In 1986, in preparation for FIFA World Cup 1986 USSR national team held a control game with the Crimea national team composed of Simferopol football players "Tavria, Kerch "Ocean" and Sevastopol "Atlantic."

The national team representing the current Republic of Crimea for the first time can be said in light of the fact that on 4 December 2014, at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee, it was decided to ban Crimean clubs from taking part in competitions organised on 1 January 2015 by Russian Football Union.

[9] The official date for the creation of the national team of Crimea was set on 13 March 2017, since this day in Sevastopol Crimeans held their first international friendly match in the framework of the Crimean Spring tournament with the amateur football club Rostselmash (Rostov-on-Don), winning 5–0.

[10] After 2018 World Cup a friendly match was planned with the Syrian national team,[11][12][13] however it did not take place.

[14] Within the framework of the Third International Forum "Crimea in the global scientific and educational space" Crimeans played with the "Peace Team", a selection team which included foreign students studying in Crimea, representing Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Egypt and Uzbekistan.