Russia national beach soccer team

Russia
Association Russian Football Union
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mikhail Likhachev
Captain Ilya Leonov
Most caps Yuri Krasheninnikov (119)
Top scorer Dmitry Shishin (100)
FIFA code RUS
BSWW ranking 2
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Italy 5–1 Russia 
(Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil; 30 January 1996)
Biggest win
 Russia 11–1 Romania 
(Den Haag, Netherlands; 23 July 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 7–0 Russia 
(Dubai, UAE; 4 November 2016)

The Russia national beach soccer team (Russian: Сборная России по пляжному футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po plyazhnomu futbolu) represents Russia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Russian Football Union, the governing body for football in Russia.[1][2]

History

Team Russia debuted at the 1996 Beach Soccer World Championship, with a squad including Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Vyacheslav Chanov and Andrei Yakubik. In their first match against Italy, Team Russia lost 1–5; this became one of their biggest losses to date. Notwithstanding the overall fifth place at the Championships, beach soccer was not supported by the government for the next 10 years. In 2005, Nikolai Pisarev and other prominent sportsmen suggested Sport's Minister Vitaly Mutko reviving the Russian national beach soccer team. Mutko supported the idea and in the same year Russia participated at the Euro Beach Soccer Cup, sending Mostovoi, Karpin, Nikiforov, Lediakhov, Kiriakov and Popov. Furthermore, one Brazilian consulted the team.[3]

In the following years, team Russia progressed quickly. In 2007, many of the still playing football players, such as Alexey Makarov, Anton Shkarin and Andrey Bukhlitskiy, debuted. That year Russia was bronze medalist at the Euro Beach Soccer Cup. At the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, team Russia became ninth, and in the following year already sixth. By winning the 2010 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Russia qualified for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and won the trophy by defeating Brazil, 12–8.[3] Since 2010, the head coach is Mikhail Likhachev.[4]

Current squad

The national squad for the 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, announced on 31 October 2016[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Maksim Chuzhkov
2 Russia DF Anatoly Peremitin
3 Russia DF Alexey Ilynskiy
4 Russia FW Alexey Makarov
5 Russia DF Yuri Krasheninnikov
6 Russia FW Dmitry Shishin
No. Position Player
7 Russia DF Anton Shkarin
8 Russia DF Ilya Leonov (captain)
10 Russia DF Artur Paporotnyi
15 Russia DF Kirill Romanov
20 Russia FW Boris Nikonorov
12 Russia GK Alexey Zuev

Coach: Mikhail Likhachev

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Championship/Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Beach Soccer World Championships
Brazil Brazil 1995 Did not enter
Brazil Brazil 1996Group stage53102710−3
Brazil Brazil 1997 Did not enter
Brazil Brazil 1998
Brazil Brazil 1999
Brazil Brazil 2000
Brazil Brazil 2001
Brazil Brazil 2002
Brazil Brazil 2003
Brazil Brazil 2004
Beach Soccer World Cup
Brazil Brazil 2005 Did not qualify
Brazil Brazil 2006 Withdrew
Brazil Brazil 2007Group stage9310296+3
France France 2008Quarter-final642021611+5
United Arab Emirates UAE 2009Quarter-final74202139+4
Italy Italy 2011Champions166004421+23
French Polynesia Tahiti 2013Champions165102915+14
Portugal Portugal 2015Third place364122825+3
The Bahamas Bahamas 2017
Total2 Titles7/18322121014697+49

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Spain Spain 2008Third Place375122812+16
Spain Spain 2009Runners-up265113514+21
Italy Italy 2011Third Place375025421+33
Russia Moscow 2013Runners-up286124327+16
Italy Italy 2015Champions177002813+15
Italy Italy 2017 Fifth Place 5 8 6 1 1 45 21 +24
Total1 Title6/8433448233108+125

Euro Beach Soccer League

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
1998 Did not enter
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 Did not qualify
2006 Did not enter
2007Third place342022415+9
2008Third place33201147+7
2009Champions13310108+2
2010Third place332011511+4
2011Champions13300187+11
2012Runners-up232011812+6
2013Champions143012215+7
2014Champions143012618+8
2015Third place343102011+9
2016Third place342112118+3
Total4 Titles10/19352538188122+66

Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Italy Italy 1998 Did not enter
Spain Spain 1999
Spain Spain 2001
Spain Spain 2002
Belgium Belgium 2003
Portugal Portugal 2004
Russia Russia 2005Runners-up23201108+2
Italy Italy 2006 Did not enter
Spain Spain 2007
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2008
Italy Italy 2009Fifth place53201178+9
Italy Italy 2010Champions133002111+10
Russia Russia 2012Champions13300134+9
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2014Third place332011411+3
Serbia Serbia 2016Third place33211136+7
Total2 Titles6/151814148848+40

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
United Arab Emirates UAE 2011Champions153203113+18
United Arab Emirates UAE 2012Champions155003213+19
United Arab Emirates UAE 2013Runners-up253222825+3
United Arab Emirates UAE 2014Runners-up254212211+10
United Arab Emirates UAE 2015Champions154012311+11
United Arab Emirates UAE 2016Third place353022622+4
Total3 Titles6/630226616295+65

European Games

Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2015Champions154011913+6
Total1 Title1/154011913+6

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Matches played within the last 12 months, as well as upcoming fixtures, are displayed.

Achievements

Record against other teams

Russia played a total of 170 matches, 132 (78 %) out of which were won.[7]

Only main international events are counted in the below table

Team First Last Record
Italy Italy 1996 2016 11–4
Argentina Argentina 1996 2015 2–2
United States United States 1996 2016 3–1
Belgium Belgium 2005 2005 1–0
Portugal Portugal 2005 2016 7–8
Switzerland Switzerland 2005 2016 8–5
Mexico Mexico 2007 2011 1–1
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 2007 2007 1–0
Brazil Brazil 2007 2016 5–5
Cameroon Cameroon 2008 2008 1–0
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2008 2015 3–1
Poland Poland 2009 2016 6–2
Spain Spain 2009 2016 13–2
France France 2009 2016 8–0
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2009 2009 1–0
Romania Romania 2010 2016 9–0
Turkey Turkey 2011 2014 2–0
Nigeria Nigeria 2011 2012 3–0
French Polynesia Tahiti 2011 2016 6–1
Venezuela Venezuela 2011 2011 1–0
El Salvador El Salvador 2011 2011 1–0
Germany Germany 2013 2016 4–0
Belarus Belarus 2013 2016 4–2
Netherlands Netherlands 2013 2014 1–1
Greece Greece 2013 2013 3–0
Japan Japan 2013 2014 1–1
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 2013 2013 1–0
Paraguay Paraguay 2013 2015 2–0
Iran Iran 2013 2016 3–3
Hungary Hungary 2014 2016 3–0
Madagascar Madagascar 2015 2015 1–0
Egypt Egypt 2015 2016 2–0
Ukraine Ukraine 2016 2016 2–0
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2016 2016 1–0
Norway Norway 2016 2016 1–0
Moldova Moldova 2016 2016 1–0
Czech Republic Czech Republic 2016 2016 1–0

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Ehrmann: Soccer Smackdown: Russia and FIFA sandbag Brazil". Huffingtonpost.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Ellingworth, James (1 November 2013). "Soccer in the sand: Russia's beach boys conquer the world". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 Pavel Ivanov. "История пляжного футбола" [The History of Beach Soccer] (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Старший тренер. Тренерский штаб. Сборная по пляжному футболу. Мужские. Официальный сайт РФС" [Head Coach. Coaching Staff. National Beach Soccer Team. Men. Official Site of the FUR] (in Russian). Football Union of Russia. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Межконтинентальный Кубок-2016" [2016 Intercontinental Cup] (in Russian). FUR. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Russia 12:8 (3:2 6:2 3:4) Brazil – Summary". FIFA.com. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Россия - Реестр игр и статистика
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