Russia national futsal team

Russia
Association Russian Football Union
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Sergey Skorovich
Captain Sergey Zuev
Top scorer Konstantin Eremenko (122)
FIFA code RUS
FIFA ranking 3 (22 February 2016) [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Soviet Union Soviet Union 6–2 Hungary 
(Agrigento, Italy, 24 April 1991)[2]
 Belgium 4–6 Russia 
(Eindhoven, Netherlands, 18 September 1992)[2]
Biggest win
 Russia 31–2 Solomon Islands 
(Brasília, Brazil, 6 October 2008)[3]
Biggest defeat
 Russia 0–7 Brazil 
(Brasília, Brazil, 4 October 2008)
World Cup
Appearances 6 (First in 1992)
Best result 3rd place, (1996)
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances 10 (First in 1996)
Best result Winners, (1999)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances 3 (First in 2010)
Best result Runner-ups, (2011, 2013)

The Russian national futsal team (Russian: Сборная России по мини-футболу) is the national futsal team of Russia. The team is controlled by the Russian Football Union and affiliated with UEFA. Sergey Skorovich is currently managing the team.

Russia has qualified for six World Cups, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016 and for every edition of the European Championships.

History

Beginning

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 dramatic turnaround in Spain four years later saw the Russians claim an impressive third spot with a 3–2 success over neighbours Ukraine in the deciding match. 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 picked up the thread of previous FIFA Futsal World Cup performances and finished third, gaining revenge over Portugal for a defeat at the same stage in 2000.

Recently

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 duly won 3–2 to book a play-off spot with Belarus, one of the surprise packages at the group stage, but the experience of three appearances at the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals told in the end as the Russians eased to a 6–2 aggregate win. Much of the credit goes to keeper Pavel Stepanov for conceding only four goals in three matches. At the final tournament, Russia was drawn in Group A along with Brazil, Japan, Cuba and Solomon Islands. Losing against Brazil and winning the other three games, Russia finished second and qualified for the Second round. This time Russia was drawn in Group F together with Spain, Argentina and Paraguay. After losing to Spain in the opening match, Russia went on to win against Paraguay and draw with Argentina to scrape through to set up a semi-final against Brazil. However, Russia was unable to past Brazil and eventually placed fourth after losing out to Italy in the Third place playoff final.

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 Did Not Qualify
Hong Kong 1992Group Stage9th31112016
Spain 1996Third Place3rd84222917
Guatemala 2000Fourth Place4th84043724
Taiwan 2004 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2008Fourth Place4th94146231
Thailand 2012Quarter-Finals5th5401323
Colombia 2016Qualified------
Total6/8331741218091

UEFA European Futsal Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Spain 1996Runner-up243011710
Spain 1999Winner154102314
Russia 2001Third place35302149
Italy 2003Round 16310256
Czech Republic 2005Runner-up253021510
Portugal 2007Third place353021312
Hungary 2010Quarter-final5311185
Croatia 2012Runner-up25311148
Belgium 2014Runner-up253112211
Serbia 2016Runner-up253111615
Slovenia 2018TBD------
Total10/10 4527513147100

Star Players

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sergei Vikulov (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 25) MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg
12 1GK Gustavo (1979 -02-05)5 February 1979 (aged 36) MFK Dinamo Moskva
18 2DF Daniil Davydov (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 27) Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
4 2DF Dmitri Lyskov (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 26) Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
15 2DF Romulo (1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 29) MFK Dinamo Moskva
5 2DF Sergei Sergeev (1983-06-28)28 June 1983 (aged 32) MFK Dinamo Moskva
17 2DF Renat Shakirov (1990-03-04)4 March 1990 (aged 25) MFK KPRF
2 2DF Vladislav Shayakhmetov (1981-08-25)25 August 1981 (aged 34) Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
9 4FW Sergei Abramov (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 25) MFK Viz-Sinara Yekaterinburg
7 4FW Danil Kutuzov (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 28) MFK Dina Moskva
8 4FW Eder Lima (1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 31) Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
14 4FW Ivan Milovanov (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 26) MFK Tyumen
3 4FW Nikolai Pereverzev (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 29) MFK Tyumen
10 4FW Robinho (1983-01-28)28 January 1983 (aged 33) Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk

Results and Fixtures

2016

References

  1. ↑ Futsal World Ranking
  2. 1 2 http://www.amfr.ru/?id=57
  3. ↑ http://www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=2758

External links

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