Russia Under-20

Nickname(s)	Наши парни (Our Boys)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mikhail Galaktionov
FIFA code	RUS
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	8 (6 as Soviet Union) (first in 1977)
Best result	Champions (1977, as Soviet Union)

The Russian national under-20 football team, formerly known as the Soviet national youth football team was the under-20 (for FIFA U-20 World Cup) and under-19 (for UEFA Under-19 Championship) football teams of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union, and was succeeded by the Russian national under-20 football team.

Following the realignment of FIFA's youth competitions in 1977, the Soviet Union national under-20 football team was formed and competed until 1993 (in 1992 it qualified as CIS youth under-18 football team) qualifying 7 times. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet qualification was passed to Russia which competed in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. Two years later Russia managed to qualify for the tournament on its own effort, but since then it yet to qualify for it.

On 28 February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.^[1]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
as  Soviet Union
1977	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	4
1979	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	12	7
1981	did not qualify
1983	Group stage	15th	3	1	0	2	4	7
1985	Fourth place	4th	6	3	3	0	10	3
1987	did not qualify
1989	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	11	6
1991	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	9	6
as  Russia
1993	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	6	7
1995	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	5
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2023	Banned
2025
Total	1 Title	8/24	38	18	11	9	63	45

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly games against Croatia U-20 on 5 September 2018 and 7 September 2018.^[3]

Head coach: Mikhail Galaktionov.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Nikita Goylo	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998	1	0	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	1GK	Nikolai Sysuyev	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999	1	0	Nizhny Novgorod
	2DF	Igor Diveyev	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	8	1	Ufa
	2DF	Nikita Kakkoyev	(1999-08-22) 22 August 1999	7	1	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	2DF	Dmitri Gubanov	(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999	6	0	Rubin Kazan
	2DF	Danil Krugovoy	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998	2	0	Ufa-2
	2DF	Roman Yevgenyev	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999	2	0	Dynamo Moscow
	2DF	Pavel Lelyukhin	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998	1	0	Pafos
	2DF	Maksim Nenakhov	(1998-12-13) 13 December 1998	1	0	SKA-Khabarovsk
	2DF	Daniil Kulikov	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998	0	0	Kazanka Moscow
	3MF	Mikhail Yakovlev	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999	8	2	Rubin Kazan
	3MF	Gennadi Kiselyov	(1999-01-03) 3 January 1999	8	0	Krylia Sovetov Samara
	3MF	Danil Lipovoy	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999	7	0	Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Ilya Viznovich	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998	2	0	Luch Vladivostok
	3MF	Georgi Makhatadze	(1998-03-26) 26 March 1998	2	0	Kazanka Moscow
	3MF	Vyacheslav Grulyov	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	2	0	Dynamo Moscow
	3MF	Daniil Lesovoy	(1998-01-12) 12 January 1998	1	0	Arsenal Tula
	3MF	Kirill Kaplenko	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999	1	0	Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
	4FW	Idris Umayev	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999	7	0	Akhmat Grozny
	4FW	Dmitri Kamenshchikov	(1998-08-27) 27 August 1998	2	0	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Honours

See also

• FIFA U-20 World Cup
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship
• Russia women's national under-20 football team

References

External links

• FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.