The beginning

The USSR women's national team (who became the Commonwealth of Independent States during the campaign) reached the 1993 UEFA European Women's Championship quarter-finals at their only attempt and Russia were to match that two years later, with both teams losing to Germany over two legs. In 1997, they qualified directly for the final tournament but once there were defeated by Sweden, France – who they had beaten in the preliminaries – and Spain. However, they were among six European sides to qualify for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, thanks to two 2–1 play-off wins against Finland, and victories over Japan and Canada earned them a quarter-final, where they lost to eventual runners-up China.

After the turn of the 21st century

They cruised unbeaten into the 2001 continental finals but managed only a point against England in the group stage. Russia's qualifying run then continued in the 2003 Women's World Cup and they again reached the quarter-finals before a 7–1 loss to Germany. That preceded something of a decline in fortunes as Finland avenged their 1999 reverse by beating Russia in the play-offs for the UEFA Women's Euro 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.

Present

A young member of the 2003 squad, Elena Danilova, inspired victory in the 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, their first post-Soviet national team title at any level. Although the striker suffered injury problems, many of her colleagues graduated to the senior squad, with Russia eventually reaching the 2009 finals with an away-goals play-off success against Scotland. At the final tournament, Russia were drawn against Sweden, Italy and England in Group C. The team was unable to get past the group stage and finished last as they lost all the three matches, scoring 2 and conceding 8.

In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers, Russia were drawn in Group 6 with Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Israel and Kazakhstan, where Russia was eliminated in the group stage as they ended the stage behind Switzerland.

On 13 April 2021, Russia defeated Portugal 1–0 to qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. However, on 28 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.^[3]

Kits and crest

Russia's home kit consists of marron-red shirt, red shorts, and red-white socks. Their away kit consists of white jersey and light blue shorts and light-blue-white socks.

Home stadium

The Russia women's national football team plays their home matches on the Rossiyanka Stadium.

2023

Belarus  v  Russia

7 April Friendly	Belarus	0–0	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium

Belarus  v  Russia

10 April Friendly	Belarus	0–2	Russia	TBC, Belarus
--:-- UTC+3			Petrova 31' Zharkova 86'

China  v  Russia

1 July Friendly	China	1–0	Russia	Qingdao, China
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Conson Stadium

China  v  Russia

4 July Friendly	China	2–1	Russia	Qingdao, China
16:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Conson Stadium

Russia  v  Iran

14 July Friendly	Russia	4–0	Iran	Kazan, Russia
	Abdullina 28' Belomyttseva 38' (pen.) Bizenkova 43' Mashina 83'			Stadium: Central Stadium

Russia  v  Iran

18 July Friendly	Russia	2–0	Iran	Moscow, Russia
	Bratko 40' Andreeeva 50'	Report

Paraguay  v  Russia

30 November Friendly	Paraguay	0–3	Russia	Asunción, Paraguay
		Report	Yakupova (?) Sheina (?) Bizenkova (?)	Stadium: National Women's Football Center

Paraguay  v  Russia

3 December Friendly	Paraguay	1–1	Russia	Asunción, Paraguay
	?' (.pen)	Report	Kuropatkina (?)	Stadium: National Women's Football Center

• Russia Results and Fixtures – SoccerWay.com
• Russia Results and Fixtures –globalsportsarchive

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Yuri Krasnozhan

Manager history

1989–1994	Oleg Lapshin
1994–2008	Yuri Bystritsky
2008–2011	Igor Shalimov
2011	Vera Pauw
2011–2012	Farid Benstiti
2012	Vladimir Antonov
2012–2015	Sergei Lavrentyev
2015–2020	Elena Fomina
2020–present	Yuri Krasnozhan

Current squad

• The following players were called up for two Friendly matches against Paraguay 1 and 4 December 2023.^[4]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 17 December 2023.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	1GK	Yulia Grichenko	(1990-03-10) 10 March 1990	31	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg
1	1GK	Tatyana Shcherbak	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997	37	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	1GK	Elizaveta Shcherbakova	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997	1	0	CSKA Moscow
	2DF	Ekaterina Bratko	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993	8	1	CSKA Moscow
	2DF	Margarita Manuilova	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	3	0	CSKA Moscow
	2DF	Yulia Pleshkova	(2005-01-15) 15 January 2005	4	0	CSKA Moscow
13	2DF	Anna Belomyttseva	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996	56	5	Lokomotiv Moscow
	2DF	Elina Samoilova	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	26	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	2DF	Veronika Kuropatkina	(1999-09-03) 3 September 1999	14	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	2DF	Valentina Smirnova	(2002-10-25) 25 October 2002	7	0	Krasnodar
8	2DF	Alsu Abdullina	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	45	5	Paris
	3MF	Ksenia Dolgova	(2004-11-14) 14 November 2004	2	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	3MF	Victoria Kozlova	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995	23	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
16	3MF	Yana Sheina	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000	29	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
	3MF	Tatyana Petrova	(2001-12-23) 23 December 2001	10	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
10	3MF	Nadezhda Smirnova	(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996	57	14	Lokomotiv Moscow
	3MF	Elena Zubkova	(2001-02-09) 9 February 2001	2	0	Ryazan-VDV Ryazan
	3MF	Ksenia Konovaeva	(2005-03-03) 3 March 2005	1	0	Ryazan-VDV Ryazan
	3MF	Lina Yakupova	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990	27	2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	3MF	Medeia Zharkova	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003	8	2	Krasnodar
16	3MF	Marina Fedorova	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	55	10	Dynamo Moscow
9	4FW	Natalya Mashina	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	31	4	Minsk
	4FW	Valeria Bizenkova	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	8	2	CSKA Moscow

Recent call ups

• The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Diana Ponomareva	(1998-10-13) 13 October 1998	1	0	Dynamo Moscow	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
GK	Anastasiya Ananyeva		1	0	CSKA Moscow	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
GK	Arina Taranchenko		1	0	Dynamo Moscow U21	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
DF	Valentina Smirnova	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997			Krasnodar	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
DF	Yana Sholgina				Rubin Kazan	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
DF	Vladislava Butkevich				Krasnodar U21	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Alena Andreeva	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997			Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Natalia Trofimova				Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Elizaveta Semenova				Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Valeria Solodukhina	(2006-11-28) 28 November 2006			Krylia Sovetov Samara	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Kristina Komissarova	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000			Dynamo Moscow	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Polina Yuklyaeva				Lokomotiv Moscow	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
MF	Zarina Sharifova				Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
FW	Zhoze-Diana Pamen Tchato				Dynamo Moscow	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023
FW	Valeria Khokhlova				Rubin Kazan	v.  Iran, 18 July 2023

Previous squads

Records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter									UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995	Did not qualify									UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5		8	6	0	2	19	11	+8
2003	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	9	−3		6	3	2	1	10	6	+4
2007	Did not qualify									8	6	0	2	24	9	+15
2011										8	6	1	1	30	6	+24
2015										10	7	1	2	19	18	+1
2019										8	4	1	3	16	13	+3
2023	Disqualified									Banned during qualification
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	2/10	8	4	0	4	16	14	+2		48	32	5	11	118	63	+55

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup Match history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1999	Group stage	20 June	Norway	L 1–2	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
		23 June	Japan	W 5–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Canada	W 4–1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June	China	L 0–2	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
2003	Group stage	21 September	Australia	W 2–1	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Ghana	W 3–0
		28 September	China	L 0–1	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October	Germany	L 1–7

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984 to 1989	Did not exist								Did not exist
1991	Did not enter								Did not enter
1993	Did not qualify								6	3	2	1	7	9
1995									8	4	2	2	9	9
1997	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6		6	3	2	1	10	3
2001	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	7		6	6	0	0	19	4
2005	Did not qualify								10	5	2	3	23	12
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	8		10	7	1	2	29	11
2013	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5		12	8	2	2	34	7
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5		8	4	2	2	14	9
2022	Banned after qualification								12	9	1	2	24	6
2025	Banned								Banned
Total	6/13	15	1	3	11	10	31		78	49	14	15	169	70

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994–1995	Did not enter
1996	5th	4	1	1	2	3	6
1997–2013	Did not enter
2014	9th	4	2	0	2	7	6
2015	Did not enter
2016	6th	4	1	1	2	1	8
2017	8th	4	1	0	3	3	12
2018	12th	4	0	0	4	2	9
Total	5/25	20	5	2	13	16	41

• Albena Cup: won in 1999, 2001, 2004