The Russian Empire played its first unofficial international in October 1910 against
Bohemia national team (the
Kingdom of Bohemia was then a
Crown Land in
Austria-Hungary), a 5–4 win. The
All-Russian Football Union was founded in January 1912 and it was admitted to
FIFA in the same year. The first official international for the team was the second round match against
Finland national team at the
1912 Summer Olympics in
Stockholm, with the Finns competing separately despite being a part of Russia at the time. Meetings with the
Germany national team and
France national team were planned for the spring of 1915, but the matches were cancelled. A large number of players were killed in the war and others fled the country after the 1917
October Revolution. and it was accepted by FIFA as the successor of the Russian Empire football team, itself becoming the
Russia national football team in 1992. ==Managers==