Russia national futsal team
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The Russian national futsal team (Russian: Сборная России по футзалу, Sbornaya Rossii po futsalu) is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliats with UEFA. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) suspended all Russian teams from FIFA and UEFA competitions, whether national representative teams or club teams.[4]
Nickname(s) | Наши парни (Our Boys) | ||
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Association | Russian Football Union | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Beso Zoidze | ||
Captain | Dmitry Prudnikov | ||
Top scorer | Konstantin Eremenko (122) | ||
FIFA code | RUS | ||
FIFA ranking | 4 (March 2024)[1] | ||
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First international | |||
Soviet Union 6–2 Hungary (Agrigento, Italy, 24 April 1991)[2] Belgium 4–6 Russia (Eindhoven, Netherlands, 18 September 1992)[2] | |||
Biggest win | |||
Russia 31–2 Solomon Islands (Brasília, Brazil, 6 October 2008)[3] | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Russia 0–7 Brazil (Brasília, Brazil, 4 October 2008) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1992) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2016) | ||
UEFA Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1996) | ||
Best result | Champions (1999) | ||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1991) | ||
Best result | 4th place (1997, 2000, 2011) | ||
Grand Prix de Futsal | |||
Appearances | 3 (First in 2010) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2011, 2013) |
Russia has qualified for seven World Cups (1992–2000, 2008–2021) and for every edition of the European Championships. They won the European Championships once, in 1999, with their best World Cup coming in 2016 where they finished runners-up to Argentina.