Russia women's national football team

Russia
Association Football Union of Russia
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Elena Fomina
Captain Ksenia Tsybutovich
Most caps Svetlana Petko (144)
Top scorer Natalia Barbashina (46)
Home stadium Rossiyanka
FIFA code RUS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 25 Steady (23 June 2017)
Highest 11 (July 2003)
Lowest 25 (March–June 2017)
First international
Soviet Union Soviet Union 4–1 Bulgaria 
(Kazanlak, Bulgaria; 26 March 1990)
 Hungary 0–0 Russia 
(Budapest, Hungary; 17 May 1992)
Biggest win
 Israel 0–6 Russia 
(Tel-Aviv, Israel; 30 May 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 9–0 Russia 
(Cottbus, Germany; 21 September 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 1999)
Best result Quarterfinal (1999, 2003)
European Championship
Appearances 5 (first in 1997)
Best result Group Stage (1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017)

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 five European Championships, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2013 and 2017.

As the men's team, the Russian women's national team is the direct successor of the CIS and USSR women's national teams.

History

Beginning

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.

After the turn of the 21st century

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.

Present

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 at the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.

Kits

Russia's home kit had consists of gold socks, maroon shorts, and a maroon shirt. Their away kit is a white jersey and light blue shorts.

Record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did Not Enter-------
Sweden 1995Did Not Qualify-------
United States 1999Quarter Finals4202105+5
United States 2003Quarter Finals420269−3
China 2007Did Not Qualify-------
Germany 2011Did Not Qualify-------
Canada 2015Did Not Qualify-------
Total2/784041614+2
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1984 Did Not Qualify
Norway 1987 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1989 Did Not Qualify
Denmark 1991 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1993 Did Not Qualify
Germany 1995 Did Not Qualify
NorwaySweden 1997Group stage-300326
Germany 2001Group stage-301217
England 2005 Did Not Qualify
Finland 2009Group stage-300328
Sweden 2013Group stage-302135
Netherlands 2017Group stage-310225
Total5/12 1513111031

Invitational tournaments

Team

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[1]

Head coach: Elena Fomina

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Tatyana Shcherbak (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 3 0 Russia Krasnodar
2 3MF Natalya Solodkaya (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 0 0 Russia Krasnodar
3 2DF Anna Kozhnikova (1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 71 5 Russia CSKA Moscow
4 3MF Tatyana Sheykina (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 13 0 Russia Ryazan
5 2DF Viktoriya Shkoda (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 0 0 Russia Krasnodar
6 4FW Nadezhda Karpova (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 12 4 Russia Chertanovo Moscow
7 3MF Anastasia Pozdeeva (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 16 0 Russia Zvezda Perm
8 2DF Daria Makarenko (1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 49 3 Russia Ryazan
9 3MF Anna Cholovyaga (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 47 4 Russia CSKA Moscow
10 3MF Nadezhda Smirnova (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 5 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
11 4FW Ekaterina Sochneva (1985-08-12) 12 August 1985 87 21 Russia CSKA Moscow
12 1GK Alena Belyaeva (1992-02-13) 13 February 1992 6 0 Russia Chertanovo Moscow
13 2DF Anna Belomyttseva (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 5 0 Russia Ryazan
14 2DF Nasiba Gasanova (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994 0 0 Russia Krasnodar
15 4FW Elena Danilova (1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 33 11 Russia Ryazan
16 4FW Marina Fedorova (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 4 0 Russia Ryazan
17 4FW Ekaterina Pantyukhina (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 38 12 Russia Zvezda Perm
18 3MF Elvira Ziyastinova (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 19 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
19 2DF Ekaterina Morozova (1991-03-26) 26 March 1991 3 0 Russia Chertanovo Moscow
20 3MF Margarita Chernomyrdina (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 24 2 Russia Chertanovo Moscow
21 1GK Yulia Grichenko (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 14 0 Russia Rossiyanka
22 4FW Marina Kiskonen (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 0 0 Russia Chertanovo Moscow
23 3MF Elena Morozova (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987 91 19 Russia Krasnodar

Managers

1989–1994Soviet Union/Russia Oleg Lapshin
1994–2008Russia Yuri Bystritsky
2008–2011Russia Igor Shalimov
2011Netherlands Vera Pauw
2011–2012France Farid Benstiti
2012 Russia Vladimir Antonov
2012–2015Russia Sergei Lavrentyev
2015–presentRussia Elena Fomina

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of matches from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

References

  1. ↑ UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad
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