History in International Competitions
Russia has qualified for two Women’s World Cups in its history (1999 and 2003), bowing out in the quarterfinals on both occasions. Additionally, it has qualified to seven European Championships (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2013 and 2017), with its best finish coming in ’93 and ’95 when it advanced to the quarterfinals.
Russia, which is set to compete in the 2017 UEFA Women’s Euro this summer in the Netherlands, was drawn into a tough Group B with Germany, Italy and Sweden. Russia qualified for the tournament by finishing second behind Germany in Group 5 of the qualifying process. Nine different players scored for Russia during Euro qualifying, including two goals each from Elena Terekhova, Nadezhda Karpova, Ekaterina Pantyukhina and Elena Danilova.
Double Digits
While Russia is not a country the U.S. Women’s National Team has played often, the two matches in Texas will mark the ninth and 10th games between the countries, making Russia one of the 18 nations, outside of CONCACAF foes, to have faced the WNT in double digits. Russia is the 11th UEFA country that the USA has faced 10 or more times.
