List of internationals of the national football team of the USSR women

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The list contains the official and unofficial international matches of the women’s national soccer team of the USSR . After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the team started under the name of the women's national soccer team of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).

Legend

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

• Opponents = opponents marked in bold were reigning champions of their confederation at the time of the game, opponents marked with an asterisk were reigning world champions at the time of the game
• WM = World Championship
• EM = European Championship
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• green background color = victory of the Soviet team
• yellow background color = draw (tie)
• red background color = defeat of the Soviet team

1990

No.	No. (FIFA)	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	Goal scorers
1		March 26, 1990	4: 1	Bulgaria	Kazanlak	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova (70th A.Glazyrina) Defense Elena Suhanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, A.Bochkarev Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina (61st jumps), L.Smirnova (60th A.Kornienko), Tatyana Verezubova Storm Irina Aleksandrova (64th V. Ulyanova), G.Prikhodko, A.Bezmenova (41st Irina Gnutova) Goals: Bezmenova (7th), Verezubova (59th), Gnutova (61st, 62nd)
2		March 28, 1990	0: 1	Bulgaria	Stara Sagora	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova Defense Elena Sukhanova (61st V. Ulyanova), Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, A.Bochkarev Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina (65th A. Bezmenova), A.Kornienko (60th Irina Aleksandrova), G.Prikhodko, L. Smirnova Storm Elena Sotnikova, Irina Gnutova
3	1	04/12/1990	1: 2	Norway	Sevastopol	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Elena Sukhanova Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova (70th S.Seredenko), Irina Aleksandrova (70th A.Ivanov) Storm Irina Gnutova, G.Prikhodko, Tatyana Verezubova Goals: Gnutova
4th	2	April 15, 1990	0-0	Norway	Simferopol	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Elena Sukhanova (A.Ivanov), Tatiana Bikeykina, V.Ulyanova Midfield L.Smirnova, Irina Aleksandrova (S.Seredenko), Irina Gnutova Sturm G.Prikhodko, A.Bezmenova (50th Tatyana Verezubova)
5	3	April 16, 1990	1: 1	Canada	Varna	3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna
6th		April 17, 1990	1: 1	Team Grand Hotel Varna	Varna	3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	?
7th		April 18, 1990	6: 1	ASDCF Reggiana	Varna	3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	? ,? ,? ,? ,? ,?
8th	4th	April 20, 1990	1: 7	France	Shumen	3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	?
9	5	April 21, 1990	0: 5	Canada	Varna	3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna
10	6th	April 26, 1990	1: 2	Finland	Leningrad	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova (51st Svetlana Petko) Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, N.Ivanova (65. O.Mikheev) Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova, S.Seredenko (41. A.Bezmenova) Storm Irina Gnutova, G.Prikhodko, Tatyana Verezubova Goals: Gnutova (10.)
11	7th	April 28, 1990	0: 1	Finland	Leningrad	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense Elena Nujkin (51st L.Smirnova), Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield V. Ulyanova, Tatiana Bikeykina, A.Bezmenova, Irina Gnutova Storm N.Ivanova, Tatyana Verezubova
12		05/05/1990	1: 1	Bulgaria	Kiev	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova (c), Tatyana Verezubova, Irina Gnutova Storm N.Ivanova (46th Marina Marchenko), S.Seredenko (46th Raziya Nurkenova) Goals: Bunduchi (53rd)
13		05/07/1990	0-0	Bulgaria	Vyshhorod	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova Defense V. Skachko, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko (56th N.Ivanova) Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina (H.Klimenko), L.Smirnova (c), Irina Gnutova, A.Bezmenova (59th Irina Aleksandrova) Storm Marina Gorbacheva (41st E. Podaynitsyna), S.Seredenko
14th	8th	08/05/1990	0: 8	United States	Minneapolis	North America Cup	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense  ? Konovalova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov (46th R. Dashdamirova), Irina Aleksandrova, G.Prikhodko Midfield L.Smirnova (c), N.Pawlenko (46th L.Krivonogova), Irina Grigoriev (60th N.Glyadko) Storm Tatyana Verezubova, Irina Gnutova (70. A.Bezmenova)
15th	9	08/07/1990	0: 3	Germany	Minneapolis	North America Cup	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova (c), Irina Aleksandrova, Tatyana Verezubova Storm Elena Kononov (46th Svetlana Frishko), Irina Grigoreva
16		08/10/1990	1: 1	United States U20	Minneapolis	North America Cup	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko (c) Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, R.Dashdamirova (46th L.Smirnova), N.Glyadko (46th Irina Aleksandrova) Storm L.Krivonogova, A.Bezmenova (35th Irina Grigoriev), N.Pawlenko (40th Tatyana Verezubova) Goals: Aleksandrova (80.)
17th	10	08/11/1990	1: 1	England	Minneapolis	North America Cup	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense V.Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko (46. L.Krivonogova) Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova (c), Irina Aleksandrova, Elena Kononov Storm Irina Grigoreva, Tatyana Verezubova Goals: Kononov (40th)
18th		08/20/1990	0-0	North Korea	Hohhot	Tournament of Hohhot	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova (c) Defense V. Skachko, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, Irina Aleksandrova (41st Natalia Avdonchenko), S.Seredenko Storm Elena Kononova (46th L.Smirnova), Irina Grioreva, Irina Gnutova
19th		08/22/1990	0: 6	People's Republic of China	Hohhot	Tournament of Hohhot	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, G.Prikhodko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, L.Smirnova (c, 35th Natalia Avdonchenko), Irina Aleksandrova Sturm S.Seredenko, Irina Grigoreva, Irina Gnutova (55th Razia Nurkenova)
20th		08/24/1990	1-0	People's Republic of China -2	Hohhot	Tournament of Hohhot	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko Defense V. Skachko, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Natalia Avdonchenko Midfield  ? Konovalov, L.Smirnova (c), S.Seredenko, Irina Grigorieva Storm Irina Gnutova, E. Podaynitsyna (30. Irina Aleksandrova / 55. G.Prikhodko) Goals: I.Grigorieva (79.)
21st		08/26/1990	0: 3	People's Republic of China	Hohhot	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko (c) Defense V. Ulyanova, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Natalia Avdonchenko Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina (58th Razia Nurkenova), G.Prikhodko, Irina Aleksandrova (41st L.Smirnova) Storm Irina Gnutova, S.Seredenko, Irina Grigoreva
22nd		08/28/1990	0-0	Team Changchun	Hohhot	Friendly match
23	11	09/14/1990	2: 1	France	Saint-Lô	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Galina Vazhnova (c) Defense Natalia Avdonchenko, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Tatiana Kucher Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, Elena Konova (55th S.Kryvaltsevich), Irina Aleksandrova (74th Razia Nurkenova) Storm Tatyana Verezubova (50th G.Prikhodko), S.Seredenko, Irina Grigorieva (60th Valentina Barkova) Goals: Grigoreva (17th), Gurov (28th)
24	12	09/16/1990	0-0	France	Chartres	Friendly match	Lineup Gate Svetlana Petko (c) Defense Natalia Avdonchenko, Natalia Bunduchi, N.Gurov, Tatiana Kucher Midfield Tatiana Bikeykina, Elena Konova (55th S.Kryvaltsevich), Irina Aleksandrova (75th Valentina Barkova) Storm Razia Nurkenova (35th G.Prikhodko), S.Seredenko (70th Tatyana Verezubova), Irina Grigorieva

1991

No.	No. (FIFA)	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	Goal scorers
25th		04/01/1991	1: 1	England	Varna	4th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	Y.Chromova
26th	13	04/02/1991	1-0	People's Republic of China	Varna	4th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	Irina Grigoryeva
27	14th	04/04/1991	5: 1	Poland	Varna	4th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna	I.Aleksandrova (2), Irina Grigorjewa , I.Gnutova, Natalja Bunduki
28	15th	04/07/1991	0: 5	United States	Varna	4th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna
29		05/05/1991	0: 4	Sweden	Shatura	Friendly match
30th	16	05/20/1991	1: 6	Denmark	Copenhagen	Friendly match	I.Gnutova
31	17th	05/23/1991	1: 4	Norway	Kragerø	Friendly match	I.Aleksandrova
32	18th	05/25/1991	0: 2	Norway	Skien	Friendly match
33	19th	06/08/1991	2-0	Finland	Helsinki	Friendly match	Т.Verezubova, I.Gnutova
34		06/26/1991	3: 1	Romania	Sardinia	Friendly match
35		07/16/1991	0: 2	Chinese Taipei	Reutov	Friendly match
36		07/18/1991	0: 3	Chinese Taipei	Moscow	Friendly match
37		07/24/1991	4-0	Volshanka Cheboksary	Cheboksary	Cheboksary tournament	?
38		07/25/1991	3: 1	Chinese Taipei	Cheboksary	Cheboksary tournament	Natalja Bunduki , O. Nađ (above), Bai Xiaa Hun (above)
39		07/31/1991	1: 2	England	Dmitrov	Friendly match	Irina Grigoryeva
40		08/01/1991	0: 2	England	Kashira	Friendly match
41		08/21/1991	0: 2	Sweden	Stenungsund	Friendly match
42	21st	09/07/1991	0: 2	England	Southampton	Friendly match
43	22nd	09/08/1991	3: 1	England	Brighton	Friendly match	E. Sotnikova, Natalia Bunduki , V. Barkova
44		09/16/1991	1: 2	Poland	Czestochowa	Friendly match	Elena Kononova
45		09/19/1991	2: 1	Poland	Łódź	Friendly match	Jelena Kononova , L.Polikarpova
46	23	10/06/1991	2: 1	Hungary	Moscow	EM-1993 qualification	Jelena Kononova , Natalja Bunduki

1992

CIS

No.	No. (FIFA)	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	Goal scorers
47	24	02/26/1992	0: 1	Italy	Rimini	Friendly match
48	25th	03/17/1992	0: 1	Netherlands	Zaanstad	Friendly match
49	26th	03/19/1992	0: 1	Netherlands	Alphen aan den Rijn	Friendly match
50	27	04/05/1992	1: 2	Scotland	Varna	5th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna
51	28	04/17/1992	0: 1	France	Lyon	1st Lyon'ne Cup
52		04/18/1992	3-0	Ivory Coast	Brignais	1st Lyon'ne Cup	Irina Grigoryeva (2), Jelena Kononowa
53		04/19/1992	1: 1	United States U20	Lyon	1st Lyon'ne Cup	?
54		04/20/1992	1-0	Standard Liege	Lyon	1st Lyon'ne Cup	?
55		04/20/1992	1-0	Olympique Lyon	Lyon	1st Lyon'ne Cup	?

Trainer

• : Oleg Lapschin

statistics

• Sp. = Games
• S = victories
• U = tie
• N = defeat
• TD = goal difference

year	Sp.	S.	U	N	TD
1990	24	04th	10	10	21:46
1991	22nd	08th	01	13	28:44
1992	9	03	01	05	06: 7
Total	55	15th	12	28	55:95

opponent

Continental Association	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference (excluding penalty shoot-outs)
Africa ( CAF )	1	1	0	0	3-0
Asia ( AFC )	8th	3	2	4th	5:15
Australia / Oceania ( OFC )	0	0	0	0	0-0
Europe ( UEFA )	40	11	7th	21st	44:59
North / Central America ( CONCACAF )	6th	0	3	3	3:21
South America ( CONMEBOL )	0	0	0	0	0-0
Total	55	15th	12	28	55:95

Occasions

occasion	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference (excluding penalty shoot-outs)
Friendly matches	29	4th	5	20th	19:50
Mini-tournaments	25th	10	7th	8th	34:44
European Championship qualifiers *	1	1	0	0	2: 1
Total	55	15th	12	28	55:95

• - The Russian national team also appeared in the European Championship qualifiers

Venues

occasion	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Home games	14th	3	3	8th	13:21
Play in a neutral place	23	7th	6th	10	22:37
Away games	18th	5	3	10	20:37
Total	55	15th	12	28	55:95

Web links

• de.fifa.com: FIFA results database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rsssf.com: 3rd tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna (English)
2. ↑ rsssf.com: Games of the Finnish team
3. ↑ rsssf.com: North America Cup (English)
4. ↑ rsssf.com: Hohhot Women's Tournament (English)
5. ↑ fff.fr: France - USSR (French)
6. ↑ fff.fr: France - USSR (French)
7. ↑ rsssf.com: 4th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna (English)
8. ↑ rsssf.com: Country game list Finland (English)
9. ↑ womenfootball.ru: country playlist (Russian)
10. ↑ rsssf.com: Cheboksary Tournament (English)
11. ↑ rsssf.com: Country game list Italy (English)
12. ↑ rsssf.com: Country game list Netherlands (English)
13. ↑ rsssf.com: 5th tournament of the Grand Hotel Varna (English)
14. ↑ rsssf.com: 1st Lyon'ne Cup (English)