 Kunyange zvazvo yava nhengo yeFIFA kubvira muna 1912 seSoviet Union pamberi pa1990, Russia yakatanga kupinda muFIFA World Cup muna 1958. Vakakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi aya ka11 pamwe chete, uye vakava nenzvimbo yechina muna 1966. Russia yave iri nhengo yeUEFA kubvira muna 1954. Vakakunda mutambo wokutanga weEuropean Championship muna 1960uye vakava vamhanyi muna 1964, 1972 na1988. Kubvira pakaparara Soviet Union, Russia ndiyo yakanyanya kukunda muna 2008, apo chikwata chayo chakakunda menduru dzebronze. 