en Russia national football team results (2020%E2%80%93present)

This article provides details of international football games played by the Russia national football team from 2020 to present.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.^[4] Since then, they have played several friendlies against non-Western countries.^[5]

Results

Key
	Win
	Draw
	Defeat

2020

3 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Russia	3–1	Serbia	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3	Dzyuba 48' (pen.), 81' Karavayev 69'	Report	Mitrović 78'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

6 September 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Hungary	2–3	Russia	Budapest, Hungary
18:00 UTC+2	Sallai 62' Nikolić 70'	Report	Miranchuk 15' Ozdoyev 34' Fernandes 46'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

8 October Friendly	Russia	1–2	Sweden	Moscow, Russia
19:15 UTC+3	Sobolev 90+1'	Report	Isak 21' Johansson 72'	Stadium: VEB Arena Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 March 2020 at the Friends Arena, Solna, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.^[8]

11 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Russia	1–1	Turkey	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3	Miranchuk 28'	Report	Karaman 62'	Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 5,019^[9] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

14 October 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Russia	0–0	Hungary	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

12 November Friendly	Moldova	0–0	Russia	Chișinău, Moldova
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 31 March 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova.

15 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Turkey	3–2	Russia	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 UTC+3	Karaman 26' Ünder 32' Tosun 52' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev 11' Kuzyayev 57'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

18 November 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Serbia	5–0	Russia	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45 UTC+1	Radonjić 10' Jović 25', 45+1' Vlahović 41' Mladenović 64'	Report		Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2021

24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	1–3	Russia	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 UTC+1	Mbong 56'	Report	Dzyuba 23' Fernandes 35' Sobolev 90'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard (Denmark)

27 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	2–1	Slovenia	Sochi, Russia
17:00 UTC+3	Dzyuba 26', 35'	Report	Iličić 36'	Stadium: Fisht Stadium Attendance: 13,008 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

30 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	2–1	Russia	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 UTC+2	Škriniar 38' Mak 74'	Report	Fernandes 71'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

1 June Friendly	Poland	1–1	Russia	Wrocław, Poland
20:45 UTC+2	Świerczok 4'	Report	Karavayev 21'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 2 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.

5 June Friendly	Russia	1–0	Bulgaria	Moscow, Russia
18:00 UTC+2	Sobolev 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

12 June UEFA Euro 2020 Group B	Belgium	3–0	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00 UTC+3	Lukaku 10', 88' Meunier 34'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 26,264 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

16 June UEFA Euro 2020 Group B	Finland	0–1	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Miranchuk 45+2'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,540 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

21 June UEFA Euro 2020 Group B	Russia	1–4	Denmark	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:00 UTC+2	Dzyuba 70' (pen.)	Report	Damsgaard 38' Poulsen 59' Christensen 79' Mæhle 82'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,644 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

1 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	0–0	Croatia	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 18,708 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

4 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cyprus	0–2	Russia	Nicosia, Cyprus
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Yerokhin 6' Zhemaletdinov 55'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 1,645 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

7 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	2–0	Malta	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3	Smolov 10' Bakayev 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 10,508 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

8 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	1–0	Slovakia	Kazan, Russia
21:45 UTC+3	Škriniar 24' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 9,588 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

11 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovenia	1–2	Russia	Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 UTC+2	Iličić 40'	Report	Diveyev 28' Dzhikiya 32'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 6,524 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

11 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	6–0	Cyprus	Saint Petersburg, Russia
20:00 UTC+3	Yerokhin 4', 87' Smolov 55' Mostovoy 56' Sutormin 62' Zabolotny 82'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 10,108 Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

14 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Croatia	1–0	Russia	Split, Croatia
15:00 UTC+1	Kudryashov 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

2022

On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated to League C of the following UEFA Nations League.^[10]

24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	Cancelled^{[note 2]}	Poland	Moscow, Russia
18:00 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: VTB Arena^{[note 3]}

2 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Albania	Cancelled^[10]	Russia	Tirana, Albania
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Arena Kombëtare

6 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Israel	Cancelled^[10]	Russia	Haifa, Israel
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium

10 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Russia	Cancelled^[10]	Iceland	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena

13 June 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Russia	Cancelled^[10]	Albania	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena

24 September Friendly	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Russia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:00 UTC+6	Shukurov 24'	Report	Sobolev 30' (pen.) Utkin 89'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

24 Septemner 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Albania	Cancelled^[10]	Russia	Reykjavík, Iceland
13:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

27 September 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Russia	Cancelled^[10]	Israel	Moscow, Russia
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena

17 November Friendly	Tajikistan	0–0	Russia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
20:00 UTC+5		Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

20 November Friendly	Uzbekistan	0–0	Russia	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5		Report		Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

2023

23 March Friendly	Iran	1–1	Russia	Tehran, Iran
20:30 UTC+3:30	Taremi 49' (pen.)	Report	An. Miranchuk 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

26 March Friendly	Russia	2–0	Iraq	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 UTC+3	An. Miranchuk 50' Pinyayev 58'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 23,818 Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)

12 September Friendly	Qatar	1–1	Russia	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:15 UTC+3	Alaaeldin 70'	Report	Soldatenkov 90'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

12 October Friendly	Russia	1–0	Cameroon	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Chalov 40'	Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 20,152 Referee: Khaled Saleh Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)

16 October Friendly	Russia	2–2	Kenya	Aksu, Turkey
19:00 UTC+3	Sobolev 8' Oblyakov 89'	Report	Akumu 16' Juma 36'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

20 November Friendly	Russia	8–0	Cuba	Volgograd, Russia
19:30 UTC+3	Oblyakov 22' Golovin 30' An. Miranchuk 34' Silyanov 55' Sobolev 66' Prutsev 68' Krivtsov 74' Mostovoy 78'	Report		Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 40,706 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2024

21 March Friendly	Russia	4–0	Serbia	Moscow, Russia
20:00 UTC+3	An. Miranchuk 21' (pen.) Osipenko 32' Al. Miranchuk 55' Sergeev 90+1'	Report		Stadium: VTB Arena Attendance: 23,679 Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

25 March Friendly	Russia	Cancelled	Paraguay	Moscow, Russia
		Report		Stadium: VTB Arena
Note: The match originally scheduled for 25 March was cancelled due to the Crocus City Hall attack.

7 June Friendly	Belarus	0–4	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3		Report	Oblyakov 8' Tyukavin 20' Chalov 63', 69'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: Rustam Omarov (Kazakhstan)

5 September 2024 LPBank Cup	Vietnam	0–3	Russia	Hanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7		Report	Kuzyayev 24' Vũ Văn Thanh 62' (o.g.) Musayev 77'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)

7 September 2024 LPBank Cup	Thailand	Cancelled	Russia	Hanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7		Report		Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Note: The match was cancelled for safety reasons due to Typhoon Yagi.

15 November Friendly	Russia	11–0	Brunei	Krasnodar, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Oblyakov 1', 28' Othman 7' (o.g.) Morozov 9' Sadulayev 48' Krivtsov 57' Musayev 62' Mostovoy 67' Chernikov 73' Batrakov 79' Adamov 87'	Report		Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 26,865 Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

19 November Friendly	Russia	4–0	Syria	Volgograd, Russia
19:30 UTC+3	Osipenko 33', 81' (pen.) Samoshnikov 52' Al. Miranchuk 66'	Report		Stadium: Volgograd Arena Attendance: 35,620 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Venues in Russia

Included UEFA Euro 2020 Russia matches

	City	Times
1	Moscow	8
2	Saint Petersburg	4
3	Volgograd	2
4	Kazan	1
	Krasnodar	1
	Sochi	1

Head to head record

Opponent	games played	games won	games drawn	games lost	goals for	goals against	goal difference	win percentage
Belgium	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Belarus	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Brunei	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Croatia	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Cuba	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Denmark	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Hungary	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Iran	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Iraq	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Kenya	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Malta	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Moldova	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Poland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Qatar	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Serbia	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	066.67
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Syria	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Tajikistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Turkey	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Uzbekistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total: 28 teams played	37	20	10	7	68	33	+35	054.05

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]
^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia were suspended, and Poland advanced to the following qualification round on a walkover.
^ The Russia v Poland match, originally scheduled to be played at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow,^[11] was later moved on 2 February 2022 to VTB Arena, Moscow, due to the epidemiological situation in Moscow and the possible limitations associated with it.^[12]

References

^ "Russia - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.
^ "Russia national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Russia". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.
^ "Russia World Cup ban appeal rejected by CAS". ESPN.com. 18 March 2022.
^ Russia has seamlessly returned to football – and nobody seems overly perturbed, Jonathan Liew, The Guardian, 26 March 2023
^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Russia-Sweden football friendly match in October relocated from Stockholm to Moscow". TASS. 23 September 2020.
^ "Russia vs. Turkey". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ "Сыграем стыковые матчи в "Лужниках"" [We'll play play-offs at Luzhniki]. Russian Football Union (in Russian). 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Сборная России проведет мартовские матчи на "Динамо"" [Russia national team will play March matches at Dynamo]. Russian Football Union (in Russian). 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[September_behind_closed_doors-8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]

[RUS-POL-12] Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia were suspended, and Poland advanced to the following qualification round on a walkover.

[15] The Russia v Poland match, originally scheduled to be played at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow,^[11] was later moved on 2 February 2022 to VTB Arena, Moscow, due to the epidemiological situation in Moscow and the possible limitations associated with it.^[12]

[1] "Russia - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.

[2] "Russia national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.

[3] "World Football Elo Ratings: Russia". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.

[auto-4] "Russia World Cup ban appeal rejected by CAS". ESPN.com. 18 March 2022.

[5] Russia has seamlessly returned to football – and nobody seems overly perturbed, Jonathan Liew, The Guardian, 26 March 2023

[6] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[7] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[9] "Russia-Sweden football friendly match in October relocated from Stockholm to Moscow". TASS. 23 September 2020.

[10] "Russia vs. Turkey". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[UEFA_decision_Russia-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[13] "Сыграем стыковые матчи в "Лужниках"" [We'll play play-offs at Luzhniki]. Russian Football Union (in Russian). 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[14] "Сборная России проведет мартовские матчи на "Динамо"" [Russia national team will play March matches at Dynamo]. Russian Football Union (in Russian). 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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Russia national football team results (2020–present)