Soviet Union national under-20 football team
The Soviet Union national under-20 football team was a past under-18 football team from the Soviet Union. It was created only for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. It was formerly controlled by the Football Federation of USSR. The national team now ceases to exist.
| Nickname(s) | Lads (Юноши) | ||
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| Association | Football Federation of USSR | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | - | ||
| FIFA code | URS | ||
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| First international | |||
 USSR 3–1 Iraq  (Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977) Last international  Australia 1–1 (4-5 p) USSR (Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
USSR 5–0 Canada  (Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 3–0 USSR (Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Winners, 1977 | ||
FIFA World Youth Championship
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
| FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
 1977
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Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
 1979
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
 1981
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 1983
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Group stage | 15th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
 1985
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Fourth Place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
 1987
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 1989
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
 1991
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Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Total | 1 Title | 6/8 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 33 |
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
The past Soviet U-20 players Page Template:National football squad start/styles.css has no content.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Oleksandr Pomazun | 11 October 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 2 | DF | Yervand Krbachian | 1 October 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 3 | DF | Sergei Mandreko | 1 August 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 4 | DF | Sergei Mamchur | 3 February 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 5 | DF | Valeri Minko | 8 August 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 6 | DF | Evgeni Bushmanov | 2 November 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 7 | MF | Dmitri Mikhailenko | 13 July 1973 (aged 18) |
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| 8 | FW | Serhiy Scherbakov | 15 August 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 9 | FW | Dmitri Karsakov | 29 December 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 10 | FW | Serhiy Konovalov | 1 March 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 11 | MF | Volodymyr Sharan | 18 September 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 12 | GK | Andrei Novosadov | 27 March 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 13 | DF | Dmitri Klimovich | 30 April 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 14 | DF | Alexei Guschin | 21 October 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 15 | MF | Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov | 16 January 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 16 | MF | Vitali But | 16 November 1972 (aged 19) |
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| 17 | MF | Armen Babalarian | 15 August 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 18 | MF | Evgueni Pokhlebaev | 25 November 1971 (aged 20) |
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| 19 | GK | Gennady Tumilovich | 3 September 1971 (aged 20) |
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Notes:
- All data through December 31, 1991.
- 1992 transfers: Mandreko moved to Austria (Rapid Wien), Mamchur - Russia (Asmaral Moscow), Bushmanov changed team (CSKA Moscow), Scherbakov - Portugal (Sporting Lisbon), Novosadov changed team (KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny), Tumilovich changed team (Belarus Minsk).
Related pages
Other websites
- FIFA Under-20 website Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.