On September 22, the “Caspian Cup-2019” starts in Astrakhan. We bring to your attention the basic information about the upcoming tournament.

The national teams of Russia (the current vice-champion of the world and the leader of the UEFA rating), Iran (12-times and the current champion of Asia, the bronze medalist of the 2016 World Cup), Kazakhstan (4th place in the UEFA rating) will take part in the “Caspian Cup 2019” and Azerbaijan (6th place in the UEFA ranking).

The Russian national team began preparations for the “Caspian Cup” on September 17. A training camp is also taking place in Astrakhan, and the tournament itself will become for our team the most important element in preparing for the Main round of qualification for the World Cup 2020, matches of which within the framework of group 7 wards of Sergei Skorovich will be held in Dubrovnik in Croatia at the end of October.

Goalkeepers: Georgy Zamtaradze (Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Moscow), Dmitry Putilov (Sinara, Yekaterinburg), Nikolai Balashov (Norilsk Nickel, Norilsk)

Field players: Danil Davydov, Andrey Afanasyev, Nikolai Shisterov, Dmitry Lyskov (all – Gazprom-Ugra, Yugorsk), Romulo, Yanar Asadov, Artem Niyazov, Arser Bagirov (all – Communist Party, Moscow), Sergey Abramov, Valery Demin ( both are Sinara, Yekaterinburg), Artem Antoshkin, Ivan Milovanov (both are Tyumen), Ruslan Kudziev, Rishat Kotlyarov (both are Norilsk Nickel, Norilsk)

Head coach: Sergey Skorovich

STATISTICS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Matches played: 297

Top scorer: Konstantin Eremenko – 122

Most matches: Vladislav Shayakhmetov – 85

Vice World Champion (2016)
World Championship bronze medalist (1996)

European Champion (1999)
Vice-champion of Europe (1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Bronze medalist of the European Championship (2001, 2007, 2018)

Match for 3rd place, UEFA Futsal EURO 2018. Arena Stozice, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 02/11/2018.

GAME SCHEDULE (local time indicated)

September 22nd
13:00 Kazakhstan – Iran
15:30 Russia – Azerbaijan

23 September
16:00 Iran – Azerbaijan
18:30 Kazakhstan – Russia

September 25th
15:00 Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan
17:30 Russia – Iran

LIVE broadcasts

All matches of the tournament will be shown live on the official channel of the Russian Mini-Football Association on YouTube. More information on the broadcasts will appear soon.

ARENA

All games will take place on the Zvezdnyy SZK floor.
Address: Astrakhan, st. Nikolai Ostrovsky, 147