Russia at the FIFA World Cup

Russia has participated in 10 FIFA World Cups, 7 of which were as the Soviet Union. Their best performance was as the Soviet Union, reaching 4th place in England 1966. Russia's best performance after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was 18th place in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States of America.

Overview

History

Legend
Played as Part of The Soviet Union
Played as The Russian Federation

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Quarter-Final	6th	5	2	1	2	5	6
1962	Quarter-Final	6th	4	2	1	1	9	7
1966	Fourth Place	4th	6	4	0	2	10	6
1970	Quarter-Final	5th	4	2	1	1	6	2
1974	Disqualified [1]
1978	Did Not Qualify
1982	2nd Round Group Stage	7th	5	2	2	1	7	4
1986	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	12	5
1990	Group Stage	17th	3	1	0	2	4	4
1994	Group Stage	18th	3	1	0	2	7	6
1998	Did Not Qualify
2002	Group Stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	4	4
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010
2014	Group Stage	24th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2018	Qualified as Host
2022	To be determined
Total	Best: Semi-finals	Best: 4th	40	17	8	15	66	47

Record vs

FIFA World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 17 Wins - 7 Ties - 14 Loses - 38 games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Argentina	0	0	1	1
Austria	1	0	0	1
Belgium	2	0	2	4
Brazil	0	0	3	3
Cameroon	2	0	0	2
Canada	1	0	0	1
Chile	1	0	1	2
Colombia	0	1	0	1
El Salvador	1	0	0	1
England	1	1	0	2
France	0	1	0	1
Hungary	2	0	0	2
Italy	1	0	0	1
Japan	0	0	1	1
North Korea	1	0	0	1
Mexico	0	1	0	1
New Zealand	1	0	0	1
Poland	0	1	0	1
Portugal	0	0	1	1
Romania	0	0	1	1
Scotland	0	1	0	1
South Korea	0	1	0	1
Sweden	0	0	2	2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1
Uruguay	1	0	1	2
West Germany	0	0	1	1
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1

Soviet Union in Sweden 1958

Soviet Union squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Kesarev 3 Krizhevsky 4 Kuznetsov 5 Voynov 6 Netto 7 Apukhtin 8 V. Ivanov 9 Simonyan (c) 10 Salnikov 11 Ilyin 12 Maslachenko 13 Belyayev 14 Ostrovskiy 15 Maslyonkin 16 Tsaryov 17 A. Ivanov 18 Bubukin 19 Gusarov 20 Falin 21 Fedosov 22 Yerokhin Coach: Kachalin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	0	∞	5
Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	4	4	1.00	3
England	3	0	3	0	4	4	1.00	3
Austria	3	0	1	2	2	7	0.28	1

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Group Play-off

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Quarter-Final

Soviet Union in Chile 1962

Soviet Union squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Maslachenko 3 Kotrikadze 4 Dubinski 5 Chokheli 6 Ostrovskiy 7 Maslyonkin 8 Shesternyov 9 Manoshin 10 Netto (c) 11 Sabo 12 Voronin 13 Gusarov 14 Ivanov 15 Kanevski 16 Mamykin 17 Meskhi 18 Metreveli 19 Ponedelnik 20 Serebryanikov 21 Khusainov 22 Chislenko Coach: Kachalin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	8	5	1.60	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	3	2.67	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	0.67	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	5	11	0.45	1

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Quarter-Final

Soviet Union in England 1966

Soviet Union squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Yashin 2 Serebryanikov 3 Ostrovskiy 4 Ponomaryov 5 Afonin 6 Shesternyov (c) 7 Khurtsilava 8 Sabo 9 Getmanov 10 Danilov 11 Chislenko 12 Voronin 13 Korneyev 14 Sichinava 15 Khusainov 16 Metreveli 17 Porkujan 18 Banishevskiy 19 Malofeyev 20 Markarov 21 Kavazashvili 22 Bannikov Coach: Morozov

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	6	1	6.00	6
North Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	0.50	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	2	1.00	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	5	0.40	1

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Quarter-Final

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Semi-Final

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Bronze Final

Soviet Union in Mexico 1970

Soviet Union squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Shmuts 2 Kavazashvili 3 Afonin 4 Dzodzuashvili 5 Kaplychnyi 6 Lovchev 7 Logofet 8 Khurtsilava 9 Shesternyov (c) 10 Zykov 11 Asatiani 12 Kiselyov 13 Yashin 14 Muntyan 15 Serebryanikov 16 Byshovets 17 Yevryuzhikhin 18 Metreveli 19 Nodia 20 Puzach 21 Khmelnitsky 22 Porkujan Coach: Kachalin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Belgium	3	1	0	2	4	5	–1	2
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

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Quarter-Final

Soviet Union in Spain 1982

Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Sulakvelidze 3 Chivadze (c) 4 Khidiyatullin 5 Baltacha 6 Demyanenko 7 Shengelia 8 Bessonov 9 Gavrilov 10 Oganesian 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Daraselia 14 Borovsky 15 Andreyev 16 Rodionov 17 Buryak 18 Susloparov 19 Yevtushenko 20 Romantsev 21 Viktor Chanov 22 Vyacheslav Chanov Coach: Beskov

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
Scotland	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	12	–10	0

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Second Round Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0

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Soviet Union in Mexico 1986

Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Bezsonov 3 Chivadze 4 Morozov 5 Demyanenko (c) 6 Bubnov 7 Yaremchuk 8 Yakovenko 9 Zavarov 10 Kuznetsov 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Litovchenko 14 Rodionov 15 Larionov 16 Chanov 17 Yevtushenko 18 Protasov 19 Belanov 20 Aleinikov 21 Rats 22 Krakovsky Coach: Lobanovsky

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	5
France	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	9	–7	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	0	5	–5	0

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Round of 16

Soviet Union in Italy 1990

Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach: Lobanovsky

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	0	1	3	5	–2	4
Romania	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2

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Russia in USA 1994

Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov 2 Kuznetsov 3 Gorlukovich 4 Galyamin 5 Nikiforov 6 Ternavskiy 7 Pyatnitskiy 8 Popov 9 Salenko 10 Karpin 11 Beschastnykh 12 Tetradze 13 Borodyuk 14 Korneev 15 Radchenko 16 Kharin (c) 17 Tsymbalar 18 Onopko 19 Mostovoi 20 Ledyakhov 21 Khlestov 22 Yuran Coach: Sadyrin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	11	–8	1

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Russia in South Korea/Japan 2002

Russia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin 2 Kovtun 3 Nikiforov 4 Smertin 5 Solomatin 6 Semshov 7 Onopko (c) 8 Karpin 9 Titov 10 Mostovoi 11 Beschastnykh 12 Cherchesov 13 Daev 14 Chugainov 15 Alenichev 16 Kerzhakov 17 Semak 18 Sennikov 19 Pimenov 20 Izmailov 21 Khokhlov 22 Sychev 23 Filimonov Coach: Romantsev

Legend
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

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Russia in Brazil 2014

Russia squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Akinfeev 2 Kozlov 3 Shchennikov 4 Ignashevich 5 Semyonov 6 Kanunnikov 7 Denisov 8 Glushakov 9 Kokorin 10 Dzagoev 11 Kerzhakov 12 Lodigin 13 Granat 14 V. Berezutski (c) 15 Mogilevets 16 Ryzhikov 17 Shatov 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Fayzulin 21 Ionov 22 Yeshchenko 23 Kombarov Coach: Capello

Standings

Legend
Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Russia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Russia vs South Korea

This was the first time the two countries have played each other in the FIFA World Cup, though they did play a friendly in 2013, which Russia won 2-1. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, with both goals being in the second half.

Russia

South Korea

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev RB 22 Andrey Yeshchenko CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c) LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov DM 8 Denis Glushakov  72' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin CM 18 Yuri Zhirkov  71' RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov LW 17 Oleg Shatov  49'  59' CF 9 Aleksandr Kokorin Substitutions: MF 10 Alan Dzagoev  59' FW 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  71' MF 7 Igor Denisov  72' Manager: Fabio Capello

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 12 Lee Yong CB 5 Kim Young-gwon CB 20 Hong Jeong-ho  73' LB 3 Yun Suk-young RM 17 Lee Chung-yong CM 14 Han Kook-young CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng  30' LM 9 Son Heung-min  13'  84' CF 10 Park Chu-young  56' CF 13 Koo Ja-cheol (c)  90' Substitutions: FW 11 Lee Keun-ho  56' DF 6 Hwang Seok-ho  73' MF 7 Kim Bo-kyung  84' Manager: Hong Myung-bo

Man of the Match: Son Heung-min (South Korea) Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Fourth official: Roberto Moreno (Panama) Fifth official: Eric Boria (United States)

Belgium vs Russia

Belgium

Russia

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 2 Toby Alderweireld  73' CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c) LB 3 Thomas Vermaelen  31' CM 6 Axel Witsel  54' CM 8 Marouane Fellaini RW 14 Dries Mertens  75' AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne LW 10 Eden Hazard CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  57' Substitutions: DF 5 Jan Vertonghen  31' FW 17 Divock Origi  57' DF 11 Kevin Mirallas  75' Manager: Marc Wilmots

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov  62' CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c) CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov DM 8 Denis Glushakov  38' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov  90' AM 6 Maksim Kanunnikov LW 17 Oleg Shatov  83' CF 9 Aleksandr Kokorin Substitutions: DF 22 Andrey Yeshchenko  62' MF 10 Alan Dzagoev  83' FW 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  90' Manager: Fabio Capello

Man of the Match: Eden Hazard (Belgium) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Carlos Vera (Ecuador) Fifth official: Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Algeria vs Russia

Top Goalscorers

Name	Goals	World Cup	Notes
Oleg Salenko	6	1994	Shared 1994 Golden Shoe (6 goals)
Valentin Ivanov	6	1958, 1962	Shared 1962 Golden Boot (4 goals)
Ihor Belanov	4	1986	Shared 1986 Bronze Shoe (4 goals)
Anatoliy Byshovets	4	1970	4th Tied Top Goalscorer 1970
Igor Chislenko	4	1962, 1966	Shared 1962 Bronze Shoe (2 goals)
Valeriy Porkujan	4	1966	Shared 1966 Bronze Shoe (4 goals)
Eduard Malofeyev	3	1966	Scored all his Goals in 1966 World Cup
Oleksandr Zavarov	2	1986, 1990	-
Oleg Blokhin	2	1982, 1986	-
Viktor Ponedelnik	2	1962	Shared 1962 Bronze Shoe (2 goals)
Aleksandr Ivanov	2	1958	Scored on His Debut (1958)
Aleksandr Kerzhakov	1	2014	First Russian Goal at Brazil 2014
Dmitri Sychev	1	2002	-
Yegor Titov	1	2002	-
Vladimir Beschastnykh	1	1994, 2002	-
Valery Karpin	1	1994, 2002	-
Dmitri Radchenko	1	1994	-
Igor Dobrovolski	1	1990	-
Andrei Zygmantovich	1	1990	-
Sergei Aleinikov	1	1986, 1990	-
Oleh Protasov	1	1986, 1990	-
Vasyl Rats	1	1986, 1990	-
Ivan Yaremchuk	1	1986, 1990	-
Pavlo Yakovenko	1	1986	-
Sergey Rodionov	1	1982, 1986	-
Andriy Bal	1	1982, 1986	Scored Against Brazil in 1982
Aleksandr Chivadze	1	1982, 1986	-
Yuri Gavrilov	1	1982	-
Sergei Baltacha	1	1982	-
Khoren Oganesian	1	1982	-
Ramaz Shengelia	1	1982	-
Kakhi Asatiani	1	1970	-
Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi	1	1970	-
Anatoliy Banishevskiy	1	1966	-
Anatoli Ilyin	1	1958	-
Nikita Simonyan	1	1954	-

References

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