Russian national soccer team

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

Russian Federation
Rossiyskaya Federatsija

Nickname (s)	Sbornaja
Association	Rossijski Futbolny Soyuz
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Stanislaw Tschertschessow (since 2016)
Assistant coach	Miroslav Romashchenko
captain	Artyom Djuba
Record scorer	Alexander Kerzhakov (30)
Record player	Sergei Ignashevich (127)
Home stadium	Luzhniki Stadium
FIFA code	RUS
FIFA rank	38th (1470 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
663 games 341 wins 172 draws 150 losses
statistics
First international match Grand Duchy of Finland 2-1 Russian Empire ( Stockholm , Sweden ; June 30, 1912 )
Biggest win Russia 9-0 San Marino ( Saransk , Russia ; June 8, 2019 )
Biggest defeat German Empire 16: 0 Russian Empire ( Stockholm / Solna , Sweden ; July 1, 1912)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	11 ( first : 1958 )
Best results	Semi-finals 1966
European Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1960 )
Best results	1960 winner
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	Preliminary round
(As of October 13, 2019)

The Russian national football team ( Russian Сборная России по футболу / Sbornaja Rossii po futbolu ) is the representation of Russia in football and is organized by the Russian football association Rossijski Futbolny Soyuz .

Russia has so far qualified for three football world championships (1994, 2002, 2014) and 2018 as the host country, as well as for six European championships (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020). She reached the quarter-finals at the World Cup in her own country and the semi-finals at the 2008 European Championship .

FIFA declared the Russian national soccer team to be the direct successor to the national teams of the CIS and USSR .

history

Russian national soccer team 1912

At the beginning of the 20th century, Saint Petersburg was the great center of football life in Russia. In 1900, nine new football associations emerged, but they did not last long. In August 1901 the secretary of the football club “Newski futbol-klub” and employee of a thread manufacturer founded the “St. Petersburg Football League “, the first division in Russia.

The Russian football umbrella association is called Rossijski Futbolny Soyuz ( Российский футбольный Союз ) and was founded in 1912. The Russians lost their first international match in 1912 2-1 against Finland, which at that time still belonged to the Russian Empire. The first official international match after the dissolution of the USSR was won 2-0 against Mexico in 1992.

Russian football had its heyday during the Soviet Union , when the national team of the USSR was once European champion and three times vice-European champion. While the Soviet team was heavily dominated by players from the big Moscow clubs until the 1960s, the Russians were often outnumbered from the mid-1970s, especially under the four-time Soviet coach Valery Lobanovsky (1975/77, 1982/83, 1986 –1990) Ukrainians instead of Russians made the majority of the selection.

After the dissolution of the CIS selection at the end of the European Championships in 1992, the Russian selection was re-established, however, there were mostly no successes, contrary to the always high expectations, the team was only able to qualify for two world and two European championships and were always eliminated after some disappointing performances already in the preliminary round. This led to a high fluctuation in the office of the national coach. Except Oleg Romanzew , the choice to qualify for Euro 1996 and 2002 World Cup led and overall remained for five years head coach in two terms, no one could last longer than two years in office of the nine national coach. The low point was the tenure of the gold coach of the 1988 Olympic football tournament, Anatoly Byschowez , under whom six games were lost in a row in the second half of 1998 and who was therefore dismissed after only six months. The Russian national team could not qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany either, as they only drew 0-0 instead of the necessary 3 points in the last game against Slovakia.

From summer 2006 Guus Hiddink took over the Russian national team. The coach, who came fourth with South Korea at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan and who looked after the Socceroos at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, took over the position of Russian national coach on July 10, 2006. Second in qualification group E , behind Croatia and ahead of England , they qualified for the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland. In Group D , the Russians then met Spain , Greece and Sweden . After a 4-1 defeat against the Spaniards in the first group game, a 1-0 win against the 2004 European champions and a 2-0 win against the Swedes, the Russians qualified for the final round. There the Russians met the favored Dutch in the quarter-finals, who they defeated 3-1 after 120 minutes. In the semi-final game against Spain, the Russians could not build on their performance from the quarter-final game and lost 3-0 to their opponent at the start of this EM and were eliminated. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Russia finished second behind the German team and later lost out in the playoff games against Slovenia. Hiddink then ended his engagement in the summer of 2010. He was succeeded by Dick Advocaat . Under the guidance of Advocaat, Russia qualified as group winners for the EM 2012 and met the Czech Republic , Poland and Greece in the group phase . A 4-1 win against the Czech Republic was followed by a 1-1 draw against hosts Poland. As leaders of the table they met Greece in Warsaw and a draw would have been enough to advance. However, they lost against outsiders Greece with 0: 1 and due to the direct comparison and because of the 1-0 victory of the Czechs in the parallel game against Poland, Russia was eliminated as third in the group.

As group winners before Portugal , the Russian team qualified under the Italian Fabio Capello , who replaced Dick Advocaat, who retired after the Euro 2012, for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and met South Korea, Belgium and Algeria . A 1-1 draw against South Korea was followed by a 1-0 defeat by a late goal by Divock Origi against group favorite Belgium, before they had to win the decisive game against the Algerians to advance to the round of 16. In the sixth minute, Alexander Kokorin gave the Russian side the lead before Islam Slimani equalized for the Algerian outsider; Before conceding the goal, the Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfejew was attacked by Algerian spectators with a laser pointer. With the 1-1 draw, Russia was eliminated.

Fabio Capello remained national coach and also looked after the Russian national team in qualifying for the 2016 European Championships in France , but was dismissed in summer 2015. His successor was Leonid Sluzki , who was still in charge of CSKA Moscow at the time. Under Slutsky, the Russian national team qualified for the finals in France and met England , Slovakia and Wales in the group stage . Here, too, the Russians were eliminated after the group stage. For the 2018 World Cup Russia qualified automatically as hosts. Under the new coach Stanislaw Tschertschessow , the Russian team first played the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 , which was set as a test tournament , where they met New Zealand , Mexico and European champions Portugal . The Russians were eliminated as third party. Before the start of the World Cup in their own country, the Russian national team could only win five games, but lost nine games while six other games ended in a draw. Russia won the opening game against Saudi Arabia 5-0 and after beating Egypt 3-1, Sbornaja qualified for the round of 16, with a 3-0 win against group favorites Uruguay. In the round of 16, Russia surprisingly eliminated Spain after a penalty shoot-out before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against Croatia, where the penalty shoot-out decided again.

Participation in soccer world championships (four times)

→ Main article : Russian national soccer team / World Cups

Russia was part of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991 , Russian players made up the main contingent of the Soviet national team alongside the Ukrainian players. B. Lev Yashin , who took part in the World Cup with the USSR in 1958 , 1962 , 1966 and 1970 and always survived the preliminary round. The best placement was fourth place in 1966. The Russian team, on the other hand, was only able to qualify for a World Cup three times in six attempts. It never survived the preliminary round. This only changed at the 2018 World Cup in their own country, where Russia was automatically qualified as host. As an outsider team, Russia first survived the preliminary round and then surprisingly qualified for the quarter-finals against Spain on penalties.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1994	United States	Preliminary round	Brazil , Sweden , Cameroon	18th	Pavel Sadyrin	Oleg Salenko is the first and so far only player in World Cup history to score five goals in one game. With 6 goals he becomes top scorer together with Christo Stoitschkow . To this day he is the only top scorer on a team that was eliminated in the preliminary round.
1998	France	not qualified				In the play-off qualification in Italy failed after the group stage behind Bulgaria 2nd place was occupied
2002	South Korea / Japan	Preliminary round	Tunisia , Japan , Belgium	22nd	Oleg Romanzew
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of Portugal and Slovakia failed, which also failed in the play-offs
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the play-off qualification of Slovenia failed after the group stage behind Germany 2nd place was occupied
2014	Brazil	Preliminary round	South Korea , Belgium , Algeria	24.	Fabio Capello
2018	Russia	Quarter finals	Croatia	5.	Stanislav Cherchessov	Host of the 1st World Cup in Eastern Europe, worst FIFA world rankings of a host at the start of the World Cup, best performance of the Russian national team at a soccer World Cup

Participation in European football championships (six times)

→ Main article : Russian national soccer team / European championships

Team with Dmitri Medvedev in front of Meiendorf Castle (2008)

As part of the USSR or the CIS, Russia took part in the European Championships from 1960 to 1992. In the 1960s European championship team, Russian players made up the largest contingent, while in 1988 only Rinat Dassajew , Wagis Chidijatullin and Sergei Dmitrijew were Russian players and Ukrainian players, especially from Dynamo Kiev, made up the majority of the vice European champions . After the dissolution of the Soviet Union into several independent states, Russia first took part in the qualification for the European Championship in 1996 and was able to qualify straight away. Since then, only the qualification for the EM 2000 has not been made, but only survived the preliminary round once. Up to and including 2008, Russia always met the eventual European champions in the preliminary round.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1996	England	Preliminary round	Czech Republic	-	After two defeats and a draw, eliminated as bottom of the group
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	not qualified			In the qualification of world champion France and the Ukraine failed, which also failed to qualify.
2004	Portugal	Preliminary round	Greece	-	After two defeats and one win against eventual European champions Greece, they were eliminated as bottom group.
2008	Austria and Switzerland	Semifinals	Spain	-	Defeat against the eventual European champion
2012	Poland and Ukraine	Preliminary round	Greece	-	Eliminated after a win, a draw against co-hosts Poland and a defeat in third place.
2016	France	Preliminary round	Wales	-	Russia was eliminated from the bottom of the group after a draw against England and defeats against Slovakia and Wales.
2021	Europe	qualified			Opponents at the final round are Belgium , Denmark and Finland, newcomer to the European Championship . Russia can play two group games in Saint Petersburg .

Participation in the Summer Olympic Games (once)

1908 in London	did not participate, the association was only founded in 1912
1912 in Stockholm	Quarter finals
1920 in Stockholm	not participated
1924-1992	No independent association ; see USSR / CIS

Record player

rank	Surname	Calls	Gates	position	Period	World Cup games	EM games	Record international player
01.	Sergei Ignashevich	127	08th	Defense	2002-2018	08th	10	Since October 9, 2015
02.	Igor Akinfeev	111	00	goal	2004-2018	08th	08th
03.	Viktor Onopko	.ref109	07th	Defense	1992-2004	05	02	From April 14, 1993 to October 9, 2015 (8 to 109 games, previously with several other players)
04th	Vasily Berezuzky	101	05	Defense	2003-2016	03	05
05.	Yuri Schirkow	092	02	Defense / midfield	2005–	04th	08th
06th	Alexander Kerhakov	091	30th	attack	2002-2016	04th	04th
07th	Alexander Anyukov	077	01	Defense	2004-2013	00	09
08th.	Andrei Arshavin	075	17th	Attack / midfield	2002–2012	00	06th
09.	Valery Karpin	0.ref72	17th	Attack / midfield	1992-2003	06th	03	Until April 14, 1993 (together with Wiktor Onopko, up to 7 games, sometimes with several other players)
10.	Vladimir Bestzhastnych	071	26th	attack	1992-2003	04th	01
Remarks: ↑ In addition, four games for the CIS , including three at the EM 1992. ↑ Also a game for the CIS.
As of November 19, 2019

Record goal scorers

Alexander Kerzhakov has been the record scorer since September 3, 2014, when he beat Vladimir Bestschastnych's record with his 27th goal .

rank	Surname	Gates	Calls	Quota	Period	World Cup goals	EM goals
01.	Alexander Kerhakov	30th	91	0.33	2002-2016	1	0
02.	Vladimir Bestzhastnych	26th	71	0.37	1992-2003	1	1
03.	Artyom Djuba	24	42	0.67	2011–	3	0
04th	Roman Pavlyuchenko	21st	51	0.41	2003-2012	0	4th
05.	Valery Karpin	17th	.ref72	0.24	1992-2003	1	0
	Andrei Arshavin	17th	75	0.23	2002–2012	0	2
07th	Dmitri Sychev	15th	47	0.32	2002-2010	1	0
08th.	Fyodor Smolov	14th	39	0.36	2012–	0	0
09.	Roman Shirokov	13	57	0.25	2008-2016	0	1
10.	Alexander Kokorin	12	48	0.25	2011-2017	1	0
	Igor Kolyvanov	.ref12	.ref35	0.34	1992-1998	0	0
Remarks: ↑ Also 1 game for the CIS . ↑ Also 2 gates for the USSR and 1 gate for the CIS. ^ In addition, 19 games for the USSR and 5 games for the CIS.
As of November 19, 2019

International matches against German-speaking national soccer teams

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Russian national football team

Games against Germany

Results always from a Russian perspective (before the emergence of the Soviet Union or after its disintegration)

1. 1912, July 1st, Stockholm , 0:16 ( 1912 Summer Olympics , highest victory of the German team)
2. 1992, June 12, Norrköping (Sweden) 1: 1 (EM preliminary round) (as CIS)
3. 1994, September 7, Moscow , 0-1
4. 1996, June 16, Manchester , 0-3 (European Championship preliminary round)
5. 2005, June 8th, Mönchengladbach , 2: 2
6. 2008, October 11, Dortmund , 1: 2 (World Cup qualification)
7. 2009, October 10, Moscow , 0: 1 (World Cup qualification)
8. 2018, November 15, Leipzig , 0: 3

Games against Austria

Results always from the Russian perspective (after the collapse of the Soviet Union)

1. August 17, 1994 in Klagenfurt , 3-0 (friendly match)
2. May 25, 2004 in Graz , 0-0 (friendly match)
3. November 15, 2014 in Vienna , 0: 1 ( European Championship qualification )
4. June 14, 2015 in Moscow , 0: 1 (European Championship qualification)
5. May 30, 2018 in Innsbruck , 0: 1 (friendly game)

Games against Switzerland

Results always from the Russian perspective (after the collapse of the Soviet Union)

1. 1997, February 10, Hong Kong , 2-1
2. 2000, September 2, Zurich , 1-0, World Cup qualification
3. 2001, October 6, Moscow , 4-0, World Cup qualification
4. 2003, June 7, Basel , 2-2, European Championship qualification
5. 2003, September 10, Moscow , 4: 1, European Championship qualification

Games against Liechtenstein

Results always from the Russian perspective (after the collapse of the Soviet Union)

1. 2005, March 23, Vaduz , 2-1 (2-1), World Cup qualification
2. 2005, September 3, Moscow , 2-0 (1-0), World Cup qualification
3. 2009, April 1st, Vaduz 1-0 (1-0), World Cup qualification
4. 2009, September 5th, Saint Petersburg 3-0 (3-0), World Cup qualification
5. 2014, September 8, Khimki 4: 0 (1: 0), European Championship qualification
6. 2015, September 8th in Vaduz 7-0 (3-0), European Championship qualification

player

Andrei Arshavin Igor Akinfeev Yuri Schirkow Dmitri Alenichev Vladimir Bestzhastnych Dmitri Chochlow Igor Dobrowolski Sergei Gorlukovich Rolan Gusew Lev Yashin Stanislav Cherchessov Sergei Juran Andrei Kantschelskis Valery Karpin	Sergei Kirjakov Oleg Salenko Igor Kolyvanov Alexander Mostovoi Yuri Nikiforov Viktor Onopko Igor Shalimov Alexei Smertin Dmitri Sychev Yegor Titov Ivan Sajenko Roman Pavlyuchenko Pavel Pogrebnjak

Trainer

Nat.	Period	Surname
	1992 to 1994	Pavel Sadyrin
	1994 to 1996, 1998 to 2002	Oleg Romanzew
	1996 to 1998	Boris Ignatiev
	2002 to 2003	Valery Gassayev
	2003 to 2005	Georgi Yarzew
	2005	Yuri Syomin
	2006 to 2010	Guus Hiddink
	2010 to 2012	Dick Advocaat
	2012 to 2015	Fabio Capello
	2015 to 2016	Leonid Slutsky
	since 2016	Stanislav Cherchessov

Web links

Commons : Russian national soccer team  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Russian Association (Russian / English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ According to FIFA
3. ↑ According to ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR OLYMPISKA SPELEN 1 STOCKHOLM 1912
4. ↑ Norbert Lossau: How dangerous was the laser attack on Akinfejew? June 27, 2014, accessed December 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
6. ↑ Russia national football team individual records and stats. eu-football.info, November 19, 2019, accessed on April 23, 2020 (English). 
7. ↑ Russia national football team goal scorers of all-time. In: eu-football.info. November 19, 2019, accessed April 23, 2020 . 

Note: When describing the Cyrillic script, the German-language Wikipedia refers to the German transcription provided by the Duden (see Wikipedia: naming conventions / Cyrillic ). When writing articles about the individual players, however, it is desirable that a forwarding is created with the English transcription.