The Russian national team ended 2025 in 33rd place in the FIFA ranking.

The Russian national team took the 33rd place in the rating of the International Football Federation (FIFA) at the end of 2025. The updated version of the rating was published on the official website of the organization.

Russia scored 1,524.52 points. During the year, the team played 10 friendly matches — against Grenada (5:0), Zambia (5:0), Nigeria (1:1), Belarus (4:1), Jordan (0:0), Qatar (4:1), Iran (2:1), Bolivia (3:0), Peru (1:1) and Chile (0:2).

Spain is still the leader of the rating (1877.18 points), Argentina is in second place (1873.33), and France is in third place (1870).

According to Sport-Express, at the end of 2024, the Russian national team was in 34th place with 1,512.32 points.

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