Russian Empire national football team

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Russian Empire
1910–1914
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg
Association All-Russian Football Union (VFS)
Всероссийский футбольный союз
Most caps Vasily Zhitarev (7)
Top scorer Vasily Zhitarev (4)
FIFA code RUS
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Unofficial
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5–4 Bohemia  Flag of Bohemia.svg
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
Official
Flag of Russia.svg Finland 2–1 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg
(Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912)
Last international
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–1 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg
(Christiania, Norway; 12 July 1914)
Biggest win
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5–4 Bohemia  Flag of Bohemia.svg
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–0 Bohemia  Flag of Bohemia.svg
(Moscow, Russia; 23 October 1910)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 16–0 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg
(Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 1912 )
Best resultQuarter-finals in 1912

The Russian Empire national football team was the association football team representing the Russian Empire from 1910 to 1914.

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History

The Russian Empire played its first unofficial international in October 1910 against Bohemia national team, a 5–4 win. [1] The All-Russian Football Union was founded in January 1912 and it was admitted to FIFA in the same year. [2] The first official international for the team was the second round match against Finland national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, with the Finns competing separately despite being a part of Russia at the time. [1]

The development of league football in Russia was stopped by the outbreak of First World War in 1914. [3] Meetings with the Germany national team and France national team were planned for the spring of 1915, but the matches were cancelled. A large number of players were killed in the war and others fled the country after the 1917 October Revolution. [3] The Soviet Union national football team was formed in August 1923 [4] and it was accepted by FIFA as the successor of the Russian Empire football team, itself becoming the Russia national football team in 1992.

Russian Empire squad at the 1912 Olympics Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Russia squad.JPG
Russian Empire squad at the 1912 Olympics

Managers

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGASquad
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg 1896 No football tournament was held
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg 1900 did not enter
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg 1904
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912 Second round11th2002118 Squad
TotalSecond round1/42002118

International record

The Russian Empire national football team played a total number of 8 official and 8 unofficial internationals between October 1910 and July 1914. [1] [5]

DateLocationVenueCompetitionOpponentScore (1)
16 October 1910 Saint Petersburg, RussiaSport StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia 5–4
23 October 1910 Moscow, RussiaZKS StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia 1–0
2 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, RussiaNevsky StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of England.svg  England Amateurs 0–14
3 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, RussiaNevsky StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of England.svg  England Amateurs 0–7
4 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, RussiaNevsky StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of England.svg  England Amateurs 0–11
6 May 1912 Moscow, RussiaUnion Golf ClubUnofficial match Flag of Russia.svg Finland 1–1
30 June 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Summer Olympics Flag of Russia.svg Finland 1–2
1 July 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Summer Olympics Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 0–16
3 July 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Tranebergs Idrottsplats Friendly matchFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–2
12 July 1912 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Unofficial matchFlag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg  Hungary 0–9
14 July 1912 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly matchFlag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg  Hungary 0–12
29 April 1913 Saint Petersburg, RussiaNevsky StadiumUnofficial matchFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–5
4 May 1913 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly matchFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–4
14 September 1913 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly matchFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–1
5 July 1914 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Friendly matchFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–2
12 July 1914 Christiania, Norway Bislett Friendly matchFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–1

(1) Russian Empire's score is shown first.

Head-to-head record

Up to matches played on 12 July 1914.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDWPCT
Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia 220064+2100.00
Flag of England.svg  England Amateurs 3003032320.00
Flag of Russia.svg Finland 20112310.00
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001016160.00
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2002021210.00
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 30213410.00
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 301241170.00
Total 16241015917612.50
Source: Results

Player records

Player records include official internationals only. [4]

As of 12 July 1914

Most capped players

RankNameCapsGoalsCareer
1 Vasily Zhitarev 841912–1914
2 Nikita Khromov 601912–1913
3 Vasily Butusov 511912–1913
4 Andrei Akimov 411912–1913
Pyotr Sokolov 01912
6 Nikolai Denisov 301913–1914
Lev Favorsky 01912
Dmitri Matrin 01912–1913
Aleksandr Filippov 01912–1914
Fyodor Rimsha 01912
Sergei Romanov 01913–1914
Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnov 01912
Ivan Vorontsov 01913–1914
Mikhail Yakovlev 01912–1913

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer
1 Vasily Zhitarev 480.51912–1914
2 Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev 1111913
Aleksandr Krotov 111914
Andrei Akimov 40.251912–1913
Vasily Butusov 50.21912–1913

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