries, Jarcev did not rush to announce the squad and probably would have done it only on the last day, but the Russian media pressed the coach. Therefore, today he decided to announce the 27 players, of which 23 will travel to Portugal.
Currently, captain Viktor Onopko and Dmitry Loskov are injured, but it is expected that they should recover. The team has only three foreign players - Champions League winner Alenitchev playing for "Porto", Mostovoi from the "La Liga" team "Celta", and Smertin from the English mid-table team "Portsmouth".
Russian national team squad:
Goalkeepers:
Igor Akinfeev (CSKA)
Viacheslav Malafeev (Zenit)
Sergei Ovchinnikov (Lokomotiv)
Defenders:
Alexandr Anyukov (Krylya Sovetov)
Alexei Bugayev (Torpedo)
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA)
Viktor Onopko (Saturn)
Dmitri Sennikov (Lokomotiv)
Roman Sharonov (Rubin)
Vadim Evseev (Lokomotiv)
Midfielders:
Evgeni Aldonin (CSKA)
Dmitri Alenitchev (Porto)
Denis Boyarintsev (Rubin)
Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit)
Rolan Gusev (CSKA)
Marat Izmailov (Lokomotiv)
Andrei Kariaka (Krylya Sovetov)
Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv)
Alexandr Mostovoi (Celta)
Vladislav Radimov (Zenit)
Igor Semshov (Torpedo)
Alexei Smertin (Portsmouth)
Forwards:
Dmitri Bulykin (Dynamo)
Alexandr Kerzhakov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Dmitri Kirichenko (CSKA)
Alexandr Panov (Torpedo)
Dmitri Sychev (Lokomotiv)
