CIS national football team
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The Commonwealth of Independent States national football team (Russian: Сборная СНГ по футболу, Sbornaya SNG po futbolu) was a transitional national team of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union (non-existing country) in 1992. It was accepted that the team would represent the Commonwealth of Independent States that was formed as a loose union of former union republics.
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1992 | |||
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Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
Head coach | Anatoly Byshovets | ||
Most caps | Dmitri Kharine (11)[lower-alpha 1] | ||
Top scorer | Sergei Kiriakov (4) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | CIS | ||
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First international | |||
United States 0–1 CIS (Miami, United States; 25 January 1992) | |||
Last international | |||
Scotland 3–0 CIS (Norrköping, Sweden; 18 June 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
El Salvador 0–3 CIS (San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 January 1992) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Mexico 4–0 CIS (Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 1992) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1992) | ||
Best result | Group stage (1992) |
The CIS team was created to allow the Soviet national team further participation as it had already booked a spot in Euro 1992 through the 1990–91 qualification tournament. The only way to preserve the spot for the post-Soviet team was to take part in the competition as a unified team.
With the end of Euro 1992, the Russia national team was recognized as the only successor of the CIS team.