The Russian national futsal team (russian: Сборная России по футзалу, ''Sbornaya Rossii po futsalu'') is the national

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team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliats with

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. Because of the

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, FIFA and

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(UEFA) suspended all Russian teams from FIFA and UEFA competitions, whether national representative teams or club teams. Russia has qualified for seven

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( 1992–

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–

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) and for every edition of the European Championships. They won the European Championships once, in

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, with their best World Cup coming in

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where they finished runners-up to

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History

Russia's FIFA Futsal World Cup history began inauspiciously in 1992, when a poor defensive record of 16 goals conceded in three matches meant elimination at the group stage. A turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim a third spot. Russia's most recent appearance on the world stage came at the 2000 finals in Guatemala, where they took fourth after a 4–2 defeat to Portugal in the third-place play-off. At the UEFA Futsal Championship in late 2007, a new generation finished third. Russia was drawn in a group of three nations in qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008, but after France withdrew at the last minute, the berth in the next round was decided in a single eliminator against Serbia. The Russians won 3–2. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in

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. Russia finished second and qualified for the Second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F. After losing to

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in the opening match, Russia went on to scrape through to set up a semi-final against Brazil. However, Russia was unable to past

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and eventually placed fourth after losing out to

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in the Third place playoff final. Because of the

, the FIFA and

(UEFA) suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2021

2022

Coaching staff

Sourc

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the

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Notable players

Konstantin Eremenko Konstantin Viktorovich Yeryomenko, often transliterated as Eremenko (Russian language, Russian: Константин Викторович Ерёменко; 5 August 1970 – 18 March 2010) was a Russian futsal player who was named the greatest f ...

(1992–2001) * Sergey Zuev (2002–2012) * Vladislav Shayakhmetov (2004–2016) * Pula (2007–2014) *

Cirilo Cirilo Tadeus Cardoso Filho, commonly known as Cirilo (russian: Сирило; born 20 January 1980), is a former Russian futsal player of Brazilian origin. He was a member of the Russian national futsal team. Honours * Russian Futsal Super Lea ...

(2007–2014) * Eder Lima (2010–) * Sergei Abramov (2010–) *

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(2009–)

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

UEFA Futsal Championship

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Mundialito

Other tournaments

Thailand Five's *2003 – third place

Head-to-head record

References

External links

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1991 establishments in Russia