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Nickname(s) | Молодежка / Molodezhka (Junior) Молодежная Сборная / Molodezhnaya Sbornaya (Junior Team) | ||
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Association | Russian Football Union | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Ivan Shabarov | ||
FIFA code | RUS | ||
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First international | |||
Denmark 2–2 Russia (Copenhagen, Denmark; 25 August 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Luxembourg 0–10 Russia (Pétange, Luxembourg; 6 June 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Chile 5–0 Russia (Toulon, France; 21 May 2010) | |||
European U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1980, as Soviet Union) | ||
Best result | Winners (1980, 1990) |
The Russia national under-21 football team is overseen by the Russian Football Union. The team competed in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years, and international friendly matches. The team also participated in the qualification for the Olympic Games.
On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1980 | Champions | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
1982 | Semi-finals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
1986 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
1988 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
1990 | Champions | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
1992 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
1994 | Quarter-Finals | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 |
1996 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
1998 | Quarter-Finals | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 |
2000 | Did not qualify | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 |
2002 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | |
2004 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |
2006 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 10 | |
2007 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
2009 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | |
2011 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | |
2013 | Group Stage | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 |
2015 | Did not qualify | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 |
2017 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |
2019 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | |
2021 | Group Stage | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 |
2023 | Suspended | ||||||
2025 | |||||||
Total | 2 titles | 199 | 110 | 36 | 53 | 390 | 195 |
Summer Olympic record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad | |
1992 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
1996 | ||||||||||
2000 | ||||||||||
2004 | ||||||||||
2008 | ||||||||||
2012 | ||||||||||
2016 | ||||||||||
2020 | ||||||||||
2024 | Suspended | |||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Win Draw Loss Fixture
15 June Friendly | Belarus | 5–1 | Russia | Gorodskoy, Russia |
16:30 UTC+3 |
| Report | Stadium: Gorodskoy Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus) |
8 September Friendly | Uzbekistan | 3–3 | Russia | Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
18:00 UTC+5 | Stadium: Buxoro Arena Attendance: 4,824 Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan) |
11 September Friendly | Uzbekistan | 0–2 | Russia | Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
18:00 UTC+5 |
| Stadium: Buxoro Arena Attendance: 2,978 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) |
15 November Friendly | Russia | 3–1 | Belarus | Gomel, Belarus |
18:00 UTC+3 | Report |
| Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Anton Lashuk (Belarus) |
21 March Friendly | Uruguay | 0–1 | Russia | Montevideo, Uruguay |
17:55 UTC−3 |
| Stadium: Estadio Luis Franzini Referee: Kevin Fontes (Uruguay) |
1992–1993 | Boris Ignatyev |
1994–1998 | Mikhail Gershkovich |
1998–1999 | Leonid Pakhomov |
2000–2001 | Valeri Gladilin |
2001–2002 | Valery Gazzaev |
2002–2005 | Andrei Chernyshov |
2006 | Aleksandr Borodyuk, Viktor Losev |
2007–2008 | Boris Stukalov |
2008–2010 | Igor Kolyvanov |
2010–2015 | Nikolai Pisarev |
2015 | Dmitri Khomukha |
2016–2017 | Nikolai Pisarev |
2017–2018 | Yevgeni Bushmanov |
2018–2023 | Mikhail Galaktionov |
2023– | Ivan Shabarov |
The following players have been called up for friendlies on 6 September 2024 and 9 September, both against the Vietnam national under-20 football team. The selection was limited to players born in 2005 and later, as per agreement with Vietnam. [1] The games will not count as official caps as the opponents are not national teams in the same age bracket.
The caps and goals are correct after the match against Belarus on 15 November 2023.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Timofey Mitrov | 19 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | |||
GK | Ilya Tikhomirov | 6 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | |||
GK | Mikhail Tsulaya | 8 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rostov | |||
DF | Mikhail Ryadno | 18 September 2005 | 1 | 0 | Rodina Moscow | |||
DF | Ivan Lepsky | 19 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | |||
DF | Ilya Rozhkov | 29 March 2005 | 1 | 0 | Rubin Kazan | |||
DF | Matvey Bardachyov | 24 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg | |||
DF | German Ignatov | 11 August 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rostov | |||
DF | Nikita Lobov | 21 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
DF | Ivan Shilyonok | 29 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | |||
DF | Nikita Bozov | 28 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | |||
MF | Matvey Kislyak | 26 July 2005 | 1 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | |||
MF | Ilya Ishkov | 25 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg | |||
MF | Danila Kozlov | 19 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | Krasnodar | |||
MF | Vadim Rakov | 9 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |||
MF | Mikhail Umnikov | 22 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | Krasnodar-2 | |||
MF | Ruslan Bart | 16 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | Sochi | |||
MF | Kirill Glebov | 10 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | |||
MF | Mikhail Shchetinin | 8 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | Fakel Voronezh | |||
MF | Yegor Smelov | 11 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | |||
FW | Konstantin Dorofeyev | 17 August 2005 | 0 | 0 | Krasnodar-2 | |||
FW | Dmitry Radikovsky | 4 June 2005 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up | ||
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GK | Daniil Khudyakov | 9 January 2004 | 3 | 0 | free agent | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
GK | Bogdan Moskvichyov | 30 April 2004 | 1 | 0 | Orenburg | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
GK | Aleksandr Dyogtev | 27 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | Sochi | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
GK | Daniil Golikov | 24 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Krasnodar | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
DF | Matvey Lukin | 27 April 2004 | 2 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
DF | Yury Koledin | 10 December 2004 | 1 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
DF | Ilya Kirsh | 21 September 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Makhachkala | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
DF | Stanislav Puzanov | 4 June 2004 | 0 | 0 | Krasnodar | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
DF | Yaroslav Krashevsky | 16 March 2004 | 2 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
DF | Stanislav Bessmertny | 11 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
DF | Ilya Gribakin | 1 February 2004 | 1 | 0 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
DF | Maksim Shnaptsev | 19 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | Brazil tour, October 2023 | ||
DF | Yegor Pogostnov | 1 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | Brazil tour, October 2023 | ||
DF | Vadim Churilov | 19 July 2005 | 0 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
DF | Alan Agayev | 3 April 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rodina Moscow | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
DF | Yevgeny Lukinykh | 19 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
DF | Maksim Balakhonov | 15 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
MF | Igor Dmitriyev | 24 July 2004 | 2 | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Daniil Zorin | 22 February 2004 | 2 | 0 | Spartak Moscow | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Dmitry Kuchugura | 21 October 2004 | 1 | 1 | Krasnodar | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Dmitry Vasilyev | 16 June 2004 | 1 | 0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Ruslan Chobanov | 30 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Sokol Saratov | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Ilya Rodionov | 1 February 2004 | 1 | 0 | Chernomorets Novorrosiysk | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Nikita Saltykov | 11 August 2004 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
MF | Ivan Pyatkin | 24 February 2004 | 2 | 0 | Rotor Volgograd | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
MF | Ivan Ivanov | 29 November 2005 | 1 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
MF | Kirill Bogdanets | 28 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Krasnodar | v. Belarus, 15 November 2023 | ||
MF | Ivan Zazvonkin | 10 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | Brazil tour, October 2023 | ||
MF | Aleksey Koltakov | 14 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rostov | Brazil tour, October 2023 | ||
MF | Aleksey Batrakov | 9 June 2005 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
MF | Denis Pushkaryov | 21 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
MF | Konstantin Voinkov | 11 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
MF | Grigory Lovtsov | 6 January 2005 | 0 | 0 | Krasnodar | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
FW | Aleksandr Koksharov | 20 December 2004 | 1 | 2 | Krasnodar | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
FW | Aleksandr Chupayov | 28 August 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow | Uruguay tour, March 2024 | ||
FW | Kirill Nikishin | 5 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | Brazil tour, October 2023 | ||
FW | Luka Zgursky | 5 December 2005 | 0 | 0 | Andijon | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 | ||
FW | Anton Shamonin | 28 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Rostov | v. Uzbekistan, 11 September 2023 |
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