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href="#Chairmen_of_RSFSR_Football_Federation_(1959-1991)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Chairmen of RSFSR Football Federation (1959-1991)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chairmen_of_RSFSR_Football_Federation_(1959-1991)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-All-Russian_Association_of_Football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All-Russian_Association_of_Football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>All-Russian Association of Football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All-Russian_Association_of_Football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russian_Football_Union_(1992-)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russian_Football_Union_(1992-)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Russian Football Union (1992-)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Russian_Football_Union_(1992-)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusiya_Futbol_%C4%B0ttifaq%C4%B1" title="Rusiya Futbol İttifaqı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rusiya Futbol İttifaqı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8" title="রুশ ফুটবল ইউনিয়ন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রুশ ফুটবল ইউনিয়ন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D3%99%D1%81%D3%99%D0%B9_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D1%8B" title="Рәсәй футбол союзы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Рәсәй футбол союзы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%8E%D0%B7" title="Руски футболен съюз – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Руски футболен съюз" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogometni_savez_Rusije" title="Nogometni savez Rusije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nogometni savez Rusije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3_Russa_de_Futbol" title="Unió Russa de Futbol – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Unió Russa de Futbol" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruslands_fodboldforbund" title="Ruslands fodboldforbund – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ruslands fodboldforbund" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossijski_Futbolny_Sojus" title="Rossijski Futbolny Sojus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rossijski Futbolny Sojus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venemaa_Jalgpalliliit" title="Venemaa Jalgpalliliit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Venemaa Jalgpalliliit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Ρωσική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρωσική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_del_F%C3%BAtbol_de_Rusia" title="Unión del Fútbol de Rusia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Unión del Fútbol de Rusia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusia_Futbala_Unui%C4%9Do" title="Rusia Futbala Unuiĝo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rusia Futbala Unuiĝo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87" title="اتحادیه فوتبال روسیه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتحادیه فوتبال روسیه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_de_Russie_de_football" title="Fédération de Russie de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fédération de Russie de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9F%AC%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84_%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9" title="러시아 축구 연합 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="러시아 축구 연합" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruski_nogometni_savez" title="Ruski nogometni savez – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ruski nogometni savez" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusiana_Futbalala_Uniono" title="Rusiana Futbalala Uniono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rusiana Futbalala Uniono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni_Sepak_Bola_Rusia" title="Uni Sepak Bola Rusia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Uni Sepak Bola Rusia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federazione_calcistica_della_Russia" title="Federazione calcistica della Russia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Federazione calcistica della Russia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%97%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA" title="התאחדות הכדורגל הרוסית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="התאחדות הכדורגל הרוסית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krievijas_Futbola_savien%C4%ABba" title="Krievijas Futbola savienība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Krievijas Futbola savienība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusijos_futbolo_s%C4%85junga" title="Rusijos futbolo sąjunga – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rusijos futbolo sąjunga" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosz_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-sz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g" title="Orosz labdarúgó-szövetség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Orosz labdarúgó-szövetség" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russische_voetbalbond" title="Russische voetbalbond – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Russische voetbalbond" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%80%A3%E5%90%88" title="ロシアサッカー連合 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロシアサッカー連合" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossijskij_futbolnyj_sojuz" title="Rossijskij futbolnyj sojuz – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rossijskij futbolnyj sojuz" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossijskij_futbolnyj_sojuz" title="Rossijskij futbolnyj sojuz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rossijskij futbolnyj sojuz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_Russa_de_Futebol" title="União Russa de Futebol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="União Russa de Futebol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/File:Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg/220px-Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg/330px-Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg/440px-Russia_national_football_team_crest.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="342" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Short name</th><td class="infobox-data">RFS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">19 January 1912<span class="noprint">; 112 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1912-01-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">7 Narodnaya Street, Moscow</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1912<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1954 <small>(as <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation of USSR">Football Section of the USSR</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Valeryevich_Dyukov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Valeryevich Dyukov">Aleksandr Dyukov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rfs.ru/">rfs.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Russian Football Union</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Российский Футбольный Союз</span>, <i>Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz</i> or <b>RFS</b>) is the official governing body of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With headquarters in Moscow, it organizes Russian amateur and <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Russia" title="Football in Russia">professional football</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">women's</a>, youth, <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Russia national beach soccer team">beach soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_futsal_team" title="Russia national futsal team">futsal</a> and Paralympic national teams. The RFS sanctions referees and football tournaments for the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russian Premier League</a> and other football leagues in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RFS is headed by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Valeryevich_Dyukov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Valeryevich Dyukov">Aleksandr Dyukov</a>, the CEO of <a href="/wiki/Gazprom_Neft" title="Gazprom Neft">Gazprom Neft</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RFS is governed by a board of directors led by a chairman, <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a>, and a director general, Aleksandr Alayev. The RFU is a member of international football bodies <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>, and also has a relationship with the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Empire">Russian Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Russian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>All-Russian Football Union</b> (VFS) was created on 19 January 1912 and in the same year was admitted to FIFA. The Unions initially consisted of 52 organizations across the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. All-Russian Football Union was the organizer of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire_national_football_team" title="Russian Empire national football team">Russian Empire national football team</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1934, the <i>Football Federation of USSR</i> was formed initially under the name the Football Section of <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Its organization was in accordance with the Declaration of the All-Union Council of Fitness Culture of USSR on 27 December 1934. The Section was admitted to FIFA as the Soviet organization in 1946, and admitted to UEFA in 1954. Later the Section was reorganized as the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation of USSR">Football Federation of USSR</a>. Concurrently with the Section and later Federation until 1972 there operated the <i>Football Directorate of the Soviet Sport Committee</i> which was subordinated directly to the Soviet Ministry of Sport. The Directorate was never recognized on the international level.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Federation">Russian Federation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Russian Federation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, on 9 January 1992 there was formed the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on the RSFSR Federation of Football and headed by <a href="/wiki/Anzor_Kavazashvili" title="Anzor Kavazashvili">Anzor Kavazashvili</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tass211214_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tass211214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The VAF conference consisted of 173 delegates from the whole Russian Federation, out of which 172 voted for Kavazashvili, while Kavazashvili abstained from voting himself. The president of the former Soviet federation Koloskov decided to create a parallel organization the Russian Football Union, even though the All-Russian Association of Football (VAF) was acknowledged by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation as the only governing body of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-tass211214_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tass211214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Koloskov" title="Vyacheslav Koloskov">Vyacheslav Koloskov</a> who was appointed a president of the Commonwealth of Independent States associations of football federations (descendant of the Soviet Union Football Federation) tried to resolve an issue of conducting the <a href="/wiki/1992_Soviet_Top_League" title="1992 Soviet Top League">1992 football championship</a> by negotiating with the Muscovite clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-tass211214_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tass211214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 January 1992 the president of the "supposedly still existing" RSFSR Football Federation <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Nyrkov" title="Yuri Nyrkov">Yuri Nyrkov</a> announced about scheduling a conference on 8 February 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 February 1992 at the RSFSR Football Federation conference was created the modern Russian Football Union and <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Koloskov" title="Vyacheslav Koloskov">Vyacheslav Koloskov</a> was elected the president. At the conference, the Russian Football Union was declared a descendant of both the RSFSR Football Federation as well as the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Football Federation of the Soviet Union">Football Federation of the Soviet Union</a>. Using political connections, Koloskov managed to influence governing bodies of the Russian Federation and the UEFA to reconsider recognition of the All-Russian Association of Football and instead recognize his organization. The newly formed Russian Football Union eventually inherited everything from the previous associations such as the VFS and Football Federation of USSR and reinstated in FIFA on 3 July 1992. In July 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian national football team">Russian national football team</a> was formed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Russian invasion of Ukraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> suspended all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or clubs, until further notice.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the invasion of Ukraine, <a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a> suspended its long-term kit partnership with the Russian Football Union, which first began in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adidas had provided all Russian teams with kits and had expanded the federation's replica kit sales in the retail market.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the ban, talk circulated that the RFU were considering seeking to change confederations to the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a>, according to Match-TV broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Pirog" title="Dmitry Pirog">Dmitry Pirog</a>, stating, "I think the time has come to think seriously about a switch to the Asian football confederation."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Koloskov" title="Vyacheslav Koloskov">Vyacheslav Koloskov</a> opposed the idea, noting that it would "bring the death of Russian football and also we would never return to the European family."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any event, the switch would have to be ratified by other Asian federations. RFU president Alexander Dyukov ruled out the idea of switching to Asian football and stated that the RFU is part of UEFA and will always be so.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late November 2022, Dyukov said, at an executive board meeting on behalf of TASS, that the possibility of a switch of the association to the AFC might be considered.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 December 2022, it was reported that the RFU would hold a meeting the next day to discuss resigning from UEFA, so as to join the AFC.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 December, following the meeting, Dyukov stated: "We are indeed considering the option of returning to UEFA competitions as soon as possible", "It is important for us to take part in the World Cup qualifiers".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 20, 2023, Russian Football Union executive committee voted against the move to <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, FIFA and UEFA lifted the ban on both U-17 teams, allowing them to return to competitions. This was met with opposition from Ukraine and some other UEFA members. England, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Romania announced that they would not play any Russian U-17 team. UEFA later axed the plan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv/240px--Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="240" height="177" data-durationhint="457" data-mwtitle="Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv"><source 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv/Putin_on_the_100th_anniversary_of_the_Russian_Football_Union.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="326" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> speaking on the centenary of the Russian Football Union</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairmen_of_the_Football_Directorate_of_the_RSFSR_Sports_Committee_(1934_–_1972)"><span id="Chairmen_of_the_Football_Directorate_of_the_RSFSR_Sports_Committee_.281934_.E2.80.93_1972.29"></span>Chairmen of the Football Directorate of the RSFSR Sports Committee (1934 – 1972)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chairmen of the Football Directorate of the RSFSR Sports Committee (1934 – 1972)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Старостин, Александр Петрович">Alexander Starostin</a> (1956–1958)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairmen_of_RSFSR_Football_Federation_(1959-1991)"><span id="Chairmen_of_RSFSR_Football_Federation_.281959-1991.29"></span>Chairmen of RSFSR Football Federation (1959-1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chairmen of RSFSR Football Federation (1959-1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Старостин, Александр Петрович">Alexander Starostin</a> (1959–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Nyrkov" title="Yuri Nyrkov">Yuri Nyrkov</a> (1990–1992)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Russian_Association_of_Football">All-Russian Association of Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: All-Russian Association of Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anzor_Kavazashvili" title="Anzor Kavazashvili">Anzor Kavazashvili</a> (9 January 1992 – 1992)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Football_Union_(1992-)"><span id="Russian_Football_Union_.281992-.29"></span>Russian Football Union (1992-)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Russian Football Union (1992-)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Koloskov" title="Vyacheslav Koloskov">Vyacheslav Koloskov</a> (8 February 1992 – 2 April 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Mutko" title="Vitaly Mutko">Vitaly Mutko</a> (2 April 2005 – 24 November 2009) <ul><li><small>acting: <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a> (24 November 2009 – 3 February 2010)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Fursenko" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Fursenko">Sergei Fursenko</a> (3 February 2010 – 25 June 2012) <ul><li><small>acting: <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a> (25 June 2012 – 3 September 2012)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Tolstykh" title="Nikolai Tolstykh">Nikolai Tolstykh</a> (3 September 2012 – 31 May 2015) <ul><li><small>acting: <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a> (31 May 2015 – 2 September 2015)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Mutko" title="Vitaly Mutko">Vitaly Mutko</a> (2 September 2015 – 25 December 2017) <ul><li><small>acting: Aleksandr Alayev (25 December 2017 – 19 December 2018)</small></li> <li><small>acting: <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Pryadkin" title="Sergey Pryadkin">Sergey Pryadkin</a> (19 December 2018 – 21 February 2019)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Valeryevich_Dyukov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Valeryevich Dyukov">Alexander Dyukov</a> (22 February 2019 – present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_under-19_football_team" title="Russia national under-19 football team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_under-17_football_team" title="Russia national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_national_students%27_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia national students' football team (page does not exist)">Students</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Russia women's national football team">Women's national team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_under-19_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia women's national under-19 football team">Women's U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Russia women's national under-17 football team">Women's U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_women%27s_national_under-15_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia women's national under-15 football team (page does not exist)">Women's U-15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian football league system">League system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_First_League" title="Russian First League">First League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Second_League" title="Russian Second League">Second League</a> <ul><li>Division A</li> <li>Division B</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Amateur_Football_League" title="Russian Amateur Football League">Amateur League</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Regional_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Regional Football League (page does not exist)">Regional League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Women%27s_Football_Championship" title="Russian Women's Football Championship">Superleague</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League#Youth_championship" title="Russian Premier League">Youth Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Domestic cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Cup_(football)" title="Russian Cup (football)">Russian Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Super_Cup" title="Russian Super Cup">Russian Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FNL_Cup" title="FNL Cup">FNL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League_Cup" title="Russian Premier League Cup">Premier League Cup</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Cup_of_the_Russian_SFSR" title="Football Cup of the Russian SFSR">Football Cup of the Russian SFSR</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=PFL_Cup_(Russia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PFL Cup (Russia) (page does not exist)">PFL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=PFL-Pereprava_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PFL-Pereprava Cup (page does not exist)">PFL-Pereprava Cup</a> (<i>young</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Women%27s_Cup" title="Russian Women's Cup">Russian Women's Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Footballer of the Year <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Footballer_of_the_Year_in_Russia_(Sport-Express)" title="Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express)">Sport-Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footballer_of_the_Year_in_Russia_(Futbol)" title="Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol)">Futbol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_best_33_(Russia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The best 33 (Russia) (page does not exist)">The best 33 (Russia)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_100_goalscorers_club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian 100 goalscorers club (page does not exist)">100 club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Fedotov_club" title="Grigory Fedotov club">Grigory Fedotov club</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Igor_Netto_club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Igor Netto club (page does not exist)">Igor Netto club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lev_Yashin_club" class="mw-redirect" title="Lev Yashin club">Lev Yashin club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Russian_football_champions" title="List of Soviet and Russian football champions">Soviet and Russian football champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russia_international_footballers" title="List of Russia international footballers">List of Russia international footballers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Russia" title="List of football clubs in Russia">List of clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Russia_by_competitive_honours_won" title="List of football clubs in Russia by competitive honours won">List of clubs by honours won</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_Russia" title="List of football stadiums in Russia">List of venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Russian_Premier_League_players" title="List of foreign Russian Premier League players">Foreign players</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=All-time_Russian_Premier_League_table&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All-time Russian Premier League table (page does not exist)">All-time Table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_records_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football records in Russia">Records</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Categories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_futsal_team" title="Russia national futsal team">National team</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_national_under-21_futsal_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia national under-21 futsal team (page does not exist)">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_national_students%27_futsal_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia national students' futsal team (page does not exist)">Students</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Russia women's national futsal team">Women's national team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Russia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/120px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Futsal_Super_League" title="Russian Futsal Super League">Super League</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Futsal_1st_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Futsal 1st Division (page does not exist)">Top League</a> <ul><li><small>West</small></li> <li><small>East</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Futsal_First_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Futsal First League (page does not exist)">First League</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Futsal_Amateur_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Futsal Amateur Football League (page does not exist)">Amateur League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Women%27s_Futsal_Super_League" title="Russian Women's Futsal Super League">Russian Women's Futsal Super League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Futsal_Youth_championship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Futsal Youth championship (page does not exist)">Youth Championship</a> <ul><li><small>Junior League U-16</small></li> <li><small>Junior League U-18</small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Domestic cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#History" title="Russia national football team">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire_national_football_team" title="Russian Empire national football team">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CIS_national_football_team" title="CIS national football team">CIS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Managers" title="Russia national football team">Managers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Results</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team_results_(1992%E2%80%932019)" title="Russia national football team results (1992–2019)">1992–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Russia national football team results (2020–present)">2020–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" title="Luzhniki Stadium">Luzhniki Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_national_football_team_all-time_record&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia national football team all-time record (page does not exist)">All-time record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Competitive_record" title="Russia national football team">Records</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Qualifying_campaigns" title="Russia national football team">Qualifying campaigns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team_results" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia national football team results">Results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Head-to-head_record" title="Russia national football team">Head-to-head</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Current_squad" title="Russia national football team">Squad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team#Player_records" title="Russia national football team">Individual records</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Russia_international_footballers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Russia international footballers (page does not exist)">International players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russia_international_footballers" title="List of Russia international footballers">List of players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russia_international_footballers_born_outside_Russia" title="List of Russia international footballers born outside Russia">Players born outside Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Russia at the FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="Russia at the FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_UEFA_European_Championship" title="Russia at the UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">FIFA World Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Confederations Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2017 FIFA Confederations Cup">2017</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">UEFA Euro Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup" title="1960 European Nations' Cup">1960</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup" title="1964 European Nations' Cup">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968" title="UEFA Euro 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972" title="UEFA Euro 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988" title="UEFA Euro 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992" title="UEFA Euro 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996" title="UEFA Euro 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008" title="UEFA Euro 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012" title="UEFA Euro 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Matches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1994_Goodwill_Games" title="Football at the 1994 Goodwill Games">Russia v World All-Stars</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_v_Ukraine_(UEFA_Euro_2000_qualifying)" title="Russia v Ukraine (UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying)">Russia v Ukraine</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#0039A6; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #D52B1E, inset -1px -1px 0 #D52B1E;;">Other RFU teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Men's team</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_B_team" title="Russia national football B team">B team</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russia_national_under-23_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russia national under-23 football team (page does not 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