Welcome mate! Anyways I do actually have few questions about the Russian football team. My question is, why are Russia so average at football? 2014 was the first world cup Russia qualified for since 2002, and have never went through group stages. Even teams such as Ukraine have done better. I've never understood this as Russia have a huge population, even larger than Germany. I see that Russia have brilliant teams in Volleyball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball and even Rugby to an extent. I'm assuming it's the weather that Russians dislike in football.