Football World Cup 1982 / Soviet Union

This article covers the Soviet national soccer team at the 1982 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	20: 2	14th
2	Czechoslovakia	15: 6	10
3	Wales	12: 7	10
4th	Iceland	10:21	6th
5	Turkey	1:22	0

Iceland	-	Soviet Union	1: 2
Soviet Union	-	Iceland	5-0
Wales	-	Soviet Union	0-0
Soviet Union	-	Turkey	4-0
Turkey	-	Soviet Union	0: 3
Soviet Union	-	Czechoslovakia	2-0
Soviet Union	-	Wales	3-0
Czechoslovakia	-	Soviet Union	1: 1

Soviet contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Rinat Dassayev	Spartak Moscow	07/13/1957	5	0	0	0
21st	Viktor Chanov	Dynamo Kiev	07/21/1959	0	0	0	0
22nd	Vyacheslav Chanov	Torpedo Moscow	October 23, 1951	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Tengis Sulakwelidse	Dinamo Tbilisi	07/23/1956	4th	0	0	0
3	Aleksandre Tschivadze	Dinamo Tbilisi	04/08/1955	5	1	1	0
4th	Wagis Chidijatullin	CSKA Moscow	03/03/1959	0	0	0	0
5	Sergei Baltacha	Dynamo Kiev	02/17/1958	5	1	1	0
14th	Sergei Borowski	FK Dinamo Minsk	01/29/1956	3	0	1	0
18th	Yuri Susloparov	Torpedo Moscow	10/01/1961	1	0	0	0
20th	Oleg Romanzew	Spartak Moscow	04/01/1954	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Anatoly Demyanenko	Dynamo Kiev	02/19/1959	5	0	0	0
8th	Volodymyr Bessonov	Dynamo Kiev	05.03.1958	5	0	1	0
9	Yuri Gavrilov	Spartak Moscow	05/03/1953	5	1	0	0
10	Chorus Ohanessjan	Ararat Yerevan	01/10/1955	3	1	0	0
12	Andrij Bal	Dynamo Kiev	January 16, 1958	4th	1	0	0
13	Vitali Darasselia	Dinamo Tbilisi	10/09/1957	4th	0	0	0
17th	Leonid Burjak	Dynamo Kiev	07/10/1953	0	0	0	0
19th	Vadym Yevtushenko	Dynamo Kiev	01/01/1958	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Ramas Schengelia	Dinamo Tbilisi	01/01/1957	5	1	0	0
11	Oleh Blochin	Dynamo Kiev	05/11/1952	5	1	0	0
15th	Sergei Andreyev	FK Rostov	05/16/1956	3	0	0	0
16	Sergei Rodionov	Spartak Moscow	09/03/1962	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Konstantin Beskov		11/18/1920

Soviet team games

First round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	010: 200	+8	06-00
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	03: 30
3.	Scotland	3	1	1	1	008: 800	± 0	03: 30
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	002:120	−10	00: 60

• Brazil - Soviet Union 2: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán ( Sevilla )

Spectators: 68,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo ( Spain )

Goals: 0: 1 Bal (34th), 1: 1 Sócrates (75th), 2: 1 Éder (88th)

• Soviet Union - New Zealand 3: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda ( Málaga )

Spectators: 19,000

Referee: Jussuf Mohammed Al-Ghoul ( Libya )

Goals: 1-0 Gavrilow (24th), 2-0 Blochin (48th), 3-0 Baltatscha (68th)

• Soviet Union - Scotland 2: 2 (0: 1)

Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda ( Málaga )

Spectators: 45,000

Referee: Nicolai Rainea ( Romania )

Goals: 0: 1 Jordan (15th), 1: 1 Tschivadze (59th), 2: 1 Schengelia (84th), 2: 2 Souness (86th)

Against the tournament favorites Brazil, the USSR led until the 75th minute, until Éder Aleixo could equalize. With two minutes to go, Sócrates decided the game in favor of the South Americans. The Soviet Union won 3-0 against the blatant outsider New Zealand. The decision for second place had to be decided by goal difference, because the Soviets and Scots parted 2-2. Here the equalizer fell for Scotland in the 86th minute but did nothing to change the progress of the Soviet Union. Thus, the smaller defeat of the Soviets against the Brazilians hit through and the men around star striker Oleg Blochin were on, while Kenny Dalglish & Co. were allowed to leave.

Second round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	2	1	1	0	003-000	+3	03: 10
2.	Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	001-000	+1	03: 10
3.	Belgium	2	0	0	2	000: 400	−4	00: 40

• Belgium - Soviet Union 0: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Camp Nou ( Barcelona )

Spectators: 45,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot ( France )

Goals: 0: 1 Oganesian (48th)

• Poland - Soviet Union 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Camp Nou ( Barcelona )

Spectators: 65,000

Referee: Bob Valentine ( Scotland )

Goals: none

Three goals by Boniek for Poland against Belgium (3-0) decided Group A, as the 1-0 of the USSR against the Flemings and Walloons was not enough to hold the Poles back from making it to the bottom four.