Russia national futsal team
The Russian national futsal team (Russian: Сборная России по мини-футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po mini-futbolu) is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliated with UEFA. Sergey Skorovich is currently managing the team.
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Association | Russian Football Union | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Sergey Skorovich | ||
Captain | Vladislav Shayakhmetov | ||
Top scorer | Konstantin Eremenko (122) | ||
FIFA code | RUS | ||
FIFA ranking | 4 (December 2020) [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 | 6 (First in 1992) | ||
Best result | Runners-up, (2016) | ||
UEFA Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 10 (First in 1996) | ||
Best result | Winners, (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 six World Cups, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016 and for every edition of the European Championships. They have won the European Championships once, in 1999, with their best World Cup coming in 2016 where they finished runners-up to Argentina.
History
Beginning
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 dramatic turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim an impressive third spot with a 3–2 success over neighbours Ukraine in the deciding match. 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 picked up the thread of previous FIFA Futsal World Cup performances and finished third, gaining revenge over Portugal for a defeat at the same stage in 2000.
Recently
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 duly won 3–2 to book a play-off spot with Belarus, one of the surprise packages at the group stage, but the experience of three appearances at the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals told in the end as the Russians eased to a 6–2 aggregate win. Much of the credit goes to keeper Pavel Stepanov for conceding only four goals in three matches. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A along with Brazil, Japan, Cuba and Solomon Islands. Losing against Brazil and winning the other three games, Russia finished second and qualified for the Second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F together with Spain, Argentina and Paraguay. After losing to Spain in the opening match, Russia went on to win against Paraguay and draw with Argentina 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.
Competitive record
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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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 |
2020 | Qualified | |||||||
Total | 7/9 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 220 | 108 |
UEFA European Futsal Championship record
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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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 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | 11/12 | 50 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 154 | 105 |
Star Players
- Konstantin Eremenko, 1992–2001
- Alexander Verizhnikov, 1996–2000
- Arkadiy Belyi, 1996–2000
- Temur Alekberov, 1996–2000
- Sergey Zuev, 2002–2012
- Pavel Stepanov, 2004–2008
- Vladislav Shayakhmetov, 2004–
- Pula, 2007–2014
- Cirilo, 2007–2014
- Eder Lima, 2010–
Players
Current squad
The following players were named for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[4]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Georgi Zamtaradze | 12 February 1987 (aged 29) | MFK Dinamo Moskva | ||
3 | GK | Sergei Vikulov | 25 March 1990 (aged 26) | MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg | ||
12 | GK | Gustavo | 5 February 1979 (aged 37) | MFK Dinamo Moskva | ||
14 | MF | Daniil Davydov | 23 January 1989 (aged 27) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
4 | MF | Dmitri Lyskov | 24 September 1987 (aged 28) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
5 | MF | Rômulo | 28 September 1986 (aged 29) | MFK Dinamo Moskva | ||
6 | MF | Ivan Chishkala | 11 July 1995 (aged 21) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
10 | MF | Robinho | 28 January 1983 (aged 33) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
9 | FW | Sergei Abramov | 9 September 1990 (aged 26) | MFK Dina Moskva | ||
13 | FW | Sergei Abramovich | 15 January 1990 (aged 26) | MFK Tyumen | ||
7 | FW | Ivan Milovanov | 8 February 1989 (aged 27) | MFK Tyumen | ||
11 | FW | Artem Niyazov | 13 July 1996 (aged 20) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
2 | FW | Vladislav Shayakhmetov | 25 August 1981 (aged 35) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk | ||
8 | FW | Eder Lima | 29 June 1984 (aged 32) | Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk |
Results and Fixtures
2016
3 February 2016 Euro 2016 | Russia | 2–1 | Kazakhstan | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade |
18:30 | Romulo 11', 12' | Report | Zhamankulov 13' | Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal) |
7 February 2016 Euro 2016 | Croatia | 2–2 | Russia | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade |
18:30 | Robinho 9' (o.g.) Novak 25' |
Report | Abramov 12' Pereverzev 39' |
Attendance: 9,435 Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France) |
9 February 2016 Euro 2016 | Russia | 6–2 | Azerbaijan | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade |
18:30 | Abramov 7', 26' Romulo 15' Eder Lima 25', 39', 40' |
Report | Augusto 8', 29' | Attendance: 5,975 Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium) |
11 February 2016 Euro 2016 | Serbia | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Russia | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade |
18:30 | Kocić 26' Simić 36' |
Report | Eder Lima 13' Abramov 33' Romulo 44' |
Attendance: 11,161 Referee: Marc Birkett (England) |
13 February 2016 Euro 2016 | Russia | 3–7 | Spain | Belgrade Arena, Belgrade |
21:00 | Romulo 20' Robinho 32' Milovanov 40' |
Report | Álex 9' Pola 16', 17' Rivillos 17', 36' Miguelín 31', 35' |
Attendance: 9,741 Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy) |
22 March 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Belarus | 1–4 | Russia | Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk |
16:30 | Chernik 11' | Report | Robinho 4' Abramov 9', 34' Lyskov 13' |
Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland) |
12 April 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Russia | 2–2 | Belarus | Sports Palace Tyumen, Tyumen |
16:00 | Antoshkin 14' Eder Lima 39' |
Report | Olshevski 19' Gorbenko 32' |
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal) |
10 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Thailand | 4–6 | Russia | Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín |
18:00 | Thueanklang 19' Sornwichian 22' Chaemcharoen 22' Chudech 34' |
Report | Davydov 12' Eder Lima 16', 26' Madyalan 18' (o.g.) Niyazov 25' Shayakhmetov 26' (p) |
Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Cristian Espindola (Chile) |
13 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Egypt | 1–6 | Russia | Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín |
18:00 | Mizo 36' | Report | Davydov 1' Eder Lima 2', 21' Rômulo 6', 31' Niyazov 18' |
Attendance: 457 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan) |
16 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Russia | 7–1 | Cuba | Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali |
18:00 | Davydov 16' Chishkala 18' Niyazov 18' Shayakhmetov 20' Lyskov 32' Milovanov 33' Abramovich 36' |
Report | Hernández 30' | Attendance: 2,141 Referee: Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi (United Arab Emirates) |
20 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Russia | 7–0 | Vietnam | Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín |
17:30 | Chishkala 3' Abramovich 10', 13' Abramov 18' Niyazov 22' Rômulo 30' Milovanov 37' |
Report | Attendance: 643 Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador) |
24 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Russia | 6–2 | Spain | Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali |
18:00 | Chishkala 3', 15' Eder Lima 19', 31' Fernandão 27' (o.g.) Gustavo 39' |
Report | Rivillos 3' Miguelín 6' |
Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Gean Telles (Brazil) |
27 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | Iran | 3–4 | Russia | Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín |
19:00 | Esmaeilpour 17' Hassanzadeh 30' Javid 40' |
Report | Lyskov 14' Abramov 23' Shayakhmetov 30' Chishkala 40' |
Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan) |
2017
8 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying | Russia | 5–0 | France | Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece |
13:30 | Eder Lima 2', 7' Robinho 7' Afanasyev 17' Chishkala 22' |
Report | Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland) |
9 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying | Slovakia | 0–1 | Russia | Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece |
13:30 | Report | 37' Robinho | Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain) |
11 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying | Russia | 4–0 | Turkey | Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece |
13:30 | Abramovich 14' Robinho 16' Davydov 23' Eder Lima 27' |
Report | Referee: Marc Birkett (England) |
25 September 2017 Friendly match | Russia | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Portugal | Universial Sports Complex "Podmoskovye", Shchyolkovo |
18:30 | Eder Lima 17' Ivan Milovanov 25' Chishkala 35' |
Report | 11' Márcio Moreira 18' Ricardinho 24' Tiago Brito |
Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia) |
26 September 2017 Friendly match | Russia | 7–3 | Portugal | Universial Sports Complex "Podmoskovye", Shchyolkovo |
18:30 | Chishkala 6' Eder Lima 10', 29' Yanar Asadov 12', 19' Danil Davydov 37' Ivan Milovanov 37' |
Report | 2' Ricardinho 5' André Coelho |
Referee: Grigory Zelentsov (Russia) |
2018
30 January 2018 Euro 2018 | Russia | 1–1 | Poland | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana |
20:45 | Chishkala 36' | Report | Kubik 40' | Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland) |
3 February 2018 Euro 2018 | Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Russia | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana |
18:00 | Douglas Jr. 24' | Report | Eder Lima 2' | Referee: Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain) |
5 February 2018 Euro 2018 | Slovenia | 0–2 | Russia | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana |
21:00 | Report | Eder Lima 27' Robinho 40' |
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal) |
8 February 2018 Euro 2018 | Russia | 2–3 | Portugal | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana |
18:00 | André Coelho 31', 36' Bruno Coelho 40' |
Report | Eder Lima 4', 40' | Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary) |
10 February 2018 Euro 2018 | Russia | 1–0 | Kazakhstan | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana |
18:00 | Eder Lima 29' | Report | Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain) |
2019
23 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Russia | 7–3 | Sweden | Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik |
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Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Radim Cep (Czech Republic) |
24 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–4 | Russia | Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik |
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Referee: Radim Cep (Czech Republic), Kamil Çetin (Turkey) |
26 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Russia | 2–2 | Croatia | Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik |
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Report | Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Kamil Çetin (Turkey) |
2 December 2019 Friendly match | Hungary | 2–3 | Russia | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém |
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3 December 2019 Friendly match | Hungary | 2–1 | Russia | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém |
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2020
29 January 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Russia | 7–1 | Slovakia | Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek |
17:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 150 Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Alessandro Malfer (Italy) |
30 January 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Azerbaijan | 4–3 | Russia | Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek |
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy) |
1 February 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying | Russia | 4–3 | Croatia | Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek |
20:00 | Report |
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy) |
All-time Record
Team | Pld | Win | Drawn* | Lose | GF | GA | Diff |
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Argentina | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 22 | +1 |
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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 25 | +26 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brazil | 15 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 79 | −49 |
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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 28 | +12 |
Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
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 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 19 | +35 |
Iran | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 82 | +6 |
Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
Italy | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 37 | −2 |
Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 |
Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 |
Latvia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +27 |
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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 16 | +36 |
Portugal | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 37 | −2 |
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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 |
Slovenia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 12 | +25 |
Solomon Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | +45 |
Spain | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 80 | −32 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 |
Zambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
Total | 313 | 197 | 47 | 70 | 1243 | 668 | +575 |
References
- Futsal World Ranking
- История | Национальная сборная России | Ассоциация мини-футбола России
- http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=2758
- "Россияне отправляются на ЧМ в Колумбию" [Russians are moving to the World Cup in Colombia] (in Russian). FUR. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.