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/ref> Their first participation in a World Cup was in the
Russia
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has participated in 4 FIFA World Cup
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s since its independence in December 1991. The Russian Federation played their first international match against Mexico
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on 16 August 1992, winning 2–0./ref> Their first participation in a World Cup was in the
United States
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in 1994 where they achieved 18th place.
In 1946, the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
was accepted by FIFA and entered their first World Cup in Sweden 1958. The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
national football team played in 7 World Cups. Their best performance was reaching fourth place in England 1966. The USSR was dissolved in 1991 when Belarus, Russia and Ukraine declared independence under the Belavezha Accords
The Belovezh Accords ( be, Белавежскае пагадненне, link=no, russian: Беловежские соглашения, link=no, uk, Біловезькі угоди, link=no) are accords forming the agreement declaring that the ...
, along with Georgia. The CIS national football team
The Commonwealth of Independent States national football team (russian: Сборная СНГ по футболу, ''Sbornaya SNG po futbolu'') was a transitional national team of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union in 1992. It was acc ...
(Commonwealth of Independent States) was formed with other independent nations in 1992 for the purpose of competing in UEFA Euro 1992
The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
Denmark won the 1992 championship, having qualifi ...
. Russia was recognized as the official successor of the Soviet Union by FIFA and inherited the records of the Soviet Union.
Russia most recently qualified for the 2018
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edition as hosts. They were banned from the 2022
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edition during qualification. The last time Russia failed to qualify after a full qualification round was in 2010
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.
Overview
History
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place :''*Draws include knockout matches decided viapenalty shoot-out
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Record vs
As Soviet Union
As Russia
''Last update 8 July 2018''Soviet Union in Sweden 1958
---- ---- ---- ----Group play-off
----Quarter-final
Soviet Union in Chile 1962
---- ---- ----Quarter-final
Soviet Union in England 1966
---- ---- ----Quarter-final
----Semi-final
----Bronze Final
Soviet Union in Mexico 1970
---- ---- ----Quarter-final
Soviet Union in Spain 1982
---- ---- ----Second round Group A
----Soviet Union in Mexico 1986
---- ---- ----Round of 16
Soviet Union in Italy 1990
---- ----Russia in USA 1994
---- ----Russia in South Korea/Japan 2002
---- ----Russia in Brazil 2014
Russia vs South Korea
This was the first time the two countries have played each other in theFIFA World Cup
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, though they did play a friendly in 2013, which Russia won 2–1. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with both goals being in the second half.
Belgium vs Russia
Algeria vs Russia
Russia in Russia 2018
---- ---- ----Knockout stage
;Round of sixteen ---- ;Quarter-finalsRecord players
Russia's record World Cup player isDynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
legend Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the hi ...
. The 1958 FIFA World Cup
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Brazil be ...
in particular, which was the first one to be widely broadcast on television, had a major part in introducing Yashin's active and demanding goalkeeping style to the world at large. FIFA
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have established him as the best goalkeeper of the 20th century by repeatedly naming him in all-star teams like the FIFA World Cup Dream Team The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team.
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Top goalscorers
Russia's top goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup, Valentin Ivanov andOleg Salenko
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, have won a Golden Boot award
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each. Salenko is the only player who has ever scored five goals in a single World Cup match, and the only player to win the Golden Boot even though his team was eliminated in the group stage.
See also
* Russia at the FIFA Confederations Cup * Russia at the UEFA European ChampionshipReferences
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