# Russia national under-21 football team

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.

## History
### UEFA U-21 Championship Record

* FIFA considers Russia the direct successor to the Soviet Union, and therefore the inheritor to all its records.
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 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 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 10 |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | 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 | Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 |
| 2021 | Group Stage | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 |
| 2023 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| 2025 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 2 titles | 199 | 110 | 36 | 53 | 390 | 195 |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

### Olympic Games

Summer Olympic record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2024
## Honours

* UEFA European Under-21 Championship
** Winners: 1980, 1990
* CIS Cup
** Champions: 2012, 2013, 2016
* Toulon Tournament
** Champions: 1979

## Coaches

| 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 |

## Current squad

The following players have been called up for friendlies on 22 March 2025 and 23 March 2025, both against the Columbia national under-20 football team.
The caps and goals are correct after the match against China U21 on 14 October 2024.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Bogdan Moskvichyov | (2004-04-30) 30 April 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Orenburg |
| 1GK | Aleksandr Dyogtev | (2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Sochi |
| 1GK | Daniil Veselov | (2005-01-30) 30 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 2DF | Mikhail Ryadno | (2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | Rodina Moscow |
| 2DF | Ilya Rozhkov | (2005-03-29) 29 March 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | Rubin Kazan |
| 2DF | Ilya Kirsh | (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Dynamo Makhachkala |
| 2DF | Stanislav Bessmertny | (2004-03-11) 11 March 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg |
| 2DF | Nikita Lobov | (2005-07-21) 21 July 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2DF | Vadim Churilov | (2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 2DF | Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov | (2005-03-23) 23 March 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Yegor Pogostnov | (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3MF | Igor Dmitriyev | (2004-07-24) 24 July 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 2 | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
| 3MF | Daniil Zorin | (2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | Akhmat Grozny |
| 3MF | Ruslan Chobanov | (2004-03-30) 30 March 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Veles Moscow |
| 3MF | Nikita Saltykov | (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3MF | Dmitry Kuchugura | (2004-10-21) 21 October 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 1 | Ural Yekaterinburg |
| 3MF | Danila Kozlov | (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Krasnodar |
| 3MF | Vadim Rakov | (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3MF | Kirill Glebov | (2005-11-10) 10 November 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 3MF | Yegor Smelov | (2005-03-11) 11 March 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 3MF | Danila Godyayev | (2004-04-20) 20 April 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 4FW | Aleksandr Chupayov | (2004-08-28) 28 August 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 1 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Kirill Nikishin | (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 21) | 2 | 1 | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| 4FW | Aleksandr Koksharov | (2004-12-20) 20 December 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 2 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod |

### Recent call-ups

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 |
| GK | Daniil Golikov | (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Krasnodar | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| GK | Timofey Mitrov | (2005-04-19) 19 April 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| GK | Ilya Tikhomirov | (2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| GK | Mikhail Tsulaya | (2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Arsenal Tula | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| DF | Matvey Lukin | (2004-04-27) 27 April 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| DF | Yury Koledin | (2004-12-10) 10 December 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Spartak-2 Moscow | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| DF | Matvey Bardachyov | (2006-03-24) 24 March 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| DF | Ivan Lepsky | (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Sokol Saratov | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| DF | German Ignatov | (2005-08-11) 11 August 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Rostov | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| DF | Ivan Shilyonok | (2005-01-29) 29 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| DF | Nikita Bozov | (2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| MF | Ilya Rodionov | (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 1 | Chernomorets Novorrosiysk | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Matvey Kislyak | (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | CSKA Moscow | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Dmitry Vasilyev | (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Aleksey Koltakov | (2005-11-14) 14 November 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Rostov | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Ruslan Bart | (2005-11-16) 16 November 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Sochi | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Imran Aznaurov | (2004-08-23) 23 August 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Rostov | v. China, 14 October 2024 |
| MF | Ilya Ishkov | (2005-05-25) 25 May 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| MF | Mikhail Umnikov | (2006-01-22) 22 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Volga Ulyanovsk | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| MF | Mikhail Shchetinin | (2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Fakel Voronezh | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| FW | Konstantin Dorofeyev | (2005-08-17) 17 August 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Turan | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |
| FW | Dmitry Radikovsky | (2005-06-04) 4 June 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Vitebsk | v. Vietnam, 9 September 2024 |