Russian women's national soccer team

Russian Federation
Rossiyskaya Federazija
Россия

Association	Rossijski Futbolny Soyuz
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
captain	Changing players
Record scorer	Natalja Barbaschina (46)
Record player	Elwira Todua (145)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	RUS
FIFA rank	24. (1708 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
260 games 120 wins 44 draws 96 losses
statistics
First international match Russia 2-1 Hungary ( Moscow , Russia ; October 6, 1991)
Biggest wins Russia 8-0 Kazakhstan ( Krasnoarmeisk , Russia ; August 25, 2010) Russia 8-0 Macedonia ( Krasnoarmeisk , Russia ; March 31, 2012)
Biggest defeat Germany 9-0 Russia ( Cottbus , Germany ; September 21, 2013)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1999 )
Best results	Quarterfinals ( 1999 , 2003 )
European Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1997 )
Best results	Quarterfinals ( 1993 , 1995 )
(As of July 25, 2017 )

The Russian women's national soccer team represents Russia in international women's soccer . The national team is subordinate to the Russian Football Association RFS .

The Russian team is the successor to the USSR women's national soccer team ; the first game counted by FIFA for Russia was played by the Soviet team.

In 1997 Russia was able to qualify for a European football championship for the first time, in the qualifying round the Russians were group winners ahead of France . In the final round , however, Russia was eliminated after defeats against France, Sweden and Spain in the preliminary round.

Two years later, the Russians won the play-off games against Finland and qualified for a world championship for the first time . In the USA they started with a narrow 1: 2 defeat against the defending champions from Norway , but in the two remaining group games the team was able to convince and made it to the quarter-finals. However , Russia lost 2-0 to China and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2000 Olympics due to Sweden's last-minute goal in their 3-1 defeat against Norway .

At the 2001 European Championships, the Russian women were eliminated from the preliminary round with just one point. At the 2003 World Cup they reached the quarter-finals again, but lost 7-1 to eventual world champions Germany .

In qualifying for the EM 2005, Russia failed in the play-off games to Finland, for the 2007 World Cup , after two defeats against Germany, they could not qualify.

For the European Championship 2009 Russia was able to prevail in the third qualifying round after two games (3-2 in Scotland and 1-2 at home) against Scotland and qualify for the European Championship.

The team was also unable to qualify for the 2011 World Cup after a 3-0 home defeat against Switzerland  .

Tournament balance sheet

List of international matches for the Russian women's national football team

World Championship

→ Main article : Russian Women's National Football Team / World Cups

year	Result	Trainer	Most games	Most goals
1991	did not participate, part of the USSR that did not participate
1995	not qualified
1999	Quarter finals	Yuri Bystritsky	13 players with 4 games	Jelena Fomina and Olga Letjuschowa (2 each)
2003	Quarter finals	Yuri Bystritsky	10 players with 4 games	5 players with 1 goal
2007	not qualified
2011	not qualified
2015	not qualified
2019	not qualified
All			5 players with 8 games each	Jelena Fomina and Olga Letjuschowa (3 each)

In qualifying for the 2019 World Cup , the team will face Bosnia & Herzegovina , England , Kazakhstan and Wales .

European Championship

→ Main article : Russian Women's National Football Team / European Championships

1984 : did not participate, part of the USSR that only played the first game in 1990 1987 : did not participate, part of the USSR, which only played the first game in 1990 1989 : did not participate, part of the USSR, which only played the first game in 1990 1991 : did not participate, part of the USSR that did not participate 1993 : quarter-finals (qualification) 1995 : quarter-finals (qualification) 1997 : preliminary round 2001 : preliminary round 2005 : not qualified 2009 : preliminary round 2013 : preliminary round 2017 : preliminary round

Olympic games

1996 : not qualified 2000 : not qualified 2004 : not qualified 2008 : not qualified

2012 : not qualified 2016 : not qualified 2020 : not qualified

Other tournaments

The national team has taken part in the Algarve Cup five times and achieved the best result so far in 1996 with fifth place. In 2014 Russia played in the group of the weaker teams and reached the game for 9th place, which was won 1-0 against Norway, with one win and two defeats in second place. Sixth place followed in 2016, eighth place in 2017 and last place after four losses in 2018.

The team took fifth place in 2008 at the first Cyprus Cup , which was followed by eighth place in 2009 and tenth place in 2011. In 2013, the team won a tournament held in Istria for the first time , in which five other Eastern and Southeastern European teams took part.

In 2005, the Russians finished last at the four-nation tournament in China after four defeats, while each of the three other teams (Australia, China and Germany) won two games.

In 2016, the team took part in the four-nation tournament in Brazil and finished third there.

Squad

The following players were named for the Algarve Cup 2018 . Players marked with "*" were also in the squad for the 2017 European Championship finals

No.	Surname	birth date	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
21st	Julija Gritschenko * (Юлия Гриченко)	March 10, 1990	2013	PFK CSKA Moscow	19th	0	5th March 2018
01	Tatiana Shcherbak * (Татьяна Щербак)	October 22, 1997	2017	Kubanochka Krasnodar	13	0	February 28, 2018
12	Elwira Todua (Эльвира Тодуа)	January 31, 1986	2009	PFK CSKA Moscow	78	0	March 7, 2018
Defense
02	Anastassija Akimowa (Анастасия Акимова)	May 12, 1991	2011	Zvezda 2005 Perm	10	0	March 7, 2018
22nd	Marija Alexejewa (Мария Алексеева)	October 23, 1998		PFK CSKA Moscow	0	0
13	Anna Belomytzewa * (Анна Беломытцева)	November 24, 1996	2017	Ryazan WDW	14th	1	5th March 2018
09	Marija Galai (Мария Галай)	October 14, 1992	2017	Zvezda 2005 Perm	7th	0	March 7, 2018
03	Anna Koschnikowa * (Анна Кожникова)	July 10, 1987	2009	PFK CSKA Moscow	83	6th	March 7, 2018
07th	Irina Podschibjakina (Ирина Подшибякина)	5th July 1995	2017	Zvezda 2005 Perm	7th	0	March 7, 2018
18th	Elvira Sijastinowa * (Эльвира Зиястинова)	February 13, 1991	2015	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	37	0	March 7, 2018
midfield
06th	Alena Andrejewa (Алена Андреева)	November 21, 1997	2014	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	6th	0	5th March 2018
16	Marina Feodorova * (Марина Фёдорова)	May 10, 1997	2015	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	18th	1	March 7, 2018
19th	Nadezhda Koltakowa (Надежда Колтакова)	4th June 1992	2013	Ryazan WDW	3	0	March 7, 2018
04th	Ekaterina Lazareva (Екатерина Лазарева)	March 25, 1990	2014	RSC Anderlecht	7th	1	2nd March 2018
23	Jelena Morosowa * (Елена Морозова)	March 15, 1987	2004	Kubanochka Krasnodar	103	24	February 28, 2018
10	Nadeschda Smirnowa * (Надежда Смирнова)	February 22, 1996	2016	PFK CSKA Moscow	20th	0	March 7, 2018
11	Ekaterina Sochneva * (Екатерина Сочнева)	August 12, 1985	2005	PFK CSKA Moscow	88	18th	5th March 2018
20th	Margarita Tschernomyrdina * (Маргарита Черномырдина)	March 6, 1996	2014	SchF Tschertanowo Moscow	39	2	March 7, 2018
05	Ekaterina Tyryshkina (Екатерина Тырышкина)	January 31, 1996	2015	Rodez Aveyron	7th	0	5th March 2018
attack
15th	Jelena Danilowa * (Елена Данилова)	June 17, 1987	2003	Ryazan WDW	48	15th	March 7, 2018
14th	Nassiba Gassanowa * (Насиба Гасанова)	December 12, 1994	2017	Kubanochka Krasnodar	5	0	March 7, 2018
17th	Sofija Shishkina (София Шишкина)	September 30, 1998	2018	Zvezda 2005 Perm	4th	1	March 7, 2018
08th	Valentina Zhukova (Валентина Жукова)	July 26, 1992	2018	Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	2	0	5th March 2018

1. ↑ As of February 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: March 7, 2018 after the game against China (The figures are based on the figures given by the Russian Federation in the player statistics before the Algarve Cup, adjusted according to the tables published on soccerway.com. After the Algarve Cup, in the player statistics of the Russian Federation lower numbers than before the tournament.)

Trainers

• / Oleg Lapschin (1989–1994)
• Juri Bystrizki (1994-2008)
• Igor Shalimov (2008-2011)
• Vera Pauw (April - September 2011)
• Farid Benstiti (2011-2012)
• Vladimir Antonov (July - October 2012)
• Sergei Lavrentiev (October 2012 - May 2015)
• Jelena Fomina (since October 2015)

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Russian perspective.

Germany

The German team is the most common with 19 encounters opponents of the Russian team. So far, there have only been two draws in 17 defeats, including the highest defeat (0: 9) for the Russian team, which was conceded in the first game of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.

date	place	Result	occasion	Goal scorers	spectator
October 11, 1992	Moscow Russia	0: 7	EM quarter-finals	5 ′ Martina Voss Germany 16 ′ Silvia Neid Germany 17 ′ Martina Voss Germany 19 ′ Britta Unsleber Germany 42 ′ Patricia Grigoli Germany 71 ′ Heidi Mohr Germany 79 ′ Britta Unsleber Germany	-
November 14, 1992	Rheine Germany	0-0	EM quarter-finals		-
7th December 1993	Tarragona Spain	0: 1	Friendly match	39 ′ Patricia Grigoli Germany	500
October 9, 1994	Moscow Russia	0: 1	EM quarter-finals	70 ′ Heidi Mohr Germany	1,200
October 27, 1994	Osnabrück Germany	0: 4	EM quarter-finals	5 ′ Heidi Mohr Germany 23 ′ Patricia Brocker Germany 29 ′ Silvia Neid Germany 45 ′ Heidi Mohr Germany	4,600
September 2, 1999	Plauen Germany	1: 3	Friendly match	7 ′ Bettina Wiegmann ( FE ) Germany 31 ′ Natalja Barbaschina Russia 46 ′ Sandra Smisek Germany 80 ′ Inka Grings Germany	1,900
May 17, 2001	Gera Germany	1: 1	Friendly match	33 ′ Claudia Müller Germany 82 ′ Olga Letjuschowa Russia	1,600
June 27, 2001	Erfurt Germany	0: 5	EM preliminary round	43 ′ Bettina Wiegmann Germany 50 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany 69 ′ Maren Meinert Germany 73 ′ Sandra Smisek Germany 89 ′ Sandra Smisek Germany	6,249
November 14, 2002	Lüdenscheid Germany	0: 4	Friendly match	8 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany 31 ′ Inka Grings Germany 88 ′ Linda Bresonik Germany 90 ′ Conny Pohlers Germany	4,500
October 2, 2003	Portland United States	1: 7	World Cup quarter-finals	25 ′ Martina Müller Germany 57 ′ Sandra Minnert Germany 60 ′ Pia Wunderlich Germany 62 ′ Kerstin Garefrekes Germany 70 ′ Jelena Danilowa Russia 85 ′ Kerstin Garefrekes Germany 80 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany 89 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany	20,012
January 30, 2005	Quanzhou People's Republic of China	0: 1	Four Nations Tournament	18 ′ Renate Lingor Germany	2,500
September 25, 2005	Siegen Germany	1: 5	World Cup qualification	6 ′ Renate Lingor ( FE ) Germany 8 ′ Inka Grings Germany 43 ′ Sandra Minnert Germany 60 ′ Galina Komarowa Russia 87 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany 90 ′ Sandra Smisek Germany	7,382
September 27, 2006	Moscow Russia	2: 3	World Cup qualification	32 ′ Sandra Smisek Germany 35 ′ Kerstin Garefrekes Germany 45 ′ Birgit Prinz Germany 84 ′ Natalja Barbaschina Russia 90 ′ Olga Kremlewa Russia	200
August 6, 2009	Bochum Germany	1: 3	Friendly match	25 ′ Martina Müller Germany 52 ′ Kerstin Garefrekes Germany 53 ′ Olessja Kurotschkina Russia 63 ′ Xenija Zybutowitsch Germany	13.303
21st September 2013	Cottbus Germany	0: 9	World Cup qualification	22 ′ Célia Šašić ( FE ) Germany 24, 85 ′ Nadine Keßler Germany 26, 37 ′ Dzsenifer Marozsán Germany 73 ′ Fatmire Bajramaj Germany 76 ′ Melanie Leupolz Germany 80 ′ Lena Goeßling Germany 87 ′ Bianca Schmidt Germany	10,031
September 13, 2014	Moscow Russia	1: 4	World Cup qualification	6 ′ Simone Laudehr Germany 9 ′ Xenija Zybutowitsch ( FE ) Russia 19, 28, 72 ′ Célia Šašić Germany	2,640
October 22, 2015	Wiesbaden Germany	0: 2	European Championship qualification	8 ′ Mandy Islacker Germany 48 ′ Leonie Maier Germany	4,516
16th September 2016	Khimki Russia	0: 4	European Championship qualification	7 ′ Xenija Zybutowitsch Russia 14 ′ Leonie Maier Germany 26 ′ Kathrin-Julia Hendrich Germany 78 ′ Lena Petermann Germany	1,000
July 25, 2017	Utrecht Netherlands	0: 2	EM preliminary round	10 ′ Peter Germany ( FE ) 56 ′ Marozsán Germany ( FE )	6,458

Switzerland

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion	Goal scorers
March 30, 2002	Neuchâtel Switzerland	0-0	Friendly match
September 1, 2005	Zug Switzerland	2-0	World Cup qualification	3 ′ Jelena Morosowa Russia 34 ′ Olessja Kurotschkina Russia
September 23, 2006	Moscow Russia	2-0	World Cup qualification	27 ′ ( penalty ) Jelena Morosowa Russia 68 ′ Olga Kremlewa Russia
September 23, 2009	Fislisbach Switzerland	2: 1	World Cup qualification	8 ′ Tatjana Skotnikowa Russia 16 ′ Jelena Danilowa Russia 87 ′ Isabelle Meyer Switzerland
June 19, 2010	Krasnoarmeisk Russia	0: 3	World Cup qualification	18 ′ Selina Kuster Switzerland 77 ′ Ramona Bachmann Switzerland 78 ′ Ramona Bachmann Switzerland

Austria

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion	Goal scorers	spectator
August 23, 2007	Anger Austria	5: 1	European Championship qualification	36 ′ Irene Fuhrmann Austria 36 ′ Olessja Kurotschkina Russia 48 ′ Natalja Mokschanowa Russia 62 ′ Natalja Barbaschina Russia 65 ′ Natalja Mokschanowa Russia 93 ′ Natalja Barbaschina Russia
August 27, 2008	Krasnoarmeisk Russia	3: 1	European Championship qualification	5 ′ Natalja Mokschanowa Russia 25 ′ Olga Petrowa Russia 29 ′ Natalja Mokschanowa Russia 33 ′ Nina Aigner Austria
October 21, 2012	St. Pölten Austria	2-0	European Championship qualification (play-off)	25 ′ Valentina Savchenkova Russia 43 ′ Natalja Schljapina Russia	3600
October 25, 2012	Rostov-on-Don Russia	1: 1	European Championship qualification (play-off)	30 ′ Anastassija Kostjukowa Russia 75 ′ Sarah Puntigam Austria	5500 Olimp-2
March 10, 2014	Vila Real de Santo António Portugal	2: 3	Algarve Cup 2014	18 ′ Jelena Morosowa Russia 19 ′ Lisa Makas Austria 30 ′ Nadine Prohaska Austria 62 ′ Jelena Morosowa Russia 88 ′ Nina Burger Austria

International match records

As of July 25, 2017

country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Important games
Australia	6th	2	1	3	5:13	World Cup preliminary round 2003
Belgium	7th	2	0	5	10:18	World Cup qualification 1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	0	6: 1	European Championship qualification 2013
Brazil	4th	0	1	3	2:13
Bulgaria	6th	3	3	0	10: 1	European Championship qualification 1993
Chile	1	1	0	0	2-0
People's Republic of China	11	0	2	9	5:17	World Cup quarter-finals 1999 , preliminary round 2003
Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	0	0-0
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	3: 1
Denmark	6th	2	0	4th	13:20	World Cup qualification 1999 , European Championship qualification 2001
Germany	19th	0	2	17th	8:66	European Championship qualification (quarter-finals) 1993 , 1995 , European Championship preliminary round 2001 , World Cup quarter-finals 2003 , World Cup qualification 2007 , World Cup qualification 2015 , European Championship qualification 2017 , European Championship preliminary round 2017
England	6th	1	3	2	8:14	EM preliminary round 2001 , 2009 2013
Finland	11	6th	0	6th	19:21	World Cup qualification (playoff) 1999 , EM qualification 2001 , 2005 (playoff)
France	10	2	1	7th	10:23	Euro qualification 1997 , 2005 , Euro preliminary round 1997 , Euro preliminary round 2013
Ghana	3	2	0	1	6: 3	Preliminary round 2003
Greece	8th	6th	2	0	17: 3	2013
Ireland	6th	4th	2	0	14: 3	World Cup qualification 2007 , 2011 , 2015
Iceland	7th	3	4th	0	14: 5	European Championship qualification 1997 , 2005 , World Cup qualification 2003
Israel	5	5	0	0	22: 1	European Championship qualification 2009 , World Cup qualification 2011
Italy	9	4th	0	5	9:15	World Cup qualification 2003 , EM preliminary round 2009 , qualification 2013 , EM preliminary round 2017
Japan	6th	2	0	4th	9:11	World Cup preliminary round 1999
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	7: 1	European Championship qualification 2001
Canada	4th	1	0	3	6: 7	World Cup preliminary round 1999
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	19: 0	World Cup qualification 2011
Croatia	4th	4th	0	0	12: 1	World Cup qualification 2015
North Macedonia	2	2	0	0	14: 0	European Championship qualification 2013
Mexico	2	1	1	0	5: 1
Moldova	3	3	0	0	12: 2
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	5: 2
Netherlands	8th	1	1	6th	4:19	European Championship qualification 1997
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	2: 1
North Korea	4th	0	1	3	4: 9
Norway	6th	2	1	3	5:10	World Cup preliminary round 1999 , European Championship qualification 2009
Austria	5	3	1	1	13: 6	European Championship qualification 2009 , 2013 (playoff)
Poland	9	5	4th	0	21: 6	European Championship qualification 1995 , 2005 , 2009 , European Championship qualification 2013
Portugal	8th	7th	1	0	13: 3	World Cup qualification 1999
Romania	9	7th	1	1	24: 4	European Championship qualification 1995
Scotland	8th	5	1	2	21: 8	World Cup qualification 2007 , European Championship qualification 2009
Sweden	6th	0	0	6th	1:14	European Championship preliminary round 1997 , 2001 , 2009
Switzerland	5	3	1	1	6: 4	World Cup qualification 2007 , 2011
Serbia	2	2	0	0	5: 2
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	6: 1
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	6: 2	World Cup qualification 2015
Spain	8th	2	2	4th	8:10	European Championship preliminary round 1997 , 2013 , World Cup qualification 2003
South Korea	8th	3	1	4th	12:10
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	0-0
Turkey	2	1	1	0	2-0	European Championship qualification 2017
Ukraine	13	8th	2	3	22:14	European Championship qualification 1995
Hungary	6th	4th	2	0	14: 3	European Championship qualification 1993 , 2005
United States	10	0	1	9	5:51
Belarus	4th	3	0	1	8: 2
total	289	130	46	113	476: 442

Match statistics against club and junior teams

country	Games	S.	U	N	Gates
Australia U-20	2	2	0	0	6-0
Energiya Voronezh	1	0	0	1	0: 1
Kalushanka Kaluga	1	1	0	0	1-0
Kazakhstan Alma-KTSch	1	1	0	0	5-0
Legenda Chernihiv	1	0	1	0	0-0
Nadezhda Noginsk	1	0	1	0	1: 1
Rossiya Chotkowo	1	0	1	0	1: 1
Russia U-20	2	2	0	0	6-0
Ryazan-TNK	2	1	1	0	3: 1
United States U-20	1	1	0	0	2-0
Umeå IK	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Watford LFC	1	1	0	0	3-0
ShWSM Izmailovo Moscow	1	1	0	0	6: 1
Medical Park Antalyaspor	1	0	0	1	1: 4
Starco Moscow	1	0	1	0	3: 3
Turkey U-21	1	1	0	0	1-0
Wales U-19	1	1	0	0	6-0
Volshanka Cheboksary	2	2	0	0	4-0
ZSK WWS Samara	1	0	0	1	0: 1
total	23	15th	5	3	51:14

See also

• List of international matches for the Russian women's national football team
• Russian national soccer team

Web links

• Official website of the Russian Federation (Russian / English)
• Russia on the FIFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ hns-cff.hr: ŽENSKI NOGOMETNI KUP 2013
3. ↑ rfs.ru: Сыграем на "Кубке Алгарве"
4. ↑ rfs.ru: "Russia's women's A-squad list for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ rfs.ru: Women's National Team of Russia
6. ^ Tarragona Women's Tournament 1993
7. ↑ Report World Cup quarter-finals
8. ↑ Report
9. ↑ Report
10. ↑ Report
11. ↑ Report
12. ↑ Of which 1 game lost on penalties.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Won on penalties
14. ↑ Won 1 game on penalties
15. ↑ Including a game against Alma KTZh, which FIFA counts as a game against Kazakhstan.
16. ↑ Of which 1 game lost on penalties
17. ↑ A 2-0 was turned into a 3-0 at the green table.
18. ↑ The game is counted as a game against Kazakhstan by FIFA.