RUSSIA/SOVIET UNION did not participatein the qualifying rounds.
1958
(UEFA Group 6)
23.Jun 57 SOVIET UNION 3-0 Poland 27.Jul 57 SOVIET UNION 2-1 Finland 15.Aug 57 Finland 0-10 SOVIET UNION 20.Oct 57 Poland 2-1 SOVIET UNION
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 4 3 0 1 16- 3 6 Poland 4 3 0 1 9- 5 63.Finland 4 0 0 4 2-19 0Play-off [in Leipzig (GDR)]
24.Nov 57SOVIET UNION 2-0 Poland
SOVIET UNION qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 5)
18.Jun 61 SOVIET UNION 1-0 Turkey 01.Jul 61 SOVIET UNION 5-2 Norway 23.Aug 61 Norway 0-3 SOVIET UNION 12.Nov 61 Turkey 1-2 SOVIET UNION
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 4 4 0 0 11- 3 82.Turkey 4 2 0 2 4- 4 43.Norway 4 0 0 4 3-11 0SOVIET UNION qualified for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 7)
23.May 65 SOVIET UNION 3-1 Greece 30.May 65 SOVIET UNION 2-1 Wales 27.Jun 65 SOVIET UNION 6-0 Denmark 03.Oct 65 Greece 1-4 SOVIET UNION 17.Oct 65 Denmark 1-3 SOVIET UNION 27.Oct 65 Wales 2-1 SOVIET UNION
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 6 5 0 1 19- 6 102.Wales 6 3 0 3 11- 9 63.Greece 6 2 1 3 10-14 54.Denmark 6 1 1 4 7-18 3SOVIET UNION qualified for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 4)
10.Sep 69 Northern Ireland 0-0 SOVIET UNION 15.Oct 69 SOVIET UNION 3-0 Turkey 22.Oct 69 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Northern Ireland 16.Nov 69 Turkey 1-3 SOVIET UNION
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 4 3 1 0 8- 1 72.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 7- 3 53.Turkey 4 0 0 4 2-13 0SOVIET UNION qualified for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 9)
13.Oct 72 France 1-0 SOVIET UNION 18.Oct 72 Rep. of Ireland 1-2 SOVIET UNION 13.May 73 SOVIET UNION 1-0 Rep. of Ireland 26.May 73 SOVIET UNION 2-0 France
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 4 3 0 1 5- 2 62.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 4- 5 33.France 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3SOVIET UNION required to play off with winnerof CONMEBOL Group 3 for one spot in the World Cup.
26.Sep 73 SOVIET UNION 0-0 Chile 21.Nov 73 Chile x-x SOVIET UNION(SOVIET UNION refused to play in Chile.)
SOVIET UNION failed to qualifyfor West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 9)
24.Apr 77 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Greece 30.Apr 77 Hungary 2-1 SOVIET UNION 10.May 77 Greece 1-0 SOVIET UNION 18.May 77 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Hungary
P W D L Gls Pts1.Hungary 4 2 1 1 6- 4 52.SOVIET UNION 4 2 0 2 5- 3 43.Greece 4 1 1 2 2- 6 3SOVIET UNION failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 3)
03.Sep 80 Iceland 1-2 SOVIET UNION 15.Oct 80 SOVIET UNION 5-0 Iceland 30.May 81 Wales 0-0 SOVIET UNION 23.Sep 81 SOVIET UNION 4-0 Turkey 07.Oct 81 Turkey 0-3 SOVIET UNION 28.Oct 81 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Czechoslovakia 18.Nov 81 SOVIET UNION 3-0 Wales 29.Nov 81 Czechoslovakia 1-1 SOVIET UNION
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 8 6 2 0 20- 2 142.Czechoslovakia 8 4 2 2 15- 6 103.Wales 8 4 2 2 12- 7 104.Iceland 8 2 2 4 10-21 65.Turkey 8 0 0 8 1-22 0SOVIET UNION qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 6)
12.Sep 84 Rep. of Ireland 1-0 SOVIET UNION 10.Oct 84 Norway 1-1 SOVIET UNION 17.Apr 85 Switzerland 2-2 SOVIET UNION 02.May 85 SOVIET UNION 4-0 Switzerland 05.Jun 85 Denmark 4-2 SOVIET UNION 25.Sep 85 SOVIET UNION 1-0 Denmark 16.Oct 85 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Rep. of Ireland 30.Oct 85 SOVIET UNION 1-0 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts1.Denmark 8 5 1 2 17- 6 112.SOVIET UNION 8 4 2 2 13- 8 103.Switzerland 8 2 4 2 5-10 84.Rep. of Ireland 8 2 2 4 5-10 65.Norway 8 1 3 4 4-10 5SOVIET UNION qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 3)
31.Aug 88 Iceland 1-1 SOVIET UNION 19.Oct 88 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Austria 26.Apr 89 SOVIET UNION 3-0 East Germany 10.May 89 Turkey 0-1 SOVIET UNION 31.May 89 SOVIET UNION 1-1 Iceland 06.Sep 89 Austria 0-0 SOVIET UNION 08.Oct 89 East Germany 2-1 SOVIET UNION 15.Nov 89 SOVIET UNION 2-0 Turkey
P W D L Gls Pts1.SOVIET UNION 8 4 3 1 11- 4 112.Austria 8 3 3 2 9- 9 93.Turkey 8 3 1 4 12-10 74.East Germany 8 3 1 4 9-13 75.Iceland 8 1 4 3 6-11 6SOVIET UNION qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 5)
14.Oct 92 RUSSIA 1-0 Iceland 28.Oct 92 RUSSIA 2-0 Luxembourg 14.Apr 93 Luxembourg 0-4 RUSSIA 28.Apr 93 RUSSIA 3-0 Hungary 23.May 93 RUSSIA 1-1 Greece 02.Jun 93 Iceland 1-1 RUSSIA 08.Sep 93 Hungary 1-3 RUSSIA 17.Nov 93 Greece 1-0 RUSSIA
P W D L Gls Pts1.Greece 8 6 2 0 10- 2 142.RUSSIA 8 5 2 1 15- 4 123.Iceland 8 3 2 3 7- 6 84.Hungary 8 2 1 5 6-11 55.Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2-17 1RUSSIA qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 5)
01.Sep 96 RUSSIA 4-0 Cyprus 09.Oct 96 Israel 1-1 RUSSIA 10.Nov 96 Luxembourg 0-4 RUSSIA 29.Mar 97 Cyprus 1-1 RUSSIA 30.Apr 97 RUSSIA 3-0 Luxembourg 08.Jun 97 RUSSIA 2-0 Israel 10.Sep 97 Bulgaria 1-0 RUSSIA 11.Oct 97 RUSSIA 4-2 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts1.Bulgaria 8 6 0 2 18- 9 182.RUSSIA 8 5 2 1 19- 5 173.Israel 8 4 1 3 9- 7 134.Cyprus 8 3 1 4 10-15 105.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-22 0RUSSIA advanced to UEFA play-offs.
29.Oct 97 RUSSIA 1-1 Italy 15.Nov 97Italy 1-0 RUSSIA
RUSSIA failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 1)
02.Sep 00 Switzerland 0-1 RUSSIA 11.Oct 00 RUSSIA 3-0 Luxembourg 24.Mar 01 RUSSIA 1-1 Slovenia 28.Mar 01 RUSSIA 1-0 Faroe Islands 25.Apr 01 Yugoslavia 0-1 RUSSIA 02.Jun 01 RUSSIA 1-1 Yugoslavia 06.Jun 01 Luxembourg 1-2 RUSSIA 01.Sep 01 Slovenia 2-1 RUSSIA 05.Sep 01 Faroe Islands 0-3 RUSSIA 06.Oct 01 RUSSIA 4-0 Switzerland
P W D L Gls Pts1.RUSSIA 10 7 2 1 18- 5 232.Slovenia 10 5 5 0 17- 9 203.Yugoslavia 10 5 4 1 22- 8 194.Switzerland 10 4 2 4 18-12 145.Faroe Islands 10 2 1 7 6-23 76.Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 4-28 0RUSSIA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 3)
04.Sep 04 RUSSIA 1-1 Slovakia 09.Oct 04 Luxembourg 0-4 RUSSIA 13.Oct 04 Portugal 7-1 RUSSIA 17.Nov 04 RUSSIA 4-0 Estonia 26.Mar 05 Liechtenstein 1-2 RUSSIA 30.Mar 05 Estonia 1-1 RUSSIA 04.Jun 05 RUSSIA 2-0 Latvia 17.Aug 05 Latvia 1-1 RUSSIA 03.Sep 05 RUSSIA 2-0 Liechtenstein 07.Sep 05 RUSSIA 0-0 Portugal 08.Oct 05 RUSSIA 5-1 Luxembourg 12.Oct 05 Slovakia 0-0 RUSSIA
P W D L Gls Pts1.Portugal 12 9 3 0 35- 5 302.Slovakia 12 6 5 1 24- 8 233.RUSSIA 12 6 5 1 23-12 234.Estonia 12 5 2 5 16-17 175.Latvia 12 4 3 5 18-21 156.Liechtenstein 12 2 2 8 13-23 87.Luxembourg 12 0 0 12 5-48 0RUSSIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
