Russia at the FIFA World Cup
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 in the United States in 1994 where 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 fourth 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 was formed with other independent nations in 1992 but did not participate in any World Cups.
Overview
History
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth placeRecord vs
As Soviet Union
As Russia
Last update 8 July 2018Soviet Union in Sweden 1958
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ∞ | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.28 | 1 |
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Group Play-off
----Quarter-final
Soviet Union in Chile 1962
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1.60 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0.45 | 1 |
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Quarter-final
Soviet Union in England 1966
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 1 |
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Quarter-final
----Semi-final
----Bronze Final
Soviet Union in Mexico 1970
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
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Quarter-final
Soviet Union in Spain 1982
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | –10 | 0 |
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Second round Group A
----Soviet Union in Mexico 1986
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0 |
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Round of 16
Soviet Union in Italy 1990
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
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Russia in USA 1994
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 1 |
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Russia in South Korea/Japan 2002
| Legend |
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16 |
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Russia in Brazil 2014
| Legend |
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16 |
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.Belgium vs Russia
Algeria vs Russia
Russia in Russia 2018
| Legend |
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16 |
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Knockout stage
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;Quarter-finals
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.participated in three World Cups. He is still Russia's record World Cup player.
| No. | Name | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | Lev Yashin | 13 | 1958, 1962 and 1966 |
| 2 | Volodymyr Bezsonov | 10 | 1982, 1986 and 1990 |
| 3 | Valentin Ivanov | 9 | 1958 and 1962 |
| 3 | Valery Voronin | 9 | 1962 and 1966 |
| 3 | Albert Shesternyov | 9 | 1966 and 1970 |
| 3 | Rinat Dasayev | 9 | 1982, 1986 and 1990 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | 9 | 1982, 1986 and 1990 |
| 3 | Oleh Kuznetsov | 9 | 1986 and 1990 |
| 9 | Igor Akinfeev | 8 | 2014 and 2018 |
| 9 | Sergei Ignashevich | 8 | 2014 and 2018 |
| 9 | 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.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 |
| 1 | Oleg Salenko | 6 | 1994 |
| 2 | Valentin Ivanov | 5 | 1958 and 1962 |
| 3 | Igor Chislenko | 4 | 1962 and 1966 |
| 3 | Valeriy Porkuyan | 4 | 1966 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Byshovets | 4 | 1970 |
| 3 | Igor Belanov | 4 | 1986 |
| 3 | Denis Cheryshev | 4 | 2018 |
| 8 | Eduard Malofeyev | 3 | 1966 |
| 8 | Artem Dzyuba | 3 | 2018 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Ivanov | 2 | 1958 |
| 10 | Viktor Ponedelnik | 2 | 1962 |
| 10 | Oleh Blokhin | 2 | 1982 and 1986 |
| 10 | Oleksandr Zavarov | 2 | 1986 and 1990 |