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🇷🇺 Russia — World Cup trajectory

Squad value, stage reached, and over/under vs the Elo baseline, tournament by tournament, then the full squad each year. Value figures carry a completeness flag where the squad is not fully matched.

World Cup record

Tournaments
3
2002–2026
Best finish
Quarter-final
2018
Record
3–4–4
11 matches (W–D–L)
Goals
17–14
for–against
YearStageSquad valueOutlastOver/under
2002Group €0M0.0-0.28
2014Group €180M0.0-0.49
2018Quarter-final €162M0.7742+0.34

2002 squad — Group 2002 — no TM values, appearance metrics only

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Ruslan NigmatullinGK 27 Hellas Verona 10 n/a 70 80 —
2 Yuri KovtunDF 32 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 210 —
3 Yuriy NikiforovDF 31 PSV Eindhoven 652 n/a 5,738 405 —
4 Alexey SmertinMF 27 Bordeaux 510 n/a 4,047 00 —
5 Andrei SolomatinDF 26 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —
6 Igor SemshovMF 24 Torpedo Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —
7 Viktor OnopkoDF 32 Oviedo 1866 n/a 16,128 204 —
8 Valery KarpinMF 33 Celta Vigo 27648 n/a 23,182 105 —
9 Yegor TitovMF 26 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 306 —
10 Aleksandr MostovoiMF 33 Celta Vigo 26062 n/a 20,986 00 —
11 Vladimir BeschastnykhFW 28 Spartak Moscow 19739 n/a 11,899 165 —
12 Stanislav CherchesovGK 38 Tirol Innsbruck 570 n/a 5,130 60 —
13 Vyacheslav DayevDF 29 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —
14 Igor ChugainovDF 32 Uralan Elista 00 n/a 0 60 —
15 Dmitri AlenichevMF 29 Porto 432 n/a 2,272 173 —
16 Aleksandr KerzhakovFW 19 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 n/a 0 00 —
17 Sergei SemakMF 26 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —
18 Dmitri SennikovDF 25 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 31 —
19 Ruslan PimenovFW 20 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 61 —
20 Marat IzmailovMF 19 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 61 —
21 Dmitri KhokhlovMF 26 Real Sociedad 9312 n/a 6,800 113 —
22 Dmitri SychevFW 18 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —
23 Aleksandr FilimonovGK 28 Uralan Elista 00 n/a 0 270 —
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie15911,902
Primeira Liga573,141
All competitions (42)
CompetitionAppsMin
Russian Premier League2727228,989
La Liga94574,703
SU1L42234,943
RU236329,967
RUP29826,089
UEFA Cup26822,171
UEFA Champions League22719,264
Austrian Bundesliga18216,318
Eredivisie15911,902
Ligue 112710,452
SU2L1279,963
Bundesliga1138,755
EPP948,197
SVP1857,261
CDR715,382
Primeira Liga573,141
CLQ463,855
RUPM453,687
Serie A442,342
Ukrainian Premier League332,895
UI322,508
Segunda División302,499
EPL272,469
UEQ231,800
RUPD221,927
NLP171,415
DFB121,097
FRC111,016
ofb11990
POPO9744
FRL8735
UKRP8780
CIT6542
ITC5450
NLSC4360
POSU4301
SU1A2180
DSC146
ES1P190
OFBS190
RUJL190
UKR2190
Squad traits
Mean height
182 cm
21/23 measured
Defender height
187 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
0%
prospect share
Goal dependency
36%
Aleksandr Mostovoi of squad league goals
Precocity
1,343′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Vladimir Beschastnykh (1,343′).

2014 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Igor AkinfeevGK 28 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 310 €20.0M
2 Aleksei KozlovDF 27 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €7.0M
3 Georgi ShchennikovDF 23 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 210 €4.0M
4 Sergei IgnashevichDF 34 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 612 €2.0M
5 Andrei SemyonovDF 25 Terek Grozny 00 0 0 00 €0.4M
6 Maksim KanunnikovFW 22 Amkar Perm [ 150 ] 00 0 0 40 €1.8M
7 Igor DenisovMF 30 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 180 €14.0M
8 Denis GlushakovMF 27 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 00 €10.0M
9 Aleksandr KokorinFW 23 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €18.0M
10 Alan DzagoevMF 23 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 174 €23.0M
11 Aleksandr KerzhakovFW 31 Zenit Saint Petersburg 268 2 1,317 193 €7.0M
12 Yuri LodyginGK 24 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 70 €5.0M
13 Vladimir GranatDF 27 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €5.0M
14 Vasili BerezutskiDF 31 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 342 €6.0M
15 Pavel MogilevetsMF 21 Rubin Kazan [ 151 ] 00 0 0 00 €0.2M
16 Sergey RyzhikovGK 33 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 120 €4.5M
17 Oleg ShatovMF 23 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 71 €6.0M
18 Yuri ZhirkovDF 30 Dynamo Moscow 290 4 1,559 292 €8.0M
19 Aleksandr SamedovFW 29 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €10.0M
20 Viktor FayzulinMF 28 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 212 €9.0M
21 Aleksei IonovFW 25 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €4.0M
22 Andrey YeshchenkoDF 30 Anzhi Makhachkala [ 152 ] 00 0 0 00 €3.6M
23 Dmitri KombarovDF 27 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 120 €11.0M
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Yuri Zhirkov
peak €20M (2009-02) → €8M at kickoff · −60%
Selected pathway leagues — full list below

No minutes in the selected pathway leagues.

All competitions (31)
CompetitionAppsMin
Russian Premier League3854309,447
RUJL58041,681
RU247536,642
RUP42034,266
UEFA Champions League29323,977
UEFA Cup20415,965
UEFA Europa League16412,520
Ukrainian Premier League978,056
CLQ664,957
ELQ564,420
RUSS484,304
OLA412,734
Premier League291,559
La Liga261,317
Super League Greece232,070
UEQ141,009
RPLW13871
RULP9501
UKR29810
CDR8367
UKRP7534
USC6541
FA Cup5369
UI5417
CGB3279
GR203270
GRP3300
GBCS111
SUC119
UKRR168
UKRS116
Squad traits
Mean height
182 cm
22/23 measured
Defender height
183 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
1%
prospect share
Goal dependency
100%
Aleksandr Kerzhakov of squad league goals
Value dependency
13%
Alan Dzagoev of squad value

2018 squad — Quarter-final

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Igor AkinfeevGK 32 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 550 €10.0M
2 Mário FernandesDF 27 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 220 €16.0M
3 Ilya KutepovDF 24 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 30 €3.4M
4 Sergei IgnashevichDF 38 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 813 €0.0M
5 Andrei SemyonovDF 29 Akhmat Grozny 00 0 0 00 €3.5M
6 Denis CheryshevMF 27 Villarreal 749 12 3,550 30 €3.0M
7 Daler KuzyayevMF 25 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 00 €7.0M
8 Yury GazinskyMF 28 Krasnodar 00 0 0 00 €5.2M
9 Alan DzagoevMF 27 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 347 €15.0M
10 Fyodor SmolovFW 28 Krasnodar 00 0 0 00 €16.0M
11 Roman ZobninMF 24 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 20 €8.0M
12 Andrey LunyovGK 26 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 00 €8.0M
13 Fyodor KudryashovDF 31 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 40 €3.0M
14 Vladimir GranatDF 31 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 60 €2.0M
15 Aleksei MiranchukMF 22 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €14.0M
16 Anton MiranchukMF 22 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €8.0M
17 Aleksandr GolovinMF 22 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 130 €18.0M
18 Yuri ZhirkovMF 34 Zenit Saint Petersburg 290 4 1,559 312 €0.8M
19 Aleksandr SamedovMF 33 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 41 €1.2M
20 Vladimir GabulovGK 34 Club Brugge 00 0 0 60 €0.7M
21 Aleksandr YerokhinMF 28 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 60 €5.0M
22 Artem DzyubaFW 29 Arsenal Tula 00 0 0 136 €7.0M
23 Igor SmolnikovDF 29 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 150 €7.0M
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Yuri Zhirkov
peak €20M (2009-02) → €800k at kickoff · −96%
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie11430
Belgian Pro League4360
Brasileirão544,588
All competitions (45)
CompetitionAppsMin
Russian Premier League4245340,416
RUJL69650,568
RUP39732,779
RU231523,553
UEFA Champions League29824,588
UEFA Europa League26919,634
UEFA Cup1169,526
ELQ996,875
CLQ947,069
La Liga743,550
ES3A612,197
RPLW564,396
RPLZ564,714
Brasileirão544,588
RPLU472,687
RPLO413,299
RUSS413,564
Segunda División342,549
EST1302,384
Premier League291,559
BRRS161,340
CDR13650
19YL12956
Eredivisie11430
BRga9750
ES3B9225
BRC7567
RUSR7558
RULP6297
EJPL5450
ES2P5135
FA Cup5369
RS2f5388
UI5417
Belgian Pro League4360
CGB3279
Copa Libertadores3142
RSFF3270
TDV3225
USC3306
UEQ2101
CCB190
ESTP190
GBCS111
NLP146
Squad traits
Mean height
185 cm
23/23 measured
Defender height
186 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
25%
prospect share
Goal dependency
100%
Denis Cheryshev of squad league goals
Value dependency
11%
Aleksandr Golovin of squad value