The Russian Empire national football team was the association football team representing the Russian Empire from 1910 to 1914.
History The Russian Empire played its first unofficial international in October 1910 against Bohemia national team (the Kingdom of Bohemia was then a Crown Land in Austria-Hungary), a 5–4 win.Матчи Сборная России по футболу (in Russian). Retrieved 18 June 2014. The All-Russian Football Union was founded in January 1912 and it was admitted to FIFA in the same year. The first official international for the team was the second round match against Finland national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, with the Finns competing separately despite being a part of Russia at the time.
The development of league football in Russia was stopped by the outbreak of First World War in 1914.History of Russian Football The Premier Site for Russian Culture. Retrieved 18 June 2014. Meetings with the Germany national team and France national team were planned for the spring of 1915, but the matches were cancelled. A large number of players were killed in the war and others fled the country after the 1917 October Revolution. The Soviet Union national football team was formed in August 1923Soviet Union - International Results 1911-1935 - Details The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2014. and it was accepted by FIFA as the successor of the Russian Empire football team, itself becoming the Russia national football team in 1992.
Managers Georges Duperron (1910–1913) Robert Fulda (1914)
Competitive record Olympic Games Olympic Games recordYearResultPositionSquad 1896No football tournament was held 1900did not enter 1904 1908 1912Second round11th2002118SquadTotalSecond round1/42002118—
International results Official
The Russian Empire national football team played a total number of 8 official and 8 unofficial internationals between October 1910 and July 1914.All Time Results The Website of Russian and USSR National Football Team. Retrieved 18 June 2014. DateLocationVenueCompetitionOpponentScore (1) 16 October 1910 Saint Petersburg, Russia Sport Stadium Unofficial match 5–4 23 October 1910 Moscow, Russia ZKS Stadium Unofficial match 1–0 2 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, Russia Nevsky Stadium Unofficial match 0–14 3 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, Russia Nevsky Stadium Unofficial match 0–7 4 September 1911 Saint Petersburg, Russia Nevsky Stadium Unofficial match 0–11 6 May 1912 Moscow, Russia Union Golf Club Unofficial match Finland 1–1 30 June 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Summer Olympics Finland 1–2 1 July 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Summer Olympics 0–16 3 July 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Tranebergs Idrottsplats Friendly match 1–2 12 July 1912 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Unofficial match 0–9 14 July 1912 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly match 0–12 29 April 1913 Saint Petersburg, Russia Nevsky Stadium Unofficial match 1–5 4 May 1913 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly match 1–4 14 September 1913 Moscow, Russia Sokolniki Park Friendly match 1–1 5 July 1914 Stockholm, Sweden Olympic Stadium Friendly match 2–2 12 July 1914 Christiania, Norway Bislett Friendly match 1–1 (1) Russian Empire's score is shown first.
Head-to-head record Up to matches played on 12 July 1914.
Player records
Player records include official internationals only.
Most capped players
RankNameCapsGoalsCareer1Vasily Zhitarev841912–19142Nikita Khromov601912–19133Vasily Butusov511912–19134Andrei Akimov411912–1913Pyotr Sokolov019126Nikolai Denisov301913–1914Lev Favorsky01912Dmitri Matrin01912–1913Aleksandr Filippov01912–1914Fyodor Rimsha01912Sergei Romanov01913–1914Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnov01912Ivan Vorontsov01913–1914Mikhail Yakovlev01912–1913
Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer1Vasily Zhitarev48 1912–19142Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev11 1913Aleksandr Krotov1 1914Andrei Akimov41912–1913Vasily Butusov5 1912–1913
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