Women's national association football team representing Russia
Russia Association Football Union of Russia Confederation UEFA (Europe) (suspend)Head coach Yuri Krasnozhan Mostcaps Svetlana Petko (144)Top scorer Natalia Barbashina (46)Home stadium Rossiyanka FIFA code RUS FIFA ranking Current 28[ 1] Highest 11 (July – August 2003; August 2004) Lowest 28 (June 2025) First international Soviet Union 4–1Bulgaria Kazanlak , Bulgaria; 26 March 1990)Hungary 0–0Russia Budapest , Hungary; 17 May 1992)Biggest win Russia 8–0Kazakhstan Krasnoarmeysk , Russia; 25 August 2010)Russia 8–0Macedonia Podolsk , Russia; 31 March 2012)Biggest defeat Germany 9–0Russia Cottbus , Germany; 21 September 2013)World Cup Appearances 2 (first in1999 ) Best result Quarterfinal (1999 ,2003 ) European Championship Appearances 5 (first in1997 ) Best result Group stage (1997 ,2001 ,2009 ,2013 ,2017 )
TheRussia women's national football team represents Russia in internationalwomen's football . The team is controlled by theRussian Football Union and affiliated withUEFA .Yuri Krasnozhan replacedElena Fomina as coach of the team in December 2020.[ 2]
Russia qualified for twoWorld Cups ,1999 ,2003 and fiveEuropean Championships ,1997 ,2001 ,2009 ,2013 and2017 .
As themen's team , the Russian women's national team is the direct successor of theCIS andUSSR women's national teams.
On 28 February 2022, due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC),FIFA andUEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in theUEFA Women's Euro 2022 . The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport , which upheld the bans.[ 3]
TheUSSR 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.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
After the turn of the 21st century [ edit ] 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 the2003 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 theUEFA Women's Euro 2005 , before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in2007 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.[ 9] 2009 finals with an away-goals play-off success against Scotland.[ 10] Sweden ,Italy andEngland 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.[ 11]
In the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers , Russia were drawn in Group 6 withSwitzerland ,Republic of Ireland ,Israel andKazakhstan , where Russia was eliminated in the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.[ 12]
On 13 April 2021, Russia defeated Portugal 1–0 to qualify forUEFA Women's Euro 2022 . However, on 28 February 2022, due to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC),FIFA andUEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in theUEFA Women's Euro 2022 . TheRussian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to theCourt 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 theRossiyanka Stadium .
Results and fixtures [ edit ] The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
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279 Game 131 W38 D 108 L 471 GF 399 GA +72 GD
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Caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2025, after the match againstSerbia . [ 14] 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 Yulia Grichenko (1990-03-10 ) 10 March 1990 (age 35) 36 0 Zenit v.Jordan , 26 February 2025 GK Violetta Isaykina (2004-04-23 ) 23 April 2004 (age 21) 1 0 Chertanovo Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 GK Natalia Silina (1999-08-02 ) 2 August 1999 (age 26) 5 1 Krasnodar v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 DF Margarita Manuilova (2000-03-03 ) 3 March 2000 (age 25) 7 0 CSKA Moscow v.Jordan , 26 February 2025 DF Snezhana Yastrebinskaya (2002-01-01 ) 1 January 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Krasnodar v.Azerbaijan , 2 December 2024 DF Anna Kozhnikova (1987-07-10 ) 10 July 1987 (age 38) 108 11 Spartak Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 DF Ksenia Dzhinikashvili (1997-08-04 ) 4 August 1997 (age 28) 4 0 Zenit v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 DF Alsu Abdullina (2001-04-11 ) 11 April 2001 (age 24) 54 5 Lokomotiv Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 DF Natalia Morozova (1995-10-14 ) 14 October 1995 (age 30) 16 2 Spartak Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 DF Veronika Kuropatkina (1999-09-03 ) 3 September 1999 (age 26) 21 4 Zenit v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 MF Valeria Khokhlova (1999-02-21 ) 21 February 1999 (age 26) 5 0 Zenit v.Jordan , 26 February 2025 MF Alina Likhota (1998-03-07 ) 7 March 1998 (age 27) 3 0 Krasnodar v.Azerbaijan , 2 December 2024 MF Kristina Petkus (2002-12-21 ) 21 December 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Spartak Moscow v.Azerbaijan , 2 December 2024 MF Nadezhda Smirnova (1996-02-22 ) 22 February 1996 (age 29) 68 16 CSKA Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 MF Kristina Komissarova (2001-02-24 ) 24 February 2001 (age 24) 23 1 Dynamo Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 MF Tatiana Petrova (2001-12-23 ) 23 December 2001 (age 23) 15 2 CSKA Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 MF Marina Fedorova (1997-05-10 ) 10 May 1997 (age 28) 65 13 Spartak Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 FW Elena Shesterneva (1999-12-18 ) 18 December 1999 (age 25) 10 1 Dynamo Moscow v.Jordan , 26 February 2025 FW Natalya Mashina (1997-03-28 ) 28 March 1997 (age 28) 44 6 Spartak Moscow v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 FW Arina Shuba (2006-04-13 ) 13 April 2006 (age 19) 1 0 Krasnodar v.Serbia , 1 July 2025 Notes INJ RET
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[ edit ] *Draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks . [ edit ] UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying record Year Result Pld W D *L GF GA Pld W D *L GF GA P/R Rnk 1984 Did not exist Did not exist 1987 1989 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 Disqualified after qualification 12 9 1 2 24 6 2025 Banned Banned Total 5/14 15 1 3 11 10 31 78 49 14 15 169 70 –
*Draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks .
Russia squads – FIFA Women's World Cup
Russia squads – UEFA Women's Championship
Russia at the FIFA Women's World Cup
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