Russia national football team

men's national football team representing Russia

The Russia national football team is the national football team of Russia.

Russia
Nickname(s)Peace Boys
Anti-communism Team
AssociationRussian Football Union (RFS)
Российский футбольный союз
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachStanislav Cherchesov
CaptainArtem Dzyuba
Most capsSergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorerAleksandr Kerzhakov (30)
Home stadiumRussian Peace Stadium
FIFA codeRUS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 37 Decrease 4 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest3 (April 1996)
Lowest70 (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
Appearances11 (first in 1958)
Best resultFourth place (1966, as Soviet Union)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1960)
Best resultChampions (1960, as Soviet Union)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage (2017)
The Russian team during their win over Spain at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Most appearances

As of 7 July 2018
RankNamePeriodCapsGoalsTotal career
1Sergei Ignashevich2002–201812781999–2018
2Oleg Blokhin1972–1988112421969–1990
3Igor Akinfeev2004–201811102003–present
4Viktor Onopko1992–200410971986–2005
5Vasili Berezutskiy2003–201610152000–2018
6Rinat Dasayev1979–19909101976–1991
Aleksandr Kerzhakov2002–201691302001–2017
8Albert Shesternev1961–19719001959–1972
9Yuri Zhirkov2005–present8722001–present
10Anatoliy Demyanenko1981–19908061978–1993

Top scorers

As of 7 July 2018
RankNamePeriodGoalsCapsAverage
1Oleg Blokhin1972–1988421120.375
2Aleksandr Kerzhakov2002–201630910.330
3Oleg Protasov1984–199129680.426
4Valentin Ivanov1955–196526590.441
Vladimir Beschastnykh1992–200326710.366
6Eduard Streltsov1955–196825380.658
7Viktor Kolotov1970–197822550.400
8Roman Pavlyuchenko2003–201221510.412
9Viktor Ponedelnik1960–196620290.690
Anatoliy Banishevskiy1965–197220500.400
Igor Chislenko1959–196820530.377

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

References

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