The Russia national under-19 football team, controlls by the

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, represents Russia at the

European Under-19 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and Engla ...

and international

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fixtures at the under-19 age level. On 28 February 2022, in accordance with a "recommendation" by the

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(IOC),

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and

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suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The

unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the

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, which upheld the bans.

History

European Championships

Since the tournament adopted its current under-19 format in 2002, the Russia under-19s have qualified for only two

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and En ...

. They have, however, reached the second, or elite, qualification stage in all campaigns with the exception of 2002 when they were knocked out at the preliminary qualification stage. They came closest to qualifying for the 2010 competition, when they finished one point behind group winners Italy in the elite qualification stage. In the 2011 qualification campaign, Russia again narrowly missed out on the finals, finishing second in group five of the elite qualifying stage, having drawn two games and won one against

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. The group winner was the

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. The joint top scorers for Russia in the qualification campaign for 2011 were Aleksandr Kozlov and

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, who both scored two goals in three games. Russia's best performance at the European Championships was in

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in Greece. After being qualified to the final tournament for the first time since 2007, team Russia also stood at the top position of Group B of the Group Stage along with Spain. In the semifinals Russia beat hosts Greece 4–0. The team eventually became runners-up, after Spain made two goals to win the trophy.

UEFA U-19 Championship Record

considers

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the direct successor to the

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, and therefore the inheritor to all its records. Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

Honours

(Under-18 before

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) ** Winners (6):

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(shared with

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

, 1978,

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** Runners-up (2):

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, 2015 * Granatkin Memorial ** Winners (20): 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 ** Runners-up (9): 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the

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References