( CNN ) -- The Russian Football Union ( RFU ) has appointed Fabio Capello as the new national team manager . The former England coach will be hoping to revive the fortunes of a promising Russian squad after a disappointing Euro 2012 , where they crashed out at the group stages . `` Today we decided to appoint Capello as our national team 's new manager , '' RFU deputy president Nikita Simonyan told ITAR-TASS news agency . Simonyan , the acting chief of the Union , said they expected the Italian `` to come to Moscow in the nearest future to finalize the details of his contract and sign it . '' Capello is expected in the Russian capital on Wednesday or Thursday . The 66-year-old has previously coached the English national side to quarterfinals at the 2010 World Cup and 2008 European Championships . He quit in February after the English FA stripped John Terry of the national side 's captaincy without his consultation . Before moving into international football Capello won domestic and continental titles with AC Milan , Juventus , Roma and Spanish side Real Madrid . Capello had been part of a managerial wish list published by the RFU featuring , amongst others , former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola , former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez and World Cup winning Italian manager Marcello Lippi . Capello told the Italian news agency ANSA that he was `` happy and proud '' to be taking charge of the Russian national team . `` I 'll be happy if my work with the Russian team will go the right way . The cooperation with this team is a great challenge for me as Russia is a great country . '' World Soccer Magazine 's executive editor Keir Radnedge told CNN the Russian national team `` wanted international pedigree , they felt this was important . '' `` They want pedigree , achievement , which whatever he did or did n't do with England he certainly did at club level , '' he said . `` They felt he qualified England for two major tournaments and he got them through the group stages . He 's now got the international tournament pedigree he did n't have before he got the England job . '' Capello replaces the Dutch coach Dick Advocaat , whose Russian team crashed out of Euro 2012 after a surprise defeat by Greece in the group stages . Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup and Radnedge believes this had a bearing on Capello 's appointment . `` There has been talk that if he gets them through the next two years then he could go on to the hosting in Russia . It is important for the Russians to build their own kudos on the world stage . They 've gone to so many tournaments and started like world beaters and really fizzled out halfway along the course . '' Capello 's first game in charge will be against Northern Ireland on September 7 when Russia begin their campaign to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil .
RFU is the new manager of the Italian national team . The Italian is `` happy and proud '' to be taking charge . Brazil suffered a shock early exit at Euro 2012 . Russia are due to host the Thursday the 2014 World Cup .