Russia women's national football team

Russia

Association	Football Union of Russia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Elena Fomina
Captain	Ksenia Tsybutovich
Most caps	Svetlana Petko (144)
Top scorer	Natalia Barbashina (46)
Home stadium	Rossiyanka
FIFA code	RUS
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	26 (15 March 2024)
Highest	11 (July 2003)
Lowest	27 (June 2018)
First international
Soviet Union 4–1 Bulgaria (Kazanlak, Bulgaria; 26 March 1990) Hungary 0–0 Russia (Budapest, Hungary; 17 May 1992)
Biggest win
Russia 8–0 Kazakhstan (Krasnoarmeysk, Russia; 25 August 2010) Russia 8–0 Macedonia (Podolsk, Russia; 31 March 2012)
Biggest defeat
Germany 9–0 Russia (Cottbus, Germany; 21 September 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1999)
Best result	Quarterfinal (1999, 2003)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Group Stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017)
Medal record Women's football Representing Russia Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Women's 2019 Naples Women's

The Russia women's national football team represents Russia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Union of Russia and affiliated with UEFA. Vera Pauw replaced Igor Shalimov as coach of the team in April 2011.

Russia qualified for two World Cups, 1999, 2003 and five European Championships, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2013 and 2017.

As the men's team, the Russian women's national team is the direct successor of the CIS and USSR women's national teams.

History

Beginning

The USSR (who became the Commonwealth of Independent States during the campaign) reached the 1993 UEFA European Women's Championship quarter-finals at their only attempt and Russia were to match that two years later, with both teams losing to Germany over two legs. In 1997, they qualified directly for the final tournament but once there were defeated by Sweden, France – who they had beaten in the preliminaries – and Spain. However, they were among six European sides to qualify for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, thanks to two 2–1 play-off wins against Finland, and comfortable victories over Japan and Canada earned them a quarter-final, where they lost to eventual runners-up China.

After the turn of the 21st century

They cruised unbeaten into the 2001 continental finals but managed only a point against England in the group stage. Russia's fine qualifying run then continued in the 2003 World Cup and they again reached the quarter-finals before a 7–1 loss to Germany. That preceded something of a decline in fortunes as Finland avenged their 1999 reverse by beating Russia in the play-offs for UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.

Present

Renewed hope soon began to come from the younger generation, however, with a young member of the 2003 squad, Elena Danilova, inspiring victory in the 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, their first post-Soviet national team title at any level. Although the striker has suffered injury problems, many of her colleagues have graduated to the senior squad, with Russia eventually reaching the 2009 finals with a dramatic away-goals play-off success against Scotland. At the final tournament, Russia were drawn against Sweden, Italy and England in Group C. The team was unable to get past the group stage and finished last as they lost all the three matches, scoring 2 and conceding 8.

In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers, Russia were drawn in Group 6 with Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Israel and Kazakhstan, where Russia was eliminated in the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.

Kits

Russia's home kit consists of marron-red shirt, red shorts, and red-white socks. Their away kit consists of white jersey and light blue shorts and light-blue-white socks.

Managers

1989–1994	/ Oleg Lapshin
1994–2008	Yuri Bystritsky
2008–2011	Igor Shalimov
2011	Vera Pauw
2011–2012	Farid Benstiti
2012	Vladimir Antonov
2012–2015	Sergei Lavrentyev
2015–present	Elena Fomina

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the match against Kosovo on 6 March 2020.

Head coach: Elena Fomina

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Viktoriya Nosenko	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994	1	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
12	1GK	Diana Ponomareva	(1998-10-13) 13 October 1998	0	0	Chertanovo
21	1GK	Yulia Grichenko	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990	14	0	Unknown
2	2DF	Ksenia Dzhinikashvili	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	0	0	Chertanovo
3	2DF	Anna Kozhnikova	(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987	84	7	Lokomotiv Moscow
8	2DF	Alsu Abdullina	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	7	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
9	2DF	Natalya Mashina	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	5	1	CSKA Moscow
13	2DF	Anna Belomyttseva	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996	16	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
14	2DF	Kristina Mashkova	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
4	3MF	Alina Myagkova	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	3	1	Unknown
5	3MF	Natalia Perepechina	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990	4	0	Ryazan-VDV
6	3MF	Kristina Khorosheva	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000	0	0	Zvezda Perm
10	3MF	Nadezhda Smirnova	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	21	8	CSKA Moscow
16	3MF	Valeriya Bespalikova	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	0	0	CSKA Moscow
19	3MF	Viktoriya Kozlova	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995	1	0	Yenisey
7	4FW	Lina Yakupova	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990	6	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
15	4FW	Elina Samoylova	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
17	4FW	Marina Fedorova	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	18	3	Lokomotiv Moscow
18	4FW	Darya Yakovleva	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998	1	0	CSKA Moscow
20	4FW	Nelli Korovkina	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	30	8	Lokomotiv Moscow

Recent call ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tatyana Shcherbak	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997	14	0	Kubanochka	v. Netherlands, 8 October 2019
GK	Elvira Todua	(1986-01-31) 31 January 1986	80	0	CSKA Moscow	v. Slovenia, 30 August 2019
DF	Anastasiya Akimova	(1991-05-12) 12 May 1991	11	0	Zvezda Perm	v. Estonia, 3 September 2019
DF	Maria Alekseeva	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998	0	0	CSKA Moscow	v. Estonia, 3 September 2019
MF	Elvira Ziyastinova	(1991-02-13) 13 February 1991	27	0	Lokomotiv Moscow	v. Netherlands, 8 October 2019
MF	Margarita Chernomyrdina	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996	26	3	CSKA Moscow	v. Estonia, 3 September 2019
MF	Irina Podshibyakina	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995	6	0	Zvezda Perm	v. Estonia, 3 September 2019
FW	Sofia Shishkina	(1998-09-30) 30 September 1998	5	1	Zvezda Perm	v. Netherlands, 8 October 2019

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Competitive record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5
2003	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	2/9	8	4	0	4	16	14	+2

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Norway	L 1–2	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	Japan	W 5–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Canada	W 4–1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June	China	L 0–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	Group stage	21 September	Australia	W 2–1	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Ghana	W 3–0
		28 September	China	L 0–1	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October	Germany	L 1–7

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Group stage	–	3	0	0	3	2	6
2001	Group stage	–	3	0	1	2	1	7
2005	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	–	3	0	0	3	2	8
2013	Group stage	–	3	0	2	1	3	5
2017	Group stage	–	3	1	0	2	2	5
Total	5/12	–	15	1	3	11	10	31

Algarve Cup

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The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	Did not enter
1995
1996	5th	4	1	1	2	3	6
1997	Did not enter
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	9th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2015	Did not enter
2016	6th	4	1	1	2	1	8
2017	8th	4	1	0	3	3	12
2018	12th	4	0	0	4	2	9
Total	5/25	20	5	2	13	16	41

• Albena Cup: won in 1999, 2001, 2004

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile