On 6 May the final tournament of UEFA European U-17 Championship kicked-off in Bulgaria, where 16 youth national teams will be competing for the main trophy. Youth national team of Russia, which won the golden medals twice in its history, is among the participants.

Russia is playing in Group C together with the teams of Greece, France and Scotland. In the kick-off match Russia will be playing against Greece on 7 May at 16:00. In order to qualify to the following stage it is necessary to be either winners or runners-up after the Group Stage.

Russian team fixtures:

7 May – Greece (16.00, Moscow time)

10 May – France (16.00, Moscow time)

13 May - Scotland (17.00, Moscow time)

Russian Team Squad for European U-17 Championship 2015:

Goalkeepers: Denis Adamov (Krasnodar), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak).

Defenders: Amir Gavrilov (Rubin), Nikita Kalugin (Dynamo), Konstantin Kotov, Danil Krugovoy (both – Zenit), Andrey Kudryavtsev (Zenit Youth School), Alexander Lomovitskiy (Spartak-M), Alexey Tataev (Krasnodar).

Midfields: Ivan Galanin, Mikhail Lysov, Georgy Makhatadze (all – Lokomotiv), Dmitry Pletnev (Zenit), Artem Selyukov (Chertanovo), Boris Tsygankov (Spartak).

Forwards: Vladislav Bragin (Krasnodar), Artem Galadzhan (Lokomotiv), Egor Denisov (Zenit).

Russian Football Premier League would like to wish a lot of success to the Youth National Team of Russia (U-17) in their European Championship participation.