Russia national football team

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Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Сборная / Sbornaya
(The National Team)
Наши парни / Nashi parni (Our Boys)
AssociationRussian Football Union (RFU)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachValery Karpin
CaptainAleksandr Golovin
Most capsSergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorerAleksandr Kerzhakov and Artem Dzyuba (30)[i]
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeRUS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 38 Steady (15 February 2024)[2]
Highest3 (April 1996)
Lowest70 (June 2018)
First international
As Russian Empire:
Unofficial
 Russia 5–4 Bohemia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
Official
Russian Empire Finland 2–1 Russia 
(Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
As Soviet Union:
 Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 November 1924)
As Russian Federation:
 Russia 2–0 Mexico 
(Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992)
Biggest win
As Russian Empire:
 Russia 5–4 Bohemia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
 Russia 1–0 Bohemia 
(Moscow, Russia; 23 October 1910)
As Soviet Union:
 Soviet Union 11–1 India 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)
 Finland 0–10 Soviet Union 
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 August 1957)
As Russian Federation:
 Russia 9–0 San Marino 
(Saransk, Russia; 8 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
As Russian Empire:
 Germany 16–0 Russia 
(Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)
As Soviet Union:
 England 5–0 Soviet Union 
(London, England; 22 October 1958)
As Russian Federation:
 Portugal 7–1 Russia 
(Lisbon, Portugal; 13 October 2004)
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1958 as Soviet Union
1994 as Russian Federation)
Best resultAs Soviet Union: Fourth place (1966)
As Russian Federation: Quarter-finals (2018)
European Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1960 as Soviet Union
1992 as CIS
1996 as Russian Federation)
Best resultAs Soviet Union: Champions (1960)
As CIS: Group stage (1992)
As Russian Federation: Third place (2008)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage (2017)

The Russia national football team (Russian: Сборная России по футболу, romanizedSbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia in men's international football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, Rossiyskiy Futboľnyj Soyuz), the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their head coach is Valery Karpin.

Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Russian Empire before 1917, as the Russian SFSR in 1917–1924 and as the Soviet Union in 1924–1991), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They have qualified for the tournament 11 times, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964, 1972 and 1988. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia's best result was in 2008, when the team finished third.

On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a "recommendation" by the

friendlies against nations friendly to Russia.[5]

History

After the

former Soviet republics.[citation needed
]

Beginning

Led by manager

Valeri Karpin (some of these Russian players could have chosen to play for the Ukraine national football team but the Ukrainian Association of Football had not secured recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification[6]
).

In the final tournament, Russia was drawn into

Sweden, and Brazil. Russia was eliminated from the tournament with three points. Sadyrin was sacked following what was a poor performance.[citation needed
]

Euro 1996

Russia's UEFA Euro 1996 match against Italy on a stamp of Azerbaijan

After Sadyrin was sacked, Oleg Romantsev was appointed coach to lead Russia to UEFA Euro 1996. During qualifying, Russia overcame Scotland, Greece, Finland, San Marino, and the Faroe Islands to finish in first place with eight wins and two draws.

In the final tournament, Russia was in

]

1997–99

Boris Ignatyev managed Russia in their unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

After Euro 96, Boris Ignatyev was appointed manager for the campaign to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. In the qualifying stage, Russia was in Group 5 with Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus, and Luxembourg. Russia and Bulgaria were considered the two main contenders to qualify from the group with Israel considered a minor threat. Russia began the campaign with two victories against Cyprus and Luxembourg and two draws against Israel and Cyprus. They continued with victories against Luxembourg and Israel. Russia suffered their only defeat of the campaign with a 1–0 loss to Bulgaria. They ended the campaign with a 4–2 victory in the return game over Bulgaria and qualify for the play-off spot. In the play-offs, Russia was drawn with Italy. In the first leg Russia drew 1–1. In the away leg, Russia were defeated 1–0 and failed to qualify for the World Cup.

After failing to qualify for the World Cup in France, Russia played to qualify for the

eventual champions France at the Stade de France. In their last game against Ukraine, a win for Russia would have resulted in outright qualification as the winners of the group, having an identical head-to-head record with France (a 3–2 win and a 3–2 loss), while possessing a superior goal difference. The game finished 1–1 after a mistake by the goalkeeper Aleksandr Filimonov late in the game.[7]
Russia finished third in the group, failing to qualify for their second major tournament in succession.

Revival

Oleg Romantsev remained as manager of the national team to supervise their qualification campaign to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In the preliminary stage, Russia was in Group 1 with Slovenia, FR Yugoslavia, and Switzerland, Faroe Islands, and Luxembourg. Russia finished in first place to qualify directly managing seven wins, two draws, and a loss.

Russia was drawn into Group H with Belgium, Tunisia, and Japan. In their first game, Russia achieved a 2–0 victory over Tunisia, but lost their next match to Japan 1–0, causing riots to erupt in Moscow.[8] For their last game against Belgium, Russia needed a draw to take them to the second round, but lost 3–2 and was eliminated.

Euro 2004
.

Romantsev was sacked immediately following the tournament and replaced with

Vadim Evseev header gave Russia a 1–0 victory in the away leg in Cardiff to qualify for Euro 2004. The victory was overshadowed when Russian midfielder Yegor Titov tested positive for drugs
; amidst calls for Russia to be disqualified, Titov was given a one-year ban on 15 February 2004.

Russia were drawn in

eventual champions Greece with Dmitri Kirichenko scoring one of the fastest goals of the tournament.[12]

In the

Yury Syomin, Russia were able to rekindle their hopes with a 2–0 win against Latvia before a 1–1 draw in Riga on 17 August 2005. Russia then had victories against Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and a 0–0 draw against Portugal. In their final game, Russia needed to win against Slovakia in Bratislava. After a 0–0 draw, Slovakia advanced to the play-offs
above Russia on goal difference.

Euro 2008

Manager Guus Hiddink and midfielder Sergei Semak meet the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, after reaching the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2008.

Having failed to qualify Russia for the 2006 World Cup, Yury Syomin stepped down several weeks later and Russia began looking for a new manager. It was clear that a foreign manager would be needed as most of the high-profile Russian coaches were not successful with the national team. On 10 April 2006, it was announced that then-

Australia manager Guus Hiddink would lead Russia in the Euro 2008 qualification campaign.[13]

For the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Russia were drawn into Group E with England, Croatia, Israel, Macedonia, Estonia, and Andorra. For much of the campaign, it was between Russia and England to obtain the final qualifying place behind Croatia. Russia lost 3–0 away to England, and in the return game in Moscow, fell to an early goal from Wayne Rooney. During the second half Russia came from behind to win 2–1 with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring both goals. On 17 November 2007, Russia suffered a 2–1 defeat to Israel to put qualification hopes in jeopardy, but Russia still managed to qualify one point ahead of England by beating Andorra 1–0 while England lost 3–2 to Croatia.

In the

quarter-finals
in second place behind Spain. This was the first time ever since the fall of USSR, that saw Russia qualified from the group stage of a major tournament.

In the quarter-final against the

semi-finals
, Russia was once again matched up against Spain, and lost 3–0.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Russia lost 0–1 against Germany in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in October 2009

Russia was drawn to Group 4 in qualification for 2010 FIFA World Cup, competing with Germany, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The team started the campaign with a 2–1 victory over Wales but on 11 October lost 2–1 to Germany. Russia's form then improved, and by winning 3–1 away to Wales on the same day as Finland drew 1–1 to Liechtenstein, guaranteed them at least a play-off spot. The match at the Luzhniki Stadium against Germany to top the group was watched by 84,500 fans. Miroslav Klose scored the only goal of the game in the 35th minute, sending the Germans to the finals in South Africa and Russia to a play-off.

On 14 November, Russia faced Slovenia in the first-leg of their two-legged play-off, where they won 2–1 with two goals from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.[14] In the return match, Russia lost 1–0 in Maribor, and Slovenia qualified for the finals on the away goals rule.[15] On 13 February 2010, it was confirmed that Hiddink would leave his position as manager, with the expiration of his contract on 30 June.[16]

Euro 2012

Russia against Poland in Euro 2012

Russia directly qualified for Euro 2012 by winning qualifying Group B, defeating Slovakia, the Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia and Andorra. Russia were drawn into Group A with Poland, the Czech Republic and Greece. Led by Dick Advocaat, Russia had been unbeaten for nearly 15 games and managed to record a 3–0 win against Italy one week before the Euro 2012's opening game kick-off. The Sbornaya started off the tournament with a 4–1 win over the Czech Republic and temporarily went top of the group with three points. Alan Dzagoev netted twice and Roman Shirokov and Roman Pavlyuchenko scored. In the second game against co-host Poland, Advocaat's side saw Dzagoev continue his fine form. He netted the opener, but Poland managed to equalise in the second half. Despite having drawn, the result wasn't seen as a bad one. A game against Greece finished with a 1–0 loss which eliminated the Russians from the tournament.[citation needed]

The group stage exit resulted in a hostile reaction from fans and media. Advocaat and most of the team, such as Andrey Arshavin, were heavily criticized for their perceived overconfidence.[citation needed]

2014 FIFA World Cup

In July 2012, the Italian Fabio Capello was named as the new Russian manager, after being sacked by England in February.[17]

Russia competed in Group F of World Cup qualification and qualified in first place after a 1–1 draw with Azerbaijan in their last game. In January 2014, Capello was rewarded with a new four-year contract to last up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[18]

Russia played in Group H against

South Korea, Belgium and Algeria. In their first group match, against South Korea, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev fumbled a long-range shot from Lee Keun-ho, dropping it over the line to give the Koreans the lead. Russia then went on to equalise through substitute Aleksandr Kerzhakov, who drew equal to Vladimir Beschastnykh's record 26 goals for Russia, and the match finished 1–1.[19] In the second match, Russia held Belgium at 0–0 at the Maracanã until substitute Divock Origi scored the only goal in the 88th minute. The final group stage match between Algeria and Russia on 26 June ended 1–1, advancing Algeria and eliminating Russia. A win for Russia would have seen them qualify, and they led the game 1–0 after six minutes through Aleksandr Kokorin. In the 60th minute of the game, a laser was shone in Akinfeev's face while he was defending from an Algerian free kick, from which Islam Slimani scored to equalise. Both Akinfeev and Russian coach Fabio Capello blamed the laser for the decisive conceded goal.[20][21]

Euro 2016

Russia were placed in Group G of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying alongside Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova and Liechtenstein. Russia began with a 4–0 win against Liechtenstein. This was followed by a string of shaky performances by Russia, two 1–1 draws against Sweden and Moldova and two 1–0 losses against Austria. Russia were awarded a 3–0 victory against Montenegro due to crowd violence. At this stage, Russia looked to be finishing third in their group before they bounced back by winning their remaining matches against Sweden, Liechtenstein, Moldova and Montenegro to finish second in their qualifying group above Sweden and qualify for UEFA Euro 2016.

During the group stages of the tournament, UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on Russia for crowd riots during a group match against England.[22] Russia were knocked out of the competition in their final group match which was against Wales (a 3–0 defeat); prior to this they had only collected a single point from a 1–1 draw against England which was followed by a 2–1 loss to Slovakia.

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Russia qualified for the

New Zealand 2–0,[23] Russia disappointed its fans by losing 0–1 to Portugal[24] and 1–2 to Mexico, thus once again crashed out from the group stage of a major FIFA tournament.[25] Despite this dismal performance, Stanislav Cherchesov, appointed as coach of Russia after Euro 2016, was allowed to keep the job.[citation needed
]

2018 FIFA World Cup

Russian team during the penalty shoot-out in the first knockout round against Spain at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

On 2 December 2010, Russia were

FIFA ranking fall to 70th, the lowest among all World Cup participants.[28][29] Russia were drawn to play Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay in the group stage
.

Despite a series of poor results in warm-up games, however, Russia began their World Cup campaign with a 5–0 demolition of Saudi Arabia, who were three places above them in the rankings,

1950) Uruguay, losing 3–0,[36]
and finished second in the group.

Advancing from their group in second place, Russia faced Spain at the

2010 edition. Russia managed to surprise Spain in one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history; beating them in a penalty shootout after the match ended 1–1 in regular time.[37] BBC Sport and The Guardian described this as one of the biggest tournament surprises, considering how Russia were the lowest-ranked team prior to the competition, and according to some, had one of the worst teams of the competition.[38][39] Against the Spaniards who were known for their tiki-taka, coach Stanislav Cherchesov used a defensive 5–3–1–1 formation to sit deep and defend with ten men, and conceded no goals from open play as Spain's only goal was from a free kick set piece while Russia tied the game thanks for a penalty awarded for a handball.[40] Igor Akinfeev, who saved two penalties including a foot-save to deny Spain's Iago Aspas, was voted as Budweiser Man of the Match. The win against Spain sent supporters and residents of Russia into wild celebrations, as they reached the quarter-finals for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union.[41] Match TV commentator Denis Kazansky said: "From the first day we had not been expecting much from our team. Then thoughts turned to winning the thing. What we have seen is a significant change in people's attitudes, and in the history of Russian football."[42]

Russia football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Russia then played Croatia in the quarter-finals held at

FIFA Fan Fest in Moscow on Sunday, 8 July 2018, to thank their supporters and say goodbye.[42][47]
Following the World Cup run, Russia's position in the FIFA ranking rose from 70 to 40.

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Russia participated in the UEFA Nations League for the first time, where they were drawn with Turkey and Sweden. Russia had a promising start, with two wins over Turkey and a home draw to Sweden.[48][49] However, Russia wasted its opportunity to promote to League A after getting a 0–2 away defeat to Sweden, thus losing their first place to the Swedes instead and was forced to stay in League B.[50]

Euro 2020

In qualification, the Russian side was drawn in Group I with Belgium, Kazakhstan, San Marino, Cyprus, and Scotland. Except for their two losses to the Belgians,[51] Russia defeated four other group opponents, including beating San Marino 9–0 after the two 7–0 wins in 1995 and 2015.[52] They also defeated Scotland, Cyprus, and Kazakhstan twice and qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020.[53] Russia consolidated its second place in the group despite being thrashed by number-one ranked Belgium 1–4 at home.[54]

Russia lost their first match against Belgium in a 3–0 defeat but won their second match against Finland 1–0. However, Russia was knocked out of the competition in their final group match against Denmark where they lost 4–1. Following Russia's exit from the competition, Stanislav Cherchesov was sacked as coach.[55]

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Russia competed in the League B for the season, thereby matching up with Turkey, Serbia and Hungary. Russia began comfortably, beating Serbia and Hungary to take the first place.[56][57] In their last two games, they suffered two losses in Turkey and 0–5 in Serbia and finished the group in second place, remaining in League B.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Russia was drawn to Group H for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, competing with Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, and Malta. After finishing second behind Croatia, Russia advanced to the play-offs.

Since 2022: suspensions and possible AFC move

In the wake of the

Sweden and the Czech Republic, said they would refuse to play Russia.[58][59][60][61] On 27 February, FIFA initially announced a ban on any international competition being played in Russia, with any "home" matches having to be played on neutral territory behind closed doors, and ordered that Russia compete under the name of the Russian Football Union (RFU) and without being allowed to display the Russian flag or play the Russian national anthem.[62] This followed a decision taken by UEFA two days prior that stripped Saint Petersburg of hosting the 2022 UEFA Champions League final, which had been due to be held at Krestovsky Stadium, in addition to banning any UEFA-sanctioned matches from occurring in Russia.[63]

The decision was criticized by many as inadequate, and the next day FIFA and UEFA relented and issued blanket bans on Russian participation in international football, effectively barring them from participating in the 2022 World Cup.[64][65][66] This was in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[66][67] The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.[4] On 20 September 2022, UEFA decided to ban Russia from participating in UEFA Euro 2024.[68]

In response to the disqualification and suspension of Russia from all international football activities, especially within Europe, President of the Russian Football Union,

Alexander Dyukov, implied that Russia should begin to discuss about moving to the AFC in order to continue competing in higher level of football.[69] In December 2022, the RFU Executive Committee opted to vote about the matter, but their attempt to move to the AFC was not materialised; instead, the RFU opted to create a working group with the aim to bring Russia back to European competitions.[70] Still, Dyukov attended the AFC Congress in Manama in February 2023, which increased speculation about Russia's possibility to move to the AFC as Russia was initially invited to compete in the CAFA Nations Cup, held by Central Asian nations that were formerly part of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union (except Kazakhstan), which Russia later did not participate.[71] On 5 April 2023, President of the UEFA, Aleksander Čeferin, decided to uphold the ban, stating it was "very hard" to lift if Russia continues to invade Ukraine, ensuring Russia's isolation from European football process.[72]

At the same time, Russia has also increasingly pivoted football games to Asia. Since late 2022, Russia has played with six AFC opponents, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Iraq, and Qatar.[73][74][75][76][77] In response, critics claim that the AFC doesn't offer the "same amount of power like in Europe" when compared to "lucrative European competitions".[78] Magomed Adiyev, the current head coach of Kazakhstan national football team (which Kazakhstan also moved to UEFA from AFC in 2002), also claimed that Russia shouldn't move and "wait until further development".[79] However, Australia, Japan, South Korea, three major AFC members, has urged the AFC not to allow Russia in even if they decided on doing so.[80] Still, according to Martin Lowe, the AFC has a significant number of members that are sympathetic to Russia, mainly in West and South Asia, as well as China, plus with several Central Asian countries (including Kazakhstan, despite joining UEFA, is the first UEFA nation to send a national team to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine after Belarus),[81] which could undermine Australia, Japan and South Korea's efforts due to their limited voices against the wider pro-Russian opinions in the AFC.[82]

In December 2023, Russian Football Union decided not to apply for the transfer to AFC at the time (the application has to be made 6 months before the end of UEFA's reporting year in June), as FIFA ban from official international competitions remained in effect. RFU agreed to re-consider the transfer in the future depending on FIFA or UEFA's actions.[83]

Team image

Kits and crests

Following the

Euro 2012 featured a red base with gold trim and a Russian flag positioned diagonally while the away kit was a minimalistic white with red trim. The 2014 FIFA World Cup kit made a return to the maroon and gold colour scheme, with Russian flag-coloured stripes built horizontally into the sleeves, the front includes the pattern in different shades of maroon depicting the Monument to the Conquerors of Space. The away 2014 kit was mostly white with blue trim, the top of the front below the trim shows the view of Earth from space. The sides and back of the collar were made in the colours of the Russian flag. The 2018 FIFA World Cup kit did not have much decorations in it, except for the coat of arms. Home red shirt had a very similar design to the uniform of Soviet Union Olympic football team it used at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the last major tournament as of 2018 that Russia or USSR won. The back side of the inside of the shirt had "Together to Victory" (Russian: Вместе к победе, romanizedVmeste k pobede) slogan printed below the collar.[citation needed
]

The Russian national team's official shirt supplier in 2008–22 was Adidas. The contract was unilaterally terminated by the German giant after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[87]

Jögel is currently the team's official jerseys sponsor from 2024, Jögel's deal with the Russian national team took effect in 2024 and lasts until 2026.[88]

Kit suppliers

Period Supplier
1992–1993 Germany Adidas
1993–1996 United Kingdom Reebok
1997–2008 United States Nike
2008–2022 Germany Adidas
2024–2026 Russia Jögel

Kit deals

Kit supplier Period Contract
announcement
Contract
duration
Value
Germany Adidas 2008–2022 2008-09-08 2008–2018 Undisclosed[89]
2018-05-31 2018–2022 Undisclosed[90]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

23 March Friendly Iran  1–1  Russia Tehran, Iran
20:30 UTC+3:30
  • Taremi 49' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
26 March Friendly Russia  2–0  Iraq Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 23,818
Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)
12 September Friendly Qatar  1–1  Russia Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3 Report
  • Soldatenkov
    90'
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
12 October Friendly Russia  1–0  Cameroon Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3 Chalov 40' Report Stadium: VTB Arena
Attendance: 20,152
Referee: Khaled Saleh Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)
16 October Friendly Russia  2–2  Kenya Aksu, Turkey
19:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)
20 November Friendly Russia  8–0  Cuba Volgograd, Russia
19:30 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 40,706
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2024

21 March Friendly Russia  v  Serbia Moscow, Russia
20:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: VTB Arena
25 March Friendly Russia  v  Paraguay Moscow, Russia
Report Stadium: VTB Arena
June Friendly Belarus  v  Russia Minsk, Belarus
June Friendly Russia  v  Peru Moscow, Russia
Stadium: VTB Arena

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach
Valeri Karpin
Assistant coaches Russia Nikolai Pisarev[91]
Russia Yuriy Nikiforov[91]
Russia Viktor Onopko[91]
Goalkeeping coach Turkmenistan Vitaly Kafanov[91]
Fitness coach Spain Luis Martínez[91]
Analyst Spain Jonatan Alba[91]

Manager history

As of 20 November 2023.[92]
No. Name Start End Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Competitions
1 Russia Pavel Sadyrin 16 July 1992 28 July 1994 23 12 6 5 52 1994 World Cup – Group stage
2 Russia Oleg Romantsev 28 July 1994 11 July 1996 25 17 4 4 68 UEFA Euro 1996 – Group stage
3 Russia Boris Ignatyev 11 July 1996 19 June 1998 20 8 8 4 40
4 Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 24 July 1998 20 December 1998 6 0 0 6 0
5 Russia Oleg Romantsev 28 December 1998 8 July 2002 35 19 10 6 54 2002 World Cup – Group stage
6 Russia Valery Gazzaev 8 July 2002 25 August 2003 9 4 2 3 44
7 Russia Georgi Yartsev 25 August 2003 5 April 2005 19 8 6 5 42 UEFA Euro 2004 – Group stage
8
Yuri Semin
18 April 2005 31 December 2005 7 3 4 0 43
C Russia Aleksandr Borodyuk 1 January 2006 9 July 2006 2 0 1 1 0
9 Netherlands Guus Hiddink 9 July 2006 30 June 2010 39 22 7 10 56 UEFA Euro 2008 – Semi-finals
10 Netherlands Dick Advocaat 15 July 2010 16 June 2012 23 12 7 4 52 UEFA Euro 2012 – Group stage
11 Italy Fabio Capello 26 July 2012 14 July 2015 33 17 11 5 52 2014 World Cup – Group stage
12 Russia Leonid Slutsky 7 August 2015 30 June 2016 13 6 2 5 46 UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage
13 Russia Stanislav Cherchesov 11 August 2016 8 July 2021 57 24 13 20 42 2017 Confederations Cup – Group stage
2018 World Cup – Quarter-finals
UEFA Euro 2020 – Group stage
14
Valeri Karpin
26 July 2021 16 9 6 1 56

Players

Current squad

  • Caps and goals are correct as of 20 November 2023 after the match against Cuba.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Matvei Safonov (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) 12 0 Russia Krasnodar
1GK Yuri Lodygin (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 33) 11 0 Greece Panathinaikos
1GK Andrey Lunyov (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 32) 7 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
1GK Aleksandr Maksimenko (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Russia Spartak Moscow

2DF Igor Diveyev (1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 24) 14 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
2DF Maksim Osipenko (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 29) 10 0 Russia Rostov
2DF Aleksandr Silyanov (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23) 7 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
2DF Daniil Khlusevich (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23) 5 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
2DF Sergei Volkov (2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Russia Krasnodar
2DF Arsen Adamov (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 24) 1 0 Russia Orenburg
2DF Yuri Gorshkov (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
2DF Yevgeni Kharin (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Russia Akhmat Grozny
2DF Yevgeny Morozov (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow

3MF Daler Kuzyayev (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31) 49 2 France Le Havre
3MF Aleksandr Golovin (captain) (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 27) 47 6 France Monaco[a]
3MF Aleksei Miranchuk (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) 43 6 Italy Atalanta
3MF Anton Miranchuk (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) 27 6 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
3MF Dmitri Barinov (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 27) 18 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
3MF Andrei Mostovoy (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26) 14 2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
3MF Danil Glebov (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 24) 10 0 Russia Rostov
3MF Ivan Oblyakov (1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 25) 8 2 Russia CSKA Moscow
3MF Arsen Zakharyan (2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 20) 7 0 Spain Real Sociedad
3MF Sergei Pinyayev (2004-11-02) 2 November 2004 (age 19) 6 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
3MF Danil Prutsev (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 23) 3 1 Russia Spartak Moscow
3MF Anton Zinkovsky (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 27) 3 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
3MF Aleksandr Chernikov (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Russia Krasnodar

4FW Fyodor Chalov (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 25) 7 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
4FW Konstantin Tyukavin (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow
4FW Ivan Sergeyev (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ilya Lantratov (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023
GK Artur Nigmatullin (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Russia Pari Nizhny Novgorod v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023
GK Ilya Pomazun (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
GK Mikhail Kerzhakov (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Qatar, 12 September 2023

DF
Aleksandr Soldatenkov
(1996-12-28) 28 December 1996 (age 27) 4 1 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023
DF Ruslan Litvinov (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 22) 4 0 Russia Spartak Moscow v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023 INJ
DF Georgi Dzhikiya (1993-11-21) 21 November 1993 (age 30) 45 2 Russia Spartak Moscow v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
DF Artyom Makarchuk (1995-11-09) 9 November 1995 (age 28) 4 0 Russia Sochi v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
DF Roman Yevgenyev (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25) 2 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
DF Dmitri Skopintsev (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow v.  Qatar, 12 September 2023

MF Nikita Krivtsov (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21) 1 1 Russia Krasnodar v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023
MF Daniil Fomin (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27) 16 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
MF Maksim Mukhin (2001-11-04) 4 November 2001 (age 22) 8 0 Russia CSKA Moscow v.  Kenya, 16 October 2023
MF Maksim Glushenkov (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 24) 2 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Cameroon, 12 October 2023 INJ
MF Artyom Karpukas (2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Cameroon, 12 October 2023 INJ
MF Aleksandr Yushin (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Russia Rodina Moscow v.  Qatar, 12 September 2023

FW Aleksandr Sobolev (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 27) 15 6 Russia Spartak Moscow v.  Cuba, 20 November 2023
FW Nikolay Komlichenko (1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 (age 28) 7 1 Russia Rostov v.  Qatar, 12 September 2023

Notes
  • INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Individual records

As of 7 September 2021.
Players in bold are still active with Russia.
This list does not include players who represented the Russian Empire (1910−1914), the Soviet Union (1924−1991) and the CIS (1992).

Most appearances

Sergei Ignashevich is the most capped player in Russian and USSR history with 127 caps.
Rank Name Caps Goals Period
1 Sergei Ignashevich 127 8 2002–2018
2 Igor Akinfeev 111 0 2004–2018
3 Viktor Onopko[I] 109 7 1992–2004
4 Yuri Zhirkov 105 2 2005–2021
5 Vasili Berezutski 101 5 2003–2016
6 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 90 30 2002–2016
7 Aleksandr Anyukov 76 1 2004–2013
8 Andrey Arshavin 74 17 2002–2012
9
Valeri Karpin[II]
72 17 1992–2003
10 Vladimir Beschastnykh 71 26 1992–2003

Notes

  1. ^ Viktor Onopko also made four appearances for the CIS.
  2. ^ Valeri Karpin also made one appearance for the CIS.

Top goalscorers

Aleksandr Kerzhakov (left) and Artem Dzyuba are Russia's joint top scorers with 30 goals each, behind Oleg Blokhin who scored 42 goals for the USSR.
Rank Name Goals Caps Average Period
1 Artem Dzyuba 30 55 0.55 2011–2021
Aleksandr Kerzhakov 30 90 0.33 2002–2016
3 Vladimir Beschastnykh 26 71 0.37 1992–2003
4 Roman Pavlyuchenko 21 50 0.42 2003–2012
5
Valeri Karpin
17 72 0.24 1992–2003
Andrey Arshavin 17 74 0.23 2002–2012
7 Fyodor Smolov 16 44 0.36 2012–2021
8 Dmitri Sychev 15 47 0.32 2002–2010
9 Roman Shirokov 13 56 0.23 2008–2016
10 Denis Cheryshev 12 33 0.36 2012–2021
Igor Kolyvanov[ii] 12 35 0.34 1992–1998
Aleksandr Kokorin 12 47 0.26 2011–2017

Notes

  1. ^ Oleg Blokhin, who scored 42 goals for the Soviet Union, is recognized by FIFA as Russia's top scorer,[citation needed] as the statistics of the Soviet Union were inherited by its successor state Russia.[1]
  2. ^ Igor Kolyvanov also made 19 appearances and scored 2 goals for the USSR, as well as 5 appearances and 1 goal for the CIS.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
as  Soviet Union as  Soviet Union
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
1930
Italy 1934 1934
France 1938 1938
Brazil 1950 1950
Switzerland 1954 1954
Sweden 1958 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 1 2 5 6 Squad 5 4 0 1 18 3 1958
Chile 1962 4 2 1 1 9 7 Squad 4 4 0 0 11 3 1962
England 1966 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 10 6 Squad 6 5 0 1 19 6 1966
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 2 Squad 4 3 1 0 8 1 1970
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 5 4 1974
Argentina 1978 4 2 0 2 5 3 1978
Spain 1982 Second group stage 7th 5 2 2 1 7 4 Squad 8 6 2 0 20 2 1982
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 12 5 Squad 8 4 2 2 13 8 1986
Italy 1990 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad 8 4 3 1 11 4 1990
as  Russia as  Russia
United States 1994 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 7 6 Squad 8 5 2 1 15 4 1994
France 1998 Did not qualify 10 5 3 2 20 7 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 22nd 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad 10 7 2 1 18 5 2002
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 12 6 5 1 23 12 2006
South Africa 2010 12 8 1 3 21 8 2010
Brazil 2014 Group stage 24th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad 10 7 1 2 20 5 2014
Russia 2018 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 2 1 11 7 Squad Qualified as hosts 2018
Qatar 2022 Disqualified from qualification play-offs by FIFA and UEFA 10 7 1 2 19 6 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined 2026
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
2034
Total Fourth place 11/22 45 19 10 16 77 54 125 80 24 21 246 81

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
as  Soviet Union as  Soviet Union
France 1960
Champions
1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 Squad 2 2 0 0 4 1 1960
Spain 1964
Runners-up
2nd 2 1 0 1 4 2 Squad 4 2 2 0 7 3 1964
Italy 1968 Fourth place 4th 2 0 1 1 0 2 Squad 8 6 0 2 19 8 1968
Belgium 1972
Runners-up
2nd 2 1 0 1 1 3 Squad 8 5 3 0 16 4 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 12 10 1976
Italy 1980 6 1 3 2 7 8 1980
France 1984 6 4 1 1 11 2 1984
West Germany 1988
Runners-up
2nd 5 3 1 1 7 4 Squad 8 5 3 0 14 3 1988
as  CIS as  Soviet Union
Sweden 1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4 Squad 8 5 3 0 13 2 1992
as  Russia as  Russia
England 1996 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 8 Squad 10 8 2 0 34 5 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 22 12 2000
Portugal 2004 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Squad 10 5 3 2 20 12 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 0 2 7 8 Squad 12 7 3 2 18 7 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 5 3 Squad 10 7 2 1 17 4 2012
France 2016 23rd 3 0 1 2 2 6 Squad 10 6 2 2 21 5 2016
Europe 2020 19th 3 1 0 2 2 7 Squad 10 8 0 2 33 8 2020
Germany 2024 Banned Banned 2024
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined
2028
Italy Turkey 2032 2032
Total 1 Title 12/17 36 13 7 16 40 52 128 80 29 19 262 89

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
2018–19 B 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 Same position 17th
2020–21 B 3 6 2 2 2 9 12 Same position 24th
2022–23 B 2 Disqualified Fall 32nd
2024–25 Banned
Total 10 4 3 3 13 15 17th

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 3 Squad
Total Group stage 1/10 3 1 0 2 3 3

Head-to-head record

Russian Empire, USSR, CIS and Russia national football team's all opponents

Include the records of  Russian Empire,  Soviet Union and  CIS before 1992.

As of 20 November 2023 after the match against  Cuba.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

  1. ^ Monaco is a Monégasque club playing in the French football league system.
  2. ^ Includes matches against  Czechoslovakia.
  3. ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
  4. ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro.

Honours

As  Soviet Union

Major

Minor

As  Russia

Major

Home venues record

Venue City First match Last match Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Average attendance
Lokomotiv Moscow 16 August 1992 6 June 2014 28 16 8 4 56 20 20,592
Luzhniki Moscow 14 October 1992 10 October 2019 33 20 8 5 55 21 41,881
Dynamo
Moscow 29 May 1996 14 October 2020 18 11 7 0 36 11 15,556
Petrovsky Saint Petersburg 20 August 1997 26 May 2014 9 8 0 1 19 3 18,119
Arsenal Tula 19 May 1999 19 May 1999 1 0 1 0 1 1 13,000
Tsentralny Volgograd 16 October 2002 16 October 2002 1 1 0 0 4 1 16,000
Kuban Krasnodar 17 November 2004 14 November 2015 4 3 1 0 9 2 26,800
Tsentralny Profsoyuz Voronezh 17 November 2010 17 November 2010 1 0 0 1 0 2 34,000
Tsentralny Kazan 6 September 2013 6 September 2013 1 1 0 0 4 1 22,000
Arena Khimki Khimki 3 September 2014 7 June 2015 4 3 1 0 12 2 6,109
Otkrytie Arena
Moscow 12 October 2014 21 June 2017 6 3 1 2 7 3 38,204
Olimp-2 Rostov-on-Don 17 November 2015 17 November 2015 1 0 0 1 1 3 15,000
Krasnodar Stadium Krasnodar 9 October 2016 24 March 2017 5 0 2 3 6 7 30,100
Akhmat-Arena Grozny 15 November 2016 15 November 2016 1 1 0 0 1 0 30,000
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi 28 March 2017 27 October 2021 3 1 2 0 5 5 42,144
VEB Arena Moscow 9 June 2017 8 October 2020 3 1 2 0 6 4 21,742
Krestovsky Stadium Saint Petersburg 17 June 2017 16 November 2019 4 2 1 1 9 7 52,843
Kazan Arena
Kazan 24 June 2017 10 October 2017 2 0 1 1 2 3 37,428
Cosmos Arena
Samara 25 June 2018 25 June 2018 1 0 0 1 0 3 41,970
Rostov Arena Rostov-on-Don 10 September 2018 10 September 2018 1 1 0 0 5 1 42,200
Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad 11 October 2018 9 September 2019 2 1 1 0 0 0 31,698

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