Russia national futsal team

Russia
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Наши парни (Our Boys)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sergey Skorovich
Captain	Sergei Abramov
Top scorer	Konstantin Eremenko (122)
FIFA code	RUS
FIFA ranking	4 (December 2020)[1]
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Soviet Union 6–2 Hungary ; (Agrigento, Italy, 24 April 1991)[2]; Belgium 4–6 Russia ; (Eindhoven, Netherlands, 18 September 1992)[2]
Biggest win
	Russia 31–2 Solomon Islands ; (Brasília, Brazil, 6 October 2008)[3]
Biggest defeat
	Russia 0–7 Brazil ; (Brasília, Brazil, 4 October 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1992)
Best result	Runners-up (2016)
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1996)
Best result	Champions (1999)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1991)
Best result	4th place (1997, 2000, 2011)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	3 (First in 2010)
Best result	Runners-up (2011, 2013)

The Russian national futsal team (Russian: Сборная России по мини-футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po mini-futbolu) is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliated with UEFA. Sergey Skorovich is currently managing the team.

Russia has qualified for seven World Cups (1992–2000, 2008–2021) and for every edition of the European Championships. They have 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 dramatic turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim an impressive third spot with a 3–2 success over neighbours Ukraine in the deciding match. 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 picked up the thread of previous FIFA Futsal World Cup performances and finished third, gaining revenge over Portugal for a defeat at the same stage in 2000.

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 duly won 3–2 to book a play-off spot with Belarus, one of the surprise packages at the group stage, but the experience of three appearances at the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals told in the end as the Russians eased to a 6–2 aggregate win. Much of the credit goes to keeper Pavel Stepanov for conceding only four goals in three matches. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A along with Brazil, Japan, Cuba and Solomon Islands. Losing against Brazil and winning the other three games, Russia finished second and qualified for the Second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F together with Spain, Argentina and Paraguay. After losing to Spain in the opening match, Russia went on to win against Paraguay and draw with Argentina 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.

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void or Postponed Fixture

2016

3 February 2016 Euro 2016	Russia	2–1	Kazakhstan	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30	Romulo 11', 12'	Report	Zhamankulov 13'	Attendance: 5,124 Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

7 February 2016 Euro 2016	Croatia	2–2	Russia	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30	Robinho 9' (o.g.) Novak 25'	Report	Abramov 12' Pereverzev 39'	Attendance: 9,435 Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France)

9 February 2016 Euro 2016	Russia	6–2	Azerbaijan	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30	Abramov 7', 26' Romulo 15' Eder Lima 25', 39', 40'	Report	Augusto 8', 29'	Attendance: 5,975 Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium)

11 February 2016 Euro 2016	Serbia	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Russia	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30	Kocić 26' Simić 36'	Report	Eder Lima 13' Abramov 33' Romulo 44'	Attendance: 11,161 Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

13 February 2016 Euro 2016	Russia	3–7	Spain	Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00	Romulo 20' Robinho 32' Milovanov 40'	Report	Álex 9' Pola 16', 17' Rivillos 17', 36' Miguelín 31', 35'	Attendance: 9,741 Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

22 March 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Belarus	1–4	Russia	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk
16:30	Chernik 11'	Report	Robinho 4' Abramov 9', 34' Lyskov 13'	Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland)

12 April 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Russia	2–2	Belarus	Sports Palace Tyumen, Tyumen
16:00	Antoshkin 14' Eder Lima 39'	Report	Olshevski 19' Gorbenko 32'	Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

10 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Thailand	4–6	Russia	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	Thueanklang 19' Sornwichian 22' Chaemcharoen 22' Chudech 34'	Report	Davydov 12' Eder Lima 16', 26' Madyalan 18' (o.g.) Niyazov 25' Shayakhmetov 26' (p)	Attendance: 1,043 Referee: Cristian Espindola (Chile)

13 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Egypt	1–6	Russia	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	Mizo 36'	Report	Davydov 1' Eder Lima 2', 21' Rômulo 6', 31' Niyazov 18'	Attendance: 457 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

16 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Russia	7–1	Cuba	Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00	Davydov 16' Chishkala 18' Niyazov 18' Shayakhmetov 20' Lyskov 32' Milovanov 33' Abramovich 36'	Report	Hernández 30'	Attendance: 2,141 Referee: Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi (United Arab Emirates)

20 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Russia	7–0	Vietnam	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30	Chishkala 3' Abramovich 10', 13' Abramov 18' Niyazov 22' Rômulo 30' Milovanov 37'	Report		Attendance: 643 Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

24 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Russia	6–2	Spain	Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00	Chishkala 3', 15' Eder Lima 19', 31' Fernandão 27' (o.g.) Gustavo 39'	Report	Rivillos 3' Miguelín 6'	Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Gean Telles (Brazil)

27 September 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Iran	3–4	Russia	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
19:00	Esmaeilpour 17' Hassanzadeh 30' Javid 40'	Report	Lyskov 14' Abramov 23' Shayakhmetov 30' Chishkala 40'	Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

1 October 2016 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Russia	4–5	Argentina	Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
14:30	Eder Lima 16', 22', 40' (pen.) Lyskov 39'	Report	Vaporaki 16', 39' Cuzzolino 20' (pen.) Brandi 22', 23'	Attendance: 8,559 Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

2017

8 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying	Russia	5–0	France	Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece
13:30	Eder Lima 2', 7' Robinho 7' Afanasyev 17' Chishkala 22'	Report		Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland)

9 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying	Slovakia	0–1	Russia	Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece
13:30		Report	37' Robinho	Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain)

11 April 2017 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying	Russia	4–0	Turkey	Gazanfer Bilge Sports Hall, Büyükçekmece
13:30	Abramovich 14' Robinho 16' Davydov 23' Eder Lima 27'	Report		Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

25 September 2017 Friendly match	Russia	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	Universial Sports Complex "Podmoskovye", Shchyolkovo
18:30	Eder Lima 17' Ivan Milovanov 25' Chishkala 35'	Report	11' Márcio Moreira 18' Ricardinho 24' Tiago Brito	Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

26 September 2017 Friendly match	Russia	7–3	Portugal	Universial Sports Complex "Podmoskovye", Shchyolkovo
18:30	Chishkala 6' Eder Lima 10', 29' Yanar Asadov 12', 19' Danil Davydov 37' Ivan Milovanov 37'	Report	2' Ricardinho 5' André Coelho	Referee: Grigory Zelentsov (Russia)

2018

30 January 2018 Euro 2018	Russia	1–1	Poland	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
20:45	Chishkala 36'	Report	Kubik 40'	Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)

3 February 2018 Euro 2018	Kazakhstan	1–1	Russia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
18:00	Douglas Jr. 24'	Report	Eder Lima 2'	Referee: Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain)

5 February 2018 Euro 2018	Slovenia	0–2	Russia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
21:00		Report	Eder Lima 27' Robinho 40'	Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

8 February 2018 Euro 2018	Russia	2–3	Portugal	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
18:00	André Coelho 31', 36' Bruno Coelho 40'	Report	Eder Lima 4', 40'	Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

10 February 2018 Euro 2018	Russia	1–0	Kazakhstan	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
18:00	Eder Lima 29'	Report		Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)

2019

23 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Russia	7–3	Sweden	Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik
17:00	Kotlyarov 4:59, 12:26 Rômulo 8:16 Niyazov 8:45 Kudziev 9:24 Asadov 20:44 Antoshkin 28:03	Report	Zhubi 0:19, 19:43 Hiseni 38:26	Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Radim Cep (Czech Republic)

24 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–4	Russia	Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik
17:00	Ivanković 22:44 Milanović 35:53	Report	Antoshkin 14:14 Kudziev 18:34 Asadov 29:04 Demin 33:00	Referee: Radim Cep (Czech Republic), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

26 October 2019 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Russia	2–2	Croatia	Športska dvorana Gospino polje, Dubrovnik
20:00	Davydov 11:03 Asadov 12:56	Report	Jelovčić 19:19 Novak 38:48	Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

2 December 2019 Friendly match	Hungary	2–3	Russia	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
20:30	Pál 24' Richárd 28'	Report	Lyskov 23' Asadov 27' Richárd 29'

3 December 2019 Friendly match	Hungary	2–1	Russia	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
18:00	Richárd 10', 36'	Report	Niyazov 33'

2020

29 January 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Russia	7–1	Slovakia	Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
17:00	Antoshkin 4:51, 32:52 Davydov 9:40 Robinho 14:37 Éder Lima 21:38, 29:46 Niyazov 28:53	Report	Drahovský 15:39	Attendance: 150 Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

30 January 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Azerbaijan	4–3	Russia	Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
17:00	Vilela 1:44 Everton Cardoso 33:31, 39:24 Atayev 36:45	Report	Rômulo 15:28 Davydov 17:19 Antoshkin 39:40	Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy)

1 February 2020 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying	Russia	4–3	Croatia	Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
20:00	Éder Lima 6:38, 16:50 Suton 17:01 (o.g.) Rômulo 38:58	Report	Bajrušović 15:24 Matošević 32:32, 39:26	Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy)

2021

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	RFU	9–0	Egypt	Vilnius, Lithuania
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kudziev 6' Chishkala 13', 16', 30' Antoshkin 28' El-Ashwal 28' (o.g.) Abramov 31' (pen.), 32' Milovanov 36'	Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Gean Telles (Brazil)

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	Uzbekistan	2–4	RFU	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Choriev 21' Adilov 28'	Report (FIFA)	Robinho 10' Niiazov 11', 35', 35'	Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Cristian Espindola (Chile)

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group B	Guatemala	1–4	RFU	Kaunas, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alvarado 25' (pen.)	Report (FIFA)	Afanasev 2' Asadov 10' Abramov 14' Antoshkin 27'	Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Referee: Henry Gutiérrez (Bolivia)

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) FIFA Futsal World Cup R16	RFU	3–2	Vietnam	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30	Robinho 11' Chishkala 18', 30'		Nguyễn Đắc Huy 18' Phạm Đức Hòa 39'	Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referee: Roberto López (Panama)

Coaching staff

Source:

Position	Name
Head coach	Sergey Skorovich
Assistant coach	Konstantin Mayevsky
Assistant coach	Gennady Garagulya
Honorary President of the RAoMF General Manager	Semen Andreyev
President of the RAoMF Head of the Delegation	Emil Aliyev
Team manager	Artem Glazatov
Administrator	Nikita Sergeyev
Administrator	Aleksey Fomin
Physician	Pavel Chekmarev
Masseur	Igor Sergerov
Press officer	Aleksandr Klimanov
Video analyst	Nikolay Tsilibin

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. In that tournament the team participated as neutral athletes of the Russian Football Union (RFU), and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Georgi Zamtaradze	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 34)	MFK KPRF
2	1GK	Albert Tsaider	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 25)	MFK KPRF
3	2DF	Rômulo	(1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 34)	MFK KPRF
4	3MF	Artem Antoshkin	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 27)	MFK Tyumen
5	4FW	Ruslan Kudziev	(1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 25)	MFK Norilsk Nickel
6	3MF	Yanar Asadov	(1995-10-11)11 October 1995 (aged 25)	MFK KPRF
7	2DF	Ivan Milovanov	(1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 32)	MFK Tyumen
8	4FW	Éder Lima	(1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 37)	Corinthians
9	4FW	Sergei Abramov (captain)	(1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 31)	MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg
10	2DF	Robinho	(1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (aged 38)	Benfica
11	3MF	Artem Niyazov	(1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 25)	MFK KPRF
12	3MF	Ivan Chishkala	(1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (aged 26)	Benfica
13	3MF	Sergei Abramovich	(1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 31)	MFK Tyumen
14	2DF	Daniil Davydov	(1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 32)	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
15	3MF	Andrei Afanasyev	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 35)	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
16	1GK	Dmitrii Putilov	(1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 26)	MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg

Notable players

Konstantin Eremenko (1992–2001)
Alexander Verizhnikov (1996–2000)
Arkadiy Belyi (1996–2000)
Temur Alekberov (1996–2000)
Sergey Zuev (2002–2012)
Pavel Stepanov (2004–2008)
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 record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did Not Qualify
1992	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	20	16
1996	Third Place	3rd	8	4	2	2	29	17
2000	Fourth Place	4th	8	4	0	4	37	24
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008	Fourth Place	4th	9	4	1	4	62	31
2012	Quarter-Finals	5th	5	4	0	1	32	3
2016	Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	40	16
2021	Quarter-final	5th	5	4	1	0	21	6
Total	7/9		40	23	4	13	241	114

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	17	10
1999	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	23	14
2001	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	14	9
2003	Round 1	6th	3	1	0	2	5	6
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	15	10
2007	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	13	12
2010	Quarter-final	5th	3	1	1	1	8	5
2012	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	14	8
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	22	11
2016	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	16	15
2018	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	5
2022	Qualified
Total	11/12		50	29	7	14	154	105

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	9th place	9th	6	4	1	1	28	10
2011	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	29	11
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	22	8
2014	Did not enter
2015
2018
Total	3/11		17	13	2	2	79	29

Futsal Mundialito

Futsal Mundialito record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not enter
1995
1996
1998
2001
2002	Third place	3rd	4	1	0	3	17	15
2006	Did not enter
2007
2008
Total	1/9		4	1	0	3	17	15

Other tournaments

Thailand Five's

2003 – 3rd place

Head-to-head record

Team	Pld	Win	Drawn*	Lose	GF	GA	Diff
Argentina	9	2	5	2	24	23	+1
Australia	1	1	0	0	10	1	+9
Azerbaijan	6	4	1	1	23	13	+10
Belarus	13	10	2	1	57	16	+41
Belgium	12	9	3	0	51	25	+26
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2
Brazil	17	1	1	15	31	81	−50
China	4	3	1	0	26	6	+20
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8
Croatia	9	6	3	0	27	14	+13
Cuba	2	2	0	0	17	6	+11
Czech Republic	13	9	1	3	40	28	+12
Egypt	4	2	1	1	21	9	+12
Finland	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
France	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12
Georgia	2	2	0	0	17	5	+12
Greece	4	4	0	0	47	3	+44
Guatemala	4	3	1	0	23	3	+20
Hungary	9	9	0	0	54	19	+35
Iran	31	13	10	8	88	82	+6
Israel	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
Italy	17	5	4	8	35	37	−2
Japan	4	3	0	1	23	12	+11
Kazakhstan	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10
Latvia	6	6	0	0	27	0	+27
Libya	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
North Macedonia	2	2	0	0	16	4	+12
Moldova	1	1	0	0	31	0	+31
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6
Netherlands	18	15	1	2	63	29	+34
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	7	3	+4
Paraguay	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9
Poland	11	9	1	1	52	16	+36
Portugal	13	4	4	5	35	37	−2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	9	2	+7
Romania	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Serbia	12	10	1	1	35	20	+15
Slovakia	5	4	0	1	21	9	+12
Slovenia	10	9	1	0	37	12	+25
Solomon Islands	2	2	0	0	47	2	+45
Spain	22	2	4	16	48	80	−32
Thailand	3	3	0	0	14	7	+7
Turkey	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15
Ukraine	13	11	0	2	49	25	+24
United States	1	0	0	1	3	8	−5
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
Vietnam	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12
Zambia	1	1	0	0	13	1	+12
Total	313	197	47	70	1243	668	+575

References

Futsal World Ranking
История | Национальная сборная России | Ассоциация мини-футбола России
http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=2758
"RFU". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

External links

Russia at the Russian Association of Mini-Football

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[4] "RFU". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.