| Russia Under-21 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | RUS |
| Nickname: | Молодежка / Molodezhka (Junior) Молодежная Сборная / Molodezhnaya Sbornaya (Junior Team) |
| Association: | Russian Football Union |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach: | Ivan Shabarov |
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| First Game: | 2–2 (Copenhagen, Denmark; 25 August 1992) |
| Largest Win: | 0–10 (Pétange, Luxembourg; 6 June 2001) |
| Largest Loss: | 5–0 (Toulon, France; 21 May 2010) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | European U-21 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 7 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 1980, as Soviet Union |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Winners (1980, 1990) |
The Russia national under-21 football team is overseen by the Russian Football Union. The team competed in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years, and international friendly matches. The team also participated in the qualification for the Olympic Games.
On 28 February 2022, 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.
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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| 1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1980 | Champions | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| 1982 | Semi-finals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1988 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 1990 | Champions | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
 1994 | Quarter-Finals | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 | |
 1996 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | |
 1998 | Quarter-Finals | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | |
 2000 | Did not qualify | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 2006 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2007 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
 2009 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 2011 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | ||
 2013 | Group Stage | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |
 2015 | Did not qualify | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |
 2017 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | ||
  2019 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | ||
  2021 | Group Stage | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 | |
 2023 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 titles | 199 | 110 | 36 | 53 | 390 | 195 |
| Summer Olympic record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad | |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 1996 | ||||||||||
 2000 | ||||||||||
 2004 | ||||||||||
 2008 | ||||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||||
 2020 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Suspended | |||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1992–1993 | Boris Ignatyev | |
| 1994–1998 | Mikhail Gershkovich | |
| 1998–1999 | Leonid Pakhomov | |
| 2000–2001 | Valeri Gladilin | |
| 2001–2002 | Valery Gazzaev | |
| 2002–2005 | Andrei Chernyshov | |
| 2006 | Aleksandr Borodyuk, Viktor Losev | |
| 2007–2008 | Boris Stukalov | |
| 2008–2010 | Igor Kolyvanov | |
| 2010–2015 | Nikolai Pisarev | |
| 2015 | Dmitri Khomukha | |
| 2016–2017 | Nikolai Pisarev | |
| 2017–2018 | Yevgeni Bushmanov | |
| 2018–2023 | Mikhail Galaktionov | |
| 2023– | Ivan Shabarov |
The following players have been called up for a training camp that will take the place in March 2024 in Uruguay, the squad will play friendlies against the Uruguay national under-20 football team on 21 March, and against the Under-21 squads of club sides Nacional on 23 March and Montevideo City Torque on 25 March.[1] The games will not count as official caps as the opponents are not national teams in the same age bracket.
The caps and goals are correct after the match against Belarus on 15 November 2023.
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The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible for selection.
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