The Russian national football team is controlled by the Russian Football Union. It is a governing body for football. It has appeared in 10 World Cups. The FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Russia in 2018. Now Russian team is managed by former England coach Fabio Capello the Russians are one of the few squads this summer to have all players play in their home national league. The football team of Russia for the 2018 World Cup.
Russia has eased fears ahead of the 2018 World Cup by delivering a friendly, organized dress rehearsal – but the hosts are still lacking a competitive team. Russia’s team is in Group A and the first match is against Saudi Arabia.
Russia, which is under FIFA and UEFA sanctions due to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is banned from playing in international competitions.. This suspension has led to Russia’s exclusion from events such as the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League.
Russian Football Team Players
Football is the most popular sport in Russia. It is the most searchable sport before Ice hockey, handball, basketball, boxing, auto racing, and volleyball.
A high proportion of men are interested in it to a certain extent and women also join men when it comes to the national team. The Russian league has a fairly high degree of competitiveness.
- Most caps – Sergei Ignashevich (127)
- Top scorer – Artem Dzyuba (31)
- Head coach- Valery Karpin
- Captain- Anton Miranchuk
- Current FIFA Ranking- 35 (5 April 2025) (Highest was 3 in 1996)
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- Captain- Anton Miranchuk
- Head coach- Valery Karpin
- FIFA Ranking- 35
- Most caps- Sergei Ignashevich (122)
- Top scorer-
- Artem Dzyuba (31 )
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30)
Last week, Russia’s Investigative Committee offered to help FIFA investigate possible doping violations by dozens of its soccer players as the country prepares to host the 2018 World Cup.
The team plays its first match on June 14 June with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.
Russia’s Current Soccer Squad
- Goalkeeper: Evgeny Latyshonok
- Defenders: Aleksandr Silyanov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev, Ivan Komarov, Matvey Kislyak
- Midfielders: Aleksey Batrakov, Aleksandr Golovin, Roman Zobnin, Aleksei Miranchuk
- Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Captain), Maksim Glushenkov
Russia’s World Cup Squad Players
- Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov
- Star player: Fyodor Smolov
- World Cup Best: First round 1994, 2002, 2014 (the Soviet Union finished fourth in 1966)
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Club Brugge), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St Petersburg);
Defenders: Vladimir Granat, Ruslan Kambolov, Fedor Kudryashov (all Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg), Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow);
Midfielders: Yuri Gazinskiy (Krasnodar), Alexsandr Golovin, Alan Dzagoev (both CSKA Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev (all Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Zobnin, Alexsandr Samedov (both Spartak Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal);
Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Aleksey Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar).
World Cup 2018 Quarterfinal
Russia team playing first time reached in the quarterfinal round in the world cup history. The team playing football match against Croatians in Fisht Stadium. Russia and Croatia have been played 3 times previously. Croatia won 1 match and 2 matches ending goalless.
- Date: Saturday 7 July
- Time: 7 pm BST
- Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi
Russia team top 11 Players quarter-final Squad
Igor Akinfeev; Mario Fernandes, Ilya Kutepov, Sergey Ignashevich, Fedor Kudryashov; Roman Zobnin, Daler Kuzyaev; Aleksandr Samedov, Aleksandr Golovin, Denis Cheryshev; Artem Dzyuba