Russia national under-19 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Russia women's national under-20 football team.

The Russia national under-19 football team represents the Russian Football Union at the European Under-19 Football Championship and international friendly match fixtures at the under-19 age level.

Russia Under-19

Nickname(s)	Юноши (Boys) Юношеская Сборная (Youth Team)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Andrei Gordeyev
FIFA code	RUS
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Russia 7–0 Estonia  (Moscow, Russia; 24 September 2007)  Russia 7–0 Faroe Islands  (Moscow, Russia; 9 October 2014)
Biggest defeat
Russia 2–6 Serbia  (Pasching, Austria; 18 July 2007)
UEFA U-19 Championship
Appearances	22 (first in 1962, as Soviet Union)
Best result	Winners, 1966 (shared), 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990, as Soviet Union

On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a "recommendation" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.

History

European Championships

Since the tournament was renamed to under-19 in 2002, the Russia under-19s have qualified for only two UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They have, however, reached the second, or elite, qualification stage in all campaigns with the exception of 2002 when they were knocked out at the preliminary qualification stage.^[1] They came closest to qualifying for the 2010 competition, when they finished one point behind group winners Italy in the elite qualification stage.^[2]

In the 2011 qualification campaign, Russia again narrowly missed out on the finals, finishing second in group five of the elite qualifying stage, having drawn two games and won one against Israel.^[3] The group winner was the Czech Republic.^[4] The joint top scorers for Russia in the qualification campaign for 2011 were Aleksandr Kozlov and Georgi Nurov, who both scored two goals in three games.^[5]

Russia's best performance at the European Championships was in 2015 in Greece. After being qualified to the final tournament for the first time since 2007, team Russia also stood at the top position of Group B of the Group Stage along with Spain. In the semifinals Russia beat hosts Greece 4–0. The team eventually became runners-up, after Spain made two goals to win the trophy.^{[citation needed]}

UEFA U-19 Championship Record

• FIFA considers Russia the direct successor to the Soviet Union, and therefore the inheritor to all its records.

  Champions    Runners-Up    Third Place    Fourth Place

Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	First qualifying round
2003	Second qualifying round
2004	Second qualifying round
2005	Elite round
2006	Elite round
2007	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	9
2008	Elite round
2009	Elite round
2010	Elite round
2011	Elite round
2012	Elite round
2013	Elite round
2014	Elite round
2015	Runners-up	5	2	1	2	9	5
2016	Elite round
2017	Qualifying round
2018	Qualifying round
2019	Elite round
2020	Cancelled
2021
2022	Banned
2023
2024
2025
Total	2/20	8	2	2	4	13	14

Honours

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (Under-18 before 2002)
  • Winners (6): 1966 (shared with Italy), 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990
  • Runners-up (2): 1984, 2015
• Granatkin Memorial
  • Winners (20): 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up (9): 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019

Results and fixtures

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