Russia national beach soccer team

Russia
Association Russian Football Union
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mikhail Likhachev
Captain Anton Shkarin
Most caps Yuri Krasheninnikov (156)
Top scorer Dmitry Shishin (130)
FIFA code RUS
BSWW ranking 4


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 Makarov, Shkarin and 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 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League

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
4 Russia FW Aleksey Makarov
5 Russia DF Yuri Krasheninnikov
6 Russia FW Dmitry Shishin
7 Russia DF Anton Shkarin (captain)
No. Position Player
9 Russia DF Ostap Fedorov
10 Russia DF Artur Paporotnyi
12 Russia GK Ivan Ostrovsky
15 Russia DF Krill Romanov
20 Russia FW Boris Nikonorov

Coach: Mikhail Likhachev

Competitive record

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

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

Achievements

Records

Record against other teams

Russia played a total of 208 matches, 155 (75%) out of which were won.[6]

Only main international events are counted in the below table

Team First Last Record
Italy Italy 1996 2018 12–5
Argentina Argentina 1996 2015 2–2
United States United States 1996 2016 3–1
Belgium Belgium 2005 2005 1–0
Portugal Portugal 2005 2018 8–11
Switzerland Switzerland 2005 2018 10–5
Mexico Mexico 2007 2017 2–1
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 2007 2007 1–0
Brazil Brazil 2007 2017 5–6
Cameroon Cameroon 2008 2008 1–0
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2008 2015 3–1
Poland Poland 2009 2018 7–2
Spain Spain 2009 2018 13–4
France France 2009 2018 10–1
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 2018 6–0
Belarus Belarus 2013 2018 7–2
Netherlands Netherlands 2013 2014 1–1
Greece Greece 2013 2017 4–0
Japan Japan 2013 2014 1–1
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 2013 2013 1–0
Paraguay Paraguay 2013 2017 3–0
Iran Iran 2013 2017 4–4
Hungary Hungary 2014 2016 3–0
Madagascar Madagascar 2015 2015 1–0
Egypt Egypt 2015 2016 2–0
Ukraine Ukraine 2016 2018 4–0
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
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2018 2018 1–0

Winning streak (22)

No. Date Competition Opponent
team		 Result
– 31 July 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League  Portugal 3–5
1 4 August 2011  Romania 8–1
2 5 August 2011  Spain 4–2
3 7 August 2011   Switzerland 6–4
4 2 September 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup  Nigeria 8–4
5 4 September 2011  Tahiti 5–0
6 6 September 2011  Venezuela 7–3
7 8 September 2011  Mexico 5–3
8 10 September 2011  El Salvador 7–3
9 11 September 2011  Brazil 12–8
10 22 November 2011 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup  Nigeria 8–1
11 23 November 2011  Tahiti 7–4
12 24 November 2011  United Arab Emirates 7–0
13 25 November 2011   Switzerland 4–4 (2–1)
14 26 November 2011  Brazil 5–4 aet
15 8 June 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League  France 9–6
16 9 June 2012  Spain 6–2
17 10 June 2012  Portugal 1–0
18 3 August 2012  France 5–2
19 4 August 2012  Italy 3–2
20 5 August 2012  Romania 7–2
21 23 August 2012  Italy 7–3
22 25 August 2012  Poland 6–3
– 26 August 2012   Switzerland 5–6

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. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Россия - Реестр игр и статистика
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