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Soviet Union national football team

National Football Team
NameUSSR Soviet Union
NicknameRed Army
AssociationFootball Federation of USSR
Most capsOleg Blokhin (112)
Top scorerOleg Blokhin (42)
FIFA codeURS
Highest Elo ranking1 (1963, 1966, 1983 - 84, 1985 - 86, 1987 - 88)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalURS 3 - 0 Turkey
(Moscow, USSR; 16 November 1924)
Last international

Cyprus 0 - 3 URS
(Larnaca, Cyprus; 13 November 1991)
Biggest winURS 11 - 1 India
(Moscow, USSR; 16 September 1955)
Finland 0 - 10 URS
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 August 1957)
Biggest defeatEngland 5 - 0 URS
(London, England; 22 October 1958)
Appearances7
First World Cup1958
Best resultFourth place, 1966
Regional cup statistics
European Championship
Appearances5
First apps.1960
Best resultWinners, 1960

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The Soviet Union National Football Team (Russian: Сборная Советского Союза по футболу, tr. Sbornaya Sovyetskogo Soyuza po futbolu) was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist after the break up of the Union. FIFA considers the CIS national football team (and ultimately, the Russia national football team) as its successor team allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside the Russian SFSR, mainly from the Ukrainian SSR, and following the break up of the Soviet Union, some such as Andrei Kanchelskis from the former Ukrainian SSR continued to serve in the new Russia national football team.

The Soviet Union failed to qualify for the World Cup only twice, in 1974 and 1978, and attended seven finals tournaments in total. Their best finish was fourth in 1966, when they lost to West Germany in the semifinals, 2 - 1. The USSR qualified for five European Championships, winning the inaugural competition in 1960 when they beat Yugoslavia in the final, 2 - 1. They finished second three times (1964, 1972, 1988), and fourth once (1968), when, having drawn with Italy in the semi-final, they were sent to the third place playoff match by the loss of a coin toss. The Soviet Union also won the gold medal in the 1956 and 1988 Summer Olympics, the inaugural World Youth Championship in 1977, and the Under-17 World Championship in 1987.

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Medal Record : Olympic
Men’s Football
Gold1956 MelbourneTeam
Bronze1972 MunichTeam
Bronze1976 MontrealTeam
Bronze1980 MoscowTeam
Gold1988 SeoulTeam

Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
European Champions
1960 (First title)
Succeeded by
1964 Spain

Former Soviet republics :
Nation Confederation International Tournament (s) Notes
Armenia UEFA
Azerbaijan UEFA
Belarus UEFA
Estonia UEFA
Georgia %28country%29 UEFA
Kazakhstan UEFA Member of AFC 1992 � 2002
Kyrgyzstan AFC
Latvia UEFA UEFA Euro 2004
Lithuania UEFA
Moldova UEFA
Russia UEFA 1994 FIFA World Cup
UEFA Euro 1996
1998 FIFA World Cup play-offs
2002 FIFA World Cup
UEFA Euro 2004
UEFA Euro 2008
2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs
Tajikistan AFC
Turkmenistan AFC 2004 AFC Asian Cup
Ukraine UEFA 1998 FIFA World Cup play-offs
UEFA Euro 2000 play-offs
2002 FIFA World Cup play-offs
2006 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup play-offs
UEFA Euro 2012
Uzbekistan AFC 1996 AFC Asian Cup
2000 AFC Asian Cup
2004 AFC Asian Cup
2007 AFC Asian Cup

World Cup record :
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 1 2 5 6
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 9 7
England 1966 Semi-finals 4th 6 4 0 2 10 6
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 2
West Germany 1974
Disqualified
Argentina 1978
Did Not Qualify
Spain 1982 Round 2 7th 5 2 2 1 7 4
Mexico 1986 Round 2 10th 4 2 1 1 12 5
Italy 1990 Round 1 17th 3 1 0 2 4 4
United States 1994 Succeeded by Russia
Total 7/9 31 15 6 10 53 34

European Championship record :
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Winners 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1
Spain 1964 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 2
Italy 1968 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 1 1 0 2
Belgium 1972 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 1 3
Yugoslavia 1976 Quarter-finals
Italy 1980 Did Not Qualify
France 1984
West Germany 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 4
Sweden 1992 Succeeded by CIS
Total 6/8 1 Title 13 7 2 4 17 12

Most capped Soviet players :
# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Oleg Blokhin 1972 - 1988 112 42
2 Rinat Dasaev 1979 - 1990 91 0
3 Albert Shesternev 1961 - 1971 90 0
4 Anatoliy Demyanenko 1981 - 1990 80 6
5 Volodymyr Bezsonov 1977 - 1990 79 4
6 Siarhey Aleinikaw 1984 - 1991 77 6
7 Lev Yashin 1954 - 1967 74 0
8 Murtaz Khurtsilava 1965 - 1973 69 6
9 Oleg Protasov 1984 - 1991 68 29
10 Valeriy Voronin 1960 - 1968 66 5
11 Oleg Kuznetsov 1986 - 1991 63 1
12 Volodymyr Kaplichny 1968 - 1974 62 0
13 Valentin Ivanov 1956 - 1965 59 26
14 Vagiz Khidiatulin 1978 - 1990 58 6
15 Gennadiy Litovchenko 1984 - 1990 58 15
16 Viktor Kolotov 1970 - 1978 55 22
17 Igor Netto 1952 - 1965 54 4
18 Igor Chislenko 1959 - 1968 53 20
19 Evgeniy Lovchev 1969 - 1977 52 1
20 Anatoliy Banishevskiy 1965 - 1972 50 19

Top goalscorers :
# Player Career Goals (Caps) Pct.
1 Oleg Blokhin 1972 - 1988 42 (112)  
2 Oleg Protasov 1984 - 1991 29 (68)  
3 Valentin Ivanov 1956 - 1965 26 (59)  
4 Eduard Streltsov 1955 - 1968 25 (38)  
5 Viktor Kolotov 1970 - 1978 22 (55)  
6 Viktor Ponedelnik 1960 - 1966 20 (29)  
Igor Chislenko 1959 - 1968 20 (53)  
8 Anatoliy Banishevskiy 1965 - 1972 19 (50)  
9 Anatoliy Ilyin 1952 - 1959 16 (31)  
10 Anatoliy Byshovets 1966 - 1972 15 (39)  
Gennadiy Litovchenko 1984 - 1990 15 (58)  
12 Fedor Cherenkov 1979 - 1990 12 (34)  
13 Sergei Salnikov 1954 - 1958 11 (20)  
Volodymyr Onyschenko 1972 - 1977 11 (44)  
Slava Metreveli 1958 - 1970 11 (48)  
16 Nikita (Mkrtych) Simonyan 1954 - 1958 10 (20)  
Ramaz Shengelia 1979 - 1983 10 (26)  
Yuriy Gavrilov 1978 - 1985 10 (46)  


Soviet football competitions

LeaguesTop League, First League, Second League, Second League B
CupsSoviet Cup, Super Cup, Federation Cup
MiscellaneousNational team, National under-21 team, CIS national team, Soviet Footballer of the Year

International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

Defunct and altered national football teams

Recognised as defunct by FIFAEast Germany, Saarland, South Vietnam, South Yemen
Teams whose names and borders both differ from the presentCIS, Czechoslovakia, FLN, Ireland, North Vietnam, USSR, SFR Yugoslavia



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