Russia’s national team have regularly appeared at FIFA World Cup and European Championships, winning the latter in 1960. However, their appearance at Euro 2020 ended in a group-stage exit.
Initially playing as the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union, it was while they were the Soviet Union that they enjoyed the most success, notably winning the 1960 European Championship and finishing in fourth place at the 1966 World Cup.
However, they had some success playing as the Russian Federation after a brief period playing as the Commonwealth of Independent States following the fall of the Soviet Union. Most notably, they made the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup on home soil.
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