Russia national football team

General

Kit history

Russia
Nickname(s)	Сборная (Sbornaya, The National Team) The Red Bear
Association	Russian Football Union Российский Футбольный Союз
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Valeri Karpin
Captain	Artem Dzyuba
Most caps	Sergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorer	Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30)
Home Stadium	Luzhniki
FIFA code	RUS
FIFA ranking	36 (31 March 2022))
Highest FIFA ranking	3 (April 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	70 (June 2018)
Elo ranking	39 17 (16 June 2021))
Highest Elo ranking	7 (August 2009)
Lowest Elo ranking	50 (29 March 2017)
First international	Russia 2–0 Mexico (Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992)
Biggest win	Russia 9–0 San Marino (Saransk, Russia; 8 June 2019)
Biggest defeat	Portugal 7–1 Russia (Lisbon, Portugal; 13 October 2004)
World Cup appearances	4 (First in 1994)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2018
UEFA European Championship appearances	6 (First in 1996)
Best result	Semi-final, 2008

The Russia national football team is the national association football team of Russia and is controlled by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, Rossiyskiy Futboľnyy Soyuz), the government body of football in Russia. Russia's home ground is Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.

Russia has participated in 10 World Cups (7 World Cups as Soviet Union national football team) and hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, effectively kicking them out of the 2022 World Cup and relegated to 2024-25 UEFA Nations League C.

History

Main article: History of the Russia national football team

See also: Soviet Union national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup

Russia was qualified automatically after being selected as host on 2 December 2010. During the friendly matches prior to the tournament, Russia did not have good results. Russia had friendly matches with the likes of Argentina, Brazil, France, and Spain, they did not win all matches against those teams. The team lost more games than it won and this made their FIFA ranking fall to 70th, the lowest among all World Cup participants.

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A

Russia started its FIFA World Cup campaign with an opening match against Saudi Arabia on 14 June, where they demolished the Green Falcons by scoring 5 goals. On 19 June, Russia won their second game of the group stage, beating Egypt by a scoreline of 3–1. 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 independence Russian Federation, qualified for the next round, thanked Uruguay for beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the later match. Russia's final group game was against two-time world champions and powerhouse Uruguay, with Russia losing 3–0, meaning that they would finish second in the group.

Advancing from their group in second place, Russia was matched up against Group B winners, Spain, who were heavy tournaments favourites, having won the competition in 2010. Russia even got a red card in this match. Russia fielded an extremely weak team in comparison to Spain, who fielded a majority of their key players. Despite all this, 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. The win sent supporters and residents of Russia into wild celebrations, as described by BBC Sport. Russia then played Croatia in the quarter-final, on 7 July. Russia scored first and last in the match, which finished 2–2 after extra time, and then were eliminated 3–4 in the penalty shootout. It has become Russia’s best World Cup performance ever since the fall of USSR.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Uruguay (A)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase
Russia (A)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Saudi Arabia (E)	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Egypt (E)	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930–90	As Soviet Union
1994	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	7	6	Squad		8	5	2	1	15	4
1998	Did not qualify										10	5	3	2	20	7
2002	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	4	4	Squad		10	7	2	1	18	5
2006	Did not qualify										12	6	5	1	23	12
2010											12	8	1	3	21	8
2014	Group stage	24th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad		10	7	1	2	20	5
2018	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	2	1	11	7	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2022	Banned but could still enter qualification								Banned but could still enter qualification						2022
2026	To be determined								To be determined						2026
Total	Fourth Place	11/22	45	19	10	16	77	54	—	62	38	14	10	117	41

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–92	As Soviet Union and CIS
1996	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	8	Squad		10	8	2	0	34	5
2000	Did not qualify										10	6	1	3	22	12
2004	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		10	5	3	2	20	12
2008	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	0	2	7	8	Squad		12	7	3	2	18	7
2012	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	3	Squad		10	7	2	1	17	4
2016	Group stage	23rd	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad		10	6	2	2	21	5
2020	Qualified										10	8	0	2	33	8
2024	To be determined										To be determined
Total	1 Title	12/16	33	12	7	14	38	45	—		72	47	13	12	165	53

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	Future event
Total			10	4	3	3	13	15	17th

Results and fixtures

2020

Nations League 3 September 2020	Russia	3–1	Serbia	Moscow, Russia
20:45	Dzyuba  48' (pen.), 81' Karavayev  69'	Report	Mitrović  78'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Nations League 6 September 2020	Hungary	2–3	Russia	Budapest, Hungary
18:00	Sallai  62' Nikolić  70'	Report	Miranchuk  15' Ozdoyev  34' Fernandes  46'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Friendly 8 October 2020	Russia	1–2	Sweden	Moscow, Russia
19:15 UTC+3	Sobolev  90+1'	Report	Isak  21' Johansson  72'	Stadium: VEB Arena Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Nations League 11 October 2020	Russia	1–1	Turkey	Moscow, Russia
20:45	Miranchuk  28'	Report	Karaman  62'	Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Nations League 14 October 2020	Russia	0–0	Hungary	Moscow, Russia
20:45		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Friendly 12 November 2020	Moldova	0–0	Russia	Chișinău, Moldova
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Nations League 15 November 2020	Turkey	3–2	Russia	Istanbul, Turkey
18:00	Karaman  26' Ünder  32' Tosun  52' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev  11' Kuzyayev  57'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Nations League 18 November 2020	Serbia	5–0	Russia	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45	Radonjić  10' Jović  25', 45+1' Vlahović  41' Mladenović  64'	Report		Stadium: Red Star Stadium Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2021

2022 World Cup qualification 24 March 2021	Malta	1–3	Russia	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45	J. Mbong  56'	Report	Dzyuba  23' Fernandes  35' Sobolev  90'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

2022 World Cup qualification 27 March 2021	Russia	2–1	Slovenia	Sochi, Russia
15:00 (17:00 UTC+3)	Dzyuba  26', 35'	Report	Iličić  36'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

2022 World Cup qualification 30 March 2021	Slovakia	2–1	Russia	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45	Škriniar  38' Mak  74'	Report	Fernandes  71'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Friendly 1 June 2021	Poland	1–1	Russia	Wrocław, Poland
20:45 UTC+2	Świerczok  4'	Report	Karavayev  21'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Friendly 5 June 2021	Russia	1–0	Bulgaria	Moscow, Russia
17:00 (18:00 UTC+3)	Sobolev  84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

UEFA Euro 2020 12 June 2021	Belgium	3–0	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00 UTC+3	Lukaku  10', 88' Meunier  34'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 26,264 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Euro 2020 16 June 2021	Finland	0–1	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Miranchuk  45+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,540 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2020 21 June 2021	Russia	1–4	Denmark	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 UTC+2	Dzyuba  70' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard  38' Poulsen  59' Christensen  79' Mæhle  82'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,644 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

2022 World Cup qualification 1 September 2021	Russia	v	Croatia	Moscow, Russia
21:45				Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium

2022 World Cup qualification 4 September 2021	Cyprus	v	Russia
16:00

2022 World Cup qualification 7 September 2021	Russia	v	Malta	Volgograd, Russia
21:45				Stadium: Volgograd Arena

2022 World Cup qualification 8 October 2021	Russia	v	Slovakia
21:45

2022 World Cup qualification 11 October 2021	Slovenia	v	Russia
21:45

2022 World Cup qualification 11 November 2021	Russia	v	Cyprus
20:00

2022 World Cup qualification 14 November 2021	Croatia	v	Russia
16:00

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 squad.
All caps and goals as of 12 June 2021, after the match against Belgium.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
39	1GK	Matvey Safonov	25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)	13	0	PSG
12	1GK	Yury Dyupin	17 March 1988 (1988-03-17)	0	0	Rubin Kazan
16	1GK	Matvei Safonov	25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)	1	0	Krasnodar
2	2DF	Mário Fernandes	19 September 1990 (1990-09-19)	30	5	CSKA Moscow
3	2DF	Igor Diveyev	27 September 1999 (1999-09-27)	5	0	CSKA Moscow
4	2DF	Vyacheslav Karavayev	20 May 1995 (1995-05-20)	14	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
5	2DF	Andrei Semyonov	24 March 1989 (1989-03-24)	27	0	Akhmat Grozny
13	2DF	Fyodor Kudryashov	5 April 1987 (1987-04-05)	44	1	Antalyaspor
14	2DF	Georgi Dzhikiya	21 November 1993 (1993-11-21)	34	1	Spartak Moscow
18	2DF	Yuri Zhirkov	20 August 1983 (1983-08-20)	105	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
24	2DF	Roman Yevgenyev	23 February 1999 (1999-02-23)	1	0	Dynamo Moscow
6	3MF	Denis Cheryshev	26 December 1990 (1990-12-26)	31	12	Valencia
7	3MF	Magomed Ozdoyev	5 November 1992 (1992-11-05)	33	4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
8	3MF	Dmitri Barinov	11 September 1996 (1996-09-11)	6	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
11	3MF	Roman Zobnin	11 February 1994 (1994-02-11)	36	0	Spartak Moscow
15	3MF	Aleksei Miranchuk	17 October 1995 (1995-10-17)	34	5	Atalanta
17	3MF	Aleksandr Golovin	30 May 1996 (1996-05-30)	39	5	Monaco
19	3MF	Rifat Zhemaletdinov	20 September 1996 (1996-09-20)	4	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
20	3MF	Aleksei Ionov	18 February 1989 (1989-02-18)	35	4	Krasnodar
21	3MF	Daniil Fomin	2 March 1997 (1997-03-02)	4	0	Dynamo Moscow
23	3MF	Daler Kuzyayev	15 January 1993 (1993-01-15)	35	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
25	3MF	Denis Makarov	18 February 1998 (1998-02-18)	0	0	Rubin Kazan
26	3MF	Maksim Mukhin	4 November 2001 (2001-11-04)	3	0	CSKA Moscow
9	4FW	Aleksandr Sobolev	7 March 1997 (1997-03-07)	6	3	Spartak Moscow
10	4FW	Anton Zabolotny	13 June 1991 (1991-06-13)	13	1	CSKA Moscow
22	4FW	Artem Dzyuba (captain)	22 August 1988 (1988-08-22)	53	29	Zenit Saint Petersburg

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Andrey Lunyov 13 November 1991 (1991-11-13) 7 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg UEFA Euro 2020 preliminary squad, 2 June 2021 GK Soslan Dzhanayev 17 March 1987 (1987-03-17) 3 0 Sochi v. Malta, 24 March 2021 INJ GK Guilherme 12 December 1985 (1985-12-12) 16 0 Lokomotiv Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 DF Ilya Samoshnikov 14 November 1997 (1997-11-14) 0 0 Rubin Kazan UEFA Euro 2020 preliminary squad, 2 June 2021 DF Igor Smolnikov 8 August 1988 (1988-08-08) 30 0 Unattached v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 DF Roman Neustädter 18 February 1988 (1988-02-18) 13 1 Dynamo Moscow v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 DF Ilya Kutepov 29 July 1993 (1993-07-29) 13 0 Spartak Moscow v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 DF Aleksandr Zhirov 24 January 1991 (1991-01-24) 0 0 SV Sandhausen v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 DF Dmitri Zhivoglyadov 29 April 1994 (1994-04-29) 0 0 Lokomotiv Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 DF Maksim Belyayev 30 September 1991 (1991-09-30) 1 0 Arsenal Tula v. Hungary, 14 October 2020 DF Sergei Petrov 2 January 1991 (1991-01-02) 5 1 Krasnodar v. Sweden, 8 October 2020 INJ DF Yegor Sorokin 4 November 1995 (1995-11-04) 1 0 Krasnodar v. Hungary, 6 September 2020 MF Andrei Mostovoy 5 November 1997 (1997-11-05) 8 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg UEFA Euro 2020 squad, 11 June 2021 INJ MF Arsen Zakharyan 26 May 2003 (2003-05-26) 0 0 Dynamo Moscow UEFA Euro 2020 preliminary squad, 2 June 2021 MF Ilzat Akhmetov 31 December 1997 (1997-12-31) 8 0 CSKA Moscow v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 MF Reziuan Mirzov 22 June 1993 (1993-06-22) 0 0 Khimki v. Slovakia, 30 March 2021 MF Aleksandr Yerokhin 13 October 1989 (1989-10-13) 26 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Anton Miranchuk 17 October 1995 (1995-10-17) 19 3 Lokomotiv Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Zelimkhan Bakayev 1 July 1996 (1996-07-01) 6 0 Spartak Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Ivan Oblyakov 5 July 1998 (1998-07-05) 2 0 CSKA Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Konstantin Kuchayev 18 March 1998 (1998-03-18) 1 0 CSKA Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Daniil Lesovoy 12 January 1998 (1998-01-12) 0 0 Dynamo Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 MF Yury Gazinsky 20 July 1989 (1989-07-20) 21 1 Krasnodar v. Hungary, 14 October 2020 FW Fyodor Chalov 10 April 1998 (1998-04-10) 3 0 CSKA Moscow v. Serbia, 18 November 2020 FW Nikolay Komlichenko 29 June 1995 (1995-06-29) 3 1 Rostov v. Hungary, 14 October 2020 FW Fyodor Smolov 5 February 1990 (1990-02-05) 39 14 Lokomotiv Moscow v. 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