National Football Team of the USSR (U-21 men)

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Soviet Union
Association Federacija Futbola SSSR
confederacy UEFA
FIFA code
home
Away
statistics
First international match
Spain 1-2 USSR
( Simferopol ; October 16, 1991)
Last game
USSR 1: 1 Italy
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Biggest win
USSR 6-0 Czechoslovakia
( Yerevan ; April 10, 1974)
Biggest defeat
Germany 5-0 USSR
( Aachen ; March 30, 1982)
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 1980 )
Best results 1980 (winner)
(As of October 2008)

The U-21 national soccer team of the USSR was a selection team of Soviet soccer players . She was subject to the Federacija Futbola SSSR and represented him at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play were players who had not yet reached the age of 21 and who were citizens of the Soviet Union . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

The Soviet Union managed to take part in all three U-23 European Championships with its U-23 national team. In the first attempt they lost the final in 1972, in 1974 they were eliminated in the semifinals, but in 1976 they achieved their first triumph. After the reorientation of the UEFA youth football competitions in 1976, the Soviet Union decided to found its own U-21 national team. The Soviet Union missed out on participation in the first U21 European Championship, even though it was always among the top four teams in Europe at the U23 level. But the first title was won in the second attempt. This success could be repeated in 1990. Despite the two European championship titles, the Soviet Union was affected by great fluctuations in performance - if you were eliminated in the semi-finals in 1982 you could not qualify for any of the other finals (1978, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1992).

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the following successor teams were formed:

Participation in U-23 European Championships

1972 final
1974 Semifinals
1976 winner

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1978 not qualified
1980 winner
1982 Semifinals
1984 not qualified
1986 not qualified
1988 not qualified
1990 winner
1992 not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

See also

Web links

  • RSSSF All U21 / U23 tournaments