Russia at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Russia at the FIFA World Cup Russia has participated in 4 FIFA World Cups since its independence in December 1991. The Russian Federation played their first international match against Mexico on 16 August 1992 winning 2 - 0. Their first participation in a World Cup was the United States of America in 1994 and they achieved 18th place. In 1946 the Soviet Union was accepted by FIFA and played their first World Cup in Sweden 1958. The Soviet Union represented 15 Socialist republics and various football federations, and the majority of players came from the Dynamo Kyiv team of the Ukrainian SSR. The Soviet Union national football team played in 7 World Cups. Their best performance was reaching 4th place in England 1966. However Soviet football was dissolved in 1991 when Belarus, Russia and Ukraine declared independence under the Belavezha Accords. The CIS national football team ( Commonwealth of Independent States ) was formed with other independent nations in 1992 but did not participate in any World Cups. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 History 1.2 Record vs 1.2. 1 As Soviet Union 1.2. 2 As Russia 2 Soviet Union in Sweden 1958 2.1 Group Play - off 2.2 Quarter - final 3 Soviet Union in Chile 1962 3.1 Quarter - final 4 Soviet Union in England 1966 4.1 Quarter - final 4.2 Semi-final 4.3 Bronze Final 5 Soviet Union in Mexico 1970 5.1 Quarter - final 6 Soviet Union in Spain 1982 6.1 Second round Group A 7 Soviet Union in Mexico 1986 7.1 Round of 16 8 Soviet Union in Italy 1990 9 Russia in USA 1994 10 Russia in South Korea / Japan 2002 11 Russia in Brazil 2014 11.1 Standings 11.2 Russia vs South Korea 11.3 Belgium vs Russia 11.4 Algeria vs Russia 12 Russia in Russia 2018 12.1 Knockout stage 13 Record players 14 Top goalscorers 15 References Overview History Year Round Position Pld D * GF GA as Soviet Union 1930 Did not enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 Quarter - finals 6th 5 5 6 1962 Quarter - finals 6th 9 7 1966 Fourth place 4th 6 0 10 6 1970 Quarter - finals 5th 6 Disqualified 1978 Did not qualify 1982 Second group stage 7th 5 7 1986 Round of 16 10th 12 5 1990 Group stage 17th 0 as Russia 1994 Group stage 18th 0 7 6 1998 Did not qualify 2002 Group stage 22nd 0 2006 Did not qualify 2014 Group stage 24th 0 2018 Quarter - finals 8th 5 11 7 2022 To be determined 2026 Total Fourth place 11 / 21 45 19 10 16 77 54 * Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks show Russia 's World Cup record First Match Soviet Union 2 -- 2 England ( 8 June 1958 ; Gothenburg, Sweden ) Biggest Win Soviet Union 6 -- 0 Hungary ( 2 June 1986 ; Irapuato, Mexico ) Biggest Defeat Uruguay 3 - 0 Russia ( 25 June 2018 ; Samara, Russia ) Best Result Fourth place in 1966 Worst Result Group stage in 1990, 1994, 2002 and 2014 Record vs As Soviet Union FIFA World Cup matches ( By team ) Total : 15 Wins - 6 Ties - 10 Losses - 31 games played Against Wins Draws Losses Total GS GA GD Argentina 0 0 0 - 2 Austria 0 0 0 + 2 Belgium 0 8 5 + 3 Brazil 0 0 - 3 Cameroon 0 0 0 + 4 Canada 0 0 0 + 2 Chile 0 0 Colombia 0 0 0 El Salvador 0 0 0 + 2 England 0 + 1 France 0 0 0 Hungary 0 0 8 + 7 Italy 0 0 0 + 1 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 0 + 3 North Korea 0 0 0 + 3 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 - 1 Romania 0 0 0 - 2 Scotland 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 - 2 Uruguay 0 0 West Germany 0 0 - 1 Yugoslavia 0 0 0 + 2 As Russia FIFA World Cup matches ( By team ) Total : 4 Wins - 4 Ties - 6 Losses - 14 games played Against Wins Draws Losses Total GS GA GD Algeria 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 - 2 Brazil 0 0 0 - 2 Cameroon 0 0 6 + 5 Croatia 0 0 0 Egypt 0 0 + 2 Japan 0 0 0 + 1 Saudi Arabia 0 0 5 0 + 5 Spain 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 - 2 Tunisia 0 0 0 + 2 Uruguay 0 0 0 - 3 Last update 8 July 2018 Soviet Union in Sweden 1958 Soviet Union squad -- 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Kesarev 3 Krizhevsky 4 Kuznetsov 5 Voynov 6 Netto 7 Apukhtin 8 V. Ivanov 9 Simonyan ( c ) 10 Salnikov 11 Ilyin 12 Maslachenko 13 Belyayev 14 Ostrovskis 15 Maslyonkin 16 Tsaryov 17 A. Ivanov 18 Bubukin 19 Gusarov 20 Falin 21 Fedosov 22 Yerokhin Coach : Kachalin Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts Brazil 0 5 0 ∞ 5 Soviet Union 1.00 England 0 0 1.00 Austria 0 7 0.28 8 June 1958 19 : 00 CET Soviet Union 2 -- 2 England Simonyan 13 ' A. Ivanov 56 ' ( Report ) 66 ' Kevan 85 ' ( pen. ) Finney Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 49,348 Referee : Zsolt 11 June 1958 19 : 00 CET Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Austria A. Ivanov 15 ' V. Ivanov 62 ' ( Report ) Ryavallen, Borås Attendance : 21,239 Referee : Jorgensen 15 June 1958 19 : 00 CET Soviet Union 0 -- 2 Brazil ( Report ) 3 ', 77 ' Vavá Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 50,928 Referee : Guigue Group Play - off 17 June 1958 19 : 00 CET Soviet Union 1 -- 0 England Ilyin 69 ' ( Report ) Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 23,182 Referee : Dusch Quarter - final 19 June 1958 19 : 00 CET Soviet Union 0 -- 2 Sweden ( Report ) 49 ' Hamrin 88 ' Simonsson Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 45,000 Referee : Leafe Soviet Union in Chile 1962 Soviet Union squad -- 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin 2 Maslachenko 3 Kotrikadze 4 Dubinski 5 Chokheli 6 Ostrovskis 7 Maslyonkin 8 Shesternyov 9 Manoshin 10 Netto ( c ) 11 Sabo 12 Voronin 13 Gusarov 14 Ivanov 15 Kanevski 16 Mamykin 17 Meskhi 18 Metreveli 19 Ponedelnik 20 Serebryanikov 21 Khusainov 22 Chislenko Coach : Kachalin Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts Soviet Union 0 8 5 1.60 5 Yugoslavia 0 8 2.67 Uruguay 0 6 0.67 Colombia 0 5 11 0.45 31 May 1962 15 : 00 CLT Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Yugoslavia Ivanov 51 ' Ponedelnik 83 ' ( Report ) Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance : 15,000 Referee : Albert Dusch 3 June 1962 15 : 00 CLT Soviet Union 4 -- 4 Colombia Ivanov 8 ', 11 ' Chislenko 10 ' Ponedelnik 56 ' ( Report ) 21 ' Aceros 68 ' ( Olympic goal ) Coll 72 ' Rada 86 ' Klinger Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance : 8,040 Referee : Joao Etzel Filho 6 June 1962 15 : 00 CLT Soviet Union 2 -- 1 Uruguay Mamykin 38 ' Ivanov 89 ' ( Report ) 54 ' Sasía Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance : 9,973 Referee : Casare Jonni Quarter - final 10 June 1962 14 : 30 CLT Soviet Union 1 -- 2 Chile Chislenko 26 ' ( Report ) 11 ' Sánchez 29 ' Rojas Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance : 17,268 Referee : Leo Horn Soviet Union in England 1966 Soviet Union squad -- 1966 FIFA World Cup fourth place 1 Yashin 2 Serebryanikov 3 Ostrovskis 4 Ponomaryov 5 Afonin 6 Shesternyov ( c ) 7 Khurtsilava 8 Sabo 9 Getmanov 10 Danilov 11 Chislenko 12 Voronin 13 Korneyev 14 Sichinava 15 Khusainov 16 Metreveli 17 Porkujan 18 Banishevskiy 19 Malofeyev 20 Markarov 21 Kavazashvili 22 Bannikov Coach : Morozov Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts Soviet Union 0 0 6 6.00 6 North Korea 0.50 Italy 0 1.00 Chile 0 5 0.40 12 July 1966 19 : 30 BST Soviet Union 3 -- 0 North Korea Malofeyev 31 ' 88 ' Banishevskiy 33 ' ( Report ) Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance : 22,000 Referee : Juan Gardeazábal Garay 16 July 1966 15 : 00 BST Soviet Union 1 -- 0 Italy Chislenko 57 ' ( Report ) Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance : 27,800 Referee : Rudolf Kreitlein 20 July 1966 19 : 30 BST Soviet Union 2 -- 1 Chile Porkujan 28 ' 85 ' ( Report ) 32 ' Marcos Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance : 22,000 Referee : John Adair Quarter - final 23 July 1966 15 : 00 BST Soviet Union 2 -- 1 Hungary Chislenko 5 ' Porkujan 46 ' ( Report ) 57 ' Bene Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance : 22,100 Referee : Juan Gardeazábal Garay Semi-final 25 July 1966 19 : 30 BST Soviet Union 1 -- 2 West Germany Porkujan 88 ' ( Report ) 42 ' Haller 67 ' Beckenbauer Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance : 38,300 Referee : Concetto Lo Bello Bronze Final 28 July 1966 19 : 30 BST Soviet Union 1 -- 2 Portugal Malofeyev 43 ' ( Report ) 12 ' ( pen. ) Eusébio 89 ' Torres Wembley Stadium, London Attendance : 88,000 Referee : Ken Dagnall Soviet Union in Mexico 1970 Soviet Union squad -- 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Shmuts 2 Kavazashvili 3 Afonin 4 Dzodzuashvili 5 Kaplychnyi 6 Lovchev 7 Logofet 8 Khurtsilava 9 Shesternyov ( c ) 10 Zykov 11 Asatiani 12 Kiselyov 13 Yashin 14 Muntyan 15 Serebryanikov 16 Byshovets 17 Yevryuzhikhin 18 Metreveli 19 Nodia 20 Puzach 21 Khmelnitsky 22 Porkujan Coach : Kachalin Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Soviet Union 0 6 + 5 5 Mexico 0 5 0 + 5 5 Belgium 0 5 -- 1 El Salvador 0 0 0 9 -- 9 0 31 May 1970 12 : 00 CET Soviet Union 0 -- 0 Mexico ( Report ) Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance : 107,000 Referee : Kurt Tschenscher 6 June 1970 16 : 00 CET Soviet Union 4 -- 1 Belgium Byshovets 14 ' 63 ' Asatiani 57 ' Khmelnitsky 76 ' ( Report ) 86 ' Lambert Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance : 59,000 Referee : Rudolf Scheurer 10 June 1970 16 : 00 CET Soviet Union 2 -- 0 El Salvador Byshovets 51 ' 74 ' ( Report ) Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance : 89,000 Referee : Rafael Hormazábal Díaz Quarter - final 14 June 1970 12 : 00 CET Soviet Union 0 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Uruguay ( Report ) 116 ' Espárrago Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance : 24,550 Referee : Laurens van Ravens Soviet Union in Spain 1982 Soviet Union squad -- 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Sulakvelidze 3 Chivadze ( c ) 4 Khidiyatullin 5 Baltacha 6 Demyanenko 7 Shengelia 8 Bessonov 9 Gavrilov 10 Oganesian 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Daraselia 14 Borovsky 15 Andreyev 16 Rodionov 17 Buryak 18 Susloparov 19 Yevtushenko 20 Romantsev 21 Vi. Chanov 22 Vy. Chanov Coach : Beskov Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Brazil 0 0 10 + 8 6 Soviet Union 6 + 2 Scotland 8 8 0 New Zealand 0 0 12 -- 10 0 14 June 1982 21 : 15 CEST Soviet Union 1 -- 2 Brazil Bal 34 ' ( Report ) 75 ' Sócrates 87 ' Éder Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville Attendance : 68,000 Referee : Augusto Lamo Castillo 19 June 1982 21 : 15 CEST Soviet Union 3 -- 0 New Zealand Gavrilov 25 ' Blokhin 48 ' Baltacha 69 ' ( Report ) La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga Attendance : 19,000 Referee : Yousef Alghoul 22 June 1982 21 : 15 CEST Soviet Union 2 -- 2 Scotland Chivadze 60 ' Shengelia 84 ' ( Report ) 15 ' Jordan 87 ' Souness La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga Attendance : 45,000 Referee : Nicolae Rainea Second round Group A Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Poland 0 0 + 3 Soviet Union 0 0 + 1 Belgium 0 0 0 -- 4 0 1 July 1982 21 : 15 CEST Soviet Union 1 -- 0 Belgium Hovhannisyan 48 ' ( Report ) Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance : 45,000 Referee : Michel Vautrot 4 July 1982 21 : 15 CEST Soviet Union 0 -- 0 Poland ( Report ) Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance : 65,000 Referee : Bob Valentine Soviet Union in Mexico 1986 Soviet Union squad -- 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev 2 Bezsonov 3 Chivadze 4 Morozov 5 Demyanenko ( c ) 6 Bubnov 7 Yaremchuk 8 Yakovenko 9 Zavarov 10 Kuznetsov 11 Blokhin 12 Bal 13 Litovchenko 14 Rodionov 15 Larionov 16 Chanov 17 Yevtushenko 18 Protasov 19 Belanov 20 Aleinikov 21 Rats 22 Krakovsky Coach : Lobanovskiy Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Soviet Union 0 9 + 8 5 France 0 5 + 4 5 Hungary 0 9 -- 7 Canada 0 0 0 5 -- 5 0 2 June 1986 12 : 00 CTZ Soviet Union 6 -- 0 Hungary Yakovenko 2 ' Aleinikov 4 ' Belanov 24 ' ( pen. ) Yaremchuk 66 ' Dajka 75 ' ( o.g. ) Rodionov 80 ' ( Report ) Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance : 16,500 Referee : Luigi Agnolin 5 June 1986 12 : 00 CTZ Soviet Union 1 -- 1 France Rats 53 ' ( Report ) 60 ' Fernández Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance : 36,500 Referee : Romualdo Arppi Filho 9 June 1986 12 : 00 CTZ Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Canada Blokhin 58 ' Zavarov 74 ' ( Report ) Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance : 14,200 Referee : Idrissa Traoré Round of 16 15 June 1986 16 : 00 CTZ Soviet Union 3 -- 4 ( a.e.t. ) Belgium Belanov 27 ' 70 ' 111 ' ( pen. ) ( Report ) 56 ' Scifo 77 ' Ceulemans 102 ' Demol 110 ' Claesen Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance : 32,300 Referee : Erik Fredriksson Soviet Union in Italy 1990 Soviet Union squad -- 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev ( c ) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach : Lobanovskiy Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Cameroon 0 5 -- 2 Romania + 1 Argentina + 1 Soviet Union 0 0 9 June 1990 17 : 00 CEST Soviet Union 0 -- 2 Romania ( Report ) 42 ' 57 ' ( pen. ) Lăcătuş Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance : 42,907 Referee : Juan Daniel Cardellino 13 June 1990 21 : 00 CEST Soviet Union 0 -- 2 Argentina ( Report ) 27 ' Troglio 79 ' Burruchaga Stadio San Paolo, Naples Attendance : 55,759 Referee : Erik Fredriksson 18 June 1990 21 : 00 CEST Soviet Union 4 -- 0 Cameroon Protasov 20 ' Zygmantovich 29 ' Zavarov 55 ' Dobrovolski 63 ' ( Report ) Stadio San Nicola, Bari Attendance : 37,307 Referee : José Roberto Wright Russia in USA 1994 Russia squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov 2 Kuznetsov 3 Gorlukovich 4 Galyamin 5 Nikiforov 6 Ternavskiy 7 Pyatnitsky 8 Popov 9 Salenko 10 Karpin 11 Beschastnykh 12 Tetradze 13 Borodyuk 14 Korneev 15 Radchenko 16 Kharin ( c ) 17 Tsymbalar 18 Onopko 19 Mostovoi 20 Ledyakhov 21 Khlestov 22 Yuran Coach : Sadyrin Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Brazil 0 6 + 5 7 Sweden 0 6 + 2 5 Russia 0 7 6 + 1 Cameroon 0 11 -- 8 20 June 1994 13 : 05 PDT Russia 0 -- 2 Brazil ( Report ) 26 ' Romário 52 ' ( pen. ) Raí Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance : 81,061 Referee : Lim Kee Chong 24 June 1994 19 : 35 EDT Russia 1 -- 3 Sweden Salenko 4 ' ( pen. ) ( Report ) 37 ' ( pen. ) Brolin 59 ', 81 ' Dahlin Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac Attendance : 71,528 Referee : Joël Quiniou 28 June 1994 13 : 05 PDT Russia 6 -- 1 Cameroon Salenko 15 ' 41 ' 44 ' ( pen. ) 72 ' 75 ' Radchenko 81 ' ( Report ) 46 ' Milla Stanford Stadium, Stanford Attendance : 74,914 Referee : Jamal Al Sharif Russia in South Korea / Japan 2002 Russia squad -- 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin 2 Kovtun 3 Nikiforov 4 Smertin 5 Solomatin 6 Semshov 7 Onopko ( c ) 8 Karpin 9 Titov 10 Mostovoi 11 Beschastnykh 12 Cherchesov 13 Daev 14 Chugainov 15 Alenichev 16 Kerzhakov 17 Semak 18 Sennikov 19 Pimenov 20 Izmailov 21 Khokhlov 22 Sychev 23 Filimonov Coach : Romantsev Legend Group winners and runners - up advance to the round of 16 Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Japan 0 5 + 3 7 Belgium 0 6 5 + 1 5 Russia 0 0 Tunisia 0 5 -- 4 5 June 2002 15 : 30 JST Russia 2 -- 0 Tunisia Titov 59 ' Karpin 64 ' ( pen. ) ( Report ) Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance : 30,957 Referee : Peter Prendergast 9 June 2002 20 : 30 JST Russia 0 -- 1 Japan ( Report ) 51 ' Inamoto International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance : 66,108 Referee : Markus Merk 14 June 2002 15 : 30 JST Russia 2 -- 3 Belgium Beschastnykh 52 ' Sychev 88 ' ( Report ) 7 ' Walem 78 ' Sonck 82 ' Wilmots Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi Attendance : 46,640 Referee : Kim Milton Nielsen Russia in brazil 2014 Russia squad -- 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Akinfeev 2 Kozlov 3 Shchennikov 4 Ignashevich 5 Semyonov 6 Kanunnikov 7 Denisov 8 Glushakov 9 Kokorin 10 Dzagoev 11 Kerzhakov 12 Lodygin 13 Granat 14 V. Berezutski ( c ) 15 Mogilevets 16 Ryzhikov 17 Shatov 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Fayzulin 21 Ionov 22 Yeshchenko 23 Kombarov Coach : Capello Standings Legend Group winners and runners - up advance to the round of 16 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium 0 0 + 3 9 Advance to knockout stage Algeria 6 5 + 1 Russia 0 − 1 South Korea 0 6 − 3 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tie - breaking criteria Russia vs south korea This was the first time the two countries have played each other in the FIFA World Cup, though they did play a friendly in 2013, which Russia won 2 - 1. The match ended in a 1 - 1 draw, with both goals being in the second half. 17 June 2014 18 : 00 UTC − 4 Russia 1 -- 1 South Korea Kerzhakov 74 ' Report Lee Keun - ho 68 ' Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance : 37,603 Referee : Néstor Pitana ( Argentina ) Russia South Korea GK Igor Akinfeev RB 22 Andrey Yeshchenko CB Sergei Ignashevich CB 14 Vasili Berezutski ( c ) LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov DM 8 Denis Glushakov 72 ' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin CM 18 Yuri Zhirkov 71 ' RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov LW 17 Oleg Shatov 49 ' 59 ' CF 9 Aleksandr Kokorin Substitutions : MF 10 Alan Dzagoev 59 ' FW 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 71 ' MF 7 Igor Denisov 72 ' Manager : Fabio Capello GK Jung Sung - ryong RB 12 Lee Yong CB 5 Kim Young - gwon CB 20 Hong Jeong - ho 73 ' LB Yun Suk - young RM 17 Lee Chung - yong CM 14 Han Kook - young CM 16 Ki Sung - yueng 30 ' LM 9 Son Heung - min 13 ' 84 ' CF 10 Park Chu - young 56 ' CF 13 Koo Ja - cheol ( c ) 90 ' Substitutions : FW 11 Lee Keun - ho 56 ' DF 6 Hwang Seok - ho 73 ' MF 7 Kim Bo - kyung 84 ' Manager : Hong Myung - bo Man of the Match : Son Heung - min ( South Korea ) Assistant referees : Hernán Maidana ( Argentina ) Juan Pablo Belatti ( Argentina ) Fourth official : Roberto Moreno ( Panama ) Fifth official : Eric Boria ( United States ) Belgium vs Russia 22 June 2014 13 : 00 UTC − 3 Belgium 1 -- 0 Russia Origi 88 ' Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance : 73,819 Referee : Felix Brych ( Germany ) Belgium Russia GK Thibaut Courtois RB Toby Alderweireld 73 ' CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten CB Vincent Kompany ( c ) LB Thomas Vermaelen 31 ' CM 6 Axel Witsel 54 ' CM 8 Marouane Fellaini RW 14 Dries Mertens 75 ' AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne LW 10 Eden Hazard CF 9 Romelu Lukaku 57 ' Substitutions : DF 5 Jan Vertonghen 31 ' FW 17 Divock Origi 57 ' DF 11 Kevin Mirallas 75 ' Manager : Marc Wilmots GK Igor Akinfeev RB Aleksei Kozlov 62 ' CB 14 Vasili Berezutski ( c ) CB Sergei Ignashevich LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov DM 8 Denis Glushakov 38 ' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov 90 ' AM 6 Maksim Kanunnikov LW 17 Oleg Shatov 83 ' CF 9 Aleksandr Kokorin Substitutions : DF 22 Andrey Yeshchenko 62 ' MF 10 Alan Dzagoev 83 ' FW 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 90 ' Manager : Fabio Capello Man of the Match : Eden Hazard ( Belgium ) Assistant referees : Mark Borsch ( Germany ) Stefan Lupp ( Germany ) Fourth official : Carlos Vera ( Ecuador ) Fifth official : Byron Romero ( Ecuador ) Algeria vs Russia 26 June 2014 17 : 00 UTC − 3 Algeria 1 -- 1 Russia Slimani 60 ' Report Kokorin 6 ' Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance : 39,311 Referee : Cüneyt Çakır ( Turkey ) Algeria Russia GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi RB 20 Aïssa Mandi CB Essaïd Belkalem CB 5 Rafik Halliche ( c ) LB 6 Djamel Mesbah 39 ' CM 12 Carl Medjani CM 14 Nabil Bentaleb RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli AM 11 Yacine Brahimi 71 ' LW 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou 77 ' CF 13 Islam Slimani 90 + 2 ' Substitutions : MF 7 Hassan Yebda 71 ' FW 9 Nabil Ghilas 87 ' 77 ' FW 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani 90 + 2 ' DF 17 Liassine Cadamuro 90 + 2 ' Manager : Vahid Halilhodžić GK Igor Akinfeev RB Aleksei Kozlov 59 ' CB 14 Vasili Berezutski ( c ) CB Sergei Ignashevich LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov 57 ' CM 8 Denis Glushakov 46 ' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin LW 17 Oleg Shatov 67 ' CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 81 ' Substitutions : MF 7 Igor Denisov 46 ' MF 10 Alan Dzagoev 67 ' FW 6 Maksim Kanunnikov 81 ' Manager : Fabio Capello Man of the Match : Islam Slimani ( Algeria ) Assistant referees : Bahattin Duran ( Turkey ) Tarık Ongun ( Turkey ) Fourth official : Joel Aguilar ( El Salvador ) Fifth official : Juan Zumba ( El Salvador ) Russia in Russia 2018 Russia squad -- 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Akinfeev ( c ) 2 Fernandes 3 Kutepov 4 Ignashevich 5 Semyonov 6 Cheryshev 7 Kuzyayev 8 Gazinsky 9 Dzagoev 10 Smolov 11 Zobnin 12 Lunyov 13 Kudryashov 14 Granat 15 Al. Miranchuk 16 An. Miranchuk 17 Golovin 18 Zhirkov 19 Samedov 20 Gabulov 21 Yerokhin 22 Dzyuba 23 Smolnikov Coach : Cherchesov Main article : 2018 FIFA World Cup Group A Legend Group winners and runners - up advance to the round of 16 Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay 0 0 5 0 + 5 9 Advance to knockout stage Russia ( H ) 0 8 + 4 6 Saudi Arabia 0 7 − 5 Egypt 0 0 6 − 4 0 Source : FIFA Rules for classification : Group stage tiebreakers ( H ) Host. 14 June 2018 18 : 00 UTC + 3 Russia 5 -- 0 Saudi Arabia Gazinsky 12 ' Cheryshev 43 ', 90 + 1 ' Dzyuba 71 ' Golovin 90 + 5 ' Report Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance : 78,011 Referee : Néstor Pitana 19 June 2018 21 : 00 UTC + 3 Russia 3 -- 1 Egypt Fathy 47 ' ( o.g. ) Cheryshev 59 ' Dzyuba 62 ' Report Salah 73 ' ( pen. ) Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance : 64,468 Referee : Enrique Cáceres 25 June 2018 18 : 00 UTC + 4 Uruguay 3 -- 0 Russia Suárez 10 ' Cheryshev 23 ' ( o.g. ) Cavani 90 ' Report Cosmos Arena, Samara Attendance : 41,970 Referee : Malang Diedhiou Knockout stage Round of sixteen 1 July 2018 17 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Spain 1 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Russia Ignashevich 12 ' ( o.g. ) Report Dzyuba 41 ' ( pen. ) Penalties Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas 3 -- 4 Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance : 78,011 Referee : Björn Kuipers Quarter - finals 7 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 07 ) 21 : 00 MSK ( UTC + 3 ) Russia 2 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) Croatia Cheryshev 31 ' Fernandes 115 ' Report Kramarić 39 ' Vida 101 ' Penalties Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev 3 -- 4 Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance : 44,287 Referee : Sandro Ricci ( Brazil ) Record players Russia 's record World Cup player is Dynamo Moscow legend Lev Yashin. The 1958 FIFA World Cup in particular, which was the first one to be widely broadcast on television, had a major part in introducing Yashin 's active and demanding goalkeeping style to the world at large. FIFA have established him as the best goalkeeper of the 20th century by repeatedly naming him in all - star teams like the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002. Goalkeeper Lev Yashin ( here in 1966 ) participated in three World Cups. He is still Russia 's record World Cup player. No. Name Matches World Cups Lev Yashin 13 1958, 1962 and 1966 Volodymyr Bezsonov 10 1982, 1986 and 1990 Valentin Ivanov 9 1958 and 1962 Valery Voronin 9 1962 and 1966 Albert Shesternyov 9 1966 and 1970 Rinat Dasayev 9 1982, 1986 and 1990 Anatoliy Demyanenko 9 1982, 1986 and 1990 Oleh Kuznetsov 9 1994 and 1998 9 Igor Akinfeev 8 2014 and 2018 Sergei Ignashevich 8 2014 and 2018 Aleksandr Samedov 8 2014 and 2018 Top goalscorers Russia 's top goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup, Valentin Ivanov and Oleg Salenko, have won a Golden Boot award each. Salenko is the only player who has ever scored five goals in a single World Cup match, and the only player to win the Golden Boot even though his team has been eliminated in the Group stage. Oleg Salenko scored all of his six international goals at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, five of them in a single match against Cameroon. No. Name Goals World Cups Oleg Salenko 6 1994 Valentin Ivanov 5 1958 ( 1 ) and 1962 ( 4 ) Igor Chislenko 1962 ( 2 ) and 1966 ( 2 ) Valeriy Porkuyan 1966 Anatoliy Byshovets 1970 Igor Belanov 1986 Denis Cheryshev 2018 8 Eduard Malofeyev 1966 Artem Dzyuba 2018 10 Aleksandr Ivanov 1958 Viktor Ponedelnik 1962 Oleh Blokhin 1982 and 1986 Oleksandr Zavarov 1986 and 1990 References Jump up ^ Article in eu-football.info Mexico on 16th August, 1992 winning 2 - 0. Jump up ^ Refused to play the return leg of a play - off in Chile in the aftermath of that country 's 1973 military coup Jump up ^ `` Match report -- Quarter - final -- Russia v Croatia '' ( PDF ). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 July 2018. Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018. Jump up ^ Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench. 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Question: what's the best russia has ever done in the world cup
Answer: 4th place