Russia national futsal team

This article is about the men's senior team. For the women's senior team, see Russia women's national futsal team.

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]

Russia

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Наши парни (Our Boys)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Beso Zoidze
Captain	Dmitry Prudnikov
Top scorer	Konstantin Eremenko (122)
FIFA code	RUS
FIFA ranking	8 (4 April 2025)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking	7 (May 2024)
Lowest FIFA ranking	8 (November 2024 – April 2025)
Home colours Away colours
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)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1992)
Best result	Runners-up (2016)
AMF World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1991)
Best result	4th place (1997, 2000, 2011)
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1996)
Best result	Champions (1999)
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.

History

Russia's FIFA Futsal World Cup history began inauspiciously in 1992, when a poor defensive record of 16 goals conceded in three matches meant elimination at the group stage. A turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim a third spot. Russia's most recent appearance on the world stage came at the 2000 finals in Guatemala, where they took fourth after a 4–2 defeat to Portugal in the third-place play-off. At the UEFA Futsal Championship in late 2007, a new generation finished third.^{[citation needed]}

Russia was drawn in a group of three nations in qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008, but after France withdrew at the last minute, the berth in the next round was decided in a single eliminator against Serbia. The Russians won 3–2. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A. Russia finished second and qualified for the second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F. After losing to Spain in the opening match, Russia went on to scrape through to set up a semi-final against Brazil. However, Russia was unable to past Brazil and eventually placed fourth after losing out to Italy in the Third place playoff final.^{[citation needed]}

Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIFA and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams.^[4]

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or Postponed   Fixture

2021

RFU  v  Egypt

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	RFU	9–0	Egypt	Vilnius, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kudziev 6' Chishkala 13', 16', 30' Antoshkin 28' El-Ashwal 28' (o.g.) Abramov 31' (pen.), 32' Milovanov 36'	Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Gean Telles (Brazil)

Uzbekistan  v  RFU

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	Uzbekistan	2–4	RFU	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Choriev 21' Adilov 28'	Report (FIFA)	Robinho 10' Niiazov 11', 35', 35'	Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Cristian Espindola (Chile)

Guatemala  v  RFU

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	Guatemala	1–4	RFU	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alvarado 25' (pen.)	Report (FIFA)	Afanasev 2' Asadov 10' Abramov 14' Antoshkin 27'	Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Referee: Henry Gutiérrez (Bolivia)

RFU  v  Vietnam

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) FIFA Futsal World Cup R16	RFU	3–2	Vietnam	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30	Robinho 11' Chishkala 18', 30'		Nguyễn Đắc Huy 18' Phạm Đức Hòa 39'	Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Roberto López (Panama)

RFU  v  Argentina

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) FIFA Futsal World Cup QF	RFU	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Argentina	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
18:30	Antoshkin 35'	Report	Cuzzolino 25'	Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Anthony Riley (New Zealand)
	Penalties
	Abramov Robinho Lima Antoshkin Chishkala Asadov Rômulo		Bolo Basile Edelstein Stazzone Cuzzolino Claudino Taborda

2022

Russia  v  Slovakia

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) Euro 2022	Russia	7–1	Slovakia	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
17:30	Antoshkin  9'58", 22'54", 29'35" Sokolov  10'21", 34'30" Robinho  28'16" Milovanov  36'33"	Report	Kozár  2'17"	Attendance: 0 Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)

Croatia  v  Russia

25 January 2022 (2022-01-25) Euro 2022	Croatia	0–4	Russia	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
17:30		Report	Antoshkin  2'33", 25'55" Paulinho  11'11" Chishkala  19'15"	Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Chaix (France), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Russia  v  Poland

29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) Euro 2022	Russia	5–1	Poland	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
14:30	Sokolov  5'42" Davydov  15'31" Chishkala  21'11", 28'20" Milovanov  36'44"	Report	Leszczak  19'24" (pen.)	Attendance: 1250 Referee: David Urdánoz Apezteguía (Spain), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Russia  v  Georgia

1 February 2022 (2022-02-01) Euro 2022	Russia	3–1	Georgia	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
19:00	Niyazov  22'08" Chishkala  27'32", 39'54"	Report	Petry Branco  23'40"	Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Ukraine  v  Russia

4 February 2022 (2022-02-04) Euro 2022	Ukraine	2–3	Russia	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
17:00	Siryi  15'25" Abakshyn  34'31"	Report	Sokolov  1'16" Afanasyev  14'31" Niyazov  30'01"	Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Portugal  v  Russia

6 February 2022 (2022-02-06) Euro 2022	Portugal	4–2	Russia	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
17:30	Tomás Paçó  18'39" André Coelho  26'45", 31'16" Pany Varela  39'59"	Report	Sokolov  9'49" Afanasyev  12'45"	Stadium: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Tajikistan  v  Russia

7 November 2022 (2022-11-07) Friendly	Tajikistan	10–7	Russia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 (UTC+3:00)	Yorov  11'9" (39'27") Soliyev  12'43" (30'17") Salomov  17'35" (39'34") Sardorov  24'52 (penalty), 27'35", 28'1", 32'36"		Asadov  2'9", 18'7", 29', 38', 39'15" Denisov  6'14" Niyazov  25'21"	Stadium: Poytaht Tennis and Water Sports Hall

Tajikistan  v  Russia

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Friendly	Tajikistan	2–6	Russia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 (UTC+3:00)	Yorov  3'15" Rizomov  31'3"		Niyazov  7'18" (38'26") Zabolonkov  9'53" Ponkratov  13'50" (21'49") Denisov  19'18"	Stadium: Poytaht Tennis and Water Sports Hall

2023

Kyrgyzstan  v  Russia

6 March 2023 (2023-03-06) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–6	Russia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:00 (UTC+3:00)	Abdujalil uulu Aydarbek  24'58"		Karpov  6'49" Pirogov  15'4", 16'3" Dyomin  25'50" Batyrev  31'32" Muzhdakov  39'48"	Stadium: Gazprom Sports Complex

Kyrgyzstan  v  Russia

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	0–9	Russia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:00 (UTC+3:00)			Abramov  1'3", 1'31" Antoshkin  6'21" Pirogov  10'27" Obzhorin  11'32", 37'37" Batyrev  32'2" Alibekov  33'32", 34'19"	Stadium: Gazprom Sports Complex

Serbia  v  Russia

13 April 2023 (2023-04-13) Friendly	Serbia	0–0	Russia	Vršac, Serbia
20:30 (UTC+3:00)				Stadium: Millennium Centar

Serbia  v  Russia

13 April 2023 (2023-04-13) Friendly	Serbia	2–1	Russia	Vršac, Serbia
20:30 (UTC+3:00)	Aleksić  6' Petrov  11'		Denisov  34'	Stadium: Millennium Centar

Vietnam  v  Russia

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) Friendly	Vietnam	3–3	Russia	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17:00 (UTC+7:00)	Pirogov  28'9" (own goal) Châu Đoàn Phát  29'19" Phạm Đức Hòa  39'47"		Pirogov  14' Fakhrutdinov  16'19" Asadov  28'48"	Stadium: Lãnh Binh Thăng Arena

Iran  v  Russia

18 December 2023 (2023-12-18) Friendly	Iran	3–2	Russia	Lar, Iran
18:30 (UTC+3:00)	Karimi  26'24", 27'20" Hassanzadeh  34'11"		Niyazov  36'33" Orlov  37'29"	Stadium: Tubi Sports Complex

Iran  v  Russia

19 December 2023 (2023-12-19) Friendly	Iran	2–6	Russia	Lar, Iran
12:40 (UTC+3:00)	Abbasi  1'2" Derakhshani  22'38"		Kudziyev  5'10", 27'40", 29'55", 34'14" Fakhrutdinov  9'8" Karpov  12'24"	Stadium: Tubi Sports Complex

2024

Russia  v  Uzbekistan

1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) Friendly	Russia	4–2	Uzbekistan	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Meshchersky

Russia  v  Uzbekistan

3 February 2024 (2024-02-03) Friendly	Russia	5–1	Uzbekistan	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
15:00 (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Meshchersky

Russia  v  Serbia

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13) Friendly	Russia	5–5	Serbia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00 (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Nova Arena

Russia  v  Serbia

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15) Friendly	Russia	5–0	Serbia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: Nova Arena

Chile  v  Russia

23 September 2024 (2024-09-23) Friendly	Chile	3–0	Russia	Santiago, Chile
20:00 (UTC−03:00)				Stadium: Centro de Deportes Colectivos

Chile  v  Russia

24 September 2024 (2024-09-24) Friendly	Chile	3–3	Russia	Santiago, Chile
20:00 (UTC−03:00)				Stadium: Centro de Deportes Colectivos

Kyrgyzstan  v  Russia

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–3	Russia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:30 (UTC+06:00)

Kyrgyzstan  v  Russia

15 December 2024 (2024-12-15) Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	2–6	Russia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:30 (UTC+06:00)

Coaching staff

Source:Ассоциация мини-футбола России

Position	Name
Head coach	Beso Zoidze
Assistant coach	Konstantin Mayevsky
Assistant coach	Gennady Garagulya
Honorary President of the RAoMF General Manager	Semen Andreyev
President of the RAoMF Head of the Delegation	Emil Aliyev

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Georgi Zamtaradze	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 34)	MFK KPRF
16	1GK	Dmitri Putilov	(1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 27)	MFK Sinara Yekaterinburg
4	2DF	Artem Antoshkin	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 28)	MFK Tyumen
7	2DF	Ivan Milovanov	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 32)	MFK Tyumen
12	2DF	Ivan Chishkala	(1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (aged 26)	Benfica
20	2DF	Nando	(1987-10-31)31 October 1987 (aged 34)	MFK Dinamo Samara
8	4FW	Éder Lima (until 25 January)	(1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 37)	Corinthians
9	4FW	Sergei Abramov (captain)	(1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 31)	MFK Sinara Yekaterinburg
10	4FW	Robinho	(1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (aged 38)	Benfica
11	4FW	Artem Niyazov	(1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 25)	MFK KPRF
13	4FW	Sergei Abramovich	(1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 32)	MFK Tyumen
14	4FW	Daniil Davydov	(1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 32)	MFK Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
17	4FW	Anton Sokolov	(1999-02-28)28 February 1999 (aged 22)	MFK Sinara Yekaterinburg
18	4FW	Andrei Afanasyev (from 25 January)	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 35)	MFK Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
19	4FW	Paulinho	(1985-10-19)19 October 1985 (aged 36)	MFK KPRF

Notable players

• Konstantin Eremenko (1992–2001)
• Sergey Zuev (2002–2012)
• Vladislav Shayakhmetov (2004–2016)
• Pula (2007–2014)
• Cirilo (2007–2014)
• Eder Lima (2010–)
• Sergei Abramov (2010–)
• Robinho (2009–)

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not qualify
1992	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	20	16
1996	Third place	3rd	8	4	2	2	29	17
2000	Fourth place	4th	8	4	0	4	37	24
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Fourth place	4th	9	4	1	4	62	31
2012	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	32	3
2016	Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	40	16
2021	Quarter-final	5th	5	4	1	0	21	6
2024	Suspended due to the invasion of Ukraine
Total	7/10		40	23	4	13	241	114

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	17	10
1999	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	23	14
2001	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	14	9
2003	Round 1	6th	3	1	0	2	5	6
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	15	10
2007	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	13	12
2010	Quarter-final	5th	3	1	1	1	8	5
2012	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	14	8
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	22	11
2016	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	16	15
2018	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	5
2022	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	24	9
2026	Suspended due to the invasion of Ukraine
Total	12/13		56	34	7	15	178	114

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	9th place	9th	6	4	1	1	28	10
2011	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	29	11
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	22	8
2014	did not enter
2015
2018
Total	3/11		17	13	2	2	79	29

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not enter
1995
1996
1998
2001
2002	Third place	3rd	4	1	0	3	17	15
2006	did not enter
2007
2008
Total	1/9		4	1	0	3	17	15

Other tournaments

Thailand Five's

• 2003 – third place

Head-to-head record

Team	Pld	Win	Drawn*	Lose	GF	GA	Diff
Argentina	9	3	4	2	26	24	+2
Australia	1	1	0	0	10	1	+9
Azerbaijan	6	4	1	1	23	13	+10
Belarus	13	10	2	1	57	16	+41
Belgium	13	10	3	0	59	25	+34
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2
Brazil	17	1	1	15	31	81	−50
Chile	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3
China	4	3	1	0	26	6	+20
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8
Croatia	9	6	3	0	27	14	+13
Cuba	2	2	0	0	17	6	+11
Czech Republic	14	10	1	3	45	30	+15
Egypt	4	2	1	1	21	9	+12
Finland	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
France	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12
Georgia	2	2	0	0	17	5	+12
Greece	4	4	0	0	47	3	+44
Guatemala	4	3	1	0	23	3	+20
Hungary	11	10	1	0	64	25	+39
Iran	31	13	10	8	88	82	+6
Israel	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
Italy	20	7	5	8	46	46	+0
Japan	4	3	0	1	23	12	+11
Kazakhstan	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10
Latvia	7	7	0	0	31	1	+30
Libya	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
North Macedonia	2	2	0	0	16	4	+12
Moldova	1	1	0	0	31	0	+31
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6
Netherlands	18	15	1	2	63	29	+34
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	7	3	+4
Paraguay	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9
Poland	12	9	2	1	59	23	+36
Portugal	14	4	4	6	37	41	−4
Qatar	1	1	0	0	9	2	+7
Romania	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Serbia	12	10	1	1	35	20	+15
Slovakia	6	5	0	1	29	12	+17
Slovenia	10	9	1	0	37	12	+25
Solomon Islands	2	2	0	0	47	2	+45
Spain	23	2	4	17	52	85	−33
Thailand	3	3	0	0	14	7	+7
Turkey	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15
Ukraine	13	11	0	2	49	25	+24
United States	1	0	0	1	3	8	−5
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Vietnam	4	3	1	0	19	7	+12
Zambia	1	1	0	0	13	1	+12
Total	314	197	48	70	1246	671	+575