Russia national football team

This article is about the national football team of Russia. For the history of national football teams in Russia, see History of international football in Russia.

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

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
First colours Second colours
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 Russian team during their win over Spain at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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

• Fourth Place : 1 (1966^{[note 1]})
• Quarter-finals : 1 (2018)

UEFA European Championship

• 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]})