The Russia national football team represents the Russian Federation in men's international football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union, the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their current head coach is Stanislav Cherchesov.<\/P>
Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Soviet Union before 1990), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They qualified for the tournament 11 times in total, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964, 1972 and 1988. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia's best result was in 2008, when the team won bronze medals.<\/P>
In qualification, the Russian side was drawn in a group with Belgium as its most difficult opponent. Outside Belgium, those remaining opponents were Kazakhstan, San Marino, Cyprus and Scotland.<\/P>
With the exception of its 1–3 loss to the Belgians away, Russia defeated other group opponents. The Russian team defeated San Marino 9-0 after the two 7–0 wins in 1995 and in 2015. Alongside the victory against San Marino, Russia defeated Scotland, Cyprus and Kazakhstan twice and eventually qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020. Russia consolidated its second place in the group despite being thrashed by no.1 ranking Belgium 1–4 at home.<\/P>
Being forced to stay in League B for wasting the final decisive game, Russia once again reunited with Turkey, and also had to face Serbia and Hungary. Russia began comfortably, beating Serbia and Hungary with ease to take the first place.<\/P>","2AC3E7C85928CE18A3090AFF171DB8C9":"2022-3-10","160343B2F56DD1006D4E7F061757C207":"","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"
First international:<\/STRONG> <\/STRONG>Finland 0–10 Soviet Union Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG> World Cup<\/STRONG> European Championship Most caps:<\/STRONG> FIFA World Cup<\/STRONG> UEFA European Championship
Russia 2-0 Mexico (Moscow, Russia; 16 August 1992)
Biggest win:<\/STRONG>
Soviet Union 11–1 India
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)<\/P>
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 August 1957)<\/P>
German Empire 16–0 Russian Empire Russian Empire
(Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)<\/P>
Appearances: 11 (first in 1958)
Best result: Fourth place (1966, as Soviet Union)
Quarter-finals (2018, as Russia)<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 12 (first in 1960)
Best result: Champions (1960, as Soviet Union)
Semi-finals (2008, as Russia)
Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 1 (first in 2017)
Best result: Group stage (2017)<\/P>
Sergei Ignashevich (127)
Top scorer:<\/STRONG>
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30)<\/P>","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","26AEE84946AA3EE0753F3100E62B970B":"Russia","80B37F2A697D8EFD":"24.89","A1A3C2B16933D2932CAA0F59CAFD2D37A7D990F044C6143D":"1912","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","DF1F83E13127F6C1":"Valery Georgievich Karpin","EC5D596A5D80446F935E9C751DEF66E8":"185cm","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"Russia","168A56ED2BB242F4":"rfs@rinet.ru","F54BDD5A0D63E83FD0B4671C8FED08AE":"Russia,Estonia","6F57BC549B91E4F9B6527BF7F4BF203F":"","8D5A204CDEF7148F16FFC2E9FB1EE211":"1969-2-2","2CED97379BA5D88CE40611752FB01FA2":"","435426036942DBEA7AAF62FDF12D923A":"Various","9AF366BFF83B51E6BE6603E9444757A4":"
Fourth place (1): 1966<\/P>
<\/STRONG>Champions (1): 1960
Runners-up (3): 1964, 1972, 1988
Third place (1): 2008
Fourth place (1): 1968<\/P>","25BD2818C5CA7DE1EF956094CD415371":"","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.rfs.ru","CDD49FE9965EE16A":"","0FD504EDD8B1D3841B8B3A87EB81E7E9":"FK Rostov","0DC344593C67F298":"414","F130A460B61EDB83511FAE53BCCB265B":"Russia,FK Rostov,FC Armavir,Mallorca,Spartak Moscow","e_index":4};