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Russia

Russia

The Russia national team of football (Russian: Sbornaia Rossii po futbolu; romanized as Sbornaya Rosii po futbolu) is the representative of Russia as the Russian Federation in men's international football. It is governed by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Rossiiskii Futbol'nyi Soiuz, Rossiyskiy Futbolnyj Soyuz) The authority for football in Russia. The home of Russia is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the head coach of the team is Valery Karpin.

Although they have been a part of FIFA since 1912 (as the Russian Empire before 1917 and as the Soviet Union in 1924-91), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They've been able to qualify for the event 11 times, and their most successful result was the fourth place finish in 1966. Russia is an official member of UEFA since the year 1954. They were the winners of the first tournament of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964and the year 1972, and 1988. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia's best performance was achieved in 2008 where the team was awarded bronze medals.

On February 28, 2022, in response to the Russian incursion into Ukraine and in line to a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia. Russia's Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and was able to uphold the bans.

1. History

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union (which led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union national football team), Russia played its first international game against Mexico on the 16th of August in 1992. They won 2-0, with the help made up of ex- Soviet Union players, including those from the other ex Soviet republics.

1.1. Beginning

The team was managed by Pavel Sadyrin, Russia were in the group 5 to participate in the qualification process in 1994 for FIFA World Cup held in the United States which consisted of Greece, Iceland, Hungary and Luxembourg. With the suspension, FR Yugoslavia reduced the group to five teams. Russia was able to qualify along with Greece with two draws and six wins. Russia was admitted on to join in the US to become an independently-owned nation. The Russian team was comprised of veteran players such as goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov, Aleksandr Borodyuk and players such as Viktor Onopko, Oleg Salenko Dmitri Cheryshev, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Vladimir Beschastnykh as well as Valeri Karpin (some of the Russian stars could've been able to choose to be part of the Ukraine national team, but it was not the case that the Ukrainian Association of Football had not been recognized in time to be able to compete in 1995 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In the final round, Russia was drawn into Group B along with Cameroon, Sweden, and Brazil. Russia was eliminated from the tournament by three points. Sadyrin was fired after a disappointing performance.

1.2. Euro 1996

Following Sadyrin was fired, Oleg Romantsev was appointed coach to guide Russia through UEFA Euro 1996. In the qualifying phase, Russia overcame Scotland, Greece, Finland, San Marino as well as Faroe Islands. Faroe Islands to finish in the top spot, by winning eight games and drawing two.

In the final game, Russia was in Group C along with Germany and Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy. The team was eliminated following a loss of 1-1 to Italy and 3-1 to Germany. The final game between Russia and the Czech Republic ended 3-3. Germany along with the Czech Republic went on to play for the championship game.

1.3. 1997–99

Following Euro 96, Boris Ignatyev was named manager of the team to be a part of the team that qualified to play in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. In the qualifying phase, Russia was in Group 5 along with Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus and Luxembourg. Russia along with Bulgaria were considered to be the two most likely candidates to be selected from the group, with Israel thought to be a lesser threat. Russia started their campaign with victories over Cyprus as well as Luxembourg with two draws in the games in the face of Israel along with Cyprus. They then won over Luxembourg as well as Israel. Russia lost their only game during the campaign in the loss of 1-0 to Bulgaria. They finished the campaign by winning 4-2 in their return match against Bulgaria and were able to qualify for the play-off position. In the play-offs Russia was drawn against Italy. In the initial leg, Russia was drawn 1-1. In the other match, Russia were defeated 1-0 and were unable to get into World Cup qualification. World Cup.

After not qualifying to play in this year's World Cup in France, Russia participated in qualifying for UEFA Euro 2000 co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. Anatoliy Byshovets was chosen as Russia manager. Russia were part of Grupe 4 to play in qualifying rounds along with France, Ukraine, Iceland, Armenia, and Andorra. Russia along with France were considered to be the contenders in the race for top spot, with Ukraine as an outsider. Russia started their campaign with three straight losses to Ukraine, France, and Iceland. Disappointed by the outcome The Russian Football Union immediately sacked Byshovets and appointed Oleg Romantsev as their manager. Russia continued to win six of their next games, with a 3-2 win over the eventual winners France on the Stade de France. The final game they played was against Ukraine winning Russia could have led to an automatic qualification as the winners of the group. They had similar head-to-head records to France (a victory of 3-2 and losing 3-2) and an advantage in goal difference. The game ended 1-1 following an error by goalkeeper, Aleksandr Filimonov, late in the game. Russia was 3rd in their group but failed to make it to the second time in consecutive years.

1.4. Revival

Oleg Romantsev continued as the coach for the Russian national side in order to oversee their preparations for 2003 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. In the initial phase, Russia was in Group 1 together with Slovenia, FR Yugoslavia, and Switzerland, Faroe Islands, and Luxembourg. Russia placed first in the direct qualification process, securing the seven victories, two draw and one loss.

Russia was included in Group H together with Belgium, Tunisia, and Japan. In their opening game, Russia achieved a 2-0 victory against Tunisia and then losing their next match against Japan by 1-0, which caused protests to break out in Moscow. In their final game in the match against Belgium, Russia needed a draw to progress to the next round, but they fell 3-2, and were eliminated.

Romantsev was fired immediately following the tournament and replaced by the CSKA's Valery Gazzaev. The job was difficult for him because Russia's squad comprised from Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Albania, and Georgia with the Irish being considered the favourites, and an improved Swiss team that was becoming a more formidable threat. Russia started their campaign with victories at home in the games against Ireland and Albania however they lost their next two matches away against Albania in addition to Georgia. Gazzaev was dismissed following the draw that was disappointing against Switzerland in Basel and Georgi Yartsev was appointed manager. He was able to be able to qualify Russia for a play-off with Wales following home wins over Switzerland as well as Georgia. In the first play-off match, Russia drew 0-0 with Wales in Moscow however the Vadim Evseev goal brought Russia an 1-0 win in the away match in Cardiff to be qualified for Euro 2004. This victory was marred by the fact that Russian player Yegor Titov was found to be positive for drugs. In the midst of the calls that Russia to be disqualified Titov was handed the ban of one year on February 15th, 2004.

Russia were included in Group A along with host Portugal, Spain, and Greece. They weren't considered to be among the top contenders to make it through and the preparations for the tournament were hampered by injuries to the defenders Sergei Ignashevich and Viktor Onopko. Russia began their tournament with a 2-0 loss to Spain but a last-minute goal by Juan Carlos Valeron put Russia at risk of a elimination in the group stage. The next day, Russia became the first team to be eliminated following an 0-2 loss to Portugal. The final match of the group ended in an unexpected 2-1 win against the eventual champions Greece with Dmitri kirichenko scored one of the fastest goals scored in the tournament.

In 2006's World Cup qualifying tournament, Russia was a part of Group 3 together with Portugal, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Russia started their qualification by drawing 1-1 against Slovakia on September 4, 2004, in Moscow and later beat Luxembourg with a score of 4-0. However, they suffered a 7-1 loss to Portugal in Lisbon in 2005, which is the most humiliating defeat for Russia. A win over Estonia and Liechtenstein were able to get the team back on track but a draw of 1-1 with Estonia on the 30th of March during Tallinn was a major setback that ended Georgi Yartsev's time in the club. With the new coach Yury Syomin Russia could get back on track with a 2-0 victory over Latvia after a 1-1 draw in Riga on the 17th of August, 2005. Russia was then able to win in the games against Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and a draw 0-0 against Portugal. In their final match, Russia needed to win against Slovakia in Bratislava. After a draw that was 0-0, Slovakia advanced to the play-offs ahead of Russia in goal difference.

1.5. Euro 2008

In the end, after failing to not be able to qualify Russia to play in to participate in the World Cup, Yury Syomin was dismissed a few weeks later and Russia began searching for a new coach. It was evident that an outside manager was required as the majority of famous Russian coaches did not succeed for the Russian national team. On the 10th of April, 2006 it was announced that the then manager of Australia Guus Hiddink would be the manager of Russia during the Euro 2008 qualification campaign.

In during the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Russia were grouped into Group E along with England, Croatia, Israel, Macedonia, Estonia, and Andorra. Through the majority of the campaign it was a contest divided between Russia and England in the race to secure the last qualifying spot behind Croatia. Russia fell 3-0 at home to England and, during the game back in Moscow lost to the first goal of Wayne Rooney. In the second period, Russia was able to come back and beat England 2-1, in which Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring both goals. On the 17th of November, 2007 Russia was beaten 2-1 against Israel in order to put hopes of qualifying in doubt, however Russia nevertheless managed to secure by one spot above England by defeating Andorra with a score of 1-0. England fell 3-2 to Croatia.

The Euro 2008 tournament, Russia were grouped in the group D alongside Sweden as well as Euro 2004 group rivals Spain and Greece. In a pre-game friendly against Serbia the top goalkeeper Pavel Pogrebnyak was injured and will miss the tournament. Russia lost their opening game 4-1 against Spain in Innsbruck however, they beat Greece by 1-0 thanks to the goal scored by Konstantin Zyryanov. In the third match, Russia beat Sweden with a 2-0 score thanks to goals scored of Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrey Arshavin which resulted in Russia getting to the quarterfinals in second place , just behind Spain. It marked the very first occasion, since the collapse of USSR that Russia being able to play in an initial stage at an important tournament.

In the quarter-finals against The Netherlands, Roman Pavlyuchenko scored an volley 10 minutes after the half-time. After four minutes in the game, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored making it 1-1 and send the game in extra time. However, Russia took the lead again when Andrey Arshavin raced down the left side and sent the ball to substitute Dmitri Torbinski, who put his ball in the goal. Arshavin was then able to beat Edwin van der Sar, winning the match 3-1 and sending Russia through to their first semi-final major following the dissolution from the USSR. In the semi-finals Russia was again match up against Spain and fell 3-1.

1.6. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Russia was a part of the group 4 to qualify for the 2010. FIFA World Cup, competing alongside Germany, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The team began the tournament with a win of 2-1 over Wales but , on the 11th of October the team lost 2-1 against Germany. The Russians' form improved after that by winning 3-1 in the away game against Wales that same afternoon Finland played 1-1 against Liechtenstein which secured that they would be guaranteed at least a spot in the play-offs. The game played in the Luzhniki stadium against Germany to take the lead in of the table was watched by 84,500 spectators. Miroslav Klose struck the sole goal during the final minute of the match leading Germans to Russia. Germans through to the semifinals, in South Africa and Russia to play-off.

On the 14th of November, Russia faced Slovenia in the first leg of their play-off that had two legs winning 2-1, thanks to two goals scored by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. In the return game, Russia lost 1-0 in Maribor in the second leg, and Slovenia were able to play in the finals based on the rule of away goals. On the 13th of February, 2010 it was revealed that Hiddink will be leaving his post as manager following the expiration date of his contract on June 30th.

1.7. Euro 2012

Russia directly was able to qualify for Euro 2012 by winning qualifying Group B. It defeated Slovakia as well as Slovakia, the Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia and Andorra. Russia were grouped into the group A along with Poland and Poland, the Czech Republic and Greece. The team was led by Dick Advocaat, Russia had been unbeaten for over 15 games . They managed to score a 3-0 victory against Italy one week before opener of Euro 2012. The Sbornaya began their tournament winning 4-1 victory against The Czech Republic and temporarily went at the top of the group, scoring three points. Alan Dzagoev netted twice and Roman Shirokov and Roman Pavlyuchenko scored. In the second match against co-host Poland Advocaat's team saw Dzagoev maintain his impressive form. He scored his first goal but Poland were able to draw level in the second period. Even though they were drawn, the outcome wasn't thought to be a good one. A match against Greece was an 1-0 loss that ended Russia from the tournament. Russians in the group.

The stage departure of the group was met with a hostile response from both media and fans. Advocaat as well as the majority of the players, including Andrey Arshavin were heavily accused of being overconfident.

1.8. 2014 FIFA World Cup

On July 12, 2012 Italian Fabio Capello, who was born in Italy appointed in the role of the newly appointed Russian manager after having been dismissed from England at the beginning of February.

Russia participated in the Group F for World Cup qualification and qualified as the first team after the draw to Azerbaijan in their final match. On January 14, 2014, Capello got an extension of his contract for four years to run until 2018, the FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Russia participated in the group H with South Korea, Belgium and Algeria. In their first match with South Korea, goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was unable to stop a long-range shot by Lee Keun-ho and threw his shot over the goal line, giving the South Koreans the advantage. Russia continued to level the score with substitution Aleksandr Kerzhakov, who drew the same amount as Vladimir Beschastnykh's record of 26 goals scored for Russia and the game ended 1-1. In the second game, Russia kept Belgium at 1-1 on the Maracana until substitute Divock Origi scored Belgium's only score in the final minute of the game, which was scored at 88 minutes. The final game of the group stage of Algeria with Russia on June 26 ended with a draw, which allowed Algeria to advance Algeria and dismantling Russia. A victory for Russia could have helped them get into the tournament, and they were leading the game 1-0 after just six minutes with Aleksandr Kokorin. At the end of 60 minutes the match the laser was swung into the face of Akinfeev while the defender was trying to block the Algerian free-kick, the which Islam Slimani scored to equalise. Both Akinfeev as well as Russian head coach Fabio Capello tried to blame the laser on the crucial goal conceded.

1.9. Euro 2016

Russia was placed into Group G in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying alongside Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova and Liechtenstein. Russia began the tournament with an 4-0 victory over Liechtenstein. It was followed by an array of poor performances from Russia and two draws of 1-1 with Sweden as well as Moldova and two losses of 1-0 against Austria. Russia received an 3-0 win over Montenegro because of the violence among the crowd. At this point, Russia looked to be being the third place in their qualifying group, but they bounced back winning the remaining games with Sweden, Liechtenstein, Moldova and Montenegro to finish second in their qualifying group, above Sweden and be eligible to play in UEFA Euro 2016.

In the first group phase of the tournament UEFA issued a suspension of exclusion on Russia for rioting in the crowd in a group match against England. Russia were exiled from the tournament during their last group game that was played against Wales (a loss of 3-0) before that they only had one point in a draw against England that was followed by losing 2-1 to Slovakia.

1.10. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Russia has been selected for this year's Confederations Cup as hosts, but once again, it put on poor results. After beating New Zealand 2-0, Russia disappointed its fans when it lost 1-1 to Portugal and 2-1 to Mexico which meant that they once more fell out of in the first round of the major FIFA tournament. Despite the poor performances, Stanislav Cherchesov, appointed as the coach of Russia following Euro 2016, was allowed to continue in his position.

1.11. 2018 FIFA World Cup

The 2nd December of 2010 was the day that Russia was selected as the host for at the 2018 World Cup and automatically qualified for the event. In the games that were friendly before the tournament, Russia didn't have the best performance. They lost more games than they won, and that led to their FIFA ranking drop to 70th place, which is the lowest ranking among everyone else in the World Cup participants. Russia were selected in the group stages to face Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay in the group stage.

Despite some disappointing results in warm-up matches However, Russia began their World Cup campaign by defeating 5-0 Saudi Arabia, who were three spots higher than their ranking on the 14th of June, in the first match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On the 19th of June, Russia triumphed in their second game of the group stage defeating Egypt by a score of 3-1. This brought their goal difference to a whopping 7 in just two games. The victory over Egypt nearly secured Russia's passage to this stage, for the very first time since the year 1986 when they were an independent state of Soviet Union; and also for the first time as an independent nation. Russia officially qualified for knockout stage the following day following Uruguay's 1-0 victory against Saudi Arabia. The final game of the group for Russia included two World Champions (1930 as well as 1950) and the powerhouse Uruguay which lost 3-0 and finishing third in group.

In second position, Russia faced Spain at the Round of 16 in Moscow. Spain are considered to be among the tournament's top contenders, with a number of skilled players on international and club level and they won the 2010 World Cup. Russia surprised Spain with one of the most shocking shocks of World Cup history; beating Spain with a shootout in penalty following the game ended 1-1 in regular time. BBC Sport and The Guardian said that this was an event that was among the greatest shocks of the tournament given that Russia were ranked as the bottom team before the tournament, and, according to some, they were among the teams that were the most disappointing in the competition. The Spaniards were known for their tiki taka and tiki-taka, coach Stanislav Cherchesov employed the defensive 5-3-1-1 system to defend deep with ten players, and did not concede a goal from open play. Spain's one goal came through an unintentional set piece and Russia was able to tie the game to a penalty imposed due to handball. Igor Akinfeev, who saved two penalties, including a foot-save to prevent Spanish goalkeeper Iago Aspas. He was named as the Budweiser Man of the Match. The win over Spain brought the fans and citizens of Russia to a raucous celebration, in the quarterfinals for the first time since the fall in the Soviet Union. The match TV commentator Denis Kazansky said: "From the very beginning, we didn't expect anything for our squad. After that, we thought about winning the match. What we've witnessed is a major shift in the attitudes of people, as well as in the time of Russian football."

Russia then faced Croatia during the semi-finals in Sochi 7 July. Coach Stanislav Cherchesov went back to a four-man defensive system that was able to exploit the Croatia offensive setup, which was susceptible against Russia's attacking counter-attacks. Russia scored the first goal (a long-range strike from Denis Cheryshev that was only his 4th goal in this tournament, and then nominated to win the Puskas Award) and last (a strike by Mario Fernandes at the 115th minute) when the game ended with a 2-2 draw after extra time before being knocked out 3-4 during the penalty shootout. This is, however, the best Russia World Cup performance ever since the breakup of USSR. Russia's team attended at the FIFA Fan Fest in Moscow on Sunday, July 8th 2018, to express their gratitude to their fans and bid farewell. After their World Cup run, Russia's place in the FIFA ranking increased from 70 to 40.

1.12. 2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Russia was a participant as a team in Russia's participation in the UEFA Nations League for the first time. They were drawn alongside Turkey as well as Sweden. Russia started off with a positive note by winning two games against Turkey and a draw to Sweden. But, Russia wasted its opportunity to move up to League A after suffering an away loss of 0-2 against Sweden and losing their first spot to the Swedes rather than being required to stay within League B.

1.13. Euro 2020

In the qualification phase in the qualification phase, Russia was in the qualifying group. Russian team was drawn in Group I alongside Belgium, Kazakhstan, San Marino, Cyprus and Scotland. Except for a 3-1 loss in the final against Belgians at home, Russia defeated other group opponents. The Russian team beat San Marino 9-0 after the two victories of 7-0 in 1995 and again in 2015. Russia also beat Scotland, Cyprus and Kazakhstan twice, and qualified for UEFA Euro 2020. [51The team from Russia maintained its second spot in the group, despite being crushed by number one ranked Belgium in the home arena.

Russia lost their opening match against Belgium in a 3-0 loss however, they won their next match against Finland with a score of 1-0. But, Russia were knocked out of the tournament in their final group game against Denmark which they lost 4-1.

After Russia's withdrawal of the Olympics, Stanislav Cherchesov was sacked as coach.

1.14. 2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Russia participated at the League B for the season and was able to compete against Turkey, Serbia and Hungary. Russia had a good start, winning Serbia as well as Hungary to secure the top position. In their final two games they lost two games at home in Turkey while they lost 0-5 to Serbia and ended the tournament in second place, but they remain within League B.

1.15. 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Russia was drawn into the group H to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, competing against Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, and Malta. After finishing second to Croatia, Russia advanced to the play-offs.

1.16. 2022: suspensions

In the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of nations such as Albania, England, Scotland, Wales, and Russia's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off opponents Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic, said they will not take part in Russia. On the 27th of February, FIFA initially announced a prohibiting any international tournament taking place in Russia as well as any "home" matches to be played on neutral territory with closed doors. FIFA also ordered that Russia play in the name of Russian Football Union (RFU) and not be permitted to fly the Russian flag or sing the Russian national song. This was in response to a decision made from UEFA two days earlier which barred Saint Petersburg of hosting the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, scheduled to take place on Krestovsky Stadium, in addition to preventing any UEFA sanctioned match from taking place in Russia.

The decision was condemned as being ineffective and on the same morning FIFA and UEFA agreed to issue broad restrictions on Russian involvement in world soccer and effectively kicked them out in 2022's World Cup. This was in line with a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was the Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that upheld the bans.

2. Team image

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2.1. Kits and crests

After the dissolution in the Soviet Union, the Russian Football Union substituted the white and red Adidas kits with strips made by Reebok with blue, red and white, which reflected the newly adopted nation's flag. Russia. At the end of 1997, Nike adopted a more minimalist design that was used for both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004 that consisted of white and blue trim, and the reverse design to the kit for away. In the aftermath of not qualifying for 2006's FIFA World Cup, Nike returned to red for its home kit with white was used as the away color. This was followed by Adidas which took over as the primary supplier in the year 2008. The 2009-2010 season brought another shift when Adidas introduced gold and maroon as the main colours of the home team. The return to white and red was announced in the year 2011. The version that was used for Euro 2012 featured a red base, with gold trim and an Russian flag that was placed diagonally. in the home kit, it featured minimalistic white, with red trim. In 2014, the FIFA World Cup kit made the return of the gold and maroon color scheme. It also featured Russian flag-coloured stripes that were incorporated in a horizontal fashion into the sleeves. on the front is a pattern with different shades of maroon, depicting the Monument to the Conquerors of Space. The away kit of 2014 consisted mostly of white with blue trim. The upper part of the front above the trim depicts the perspective from Earth through space. The sides and the back of the collars were designed with the colours that are the colours of the Russian flag. This year's FIFA World Cup kit did not include any ornaments in it, with the exception of the arms of honour. The home red shirt was the same design as the uniform of the Soviet Union Olympic football team it wore at the 1988 Summer Olympics that was the last major event as of the year 2018 in which Russia or the USSR took home. The reverse side of the of the shirt was adorned with the "Together to Win" (Russian Vmeste K Pobede romanized as Vmeste pobede) slogan printed beneath the collar.

In 2008, the Russian nation's shirt provider from 2008 to 2012 was Adidas. The contract was terminated on its own by Adidas, the German giant following in 2022, following the Russian incursion into Ukraine.

2.2. Kit suppliers

Kit supplier Period Notes
 Adidas 1992–1993  
 Reebok 1993–1996  
 Nike 1997–2008  
 Adidas 2008–2022  

2.3. Kit deals

Kit supplier Period Contract
announcement
Contract
duration
Value Notes
 Adidas 2008–2022
2008-09-08
2008–2018 Undisclosed  
2018-05-31
2018–2022 Undisclosed  

3. Results and fixtures

2021
1 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Russia  0–0  Croatia Moscow, Russia
4 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Cyprus  0–2  Russia Nicosia, Cyprus
7 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Russia  2–0  Malta Moscow, Russia
8 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Russia  1–0  Slovakia Kazan, Russia
11 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Slovenia  1–2  Russia Maribor, Slovenia
11 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Russia  6–0  Cyprus Saint Petersburg, Russia
14 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification Croatia  1–0  Russia Split, Croatia

2022

24 March 20222022 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs Russia  w/o  Poland Moscow, Russia
2 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Albania  Cancelled  Russia Tirana, Albania
6 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Israel  Cancelled  Russia Haifa, Israel
10 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Russia  Cancelled  Iceland Moscow, Russia
13 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Russia  Cancelled  Albania Moscow, Russia
24 September 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Iceland  Cancelled  Russia Iceland
27 September 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League Russia  Cancelled  Israel Russia

4. Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach  Valeri Karpin
Assistant Coach  Nikolai Pisarev 
Assistant Coach  Viktor Onopko
Goalkeeping Coach  Vitaly Kafanov
Fitness Coach  Luis Martínez
Analyst  Jonatan Alba
 

4.1. Manager history

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 – July 2021 56 24 13 19 42.86
 Valeri Karpin July 2021 – 7 5 1 1 71.43

5. Players

The below players were called up for the training camp that took place from 21 to 27 March 2022. Due to FIFA's suspension of Russia from international competition, the team only played a friendly against the Russia national under-21 football team during the camp.

Caps and goals as of 14 November 2021, after the match against Croatia.

5.1. Current Squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
  GK Anton Shunin 27 January 1987 (age 35) 13 0  Dynamo Moscow
  GK Matvei Safonov 25 February 1999 (age 23) 7 0  Krasnodar
  GK Aleksandr Selikhov 7 April 1994 (age 28) 0 0  Spartak Moscow
  GK Sergei Pesyakov 16 December 1988 (age 33) 0 0  Rostov

  DF Georgi Dzhikiya 21 November 1993 (age 28) 41 2  Spartak Moscow
  DF Igor Diveyev 27 September 1999 (age 22) 14 1  CSKA Moscow
  DF Dmitri Chistyakov 13 January 1994 (age 28) 4 0  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  DF Aleksei Sutormin 10 January 1994 (age 28) 3 1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  DF Ilya Samoshnikov 14 November 1997 (age 24) 3 0  Rubin Kazan
  DF Maksim Osipenko 16 May 1994 (age 28) 3 0  Rostov
  DF Sergey Terekhov 27 June 1990 (age 32) 2 0  Sochi
  DF Danil Krugovoy 28 May 1998 (age 24) 0 0  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  DF Kirill Zaika 7 October 1992 (age 29) 0 0  Sochi

  MF Daler Kuzyayev 15 January 1993 (age 29) 42 2  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  MF Aleksei Ionov 18 February 1989 (age 33) 39 4  Krasnodar
  MF Dmitri Barinov 11 September 1996 (age 25) 13 0  Lokomotiv Moscow
  MF Zelimkhan Bakayev 1 July 1996 (age 26) 12 1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  MF Andrei Mostovoy 5 November 1997 (age 24) 10 1  Zenit Saint Petersburg
  MF Rifat Zhemaletdinov 20 September 1996 (age 25) 9 1  Lokomotiv Moscow
  MF Daniil Fomin 2 March 1997 (age 25) 8 0  Dynamo Moscow
  MF Danil Glebov 3 November 1999 (age 22) 2 0  Rostov
  MF Konstantin Kuchayev 18 March 1998 (age 24) 1 0  CSKA Moscow
  MF Vladislav Sarveli 1 October 1997 (age 24) 0 0  Sochi
  MF Anton Zinkovsky 14 April 1996 (age 26) 0 0  Spartak Moscow

  FW Konstantin Tyukavin 22 June 2002 (age 20) 1 0  Dynamo Moscow
  FW Ivan Sergeyev 11 May 1995 (age 27) 0 0  Zenit Saint Petersburg

5.2. Recent call-ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Guilherme 12 December 1985 (age 36) 19 0  Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
GK Nikita Khaykin 11 July 1995 (age 27) 0 0  Bodø/Glimt v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
GK Ilya Lantratov 11 November 1995 (age 26) 0 0  Khimki v.  Cyprus, 11 November 2021
GK Andrey Lunyov 13 November 1991 (age 30) 7 0  Bayer Leverkusen v.  Slovenia, 11 October 2021
GK Yury Dyupin 17 March 1988 (age 34) 0 0  Rubin Kazan v.  Slovakia, 8 October 2021

DF Fyodor Kudryashov 5 April 1987 (age 35) 48 1  Antalyaspor v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
DF Vyacheslav Karavayev 20 May 1995 (age 27) 20 2  Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
DF Arsen Adamov 20 October 1999 (age 22) 0 0  Zenit Saint Petersburg v.  Slovenia, 11 October 2021

MF Aleksandr Yerokhin 13 October 1989 (age 32) 32 4  Zenit Saint Petersburg training camp, March 2022
MF Arsen Zakharyan 26 May 2003 (age 19) 4 0  Dynamo Moscow training camp, March 2022
MF Aleksandr Golovin (vice-captain) 30 May 1996 (age 26) 45 5  Monaco v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
MF Aleksei Miranchuk 17 October 1995 (age 26) 41 6  Atalanta v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
MF Roman Zobnin 11 February 1994 (age 28) 41 0  Spartak Moscow v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
MF Ilzat Akhmetov 31 December 1997 (age 24) 8 0  Krasnodar v.  Croatia, 14 November 2021
MF Denis Makarov 18 February 1998 (age 24) 0 0  Dynamo Moscow v.  Slovenia, 11 October 2021

FW Fyodor Smolov 5 February 1990 (age 32) 45 16  Dynamo Moscow training camp, March 2022
FW Anton Zabolotny 13 June 1991 (age 31) 19 2  CSKA Moscow training camp, March 2022
FW Gamid Agalarov 16 July 2000 (age 22) 0 0  Ufa v.  Slovenia, 11 October 2021

6. Player records

As of 7 September 2021
Players in bold are still active with Russia.

6.1. Most capped players

Rank Name Caps Goals Period
1 Sergei Ignashevich 127 8 2002–2018
2 Igor Akinfeev 111 0 2004–2018
3 Viktor Onopko 109 7 1992–2004
4 Yuri Zhirkov 104 2 2005–2021
5 Vasili Berezutskiy 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

6.2. Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Caps Average Period
1 Artem Dzyuba 30 55 0.55 2011–present
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–present
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–present
Igor Kolyvanov 12 35 0.34 1992–1998
Aleksandr Kokorin 12 47 0.26 2011–2017

6.3. Manager records

Most manager appearances
Oleg Romantsev: 60

7. Competitive record

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7.1. FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record   Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Campaign
as  Soviet Union as  Soviet Union
 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member 1930
 1934 1934
 1938 1938
 1950 Did not enter Did not enter 1950
 1954 1954
 1958 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 4 0 1 18 3 1958
 1962 4 2 1 1 9 7 4 4 0 0 11 3 1962
 1966 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 10 6 6 5 0 1 19 6 1966
 1970 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 3 1 0 8 1 1970
 1974 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 5 4 1974
 1978 4 2 0 2 5 3 1978
 1982 Second group stage 7th 5 2 2 1 7 4 8 6 2 0 20 2 1982
 1986 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 12 5 8 4 2 2 13 8 1986
 1990 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 4 4 8 4 3 1 11 4 1990
as  Russia as  Russia
 1994 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 7 6 8 5 2 1 15 4 1994
 1998 Did not qualify 10 5 3 2 20 7 1998
 2002 Group stage 22nd 3 1 0 2 4 4 10 7 2 1 18 5 2002
 2006 Did not qualify 12 6 5 1 23 12 2006
 2010 12 8 1 3 21 8 2010
 2014 Group stage 24th 3 0 2 1 2 3 10 7 1 2 20 5 2014
 2018 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 2 1 11 7 Qualified as hosts 2018
 2022 Banned 10 7 1 2 19 6 2022
 2026 To be determined To be determined 2026
Total Fourth place 11/22 45 19 10 16 77 54 125 80 24 21 246 81 Total

7.2. UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record   Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Campaign
as  Soviet Union as  Soviet Union
 1960 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1960
 1964 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 1964
 1968 Fourth place 4th 2 0 1 1 0 2 8 6 0 2 19 8 1968
 1972 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 1 3 8 5 3 0 16 4 1972
 1976 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 12 10 1976
 1980 6 1 3 2 7 8 1980
 1984 6 4 1 1 11 2 1984
 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 4 8 5 3 0 14 3 1988
as  CIS as  CIS
 1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4 8 5 3 0 13 2 1992
as  Russia as Russia
 1996 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 8 10 8 2 0 34 5 1996
 2000 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 22 12 2000
 2004 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 5 3 2 20 12 2004
 2008 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 7 8 12 7 3 2 18 7 2008
 2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 5 3 10 7 2 1 17 4 2012
 2016 23rd 3 0 1 2 2 6 10 6 2 2 21 5 2016
 2020 19th 3 1 0 2 2 7 10 8 0 2 33 8 2020
 2024 To be determined To be determined 2024
Total 1 Title 12/16 36 13 7 16 40 52 128 80 29 19 262 89 Total

7.3. 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   17th
 2020–21 B 3 6 2 2 2 9 12   24th
 2022–23 B 2 Banned   36th
 2024–25 C To be determined
Total 10 4 3 3 13 15 17th
 

7.4. 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
 

8. Head-to-head record

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Albania 2 1 0 1 5 4 1
 Algeria 2 0 2 0 3 3 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 19 8 4 7 22 16 6
 Azerbaijan 5 3 2 0 9 2 7
 Belarus 4 2 2 0 8 4 4
 Belgium 13 4 2 7 17 24 −7
 Brazil 14 2 3 9 11 27 −16
 Bulgaria 20 12 6 2 35 17 18
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 10 1 9
 Canada 2 2 0 0 4 1 3
 Chile 7 4 2 1 11 5 6
 China 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 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3
 Cyprus 11 10 1 0 36 3 33
 Czech Republic 18 9 5 4 37 24 13
 Denmark 13 10 1 2 37 14 23
 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 19 13 5 1 56 13 43
 France 19 6 7 6 28 28 0
 Georgia 3 1 1 1 4 3 1
 Germany 20 3 2 15 15 51 −36
 Ghana 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Greece 22 13 5 4 39 14 35
 Guatemala 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
 Hungary 28 15 8 5 49 36 13
 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 3 3
 Israel 14 7 3 4 28 18 10
 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
 Kazakhstan 4 3 1 0 11 0 11
 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
 Malta 3 3 0 0 7 1 6
 Mexico 14 5 7 2 17 6 11
 Moldova 4 2 2 0 4 2 2
 Montenegro 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
 Morocco 5 4 1 0 10 3 7
 Myanmar 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands 10 3 3 4 9 14 −5
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
 North Korea 2 2 0 0 6 0 6
 North Macedonia 4 4 0 0 7 0 7
 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 19 9 6 4 34 18 16
 Portugal 11 3 1 7 9 15 −6
 Qatar 3 1 1 1 7 5 2
 Republic of Ireland 15 7 4 4 18 15 3
 Romania 12 6 2 4 18 15 3
 San Marino 4 4 0 0 25 0 25
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 7 4 3
 Scotland 9 5 3 1 13 7 6
 Serbia[f] 30 16 10 4 47 31 14
 Slovakia 11 4 3 4 10 10 0
 Slovenia 7 4 1 2 11 8 3
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 4 3
 Spain 12 1 5 6 9 19 −10
 Sudan 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
 Sweden 29 9 10 10 47 37 10
  Switzerland 12 8 4 0 29 11 18
 Syria 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
 Turkey 22 16 3 3 39 12 27
 Ukraine 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
 United Team of Germany 1 1 0 0 2 1 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

9. 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