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Russia

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Current Elo
1857
Rank #27
Matches played
753
since 1910-10-16
First international
5–4
vs Czechoslovakia · 1910-10-16

Russia are 0.73 World Cup titles short of what their record projects — genuine bad luck, though not the worst of it: Netherlands, who are 0.82 short and still have never won it.

Elo journey

Peak Elo
1970
1983
Best year
2008
+98 Elo
Worst year
1912
-127 Elo

All-time record

Record (W-D-L)
388-198-167
753 matches
Goals for / against
1316 / 740
Home record
207-77-50
Away record
181-121-117
Biggest win
11–1
vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss
0–16
vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
Highest-scoring match
0–16
vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
Biggest upset win
2–1
vs Hungary · 1952-05-27
1439 Elo vs their 1784
Rivalry
16-10-6 in 32 matches · head to head
Nemesis
0-4-2 in 6 matches · head to head
Longest unbeaten run
22
2022-09-24 → 2025-11-12
Current unbeaten run
5

World Cup history

xWC total
0.73
Titles won
0
Luck diff (actual − expected)
-0.73
Best World Cup
0.14 xWC
0.03 xWC
Won by Brazil
0.14 xWC
Won by Brazil
0.12 xWC
Won by England
0.13 xWC
Won by Brazil
0.09 xWC
Won by Italy
0.08 xWC
Won by Argentina
0.07 xWC
Won by Germany
0.04 xWC
Won by Brazil
0.01 xWC
Won by Brazil
0.02 xWC
Won by Germany
0.01 xWC
Won by France

European Championship history

xCC total
1.56
Titles won
1
Luck diff (actual − expected)
-0.56
Best European Championship
0.39 xCC
0.25 xCC
Won by Russia
0.39 xCC
Won by Spain
0.23 xCC
Won by Italy
0.26 xCC
Won by Germany
0.14 xCC
Won by Netherlands
0.11 xCC
Won by Denmark
0.07 xCC
Won by Germany
0.02 xCC
Won by Greece
0.02 xCC
Won by Spain
0.04 xCC
Won by Spain
0.02 xCC
Won by Portugal
<0.01 xCC
Won by Italy