Russia women's national football team

The USSR (who became the Commonwealth of Independent States during the campaign) reached the 1993 UEFA European Women's Championship quarter-finals at their only attempt and Russia were to match that two years later, with both teams losing to Germany over two legs. In 1997, they qualified directly for the final tournament but once there were defeated by Sweden, France – who they had beaten in the preliminaries – and Spain. However, they were among six European sides to qualify for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, thanks to two 2–1 play-off wins against Finland, and comfortable victories over Japan and Canada earned them a quarter-final, where they lost to eventual runners-up China.

They cruised unbeaten into the 2001 continental finals but managed only a point against England in the group stage. Russia's fine qualifying run then continued in the 2003 World Cup and they again reached the quarter-finals before a 7–1 loss to Germany. That preceded something of a decline in fortunes as Finland avenged their 1999 reverse by beating Russia in the play-offs for UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.

Renewed hope soon began to come from the younger generation, however, with a young member of the 2003 squad, Elena Danilova, inspiring victory in the 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, their first post-Soviet national team title at any level. Although the striker has suffered injury problems, many of her colleagues have graduated to the senior squad, with Russia eventually reaching the 2009 finals with a dramatic away-goals play-off success against Scotland. At the final tournament, Russia were drawn against Sweden, Italy and England in Group C. The team was unable to get past the group stage and finished last as they lost all the three matches, scoring 2 and conceding 8.

In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers, Russia were drawn in Group 6 with Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Israel and Kazakhstan, where Russia was eliminated in the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.

The following players were called up for the match against Turkey on 27 October 2020.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tatyana Shcherbak	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997	18	0	Krasnodar
12	1GK	Anastasiya Ananyeva	(1996-09-29) 29 September 1996	0	0	CSKA Moscow
21	1GK	Yulia Grichenko	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990	14	0	Zenit
2	2DF	Ksenia Dzhinikashvili	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997	0	0	Chertanovo
3	2DF	Anna Kozhnikova	(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987	84	7	Lokomotiv Moscow
5	2DF	Mariya Alekseeva	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998	0	0	CSKA Moscow
6	2DF	Margarita Manuilova	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	0	0	CSKA Moscow
8	2DF	Alsu Abdullina	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	7	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
14	2DF	Kristina Mashkova	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
15	2DF	Anna Belomyttseva	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996	16	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
4	3MF	Daniella Basaeva	(1999-07-01) 1 July 1999	0	0	Krasnodar
10	3MF	Nadezhda Smirnova	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	21	8	CSKA Moscow
11	3MF	Elina Samoylova	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
16	3MF	Valeriya Bespalikova	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	3	0	CSKA Moscow
17	3MF	Marina Fedorova	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	18	3	Lokomotiv Moscow
19	3MF	Margarita Chernomyrdina	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996	28	5	CSKA Moscow
20	3MF	Nelli Korovkina	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	30	8	Lokomotiv Moscow
22	3MF	Tatyana Petrova	(2001-12-23) 23 December 2001	0	0	CSKA Moscow
7	4FW	Elena Shesterneva	(1999-12-18) 18 December 1999	0	0	Zenit
9	4FW	Natalya Mashina	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	5	1	CSKA Moscow
13	4FW	Elena Kostareva	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992	7	0	Krasnodar
18	4FW	Darya Yakovleva	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998	1	0	CSKA Moscow
23	4FW	Lina Yakupova	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990	6	0	Lokomotiv Moscow

The following players have been called up to the Russia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Viktoriya Nosenko	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994	1	0	Lokomotiv Moscow	v.  Estonia, 22 September 2020
GK	Diana Ponomareva	(1998-10-13) 13 October 1998	0	0	Chertanovo	v.  Kosovo, 6 March 2020
MF	Viktoriya Kozlova	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995	3	0	Yenisey	v.  Estonia, 22 September 2020
MF	Kristina Khorosheva	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000	0	0	Zvezda Perm	v.  Estonia, 22 September 2020
MF	Natalia Perepechina	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990	4	0	Ryazan-VDV	v.  Kosovo, 6 March 2020
MF	Alina Myagkova	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	3	1	Lokomotiv Moscow	v.  Kosovo, 6 March 2020

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

World Cup Finals
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5
2003	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	2/9	8	4	0	4	16	14	+2

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Norway	L 1–2	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	Japan	W 5–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Canada	W 4–1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June	China PR	L 0–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	Group stage	21 September	Australia	W 2–1	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Ghana	W 3–0
		28 September	China PR	L 0–1	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October	Germany	L 1–7

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The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994–1995	Did not enter
1996	5th	4	1	1	2	3	6
1997–2013	Did not enter
2014	9th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2015	Did not enter
2016	6th	4	1	1	2	1	8
2017	8th	4	1	0	3	3	12
2018	12th	4	0	0	4	2	9
Total	5/25	20	5	2	13	16	41

• Albena Cup: won in 1999, 2001, 2004