USSR national football team
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The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union. FIFA considers the Russia national football team as its successor team(see [link]) allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside Russian SFSR, mainly from Ukrainian SSR, and following the break up of the Soviet Union, some such as Oleg Salenko and 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 once, in 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 seven 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-16 World Championship in 1987.
Famous players
- Igor Belanov
- Oleg Blokhin
- Vsevolod Bobrov
- Leonid Buryak
- Igor Chislenko
- Rinat Dasaev
- Yuri Gavrilov
- Valentin Ivanov
- Gennadiy Litovchenko
- Alexei Mikhailichenko
- Igor Netto
- Viktor Ponedelnik
- Oleg Protasov
- Evgeni Rudakov
- Eduard Streltsov
- Lev Yashin
- Aleksandr Zavarov
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World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Scorers |
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European Championship record
- 1960 - Champions
- 1964 - Runners-up (lost to Spain)
- 1968 - Fourth place (lost to Italy in semifinals (note: on coin toss), lost to England in 3rd place match)
- 1972 - Runners-up (lost to West Germany)
- 1976 - Did not qualify - Quarterfinals (lost to Czechoslovakia)
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Runners-up (lost to Netherlands)
- 1992 - Round 1 (as CIS)
Notes
See also
External links
- [RSSSF archive of results 1912-]
- [RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
- [Russia Team Profile including old USSR World Cup qualifications]
- [Russia (USSR) National Football Team]
| Soviet football (soccer) competitions | ||
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| Leagues: Soviet Top League | Soviet First League | ||
| Cups: Soviet Cup | USSR Super Cup | USSR Federation Cup | ||
| Miscellaneous: National team | Under-21 National team |
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- Asia: AFC – Asian Cup
- Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations
- North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup
- South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América
- Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup
- Europe: UEFA – European Championship
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