Russia national football team

This article is about the men's football team. For the women's team, see Russia women's national football team.

Russia

Association	Russian Football Union (RFS) Российский футбольный союз
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Stanislav Cherchesov
Captain	Igor Akinfeev
Most caps	Sergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorer	Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30)
Home stadium	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
FIFA code	RUS
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	49 21 (16 August 2018)
Highest	3 (April 1996)
Lowest	70 (June 2018)
Elo ranking
Current	38 (11 July 2018)
Highest	7 (August 2009)
Lowest	50 (29 March 2017)
First international
Russia 2–0 Mexico  (Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992)
Biggest win
San Marino 0–7 Russia  (San Marino, San Marino; 7 June 1995)  Liechtenstein 0–7 Russia  (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 8 September 2015)
Biggest defeat
Portugal 7–1 Russia  (Lisbon, Portugal; 13 October 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1958)
Best result	Fourth place (1966)[1]
European Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1960)
Best result	Champions (1960)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage (2017)

The Russia national football team (Russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по футбо́лу, natsionálnaya sbórnaya Rossii po futbólu) represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, Rossiyskiy Futboľnyj Soyuz), the governing body for football in Russia. Russia is a member of UEFA, they won the first edition of the respective continental competition in 1960 as the Soviet Union (of which Russia is the successor).^[2]

Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their current head coach is Stanislav Cherchesov.

Contents

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  1 History
  
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    1.1 Beginning
    
  
  
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    1.2 Euro 1996
    
  
  
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    1.3 1997–99
    
  
  
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    1.4 Revival
    
  
  
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    1.5 Euro 2008
    
  
  
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    1.6 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
    
  
  
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    1.7 Euro 2012
    
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      1.7.1 Final tournament
      
    
    
  
  
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    1.8 2014 FIFA World Cup
    
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      1.8.1 Qualification
      
    
    
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      1.8.2 Final tournament
      
    
    
  
  
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    1.9 UEFA Euro 2016
    
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      1.9.1 Qualification
      
    
    
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      1.9.2 Final tournament
      
    
    
  
  
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    1.10 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
    
  
  
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    1.11 2018 FIFA World Cup
    
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      1.11.1 Knockout stage
      
    
    
  
  


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  2 Team image
  
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    2.1 Kits and crests
    
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      2.1.1 Kit suppliers
      
    
    
  
  


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  3 Competitive record
  
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    3.1 FIFA World Cup record
    
  
  
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    3.2 UEFA European Championship record
    
  
  
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    3.3 FIFA Confederations Cup
    
  
  


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  4 Qualifying campaigns
  


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  5 Managers
  


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  6 Coaching staff
  


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  7 Players
  
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    7.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    7.2 Recent call-ups
    
  
  


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  8 Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
  
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    8.1 2017
    
  
  
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    8.2 2018
    
  
  


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  9 Head-to-head record
  


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  10 Player records
  


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  11 Home venues record
  


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  12 See also
  


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  13 References
  


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  14 Further reading
  


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  15 External links
  

History

Main articles: Russian Empire national football team, Soviet Union national football team, and CIS national football team

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia played its first international match against Mexico on 16 August 1992 winning 2–0 with a team of former Soviet Union players, including some born in other former Soviet republics.

Beginning

Led by manager Pavel Sadyrin, Russia were in Group 5 for the qualification campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States which consisted of Greece, Iceland, Hungary and Luxembourg. The suspension of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reduced the group to five teams. Russia eventually qualified alongside Greece with six wins and two draws. Russia went to the USA to start a new era of Russian football as an independent country. The Russian squad consisted of veterans like goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov, Aleksandr Borodyuk and players like Viktor Onopko, Oleg Salenko, Dmitri Cheryshev, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Vladimir Beschastnykh, and Valery Karpin (some of these Russian players could have chosen to play for example the Ukrainian national football team but the Football Federation of Ukraine had failed to secure recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification^[3]).

In the final tournament, Russia was drawn into group B with Cameroon, Sweden, and Brazil. This was considered a strong group with Russia having limited chances of qualifying for the second round. In their first two games in Detroit Russia lost 2–0 to Brazil and 3–1 to Sweden. Teetering on elimination, Russia defeated Cameroon 6–1 in San Francisco with Oleg Salenko scoring record five goals in a single match. Russia was eliminated from the tournament with three points from one win and two losses. Sadyrin was later sacked following what was a poor performance.

Euro 1996

Russia's Euro 96 match against Italy on a stamp of Azerbaijan

After Sadyrin was sacked, Oleg Romantsev was appointed coach to lead Russia to Euro 96. Romantsev was expected to qualify Russia for the final tournament and perform well. In his squad he selected many players from the 1994 FIFA World Cup such as Viktor Onopko, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Vladimir Beschastnykh, and Valery Karpin. 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 Group C with Germany, Czech Republic, and Italy. Group C was considered the 'group of death' with Russia dubbed the weakest team, and they were eliminated after losing 2–1 to Italy and 3–0 to Germany despite a goalless first half in the latter game. Russia's last game against the Czech Republic ended 3–3. Germany and Czech Republic went on to meet in the final.

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, retaining players from Euro 96 such as Viktor Onopko, Aleksandr Mostovoi, and Valery Karpin. 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 were determined to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2000 co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. Anatoliy Byshovets was appointed as Russia manager. He made very few changes to the squad by recalling players from the previous generations but did call up striker Aleksandr Panov. Russia were drawn in Group 4 for the qualifying round with France, Ukraine, Iceland, Armenia, and Andorra. Russia and France were considered as favorites for the top two spots with Ukraine being an outside contender. Russia began their campaign with three straight defeats to Ukraine, France, and Iceland. Outraged by this result, the Russian Football Union immediately sacked Byshovets and reappointed Oleg Romantsev as manager. The reappointment of Romanstev as manager brought a complete turn-around to Russia's campaign. They went on to win their next six games including a 3–2 victory over 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. Russia took a 1–0 lead; however the game finished 1–1 after a mistake by the goalkeeper Alexandr Filimonov late in the game.^[4] 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 were once again considered the favourites to qualify along with either Switzerland or Yugoslavia. Russia finished their campaign 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.^[5] For their last game against Belgium, Russia needed a draw to take them to the second round, but lost 3–2 and was eliminated.

Georgi Yartsev managed Russia at Euro 2004

Romantsev was sacked immediately following the tournament and replaced with CSKA's Valery Gazzaev. His task looked difficult as Russia's group consisted of Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Albania, and Georgia with the Irish considered favourites and an improving Swiss side as an increasing threat. Russia began their campaign with home victories against the Republic of Ireland and Albania, but lost their next two games away to Albania and Georgia. Gazzaev was sacked after a disappointing draw with Switzerland in Basel, and Georgi Yartsev was then appointed manager. He managed to qualify Russia for a play-off against Wales after home victories to Switzerland and Georgia. In the first play-off leg Russia drew 0–0 with Wales in Moscow, but a 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 Group A with hosts Portugal, Spain, and Greece. They were not among the favourites to progress and tournament preparations were hampered by injuries to defenders Sergei Ignashevich and Victor Onopko.^[6] Russia started their tournament against Spain but a late goal from Juan Carlos Valeron put Russia on the brink of another group stage elimination.^[7] Four days later, Russia became the first team officially eliminated after a 0–2 defeat to Portugal.^[8] The final game of the group resulted in a surprising 2–1 victory over Greece with Dmitri Kirichenko scoring one of the fastest goals of the tournament.^[9]

In the 2006 World Cup qualifying tournament, Russia was drawn into Group 3 with Portugal, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Russia began qualification with a 1–1 draw against Slovakia on 4 September 2004 in Moscow and then beat Luxembourg 4–0, but suffered a 7–1 defeat against Portugal in Lisbon, which remains Russia's worst defeat. Victories against Estonia and Liechtenstein seemed to put them back on track but a 1–1 draw with Estonia on 30 March 2005 in Tallinn was a major disappointment which saw the end of Georgi Yartsev's reign. Under new manager Yuri Semin, 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 seemed to redeem themselves with 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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E

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

Having failed to qualify Russia for the 2006 World Cup, Yuri Semin 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.^[10]

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 Euro 2008 tournament, Russia were drawn into Group D with Sweden and Euro 2004 group rivals Spain and Greece. In a preparation friendly against Serbia, leading striker Pavel Pogrebnyak was injured and would miss the tournament. Russia lost their opening match 4–1 to Spain in Innsbruck but then beat Greece 1–0 with a goal by Konstantin Zyryanov. The third game saw Russia defeat Sweden 2–0 through goals by Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin, resulting in Russia advancing to the quarter-finals in second place behind Spain.

In the quarter-final against the Netherlands, Roman Pavlyuchenko scored a volley ten minutes after half-time. With four minutes left in the match, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored, to make it 1–1 and put the game into extra time. But Russia regained the lead when Andrei Arshavin raced down the left flank and sent a cross towards substitute Dmitri Torbinski, who tapped the ball into the net. Arshavin then beat Edwin van der Sar, ending the match 3–1, and sent Russia through to their first major semi-final since the breakup of the USSR. In the semi-finals Russia was once again matched up against Spain, and lost 3–0.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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.^[11] In the return match, Russia lost 1–0 in Maribor, and Slovenia qualified for the finals on the away goals rule.^[12] On 13 February 2010, it was confirmed that Hiddink would leave his position as manager, with the expiration of his contract on 30 June.^[13]

Euro 2012

Russia directly qualified for Euro 2012 by winning qualifying Group B, defeating Slovakia, the Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia and Andorra.

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group A

Russia against Poland in Euro 2012.

Russia were drawn into Group A with Poland, Czech Republic, Greece. Led by Dick Advocaat, Russia were considered before the starting of the tournament as the dark horses of the competition as they had been unbeaten since nearly 15 games and managed to record an impressive 3–0 win against Italy only one week before the Euro 2012's opening game kick-off. The Sbornaya started off the tournament by justifying the belief with a sensational 4–1 win over the Czech Republic and temporarily went to the 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, Dick Advocaat's side saw Dzagoev continuing 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 negative. The Sbornaya went full of confidence to the final game against Greece which they were meeting for the third time in a row. However, things did not go as expected as Greece scored the opener late in the first half. The game finished with a 1–0 loss which eliminated the Russians from the tournament to the disbelief of the supporters.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Poland (H)	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

The group stage exit was considered as one of the biggest surprises of the Euro and resulted in a hostile reaction from fans and medias. Advocaat and most of the team such as Andrey Arshavin were heavily criticized for the perceived excess of confidence.

2014 FIFA World Cup

Qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

In July 2012, the Italian Fabio Capello was named as the new Russian manager, after being sacked by England in February.^[14]

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, after qualification had been achieved, Capello was rewarded with a new four-year contract to last up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[15]

Group F

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 10 7 1 2 20 5 +15 22  Portugal 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 21  Israel 10 3 5 2 19 14 +5 14  Azerbaijan 10 1 6 3 7 11 −4 9  Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 9 17 −8 7  Luxembourg 10 1 3 6 7 26 −19 6

Azerbaijan  — 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 Israel  1–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–3 0–4 Luxembourg  0–0 0–6 — 3–2 1–2 0–4 Northern Ireland  1–1 0–2 1–1 — 2–4 1–0 Portugal  3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 Russia  1–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 —

Final tournament

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H

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.^[16] 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 green 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.^[17][18]

Group H

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Russia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

UEFA Euro 2016

Qualification

Russia were placed in Group G of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying alongside Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova and Liechtenstein. Russia began their campaign well 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.

Group G

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	10	9	1	0	22	5	+17	28	Qualify for final tournament
2	Russia	10	6	2	2	21	5	+16	20
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18	Advance to play-offs
4	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	11
5	Liechtenstein	10	1	2	7	2	26	−24	5
6	Moldova	10	0	2	8	4	16	−12	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group B

During the group stages of the tournament, UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification on Russia for crowd trouble during a group match against England.^[19] 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.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: UEFA

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Russia qualified for the 2017 Confederations Cup as hosts.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	Russia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)18:00

Russia	2–0	New Zealand
Boxall  31' (o.g.) Smolov  69'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 50,251

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)18:00

Russia	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Ronaldo  8'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 42,759

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)18:00

Mexico	2–1	Russia
Araujo  30' Lozano  52'	Report	Samedov  25'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 41,585

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

2018 FIFA World Cup

Russian team during the penalty series in the first knockout round against Spain at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 2 December 2010, Russia were selected to host the 2018 World Cup and automatically qualified for the tournament.^[20][21] During the friendly matches prior to the tournament, Russia did not have good results. The team lost more games than it won and this made their FIFA ranking fall to 70th, the lowest among all World Cup participants.^[22][23] Russia were drawn to play Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay in the group stage.

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A

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,^[24] on 14 June in the opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[25] On 19 June, Russia won their second game of the group stage, beating Egypt by a scoreline of 3–1,^[26] taking their goal difference to +7 with only two matches played.^[27] The win over Egypt all but secured Russia's advancement into the knockout stage for the first time since 1986, when they played as the Soviet Union; and also for the first time in their history as an independent state.^[28] They officially qualified for the knockout stage the next day, following Uruguay's 1–0 win over Saudi Arabia.^[29][30] Russia's final group game was against two-time world champions (1930 and 1950) and powerhouse Uruguay, with Russia losing 3–0,^[31] meaning that they would finish second in the group.

Advancing from their group in second place, Russia faced Spain at the Round of 16 in Moscow. Spain were considered one of the tournament favorites with many accomplished players at club and international level, having won 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.^[32]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.^[33][34] 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 10 men, and conceded no goals from open play as Spain's only goal was from a corner kick set piece while Russia tied the game thanks for a penalty awarded for a handball.^[35]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.^[36] 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".^[37]

Russia then played Croatia in the quarter-finals held at Sochi, on 7 July.^[38][39][40] Coach Stanislav Cherchesov reverted to a four-man defense which successfully exploited Croatia offensive set-up which proved vulnerable to Russia's counter-attacking.^[35] Russia scored first (a spectacular strike by Denis Cheryshev which was his fourth goal of the tournament) and last (a header from Mário Fernandes at the 115th minute) as the match finished 2–2 after extra time, and then were eliminated 3–4 in the penalty shootout.^[41] Nonetheless, this stands as Russia’s best World Cup performance ever since the dissolution of the USSR. The team visited the FIFA Fan Fest in Moscow on Sunday July 8, 2018 to thank their supporters and say goodbye.^[42][37]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia (H)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group A will advance to play the runners-up of Group B.


• The runners-up of Group A will advance to play the winners of Group B.

14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	5–0	Saudi Arabia
Gazinsky  12' Cheryshev  43', 90+1' Dzyuba  71' Golovin  90+4'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[43]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	3–1	Egypt
Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report	Salah  73' (pen.)

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[44]

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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25 June 2018 (2018-06-25)18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Uruguay	3–0	Russia
Suárez  10' Cheryshev  23' (o.g.) Cavani  90'	Report

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[45]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Knockout stage

Round of sixteen

1 July 2018 (2018-07-01)17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)	Report	Dzyuba  41' (pen.)
Penalties
Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas	3–4	Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[46]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Russia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Croatia
Cheryshev  31' Fernandes  115'	Report	Kramarić  39' Vida  101'
Penalties
Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev	3–4	Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,287^[47]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Following the break up of the Soviet Union, the Russian Football Union opted for a new identity, replacing the red and white Adidas kits with strips supplied by Reebok. Reebok presented the team in red, blue and white kits reflecting the new national flag of Russia. In 1997, Nike decided on a simpler design using just blue and white. The design, used at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004, consisted of mainly a white base with blue trim and the opposite combination for the away kit. After failing to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Nike moved in another direction by reintroducing red, this time as the home kit, while white being reversed as the away colour.^[48][49] This trend was continued by Adidas, who took over as suppliers in September 2008.^[50] The 2009–10 season marked yet another major change in the kit design with the introduction of the maroon and gold as the primary home colours. This combination however proved to be short lived as a return to red and white was made in 2011. The edition of the kit used at 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 combination. The 2014 FIFA World Cup kit made return to the maroon and gold colour scheme once again, 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 is 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 are made in the colours of the Russian flag. The Russian national team's official shirt supplier since 2008 is Adidas.

Kit suppliers

Kit supplier	Period	Notes
Adidas	1992–1993
Reebok	1993–1996
Nike	1997–2008
Adidas	2008–present

Competitive record

Squads

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1952 Summer Olympics 1 Ivanov 2 Krizhevsky 3 Bashashkin 4 Nyrkov 5 Netto 6 Petrov 7 Trofimov 8 Nikolayev 9 Bobrov (c) 10 Maryutin 11 Ilyin 12 Nikanorov 13 Gómez 14 Zyablikov 15 Antadze 16 Tenyagin 17 Beskov 18 Gogoberidze 19 Chkuaseli 20 Margania Coach: Arkadyev v t e Soviet Union squad – 1956 Olympic gold medalists GK Razinsky GK Yashin DF Tishchenko DF Ogonkov DF Maslyonkin DF Kuznetsov DF Bashashkin DF Porkhunov MF Netto MF Betsa MF Paramonov FW Tatushin FW Ivanov FW Isayev FW Ryzhkin FW Salnikov FW Ilyin FW Streltsov FW Simonyan FW Belyayev Coach: Kachalin v t e Soviet Union squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Kesarev 3 Krizhevsky 4 Kuznetsov 5 Voynov 6 Netto 7 Apukhtin 8 V. Ivanov 9 Simonyan (c) 10 Salnikov 11 Ilyin 12 Maslachenko 13 Belyayev 14 Ostrovskis 15 Maslyonkin 16 Tsaryov 17 A. Ivanov 18 Bubukin 19 Gusarov 20 Falin 21 Fedosov 22 Yerokhin Coach: Kachalin v t e Soviet Union squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup winners (1st title) GK Maslachenko GK Yashin DF Chokheli DF Kesarev DF Krutikov DF Maslyonkin DF Tsaryov MF Netto (c) MF Voynov FW Apukhtin FW Bubukin FW Ivanov FW Kaloev FW Kovalyov FW Meskhi FW Metreveli FW Ponedelnik Coach: Kachalin v t e Soviet Union squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Maslachenko 3 Kotrikadze 4 Dubinski 5 Chokheli 6 Ostrovskis 7 Maslyonkin 8 Shesternyov 9 Manoshin 10 Netto (c) 11 Sabo 12 Voronin 13 Gusarov 14 Ivanov 15 Kanevski 16 Mamykin 17 Meskhi 18 Metreveli 19 Ponedelnik 20 Serebryanikov 21 Khusainov 22 Chislenko Coach: Kachalin v t e Soviet Union squad – 1964 European Nations' Cup runners-up GK Urushadze GK Yashin DF Anichkin DF Dubinski DF Glotov DF Mudrik DF Shesternyov DF Shustikov MF Korneyev MF Shikunov MF Voronin FW Chislenko FW Gusarov FW Ivanov (c) FW Khusainov FW Kopayev FW Malofeyev FW Ponedelnik Coach: Beskov v t e Soviet Union squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup fourth place 1 Yashin 2 Serebryanikov 3 Ostrovskis 4 Ponomaryov 5 Afonin 6 Shesternyov (c) 7 Khurtsilava 8 Sabo 9 Getmanov 10 Danilov 11 Chislenko 12 Voronin 13 Korneyev 14 Sichinava 15 Khusainov 16 Metreveli 17 Porkujan 18 Banishevskiy 19 Malofeyev 20 Markarov 21 Kavazashvili 22 Bannikov Coach: Morozov v t e Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Fourth Place 1 Pshenichnikov 2 Anichkin 3 Afonin 4 Banishevskiy 5 Byshovets 6 Voronin 7 Yevryuzhikhin 8 Istomin 9 Kavazashvili 10 Kaplychnyi 11 Malofeyev 12 Muntyan 13 Nodia 14 Rudakov 15 Levchenko 16 Khurtsilava 17 Chislenko 18 Shesternyov (c) 19 Lenyov 20 Asatiani 21 Logofet 22 Smolnikov Coach: Yakushin v t e Soviet Union squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Shmuts 2 Kavazashvili 3 Afonin 4 Dzodzuashvili 5 Kaplychnyi 6 Lovchev 7 Logofet 8 Khurtsilava 9 Shesternyov (c) 10 Zykov 11 Asatiani 12 Kiselyov 13 Yashin 14 Muntyan 15 Serebryanikov 16 Byshovets 17 Yevryuzhikhin 18 Metreveli 19 Nodia 20 Puzach 21 Khmelnitsky 22 Porkujan Coach: Kachalin v t e Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1972 runners-up GK Pilguy GK Rudakov DF Abramov DF Dzodzuashvili DF Istomin DF Kaplychnyi DF Matviyenko DF Troshkin MF Baidachny MF Dolmatov MF Khurtsilava (c) MF Kolotov MF Konkov MF Muntyan FW Banishevskiy FW Kozynkevych FW Nodia FW Onyshchenko Coach: Ponomarov v t e Soviet Union squad – 1972 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists 1 Rudakov 2 Istomin 3 Khurtsilava 4 Lovchev 5 Kaplychnyi 6 Kolotov 7 Onyshchenko 8 Semyonov 9 Yakubik 10 Kuksov 11 Yevryuzhikhin 12 Dzodzuashvili 13 Olshansky 14 Zanazanyan 15 Andreasyan 16 Sabo 17 Pilguy 18 Yeliseyev 19 Blokhin Coach: Ponomarev v t e Soviet Union squad – 1976 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists 1 Astapovsky 2 Kon'kov 3 Matviyenko 4 Fomenko 5 Reshko 6 Troshkin 7 Kipiani 8 Onyshchenko 9 Kolotov 10 Veremeyev 11 Blokhin 12 Buryak 13 Fyodorov 14 Minayev 15 Zvyahintsev 16 Nazarenko 17 Prokhorov Coach: Lobanovskiy v t e Soviet Union squad – 1980 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists 1 Dasayev 2 Sulakvelidze 3 Chivadze 4 Khidiyatullin 5 Romantsev 6 Shavlo 7 Andreyev 8 Bezsonov 9 Gavrilov 10 Cherenkov 11 Gazzaev 12 Pilguy 13 Baltacha 14 Nikulin 15 Oganesian 16 Prokopenko 17 Chelebadze Coach: Beskov v t e Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Sulakvelidze 3 Chivadze (c) 4 Khidiyatullin 5 Baltacha 6 Demyanenko 7 Shengelia 8 Bessonov 9 Gavrilov 10 Oganesian 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Daraselia 14 Borovsky 15 Andreyev 16 Rodionov 17 Buryak 18 Susloparov 19 Yevtushenko 20 Romantsev 21 Vi. Chanov 22 Vy. Chanov Coach: Beskov v t e Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Bezsonov 3 Chivadze 4 Morozov 5 Demyanenko (c) 6 Bubnov 7 Yaremchuk 8 Yakovenko 9 Zavarov 10 Kuznetsov 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Litovchenko 14 Rodionov 15 Larionov 16 Chanov 17 Yevtushenko 18 Protasov 19 Belanov 20 Aleinikov 21 Rats 22 Krakovsky Coach: Lobanovskiy v t e Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1988 runners-up 1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Lytovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Belanov 12 Vyshnevskyi 13 Sulakvelidze 14 Sukristov 15 Mykhaylychenko 16 Chanov 17 Dmitriyev 18 Gotsmanov 19 Baltacha 20 Pasulko Coach: Lobanovskiy v t e Soviet Union football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists Kharine Ketashvili Sklyarov Cherednyk Janonis Tyshchenko Kuznetsov Ponomaryov Borodyuk Dobrovolski Lyutyi Yarovenko Fokin Tatarchuk Mykhaylychenko Prudnikov Losev Gorlukovich Savichev Narbekovas Coach: Byshovets v t e Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach: Lobanovskiy v t e CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine 2 Chernyshov 3 Tskhadadze 4 Tsveiba 5 O. Kuznetsov 6 Shalimov 7 Mykhaylychenko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Aleinikov 10 Dobrovolski 11 Yuran 12 Cherchesov 13 Kiriakov 14 Lyutyi 15 Kolyvanov 16 D. Kuznetsov 17 Korneev 18 Onopko 19 Lediakhov 20 Ivanov Coach: Byshovets v t e Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov 2 Kuznetsov 3 Gorlukovich 4 Galyamin 5 Nikiforov 6 Ternavskiy 7 Pyatnitsky 8 Popov 9 Salenko 10 Karpin 11 Beschastnykh 12 Tetradze 13 Borodyuk 14 Korneev 15 Radchenko 16 Kharin (c) 17 Tsymbalar 18 Onopko 19 Mostovoi 20 Ledyakhov 21 Khlestov 22 Yuran Coach: Sadyrin v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharin 2 Tetradze 3 Nikiforov 4 Tsymbalar 5 Kovtun 6 Karpin 7 Onopko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Kolyvanov 10 Mostovoi 11 Kiriakov 12 Cherchesov 13 Bushmanov 14 Dobrovolski 15 Shalimov 16 Simutenkov 17 Beschastnykh 18 Yanovsky 19 Radimov 20 Gorlukovich 21 Khokhlov 22 Ovchinnikov Coach: Romantsev v t e Russia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin 2 Kovtun 3 Nikiforov 4 Smertin 5 Solomatin 6 Semshov 7 Onopko (c) 8 Karpin 9 Titov 10 Mostovoi 11 Beschastnykh 12 Cherchesov 13 Daev 14 Chugainov 15 Alenichev 16 Kerzhakov 17 Semak 18 Sennikov 19 Pimenov 20 Izmailov 21 Khokhlov 22 Sychev 23 Filimonov Coach: Romantsev v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Ovchinnikov 2 Radimov 3 Sychev 4 Smertin (c) 5 Karyaka 6 Semshov 7 Izmailov 8 Gusev 9 Bulykin 10 Mostovoi 11 Kerzhakov 12 Malafeev 13 Sharonov 14 Anyukov 15 Alenichev 16 Evseev 17 Sennikov 18 Kirichenko 19 Bystrov 20 Loskov 21 Bugaev 22 Aldonin 23 Akinfeev Coach: Yartsev v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists 1 Akinfeev 2 V. Berezutski 3 Yanbaev 4 Ignashevich 5 A. Berezutski 6 Adamov 7 Torbinski 8 Kolodin 9 Saenko 10 Arshavin 11 Semak (c) 12 Gabulov 13 Ivanov 14 Shirokov 15 Bilyaletdinov 16 Malafeev 17 Zyryanov 18 Zhirkov 19 Pavlyuchenko 20 Semshov 21 Sychev 22 Anyukov 23 Bystrov Coach: Hiddink v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Akinfeev 2 Anyukov 3 Sharonov 4 Ignashevich 5 Zhirkov 6 Shirokov 7 Denisov 8 Zyryanov 9 Izmailov 10 Arshavin (c) 11 Kerzhakov 12 A. Berezutskiy 13 Shunin 14 Pavlyuchenko 15 Kombarov 16 Malafeev 17 Dzagoev 18 Kokorin 19 Granat 20 Pogrebnyak 21 Nababkin 22 Glushakov 23 Semshov Coach: Advocaat v t e Russia squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Akinfeev 2 Kozlov 3 Shchennikov 4 Ignashevich 5 Semyonov 6 Kanunnikov 7 Denisov 8 Glushakov 9 Kokorin 10 Dzagoev 11 Kerzhakov 12 Lodygin 13 Granat 14 V. Berezutski (c) 15 Mogilevets 16 Ryzhikov 17 Shatov 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Fayzulin 21 Ionov 22 Yeshchenko 23 Kombarov Coach: Capello v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2016 1 Akinfeev 2 Shishkin 3 Smolnikov 4 Ignashevich 5 Neustädter 6 A. Berezutski 7 Yusupov 8 Glushakov 9 Kokorin 10 Smolov 11 Mamayev 12 Lodygin 13 Golovin 14 V. Berezutski 15 Shirokov (c) 16 Guilherme 17 Shatov 18 Ivanov 19 Samedov 20 Torbinski 21 Shchennikov 22 Dzyuba 23 Kombarov Coach: Slutsky v t e Russia squad – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Akinfeev (c) 2 Smolnikov 3 Shishkin 4 Gazinsky 5 Vasin 6 Dzhikiya 7 Poloz 8 Glushakov 9 Smolov 10 Kambolov 11 Bukharov 12 Gabulov 13 Kudryashov 14 Kutepov 15 Miranchuk 16 Guilherme 17 Golovin 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Kanunnikov 21 Yerokhin 22 Tarasov 23 Kombarov Coach: Cherchesov v t e Russia squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Akinfeev (c) 2 Fernandes 3 Kutepov 4 Ignashevich 5 Semyonov 6 Cheryshev 7 Kuzyayev 8 Gazinsky 9 Dzagoev 10 Smolov 11 Zobnin 12 Lunyov 13 Kudryashov 14 Granat 15 Al. Miranchuk 16 An. Miranchuk 17 Golovin 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Gabulov 21 Yerokhin 22 Dzyuba 23 Smolnikov Coach: Cherchesov

FIFA World Cup record

Main article: Russia at the FIFA World Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
as  Soviet Union
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	1	2	5	6
1962	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	9	7
1966	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	10	6
1970	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	2
1974	Disqualified[51]
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Second group stage	7th	5	2	2	1	7	4
1986	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	12	5
1990	Group stage	17th	3	1	0	2	4	4
as  Russia
1994	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	7	6
1998	Did not qualify
2002	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	4	4
2006	Did not qualify
2010
2014	Group stage	24th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2018	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	2	1	11	7
Total	11/21	Best: 4th	45	19	10	16	77	54

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

UEFA European Championship record

Main article: Russia at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
as  Soviet Union
1960	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1
1964	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	2
1968	Fourth place	4th	2	0	1	1	0	2
1972	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	1	3
1976	Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	7	4
as  CIS
1992	Group stage	8th	3	0	2	1	1	4
as  Russia
1996	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	8
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2008	Semi-final	3rd	5	3	0	2	7	8
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	3
2016	Group stage	23rd	3	0	1	2	2	6
2020	To be determined
Total	1 title	11/15	30	11	6	13	33	42

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	3	—

Major competitions
1994 World Cup – Group stage
1996 European Championship – Group stage
1998 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2000 European Championship – Failed to qualify
2002 World Cup – Group stage
2004 European Championship – Group stage
2006 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2008 European Championship – Semi-final
2010 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2012 European Championship – Group stage
2014 World Cup – Group stage
2016 European Championship – Group stage
2018 World Cup – Quarter-final
9 out of 13

Qualifying campaigns

FIFA World Cup	European Football Championship
1994 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group	1996 – Finished 1st in qualifying group
1998 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group Lost to Italy in play-offs	2000 – Finished 3rd in qualifying group
2002 – Finished 1st in qualifying group	2004 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group Beat Wales in play-offs
2006 – Finished 3rd in qualifying group	2008 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group
2010 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group Lost to Slovenia in play-offs	2012 – Finished 1st in qualifying group
2014 – Finished 1st in qualifying group	2016 – Finished 2nd in qualifying group
2018 – Qualified directly as the host	2020 – To be decided

Managers

Statistics correct as of 9 July 2018^[52]

Name	Tenure	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Pavel Sadyrin	1992–1994	23	12	6	5	52.17
Oleg Romantsev	1994–1996, 1998–2002	60	36	14	10	60
Boris Ignatyev	1996–1998	20	8	8	4	40
Anatoliy Byshovets	1998	6	0	0	6	0
Valery Gazzaev	2002–2003	9	4	2	3	44.44
Georgi Yartsev	2003–2005	19	8	6	5	42.11
Yuri Semin	2005	7	3	4	0	42.86
Aleksandr Borodyuk (caretaker)	2006	2	0	1	1	0
Guus Hiddink	July 2006 – June 2010	39	22	7	10	56.41
Dick Advocaat	July 2010 – July 2012	24	12	8	4	50
Fabio Capello	July 2012 – July 2015	33	17	11	5	51.52
Leonid Slutsky	August 2015 – June 2016	13	6	2	5	46.15
Stanislav Cherchesov	August 2016 – present	25	8	6	11	32

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Stanislav Cherchesov
Assistant coach	Miroslav Romaschenko
Goalkeeping coach	Gintaras Staučė
Physical trainer	Paulino Granero
Physical trainer	Vladimir Panikov

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.^[53][54][55]
Caps and goals updated as of 7 July 2018 after the match against Croatia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Igor Akinfeev (Captain)	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 32)	111	0	CSKA Moscow
12	1GK	Andrey Lunyov	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 26)	3	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
20	1GK	Vladimir Gabulov	(1983-10-19) 19 October 1983 (age 34)	10	0	Club Brugge
2	2DF	Mário Fernandes	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 27)	10	1	CSKA Moscow
3	2DF	Ilya Kutepov	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 25)	12	0	Spartak Moscow
4	2DF	Sergei Ignashevich RET	(1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 39)	127	8	Retired
5	2DF	Andrei Semyonov	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 29)	6	0	Akhmat Grozny
13	2DF	Fyodor Kudryashov	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 31)	23	0	Rubin Kazan
14	2DF	Vladimir Granat	(1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 31)	13	1	Rubin Kazan
23	2DF	Igor Smolnikov	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 30)	28	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
6	3MF	Denis Cheryshev	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 27)	16	4	Valencia
7	3MF	Daler Kuzyayev	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 25)	11	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
8	3MF	Yury Gazinsky	(1989-07-20) 20 July 1989 (age 29)	10	1	Krasnodar
9	3MF	Alan Dzagoev	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 28)	59	9	CSKA Moscow
11	3MF	Roman Zobnin	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 24)	17	0	Spartak Moscow
16	3MF	Anton Miranchuk	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 22)	6	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
17	3MF	Aleksandr Golovin	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 22)	23	3	Monaco
18	3MF	Yuri Zhirkov RET	(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 34)	87	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
19	3MF	Aleksandr Samedov RET	(1984-07-19) 19 July 1984 (age 34)	53	7	Spartak Moscow
21	3MF	Aleksandr Yerokhin	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 28)	19	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
10	4FW	Fyodor Smolov	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 28)	37	12	Lokomotiv Moscow
15	4FW	Aleksei Miranchuk	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 22)	19	4	Lokomotiv Moscow
22	4FW	Artem Dzyuba	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 29)	28	14	Zenit Saint Petersburg

Recent call-ups

The following players been called up to the Russia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Guilherme	(1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 32)	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
GK	Soslan Dzhanayev	(1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 31)	1	0	Rubin Kazan	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
GK	Aleksandr Selikhov	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Spartak Moscow	v.  France, 27 March 2018 INJ
GK	Andrei Sinitsyn	(1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 (age 30)	0	0	Krasnodar	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
DF	Dmitri Kombarov	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 31)	47	2	Spartak Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Roman Neustädter	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 30)	6	0	Fenerbahçe	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Konstantin Rausch	(1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 28)	5	0	Dynamo Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Vladislav Ignatyev	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 31)	3	0	Lokomotiv Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF	Ruslan Kambolov	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 28)	2	0	Rubin Kazan	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE / INJ
DF	Viktor Vasin	(1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 (age 29)	13	2	CSKA Moscow	v.  Spain, 14 November 2017 INJ
DF	Georgi Dzhikiya	(1993-11-21) 21 November 1993 (age 24)	8	0	Spartak Moscow	v.  Spain, 14 November 2017 INJ
DF	Yevgeni Chernov	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 25)	0	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 10 October 2017
DF	Elmir Nabiullin	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 23)	1	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 23)	0	0	Vitesse Arnhem	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
DF	Vitali Shakhov	(1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 27)	0	0	Orenburg	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
MF	Denis Glushakov	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 31)	57	5	Spartak Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Anton Shvets	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Akhmat Grozny	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Aleksandr Tashayev	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Dynamo Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 25)	12	1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 10 October 2017
MF	Dmitri Tarasov	(1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 31)	8	1	Lokomotiv Moscow	v.  Iran, 10 October 2017
MF	Pavel Mogilevets	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 25)	3	0	Rubin Kazan	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
MF	Magomed Mitrishev	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 25)	0	0	Akhmat Grozny	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
MF	Dmitry Stotsky	(1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 (age 28)	0	0	Krasnodar	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
FW	Dmitry Poloz	(1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 27)	15	2	Rubin Kazan	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW	Anton Zabolotny	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 27)	5	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW	Fyodor Chalov	(1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 20)	0	0	CSKA Moscow	2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW	Aleksandr Kokorin	(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 27)	48	12	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Brazil, 23 March 2018 INJ
FW	Kirill Panchenko	(1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 28)	1	0	Dynamo Moscow	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
FW	Vladimir Ilyin	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Ural Yekaterinburg	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017
FW	Maksim Kanunnikov	(1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 27)	11	0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	v. Dynamo Moscow, 3 September 2017 PRE

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2017

Russia  v  New Zealand

17 June 2017 Confederations Cup	Russia	2–0	New Zealand	St. Petersburg, Russia
18:00	Boxall  31' (o.g.) Smolov  69'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,251 Referee: Wilmar Roldan (Colombia)

Russia  v  Portugal

21 June 2017 Confederations Cup	Russia	0–1	Portugal	Moscow, Russia
18:00		Report	Ronaldo  8'	Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena Attendance: 42,759 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Mexico  v  Russia

24 June 2017 Confederations Cup	Mexico	2–1	Russia	Kazan, Russia
18:00	Araujo  30' Lozano  52'	Report	Samedov  25'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 41,585 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Russia  v  South Korea

7 October Friendly	Russia	4–2	South Korea	Moscow, Russia
17:00 UTC+3	Smolov  44' Kim Ju-young  55' (o.g.), 57' (o.g.) Miranchuk  83'	Report	Kwon Kyung-won  87' Ji Dong-won  90+3'	Stadium: VEB Arena

Russia  v  Iran

10 October Friendly	Russia	1–1	Iran	Kazan, Russia
	Poloz  74'	Report	Azmoun  57'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 33,270 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Russia  v  Argentina

11 November Friendly	Russia	0–1	Argentina	Moscow, Russia
15:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Agüero  86'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Russia  v  Spain

14 November Friendly	Russia	3–3	Spain	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:45 MSK	Smolov  41', 70' Miranchuk  51'	Report	Alba  9' Ramos  35' (pen.), 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

2018

Russia  v  Brazil

23 March Friendly	Russia	0–3	Brazil	Moscow, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Miranda  53' Coutinho  62' (pen.) Paulinho  66'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Russia  v  France

27 March Friendly	Russia	1–3	France	Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:50 MSK (UTC+3)	Smolov  68'	Report	Mbappé  40', 83' Pogba  49'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Austria  v  Russia

30 May Friendly	Austria	1–0	Russia	Innsbruck, Austria
20:45 (UTC+2)	Schöpf  28'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli-Neu Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Russia  v  Turkey

5 June Friendly	Russia	1–1	Turkey	Moscow, Russia
19:00 (UTC+3)	Samedov  35'	Report	Mallı  59'	Stadium: VEB Arena Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Russia  v  Saudi Arabia

14 June 2018 FIFA World Cup	Russia	5–0	Saudi Arabia	Moscow, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Gazinsky  12' Cheryshev  43', 90+1' Dzyuba  71' Golovin  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Russia  v  Egypt

19 June 2018 FIFA World Cup	Russia	3–1	Egypt	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Fathy  47' (o.g.) Cheryshev  59' Dzyuba  62'	Report	Salah  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Uruguay  v  Russia

25 June 2018 FIFA World Cup	Uruguay	3–0	Russia	Samara, Russia
18:00 SAMT (UTC+3)	Suárez  10' Cheryshev  23' (o.g.) Cavani  90'	Report		Stadium: Cosmos Arena Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Spain  v  Russia

1 July 2018 FIFA World Cup	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Russia	Moscow, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)	Report	Dzyuba  41' (pen.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
		Penalties
	Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas		Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev

Russia  v  Croatia

7 July 2018 FIFA World Cup	Russia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Croatia	Sochi, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Cheryshev  31' Fernandes  115'	Report	Kramarić  39' Vida  101'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,287 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
		Penalties
	Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev		Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić

Turkey  v  Russia

7 September 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Turkey	v	Russia	Trabzon, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium

Russia  v  Czech Republic

10 September Friendly	Russia	v	Czech Republic	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
TBA		Report		Stadium: Rostov Arena

Russia  v  Sweden

11 October 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Russia	v	Sweden	Kaliningrad, Russia
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium

Russia  v  Turkey

14 October 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Russia	v	Turkey	Sochi, Russia
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)				Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium

Germany  v  Russia

15 November Friendly	Germany	v	Russia	Leipzig, Germany
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Sweden  v  Russia

20 November 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Sweden	v	Russia	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Friends Arena

Head-to-head record

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

As of 7 July 2018.

  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Algeria	3	0	3	0	5	5	0
Andorra	6	6	0	0	21	2	+19
Argentina	13	2	6	5	12	15	−3
Armenia	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9
Austria	20	8	4	8	22	17	+5
Azerbaijan	5	3	2	0	9	2	+7
Belarus	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4
Belgium	10	4	2	4	15	13	+2
Brazil	13	1	3	9	9	27	−18
Bulgaria	19	11	6	2	29	17	+12
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9
Canada	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Chile	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6
China PR	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Colombia	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	5	5	0
Croatia	4	0	3	1	3	5	−2
Cyprus	7	6	1	0	22	3	+19
Czech Republic[a]	15	7	5	3	29	18	+7
Denmark	11	9	1	1	32	10	+22
East Germany	14	6	4	4	21	15	+6
Egypt	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
El Salvador	5	5	0	0	10	1	+9
England	15	4	5	6	18	26	−8
Estonia	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7
Faroe Islands	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10
Finland	18	12	5	1	55	13	+42
France	19	6	7	6	28	28	0
Georgia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Germany[b]	20	4	2	14	17	49	−32
Ghana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Greece	22	13	5	4	40	15	+35
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Hungary	26	14	7	5	46	34	+12
Iceland	12	7	4	1	20	6	+14
India	2	2	0	0	16	1	+15
Indonesia	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4
Iran	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4
Israel	15	8	3	4	31	18	+13
Italy	16	5	6	5	14	13	+1
Ivory Coast	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Japan	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Latvia	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
Liechtenstein	6	6	0	0	19	1	+18
Lithuania	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7
Luxembourg	11	11	0	0	38	4	+34
Macedonia	4	4	0	0	7	0	+7
Malta	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	13	4	7	2	13	5	+8
Moldova	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Morocco	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Netherlands	10	3	3	4	9	14	−5
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4
Norway	13	7	4	2	24	11	+13
Peru	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Poland	15	8	4	3	29	14	+15
Portugal	11	3	1	7	9	15	−6
Qatar	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2
Republic of Ireland	15	7	4	4	20	15	+5
Romania	11	5	2	4	14	13	+1
San Marino	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3
Scotland	7	3	3	1	7	6	+1
Serbia[c]	28	15	10	3	44	25	+17
Singapore	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Slovakia	9	3	3	3	8	8	0
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1
South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3
Spain	12	1	5	6	9	19	−10
Sweden	26	9	9	8	46	33	+13
Switzerland	12	8	4	0	29	11	+18
Syria	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Tunisia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Turkey	18	14	2	2	32	7	+25
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
United States	9	4	4	1	11	6	+5
Uruguay	9	6	1	2	15	8	+7
Wales	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4
Total	662	345	175	142	1,131	658	+473

1. 
   ^ Includes matches against  Czechoslovakia.
   


2. 
   ^ Includes matches against  West Germany.
   


3. 
   ^ Includes matches against  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro.
   

Player records

See also: Category:Russia international footballers

As of 7 July 2018.

Bold indicates active players

Italic indicates players that played for the USSR or CIS

Most appearances Sergei Ignashevich is the most capped player in Russian and USSR history with 126 caps. Rank Name Period Caps Goals Total career 1 Sergei Ignashevich 2002–2018 127 8 1999–2018 2 Oleg Blokhin 1972–1988 112 42 1969–1990 3 Igor Akinfeev 2004–present 111 0 2003–present 4 Viktor Onopko 1992–2004 109 7 1986–2005 5 Vasili Berezutskiy 2003–2016 101 5 2000–2018 6 Rinat Dasayev 1979–1990 91 0 1976–1991 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 2002–2016 91 30 2001–2017 8 Albert Shesternev 1961–1971 90 0 1959–1972 9 Yuri Zhirkov 2005–2018 87 2 2001–present 10 Anatoliy Demyanenko 1981–1990 80 6 1978–1993 Most goals Aleksandr Kerzhakov is the top scorer in the history of Russia with 30 goals. Oleg Blokhin is the top scorer in the history of USSR with 42 goals as predecessor of Russia National football team. Rank Name Period Goals Caps Average 1 Oleg Blokhin 1972–1988 42 112 0.375 2 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 2002–2016 30 91 0.330 3 Oleg Protasov 1984–1991 29 68 0.426 4 Valentin Ivanov 1955–1965 26 59 0.441 Vladimir Beschastnykh 1992–2003 26 71 0.366 6 Eduard Streltsov 1955–1968 25 38 0.658 7 Viktor Kolotov 1970–1978 22 55 0.400 8 Roman Pavlyuchenko 2003–2012 21 51 0.412 9 Viktor Ponedelnik 1960–1966 20 29 0.690 Anatoliy Banishevskiy 1965–1972 20 50 0.400 Igor Chislenko 1959–1968 20 53 0.377

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	1 July 2018	33	20	8	5	55	21	41,881
Dynamo	Moscow	29 May 1996	7 November 2006	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-na-Donu	17 November 2015	17 November 2015	1	0	0	1	1	3	15,000
Krasnodar Stadium	Krasnodar	9 October 2016	24 March 2017	2	0	0	2	3	6	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	7 July 2018	2	0	2	0	5	5	42,144
VEB Arena	Moscow	9 June 2017	30 May 2018	3	1	2	0	6	4	21,742
Krestovsky Stadium	Saint Petersburg	17 June 2017	19 June 2018	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

See also

• 
  Association football portal
  


• 
  Russia portal
  

• CIS national football team


• Russia national football B team


• Russia national under-21 football team


• Russia women's national football team

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Further reading

• Marc Bennetts (2008). Football Dynamo – Modern Russia and the People's Game. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-1319-6
  

External links

Wikinews has related news: Euro 2008: Netherlands vs. Russia

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russia national association football team.

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• RSSSF archive of results 1912–2003


• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers


• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup


• Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup


• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers

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League system	Men Premier League National Football League Professional Football League West South Centre Urals-Volga East Amateur League Regional League Women Women's Championship Youth Youth Championship
Domestic cups	Men Russian Cup Russian Super Cup FNL Cup Premier League Cup (defunct) Women Russian Women's Cup
Awards	Footballer of the Year Sport-Express Futbol The best 33 (Russia) 100 club Grigory Fedotov club Igor Netto club Lev Yashin club
Lists	Soviet and Russian football champions List of Russia international footballers List of clubs List of venues Foreign players All-time Table Records
Categories	Men's clubs Women's clubs Men's players Women's players Expatriate footballers Managers Referees Venues

v t e National sports teams of Russia
A1 GP American football Bandy M W Baseball Basketball M under-19 under-17 W under-19 W under-17 W M 3x3 W 3x3 Beach handball M W Beach soccer M W Cricket Field hockey M W Football M under-21 W under-17 CP Futsal Goalball W u-19 W Gymnastics Handball M under-18 under-20 W under-17 W under-19 W Ice hockey M under-20 under-U18 W under-18 Korfball Rugby league Rugby union M M7's W W7's Speedway U21 U19 Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo M W
Olympic Games Paralympic Games Deaflympic Games European Games Universiade World Games

v t e National football teams of Europe (UEFA)
Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Ireland (1882–1950) Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union (CIS) Yugoslavia

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