1994 was the third season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Club competitions

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

won the league for the third time in a row. Lower leagues were re-organized, with second-highest First League converted to one zone and a new professional Third League started. For more details, see: * 1994 Russian Top League *

1994 Russian First League The 1994 Russian First League was the 3rd edition of Russian First Division. It was the first season after conversion from 3 zones in the First League into one zone of 22 teams. Overview Standings Results Top goalcorers See also * 19 ...

* 1994 Russian Second League * 1994 Russian Third League

Cup competitions

The second edition of the Russian Cup,

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was won by

, who beat

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in the finals in a shootout 4-2 after finishing extra time at 2-2. Early stages of the 1994–95 Russian Cup were played later in the year.

European club competitions

1993–94 UEFA Champions League The 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, originally known as the 1993–94 European Cup, was the 39th season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club Association football, football tournament, and the second season with the UEFA Champions Lea ...

finished the group stage in third place, not qualifying for the semifinals. * March 2, 1994 / Group A, Day 3 / FC Spartak Moscow -

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2-2 ( Rodionov Karpin -

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) / Moscow,

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/ Attendance: 60,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Khlestov,

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, Tsymbalar, Pisarev ( Rodionov, 46), Nikiforov, Ternavski, Karpin (

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), Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh. * March 15, 1994 / Group A, Day 4 / FC Barcelona - FC Spartak Moscow 5-1 (

Amor Koeman

- Karpin ) /

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/ Attendance: 100,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Khlestov,

, Tsymbalar, Ternavski, Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov ( Rodionov, 46), Beschastnykh ( Pisarev, 73). * March 30, 1994 / Group A, Day 5 / FC Spartak Moscow -

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0-0 / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 30,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Mamedov, Ternavski ( Khlestov, 75), Tsymbalar, Rodionov ( Pisarev, 61), Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Karpin, Piatnitski, Lediakhov, Beschastnykh. * April 13, 1994 / Group A, Day 6 /

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- FC Spartak Moscow 1-2 ( Cihat - Onopko Karpin ) /

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/ Attendance: 17,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Staučė, Mamedov, Ternavski, Tsymbalar ( Lediakhov, 77), Pisarev, Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Karpin, Piatnitski, Masalitin ( Alenichev, 80), Beschastnykh.

1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and
1993–94 UEFA Cup The 1993–94 UEFA Cup was the 23rd season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Ernst-Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria, and at San Siro, Milan, Italy. The competition wa ...

All the Russian participants were eliminated in 1993.

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qualified directly for the group stage. It did not qualify from the group, coming in third place.Champions League 94/95 results summary by KLISF
/ref> * September 14, 1994 / Group B, Day 1 /

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- FC Spartak Moscow 3-2 ( Leonenko Rebrov - Pisarev Tikhonov ) /

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, Republican Stadium / Attendance: 90,500 :Dynamo penalty kick by

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in the 24th minute was saved by Tyapushkin. :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Mamedov, Ternavski, Tsymbalar, Rakhimov, Chudin, Naduda, Alenichev ( Mukhamadiev, 61), Piatnitski (

), Pisarev, Tikhonov ( Rodionov, 43). * September 28, 1994 / Group B, Day 2 / FC Spartak Moscow -

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1-2 ( Rakhimov Mamedov - Le Guen Valdo ) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 47,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Mamedov, Tikhonov, Tsymbalar, Rakhimov, Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Khlestov, Piatnitski, Pisarev, Mukhamadiev ( Alenichev, 68). * October 19, 1994 / Group B, Day 3 / FC Spartak Moscow -

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1-1 ( Pisarev -

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) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 25,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Ananko, Kechinov, Tsymbalar, Rakhimov, Nikiforov ( Ternavski, 85), Onopko (

), Tikhonov, Piatnitski, Pisarev, Mukhamadiev ( Konovalov, 75). * November 2, 1994 / Group B, Day 4 / FC Bayern Munich - FC Spartak Moscow 2-2 ( Nerlinger Kuffour - Tikhonov Alenichev ) /

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/ Attendance: 31,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Ananko, Khlestov, Alenichev, Rakhimov, Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Tikhonov, Piatnitski, Pisarev ( Naduda, 85), Kechinov. * November 23, 1994 / Group B, Day 5 / FC Spartak Moscow - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 ( Mukhamadiev ) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 35,000 :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Khlestov, Lipko, Alenichev, Rakhimov, Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Tikhonov, Piatnitski ( Naduda, 88), Pisarev ( Konovalov, 64), Mukhamadiev. * December 7, 1994 / Group B, Day 6 / Paris Saint-Germain F.C. - FC Spartak Moscow 4-1 ( Weah Ginola

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- Rodionov ) / Paris,

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/ Attendance: 31,461 :Spartak penalty kick by Kechinov came off the post in the 57th minute. :FC Spartak Moscow: Tyapushkin, Khlestov, Lipko, Alenichev, Kechinov ( Konovalov, 74), Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Tikhonov, Piatnitski, Pisarev, Mukhamadiev ( Rodionov, 46).

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were eliminated in the first round. * September 15, 1994 / First Round, First Leg / PFC CSKA Moscow -

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2-1 ( Mamchur

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- Kenneth Christiansen ) / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / Attendance: 9,000 :PFC CSKA Moscow: Novosadov,

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, Kolotovkin, Mashkarin, Mamchur, Shoukov ( Semak, 62),

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, Broshin, Sinyov, Tatarchuk (

, 46), Faizulin. * September 29, 1994 / First Round, Return Leg / Ferencvárosi TC - PFC CSKA Moscow 2-1 ( Lipcsei Neagoe -

Faizulin ); 7-6 in

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(

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Lisztes Kenneth Christiansen Telek Lipcsei Zavadszky Hrutka -

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Bushmanov Demchenko Mamchur Minko Broshin Kolotovkin ) /

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, Üllői úti stadion / Attendance: 18,000 :PFC CSKA Moscow: Novosadov,

, Kolotovkin,

, Mamchur, Mashkarin ( Bushmanov, 46), Sinyov ( Demchenko, 71), Broshin, Minko, Shoukov, Faizulin.

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FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd () is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League, and are the largest and best supported Volgograd club. ...

and

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were both eliminated by

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in the first and second round respectively, with

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scoring 7 goals in 4 games.

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were eliminated in the second round.UEFA Cup 94/95 results summary by KLISF
/ref> * September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / R.F.C. Seraing – FC Dynamo Moscow 3–4 (

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Schaessens Edmilson –

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Cheryshev Simutenkov ) /

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, Pairay Stadium / attendance: 7,172 :FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Timofeev, Samatov, Shulgin,

, Chernyshov (

), Klyuyev, Cheryshev, Tetradze ( Borodkin, 69),

, Simutenkov. * September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / FC Rotor Volgograd –

3–2 ( Gerashchenko Nechay Veretennikov – Ouédec N'Doram ) /

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, Central Stadium / attendance: 38,000 :FC Rotor Volgograd: Samorukov, Zhunenko, Burlachenko, Gerashchenko (

), Nechay, Tsarenko, Yeshchenko ( Shmarko, 69), Niederhaus ( Berketov, 87), Veretennikov, Yesipov, Nechayev. * September 13, 1994 / first round, first leg / FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin –

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6–1 ( Gusakov Polstyanov Volgin Filippov –

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) / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 2,000 :FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin: Filimonov, A. Morozov,

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(

), Yudin, Zhabko, O. Morozov, Navochenko, Tsygankov ( Rozin, 72), Filippov, Volgin, Gusakov ( Polstyanov, 51). * September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / FC Dynamo Moscow – R.F.C. Seraing 0–1 ( Schaessens ) / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 5,000 :FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Timofeev, Samatov, S. Nekrasov,

( Kutsenko, 41), Chernyshov (

), Klyuyev, Cheryshev, Yakhimovich,

, Simutenkov. * September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / FC Nantes – FC Rotor Volgograd 3–0 ( Ouédec Loko ) /

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, La Beaujoire / attendance: 36,000 :Nantes penalty kick by Ouédec in the 72nd minute missed the goal. :FC Rotor Volgograd: Samorukov, Zhunenko, Burlachenko, Gerashchenko (

), Nechay, Tsarenko, Yeshchenko ( Khuzin, 60), Niederhaus, Veretennikov ( Troynin, 75), Yesipov, Nechayev. * September 27, 1994 / first round, return leg / Békéscsaba – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 1–0 ( Csató ) / attendance: 2,000 :FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin: Filimonov, A. Morozov,

(

), Prokhorov, Tsygankov, O. Morozov, Navochenko, Rozin, Pimenov ( Natalushko, 46), Volgin, Filippov (

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, 72). * October 18, 1994 / second round, first leg / FC Dynamo Moscow –

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2–2 ( Simutenkov Cheryshev –

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) / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 7,000 :FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Timofeev, Kovtun, S. Nekrasov, Samatov, Chernyshov (

), Klyuyev, Cheryshev, Yakhimovich,

, Simutenkov. * October 19, 1994 / second round, first leg / FC Nantes – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin 2–0 ( Ouédec ) /

, La Beaujoire / attendance: 34,000 :FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin: Filimonov, A. Morozov,

(

), Yudin, Zhabko, O. Morozov ( Rozin, 87), Navochenko, Tsygankov, Filippov, Volgin, Natalushko ( Pimenov, 84). * November 1, 1994 / second round, return leg / Real Madrid – FC Dynamo Moscow 4–0 (

Redondo Dani ) /

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/ attendance: 60,000 :FC Dynamo Moscow: Smetanin, Samatov, Kovtun, Khidiyatullin ( Borodkin, 61), Shulgin, S. Nekrasov, Filippov ( Klyuyev, 12), Cheryshev, Yakhimovich,

, Simutenkov. * November 1, 1994 / second round, return leg / FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – FC Nantes 1–2 ( Polstyanov – Ouédec ) / Moscow, Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 7,000 :FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin: Filimonov, A. Morozov ( Polstyanov, 64),

(

), Yudin, Zhabko, O. Morozov, Navochenko, Rozin, Filippov, Pimenov, Natalushko.

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played at the

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, not qualifying from the group, even though

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became the top scorer of the competition. In late 1993, 14 players signed a letter demanding the resignation of

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and appointment of

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as the manager. Sadyrin stayed as the manager. Some of the players who signed returned to the team, but several (

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, Sergei Kiriakov,

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and Andrei Ivanov) did not play at the World Cup. After the tournament, Sadyrin was replaced by

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for the subsequent games. * January 29, 1994 / Friendly /

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- Russia 1-1 ( Lalas - Radchenko ) /

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/ Attendance: 43,700 :Russia: Khapov, Gorlukovich, Galiamin,

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, D. Kuznetsov ( Cheryshev, 74), Tetradze, Tatarchuk ( Tedeyev, 57), Korneev ( Rakhimov, 83), Salenko, Borodyuk (

), Radchenko. * February 2, 1994 / Friendly /

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- Russia 1-4 ( García Aspe - Borodyuk Radchenko ) /

Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...

, The Oakland Coliseum / Attendance: 18,162 :Russia: Khapov, Gorlukovich, Galiamin,

( Podpaly, 79), D. Kuznetsov, Tetradze, Korneev, Tedeyev ( Cheryshev, 70), Salenko, Borodyuk (

), Radchenko ( Tatarchuk, 85). * March 23, 1994 / Friendly /

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

- Russia 0-0 /

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium (, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for the Aviva Stadium on ...

/ Attendance: 36,000 :Russia: Kharine, Gorlukovich, Rakhimov, Kovtun, Tetradze, Korneev ( Cheryshev, 58),

, D. Kuznetsov, Salenko, Borodyuk (

), Radchenko ( Kosolapov, 87). * April 20, 1994 / Friendly /

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

- Russia 0-1 ( Radchenko ) /

Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...

Bursa Atatürk Stadium Bursa Atatürk Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Bursa, Turkey. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Bursaspor. The stadium held 25,213 and was built in 1979. A stadium had existed on this site since 1930 wh ...

/ Attendance: 28,000 :Russia: Kharine, Galiamin, Nikiforov ( Tatarchuk, 81), Tsymbalar, Gorlukovich, Ternavski, D. Kuznetsov,

, Borodyuk (

) ( Beschastnykh, 60), Yuran ( Onopko, 46), Radchenko ( Lediakhov, 87). * May 29, 1994 / Friendly / Russia -

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

2-1 ( Piatnitski Tsymbalar - Tittel ) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 8,000 :Russia: Kharine (

), Galiamin, Onopko, Nikiforov, D. Kuznetsov, Ternavski, Piatnitski, Tsymbalar, Salenko, Mostovoi, Radchenko. * June 20, 1994 /

, Group B /

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

- Russia 2-0 (

) /

Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencement exercises. Opened in 19 ...

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

/ Attendance: 81,061 :Russia: Kharine (

), Nikiforov, Gorlukovich, Khlestov, D. Kuznetsov, Ternavski, Piatnitski, Karpin, Tsymbalar, Yuran ( Salenko, 56), Radchenko ( Borodyuk, 76). * June 24, 1994 /

, Group B /

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

- Russia 3-1 ( Brolin Dahlin - Salenko Gorlukovich ) /

Pontiac Pontiac most often refers to: * Pontiac (Odawa leader) ( – 1769), Native American war chief *Pontiac (automobile), a former General Motors brand Pontiac may also refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality ** Apo ...

Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome (also known as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the fi ...

/ Attendance: 71,528 :Russia: Kharine (

), Gorlukovich, Nikiforov, D. Kuznetsov, Khlestov,

( Karpin, 40), Onopko, Mostovoi, Borodyuk ( Galiamin, 50), Salenko, Radchenko. * June 28, 1994 /

, Group B /

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

- Russia 1-6 ( Milla - Salenko Radchenko ) /

/ Attendance: 74,914 :Russia: Cherchesov, Khlestov, Nikiforov, Ternavski, Onopko (

), Tsymbalar, Tetradze, Korneev ( Radchenko, 65), Karpin, Lediakhov ( Beschastnykh, 77), Salenko. * August 17, 1994 / Friendly /

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

- Russia 0-3 ( Beschastnykh Nikiforov Simutenkov ) / Klagenfurt, Wörtherseestadion / Attendance: 11,000 :Russia: Cherchesov ( Kharine, 46), Mamedov, Ternavski ( Kulkov, 59), Tsymbalar, Rakhimov (

, 46), Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Yesipov ( Mandreko, 46), Beschastnykh, Tetradze ( Kosolapov, 83), Simutenkov ( Niederhaus, 83). * September 7, 1994 / Friendly / Russia -

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

0-1 ( Kuntz ) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 40,000 :Russia: Cherchesov, Mamedov, Kulkov, Tsymbalar, Shalimov ( Tetradze, 46), Nikiforov, Onopko (

), Kanchelskis ( Karpin, 46), Piatnitski, Kolyvanov ( Radchenko, 46), Kiriakov. * October 12, 1994 /

UEFA Euro 1996 The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in ...

qualifier / Russia -

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

4-0 ( Karpin Kolyvanov Nikiforov Radchenko ) / Moscow,

/ Attendance: 10,000 :Russia: Cherchesov, Kulkov ( Tetradze, 62), Nikiforov, Tsymbalar ( Kolyvanov, 55), Shalimov, Karpin, Onopko (

), Kanchelskis, Radchenko, Piatnitski, Kiriakov. * November 16, 1994 /

qualifier /

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

- Russia 1-1 ( Booth - Radchenko ) /

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

Hampden Park Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football ...

/ Attendance: 31,254 :Russia: Cherchesov, Kulkov, Nikiforov, Gorlukovich, Shalimov, Karpin, Onopko (

), Kanchelskis, Piatnitski ( Tetradze, 75), Radchenko,

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