Russia Under-20

Nickname	Наши парни (Our Boys)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mikhail Galaktionov
FIFA code	RUS
Firstcolours Secondcolours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8(6 as Soviet Union) (first in1977)
Best result	Champions (1977, as Soviet Union)

TheRussian national under-20 football team, formerly known as theSoviet national youth football team was the under-20 (forFIFA U-20 World Cup) and under-19 (forUEFA Under-19 Championship)football teams of theSoviet Union. It ceased to exist on thebreakup of the Union, and was succeeded by the Russian national under-20 football team.

Following the realignment ofFIFA's youth competitions in 1977, theSoviet Union national under-20 football team was formed and competed until 1993 (in 1992 it qualified as CIS youth under-18 football team) qualifying 7 times. Followingdissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet qualification was passed to Russia which competed in the1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. Two years later Russia managed to qualify for the tournament on its own effort, but since then it yet to qualify for it.^{[citation needed]}

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 theQatar 2022 World Cup. TheRussian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.^[1]

 Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
part of Soviet Union
1977	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	4
1979	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	12	7
1981	Did not qualify
1983	Group stage	15th	3	1	0	2	4	7
1985	Fourth place	4th	6	3	3	0	10	3
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	11	6
1991	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	9	6
as Russia
1993	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	6	7
1995	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	5
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[2]
2023	Suspended
2025
2027
Total	1 Title	8/24	38	18	11	9	63	45

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks.

The following players were called up for friendly games againstCroatia U-20 on 5 September 2018 and 7 September 2018.^[3]

Head coach:Mikhail Galaktionov.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Nikita Goylo	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (age 27)	1	0	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	1GK	Nikolai Sysuyev	(1999-05-19)19 May 1999 (age 26)	1	0	Nizhny Novgorod
	2DF	Igor Diveyev	(1999-09-27)27 September 1999 (age 26)	8	1	Ufa
	2DF	Nikita Kakkoyev	(1999-08-22)22 August 1999 (age 26)	7	1	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	2DF	Dmitri Gubanov	(1999-02-09)9 February 1999 (age 27)	6	0	Rubin Kazan
	2DF	Danil Krugovoy	(1998-05-28)28 May 1998 (age 27)	2	0	Ufa-2
	2DF	Roman Yevgenyev	(1999-02-23)23 February 1999 (age 26)	2	0	Dynamo Moscow
	2DF	Pavel Lelyukhin	(1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (age 27)	1	0	Pafos
	2DF	Maksim Nenakhov	(1998-12-13)13 December 1998 (age 27)	1	0	SKA-Khabarovsk
	2DF	Daniil Kulikov	(1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (age 27)	0	0	Kazanka Moscow
	3MF	Mikhail Yakovlev	(1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (age 26)	8	2	Rubin Kazan
	3MF	Gennadi Kiselyov	(1999-01-03)3 January 1999 (age 27)	8	0	Krylia Sovetov Samara
	3MF	Danil Lipovoy	(1999-09-22)22 September 1999 (age 26)	7	0	Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Ilya Viznovich	(1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (age 28)	2	0	Luch Vladivostok
	3MF	Georgi Makhatadze	(1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (age 27)	2	0	Kazanka Moscow
	3MF	Vyacheslav Grulyov	(1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (age 26)	2	0	Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Daniil Lesovoy	(1998-01-12)12 January 1998 (age 28)	1	0	Arsenal Tula
	3MF	Kirill Kaplenko	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (age 26)	1	0	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	4FW	Idris Umayev	(1999-01-15)15 January 1999 (age 27)	7	0	Akhmat Grozny
	4FW	Dmitri Kamenshchikov	(1998-08-27)27 August 1998 (age 27)	2	0	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Individual

• Golden Ball:Vladimir Bessonov (1977)
• Golden Shoe:Oleg Salenko (1989),Sergei Sherbakov (1991)

Team

• FIFA Fair Play Award: 1991

• Winners:2010

• FIFA U-20 World Cup
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship
• Russia women's national under-20 football team

• FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.

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