The Russia national team of football (Russian: Sbornaia Rossii po futbolu; romanized as Sbornaya Rosii po futbolu) is the representative of Russia as the Russian Federation in men's international football. It is governed by the Russian Football Union (Russian: Rossiiskii Futbol'nyi Soiuz, Rossiyskiy Futbolnyj Soyuz) The authority for football in Russia. The home of Russia is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the head coach of the team is Valery Karpin.
Although they have been a part of FIFA since 1912 (as the Russian Empire before 1917 and as the Soviet Union in 1924-91), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958. They've been able to qualify for the event 11 times, and their most successful result was the fourth place finish in 1966. Russia is an official member of UEFA since the year 1954. They were the winners of the first tournament of the European Championship in 1960 and were runners-up in 1964and the year 1972, and 1988. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia's best performance was achieved in 2008 where the team was awarded bronze medals.
On February 28, 2022, in response to the Russian incursion into Ukraine and in line to a decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia. Russia's Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and was able to uphold the bans.
