1910–1914 | |||
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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 international | |||
Unofficial Russia 5–4 Bohemia (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910) Official Finland 2–1 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 30 June 1912) | |||
Last international | |||
Norway 1–1 Russia (Christiania, Norway; 12 July 1914) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Russia 5–4 Bohemia (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 16 October 1910) Russia 1–0 Bohemia (Moscow, Russia; 23 October 1910) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Germany 16–0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1912 ) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals in 1912 |
The Russian Empire national football team was the association football team representing the Russian Empire from 1910 to 1914.
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.
Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
1896 | No football tournament was held | |||||||||
1900 | did not enter | |||||||||
1904 | ||||||||||
1908 | ||||||||||
1912 | Second round | 11th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | Squad | |
Total | Second round | 1/4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | — |
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]
Date | Location | Venue | Competition | Opponent | Score (1) |
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16 October 1910 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Sport Stadium | Unofficial match | Bohemia | 5–4 |
23 October 1910 | Moscow, Russia | ZKS Stadium | Unofficial match | Bohemia | 1–0 |
2 September 1911 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Nevsky Stadium | Unofficial match | England Amateurs | 0–14 |
3 September 1911 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Nevsky Stadium | Unofficial match | England Amateurs | 0–7 |
4 September 1911 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Nevsky Stadium | Unofficial match | England Amateurs | 0–11 |
6 May 1912 | Moscow, Russia | Union Golf Club | Unofficial match | Finland | 1–1 |
30 June 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | Olympic Stadium | Summer Olympics | Finland | 1–2 |
1 July 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | Olympic Stadium | Summer Olympics | Germany | 0–16 |
3 July 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden | Tranebergs Idrottsplats | Friendly match | Norway | 1–2 |
12 July 1912 | Moscow, Russia | Sokolniki Park | Unofficial match | Hungary | 0–9 |
14 July 1912 | Moscow, Russia | Sokolniki Park | Friendly match | Hungary | 0–12 |
29 April 1913 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Nevsky Stadium | Unofficial match | Sweden | 1–5 |
4 May 1913 | Moscow, Russia | Sokolniki Park | Friendly match | Sweden | 1–4 |
14 September 1913 | Moscow, Russia | Sokolniki Park | Friendly match | Norway | 1–1 |
5 July 1914 | Stockholm, Sweden | Olympic Stadium | Friendly match | Sweden | 2–2 |
12 July 1914 | Christiania, Norway | Bislett | Friendly match | Norway | 1–1 |
(1) Russian Empire's score is shown first.
Up to matches played on 12 July 1914.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
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Bohemia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 100.00 |
England Amateurs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0.00 |
Finland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0.00 |
Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0.00 |
Norway | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0.00 |
Total | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 91 | −76 | 12.50 |
Player records include official internationals only. [4]
Rank | Name | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Vasily Zhitarev | 8 | 4 | 1912–1914 |
2 | Nikita Khromov | 6 | 0 | 1912–1913 |
3 | Vasily Butusov | 5 | 1 | 1912–1913 |
4 | Andrei Akimov | 4 | 1 | 1912–1913 |
Pyotr Sokolov | 0 | 1912 | ||
6 | Nikolai Denisov | 3 | 0 | 1913–1914 |
Lev Favorsky | 0 | 1912 | ||
Dmitri Matrin | 0 | 1912–1913 | ||
Aleksandr Filippov | 0 | 1912–1914 | ||
Fyodor Rimsha | 0 | 1912 | ||
Sergei Romanov | 0 | 1913–1914 | ||
Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnov | 0 | 1912 | ||
Ivan Vorontsov | 0 | 1913–1914 | ||
Mikhail Yakovlev | 0 | 1912–1913 | ||
Rank | Name | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Vasily Zhitarev | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | 1912–1914 |
2 | Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1913 |
Aleksandr Krotov | 1 | 1 | 1914 | ||
Andrei Akimov | 4 | 0.25 | 1912–1913 | ||
Vasily Butusov | 5 | 0.2 | 1912–1913 | ||
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