Russia women's national football team
| Association | Football Union of Russia |
|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Elena Fomina |
| Captain | Ksenia Tsybutovich |
| Most caps | Svetlana Petko (144) |
| Top scorer | Natalia Barbashina (46) |
| Home stadium | Rossiyanka |
| FIFA code | RUS |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 23  1 (23 December 2016)
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| Highest | 11 (July 2003) |
| Lowest | 23 (June 2013, March–September 2015) |
| First international | |
 Soviet Union 4–1 Bulgaria  (Kazanlak, Bulgaria; 26 March 1990)  Hungary 0–0 Russia  (Budapest, Hungary; 17 May 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Israel 0–6 Russia  (Tel-Aviv, Israel; 30 May 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Germany 9–0 Russia (Cottbus, Germany; 21 September 2013) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) |
| Best result | Quarterfinal, 1999 and 2003 |
| UEFA Women's Championship | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | Quarterfinal, 1993 and 1995 |
The Russia women's national football team represents Russia in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Union of Russia and affiliated with UEFA. Vera Pauw replaced Igor Shalimov as coach of the team in April 2011.
Russia qualified for two World Cups, 1999, 2003 and four European Championships, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009.
As the men's team, the Russian women's national team is the direct successor of the CIS and USSR women's national teams.
The USSR (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 comfortable victories over Japan and Canada earned them a quarter-final, where they lost to eventual runners-up China.
They cruised unbeaten into the 2001 continental finals but managed only a point against England in the group stage. Russia's fine qualifying run then continued in the 2003 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 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2005, before Russia had the misfortune to draw Germany in 2007 World Cup qualifying.
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