Youth competitions of friendship / football

The youth competitions of friendship in football were held from 1967 to 1990 for the junior national teams of the associations from almost all socialist countries in Europe as well as some countries in Latin America and Asia .

history

The premiere took place in Bulgaria in 1967 and was won by the organizer. The Soviet Union is the record champion with six successes - including three titles in a row from 1977 to 1979. The host won seven editions of the friendship youth competitions. After the so-called Autumn of Nations , the tournament history ended in 1990 with a victory for the ČSFR in Romania.

The GDR hosted the event three times: in 1971 and - each in the Gera district - in 1978 and in the early summer of 1989 with coach Claus Kreul . In the first two home tournaments, the East German footballers won silver and before the fall of the Berlin Wall they won another bronze. The GDR junior selection achieved its only tournament triumph in 1983 in Cuba with the later DFV and DFB-A selection players Andreas Thom , Ulf Kirsten and Olaf Marschall in the team.

Host, tournament winners and placements of the GDR juniors

1967	Bulgaria	10th place
1968	Yugoslavia	Third
1969	North Korea	10th place
1970	Romania	6th place
1971	ČSSR	Second
1972	Romania	5th place
1973	Bulgaria	7th place
1974	ČSSR	no participation
1975	North Korea	5th place
1976	Bulgaria	8th place
1977	Soviet Union	4th Place
1978	Soviet Union	Second
1979	Soviet Union	4th Place
1980	Hungary	Second
1981	North Korea	7th place
1982	North Korea	no participation
1983	GDR	winner
1984	Soviet Union	7th place
1985	Bulgaria	Third
1986	Hungary	Second
1987	Soviet Union	6th place
1988	ČSSR	still to research
1989	Soviet Union	Third (GDR II: 9th place)
1990	ČSFR	still to research

literature

• Günter Simon (overall editor): football informative . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-328-00130-1 , page 179/180.

Web link

Youth Football Games of the Socialist Countries at RSSSF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manfred Binkowski: Game No. 1 is clear - Game No. 25 is the goal. In: fuwo - The new football week . Aug 1, 1978, page 3.
2. ↑ Manfred Binkowski: Will our boys succeed in their eighth host victory? In: fuwo - The new football week . Jul 11, 1989, page 5.