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USSR national football team
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. The Russian team should not be considered as a continuation of this team; a large percentage of the team's players came from outside Russia.
The Soviet Union qualified for seven World Cups. Their best finish was fourth in 1966, when they lost to West Germany in the semifinals, 2-1. The USSR qualified for seven Europan 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 Italy advanced to the finals after a 0-0 tie and 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.
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World Cup record
- 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 - Quarterfinals
- 1962 - Quarterfinals
- 1966 - Fourth place
- 1970 - Quarterfinals
- 1974 - Disqualified for refusal to travel to Chile
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Round 2
- 1986 - Round 2
- 1990 - Round 1
European Championship record
- 1960 - Champions
- 1964 - Second place
- 1968 - Fourth place
- 1972 - Second place
- 1976 - Quarterfinals
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Second place
- 1992 - Round 1 (as CIS)
Famous players
- Igor Belanov
- Oleg Blokhin
- Vsevolod Bobrov
- Leonid Buryak
- Igor Chislenko
- Rinat Dasaev
- Yuri Gavrilov
- Valentin Ivanov
- Alexei Mikhailichenko
- Igor Netto
- Viktor Ponedelnik
- Oleg Protasov
- Evgeni Rudakov
- Eduard Streltsov
- Lev Yashin
- Alexander Zavarov
National teams of the former Soviet republics
- Armenia national football team
- Azerbaijan national football team
- Belarus national football team
- Estonia national football team
- Georgia national football team
- Kazakhstan national football team
- Kyrgyzstan national football team
- Latvia national football team
- Lithuania national football team
- Moldova national football team
- Russia national football team
- Tajikistan national football team
- Turkmenistan national football team
- Ukraine national football team
- Uzbekistan national football team
External links
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