Nickname(s) | Youth (Russian: Молодежная, Molodyozhnaya) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
Head coach | - | ||
Most caps | ? | ||
Top scorer | ? | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Moscow, Soviet Union; 21 May 1963) Last International ![]() ![]() (Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR; 16 October 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yerevan, Armenian SSR; 10 April 1974) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Aachen, West Germany; 30 March 1982) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Winners, 1976 (as U-23), 1980 & 1990 |
The Soviet national youth football team was the under-21 football team of the Soviet Union. Before 1978 it was known as under-23 team. It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union.
Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the USSR Under-21 team was formed. The team had a good record, winning the competition twice, reaching the last four once, but failing to qualify for the last eight on five occasions.
After the dissolution of the USSR (on 26 December 1991), the senior team played out its remaining fixtures, which were the finals of Euro 92. Because the USSR U-21s had, by 26 December, already failed to qualify for their version of the 1992 European Championship, the former Soviet states didn't play as a combined team at U-21 level ever again.
Of the former Soviet states, only Russia entered the 1992–1994 competition. A total of 15 former Soviet states play international football today; 11 in Europe under UEFA, 4 in Asia under the AFC.
UEFA U-23 championship record
[edit]Started in Balkans as the Under-23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970, the Soviet Union did not participate.
UEFA European Under-23 Championship Knockout stage | UEFA European Under-23 Championship Group stage | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1972 | Final | Runners-up | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
1974 | Semifinals | Third place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
1976 | Final | Champions | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
UEFA U-21 championship record
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1978 | did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
1980 | Final | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
1982 | Semifinals | Third place | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1984 | did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
1986 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
1988 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
1990 | Final | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |
1992 | did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Managers
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- In 1992 it also competed as the CIS national under-21 football team coached by Boris Ignatyev. Since August 1992 Boris Ignatyev continued already with the Russia national under-21 football team.
1990 European Championship squad
[edit]- Head coach
- Vladimir Radionov
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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GK | Andriy Kovtun | 28 February 1968 (aged 21) | 6 | ![]() | |
GK | Dmitriy Kharine | 16 August 1968 (aged 21) | 10 | ![]() | |
GK | Mikhail Yeremin | 17 June 1968 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() | |
DF | Dmitriy Chugunov | 9 June 1968 (aged 21) | 6 | ![]() | |
DF | Andriy Bal | 16 January 1958 (aged 31) | 8 | ![]() | |
DF | Vadim Rogovskoi | 6 February 1962 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Andriy Sydelnykov | 27 September 1967 (aged 22) | 6 | ![]() | |
DF | Andrei Chernyshov | 7 January 1968 (aged 21) | 5 | ![]() | |
DF | Oleh Luzhnyi | 5 August 1968 (aged 21) | 4 | ![]() | |
DF | Ravil Sabitov | 8 March 1968 (aged 21) | 4 | ![]() | |
DF | Serhiy Zayets | 18 August 1969 (aged 20) | 3 | ![]() | |
DF | Boris Pozdnyakov | 31 May 1962 (aged 27) | 2 | ![]() | |
DF | Andrei Solovtsov | 17 October 1967 (aged 22) | 2 | ![]() | |
DF | Mikhail Solovyov | 23 December 1968 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() | |
DF | Gennadi Nagornykh | 20 May 1968 (aged 21) | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Gela Ketashvili | September 27, 1965 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | 7 September 1968 (aged 21) | 5 | ![]() | |
MF | Igor Shalimov | 2 February 1969 (aged 20) | 11 | ![]() | |
MF | Serhiy Shmatovalenko | 20 January 1967 (aged 22) | 11 | ![]() | |
MF | Andrei Kobelev | 22 October 1968 (aged 21) | 10 | ![]() | |
MF | Andrei Kanchelskis | 23 January 1969 (aged 20) | 8 | ![]() | |
MF | Aleksandr Mostovoi | 22 August 1968 (aged 21) | 7 | ![]() | |
MF | Andrei Pyatnitskiy | 27 September 1967 (aged 22) | 6 | ![]() | |
MF | Yevgeniy Smertin | 17 January 1969 (aged 20) | 4 | ![]() | |
MF | Igor Dobrovolskiy | 27 August 1967 (aged 22) | 2 | ![]() | |
MF | Zaza Revishvili | 23 May 1968 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() | |
MF | Gia Dzhishkariani | 30 November 1967 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Serhiy Pohodin | 29 April 1968 (aged 21) | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Igor Kolyvanov | 6 March 1968 (aged 21) | 11 | ![]() | |
FW | Sergei Kiriakov | 1 January 1970 (aged 19) | 6 | ![]() | |
FW | Nikolai Pisarev | 23 November 1968 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() | |
FW | Oleg Salenko | 25 October 1969 (aged 20) | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Sergei Yuran | 11 June 1969 (aged 20) | 1 | ![]() |
Notes:
- All data through 31 December 1989.
1992 European Championship cycle squad
[edit]The last under-21 squad which is also known as the Olympic. All caps and goals are based on the Soviet team performance at the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 1990–1991.
- Head coach
- Boris Ignatyev
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Gintaras Staučė | 24 December 1969 (aged 22) | 5 | -2 | ![]() | |
GK | Vladimir Pchelnikov | 30 March 1970 (aged 21) | 1 | -2 | ![]() | |
DF | Serhiy Bezhenar | 9 August 1970 (aged 21) | 6 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Yuriy Nikiforov | 16 September 1970 (aged 21) | 6 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Omari Tetradze | 13 October 1969 (aged 22) | 5 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Vyacheslav Tsaryov | 4 May 1971 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Dmitri Khlestov | 21 January 1971 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Viktor Onopko | 14 October 1969 (aged 22) | 3 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Oleh Benko | 21 October 1969 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Serhiy Zayets | 18 August 1969 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Sergey Shustikov | 30 September 1970 (aged 21) | 2 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Yuriy Moroz | 8 September 1970 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Igor Chugainov | 6 April 1970 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Yevgeni Bushmanov | 2 November 1971 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Sergei Mamchur | 3 February 1972 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Serhiy Shcherbakov | 15 August 1971 (aged 20) | 3 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Mirjalol Qosimov | 17 September 1970 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Bakhva Tedeyev | 18 September 1969 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Sergei Mandreko | 1 August 1971 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Anatoliy Mushchynka | 19 August 1970 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Oleh Koshelyuk | 7 September 1969 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Dmitri Radchenko | 2 December 1970 (aged 21) | 6 | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Sergei Kiriakov | 1 January 1970 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Yuri Tishkov | 12 March 1971 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Oleg Salenko | 25 October 1969 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Valeri Popovitch | 18 May 1970 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Igor Simutenkov | 3 April 1973 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
National teams of the former Soviet republics
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National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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National team | U-21 team (U-23 team) | UEFA (AFC: 1992–2002) |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
- НЕОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ РЕЕСТР МАТЧЕЙ МОЛОДЕЖНОЙ СБОРНОЙРОССИИ /СССР, СНГ/. www.rusteam.permian.ru