The Russia national football team (Russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по футбо́лу, natsionálnaya sbórnaya Rossii po futbólu) represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, Rossiyskiy Futboľnyy Soyuz), the governing body for football in Russia.
Russia's home grounds are Otkrytie Arena, Central Dynamo Stadium (VTB Arena), VEB Arena, Luzhniki Stadium and Lokomotiv Stadium (all in Moscow), Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad Stadium, Nizhniy Novgorod Stadium, Mordovia Arena (Saransk), "Fisht" (Sochi).
Russia qualified for three World Cups (1994, 2002, 2014), and they have automatically qualified for 2018 as hosts. They have also qualified for five European Championships (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). Reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2008 marks the only time that they passed the group stages of a major tournament, excluding the record of the Soviet Union national team, of which Russia is the successor.
The coach of the Russian national team is Valeri Karpin.
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Legends and idols in FIFA GAME[]
- Lev Yashin
- Igor Akinfeev
- Andrei Arshavin
- Sergey Ignashevich
- Vasiliy Berezutskiy
- Alexey Berezutskiy
- Alexandr Kerzhakov
Promising players[]
- Aleksei Miranchuk
- Alexadr Golovin
- Nail Umyarov
- Roman Zobnin
- Anton Miranchuk
- Fyodor Chalov
- Dmitry Barinov