Russia women's national football team

The Russia women's national football team represents Russia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliated with UEFA. Yuri Krasnozhan replaced Elena Fomina as coach of the team in December 2020.[2]

Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Union of Russia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachYuri Krasnozhan
Most capsSvetlana Petko (144)
Top scorerNatalia Barbashina (46)
Home stadiumRossiyanka
FIFA codeRUS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 27 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest11 (July – August 2003; August 2004)
Lowest27 (June 2018; June – August 2024)
First international
Soviet Union 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
Appearances2 (first in 1999)
Best resultQuarterfinal (1999, 2003)
European Championship
Appearances5 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017)
Medal record

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.

On 28 February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.[3]

History

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The beginning

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The USSR women's national team (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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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 victories over Japan and Canada earned them a quarter-final, where they lost to eventual runners-up China.[7][8]

After the turn of the 21st century

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They cruised unbeaten into the 2001 continental finals but managed only a point against England in the group stage. Russia's qualifying run then continued in the 2003 Women's 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 the UEFA Women's Euro 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.

Present

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A young member of the 2003 squad, Elena Danilova, inspired victory in the 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, their first post-Soviet national team title at any level.[9] Although the striker suffered injury problems, many of her colleagues graduated to the senior squad, with Russia eventually reaching the 2009 finals with an away-goals play-off success against Scotland.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

On 13 April 2021, Russia defeated Portugal 1–0 to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. However, on 28 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.[3]

Team image

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Kits and crest

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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.

Home stadium

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The Russia women's national football team plays their home matches on the Rossiyanka Stadium.

Results and fixtures

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

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30 November Friendly Paraguay   0–3   Russia Asunción, Paraguay
Report
Stadium: National Women's Football Center
3 December Friendly Paraguay   1–1   Russia Asunción, Paraguay
  ?' (.pen) Report Kuropatkina   (?) Stadium: National Women's Football Center

2024

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27 February Friendly Russia   4–0   Botswana Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+2
Report
4 April Friendly Russia   4–0   Ecuador Serik, Turkey
Report
Report (RFU)
Stadium: Sueno Hotels Deluxe Belek
Attendance: 35
8 April Friendly Russia   3–2   Ecuador Serik, Turkey
Report
Report (RFU)
Stadium: Sueno Hotels Deluxe Belek
31 May Friendly Uruguay   1–1   Russia Montevideo, Uruguay
18:30 UTC−3
Stadium: Estadio Centenario
3 June Friendly Uruguay   2–1   Russia Montevideo, Uruguay
Stadium: Estadio Centenario
12 July Friendly Russia   0–3   North Korea Moscow, Russia
20:00 Report
Stadium: Moskvich stadium
15 July Friendly Russia   0–0   North Korea Moscow, Russia
19:00 Stadium: Moskvich stadium
26 October Friendly Russia   4–0   Kenya Antalya, Turkey
19:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex
Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Türkiye)
29 October Friendly Russia   2–1   Haiti Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Emirhan Sports Complex

All Record

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Last Update: 5 April 2024

https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/russland-frauen-team/21/

279 Game 131 W 38 D 108 L 471 GF 399 GA +72 GD

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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Position Name Ref.
Head coach   Yuri Krasnozhan

Manager history

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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
2015–2020   Elena Fomina
2020–present   Yuri Krasnozhan

Players

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Current squad

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  • The following players were called up for Friendly matches against North Korea in July 2024.[13]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 17 December 2023.[14]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
21 1GK Yulia Grichenko (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 (age 34) 31 0   Zenit Saint Petersburg
1GK Elizaveta Shcherbakova (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27) 1 0   CSKA Moscow
1GK Natalia Silina 02.08.1999 0   Krasnodar

8 2DF Alsu Abdullina (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) 45 5   Paris
2DF Veronika Kuropatkina (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 (age 25) 14 2   Zenit Saint Petersburg
2DF Ekaterina Bratko (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 30) 8 1   CSKA Moscow
2DF Ekaterina Bratko (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31) 73 12   Zenit St. Petersburg
2DF Nataliya Morozova (1995-10-14) 14 October 1995 (age 29) 7 0   Spartak Moscow
2DF Valentina Smirnova (2002-10-25) 25 October 2002 (age 22) 7 0   Krasnodar
2DF Alina Miagkova (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25) 0   Spartak Moscow
2DF Ksenia Oleksyuk (2003-03-22) 22 March 2003 (age 21)   Zenit Saint-Pétersbourg
2DF Yulia Pleshkova (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005 (age 19) 4 0   CSKA Moscow

3MF Medeia Zharkova (2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 21) 8 2   Krasnodar
10 3MF Nadezhda Smirnova (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28) 57 14   Lokomotiv Moscow
3MF Victoria Kozlova (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 28) 23 0   Lokomotiv Moscow
16 3MF Marina Fedorova (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) 55 10   Dynamo Moscow
3MF Alina Shkalova (2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 (age 19)   Chertanovo
3MF Elena Zubkova (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001 (age 23) 2 0   Ryazan-VDV Ryazan
2DF Darina Ishmukhametova (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 19)   Zenit Saint-Pétersbourg

9 4FW Natalya Mashina (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27) 31 4   Minsk
4FW Valeria Bizenkova (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27) 8 2   CSKA Moscow
6 4FW Polina Yuklyaeva   Lokomotiv Moscow
4FW Ksenia Dolgova (2004-11-14) 14 November 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Lokomotiv Moscow

Recent call ups

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  • The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Margarita Shirokova (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) 0   Yenisei Krasnoyarsk v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
GK Diana Ponomareva (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 (age 26) 1 0   Dynamo Moscow v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
GK Varvara Dudorova (2005-06-09) 9 June 2005 (age 19)   Chertanovo v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
GK Tatyana Shcherbak (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 27) 37 0   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Paraguay, 3 December 2023

DF Valeriya Lushnikova (2006-06-12) 12 June 2006 (age 18)   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
DF Liana Kotelnikova (2001-03-02) 2 March 2001 (age 23)   Zvezda-2005 Perm v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
DF Polina Sorokina   Zenit St. Petersburg v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
DF Victoria Nikitina 20.09.2002 0   Krasnodar v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
DF Anna Belomyttseva (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27) 56 5   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
DF Margarita Manuilova (2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24) 3 0   CSKA Moscow v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
DF Elina Samoilova (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29) 26 0   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Paraguay, 3 December 2023
DF Ksenia Alpatova (1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25)   Zenit St. Petersburg

MF Alina Likhota (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26) 2 0   Krasnodar v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
MF Kristina Komissarova (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)   Dynamo Moscow v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
MF Elizaveta Semenova (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 20)   Zenit Saint Petersburg v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
MF Tatyana Petrova (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 (age 22) 10 1   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
MF Natalia Trofimova (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 21)   Zenit Saint Petersburg v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024
MF Lina Yakupova (1990-09-06) 6 September 1990 (age 34) 27 2   Zenit Saint Petersburg v.   Botswana, 27 February 2024
MF Ksenia Konovaeva (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 19) 1 0   Ryazan-VDV Ryazan v.   Botswana, 27 February 2024
MF Yana Sheina (2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 24) 29 1   Lokomotiv Moscow v.   Paraguay, 3 December 2023

FW Karina Vasileva (2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 (age 22) 0   Yenisei Krasnoyarsk v.   Uruguay, 3 June 2024
FW Elena Shesterneva (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 24) 0   Dynamo Moscou v.   Ecuador, 8 April 2024

Previous squads

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Records

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  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA GD Pld W D* L GF GA GD
  1991 Did not enter UEFA Women's Euro 1991
  1995 Did not qualify UEFA Women's Euro 1995
  1999 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 8 6 0 2 19 11 +8
  2003 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 6 9 −3 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4
  2007 Did not qualify 8 6 0 2 24 9 +15
  2011 8 6 1 1 30 6 +24
  2015 10 7 1 2 19 18 +1
  2019 8 4 1 3 16 13 +3
   2023 Disqualified Disqualified during qualification
  2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 2/10 8 4 0 4 16 14 +2 48 32 5 11 118 63 +55
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

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UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1984 to  1989 Did not exist Did not exist
 1991 Did not enter Did not enter
  1993 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 7 9
  1995 8 4 2 2 9 9
    1997 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 6 6 3 2 1 10 3
  2001 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 6 0 0 19 4
  2005 Did not qualify 10 5 2 3 23 12
  2009 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 8 10 7 1 2 29 11
  2013 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 5 12 8 2 2 34 7
  2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5 8 4 2 2 14 9
  2022 Disqualified after qualification 12 9 1 2 24 6
  2025 Banned Banned
Total 6/13 15 1 3 11 10 31 78 49 14 15 169 70
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

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Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
  1994–1995 Did not enter
  1996 5th 4 1 1 2 3 6
  1997–2013 Did not enter
  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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Юрий Красножан — главный тренер женской сборной России" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Russia World Cup ban appeal rejected by CAS". ESPN.com. 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ UEFA.com. "Season 1993 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ UEFA.com. "Season 1995 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ UEFA.com. "Season 1997 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ "European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 1999". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's World Cup 1999 (USA)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ UEFA.com (2 January 2006). "Russia rise to the top | Women's Under-19". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ UEFA.com (30 October 2008). "Relieved Russia hold out to qualify". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ UEFA.com. "Season 2009 Matches | UEFA Women's EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ "European Qualifying for Women's World Cup 2011". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Товарищеские матчи. Женщины" [-]. Russian Football Union. 12 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Женская сборная России" [Russian women's team]. Russian Football Union (in Russian). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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