| Association | Football Union of Russia | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Farid Benstiti | ||
| Captain | Tatiana Skotnikova | ||
| Most caps | Svetlana Petko (144) | ||
| Home stadium | Rossiyanka | ||
| FIFA ranking | 20 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 11 (July 2003) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 20 (November 2010) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Soviet Union 4 – 1 Bulgaria (Kazanlak, Bulgaria; 26 March 1990) Hungary 0 – 0 Russia (Budapest, Hungary; 17 May 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Israel 0 – 6 Russia (Tel-Aviv, Israel; 30 May 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| United States 8 – 0 Soviet Union (Blaine, Minnesota, USA; 5 August 1990) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result | 1/4 final, 1999 and 2003 | ||
| UEFA Women's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 1/4 final, 1993 and 1995 | ||
The Russia women's national football team represents Russia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Union of Russia and affiliated with UEFA. Vera Pauw replaced Igor Shalimov as coach of the team in April 2011.
Russia qualified for two World Cups, 1999, 2003 and four European Championships, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009.
As the men's team, the Russian women's national team is the direct successor of the CIS and USSR women's national teams.
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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 pass 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 at the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.
Russia's home kit had consists of gold socks, maroon shorts, and a maroon shirt. Their away kit is all white.
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| Year | Result | GP | 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 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2015 | To Be Determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 2/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1993 | Quarter-finals | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1995 | Quarter-finals | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1997 | Round 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2001 | Round 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | Round 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 5/6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 33 | |
| 1989—1994 | / Oleg Lapshin |
| 1994—2008 | Yuri Bystritsky |
| 2008—2011 | Igor Shalimov |
| 2011 | Vera Pauw |
| 2011— | Farid Benstiti |
Squad called up for the first UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying match against Poland.[1]
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| 5 March 2009 |
Netherlands | 2 − 1 | Russia | Paralimni |
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| Melis 34', 45' | Mokshanova 44' |
| 7 March 2009 |
Russia | 4 − 2 | New Zealand | Sotira |
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| Fomina 15', 23', 84' Kozhnikova 35' |
Percival 2' Hearn 60' (pen.) |
| 7 March 2009 |
Canada | 2 − 0 | Russia | Sotira |
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| Sinclair 70' Tancredi 82' |
| 2009-08-25 20:00 |
Sweden | 3 – 0 | Russia | Turku |
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| Rohlin 5' Sandell Svensson 15' Seger 82' |
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| 2009-08-28 20:00 |
England | 3 – 2 | Russia | Helsinki |
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| Carney 24' Aluko 32' K. Smith 42' |
(Report) | Tsybutovich 2' Kurochkina 22' |
| 2009-08-31 19:00 |
Russia | 0 – 2 | Italy | Helsinki |
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| (Report) | Gabbiadini 77' Zorri 90+3' |
| 23 September 2009 19:30 UTC+2 |
Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Russia | Fislisbach |
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| Meyer 87' | Report | Skotnikova 8' Danilova 16' |
| 25 October 2009 15:00 UTC+3 |
Russia | 3 – 0 | Republic of Ireland | Krasnoarmeysk |
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| Morozova 12' Savchenkova 52' Petrova 90+1' |
Report |
| 17 November 2009 14:00 UTC+2 |
Israel | 1 – 6 | Russia | Ramat Gan |
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| Cohen 47' | Report | Poryadina 10' Fomina 29', 89' Savchenkova 62' Kurochkina 81' Kozhnikova 85' |
| 28 March 2010 13:00 UTC+6 |
Kazakhstan | 0 – 6 | Russia | Taldykorgan |
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| Report | Kurochkina 42', 56' (pen.), 71' (pen.), 89' Savchenkova 44' Terekhova 52' |
| 19 June 2010 17:00 UTC+4 |
Russia | 0 – 3 | Switzerland | Krasnoarmeysk |
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| Report | Kuster 18' Bachmann 77', 78' |
| 24 June 2010 18:00 UTC+4 |
Russia | 4 – 0 | Israel | Krasnoarmeysk |
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| Kurochkina 5' (pen.) Skotnikova 24' Kozhnikova 31' Sochneva 80' |
Report |
| 21 August 2010 15:00 UTC+1 |
Republic of Ireland | 1 – 1 | Russia | Wexford |
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| Grant 59' (pen.) | Report | Kozhnikova 64' |
| 25 August 2010 18:00 UTC+4 |
Russia | 8 – 0 | Kazakhstan | Krasnoarmeysk |
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| Skotnikova 2' Sochneva 34', 88' Danilova 50', 55', 62', 72' Semenchenko 64' |
Report |
| 2 March 2011 16:00 |
Russia | 0 − 0 | Mexico | Paralimni |
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| 4 March 2011 14:00 |
Russia | 2 − 1 | Northern Ireland | Sotira |
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| Skotnikova 41' Fomina 52' (pen.) |
Hutton 9' |
| 7 March 2011 14:00 |
Russia | 1 − 2 | South Korea | Paralimni |
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| 78' (pen.) | Ji 7' Yeo 80' |
| 21 September 2011 16:00 |
Poland | 0 – 3 | Russia | Racibórz |
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| Report |
Game ended originally 0–2 before it was awaraded a default victory in favor of Russia.
| 22 October 2011 13:00 |
Russia | 4 – 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Krasnoarmeysk |
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| Petrova 27', 55' Shlyapina 80', 90+1' |
Report | Kuliš 54' |
| 26 October 2011 15:00 |
Italy | 2 – 0 | Russia | Treviso |
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| Conti 10' (pen.), 28' | Report |
| 19 November 2011 14:00 |
Greece | 0 – 4 | Russia | Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium, Ano Liossia Attendance: 122 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden) |
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| Report | Petrova 23', 78' Sochneva 58' Terekhova 79' |
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