World Cup Appearance
Highest Finish:
4th (1966)
Star Players:Igor Akinfeev, Sergey Ignashevich, Alexander Kerzhakov
Titles:None
FIFA Ranking Position:19
Coach:Fabio Capello (Ita/since July 2012)
Population: 142.5 Million
Area: 17,098,240 sq km
Capital: Moscow
Currency: Ruble
Federation: Russian football federation created and affiliated to FIFA in 1912 (USSR affiliated to FIFA in 1946), then relaunched in 1992, affiliated to UEFA in 1954
Registered players: 846,736
Kit colours: All red
Team nickname: Sbornaya (The National Team)
World Cup record: 4th (1966), quarer-finals (1958, 1962, 1970), second round (1986), 2nd group phase (1982), 1st round (1990, 1994, 2002)
European Championships appearances: 11 – 6 of them for the USSR (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1988), 1 for United Russia (1992) and 4 for Russia (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Europe zone group F with 22pts – Pld 10, won 7, drew 1, lost 2, 20 goals for and 5 against – ahead of Portugal (21), Israel (14), Azerbaïdjan (9), Northern Ireland (7) Luxembourg (6)
Top clubs: Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Zenith St-Petersburg, Dynamo Moscow
Population: 142.5 Million
Area: 17,098,240 sq km
Capital: Moscow
Currency: Ruble
Federation: Russian football federation created and affiliated to FIFA in 1912 (USSR affiliated to FIFA in 1946), then relaunched in 1992, affiliated to UEFA in 1954
Registered players: 846,736
Kit colours: All red
Team nickname: Sbornaya (The National Team)
World Cup record: 4th (1966), quarer-finals (1958, 1962, 1970), second round (1986), 2nd group phase (1982), 1st round (1990, 1994, 2002)
European Championships appearances: 11 – 6 of them for the USSR (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1988), 1 for United Russia (1992) and 4 for Russia (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Won Europe zone group F with 22pts – Pld 10, won 7, drew 1, lost 2, 20 goals for and 5 against – ahead of Portugal (21), Israel (14), Azerbaïdjan (9), Northern Ireland (7) Luxembourg (6)
Top clubs: Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Zenith St-Petersburg, Dynamo Moscow