The Russia national under-21 football team is overseen by the Russian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Coaches

1992—1993	Boris Ignatyev Boris Ignatyev Boris Petrovich Ignatyev is a Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team. As of July 2009, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv Moscow....
1994—1998	Mikhail Gershkovich Mikhail Gershkovich Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 .* Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1977.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1972....
1998—1999	Leonid Pakhomov Leonid Pakhomov Leonid Aleksandrovich Pakhomov is a Russian football manager and a former player.-Honours:* Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1972.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1968.* Top-33 year-end best players list: 1971 -External links:*...
2000—2001	Valeri Gladilin Valeri Gladilin Valeri Pavlovich Gladilin is a Russian politician and a former professional football coach and a player. As of July 2009, he works as a president of FC Dnepr Smolensk. He also serves in the State Duma . From 2004 to 2008 he served in the Federation Council of Russia.-External links:*...
2001—2002	Valery Gazzaev Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...
2002—2005	Andrei Chernyshov Andrei Chernyshov Andrei Alekseyevich Chernyshov is an association football manager and former player. He currently manages FC Akzhayik.Chernyshov was in the winning squad of UEFA U-21 Championship 1990 and participated in Euro 92.-Honours:...
2006	Aleksandr Borodyuk Aleksandr Borodyuk Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia .... , Viktor Losev Viktor Losev Viktor Vasilyevich Losev is a retired Soviet and Russian football player and a current manager. He is currently an assistant coach with the Russia U-21 team.-Honours:* Olympic Champion: 1988 .* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1986....
2007—2008	Boris Stukalov Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov is a Russian professional football coach. He last managed FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-External links:...
2008—2010	Igor Kolyvanov Igor Kolyvanov Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
2010—present	Nikolai Pisarev Nikolai Pisarev Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev is a retired association football player. Currently he coaches the Russia national under-21 football team...

Results

• 1994
  1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1994, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, France were chosen as the first hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
  : quarterfinalists
• 1996
  1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
  : third in qualifying group
• 1998
  1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years , had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
  : quarter finals
• 2000
  2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...
  
  : second in qualifying group, lost in qualification play-off
• 2002
  2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  UEFA U-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.-Qualification:...
  
  : second in qualifying group
• 2004
  2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...
  
  : second in qualifying group
• 2006
  2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...
  
  : second in qualifying group, lost in qualification play-off
• 2007
  2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....
  
  : lost in qualification play-off
• 2009
  2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...
  
  : second in qualifying group

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

Current squad

This is the squad called up for 2013 UEFA U-21 qualifying game on 10 November 2011 against Albania

Albania national under-21 football team

The Albania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

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Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2011.

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Recent call-ups

These players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

External links

• Russia U21 at uefa.com