Head to head
Republic of Ireland v Russia
- Played
- 15
- Republic of Ireland wins
- 4
- Draws
- 4
- Russia wins
- 7
- Republic of Ireland goals
- 15
- Russia goals
- 18
Biggest wins
- Republic of Ireland: Republic of Ireland 3–0 Soviet Union, 30 Oct 1974
- Russia: Russia 4–2 Republic of Ireland, 7 Sept 2002
Runs
- Russia wins in a row: 2 (18 Oct 1972 to 13 May 1973)
- Republic of Ireland unbeaten: 3 (15 Jun 1988 to 23 Mar 1994)
- Russia unbeaten: 4 (7 Sept 2002 to 6 Sept 2011)
Scorers in these meetings
- Don Givens (Republic of Ireland)3
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia)2
- Oleh Protasov (Russia)2
- Viktor Kolotov (Russia)2
- Alan Dzagoev (Russia)1
- Andrei Karyaka (Russia)1
- Clinton Morrison (Republic of Ireland)1
- Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland)1
- Eoin Hand (Republic of Ireland)1
- Fyodor Cherenkov (Russia)1
- Gary Doherty (Republic of Ireland)1
- Mickey Walsh (Republic of Ireland)1
- Oleg Blokhin (Russia)1
- Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland)1
- Roman Shirokov (Russia)1
- Ronnie Whelan (Republic of Ireland)1
- Sergei Ignashevich (Russia)1
- Shane Long (Republic of Ireland)1
- Terry Conroy (Republic of Ireland)1
- Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia)1
- Vladimir Fedotov (Russia)1
- Volodymyr Onyshchenko (Russia)1