Euro 2020: Russia Euro 2020 Squad, Fixtures & Schedule, Coach, Captain and Vice-Captain, Upcoming matches, playing 11, Check out

Russia Euro 2020: Russia enter their 12th Euro campaign and aim to replicate their 2018 World Cup heroics in the continental event this campaign.

In the 2016 campaign, Russia finished last in their group.

Preview:

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They won the first UEFA Euro championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964, 1972 and 1988 as Soviet Union.

Russia’s best result has been a bronze medal finish in the 2008 Euros.

Stanislav Cherchesov announced his 26-man squad, whom he sees potent enough to compete at the 2020 European championship.

Artem Dzyuba is named captain of the Russia team whose 26-man squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Yuri Dyupin, Matvei Safonov, Anton Shunin.

Defenders: Igor Diveev, Georgi Dzhikiya, Mario Fernandes, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Fedor Kudryashov, Andrei Semenov.

Midfielders: Dmitri Barinov, Denis Cheryshev, Daniil Fomin, Aleksandr Golovin, Daler Kuzyaev, Andrei Mostovoy, Maksim Mukhin, Magomed Ozdoev, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Yuri Zhirkov, Romin Zobnin.

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Captain), Aleksei Ionov, Denis Makarov, Aleksei Miranchuk, Aleksandr Sobolev, Anton Zabolotny.

Overview

Artem Dzyuba is coming off a fantastic domestic season as he scored 20 goals in 27 matches for Zenit St.Petesburg.

Golovin would be their key man in the Euros as the mid-fielder was crucial in the last World tournament for Russia, being the World cup 2018. His efforts helped Russia finish reach the quarter-finals of the WC.

Russia would look to that monumental performance as a blueprint for success this season.

The forward, Miranchuk’s good performances this season helped Atalanta to a third-place finish in the Serie A this season.

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Russia’s WC 2018 run could definitely ensure they will punch above their weight against the top sides.

Nicknamed Our Guys, Russia come into this one as dark-horses.

Fixtures

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Russia is in Group B along with the likes of Denmark, Finland and Belgium.

Their fixtures are as follows:

13^th June: Belgium vs Russia (12:30 AM IST)

16^th June: Finland vs Russia (06:30 PM IST)

22^nd June: Russia vs Denmark (12:30 AM IST)

Copenhagen and Saint Petersburg are set to host the matches of Group B.

Our Guys face Poland and Bulgaria in their warm-up matches before the tournament gets underway.