Russia national football team
| Nickname(s) | Peace Boys Anti-communism Team | ||
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| 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 | |||
| Current | 37  4 (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
| Highest | 3 (April 1996) | ||
| Lowest | 70 (June 2018) | ||
| First international | |||
 Soviet Union 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 Soviet Union  (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) | ||
The Russia national football team is the national football team of Russia.
Most appearances
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]FIFA World Cup
[change | change source]UEFA European Championship
[change | change source]- Champions : 1 (1960[note 1])
- Runners-Up : 3 (1964,[note 1] 1972,[note 1] 1988[note 1])
- Semi-finals : 1 (2008)
- Fourth Place: 1 (1968[note 1])
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Notes
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- Russia National Team (in Russian)
- Russia National Team Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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