Russia women's national football team

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.

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 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.

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.[3]

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.

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

Belarus  v  Russia

7 April Friendly	Belarus	0–0	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium

Belarus  v  Russia

10 April Friendly	Belarus	0–2	Russia	TBC, Belarus
--:-- UTC+3

• Russia Results and Fixtures – SoccerWay.com

• The following players were called up for the matches against Belarus in October 2022.[5]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 13 October 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	1GK	Yulia Grichenko	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990	27	0	Zenit
	1GK	Violetta Isaikina				Ryazan
	1GK	Diana Ponomareva	(1998-10-13) 13 October 1998	1	0	Chertanovo
3	2DF	Yulia Bessolova	(1992-08-23) 23 August 1992	7	0	Chertanovo
8	2DF	Alsu Abdullina	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	32	3	Chelsea
13	2DF	Anna Belomyttseva	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996	46	4	Lokomotiv Moscow
	2DF	Daniela Basaeva	(1999-07-01) 1 July 1999	1	1	Krasnodar
	2DF	Ksenia Dolgova				Lokomotiv Moscow
	2DF	Yulia Pleshkova	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002	1	0	CSKA Moscow
	2DF	Vera Simanovskaya	(1997-11-13) 13 November 1997	2	0	Zenit
	2DF	Valentina Smirnova	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997			Krasnodar
	2DF	Medea Zharkova	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998			Krasnodar
22	3MF	Viktoriia Kozlova	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995	19	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	3MF	Kristina Komissarova	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000			Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Alena Rukina	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997	24	3	Chertanovo
	3MF	Valeria Solodukhina	(2006-11-28) 28 November 2006			Samara
	3MF	Yana Svistunova	(2006-01-25) 25 January 2006	1	0	Chertanovo
9	4FW	Natalya Mashina	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	20	3	Lokomotiv Moscow
	4FW	Valeria Bizenkova	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000			CSKA Moscow
	4FW	Elena Shesterneva	(1999-12-18) 18 December 1999	3	0	Zenit
	4FW	Anna Solovieva				Lokomotiv Moscow

• The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tatiana Shcherbak	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997	18	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
GK	Elvira Todua	(1986-01-31) 31 January 1986			CSKA Moscow
DF	Natalia Morozova	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995			Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Elina Samoilova	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
DF	Kristina Mashkova	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
MF	Alena Ruzina				Lokomotiv Moscow
MF	Natalia Perepechina	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990			Ryazan
MF	Alena Andreeva	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997			Chertanovo
MF	Maria Galay	(1992-10-14) 14 October 1992			Lokomotiv Moscow
MF	Nadezhda Smirnova	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	31	12	CSKA Moscow
MF	Tatyana Petrova	(2001-12-23) 23 December 2001	0	0	CSKA Moscow
MF	Yana Sheina	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000			Lokomotiv Moscow
MF	Marina Fedorova	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	28	7	Lokomotiv Moscow
MF	Margarita Chernomyrdina	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996	28	5	CSKA Moscow
FW	Ekaterina Pantyukhina	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993			Zenit
FW	Nelli Korovkina	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989	40	14	Lokomotiv Moscow
FW	Lina Yakupova	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990	6	0	Zenit

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter									UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995	Did not qualify									UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5		8	6	0	2	19	11	+8
2003	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3		6	3	2	1	10	6	+4
2007	Did not qualify									8	6	0	2	24	9	+15
2011										8	6	1	1	30	6	+24
2015										10	7	1	2	19	18	+1
2019										8	4	1	3	16	13	+3
2023	Banned									Banned during qualification
Total	2/9	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 history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Norway	L 1–2	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	Japan	W 5–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Canada	W 4–1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June	China	L 0–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	Group stage	21 September	Australia	W 2–1	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Ghana	W 3–0
		28 September	China	L 0–1	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October	Germany	L 1–7

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984 to 1989	Did not exist								Did not exist
1991	Did not enter								Did not enter
1993	Did not qualify								6	3	2	1	7	9
1995									8	4	2	2	9	9
1997	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6		6	3	2	1	10	3
2001	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	7		6	6	0	0	19	4
2005	Did not qualify								10	5	2	3	23	12
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8		10	7	1	2	29	11
2013	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5		12	8	2	2	34	7
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5		8	4	2	2	14	9
2022	Banned after qualification								12	9	1	2	24	6
Total	6/13	15	1	3	11	10	31		78	49	14	15	169	70

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994–1995	Did not enter
1996	5th	4	1	1	2	3	6
1997–2013	Did not enter
2014	9th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2015	Did not enter
2016	6th	4	1	1	2	1	8
2017	8th	4	1	0	3	3	12
2018	12th	4	0	0	4	2	9
Total	5/25	20	5	2	13	16	41

• Albena Cup: won in 1999, 2001, 2004