| Nickname(s) | Youth ( Russian: Молодежная, Molodyozhnaya) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
| Head coach | - | ||
| Most caps | ? | ||
| Top scorer | ? | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
Soviet Union (lads) 1–3 Soviet Union (youth)
( Moscow, Soviet Union; 21 May 1963) Last International Soviet Union 1–1
Italy
 ( Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR; 16 October 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Soviet Union 6–0
Czechoslovakia
 ( Yerevan, Armenian SSR; 10 April 1974) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
West Germany 5–0 Soviet Union
( 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.
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. USSR's unparalleled record in U-23 competitions is also shown.
UEFA U-23 championship record
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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship Knockout stage | UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group stage | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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|
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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
The last Soviet U-21 team
- Head coach
- Vladimir Radionov
Notes:
- All data through 31 December 1991.
- Mikhail Yeremin died on 30 June 1991 from injuries he sustained in an auto accident on 23 June, less than a week after his birthday.
- Rogovskoi moved to Poland ( Zagłębie Lubin), Sydelnykov - Germany ( SG Wattenscheid 09), Pozdnyakov - Austria ( FC Stahl Linz), Tskhadadze - Sweden ( GIF Sundsvall), Shalimov - Italy ( U.S. Foggia), Kanchelskis - England ( Manchester United F.C.), Pyatnitskiy - Russia ( Spartak Moscow), Mostovoi - Portugal ( S.L. Benfica), Dobrovolskiy - Switzerland ( Servette FC), Kolyvanov - Italy ( U.S. Foggia), Yuran - Portugal ( S.L. Benfica).
National teams of the former Soviet republics
Russia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Ukraine |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Belarus |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Uzbekistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
Kazakhstan |
National team | U-21 team (U-23 team) | UEFA (AFC: 1992–2002) |
Georgia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Azerbaijan |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Lithuania |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Moldova |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Latvia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Kyrgyzstan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
Tajikistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
Armenia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
Turkmenistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
Estonia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
See also
External links
- 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
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| Nickname(s) | Youth ( Russian: Молодежная, Molodyozhnaya) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
| Head coach | - | ||
| Most caps | ? | ||
| Top scorer | ? | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
|
Soviet Union (lads) 1–3 Soviet Union (youth)
( Moscow, Soviet Union; 21 May 1963) Last International Soviet Union 1–1
Italy
( Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR; 16 October 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
|
Soviet Union 6–0
Czechoslovakia
( Yerevan, Armenian SSR; 10 April 1974) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
|
West Germany 5–0 Soviet Union
( 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.
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. USSR's unparalleled record in U-23 competitions is also shown.
UEFA U-23 championship record
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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship Knockout stage | UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group stage | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
|
|
- 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
The last Soviet U-21 team
- Head coach
- Vladimir Radionov
Notes:
- All data through 31 December 1991.
- Mikhail Yeremin died on 30 June 1991 from injuries he sustained in an auto accident on 23 June, less than a week after his birthday.
- Rogovskoi moved to Poland ( Zagłębie Lubin), Sydelnykov - Germany ( SG Wattenscheid 09), Pozdnyakov - Austria ( FC Stahl Linz), Tskhadadze - Sweden ( GIF Sundsvall), Shalimov - Italy ( U.S. Foggia), Kanchelskis - England ( Manchester United F.C.), Pyatnitskiy - Russia ( Spartak Moscow), Mostovoi - Portugal ( S.L. Benfica), Dobrovolskiy - Switzerland ( Servette FC), Kolyvanov - Italy ( U.S. Foggia), Yuran - Portugal ( S.L. Benfica).
National teams of the former Soviet republics
|
Russia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Ukraine |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Belarus |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Uzbekistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
|
Kazakhstan |
National team | U-21 team (U-23 team) | UEFA (AFC: 1992–2002) |
|
Georgia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Azerbaijan |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Lithuania |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Moldova |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Latvia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
|
Tajikistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
|
Armenia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
|
Turkmenistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
|
Estonia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
See also
External links
- 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
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