The Russian national futsal team (, Sbornaya Rossii po futsalu) is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliats with UEFA. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) suspended all Russian teams from FIFA and UEFA competitions, whether national representative teams or club teams.
Russia has qualified for seven World Cups (1992–2000, 2008–2021) and for every edition of the European Championships. They won the European Championships once, in 1999, with their best World Cup coming in 2016 where they finished runners-up to Argentina.
History Russia's FIFA Futsal World Cup history began inauspiciously in 1992, when a poor defensive record of 16 goals conceded in three matches meant elimination at the group stage. A turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim a third spot. Russia's most recent appearance on the world stage came at the 2000 finals in Guatemala, where they took fourth after a 4–2 defeat to Portugal in the third-place play-off. At the UEFA Futsal Championship in late 2007, a new generation finished third.
Russia was drawn in a group of three nations in qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008, but after France withdrew at the last minute, the berth in the next round was decided in a single eliminator against Serbia. The Russians won 3–2. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A. Russia finished second and qualified for the second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F. After losing to Spain in the opening match, Russia went on to scrape through to set up a semi-final against Brazil. However, Russia was unable to past Brazil and eventually placed fourth after losing out to Italy in the Third place playoff final.
Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIFA and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams.
Results and fixtures Legend
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2022
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2026
Coaching staff Source:Ассоциация мини-футбола России Position Name Head coach Beso Zoidze Assistant coach Konstantin Mayevsky Assistant coach Gennady Garagulya Honorary President of the RAoMFGeneral Manager Semen Andreyev President of the RAoMFHead of the Delegation Emil Aliyev
Players Current squad The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.
Notable players Konstantin Eremenko (1992–2001) Sergey Zuev (2002–2012) Vladislav Shayakhmetov (2004–2016) Pula (2007–2014) Cirilo (2007–2014) Eder Lima (2010–) Sergei Abramov (2010–) Robinho (2009–)
Competitive record FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Futsal World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA as Part of 1989did not invited to participate to the tournament as 1992Group stage9th31112016 1996Third place3rd84222917 2000Fourth place4th84043724 2004Did not qualify 2008Fourth place4th94146231 2012Quarter-finals5th5401323 2016Runners-up2nd76014016 2021Quarter-finals5th5410216 2024Suspended due to the invasion of Ukraine 2028Total:7/11Runners-up2nd4023413241114
UEFA Futsal Championship UEFA Futsal Championship recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA 1996Runners-up2nd43011710 1999Champions1st54102314 2001Third place3rd5302149 2003Round 16th310256 2005Runners-up2nd53021510 2007Third place3rd53021312 2010Quarter-finals5th311185 2012Runners-up2nd5311148 201453112211 201653111615 2018Third place3rd522175 2022Runners-up2nd6501249 2026Suspended due to the invasion of UkraineTotal:12/131 Title1st5634715178114
Grand Prix de Futsal Grand Prix de Futsal recordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA 2005did not enter 2006 2007 2008 2009 20109th place9th64112810 2011Runners-up2nd65012911 2013Runners-up2nd5410228 2014did not enter 2015 2018Total3/111713227929
Futsal Mundialito Futsal Mundialito recordYearRoundPositionPldWDLGSGA 1994did not enter 1995 1996 1998 2001 2002Third place3rd41031715 2006did not enter 2007 2008Total1/9 41031715
Other tournaments Thailand Five's 2003 – third place
Head-to-head record Team Pld Win Drawn* Lose GF GA Diff 9 3 4 2 26 24 +2 1 1 0 0 10 1 +9 6 4 1 1 23 13 +10 13 10 2 1 57 16 +41 13 10 3 0 59 25 +34 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 17 1 1 15 31 81 −50 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 4 3 1 0 26 6 +20 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 9 6 3 0 27 14 +13 2 2 0 0 17 6 +11 14 10 1 3 45 30 +15 4 2 1 1 21 9 +12 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 2 2 0 0 17 5 +12 4 4 0 0 47 3 +44 4 3 1 0 23 3 +20 11 10 1 0 64 25 +39 31 13 10 8 88 82 +6 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 20 7 5 8 46 46 +0 4 3 0 1 23 12 +11 6 4 2 0 16 6 +10 7 7 0 0 31 1 +30 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 2 2 0 0 16 4 +12 1 1 0 0 31 0 +31 1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 18 15 1 2 63 29 +34 1 1 0 0 7 3 +4 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 12 9 2 1 59 23 +36 14 4 4 6 37 41 −4 1 1 0 0 9 2 +7 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 12 10 1 1 35 20 +15 6 5 0 1 29 12 +17 10 9 1 0 37 12 +25 2 2 0 0 47 2 +45 23 2 4 17 52 85 −33 3 3 0 0 14 7 +7 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 13 11 0 2 49 25 +24 1 0 0 1 3 8 −5 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 5 3 2 0 21 9 +12 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12 Total 314 197 48 70 1246 671 +575
References
External links Russia at the Russian Association of Mini-Football