Russia national football team

Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Сборная / Sbornaya
(The National Team)
Наши парни / Nashi parni (Our Boys)
AssociationRussian Football Union (RFU)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachValery Karpin
CaptainAleksandr Golovin
Most capsSergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorerOleg Blokhin (42)[i]
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeRUS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 Increase 3 (4 April 2024)[2]
Highest3 (April 1996)
Lowest70 (June 2018)
First international
As Russian Empire:
Unofficial
 Russia 5–4 Bohemia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
Official
Russian Empire Finland 2–1 Russia 
(Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
As Soviet Union:
 Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 November 1924)
As Russian Federation:
 Russia 2–0 Mexico 
(Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992)
Biggest win
As Russian Empire:
 Russia 5–4 Bohemia 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
 Russia 1–0 Bohemia 
(Moscow, Russia; 23 October 1910)
As Soviet Union:
 Soviet Union 11–1 India 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)
 Finland 0–10 Soviet Union 
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 August 1957)
As Russian Federation:
 Russia 9–0 San Marino 
(Saransk, Russia; 8 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
As Russian Empire:
 Germany 16–0 Russia 
(Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)
As Soviet Union:
 England 5–0 Soviet Union 
(London, England; 22 October 1958)
As Russian Federation:
 Portugal 7–1 Russia 
(Lisbon, Portugal; 13 October 2004)
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1958 as Soviet Union
1994 as Russian Federation)
Best resultAs Soviet Union: Fourth place (1966)
As Russian Federation: Quarter-finals (2018)
European Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1960 as Soviet Union
1992 as CIS
1996 as Russian Federation)
Best resultAs Soviet Union: Champions (1960)
As CIS: Group stage (1992)
As Russian Federation: Third place (2008)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage (2017)

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

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

On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a "recommendation" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia in their competitions. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.[4] Since then, they have played several friendlies against nations friendly to Russia.[5]

  1. ^ Appleman, Marc (11 December 1985). "'Curious' Soviets Set for Soccer Exhibition". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Russia World Cup ban appeal rejected by CAS". ESPN.com. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ^ Russia has seamlessly returned to football – and nobody seems overly perturbed, Jonathan Liew, The Guardian, 26 March 2023


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