Quick facts for kids
Soviet Union
| Nickname(s) |
Red Army |
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| Association |
Football Federation of the Soviet Union |
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| Most caps |
Oleg Blokhin (112) |
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| Top scorer |
Oleg Blokhin (42) |
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| Home stadium |
Various |
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| FIFA code |
URS |
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| FIFA ranking |
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| Current |
1 |
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| Highest |
1 (July 1960) |
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| Elo ranking |
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| Current |
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| Highest |
1 (1963–65, 1966, 1983-84, 1985–86, 1987, 1988) |
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[[File:{{{flag alias-1924}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] USSR 3–0 Turkey 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 November 1924) Last international
 Cyprus 0–3 USSR 
(Larnaca, Cyprus; 13 November 1991) |
| Biggest win |
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 USSR 11–1 India 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 16 September 1955)
 Finland 0–10 USSR
(Helsinki, Finland; 15 August 1957) |
| Biggest defeat |
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 England 5–0 USSR
(London, England; 22 October 1958) |
| World Cup |
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| Appearances |
7 (first in 1958) |
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| Best result |
Fourth place, 1966 |
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| European Championship |
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| Appearances |
6 (first in 1960) |
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| Best result |
Champions, 1960 |
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Soviet Union national football team was the national football team of Soviet Union. The team was left after the Soviet Union breakup in 1991. The team is now replaced by the Russia national football team.
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Soviet Union Squad World Cup
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1 Yashin • 2 Kesarev • 3 Krizhevsky • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Voinov • 6 Netto • 7 Apukhtin • 8 V. Ivanov • 9 Simonyan • 10 Salnikov • 11 Ilyin • 12 Maslachenko • 13 Belyayev • 14 Ostrovskiy • 15 Maslyonkin • 16 Tsarev • 17 A. Ivanov • 18 Bubukin • 19 Gusarov • 20 Falin • 21 Fedosov • 22 Yerokhin • Coach: Kachalin
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1 Yashin • 2 Maslachenko • 3 Kotrikadze • 4 Dubinski • 5 Chokheli • 6 Ostrovskiy • 7 Maslyonkin • 8 Shesternyov • 9 Manoshin • 10 Netto • 11 Sabo • 12 Voronin • 13 Gusarov • 14 Ivanov • 15 Kanevski • 16 Mamykin • 17 Meskhi • 18 Metreveli • 19 Ponedelnik • 20 Serebryanikov • 21 Khusainov • 22 Chislenko • Coach: Kachalin
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1 Yashin • 2 Serebryanikov • 3 Ostrovskiy • 4 Ponomaryov • 5 Afonin • 6 Shesternyov • 7 Khurtsilava • 8 Sabo • 9 Getmanov • 10 Danilov • 11 Chislenko • 12 Voronin • 13 Korneyev • 14 Sichinava • 15 Khusainov • 16 Metreveli • 17 Porkujan • 18 Banishevskiy • 19 Malofeyev • 20 Markarov • 21 Kavazashvili • 22 Bannikov • Coach: Morozov
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1 Shmuts • 2 Kavazashvili • 3 Afonin • 4 Dzodzuashvili • 5 Kaplichny • 6 Lovchev • 7 Logofet • 8 Khurtsilava • 9 Shesternyov • 10 Zykov • 11 Asatiani • 12 Kiselev • 13 Yashin • 14 Muntyan • 15 Serebryanikov • 16 Byshovets • 17 Yevriuzhikin • 18 Metreveli • 19 Nodia • 20 Puzach • 21 Khmelnitsky • 22 Porkujan • Coach: Kachalin
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1 Dasayev • 2 Sulakvelidze • 3 Chivadze • 4 Khidiyatullin • 5 Baltacha • 6 Demyanenko • 7 Shengelia • 8 Bessonov • 9 Gavrilov • 10 Oganesian • 11 Blokhin • 12 Bal • 13 Daraselia • 14 Borovsky • 15 Andreyev • 16 Rodionov • 17 Buryak • 18 Susloparov • 19 Yevtushenko • 20 Romantsev • 21 Viktor Chanov • 22 Vyacheslav Chanov • Coach: Beskov
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1 Dasayev • 2 Bezsonov • 3 Chivadze • 4 Morozov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Bubnov • 7 Yaremchuk • 8 Yakovenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Kuznetsov • 11 Blokhin • 12 Bal • 13 Litovchenko • 14 Rodionov • 15 Larionov • 16 Chanov • 17 Yevtushenko • 18 Protasov • 19 Belanov • 20 Aleinikov • 21 Rats • 22 Krakovsky • Coach: Lobanovsky
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1 Dasayev • 2 Bezsonov • 3 Khidiyatullin • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Rats • 7 Aleinikov • 8 Litovchenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Protasov • 11 Dobrovolski • 12 Borodyuk • 13 Tsveiba • 14 Liuty • 15 Yaremchuk • 16 Chanov • 17 Zygmantovich • 18 Shalimov • 19 Fokin • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Broshin • 22 Uvarov • Coach: Lobanovsky
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Images for kids
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Soviet Union team of 1927
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Lev Yashin trying to stop the shot by Argentine striker José Sanfilippo, during the match played at Buenos Aires in 1961. Soviet Union won 2–1
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The Soviet Union playing the Argentina at Estadio Monumental, November 1976
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