Global InformationRussia national football team information
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| Nickname(s) | Сборная / Sbornaya (The National Team) Наши парни / Nashi parni (Our Boys) | ||
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| Association | Russian Football Union (RFU) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Valery Karpin | ||
| Captain | Aleksandr Golovin | ||
| Most caps | Sergei Ignashevich (127) | ||
| Top scorer | Oleg Blokhin (42)[i] | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | RUS | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 35  3 (4 April 2024)[2] | ||
| Highest | 3 (April 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 70 (June 2018) | ||
| First international | |||
| As Russian Empire: Unofficial  Russia 5–4 Bohemia  (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910) Official 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 | |||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1958 as Soviet Union 1994 as Russian Federation) | ||
| Best result | As Soviet Union: Fourth place (1966) As Russian Federation: Quarter-finals (2018) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1960 as Soviet Union 1992 as CIS 1996 as Russian Federation) | ||
| Best result | As Soviet Union: Champions (1960) As CIS: Group stage (1992) As Russian Federation: Third place (2008) | ||
| FIFA Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2017) | ||
The Russia national football team (Russian: Сборная России по футболу, romanized: Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the 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]
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- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Russia has seamlessly returned to football – and nobody seems overly perturbed, Jonathan Liew, The Guardian, 26 March 2023
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