Russia at the UEFA European Championship

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Russia have participated in twelve UEFA European Championships, the second-most among all participants of the Euro after Germany, equalled to Spain, five of which were as the Soviet Union and one of which was representing the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). As the Soviet Union, their best performance was becoming champions in the inaugural 1960 edition in France, while their best performance as Russia came in the 2008 tournament held in Austria and Switzerland, when they reached the semi-finals.

Overview

Overall record

  • 1960–1992 as  Soviet Union ( CIS replaced Soviet Union for UEFA Euro 1992)
  • 1992– as  Russia

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place  

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA Campaign
as  Soviet Union as  Soviet Union
1960 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1960
1964 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 1964
1968 Fourth place 4th 2 0 1 1 0 2 8 6 0 2 19 8 1968
1972 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 1 3 8 5 3 0 16 4 1972
1976 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 12 10 1976
1980 6 1 3 2 7 8 1980
1984 6 4 1 1 11 2 1984
1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 4 8 5 3 0 14 3 1988
as  CIS as  CIS
1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4 8 5 3 0 13 2 1992
as  Russia as  Russia
1996 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 8 10 8 2 0 34 5 1996
2000 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 22 12 2000
2004 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 5 3 2 20 12 2004
2008 Semi-finals 3rd 5 3 0 2 7 8 12 7 3 2 18 7 2008
2012 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 5 3 10 7 2 1 17 4 2012
2016 23rd 3 0 1 2 2 6 10 6 2 2 21 5 2016
2020 18th 3 1 0 2 2 7 10 8 0 2 33 8 2020
2024 Banned Banned
2028
2032 To be determined To be determined 2032
2036 2036
Total 1 Title 12/20 36 13 7 16 40 52 128 80 29 19 262 89 Total

Head-to-head record

as  Soviet Union

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Denmark 1 1 0 0 3 0
 England 2 1 0 1 3 3
 Hungary 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Italy 2 1 1 0 2 0
 Netherlands 2 1 0 1 1 2
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Spain 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 2 1
 West Germany 1 0 0 1 0 3
Total 13 7 2 4 17 12

as  CIS

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Germany 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Scotland 1 0 0 1 0 3
Total 3 0 2 1 1 4

as  Russia

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Czech Republic 2 1 1 0 7 4
 Denmark 1 0 0 1 1 4
 England 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Finland 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Germany 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Greece 3 2 0 1 3 2
 Italy 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 3 1
 Poland 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Spain 3 0 0 3 1 8
 Sweden 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Wales 1 0 0 1 0 3
Total 20 6 3 11 22 36

1960 European Nations' Cup (as Soviet Union)

Final tournament

Semi-finals
Czechoslovakia 0–3 Soviet Union
Report
  • Ivanov 34', 56'
  • Ponedelnik 66'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 25,184
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Final
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
  • Metreveli 49'
  • Ponedelnik 113'
 Report
  • Galić 43'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 17,966
Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)

1964 European Nations' Cup (as Soviet Union)

Final tournament

Semi-finals
Denmark 0–3 Soviet Union
Report
  • Voronin 19'
  • Ponedelnik 40'
  • Ivanov 87'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 38,556
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Final
Spain 2–1 Soviet Union
  • Pereda 6'
  • Marcelino 84'
 Report, lineups[dead link]
  • Khusainov 8'
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 79,115
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

UEFA Euro 1968 (as Soviet Union)

Final tournament

Semi-finals
Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Italy won on coin toss		 Soviet Union
Report
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Attendance: 68,582
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
Third place play-off
England 2–0 Soviet Union
  • B. Charlton 39'
  • Hurst 63'
 Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 68,817
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 1972 (as Soviet Union)

Final tournament

Semi-finals
Hungary 0–1 Soviet Union
Report
  • Konkov 53'
Stade Émile Versé, Brussels
Attendance: 1,659
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Final
West Germany 3–0 Soviet Union
  • Müller 27', 58'
  • Wimmer 52'
 Report
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

UEFA Euro 1988 (as Soviet Union)

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
3  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  England 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Netherlands 0–1 Soviet Union
Report
  • Rats 52'
Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 54,336
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Soviet Union
  • Whelan 38'
 Report
  • Protasov 74'
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 38,308
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)
England 1–3 Soviet Union
  • Adams 16'
 Report
  • Aleinikov 3'
  • Mykhaylychenko 28'
  • Pasulko 73'
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 48,335
Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Soviet Union 2–0 Italy
  • Lytovchenko 58'
  • Protasov 62'
 Report
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 61,606
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Final
Soviet Union 0–2 Netherlands
Report
  • Gullit 32'
  • Van Basten 54'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 62,770
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

UEFA Euro 1992 (as CIS)

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 2
4  CIS 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
CIS 1–1 Germany
  • Dobrovolski 64' (pen.)
 Report
  • Häßler 90'
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 17,410
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
Netherlands 0–0 CIS
Report
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 34,440
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Scotland 3–0 CIS
  • McStay 7'
  • McClair 16'
  • McAllister 84' (pen.)
 Report
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.
Italy 2–1 Russia
  • Casiraghi 5', 52'
 Report
  • Tsymbalar 21'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 35,120
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
Russia 0–3 Germany
Report
  • Sammer 56'
  • Klinsmann 77', 90'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 50,760
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Russia 3–3 Czech Republic
  • Mostovoi 49'
  • Tetradze 54'
  • Beschastnykh 85'
 Report
  • Suchopárek 5'
  • Kuka 19'
  • Šmicer 88'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 21,128
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

UEFA Euro 2004

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
Spain 1–0 Russia
  • Valerón 60'
 Report
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 28,182
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Russia 0–2 Portugal
Report
  • Maniche 7'
  • Rui Costa 89'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 59,273
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Russia 2–1 Greece
  • Kirichenko 2'
  • Bulykin 17'
 Report
  • Vryzas 43'
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 24,347
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Greece 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 4–1 Russia
  • Villa 20', 44', 75'
  • Fàbregas 90+1'
 Report
  • Pavlyuchenko 86'
Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Greece 0–1 Russia
Report
  • Zyryanov 33'
Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
Attendance: 31,063
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Russia 2–0 Sweden
  • Pavlyuchenko 24'
  • Arshavin 50'
 Report
Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Attendance: 30,772
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Netherlands 1–3 (a.e.t.) Russia
  • Van Nistelrooy 86'
 Report
  • Pavlyuchenko 56'
  • Torbinski 112'
  • Arshavin 116'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,374
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Semi-finals
Russia 0–3 Spain
Report
  • Xavi 50'
  • Güiza 73'
  • Silva 82'
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Russia 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4  Poland (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.
Russia 4–1 Czech Republic
  • Dzagoev 15', 79'
  • Shirokov 24'
  • Pavlyuchenko 82'
 Report
  • Pilař 52'
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 40,803
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Poland 1–1 Russia
  • Błaszczykowski 57'
 Report
  • Dzagoev 37'
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,920
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Greece 1–0 Russia
  • Karagounis 45+2'
 Report
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,614
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
England 1–1 Russia
  • Dier 73'
 Report
  • V. Berezutski 90+2'
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 62,343
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Russia 1–2 Slovakia
  • Glushakov 80'
 Report
  • Weiss 32'
  • Hamšík 45'
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 38,989
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Russia 0–3 Wales
Report
  • Ramsey 11'
  • Taylor 20'
  • Bale 67'
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 28,840
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark (H) 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4  Russia (H) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +2, Finland 0, Russia −2.
Belgium 3–0 Russia
  • Lukaku 10', 88'
  • Meunier 34'
 Report
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 26,264
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Finland 0–1 Russia
Report
  • Miranchuk 45+2'
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 24,540
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Russia 1–4 Denmark
  • Dzyuba 70' (pen.)
 Report
  • Damsgaard 38'
  • Poulsen 59'
  • Christensen 79'
  • Mæhle 82'
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 23,644
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Goalscorers

Successor team of  Soviet Union (1960–1988) and  CIS (1992).

Player Goals 1960 1964 1968 1972 1988 1992 1996 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Roman Pavlyuchenko 4 3 1
Alan Dzagoev 3 3
Valentin Ivanov 3 2 1
Viktor Ponedelnik 3 2 1
Andrey Arshavin 2 2
Oleg Protasov 2 2
Sergei Aleinikov 1 1
Vasili Berezutski 1 1
Vladimir Beschastnykh 1 1
Dmitri Bulykin 1 1
Igor Dobrovolski 1 1
Artem Dzyuba 1 1
Denis Glushakov 1 1
Galimzyan Khusainov 1 1
Dmitri Kirichenko 1 1
Anatoli Konkov 1 1
Gennady Litovchenko 1 1
Slava Metreveli 1 1
Aleksei Mikhailichenko 1 1
Aleksei Miranchuk 1 1
Alexander Mostovoi 1 1
Victor Pasulko 1 1
Vasily Rats 1 1
Roman Shirokov 1 1
Omar Tetradze 1 1
Dmitri Torbinski 1 1
Ilia Tsymbalar 1 1
Valeri Voronin 1 1
Konstantin Zyryanov 1 1
Total 40 5 4 0 1 7 1 4 2 7 5 2 2

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