Soviet Union Olympic football team
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The Soviet Union Olympic football team was the national Olympic football team of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990. Until 1980 it was rather the Soviet Union national football B team. The team participated in all of the qualification football tournaments for Summer Olympics (except for 1980 when it qualified as hosts). Until 1992, when age restrictions were officially introduced, the Soviet Union used the first team both in qualification tournaments and finals except for 1960 and 1964 when the second national team was used for the qualification tournaments (the first team succeeded it in the finals in those years).
Nickname(s) | The Olympic Assembled (Olimpiyskaya sbornaya) (Олимпийская сборная) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
Most caps | Igor Dobrovolski, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Alexei Mikhailichenko, Dmitri Kharine, Volodymyr Troshkin (14) | ||
Top scorer | Igor Dobrovolski (8) | ||
FIFA code | URS | ||
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First international | |||
Bulgaria 1–1 Soviet Union (Moscow, USSR; 27 June 1959) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Soviet Union 8–0 Cuba (Moscow, USSR; 24 July 1980) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
East Germany 4–1 Soviet Union (Warsaw, Poland; 28 June 1964) | |||
Summer Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Gold Medal, 1988 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men’s Football | ||
1980 Moscow | Team | |
1988 Seoul | Team |
Officially the Olympic national team was founded in 1959 after the FIFA adopted its decision in 1958 prohibiting players who played in the World Cup finals from participation in the Olympics. The Soviet Union did not participate in the World Cup until 1958 (see 1958 World Cup (qualifications)); instead, it used its first team (base team) to compete at the Olympics (since 1952) as it deemed that tournament more important. The USSR continued to use its best players in the Olympics after 1958 despite the FIFA ruling, with the branding "Olympic team" being rather formal, with all the players being part of the national team and competing both at the World Cup and Olympics.
Qualification
In order to defend their Olympic title at the Rome Games, the Soviet Union national team had to go through a "selection sieve". According to the territorial principle, the team got into the 3rd European group, along with the teams of Bulgaria and Romania. This time it was decided to create an Olympic team separate from the main one, which included players from the nearest reserve of the main team. Of the players who took part in the qualifying games, only goalkeeper Boris Razinsky represented the team that won the Melbourne gold. Boris Arkadiev was appointed as the head coach. The coaching council also included M. I. Yakushin and A. S. Ponomarev.
The calendar of games was drawn up in such a way that the Soviet Union national team took part in all the first four games, and the national teams of Bulgaria and Romania had to fight each other in the last two.
3rd Group
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Romania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Games
Soviet Union | 1 – 1 | Bulgaria |
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Korolenkov 68' | Report | Milanov 26' |
Bulgaria qualified for the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Roster
- Head coach – Boris Arkadyev (CSK MO Moscow)
- Coaching council staff members: Mikhail Yakushin (Dynamo Moscow) and Aleksandr Ponomarev
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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1GK | Boris Razinsky | (1933-07-12)12 July 1933 (aged 26) | 4 | CSK MO Moscow | |
2DF | Dmitriy Bagrich | (1936-03-26)26 March 1936 (aged 23) | 4 | CSK MO Moscow | |
2DF | Anatoliy Soldatov | (1931-07-11)11 July 1931 (aged 28) | 3 | Spartak Moscow | |
2DF | Mikhail Yermolayev | (1935-11-04)4 November 1935 (aged 24) | 3 | CSK MO Moscow | |
2DF | Nikolai Linyaev | (1933-07-17)17 July 1933 (aged 26) | 3 | CSK MO Moscow | |
2DF | Anatoly Krutikov | (1933-09-21)21 September 1933 (aged 26) | 1 | Spartak Moscow | |
2DF | Ivan Morgunov | (1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 30) | 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
3MF | Stanislav Zavidnov | (1934-10-14)14 October 1934 (aged 25) | 3 | Zenit Leningrad | |
3MF | Yury Kovalyov | (1934-02-06)6 February 1934 (aged 25) | 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
3MF | Boris Batanov | (1934-07-15)15 July 1934 (aged 25) | 2 | Zenit Leningrad | |
3MF | Valery Korolenkov | (1939-03-17)17 March 1939 (aged 20) | 2 | Dynamo Moscow | |
3MF | Aleksandr Sokolov | (1930-02-26)26 February 1930 (aged 29) | 1 | Dynamo Moscow | |
3MF | Shota Yamanidze | (1937-03-15)15 March 1937 (aged 22) | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |
4FW | Slava Metreveli | (1936-03-30)30 March 1936 (aged 23) | 4 | Torpedo Moscow | |
4FW | Zaur Kaloyev | (1931-03-24)24 March 1931 (aged 28) | 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |
4FW | Valeri Urin | (1934-08-10)10 August 1934 (aged 25) | 2 | Dynamo Moscow | |
4FW | Avtandil Gogoberidze | (1922-08-03)3 August 1922 (aged 37) | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |
4FW | Igor Zaitsev | (1934-04-21)21 April 1934 (aged 25) | 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
4FW | Viktor Voroshilov | (1926-08-15)15 August 1926 (aged 33) | 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
4FW | Viktor Sokolov | (1936-09-28)28 September 1936 (aged 23) | 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
Notes:
- Age on 12 December 1959.