Russia national football team
The Russia national football team is the national football team of Russia.
| Nickname(s) | Peace Boys Anti-communism Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Russian Football Union (RFS) Российский футбольный союз | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Stanislav Cherchesov | ||
| Captain | Artem Dzyuba | ||
| Most caps | Sergei Ignashevich (127) | ||
| Top scorer | Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30) | ||
| Home stadium | Russian Peace Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | RUS | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
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| Highest | 3 (April 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 70 (June 2018) | ||
| First international | |||
[[File:{{{flag alias-1924}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] USSR 3–0 Turkey  (Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 November 1924) as Russia  Russia 2–0 Mexico  (Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 San Marino 0–7 Russia  (San Marino, San Marino; 7 June 1995)  Liechtenstein 0–7 Russia (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; 8 September 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 England 5–0 USSR  (London, England; 22 October 1958) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1958) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1966, as Soviet Union) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1960) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1960, as Soviet Union) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2017) | ||
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Most appearances
- As of 7 July 2018
| Rank | Name | Period | Caps | Goals | Total career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Ignashevich | 2002–2018 | 127 | 8 | 1999–2018 |
| 2 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972–1988 | 112 | 42 | 1969–1990 |
| 3 | Igor Akinfeev | 2004–2018 | 111 | 0 | 2003–present |
| 4 | Viktor Onopko | 1992–2004 | 109 | 7 | 1986–2005 |
| 5 | Vasili Berezutskiy | 2003–2016 | 101 | 5 | 2000–2018 |
| 6 | Rinat Dasayev | 1979–1990 | 91 | 0 | 1976–1991 |
| Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 2002–2016 | 91 | 30 | 2001–2017 | |
| 8 | Albert Shesternev | 1961–1971 | 90 | 0 | 1959–1972 |
| 9 | Yuri Zhirkov | 2005–present | 87 | 2 | 2001–present |
| 10 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | 1981–1990 | 80 | 6 | 1978–1993 |
Top scorers
- As of 7 July 2018
| Rank | Name | Period | Goals | Caps | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972–1988 | 42 | 112 | 0.375 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 2002–2016 | 30 | 91 | 0.330 |
| 3 | Oleg Protasov | 1984–1991 | 29 | 68 | 0.426 |
| 4 | Valentin Ivanov | 1955–1965 | 26 | 59 | 0.441 |
| Vladimir Beschastnykh | 1992–2003 | 26 | 71 | 0.366 | |
| 6 | Eduard Streltsov | 1955–1968 | 25 | 38 | 0.658 |
| 7 | Viktor Kolotov | 1970–1978 | 22 | 55 | 0.400 |
| 8 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 2003–2012 | 21 | 51 | 0.412 |
| 9 | Viktor Ponedelnik | 1960–1966 | 20 | 29 | 0.690 |
| Anatoliy Banishevskiy | 1965–1972 | 20 | 50 | 0.400 | |
| Igor Chislenko | 1959–1968 | 20 | 53 | 0.377 |
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
Russia National Football Team Media
Russia's UEFA Euro 1996 match against Italy on a stamp of Azerbaijan
Boris Ignatyev managed Russia in their unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Georgi Yartsev managed Russia at Euro 2004.
Manager Guus Hiddink and midfielder Sergei Semak meet the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, after reaching the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2008.
Russia lost 0–1 against Germany in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in October 2009
Russia against Poland in Euro 2012
Russia football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Sergei Ignashevich is the most capped player in Russian and USSR history with 127 caps.
References
Notes
Other websites
- Official website
- Russia National Team (in Russian)
- Russia National Team Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
