List of the international matches of the national football team of the USSR

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This list includes all of the official FIFA- run games of the Soviet team and the men's CIS. After the establishment of the Soviet Union , FIFA banned its member countries from playing games against the USSR. Only Turkey resisted the order. In the 1920s and 30s, 15 games were played, of which the World Football Association only recognized the first two games in 1924 and 1925. After joining FIFA in 1946, it was another eight years before the USSR's next international match against Sweden in September 1954 . After the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the team started under the name of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). She made her last game on June 18, 1992 at the European Football Championship in the group game against Scotland . The USSR was the first European team to play against El Salvador (1970), Colombia (1962 World Cup) and North Korea (1966 World Cup).

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables. All results are given from the perspective of the Soviet team.

• green background color = victory of the Soviet team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the Soviet team
• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• Amat. = Amateurs
• WM = World Championship
• EM = European Championship
• OS = Summer Olympic Games
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties

USSR

1923 to 1929

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
*	Sep 18 1923	4: 2	Estonia	A.	Tallinn ( EST )	Friendly match	The game is not counted as an official international match by Fifa and the Russian Federation; according to the Russian Federation it was a game of the Russian SFSR
001.	Nov 16, 1924	3-0	Turkey	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game as USSR , first game against Turkey
002.	May 15, 1925	2: 1	Turkey	A.	Ankara ( TUR )	Friendly match

1954 to 1959

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
03.	08 Sep 1954	7-0	Sweden	H	Moscow	Friendly match
04th	26 Sep 1954	1: 1	Hungary	H	Moscow	Friendly match
05.	June 26, 1955	6-0	Sweden	A.	Solna ( SWE )	Friendly match
06th	Aug 21, 1955	3: 2	BR Germany	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against a reigning world champion
07th	16 Sep 1955	11: 1	India	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against India
08th.	25 Sep 1955	1: 1	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Friendly match
09.	Oct 23, 1955	2: 2	France	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against France
010.	May 23, 1956	5: 1	Denmark	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against Denmark
011.	0July 1, 1956	5: 2	Denmark	A.	Copenhagen ( DEN )	Friendly match
012.	Sep 15 1956	2: 1	BR Germany	A.	Hanover ( GER )	Friendly match
013.	23 Sep 1956	0: 1	Hungary	H	Moscow	Friendly match
014th	Oct 21, 1956	1: 2	France	A.	Colombes ( FRA )	Friendly match
015th	0June 1, 1957	1: 1	Romania	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against Romania
016.	June 23, 1957	3-0	Poland	H	Moscow	World Cup 1958 qualification	first game against Poland
017th	July 21, 1957	4-0	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match	first game against Bulgaria
018th	July 27, 1957	2: 1	Finland	H	Moscow	World Cup 1958 qualification
019th	Aug 15, 1957	10-0	Finland	A.	Helsinki ( FIN )	World Cup 1958 qualification
020th	23 Sep 1957	2: 1	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Friendly match
021st	Oct. 20, 1957	1: 2	Poland	A.	Chorzów ( POL )	World Cup 1958 qualification
022nd	Nov 24, 1957	2-0	Poland	*	Leipzig ( GDR )	1958 World Cup qualifying playoff	The USSR and Poland were tied
023.	May 18, 1958	1: 1	England	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against England
024.	0June 8, 1958	2: 2	England	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	World Cup 1958 group game	first game at a World Cup
025th	June 11, 1958	2-0	Austria	*	Borås ( SWE )	World Cup 1958 group game	first game against Austria
026th	June 15, 1958	0: 2	Brazil	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	World Cup 1958 group game	first game against Brazil
027.	June 17, 1958	1-0	England	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	World Cup 1958 group playoff	The USSR and England were tied on points and goals
028.	June 19, 1958	0: 2	Sweden	A.	Solna ( SWE )	World Cup 1958 quarter-finals
029	Aug 30, 1958	2: 1	Czechoslovakia	A.	Prague ( TCH )	Friendly match	first game against Czechoslovakia
030th	28 Sep 1958	3: 1	Hungary	H	Moscow	EM 1960 round of 16 first leg
031.	Oct 22, 1958	0: 5	England	H	Moscow	Friendly match
032.	06 Sep 1959	3: 1	Czechoslovakia	H	Moscow	Friendly match
033.	27 Sep 1959	1-0	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Euro 1960 round of 16 second leg
034.	0Oct 3, 1959	1-0	People's Republic of China	A.	Beijing ( CHN )	Friendly match	first game against the People's Republic of China

1960 to 1969

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
035.	May 19, 1960	7: 1	Poland	H	Moscow	Friendly match
036.	May 22, 1960	3-0	Spain	H	Moscow	EM 1960 quarter-final first leg	Spain did not appear in the first leg of the quarter-finals.
037.	0June 9, 1960	3-0	Spain	A.	Madrid	EM 1960 quarter-final second leg	Spain did not appear in the second leg of the quarter-finals either.
038.	0July 6, 1960	3-0	Czechoslovakia	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Euro 1960 finals semi-finals
039.	July 10, 1960	2: 1 a.d.	Yugoslavia	*	Paris ( FRA )	European Championship 1960 finals	European Championship title for the USSR first game against Yugoslavia
040.	Aug 17, 1960	1-0	German Democratic Republic	A.	Leipzig ( GDR )	Friendly match	first game against the GDR
041.	04th Sep 1960	1: 3	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	Friendly match
042.	May 21, 1961	0: 1	Poland	A.	Warsaw ( POL )	Friendly match
043.	June 18, 1961	1-0	Turkey	H	Moscow	1962 World Cup qualification
044.	June 24, 1961	0-0	Argentina	H	Moscow	Friendly match	first game against Argentina
045.	0July 1, 1961	5: 2	Norway	H	Moscow	1962 World Cup qualification
046.	23 Aug 1961	3-0	Norway	A.	Oslo ( NOR )	1962 World Cup qualification
047.	Sep 10 1961	0: 1	Austria	H	Moscow	Friendly match
048.	Nov 12, 1961	2: 1	Turkey	A.	Istanbul ( DOOR )	1962 World Cup qualification
049.	Nov 18, 1961	2: 1	Argentina	A.	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	Friendly match
050.	Nov 22, 1961	1-0	Chile	A.	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	Friendly match	first game against Chile
051.	Nov 29, 1961	2: 1	Uruguay	A.	Montevideo ( URU )	Friendly match	first game against Uruguay
052.	Apr 11, 1962	3: 1	Luxembourg	A.	Luxembourg ( LUX )	Friendly match	first game against Luxembourg
053.	Apr 18, 1962	2-0	Sweden	A.	Solna ( SWE )	Friendly match
054.	Apr. 27, 1962	5-0	Uruguay	H	Moscow	Friendly match
055.	May 31, 1962	2-0	Yugoslavia	*	Arica ( CHI )	World Cup 1962 group game
056.	0June 3, 1962	4: 4	Colombia	*	Arica ( CHI )	World Cup 1962 group game	first game of a European team against Colombia
057.	0June 6, 1962	2: 1	Uruguay	*	Arica ( CHI )	World Cup 1962 group game
058.	June 10, 1962	1: 2	Chile	A.	Arica ( CHI )	1962 World Cup quarter-finals
059.	May 22, 1963	0: 1	Sweden	H	Moscow	Friendly match
060.	22 Sep 1963	1: 1	Hungary	H	Moscow	Friendly match
061.	Oct 13, 1963	2-0	Italy	H	Moscow	EM 1964 round of 16 first leg	first game against Italy
062.	Nov 10, 1963	1: 1	Italy	A.	Rome ( ITA )	EM 1964 round of 16 second leg
063.	0Dec. 1, 1963	1: 1	Morocco	A.	Casablanca ( MAR )	Friendly match	first game against Morocco
064.	May 13, 1964	1: 1	Sweden	A.	Stockholm ( SWE )	EM 1964 quarter-final first leg
065.	May 20, 1964	1-0	Uruguay	H	Moscow	Friendly match
066.	May 27, 1964	3: 1	Sweden	H	Moscow	EM 1964 quarter-final second leg
067.	June 17, 1964	3-0	Denmark	*	Barcelona ( ESP )	EM 1964 semi-finals
068.	June 21, 1964	1: 2	Spain	A.	Madrid ( ESP )	EM 1964 final	first game against Spain
069.	Oct 11, 1964	0: 1	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	Friendly match
070.	0Nov 4, 1964	2: 2	Algeria	A.	Algiers ( ALG )	Friendly match	first game against Algeria
071.	Nov 22, 1964	1: 1	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
072.	Nov 29, 1964	0-0	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
073.	May 16, 1965	0-0	Austria	H	Moscow	Friendly match
074.	May 23, 1965	3: 1	Greece	H	Moscow	1966 World Cup qualification	first game against Greece
075.	May 30, 1965	2: 1	Wales	H	Moscow	1966 World Cup qualification	first game against Wales
076.	June 27, 1965	6-0	Denmark	H	Moscow	1966 World Cup qualification
077.	04th July 1965	0: 3	Brazil	H	Moscow	Friendly match
078.	04th Sep 1965	0-0	Yugoslavia	H	Moscow	Friendly match
079.	0Oct 3, 1965	4: 1	Greece	A.	Athens ( GRE )	1966 World Cup qualification
080.	Oct 17, 1965	3: 1	Denmark	A.	Copenhagen ( DEN )	1966 World Cup qualification
081.	Oct 27, 1965	1: 2	Wales	A.	Cardiff ( WAL )	1966 World Cup qualification
082.	Nov 21, 1965	2: 2	Brazil	A.	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Friendly match
083.	0Dec. 1, 1965	1: 1	Argentina	A.	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	Friendly match
084.	0Dec. 4, 1965	3: 1	Uruguay	A.	Montevideo ( URU )	Friendly match
085.	Feb 23, 1966	2-0	Chile	A.	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	Friendly match
086.	Apr 20, 1966	2: 2	Switzerland	A.	Basel ( SUI )	Friendly match	first game against Switzerland
087.	Apr 24, 1966	1-0	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	Friendly match
088	May 18, 1966	2: 1	Czechoslovakia	A.	Prague ( TCH )	Friendly match
089.	May 22, 1966	1-0	Belgium	A.	Brussels ( BEL )	Friendly match	first game against Belgium
090.	05th June 1966	3: 3	France	H	Moscow	Friendly match
091.	July 12, 1966	3-0	North Korea	*	Middlesbrough ( ENG )	World Cup 1966 group game	first game of a European team against North Korea
092.	July 16, 1966	1-0	Italy	*	Sunderland ( ENG )	World Cup 1966 group game
093.	July 20, 1966	2: 1	Chile	*	Sunderland ( ENG )	World Cup 1966 group game
94.	July 23, 1966	2: 1	Hungary	*	Liverpool ( ENG )	1966 World Cup quarter-finals
95.	July 25, 1966	1: 2	BR Germany	*	Sunderland ( ENG )	1966 World Cup semi-finals
96.	July 28, 1966	1: 2	Portugal	*	London ( ENG )	World Cup 1966 game for 3rd place	first game against Portugal
97.	Sep 18 1966	2: 1	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
98	Oct 16, 1966	0: 2	Turkey	H	Moscow	Friendly match
99	Oct 23, 1966	2: 2	German Democratic Republic	A.	Moscow	Friendly match
100.	0Nov 1, 1966	0: 1	Italy	A.	Milan ( ITA )	Friendly match
101.	May 10, 1967	2-0	Scotland	A.	Glasgow ( SCO )	Friendly match	first game against Scotland
102.	May 28, 1967	0: 2	Mexico	A.	-	Friendly match	first game against Mexico
103.	03rd June 1967	4: 2	France	A.	Paris ( FRA )	Friendly match
104.	June 10, 1967	4: 3	Austria	H	Moscow	EM 1968 qualification
105.	July 16, 1967	4-0	Greece	H	Tbilisi	EM 1968 qualification
106.	Aug 30, 1967	2-0	Finland	H	Moscow	EM 1968 qualification
107.	06 Sep 1967	5: 2	Finland	A.	Turku ( FIN )	EM 1968 qualification
108.	0Oct. 1, 1967	2: 2	Switzerland	H	Moscow	Friendly match
109.	0Oct 8, 1967	2: 1	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
110.	Oct 15, 1967	0: 1	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	EM 1968 qualification
111.	Oct 31, 1967	1-0	Greece	A.	Athens ( GRE )	EM 1968 qualification
112.	Nov 29, 1967	1: 3	Netherlands	A.	Rotterdam ( NED )	Friendly match	first game against the Netherlands
113.	0Dec 6, 1967	2: 2	England	A.	London ( ENG )	Friendly match
114.	Dec 16, 1967	4: 1	Chile	A.	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	Friendly match
115.	03rd Mar 1968	0-0	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match
116.	07th Mar 1968	1: 1	Mexico	A.	Leon ( MEX )	Friendly match
117.	10 Mar 1968	0-0	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match
118.	Apr. 24, 1968	1-0	Belgium	H	Moscow	Friendly match
119.	04th May 1968	0: 2	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Friendly match
120.	May 11, 1968	3-0	Hungary	H	Moscow	Friendly match
121.	05th June 1968	0: 0 a.d.	Italy	A.	Naples ( ITA )	EM 1968 semi-finals	Italy moved into the final by a coin toss decision.
122.	0June 8, 1968	0: 2	England	*	Rome ( ITA )	EM 1968 game for 3rd place
123.	June 16, 1968	3: 1	Austria	H	Leningrad	Friendly match
124.	0Aug 1, 1968	2: 2	Sweden	A.	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Friendly match
125.	Feb. 20, 1969	3: 1	Colombia	A.	Bogotá ( COL )	Friendly match
126.	July 25, 1969	2: 2	German Democratic Republic	A.	Leipzig ( GDR )	Friendly match
127.	0Aug 6, 1969	0: 1	Sweden	H	Moscow	Friendly match
128.	Sep 10 1969	0-0	Northern Ireland	A.	Belfast ( NIR )	World Cup 1970 qualification	first game against Northern Ireland
129.	Sep 24 1969	3: 1	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
130.	Oct 15, 1969	3-0	Turkey	H	Kiev	World Cup 1970 qualification
131.	Oct 22, 1969	2-0	Northern Ireland	H	Moscow	World Cup 1970 qualification
132.	Nov 16, 1969	3: 1	Turkey	A.	Istanbul ( TUR )	World Cup 1970 qualification

1970 to 1979

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
133.	Feb 14, 1970	0-0	Peru	A.	Lima ( PER )	Friendly match	first game against Peru
134.	Feb 20, 1970	2-0	Peru	A.	Lima ( PER )	Friendly match
135.	Feb 22, 1970	2-0	El Salvador	A.	San Salvador ( SLV )	Friendly match	first game of a European team against El Salvador
136.	Feb. 26, 1970	0-0	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match
137.	0May 5th 1970	3: 3	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
138.	0May 6, 1970	0-0	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
139.	May 31, 1970	0-0	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	1970 World Cup opening game
140	0June 6, 1970	4: 1	Belgium	*	Mexico City ( MEX )	World Cup 1970 group game
141.	June 10, 1970	2-0	El Salvador	*	Mexico City ( MEX )	World Cup 1970 group game
142.	June 14, 1970	0: 1 a.d.	Uruguay	*	Mexico City ( MEX )	1970 World Cup quarter-finals
143.	Oct 28, 1970	4-0	Yugoslavia	H	Moscow	Friendly match
144.	Nov 15, 1970	3: 1	Cyprus	A.	Nicosia ( CYP )	European Championship 1972 qualification	first game against Cyprus
145.	Feb. 17, 1971	0-0	Mexico	A.	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Friendly match
146.	Feb. 20, 1971	0-0	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match
147.	Feb. 28, 1971	1-0	El Salvador	A.	San Salvador ( SLV )	Friendly match
148.	Apr 28, 1971	1: 1	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
149.	May 30, 1971	2: 1	Spain	H	Moscow	European Championship 1972 qualification
150.	0June 7th 1971	6: 1	Cyprus	H	Moscow	European Championship 1972 qualification
151	June 14, 1971	1-0	Scotland	H	Moscow	Friendly match
152.	Sep 18 1971	5-0	India	H	Moscow	Friendly match
153.	22 Sep 1971	1-0	Northern Ireland	H	Moscow	European Championship 1972 qualification
154.	Oct 13, 1971	1: 1	Northern Ireland	A.	Belfast ( NIR )	European Championship 1972 qualification
155.	Oct 23, 1971	0-0	Spain	A.	Seville ( ESP )	European Championship 1972 qualification
156.	29 Mar 1972	1: 1	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
157.	Apr 19, 1972	2-0	Peru	H	-	Friendly match
158.	Apr 30, 1972	0-0	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
159.	May 13, 1972	3-0	Yugoslavia	H	Moscow	Friendly match
160.	May 26, 1972	1: 4	BR Germany	A.	Munich ( GER )	Friendly match
161.	0June 7, 1972	1-0	Bulgaria	H	Moscow	Friendly match
162.	June 14, 1972	1-0	Hungary	*	Brussels ( BEL )	European Championship 1972 semi-finals
163.	June 18, 1972	0: 3	BR Germany	*	Brussels ( BEL )	European Championship 1972 final
164.	July 16, 1972	1: 1	Finland	A.	Vaasa ( FIN )	Friendly match
165.	0Aug 6, 1972	4: 4	Sweden	A.	Solna ( SWE )	Friendly match
166.	Oct 13, 1972	0: 1	France	A.	Paris ( FRA )	1974 World Cup qualification
167.	Oct 18, 1972	2: 1	Ireland	A.	Dublin ( IRL )	1974 World Cup qualification	first game against Ireland
168.	28 Mar 1973	0: 1	Bulgaria	A.	Plovdiv ( BUL )	Friendly match
169.	Apr 18, 1973	2-0	Romania	H	Kiev	Friendly match
170.	May 13, 1973	1-0	Ireland	H	Moscow	1974 World Cup qualification
171.	May 26, 1973	2-0	France	H	Moscow	1974 World Cup qualification
172.	June 10, 1973	1: 2	England	H	Moscow	Friendly match
173.	June 21, 1973	0: 1	Brazil	H	Moscow	Friendly match
174.	0Aug 5, 1973	0-0	Sweden	H	Moscow	Friendly match
175.	05th Sep 1973	0: 1	BR Germany	H	Moscow	Friendly match
176.	26 Sep 1973	0-0	Chile	H	Moscow	World Cup 1974 qualification play-off
177.	Oct 17, 1973	0: 1	German Democratic Republic	A.	Leipzig ( GDR )	Friendly match
178.	Nov 21, 1973	0: 2	Chile	A.	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	World Cup 1974 qualification play-off	USSR did not play for the second leg.
179.	Apr 17, 1974	1-0	Yugoslavia	A.	Zenica ( YUG )	Friendly match
180.	May 20, 1974	0: 1	Czechoslovakia	H	-	Friendly match
181.	Oct. 30, 1974	0: 3	Ireland	A.	Dublin ( IRL )	EM 1976 qualification
182	0Apr 2, 1975	3-0	Turkey	H	Kiev	EM 1976 qualification
183.	May 18, 1975	2: 1	Ireland	H	Kiev	EM 1976 qualification
184.	0June 8th 1975	1-0	Italy	H	Moscow	Friendly match
185	Oct 12, 1975	1-0	Switzerland	A.	Zurich ( SUI )	EM 1976 qualification
186.	Nov 12, 1975	4: 1	Switzerland	H	Kiev	EM 1976 qualification
187.	Nov 23, 1975	0: 1	Turkey	A.	Izmir	Friendly match
188.	Nov 29, 1975	2: 2	Romania	A.	Bucharest ( ROU )	Friendly match
189	10 Mar 1976	2: 2	Czechoslovakia	A.	Košice ( TCH )	Friendly match
190.	20 Mar 1976	0: 1	Argentina	H	Kiev	Friendly match
191.	24 Mar 1976	3-0	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
192.	Apr 24, 1976	0: 2	Czechoslovakia	A.	Bratislava ( TCH )	EM 1976 quarter-final first leg
193.	May 22, 1976	2: 2	Czechoslovakia	H	Kiev	EM 1976 quarter-final second leg
194.	May 26, 1976	1: 1	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Friendly match
*	0June 6, 1976	1: 1	Catalonia	A.	Barcelona ( SAP )	Friendly match	an unofficial game
195.	June 23, 1976	2: 1	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	Friendly match
196.	Nov 28, 1976	0-0	Argentina	A.	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	Friendly match
197	0Dec. 1, 1976	0: 2	Brazil	A.	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	Friendly match
198.	20 Mar 1977	3-0	Tunisia	A.	Tunis ( TUN )	Friendly match	first game against Tunisia
199	23 Mar 1977	4: 2	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
200.	Apr. 24, 1977	2-0	Greece	H	Moscow	1978 World Cup qualification
201.	Apr 30, 1977	1: 2	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	1978 World Cup qualification
202.	May 10, 1977	0: 1	Greece	A.	Thessaloniki ( GRE )	1978 World Cup qualification
203.	May 18, 1977	2-0	Hungary	H	Tbilisi	1978 World Cup qualification
204.	July 28, 1977	1: 2	German Democratic Republic	A.	Leipzig ( GDR )	Friendly match
205.	0Sep 7 1977	4: 1	Poland	H	Volgograd	Friendly match
206.	0Oct 5, 1977	0-0	Netherlands	A.	Rotterdam ( NED )	Friendly match
207.	0Oct 8, 1977	0-0	France	A.	Paris ( FRA )	Friendly match
208.	Feb. 26, 1978	3: 2	Morocco	A.	Marrakech ( MAR )	Friendly match
*	02nd Mar 1978	0-0	Basque Country	A.	Bilbao ( SPA )	Friendly match	Unofficial game
209.	0March 8 1978	0: 1	BR Germany	A.	Frankfurt am Main ( GER )	Friendly match
210.	0Apr 5, 1978	10: 2	Finland	H	Yerevan	Friendly match
211.	May 14, 1978	1-0	Romania	A.	Bucharest ( ROU )	Friendly match
212.	06 Sep 1978	1-0	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )	Friendly match
213.	Sep 20 1978	2-0	Greece	H	Yerevan	European Championship 1980 qualification
214.	0Oct 5, 1978	2-0	Turkey	A.	Ankara ( TUR )	Friendly match
215.	Oct 11, 1978	0: 2	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	European Championship 1980 qualification
216.	Nov 19, 1978	4: 1	Japan	A.	Tokyo ( JPN )	Friendly match	first game against Japan
217.	Nov 23, 1978	4: 1	Japan	A.	Tokyo ( JPN )	Friendly match
218.	Nov. 26, 1978	3-0	Japan	A.	Osaka ( JPN )	Friendly match
219.	0Feb. 3, 1979	3: 1	United States	A.	Seattle ( USA )	Friendly match	first game against the USA
220.	Feb. 11, 1979	4: 1	United States	A.	San Francisco ( USA )	Friendly match
221.	28 Mar 1979	3: 1	Bulgaria	H	Simferopol	Friendly match
222.	Apr 19, 1979	2-0	Sweden	H	Tbilisi	Friendly match
223.	0May 5th 1979	3-0	Czechoslovakia	H	Moscow	Friendly match
224.	May 19, 1979	2: 2	Hungary	H	Tbilisi	European Championship 1980 qualification
225	June 27, 1979	2: 1	Denmark	A.	Copenhagen ( DEN )	Friendly match
226.	04th July 1979	1: 1	Finland	A.	Helsinki ( FIN )	European Championship 1980 qualification
227.	05th Sep 1979	1-0	German Democratic Republic	H	Moscow	Friendly match
228	Sep 12 1979	0: 1	Greece	A.	Athens ( GRE )	European Championship 1980 qualification
229.	Oct 14, 1979	3: 1	Romania	H	Moscow	Friendly match
230	Oct. 31, 1979	2: 2	Finland	H	Moscow	European Championship 1980 qualification
231.	Nov 21, 1979	1: 3	BR Germany	H	Tbilisi	Friendly match

1980 to 1989

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
232.	03rd Sep 1980	2: 1	Iceland	A.	Reykjavík ( ISL )	World Cup 1982 qualification	first game against Iceland
233.	Oct 15, 1980	5-0	Iceland	H	Moscow	World Cup 1982 qualification
234.	May 30, 1981	0-0	Wales	A.	Wrexham ( WAL )	World Cup 1982 qualification
235.	23 Sep 1981	4-0	Turkey	H	Moscow	World Cup 1982 qualification
236.	0Oct 7, 1981	3-0	Turkey	A.	Izmir ( TUR )	World Cup 1982 qualification
237.	Oct 28, 1981	2-0	Czechoslovakia	H	Tbilisi	World Cup 1982 qualification
238.	Nov 18, 1981	3-0	Wales	H	Tbilisi	World Cup 1982 qualification
239.	Nov 29, 1981	1: 1	Czechoslovakia	A.	Bratislava ( TCH )	World Cup 1982 qualification
240.	10 Mar 1982	2-0	Greece	A.	Athens ( GRE )	Friendly match
241.	Apr 14, 1982	1: 1	Argentina	A.	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	Friendly match
242.	0May 5th 1982	1-0	German Democratic Republic	H	Moscow	Friendly match
243.	03rd June 1982	1: 1	Sweden	A.	Solna ( SWE )	Friendly match
244.	June 14, 1982	1: 2	Brazil	*	Seville ( ESP )	World Cup 1982 first final round
245.	June 19, 1982	3-0	New Zealand	*	Málaga ( ESP )	World Cup 1982 first final round	first game against New Zealand
246.	June 22, 1982	2: 2	Scotland	*	Málaga ( ESP )	World Cup 1982 first final round
247.	0July 1, 1982	1-0	Belgium	*	Barcelona ( ESP )	World Cup 1982-second final round
248.	04th July 1982	0-0	Poland	*	Barcelona ( ESP )	World Cup 1982-second final round
249.	Oct 13, 1982	2-0	Finland	H	Moscow	EM 1984 qualification
250.	23 Mar 1983	1: 1	France	A.	Paris ( FRA )	Friendly match
251.	Apr 13, 1983	1-0	Switzerland	A.	Lausanne ( SUI )	Friendly match
252.	Apr. 27, 1983	5-0	Portugal	H	Moscow	EM 1984 qualification
253.	17th May 1983	2: 2	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	Friendly match
254.	May 22, 1983	1: 1	Poland	A.	Chorzów ( POL )	EM 1984 qualification
255.	0June 1, 1983	1-0	Finland	A.	Helsinki ( FIN )	EM 1984 qualification
256.	July 26, 1983	3: 1	German Democratic Republic	A.	Leipzig ( GDR )	Friendly match
257.	0Oct 9, 1983	2-0	Poland	H	Moscow	EM 1984 qualification
258.	Nov 13, 1983	0: 1	Portugal	A.	Lisbon ( POR )	EM 1984 qualification
259.	28 Mar 1984	1: 2	BR Germany	A.	Hanover ( GER )	Friendly match
260.	May 15, 1984	3: 1	Finland	A.	Kouvola ( FIN )	Friendly match
261.	02nd June 1984	2-0	England	A.	London ( ENG )	Friendly match
262.	Aug 19, 1984	3-0	Mexico	H	Leningrad	Friendly match
263.	Sep 12 1984	0: 1	Ireland	A.	Dublin ( IRL )	1986 World Cup qualification
264.	Oct 10, 1984	1: 1	Norway	A.	Oslo ( NOR )	1986 World Cup qualification
265.	Jan 25, 1985	1: 2	Yugoslavia	*	Kochi ( IND )	Friendly match
266.	Jan. 28, 1985	2-0	Iran	*	Kochi ( IND )	Friendly match
267.	0Feb. 2, 1985	1-0	Morocco	*	Kochi ( IND )	Friendly match
268.	0Feb. 4, 1985	2: 1	Yugoslavia	*	Kochi ( IND )	Friendly match
269.	27 Mar 1985	2-0	Austria	H	Tbilisi	Friendly match
270.	Apr 17, 1985	2: 2	Switzerland	A.	Bern ( SUI )	1986 World Cup qualification
271.	0May 2, 1985	4-0	Switzerland	H	Moscow	1986 World Cup qualification
272.	05th June 1985	2: 4	Denmark	A.	Copenhagen ( DEN )	1986 World Cup qualification
273.	0Aug 7, 1985	2-0	Romania	H	Moscow	Friendly match
274.	Aug 28, 1985	1-0	BR Germany	H	Moscow	Friendly match
275.	25 Sep 1985	1-0	Denmark	H	Moscow	1986 World Cup qualification
276.	Oct 16, 1985	2-0	Ireland	H	Moscow	1986 World Cup qualification
277.	Oct. 30, 1985	1-0	Norway	H	Moscow	1986 World Cup qualification
278.	Jan. 22, 1986	0: 2	Spain	A.	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ( ESP )	Friendly match
279.	Feb. 19, 1986	0: 1	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match
280.	26th Mar 1986	0: 1	England	H	Tbilisi	Friendly match
281.	Apr 23, 1986	1: 2	Romania	A.	Timișoara ( ROU )	Friendly match
282.	0May 7, 1986	0-0	Finland	H	Moscow	Friendly match
283.	0June 2, 1986	6-0	Hungary	*	Irapuato ( MEX )	1986 World Cup group game
284.	0June 5, 1986	1: 1	France	*	Leon ( MEX )	1986 World Cup group game
285.	0June 9, 1986	2-0	Canada	*	Irapuato ( MEX )	1986 World Cup group game	first game against Canada
286.	June 15, 1986	3: 4 a.d.	Belgium	*	Leon ( MEX )	1986 World Cup round of 16
287.	Aug 20, 1986	0-0	Sweden	A.	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Friendly match
288.	Sep 24 1986	1: 1	Iceland	A.	Reykjavík ( ISL )	Euro 1988 qualification
289	Oct 11, 1986	2-0	France	A.	Paris ( FRA )	Euro 1988 qualification
290	Oct. 29, 1986	4-0	Norway	H	Simferopol	Euro 1988 qualification
291.	Feb. 18, 1987	0-0	Wales	A.	Swansea ( WAL )	Friendly match
292.	Apr 18, 1987	1: 3	Sweden	H	Tbilisi	Friendly match
293.	Apr 29, 1987	2-0	German Democratic Republic	H	Kiev	Euro 1988 qualification
294.	03rd June 1987	1-0	Norway	A.	Oslo ( NOR )	Euro 1988 qualification
295.	Aug 29, 1987	1-0	Yugoslavia	A.	Belgrade ( YUG )	Friendly match
296.	0Sep 9 1987	1: 1	France	H	Moscow	Euro 1988 qualification
297.	23 Sep 1987	3-0	Greece	H	Moscow	Friendly match
298.	Oct 10, 1987	1: 1	German Democratic Republic	A.	East Berlin ( GDR )	Euro 1988 qualification
299	Oct 28, 1987	2-0	Iceland	H	Simferopol	Euro 1988 qualification
300	Feb 20, 1988	1: 4	Italy	A.	Bari ( ITA )	Friendly match
301	23 Mar 1988	4-0	Greece	A.	Athens ( GRE )	Friendly match
302	31 Mar 1988	4: 2	Argentina	*	Berlin ( GER )	Four-country tournament	A four-way tournament with Germany , the USSR , Argentina and Sweden .
303	0Apr 2, 1988	0: 2	Sweden	*	Berlin ( GER )	Four-country tournament
304.	Apr. 27, 1988	1: 1	Czechoslovakia	A.	Trnava ( TCH )	Friendly match
305	0June 1, 1988	2: 1	Poland	H	Moscow	Friendly match
306	June 12, 1988	1-0	Netherlands	*	Cologne ( GER )	EM 1988 group game
307	June 15, 1988	1: 1	Ireland	*	Hanover ( GER )	EM 1988 group game
308	June 18, 1988	3: 1	England	*	Frankfurt am Main ( GER )	EM 1988 group game
309	June 22, 1988	2-0	Italy	*	Stuttgart ( GER )	EM 1988 semi-finals
310	June 25, 1988	0: 2	Netherlands	*	Munich ( GER )	EM 1988 final
311.	Aug 17, 1988	0-0	Finland	A.	Turku ( FIN )	Friendly match
312.	Aug 31, 1988	1: 1	Iceland	A.	Reykjavík ( ISL )	World Cup 1990 qualification
313.	21 Sep 1988	0: 1	BR Germany	A.	Dusseldorf ( GER )	Friendly match
314.	Oct 19, 1988	2-0	Austria	H	Kiev	World Cup 1990 qualification
315	Nov 21, 1988	2-0	Syria	A.	Damascus ( SYR )	Friendly match	first game against Syria
316.	Nov 23, 1988	1-0	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KUW )	Friendly match	first game against Kuwait
317.	Nov 27, 1988	2-0	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KUW )	Friendly match
318.	Feb 21, 1989	2: 1	Bulgaria	A.	Sofia ( BUL )	Friendly match
319	22 Mar 1989	0: 2	Netherlands	A.	Eindhoven ( NED )	Friendly match
320.	Apr. 26, 1989	3-0	German Democratic Republic	H	Kiev	World Cup 1990 qualification
321.	May 10, 1989	1-0	Turkey	A.	Istanbul ( TUR )	World Cup 1990 qualification
322.	May 31, 1989	1: 1	Iceland	H	Moscow	World Cup 1990 qualification
323.	23 Aug 1989	1: 1	Poland	A.	Lubin ( POL )	Friendly match
324.	06 Sep 1989	0-0	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	World Cup 1990 qualification
325	0Oct 8, 1989	1: 2	German Democratic Republic	A.	Karl-Marx-Stadt ( GDR )	World Cup 1990 qualification
326.	Nov 15, 1989	2-0	Turkey	H	Simferopol	World Cup 1990 qualification

1990 to 1991

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
327.	Feb. 20, 1990	0: 0, 2: 4 i. E.	Colombia	*	Los Angeles ( USA )	Friendly match
328.	Feb 22, 1990	2: 1	Costa Rica	*	Los Angeles ( USA )	Friendly match
329	Feb. 24, 1990	3: 1	United States	A.	Palo Alto ( USA )	Friendly match
330	28 Mar 1990	2: 1	Netherlands	H	Kiev	Friendly match
331.	Apr 25, 1990	0: 1	Ireland	A.	Dublin ( IRL )	Friendly match
332.	May 16, 1990	2: 3	Israel	A.	Tel Aviv-Jaffa ( ISR )	Friendly match	first game against Israel
333.	0June 9, 1990	0: 2	Romania	*	Bari ( ITA )	World Cup 1990 group game
334.	June 13, 1990	0: 2	Argentina	*	Naples ( ITA )	World Cup 1990 group game
335.	June 18, 1990	4-0	Cameroon	*	Bari ( ITA )	World Cup 1990 group game	first game against Cameroon, last World Cup game of the USSR
336.	Aug 29, 1990	1: 2	Romania	H	Moscow	Friendly match
337.	Sep 12 1990	2-0	Norway	H	Moscow	Euro 1992 qualification
338.	0Nov 3, 1990	0-0	Italy	A.	Rome ( ITA )	Euro 1992 qualification
339.	Nov 21, 1990	0-0	United States	*	Port of Spain ( TRI )	Friendly match
340.	Nov 23, 1990	2-0	Trinidad and Tobago	A.	Port of Spain ( TRI )	Friendly match	first game against Trinidad and Tobago
341.	Nov 30, 1990	3-0	Guatemala	A.	Guatemala City ( GTM )	Friendly match	first game against Guatemala
342.	0Feb 9, 1991	1-0	Scotland	A.	Glasgow ( SCO )	Friendly match
343.	27 Mar 1991	1: 2	Germany	A.	Frankfurt am Main ( GER )	Friendly match
344.	Apr 17, 1991	1-0	Hungary	A.	Budapest ( HUN )	Euro 1992 qualification
345.	May 21, 1991	1: 3	England	A.	London ( ENG )	Friendly match
346.	May 23, 1991	1: 1	Argentina	*	Manchester ( ENG )	Friendly match
347.	May 29, 1991	4-0	Cyprus	H	Moscow	Euro 1992 qualification
348.	June 13, 1991	3: 2 a.d.	Sweden	A.	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Friendly match	Scania 100 Tournament with Sweden , the USSR , Denmark and Italy .
349.	June 16, 1991	1: 1 nV, 3: 4 i. E.	Italy	*	Solna ( SWE )	Friendly match	Scania 100 Tournament
350.	Aug 28, 1991	1-0	Norway	A.	Oslo ( NOR )	Euro 1992 qualification
351	25 Sep 1991	2: 2	Hungary	H	Moscow	Euro 1992 qualification
352.	Oct 12, 1991	0-0	Italy	H	Moscow	Euro 1992 qualification
353.	Nov 13, 1991	3-0	Cyprus	A.	Larnaca ( CYP )	Euro 1992 qualification	last game as USSR

CIS

1992

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	comment
354	Jan 25, 1992	1-0	United States	A.	Miami ( USA )	Friendly match	first game as CIS
355.	Jan. 29, 1992	3-0	El Salvador	A.	San Salvador ( SLV )	Friendly match
356.	0Feb. 2, 1992	1: 2	United States	A.	Detroit ( USA )	Friendly match
357	Feb 12, 1992	2: 1	Israel	A.	Jerusalem ( ISR )	Friendly match
358	Feb 19, 1992	1: 1	Spain	A.	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ( ESP )	Friendly match
*	0March 8 1992	0: 4	Mexico	A.	Mexico City ( MEX )	Friendly match	International game for Mexico, but not for the CIS and FIFA.
*	11th Mar 1992	1: 1	Mexico	A.	Tampico ( MEX )	Friendly match	International game for Mexico, but not for the CIS and FIFA.
359	Apr 29, 1992	2-0	England	H	Moscow	Friendly match
360	03rd June 1992	1: 1	Denmark	A.	Copenhagen ( DEN )	Friendly match
361.	June 12, 1992	1: 1	Germany	*	Norrkoping ( SWE )	EM 1992 group game
362.	June 15, 1992	0-0	Netherlands	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	EM 1992 group game
363.	June 18, 1992	0: 3	Scotland	*	Norrkoping ( SWE )	EM 1992 group game	last game as CIS

International match records

Competitions

competition	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Friendly matches	211	104	62	45	352: 198
European Championship qualification	055	34	15th	06th	103: 380
World Cup qualification	053	35	9	9	110: 340
World Cup finals	035	17th	6th	12	061:420
European Championship finals	016	07th	04th	05	018:160
Four-country tournament	002	01	00	01	004: 400
↑ Thereof 7 games as CIS (4 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss) ↑ Thereof 3 games as CIS (2 draws, 1 defeat)

International match statistics (USSR)

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Algeria	1	0	1	0	2: 2
Argentina	7th	2	4th	1	11:12
Belgium	5	4th	0	1	10: 5
Brazil	6th	0	1	5	3:12
Bulgaria	12	6th	5	1	20: 9
Chile	7th	4th	1	2	10: 6
People's Republic of China	1	1	0	0	1-0
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Denmark	8th	7th	0	1	28: 9
German Democratic Republic	12	6th	3	3	18:11
Germany	12	3	0	9	11:22
El Salvador	3	3	0	0	5-0
England	11	3	3	5	13:20
Finland	19th	8th	5	0	39:10
France	11	3	6th	2	17:13
Greece	11	9	0	2	25: 4
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	3-0
India	2	2	0	0	16: 1
Iran	2	2	0	0	3-0
Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	8: 8
Israel	1	0	0	1	2: 3
Iceland	6th	3	3	0	12: 4
Italy	11	4th	5	2	9: 7
Japan	3	3	0	0	11: 2
Yugoslavia	14th	10	3	1	26: 9
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	4-0
Canada	1	1	0	0	2-0
Colombia	3	1	2	0	7: 5
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3-0
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	3: 1
Morocco	3	2	1	0	5: 3
Mexico	10	1	7th	2	4: 4
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3-0
Netherlands	6th	2	1	3	4: 8
Northern Ireland	4th	2	2	0	4: 1
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3-0
Norway	8th	7th	1	0	18: 3
Austria	14th	7th	3	4th	19:13
Peru	3	2	1	0	4-0
Poland	11	6th	3	2	23: 8
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6: 3
Romania	9	4th	2	3	13:10
Scotland	4th	3	1	0	6: 2
Sweden	17th	6th	6th	5	32:20
Switzerland	7th	4th	3	0	16: 7
Spain	6th	3	1	2	9: 5
Syria	1	1	0	0	2-0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	2-0
Czechoslovakia	12	6th	4th	2	21:12
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	3-0
Turkey	14th	12	0	2	29: 6
Hungary	19th	9	6th	4th	30:18
Uruguay	6th	5	0	1	13: 4
United States	4th	3	1	0	10: 3
Wales	5	2	2	1	6: 3
Cyprus	4th	4th	0	0	16: 2
total	353

Legend:

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

International match statistics (CIS)

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Denmark	1	0	1	0	1: 1
Germany	1	0	1	0	1: 1
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	3-0
England	1	1	0	0	2-0
Israel	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0-0
Scotland	1	0	0	1	0: 3
Spain	1	0	1	0	1: 1
United States	2	1	0	1	2: 2
total	10	4th	4th	2	12: 9

Legend:

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Web links

• de.fifa.com: FIFA results database

References & comments

1. ↑ de.fifa.com: FIFA results database
2. ↑ Spain refused to run against the Soviet Union by order of the government of dictator Francisco Franco . The team was already at Madrid-Barajas airport and was stopped by the police. The USSR refused to play in a neutral place. The first and second leg on June 9, 1960 in the quarter-finals in Madrid were rated 3-0 for the USSR. On top of that, Spain was sentenced to pay a contractual penalty.
3. ↑ einestages.spiegel.de: When Spain and the USSR almost blew up the EM
4. ↑ 11freunde.de: When Italy was still lucky - "It must never happen again" Article from June 26, 2008
5. ↑ The USSR refused to compete in the Estadio Nacional de Chile . It served as a concentration camp for several thousand opposition members during the military coup in September 1973 . Torture and murders took place in the stadium. FIFA refused to move the game to another location . The game was then rated by the World Football Federation with 2-0 goals and points for Chile. On the scheduled game date, the game was kicked off anyway, but without an opponent. After the first goal for Chile, the Austrian referee Erich Linemayr whistled off the game immediately because there were no opposing players who could have kicked off.
6. ↑ 11freunde.de: 1973: The ghost game of Chile - "We against nobody" ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of June 28, 2010 
7. ↑ sport.t-online.de: The rightly forgotten EM test run article from March 28, 2008
8. ↑ rsssf.com: Scania 100 Tournament 1991 (English)