Russia national beach soccer team

Russia
Nickname(s)	Наши парни (Our Guys)
Association	Russian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mikhail Likhachev
Captain	Anton Shkarin
Most caps	Anton Shkarin (285)
Top scorer	Dmitry Shishin (235)
FIFA code	RUS
BSWW ranking	4 (31 December 2020)[1]
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	Italy 5–1 Russia ; (Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil; 30 January 1996)
Biggest win
	Russia 11–1 Romania ; (The Hague, Netherlands; 23 July 2010); Russia 13–3 United States ; (Dubai, UAE; 7 November 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 7–0 Russia ; (Dubai, UAE; 4 November 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2011, 2013, 2021)
Euro Beach Soccer League
Appearances	13 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2005)
Best result	Champions (2010, 2012)

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.[2][3] The team's highest achievements are three World Cup crowns conquered in 2011, 2013 and 2021.

History

The Serebryany Bor, specifically Beach No. 3, is said to be the birthplace of Russian beach soccer. Players including Andrey Bukhlitskiy and Egor Eremeev used that beach for training and fun games.[4]

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, Russia lost 1–5, which is 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 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.[5]

In the following years, Russia progressed. In 2007, players such as Makarov, Shkarin and Bukhlitskiy debuted for the team. That year Russia became third at the Euro Beach Soccer Cup. At the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Russia finished ninth, and in the following year already sixth. Since Mikhail Likhachev's appointment as head coach in 2010,[6] the team of Russia won the 2011 and 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[5] One of the exceptions was the insufficient result from the World Cup qualification tournament, where Russia was placed 5th at the end and so missed the opportunity to qualify for the 2017 World Cup.

There was some regress for Russia in the 2018 season. While they traditionally played well in the Moscow stage of the Euro Beach Soccer League, winning the group which included the teams of Switzerland, Azerbaijan and Poland, and finishing second in the last Stage in Warnemünde, losing only to Spain, Russia placed second in their team after Italy and so qualified for the 3rd-place match, where they lost to Portugal after penalty shoot-out. For the first time Russia did not finish within the top 3.[7] They rebounded in the Intercontinental Cup, defeating Tahiti and the United States in the group stage. In the semifinals they defeated Brazil after penalty shoot-out, ending the South American's 66-game winning streak,[8] but the Russians were defeated by Iran in the final.

Russia started well in the next season. They qualified for the inaugural World Beach Games after beating Norway, Ukraine, Switzerland and Spain, and proceeded to win silver at that tournament. The team then finished just 6th at the European Games. At the Euro Beach Soccer League, in the first stage, Russia was again placed 2nd in their group after Spain, but still qualified for the Superfinal. Russia rebounded in the FIFA World Cup qualification in Moscow, beating all of their eight opponents to win the title for the second time. In the final Russia beat Italy 7–1.

In the new 2021 season, Russia played their first international matches at the 2021 Euro Beach Soccer League, defeating Turkey, Belarus and Spain in the 1st Stage. As host of the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Russia automatically qualified for this edition.

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2019

9 May 2019 2019 WBG, Qualifier	Russia	7–0	Norway	Salou, Spain
15:25	Paporotnyi 2', 12' Zemskov 16' Krasheninnikov 17' Novikov 18' Bazhenov 19', 24'	Report(ru)

10 May 2019 2019 WBG, Qualifier	Russia	7–2	Ukraine	Salou, Spain
16:15	Shishin 2', 6', 17', 21' Paporotnyi 9' 31' Romanov 14' Krasheninnikov 17'	Report(ru)	22' Nerush 24' Voitok 26' Medvid

11 May 2019 2019 WBG, Qualifier	Switzerland	3–4	Russia	Salou, Spain
11:00	Bohrer 4' Hodel 15' 31' Büst 30' (p)	Report(ru)	8', 12', 27' Zemskov 13' Paporotnyi 30' Chuzhkov

12 May 2019 2019 WBG, Qualifier	Russia	5–4	Spain	Salou, Spain
18:30	Shkarin 8' Makarov 15' 19' (p), 32' (p) Krasheninnikov 16' 21' Shishin 16' 31' Bazhenov 18' Paporotnyi 19' Novikov 20' V. Kryshanov 36'	Report(ru)	9', 15' 32' Medina 15', 23' Llorenç 18' Ardil Navarro 19' Domingo

25 June 2019 2019 EG, Group stage	Spain	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
14:30	Major 8' Suarez 13', 22', 35' Llorenç 29' Cintas 30' Medina 31' Adrian 35'	Report 1 Report 2	14', 25', 30' Shishin 31' N. Kryshanov 32' Zemskov	Stadium: Olympic Sports Complex Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

26 June 2019	Italy	4–2	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
14:30	Corosiniti 7' Gori 15' 20', 34' Carpita 29' di Palma 36'	Report 1 Report 2	14' (o.g.) del Mestre 16' 32' Krasheninnikov 30' Shkarin 32' Paporotnyi	Stadium: Olympic Sports Complex Referee: Sergio Felipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

26 June 2019 2019 EG, Group stage	Russia	5–1	Ukraine	Minsk, Belarus
14:30	V. Kryshanov 15' (p) 35' Paporotnyi 17' Zemskov 25' Shishin 34' Romanov 34'	Report 1 Report 2	13' Zavorotnyi 27' Sydorenko	Stadium: Olympic Sports Complex Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

28 June 2019 2019 EG, Classification	Belarus	5–5 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
15:30	Ryabko 1' Kanstantsinau 2' Piatrouski 11' Hapon 30' Savich 32'	Report 1 Report 2	N. Kryshanov 11' Paporotnyi 15', 15' (pen.), 18' Zemskov 34'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Complex Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
	Penalties
	Savich Bokach Chaikouski		Krasheninnikov Paporotnyi Shishin

29 June 2019 2019 EG, Classification	Italy	4–3	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
14:30	Palmacci 17' Gori 25', 34' Corosiniti 30'	Report 1 Report 2	Zemskov 13' N. Kryshanov 21' Paporotnyi 25'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Complex Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

5 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Division A	Russia	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Azerbaijan	Nazaré, Portugal
14:30	Fedorov 11' Nikonorov 29' Stepliani 36'	Report	3' Allahguliyev 21' Manafov 31' Nazarov	Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Krasheninnikov Paporotnyi Nikonorov		Zeynalov Allahguliyev Mammadov

6 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Division A	Turkey	2–5	Russia	Nazaré, Portugal
15:35	Yeşilırmak 6' Bağcı 10' Keskin 18'	Report	10' (p) Raskin 10' Fedorov 17' Zharikov 21', 33' Nikonorov 21' Novikov	Referee: Attila Balint (Romanian)

7 July 2019 2019 EBSL, Division A	Russia	1–2	Spain	Nazaré, Portugal
18:00	Nikonorov 15'	Report	4' Antonio Mayor 22' Donna	Referee: Sergio Felipe Gomes Soares (Portugal)

19 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Russia	6–2	Germany	Moscow, Russia
19:30	Chuzhkov 2' Nikonorov 4', 15' (p), 31' Romanov 22' Paporotnyi 25'	Report	11' Biermann 34' Svenson	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex

20 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Estonia	2–7	Russia	Moscow, Russia
19:00	Lepik 34' Munskind 34'	Report	2' N. Kryshanov 2', 15' Zemskov 5' Makarov 6' Krasheninnikov 7' Paporotnyi 34' Shishin	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Matticoli Gionni (Italy)

21 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Russia	5–1	Hungary	Moscow, Russia
15:45	Romanov 2', 7' Chuzhkov 14' Nikonorov 21' Shishin 31'	Report	22' Genczler 27' Rutai	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Özcan Sultanoğlu (Turkey)

23 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Russia	8–0	Moldova	Moscow, Russia
20:00	Paporotnyi 2' Makarov 3' Shishin 12' Nikonorov 21', 28' Zemskov 24', 26', 36'	Report	19' Șchiopu	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Laurynas Aržuolaitis (Lithuania)

24 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Switzerland	3–9	Russia	Moscow, Russia
20:00	Stankovic 14' Ott 21' Steinemann 27' Jaeggy 33'	Report	3', 14', 26' Makarov 4' Krasheninnikov 13', 26' Romanov 16', 22' Paporotnyi 20' Shishin	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

25 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Russia	6–0	Azerbaijan	Moscow, Russia
18:45	Chuzhkov 3' Romanov 5' Shishin 6', 23' N. Kryshanov 32' (p) Nikonorov 34'	Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

26 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Russia	6–1	Spain	Moscow, Russia
20:00	Chuzhkov 1' Javi T. 8' (o.g.) Nikonorov 21' V. Kryshanov 24' Paporotnyi 24' Krasheninnikov 28'	Report	29' (o.g.) Shkarin	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

27 July 2019 2019 FIFA BSWC, Qualifier	Italy	1–7	Russia	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Gori 22' Ramacciotti 31'	Report	1' Krasheninnikov 8' (o.g.) Ramacciotti 12' Shkarin 14' Chuzhkov 18', 27' Zemskov 21' Paporotnyi	Stadium: Luzhniki Olympic Complex Referee: Raul Martin Gonzalez Frances (Spain)

5 September 2019 2019 EBSL, Superfinal	Belarus	4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Russia	Figueira da Foz, Portugal
14:15	Makarevich 1' Piatrouski 5' Samsonov 15' Miranovich 26' Savich 33' Kanstantsinau 35'	Report(ru)	4', 26' (p) Makarov 17' Novikov 24' Paporotnyi 27' Zemskov 33' Nikonorov	Stadium: Beach Sports Complex Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Savich Samsonov Chaikouski		Shishin Paporotnyi Krasheninnikov

6 September 2019 2019 EBSL, Superfinal	Spain	6–7	Russia	Figueira da Foz, Portugal
16:55	Eduard 3' Chiki 7', 14', 20' (p) Llorenç 11' Adrian 17'	Report(ru)	4', 32' Paporotnyi 10' Shishin 20' Bazhenov 21' Fedorov 12' 25', 27', 31' Zemskov	Stadium: Beach Sports Complex Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

7 September 2019 2019 EBSL, Superfinal	Russia	5–1	Switzerland	Figueira da Foz, Portugal
14:15	Fedorov 3', 35' Nikonorov 17', 22', 27'	Report(ru)	5' Schirinzi	Stadium: Beach Sports Complex Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

11 October 2019 2019 AWBG	El Salvador	2–4	Russia	Doha, Qatar
21:00	Batres 5' Henríquez 18'	Report(ru)	2' Paporotnyi 12', 25' Makarov 27' Nikonorov	Stadium: Katara Beach Referee: Shao Liang (China)

12 October 2019 2019 AWBG	Russia	5–3	Uruguay	Doha, Qatar
19:30	Makarov 1' 5' Shishin 5' Paporotnyi 8', 12', 15'	Report(ru)	5' Fernandez 14' Acuña 32' Costa	Stadium: Katara Beach

14 October 2019 2019 AWBG	Russia	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Doha, Qatar
22:30	Zemskov 6' Krasheninnikov 7' Zemskov 13' Paporotnyi 14', 39' Bazhenov 16' Makarov 22'	Report(ru)	1' Ginoza 4' Yamauchi 12', 19' (pen.) Okuyama 34' Matsuo	Stadium: Katara Beach

15 October 2019 2019 AWBG, Semifinal	Iran	2–6	Russia	Doha, Qatar
17:30	Masoumizadeh 21' Mokhtari 23' 30'	Report(ru)	5' Makarov 8', 32' Zemskov 12' Shishin 30' 34' Novikov 35' Nikonorov	Stadium: Katara Beach

16 October 2019 2019 AWBG, Final	Russia	3–9	Brazil	Doha, Qatar
20:30	Paporotnyi 19' Zemskov 20' Makarov 36' (pen.)	Report(ru)	8' Catarino 8' Rodrigo 17', 18', 19' Mauricinho 24' Bokinha 32' Filipe Silva 36', 36' Lucão	Stadium: Katara Beach

5 November 2019 2019 BSIC, Group stage	Egypt	3–5	Russia	Dubai, UAE
18:45	Moustafa 5' Mohamed 8', 30'	Report	7', 12' Raskin 9' Novikov 14' Pavlenko 15' (pen.) Kryshanov	Referee: Ibrahim Al Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)

6 November 2019 2019 BSIC, Group stage	Russia	3–1	Mexico	Dubai, UAE
18:45	Zharikov 8' Nikonorov 19' V. Kryshanov 30'	Report	20' N. Martinez	Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

7 November 2019 2019 BSIC, Group stage	Russia	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Iran	Dubai, UAE
20:00	Chuzhkov 2' Raskin 20' Nikonorov 35'	Report	22' Akbari 24' Mirshekari 30' (o.g.) V. Kryshanov	Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)
	Penalties
	V. Kryshanov Nikonorov Novikov Fedorov Zharikov		Masoumizadeh Mokhtari Kiani Mirshekari Shirmohammadi

8 November 2019 2019 BSIC, Semifinals	Spain	4–2	Russia	Dubai, UAE
18:45	Llorenç 10' Adril 18' Chiky 28' Javi Torres 29'	Report	19' Nikonorov 27' Fedorov	Referee: Turki Al Salehi (Oman)

9 November 2019 2019 BSIC, Third place play-off	Russia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, UAE
18:45	Nikonorov 36'	Report(ru)	6', 38' W. Beshr	Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

22 November 2019 2019 FIFA World Cup, Group stage	Senegal	7–8	Russia	Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Diassy 5', 17', 29', 34' (pen.) Fall 15', 33' Mendy 26'	Report	Thioune 1' (o.g.) Nikonorov 4', 34' Zemskov 8', 31', 32' Paporotnyi 23', 34'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 277[9] Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 2019 FIFA World Cup, Group stage	Russia	1–4	United Arab Emirates	Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Paporotnyi 19'	Report	Al-Jasmi 2' A. Mohammad 23' Muntaser 32' (pen.) W. Beshr 33'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 368[10] Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 2019 FIFA World Cup, Group stage	Russia	5–3	Belarus	Luque, Paraguay
19:25	Nikonorov 6', 16', 34' Zemskov 14' Shishin 36'	Report	Hapon 5' Bryshtsel 7' Kanstantsinau 10'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 1,163[11] Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 2019 FIFA World Cup, Quarterfinals	Brazil	3–4	Russia	Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Rodrigo 1', 13' Mão 5'	Report	Zemskov 2' Shishin 20' Romanov 24', 31'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 1,401[12] Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 2019 FIFA World Cup, Semifinals	Italy	8–7 (a.e.t.)	Russia	Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Corosiniti 9' Ramacciotti 10', 15', 27' Gori 25', 25', 31' Zurlo 37' (pen.)	Report	Novikov 4' Makarov 14', 35' Zemskov 22', 24' Romanov 25', 31'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 579[13] Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansory (United Arab Emirates)

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 2019 FIFA World Cup, Third place match	Russia	5–4	Japan	Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Zemskov 8', 23', 29' Novikov 8' Makarov 26'	Report	Akaguma 4', 8' Ozu 12' Oba 23'	Stadium: Los Pynandi Stadium Attendance: 2,739[14] Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

2021

17 June 2021 (2021-06-17) 2021 EBSL, Division A	Turkey	1–5	Russia	Nazaré, Portugal
20:30	Keskin 14'	Report	Raskin 1' Krasheninnikov 5', 36' Nikonorov 19' Zemskov 20'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos

18 June 2021 (2021-06-18) 2021 EBSL, Division A	Russia	5–3	Belarus	Nazaré, Portugal
20:30	Makarov 13', 16' Zemskov 14', 31' Kosharny 22'	Report	Kanstantsinaiu 16' Ryabko 24' (p) Bokach 34'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos

18 June 2021 (2021-06-18) 2021 EBSL, Division A	Russia	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Nazaré, Portugal
20:30	Zemskov 11' Nikonorov 14' Novikov 28', 33' Makarov 34' Romanov 38'	Report	Juanmi 1' Gonsalez 7' Ardil 8' Medina 30' Llorenç 34'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos

14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) Friendly match	Russia	5–4	Oman	Moscow, Russia
	Zemskov Fedorov Nikonorov Makarov		Al Araimi	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) 2021 FIFA World Cup, GS Group A	Russia	5–4 (a.e.t.)	United States	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Shkarin 17' Nikonorov 12', 20' Novikov 21' Makarov 39'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Perea 2', 32' 8' Canale 15' (pen.), 25'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Lucas Estevão (Brazil)

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 2021 FIFA World Cup, GS Group A	Russia	4–4 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Paraguay	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Makarov 1', 37' Kosharnyi 18' Nikonorov 21' Romanov 24' Shkarin 39'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Rolon 7' M. Medina 16' Carballo 35' N. Medina 37' (pen.) J. Benitez 38'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hany Farouk (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Fedorov Romanov Nikonorov Makarov Krasheninnikov		Carballo Morán Ojeda M. Medina V. Benitez

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) 2021 FIFA World Cup, GS Group A	Japan	1–7	Russia	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Akaguma 32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Ozu 1' (o.g.) Paporotnyi 3', 25', 27' 34' Zemskov 8' Chuzhkov 15' Nikonorov 36'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Micke Palomino (Peru)

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 2021 FIFA World Cup, Quarter-finals	Russia	4–2	Spain	Moscow, Russia
20:30	Zemskov 1' 33' Kotenev 6' Nikonorov 14' Makarov 11' 22' 15' Shishin 25' Paporotnyi 21' 34'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Chintas 1' Eduard 20' Antonio 22' Llorenç 34'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 2021 FIFA World Cup, Semi-finals	Russia	5–5 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Switzerland	Moscow, Russia
18:00	Krasheninnikov 1' Nikonorov 5', 34' 35' Kotenev 4' 14' Romanov 26' 29' Shkarin 36'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Ott 6' 30' Hodel 18', 19', 30' (pen.) Stankovic 12' 22' Micev 28'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
	Penalties
	Fedorov Nikonorov Shishin Novikov Krasheninnikov		Borer Steinemann Spaccarotella Hodel Stankovic

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 2021 FIFA World Cup, Final	Russia	5–2	Japan	Moscow, Russia
19:30	Zemskov 4' Krasheninnikov 13', 34' Novikov 15' Paporotnyi 19'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	Akaguma 13', 17' (pen.) Matsuo 16' Oba 29'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

9 September 2021 (2021-09-09) 2021 EBSL, Superfinal	Poland	2–7	Russia	Nazaré, Portugal
18:00	Brochocki 18' Klawikowski 29'	Report	Nikonorov 1', 32' Paporotnyi 4' Parkhomenko 9', 10' Makarov 16' Zemskov 28'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos

10 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Superfinal	Russia	5–5 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Belarus	Nazaré, Portugal
17:00	Zemskov 1' Nikonorov 17', 31' Paporotnyi 18' Shkarin 24'	Report	Mahaletski 1' Parkhomenko 5' (o.g.) Hardzetski 8' Kanstantsinau 26' Novikau 31'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
	Penalties
	Fedorov Paporotnyi Novikov Makarov		Hardzetski Chaikouski Piatrouski Drozd Novikau

11 September 2021 2021 EBSL, Superfinal	Russia	5–6	Spain	Nazaré, Portugal
17:00	Nikonorov 2', 27' Kosharnyi 9' Fedorov 16' Shkarin 17'	Report	Chiky 1', 13', 26' Arias 8', 22' Eduard 20'	Stadium: Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) 2021 BSIC, Group stage	Russia	7–6 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4	Nikonorov 2', 4' (p), 21', 32' Paporotnyi 3' Novikov 25' 34' Romanov 31' Zemskov 32' Kotenev 37'	Report	Okuyama 4' (p), 22' Yamauchi 16', 23' (p) Ozu 26', 35'	Stadium: Kite Beach

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) 2021 BSIC, Group stage	Paraguay	7–8	Russia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4	Ruiz 5' Escobar 7' 26' Mendoza 10', 18', 34' Rios 11' Benitez 18' Servian 26' Centurion 26' (p) Medina 30' 34'	Report	Zemskov 1', 13', 26' 26' Krasheninnikov 2' Parkhomenko 3' Kotenev 3' Nikonorov 20' (p) 6' 28' Paporotnyi 9' 27' Romanov 11'	Stadium: Kite Beach

4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) 2021 BSIC, Group stage	Russia	4–3	Iran	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4	Kosharnyi 11' Shkarin 14' Kotenev 24' Krasheninnikov 24'	Report	Fartkhouni 3' Baltork 20' Farahabadi 33' Ahmadzadeh 35'	Stadium: Kite Beach

5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) 2021 BSIC, Semifinals	Russia	7–3	Portugal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:45 UTC+4	Kotenev 2' Novikov 5' 23' Zemskov 7', 20', 35' Paporotnyi 15' Kosharnyi 19', 28'	Report	Lourenço 14' 28' Leo 14' 28' Lopez 20' Torres 29' Von 29'	Stadium: Kite Beach

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 2021 BSIC, Final	Russia	3–2	Iran	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 UTC+4	Nikonorov 3', 14', 20'	Report	Hassanabad 24', 36'	Stadium: Kite Beach

Coaching staff

Source:

Position	Name
Head coach	Mikhail Likhachev
Assistant coach	Ilya Leonov
Goalkeeping coach	Andrey Bukhlitskiy
Physician	Mingiyan Badmayev
Massagist	Aleksandr Lelekov
Chef	Sergey Shamray
Team manager	Ilya Pisarev
Press officer	Yulia Ivanova
Translator	Anastasia Ryabova
Video analyst	Oleg Rubtsov

Players

Current squad

The national squad for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Coach: Mikhail Likhachev

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Maxim Chuzhkov
2	DF	RUS	Andrei Novikov
3	FW	RUS	Krill Romanov
4	FW	RUS	Aleksey Makarov
5	DF	RUS	Yuri Krasheninnikov
6	FW	RUS	Dmitry Shishin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	DF	RUS	Anton Shkarin (captain)
8	FW	RUS	Ostap Fedorov
9	FW	RUS	Boris Nikonorov
10	DF	RUS	Artur Paporotnyi
11	FW	RUS	Fedor Zemskov
12	GK	RUS	Pavel Bazhenov

Player records

Top goalscorers

Dmitry Shishin is the topscorer for the Russian national team, having scored 235 goals in 232 caps.

As of 29 August 2021[15]

*Players in bold are still active with Russia.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Career
1	Dmitry Shishin	235	232	1.01	2007–
2	Aleksey Makarov	189	266	0.71	2007–
3	Yuri Krasheninnikov	135	239	0.55	2009–
4	Egor Shaykov	127	143	0.89	2005–2019
5	Ilya Leonov	114	205	0.56	2005–2017
6	Artur Paporotnyi	102	148	0.68	2011–
7	Egor Eremeev	75	101	0.74	2008–2015
8	Fedor Zemskov	69	57	1.19	2018–
9	Boris Nikonorov	69	77	0.86	2016–
10	Anton Shkarin	66	287	0.23	2005–
11	Kirill Romanov	61	155	0.39	2010–
12	Yuri Gorchinskyi	60	169	0.36	2007–2017

Records

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

Competitive record

Beach Soccer World Championships

World Championships record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not enter
1996	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2
1997	Did not enter
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Total	0 title	1/10	3	1	0	2	8	10	–2

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification (UEFA) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Did not qualify									No qualification matches
2006	Withdrew
2007	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3
2008	Quarterfinal	6th	4	2	0	2	16	11	+5	Third Place	3rd	7	5	0	2	28	12	+16
2009	Quarterfinal	7th	4	2	0	2	13	9	+4	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	35	14	+21
2011	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	44	21	+23	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	54	21	+33
2013	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	29	15	+14	Runners-up	2nd	8	6	0	2	43	27	+16
2015	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	30	25	+5	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	28	13	+15
2017	Did not qualify									Fifth place	5th	8	6	1	1	45	21	+24
2019	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	30	29	+1	Champions	1st	8	8	0	0	51	9	+42
2021	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	30	18	+12	Automatically qualified as hosts
Total	3 titles	8/11	35	22	5	10	171	105	+62	2 titles	7/9	51	42	1	8	284	117	+167

Euro Beach Soccer League

EBSL record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
1998	Did not enter
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	Did not qualify
2006	Did not enter
2007	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	24	15	+9
2008	Third place	3rd	3	2	0	1	14	7	+7
2009	Champions	1st	3	3	1	0	10	8	+2
2010	Third place	3rd	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4
2011	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	18	7	+11
2012	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	18	12	+6
2013	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	22	15	+7
2014	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	26	18	+8
2015	Third place	3rd	4	3	1	0	20	11	+9
2016	Third place	3rd	4	2	1	1	21	18	+3
2017	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	15	7	+8
2018	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	17	11	+6
2019	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	18	15	+3
2020	Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
2021	Fifth place	5th	4	2	0	2	29	17	+12
Total	5 titles	14/24	51	37	4	13	267	172	+95

Russia withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Euro Beach Soccer Cup

EBSC record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
1998	Did not enter
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2
2006	Did not enter
2007
2008
2009	Fifth place	5th	3	2	0	1	17	8	+9
2010	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	21	11	+10
2012	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	13	4	+9
2014	Third place	3rd	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3
2016	Third place	3rd	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7
Total	2 titles	6/15	18	14	0	4	88	48	+40

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

BSIC record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2011	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	31	13	+18
2012	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	32	13	+19
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	2	28	25	+3
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	2	1	22	11	+10
2015	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	23	11	+11
2016	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	26	22	+4
2017	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	16	12	+4
2018	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	22	14	+8
2019	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	14	13	+1
2021	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	29	21	+8
Total	4 titles	10/10	50	35	8	13	243	155	+88

World Beach Games

World Beach Games record										Qualification
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	L
2019	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	24	21	+3	Champions	1st	4	4	0
Total	0 titles	2	5	3	1	1	24	21	+3	1 title	1/1	4	4	0

European Games

European Games record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2015	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	19	13	+6
2019	Sixth place	6th	5	2	0	3	19	19	0
Total	1 title	2/2	10	6	0	4	38	32	+6

Head-to-head record

Team Russia won 271 (76%) out of 355 matches.[16]

Only main international events are counted

Team	First	Last	Record	Win %
Italy	1996	2019	13–8	62%
Argentina	1996	2015	2–2	50%
United States	1996	2021	5–1	83%
Belgium	2005	2005	1–0	100%
Portugal	2005	2021	9–12	40%
Switzerland	2005	2021	14–5	74%
Mexico	2007	2019	3–1	75%
Solomon Islands	2007	2007	1–0	100%
Brazil	2007	2019	7–7	50%
Cameroon	2008	2008	1–0	100%
United Arab Emirates	2008	2019	3–3	50%
Poland	2009	2021	8–2	80%
Spain	2009	2021	18–8	69%
France	2009	2018	10–1	91%
Costa Rica	2009	2009	1–0	100%
Romania	2010	2016	9–0	100%
Turkey	2011	2021	4–0	100%
Nigeria	2011	2012	3–0	100%
Tahiti	2011	2018	7–1	88%
Venezuela	2011	2011	1–0	100%
El Salvador	2011	2019	2–0	100%
Germany	2013	2019	7–0	100%
Belarus	2013	2021	10–4	71%
Netherlands	2013	2014	1–1	50%
Greece	2013	2017	4–0	100%
Japan	2013	2021	7–0	100%
Ivory Coast	2013	2013	1–0	100%
Paraguay	2013	2021	5–0	100%
Iran	2013	2021	7–7	50%
Hungary	2014	2019	4–0	100%
Madagascar	2015	2015	1–0	100%
Egypt	2015	2019	3–0	100%
Ukraine	2016	2019	5–0	100%
Kazakhstan	2016	2016	1–0	100%
Norway	2016	2019	2–0	100%
Moldova	2016	2019	2–0	100%
Czech Republic	2016	2016	1–0	100%
Azerbaijan	2018	2019	3–0	100%
Estonia	2019	2019	1–0	100%
Uruguay	2019	2019	1–0	100%
Senegal	2019	2019	1–0	100%

Honours

2007 Season
- EBSL Superfinal, Marseille, France: 3rd Place
- EBSL Regular Phase Event, Tignes, France: Champions
- EBSL Regular Phase Event, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy: Champions
2008 Season
- ESBL Regular Phase Event, Tignes, France: Champions
- 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Plage du Prado, France: 6th place
2009 Season
- Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal winners
2010 Season
- Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Rome, Italy: champions
2011 Season
- 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal winners
- 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Marina di Ravenna, Italy: Champions[17]
- 2011 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Champions

2012 Season
- 2012 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Moscow: Champions
- 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal runners-up
- 2012 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Champions
2013 Season
- 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal winners
- 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Tahiti: Champions
- 2013 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Runners-up
2014 Season
- 2014 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan: 3rd place
- 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal winners
- 2014 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Runners-up
2015 Season
- 2015 European Games, Baku: Champions
- 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Portugal: 3rd place
- 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal 3rd place
- 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification: Champions
- 2015 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Champions

2016 Season
- 2016 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Belgrade: 3rd place
- 2016 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal 3rd place
- 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: 3rd place
2017 Season
- 2017 BSWW Mundialito, Cascais: 3rd place
- 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal winners
2018 Season
- 2018 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Runners-up
2019 Season
- 2019 World Beach Games: Runners-up
- 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification: Champions
- 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal runners-up
2020 Season
- Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Season
- 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Moscow, Russia: Champions
- 2021 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Dubai: Champions

References

"World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
"Eric Ehrmann: Soccer Smackdown: Russia and FIFA sandbag Brazil". Huffingtonpost.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
Ellingworth, James (1 November 2013). "Soccer in the sand: Russia's beach boys conquer the world". London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
""Пляжный чемпион из страны снега". Специальный репортаж" ["Beach Champion from the Land of Snow". Special Report] (Video) (in Russian). Match TV.
Pavel Ivanov. История пляжного футбола [The History of Beach Soccer] (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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.
Andrey Ivanov (9 September 2018). "Ужас, мрак, беда. ТАКОГО с российским пляжным футболом не было никогда" [Nightmare, Darkness, Disaster. THIS happened for the first time with the Russian beach soccer team] (in Russian). Championat.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
"Brazil's 66-game winning streak ends as Russia join Iran in final". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
"Match report – Group C – Senegal v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
"Match report – Group C – Russia v United Arab Emirates" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
"Match report – Group C – Russia v Belarus" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
"Match report – Quarter-finals – Brazil v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
"Match report – Semi-finals – Italy v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
"Match report – Match for third place – Russia v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
"Игроки - команда Россия" (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
Statistics - team Russia
"FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Russia 12:8 (3:2 6:2 3:4) Brazil – Summary". FIFA.com. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

External links

Russia at FIFA
Russia at BSWW
Russia at Beach Soccer Russia

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[16] Russia withdrew due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

[BSWW_World_Ranking-1] "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[2] "Eric Ehrmann: Soccer Smackdown: Russia and FIFA sandbag Brazil". Huffingtonpost.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[3] Ellingworth, James (1 November 2013). "Soccer in the sand: Russia's beach boys conquer the world". London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[4] ""Пляжный чемпион из страны снега". Специальный репортаж" ["Beach Champion from the Land of Snow". Special Report] (Video) (in Russian). Match TV.

[Sports.ru-5] Pavel Ivanov. История пляжного футбола [The History of Beach Soccer] (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[6] 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.

[7] Andrey Ivanov (9 September 2018). "Ужас, мрак, беда. ТАКОГО с российским пляжным футболом не было никогда" [Nightmare, Darkness, Disaster. THIS happened for the first time with the Russian beach soccer team] (in Russian). Championat.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[8] "Brazil's 66-game winning streak ends as Russia join Iran in final". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[9] "Match report – Group C – Senegal v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[10] "Match report – Group C – Russia v United Arab Emirates" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[11] "Match report – Group C – Russia v Belarus" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[12] "Match report – Quarter-finals – Brazil v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.

[13] "Match report – Semi-finals – Italy v Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[14] "Match report – Match for third place – Russia v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[15] "Игроки - команда Россия" (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[17] Statistics - team Russia

[18] "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Russia 12:8 (3:2 6:2 3:4) Brazil – Summary". FIFA.com. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.