The Russia women's national football team represents Russia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliated with UEFA. Yuri Krasnozhan replaced Elena Fomina as coach of the team in December 2020.

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.

On 28 February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.

History 20th Century The USSR women's national team (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 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 qualifying run then continued in the 2003 Women's 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 the UEFA Women's Euro 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.

Present A young member of the 2003 squad, Elena Danilova, inspired victory in the 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, their first post-Soviet national team title at any level. Although the striker suffered injury problems, many of her colleagues graduated to the senior squad, with Russia eventually reaching the 2009 finals with an 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.

On 13 April 2021, Russia defeated Portugal 1–0 to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. However, on 28 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.

Team image

Kits and crest Russia's home kit consists of marron-red shirt, red shorts, and red-white socks. Their away kit consists of white jersey and light blue shorts and light-blue-white socks.

Home stadium The Russia women's national football team plays their home matches on the Rossiyanka Stadium.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

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2026

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All Record Last Update: 5 April 2024

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279 Game 131 W 38 D 108 L 471 GF 399 GA +72 GD

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref. Head coach Yuri Krasnozhan

Manager history

1989–1994 Oleg Lapshin1994–2008 Yuri Bystritsky2008–2011 Igor Shalimov2011 Vera Pauw2011–2012 Farid Benstiti2012 Vladimir Antonov2012–2015 Sergei Lavrentyev2015–2020 Elena Fomina2020–present Yuri Krasnozhan

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against China on 3 and 7 June 2026. 

Caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2026, after the match against China. Russian Squad

Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Notes = Withdrew due to injury = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

#PlayerYear(s)Caps1Svetlana Petko1992–2004144

Top goalscorers

#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps1Natalia Barbashina1995–200946?

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearResult** 1991Did not enterUEFA Women's Euro 1991 1995Did not qualifyUEFA Women's Euro 1995 1999Quarter-finals4202105+586021911+8 – 2003Quarter-finals420269−36321106+4 2007Did not qualify8602249+15 20118611306+24 2015107121918+1 201984131613+3 2023DisqualifiedDisqualified during qualification 2027BannedBanned 2031To be determinedTo be determined 2035To be determinedTo be determined Total 2/10 8 4 0 4 16 14 +2 48 32 5 11 118 63 +55 – *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup Match historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 1999Group stage20 JuneL 1–2Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough23 JuneW 5–0Civic Stadium, Portland26 JuneW 4–1Giants Stadium, East Rutherford30 JuneL 0–2Spartan Stadium, San Jose 2003Group stage21 SeptemberW 2–1The Home Depot Center, Carson25 SeptemberW 3–028 SeptemberL 0–1PGE Park, Portland2 OctoberL 1–7

UEFA Women's Championship UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying recordYearResult**1984Did not existDid not exist19871989 1991Did not enterDid not enter 1993Did not qualify632179 – 1995842299 1997Group stage3003266321103 2001Group stage3012176600194 2005Did not qualify105232312 2009Group stage300328107122911 2013Group stage30213512822347 2017Group stage3102258422149 2022Disqualified after qualification12912246 2025BannedBanned Total 5/14 15 1 3 11 10 31 78 49 14 15 169 70 – *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

YearResultMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGFGA 1994—1995Did not enter 19965th411236 1997—2013Did not enter 20149th420276 2015Did not enter 20166th411218 20178th4103312 201812th400429Did not enterTotal 5/25 2052131641 Albena Cup: won in 1999, 2001, 2004

See also

Russia women's national football team results Russia women's international footballers Russia women's national under-19 football team Russia women's national under-17 football team Russia women's national under-15 football team Russia women's national futsal team Russia national football team

References

External links Official website FIFA profile