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Russia announce squad to compete at Algarve Cup 2016.
Russia women’s national team has announced its squad to participate in next month’s Algarve Cup 2016.
The prestigious annual tournament in Portugal will kick off the 2016 edition on 2 March.
Russia are in Group B alongside Brazil, New Zealand and Portugal. They kick-off their campaign against the hosts Portugal in Albufeira. Here are all the 2016 Algarve Cup fixtures.
Russia squad for 2016 Algarve Cup
Goalkeepers:
Yulia Grichenko (Rossiyanka)
Elvira Todua (Rossiyanka)
Elena Kochneva (Zvezda-2005)
Defenders:
Yulia Gordeeva (Chertanovo)
Ekaterina Dmitrenko (Rossiyanka)
Elvira Ziyastinova (Rossiyanka)
Anna Kozhnikova (Rossiyanka)
Lyubov Kipyatkova (Zvezda-2005)
Daria Makarenko (Zvezda-2005)
Elena Medved (Ryazan-VDV)
Ksenia Tsybutovich (Ryazan-VDV)
Midfielders:
Elena Kostareva (Kubanochka)
Olesya Mashina (Rossiyanka)
Elena Morozova (Rossiyanka)
Ekaterina Sochneva (Rossiyanka)
Elena Terekhova (Rossiyanka)
Anastasia Pozdeeva (Zvezda-2005)
Forwards:
Elena Danilova (Ryazan-VDV)
Olesya Kurochkina (Zvezda-2005)
Ekaterina Pantyukhina (Zvezda-2005)
Nadezhda Smirnova (Rossiyanka)
Anna Cholovyaga (Rossiyanka)
Margarita Chernomyrdina (Chertanovo)
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