Rules for squad selection:
20 Players - 3 GK, 6 DF, 6 MF, 5 FW
Maximum of 4 players from a single country
Minimum of 1 player from every nation in the region must be included
East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
GK (3)
Igor Akinfeev (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
Nukri Revishvili (Georgia: FC Krasnodar)
Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (Lithuania: Gaziantepspor)
Kakhaber Kaladze (Georgia: Genoa)
Marius Stankevičius (Lithuania: Lazio)
Aleksandr Anyukov (Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg)
Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk)
Aleksei Popov (Kazakhstan: Amkar Perm)
Alexandru Epureanu (Moldova: Dynamo Moscow)
MF (6)
Alexander Hleb (Belarus: Barcelona)
Jano Ananidze (Georgia: Spartak Moscow)
Yuri Zhirkov (Russia: Anzhi Makhachala)
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine: Bayern Munich)
Oleh Husyev (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv)
Emin Makhmudov (Azerbaijan: Spartak Moscow)
FW (5)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg)
Andriy Voronin (Ukraine: Dynamo Moscow)
Yura Movsisyan (Armenia: FC Krasnodar)
Sergei Kornilenko (Belarus: Krylya Sovetov Samara)
Artjom Rudnev (Latvia: Lech Poznań)
Feel free to make suggestions and/or create your own East Europe national team.
Good call with Rudnev. I remember him tearing up the Europa League last season. Here's my list. Maybe a bit top-heavy with all the Russian strikers, but they are all too good to leave off.
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Igor Akinfeev (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv)
Andris Vanins (Latvia: Sion)
DF (6)
Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk)
Alexandru Epureanu (Moldova: Lokomotiv Moscow)
Kaspars Gorkšs (Latvia: Reading)
Kakha Kaladze (Georgia: Genoa)
Deividas Šemberas (Lithuania: CSKA Moscow)
Marius Stankevičius (Lithuania: Lazio)
MF (6)
Aleksandrs Cauņa (Latvia: CSKA Moscow)
Alexander Hleb (Belarus: Barcelona)
Andrei Karpovich (Kazakhstan: Astana)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia: Shakhtar Donetsk)
Anton Putsila (Belarus: Freiburg)
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine: Bayern Munich)
FW (5)
Vagif Javadov (Azerbailan: FK Qarabağ)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg)
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia: Tottenham Hotspur)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Russia: Stuttgart)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv)
I like your original list, but I would add Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia: Shakhtar Donetsk) and Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) into the midfield, Răzvan Raţ (Romania: Shakhtar Donetsk) into the defence and Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv) into the forward line.
ReplyDeleteSorry, delete Răzvan Raţ from that list, he does not qualify for this list.
DeleteGK (3)
ReplyDeleteIgor Akinfeev (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv)
Sergey Chepchugov (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
DF (6)
Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk)
Alexandru Epureanu (Moldova: Lokomotiv Moscow)
Kaspars Gorkšs (Latvia: Reading)
Kakha Kaladze (Georgia: Genoa)
Deividas Šemberas (Lithuania: CSKA Moscow)
Marius Stankevičius (Lithuania: Lazio)
MF (6)
Aleksandrs Cauņa (Latvia: CSKA Moscow)
Alexander Hleb (Belarus: Barcelona)
Andrei Karpovich (Kazakhstan: Astana)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia: Shakhtar Donetsk)
Anton Putsila (Belarus: Freiburg)
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine: Bayern Munich)
FW (5)
Vagif Javadov (Azerbailan: FK Qarabağ)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia: Zenit St. Petersburg)
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia: Tottenham Hotspur)
Artem Rudnev (Latvia: Lech Poznan)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv)
Great idea. Gave it a go for this one:
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Igor Akinfeev (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
Roman Berezovskiy (Armenia: Khimki)
Nukri Revishvili (Georgia: Krasnodar)
DF
Heinrich Schmidtgal (Kazakhstan: Greuther Fürth)
Ruslan Abishov (Azerbijan: Neftchi Baku)
Zurab Khizanishvili (Georgia: Kayserispor)
Alexandru Epureanu (Moldova: Dynamo Moscow)
Dmytor Chygrynski (Ukraine: Shakthar Donetsk)
Alexei Berezutski (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
MF
Sergei Kislyak (Belarus: Rubin Kazan)
Marius Stankevicius (Lithuania: Lazio)
Oleg Gusev (Ukraine: Dynamo Kiev)
Alan Dzagoev (Russia: CSKA Moscow)
Yuri Zhirkov (Russia: Anzhi)
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine: Bayern Munich)
FW
Alexander Kershakov (Russia: Zenit)
Sergei Ostapenko (Kazakhstan: Zhetysu)
Marko Devic (Ukraine: Metalist)
Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia: Baki)
Tomas Danilevicius (Lithuani: Juve Stabia)
Whoops, got a Russian too many. Replace Zhirkov by Stepanenko (Ukraine)
ReplyDeleteGK:
ReplyDeleteIgor Akinfeev : Russia (CSKA Moscow)
Andriy Dikan : Ukraine (Spartak Moscow)
DF:
Yaroslav Rakytsky : Ukraine (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Sergei Inashevich : Russia (CSKA Moscow)
Dmytro Chygrynsky : Ukraine (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Yuri Zhirkov : Russia (Anzhi)
Marius Stankevicius : Lithuania (S.S.Lazio)
Aleksandr Anyukov : Russia (Zenit St. Petersburg)
MF:
Henrikh Mkhitaryan : Armenia (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Anatoliy Tymoshcuk : Ukraine (Bayern Munich)
Alan Dzagoev : Russia (CSKA Moscow)
Roman Shirokov : Russia (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Igor Semshov : Russia (Dynamo Moscow)
Oleh Husyev : Ukraine (Dynamo Kiev)
Olexander Aliyev : Ukraine (Dynamo Kiev)
Artjoms Rudnevs : Latvia (Lech Poznan)
FW:
Andriy Yarmolenko : Ukraine (Dynamo Kiev)
Roman Pavluychenko: Russia (Tottenham Hotspur)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov: Russia (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Yura Movsisyan: Armenia (Krasnodar)
Artem Milevskiy: Ukraine (Dynamo Kiev)
Andrei Arshavin: Russia (Arsenal)