Russian women's national soccer team / European championships

Russian Federation
Rossiyskaya Federazija
Россия

European Championship record scorer:	Elena Morosova (2)
European Championship record player:	Elena Morosova (9)
Rank:	12
Balance sheet
15 European Championship games 1 win 3 draws 11 defeats 10:31 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Russia 1: 2 Sweden Karlstad ( SWE ); June 29, 1997
Biggest European Championship victory Russia 2: 1 Italy Rotterdam ( NLD ); 17th July 2017
Biggest European Championship defeat Russia 0: 5 Germany Erfurt ( DEU ); June 27, 2001
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1997 )
Best results	Quarterfinals ( 1993 , 1995 )
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of July 25, 2017)

The article contains a detailed description of the Russian national soccer team for women in European championships and the qualifications for them. The Russian team succeeded the USSR in 1992, which first took part in qualifying for the European Championship in 1993, but was replaced by the Russian team after a game. Since then, Russia has always participated in the qualification and was able to qualify for five finals, but always failed in the preliminary round. 2017 was the first time a game was won. When the final round was played with four teams or the final round with four teams, Russia failed twice in the quarter-finals.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	not participated		-		Part of the USSR, which only played its first game in 1990.
1987	Norway	not participated		-		Part of the USSR, which only played its first game in 1990.
1989	Germany	not participated		-		Part of the USSR, which only played its first game in 1990.
1991	Denmark	not participated		-		Part of the USSR that did not participate.
1993	Italy	not qualified		-		Defending champion Germany failed in the quarter-finals
1995	no finals	not qualified		-		In the quarter-finals, the eventual winner Germany failed again
1997	Norway / Sweden	Preliminary round	Sweden , France , Spain	-	Yuri Bystristsky	Eliminated as last group without winning points.
2001	Germany	Preliminary round	Germany , England , Sweden	-	Yuri Bystristsky
2005	England	not qualified		-		Failed in the playoffs to Finland , which qualified for the first time.
2009	Finland	Preliminary round	England , Italy , Sweden	-	Igor Shalimov	Eliminated as last group without winning points.
2013	Sweden	Preliminary round	England , France , Spain	-	Sergei Lavrentiev	Eliminated by drawing lots as third party in the group.
2017	Netherlands	Preliminary round	Italy , Sweden , Germany	-	Jelena Fomina	First victory in a European Championship finals

The tournaments

EM 1984 to 1991

The USSR had not registered any team for the first European championships.

EM 1993 in Italy

23 teams have already participated in qualifying for the European Championship in 1993, including the USSR for the first time . Opponents were Hungary and Bulgaria . The first qualifying game against Hungary on October 6, 1991 - a 2-1 win - was also the last game for the Soviet team (FIFA counts it as a game for the Russian team). As a team of the Commonwealth of Independent States, they played a few friendlies, but the next qualifying games were played by the Russian team, who succeeded them. The second qualifying game against Hungary on May 17, 1992 - a goalless draw - was also the first game for the Russian team. Since both games were won against Bulgaria, Russia qualified for the quarter-finals and met defending champions Germany for the first time . In Moscow the Russians lost 7-0 - their biggest defeat until 2013. In the second leg, however, they were able to hold a goalless draw, but were eliminated. Germany then lost its title in the finals and was not European champion for the last time.

EM 1995

Just two months after the final, the qualification for the next European Championship began with 29 teams, which was held again and for the last time without a final. Russia faced Poland, Romania and Ukraine , which had also emerged from the USSR and for which the first qualifying match against Russia was the first international match. After the win in Ukraine, Russia had to be content with a draw in Romania and against Poland, but then won the remaining games and was group winners again. In the quarter-finals, the Russians met Germany again and played at home first. With 0: 1, the defeat was less severe this time, but the second leg was lost 0: 4. Germany then became European champions again in the final round, but Russia also missed qualifying for the second World Cup in Sweden due to the quarter-final defeat .

European Championship 1997 in Norway and Sweden

Eleven months after the quarter-finals, Russia began qualifying for the next European Championship finals for which 34 teams had already registered and which was the first to be played with eight teams. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, including Russia, played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the next qualification in the higher category. Russia met Iceland for the first time in the first game and won 4-1. Other opponents were France and the Netherlands , against whom it was only enough to draw in the first games and the home game against the Netherlands was even lost. With victories in France and against Iceland, however, the first place could be secured. This was the first time that Russia qualified for the finals. France succeeded in this in the playoffs, while Iceland failed in the playoffs to Germany.

In the first ever group stage finals in Norway and Sweden, Russia played exclusively in Sweden and met co-hosts Sweden in the first game . The Russians lost their first final game with 1: 2, with Larissa Sawina equalizing with the first final goal for the Russians in the 80th minute, but the Swedes countered two minutes later. In the second game they met qualifying opponents France, who also took part in the finals for the first time, and lost 3-1, this time Irina Grigoryeva scored the interim equalizer. The Russians were eliminated before the last game against the third newcomer in this group, but then also lost this game against Spain with 0: 1. For Spain, however, this victory meant moving into the semi-finals, as they had the better goal difference compared to the French women with equal points. In the semifinals they then lost to Italy while Sweden lost to defending champions Germany, who then successfully defended the title in the final against Italy.

EM 2001 in Germany

In qualifying for the EM 2001, the Russians played again in the higher category and met Denmark , Finland and, for the first time, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Russia won all six games and was the group winner.

At the finals in Germany succeeded in the first group game against England with a 1: 1 the first point win in a final round, with Alexandra Svetlitskaya scored the equalizer. In the second game against hosts Germany, the 0-0 was held for 42 minutes, followed by five goals for the defending champions and thus the biggest defeat for the Russians in the final. Against Sweden, the Russians pulled out of the affair with 0: 1, but were eliminated again. Sweden and Germany then met again in the final and Germany was able to defend the title again.

EM 2005 in England

For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. In Category A, 20 teams played this time in four groups of five and Russia met old friends: France, Iceland, Hungary and Poland. The Russians started with a 6-0 win against Poland, but then only achieved a 1-1 draw against Iceland. After a victory in Hungary, it was only enough to a 1-1 draw in Poland and then even the home game against the French was lost 3-0. Although Russia then won the remaining games - u. a. 5-2 in France - but only finished second, as the French had otherwise won all other games. Russia therefore had to go to the playoffs against Finland, which was only third in its group, and lost both games, which Finland was able to qualify for the first time for the finals and there advanced to the semi-finals.

EM 2009 in Finland

The EM 2009 took place in Finland . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. Russia only had to intervene in the second round and met in a group of five against runner-up European champions Norway, Israel and Poland as well as Austria for the first time . The Russians could only not win against the Norwegians (0: 3 and 0: 0) and were second in the group. So they had to go back to the playoff and met Scotland . After a 3-2 away win, they lost the home game with 1: 2, but were qualified for the finals due to the more away goals scored. Austria missed the playoffs as the worst third party in the group.

In the final round, Russia lost the opening game against Sweden 3-0. In the second game against England, the Russians took the lead 2-0, but then lost 3-2. With a win against Italy in the last group game while England lost to Sweden at the same time, the Russians could have qualified for the knockout round. But England neither lost to Sweden nor was Russia able to win against Italy. On the contrary, with 0: 2, the game against the Italians was also lost. With that, Russia dropped out as the bottom of the group. England could then even reach the final as the best third party in the group, but lost it 2: 6 against defending champions Germany.

EM 2013 in Sweden

The EM 2013 took place for the second time in Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. Russia did not have to intervene again until the second round and met Italy, Poland and Greece as well as Bosnia & Herzegovina and Macedonia for the first time , which had secured a place in the main qualification through the pre-qualification. Russia won the first game in Poland 2-0, which was then even rated 3-0 at the green table. Of the following games, Russia only lost both games against Italy and gave up a point against Poland on the last day of the game. All other games were won, but that was only enough for second place. So Russia had to go back to the playoffs and met Austria. After a 2-0 win in Austria, the 1-1 draw in the second leg was enough to reach the finals.

At the finals, Russia met title favorites France in their first game and lost 3-1. In the second game against England it was 1-1 and so the third game against Spain ended. Russia had won two points in the final round for the first time and was third in the group, but was eliminated as the worst third in the group.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

The 2017 European Championship took place in the Netherlands and for the first time with 16 teams. Russia met defending champions Germany , Croatia , Hungary and, for the first time, Turkey . Russia intervened as the last team in the qualification and lost the first game in Germany with 0-2. Shortly before the first game, Jelena Fomina , who took part in the finals as a player in 2001 and 2005, took over the team as coach. Russia was able to qualify as the sixth-best group runner-up for the European Championship, whereby the number of goals that was one goal better than the Romanians who had the same point and goal difference as the number of points and goal difference was decisive, who fought for the last European Championship ticket in the play-offs of the two worst runners-up in the group against Portugal, but due to the away goals rule missed the finals.

For the drawing of the final groups on November 8, 2016, the Russians were assigned to Pot 4 and assigned to Group B with defending champions and qualifying opponents Germany, Italy and Sweden, making this the only group without a newcomer and without a neighborhood duel. The Russians started with a 2-1 win over Italy and won a European Championship finals for the first time. After two 2-0 defeats against the two finalists of the last Olympic Games, they were eliminated after the group stage, as before. With a total of nine games and two goals, Jelena Morosowa is the record player and goal scorer in Russia. With the victory and the increase in the field of participants to 16 teams, whereby five teams took part for the first time, the Russians were able to leave 13th and last place and are now in 12th place of the all-time ranking.

statistics

All statistics only include the European championships where a final round actually took place. The 1995 European Championship is therefore not taken into account.

Players with the most appearances at European Championships

Games	player	Year (games)
9	Jelena Morozova (Елена Игоревна Морозова)	2009 (3), 2013 (3), 2017 (3)
7th	Tatiana Skotnikowa (Татьяна Викторовна Скотникова)	2001 (3), 2009 (3), 2013 (1)
	Ekaterina Sochneva (Екатерина Александровна Сочнева)	2009 (1), 2013 (3), 2017 (3)
6th	Natalja Barbaschina (Наталья Леонидовна Барбашина)	1997 (1), 2001 (3), 2009 (2)
	Marina Burakowa (Марина Викторовна Буракова)	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Jelena Fomina (Елена Александровна Фомина)	2001 (3), 2005 (3)
	Irina Grigoryeva (Ирина Олеговна Григорьева)	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Tatyana Jegorova (Татьяна Владимировна Егорова) †	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Galina Komarowa (Галина Васильевна Комарова)	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Svetlana Petko (Светлана Петровна Петько)	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Olga Petrowa (Ольга Евгеньевна Петрова)	2009 (3), 2013 (3)
	Valentina Savchenkova (Валентина Александровна Савченкова)	2009 (3), 2013 (3)
	Alexandra Svetlitskaja (Александра Яковлевна Светлицкая)	1997 (3), 2001 (3)
	Xenija Zybutowitsch (Ксения Геннадьевна Цыбутович)	2009 (3), 2013 (3)
4th	Olessja Kurotschkina (Олеся Анатольевна Курочкина)	2009 (3), 2013 (1)
	Darja Makarenko (Дарья Макаренко)	2013 (1), 2017 (3)
	Oxana Schmachkova (Оксана Анатольевна Шмачкова)	2001 (2), 2009 (2)
	Jelena Terechowa (Елена Юрьевна Терехова)	2009 (1), 2013 (3)
	Elwira Todua (Эльвира Зурабовна Тодуа)	2009 (1), 2013 (3)

As of July 25, 2017

Players with the most goals at European Championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
2	Elena Morosova	2009 (0), 2013 (1), 2017 (1)
1	Jelena Danilowa (Елена Данилова)	2017 (1)
	Irina Grigoryeva	1997 (1), 2001 (0)
	Nelli Korowkina (Нелли Витальевна Коровкина)	2013 (1)
	Olessia Kurochkina	2009 (1), 2013 (0)
	Larissa Sawina (Лариса Анатольевна Савина)	1997 (1)
	Alexandra Svetlitskaya	1997 (0), 2001 (1)
	Elena Terekhova	2009 (0), 2013 (1)
	Xenia Zybutowitsch	2009 (1), 2013 (0)

As of July 25, 2017

Finals games

Karlskoga Karlstad (2) Jena Erfurt (2) Turku Helsinki (2) Norrkoping (2) Linkoping Rotterdam Utrecht Deventer

Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, number in brackets = number of games, if> 1)

The Russians have played 15 final rounds so far, one of which has been won, three have ended in a draw and eleven have been lost. No game had to be extended. The Russians played twice against the hosts and twice against the defending champions. The most frequent opponents were Sweden (4 games) and England (3). The Russians played twice against all other opponents. The Russians played against all teams of the European associations whose men have already been world champions and otherwise only against Sweden.

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	06/29/1997	1: 2	Sweden	Karlstad ( SWE )	Group game
2	07/02/1997	1: 3	France	Karlstad ( SWE )	Group game
3	07/05/1997	0: 1	Spain	Karlskoga ( SWE )	Group game
4th	06/24/2001	1: 1	England	Jena ( DEU )	Group game	First game against England
5	06/27/2001	0: 5	Germany	Erfurt ( DEU )	Group game
6th	06/30/2001	0: 1	Sweden	Erfurt ( DEU )	Group game
7th	08/25/2009	0: 3	Sweden	Turku ( FIN )	Group game
8th	08/28/2009	2: 3	England	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
9	08/31/2009	0: 2	Italy	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
10	07/12/2013	1: 3	France	Norrkoping ( SWE )	Group game
11	07/15/2013	1: 1	England	Linköping ( SWE )	Group game
12	07/18/2013	1: 1	Spain	Norrkoping ( SWE )	Group game
13	07/17/2017	2: 1	Italy	Rotterdam ( NLD )	Preliminary round
14th	07/21/2017	0: 2	Sweden	Deventer ( NLD )	Preliminary round
15th	July 25, 2017	0: 2	Germany	Utrecht ( NLD )	Preliminary round

Notes: Teams in bold entered the tournament as defending champions

Negative records

• Until 2013 the only participant in the final competition without a final victory
• Biggest defeat in a final round up to July 19, 2017: Russia against Germany on June 27, 2001 - 0: 5 (also Denmark against Norway on June 30, 1997 and Finland against Sweden on July 13, 2013)
• Last place in the final round list until 2013
• Biggest defeat in a knockout round: Russia against Germany on October 11, 1992 - 7-0

See also

• Russian Women's National Football Team / World Championships
• Russian national soccer team / European championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poland 0-3 Russia