Soviet Union national under-20 football team
Nickname(s) | Lads (Юноши) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of USSR | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | - | ||
FIFA code | URS | ||
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First international | |||
(Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977) Last international (Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991) | |||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 1977) | ||
Best result | Winners, 1977 |
The Soviet national lads (youth) football team was a special under-18 football team of the Soviet Union designated specifically for FIFA World Youth Championship (today FIFA U-20 World Cup). It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union.
The team was created in 1977 for the newly created FIFA competition for junior teams (among lads, under-18).
With dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union youth under-18 football team competed at the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Championship as the CIS youth under-18 football team which qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. That berth was passed over (grandfathered) to the Russia national under-20 football team.
FIFA World Youth Championship
- 1977: Winners.
- 1979: Runners-up.
- 1981: Did not qualify.
- 1983: Group stage. Finished 4th of 4 in group D.
- 1985: 4th place. (qualified as a host)
- 1987: Did not qualify.
- 1989: Losing quarter-finalists.
- 1991: 3rd place.
- 1993: (qualified, its berth was passed to Russia).
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
The last Soviet U-20 team
- Head coach
- Gennadi Kostylev
Notes:
- All data through December 31, 1991.
- 1992 transfers: Mandreko moved to Austria (Rapid Wien), Mamchur - Russia (Asmaral Moscow), Bushmanov changed team (CSKA Moscow), Scherbakov - Portugal (Sporting Lisbon), Novosadov changed team (KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny), Tumilovich changed team (Belarus Minsk).
See also
External links
- FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.
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