After the civil war, the Soviet Union managed to establish international communication with politically similar factions in Europe and around the globe. In 1922 Soviet Russia formed along with its occupation administrations in neighbouring states the Bolshevik state of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet team continued to field its national team players in Olympic tournaments despite the prohibition of FIFA in 1958 to field any national team players in Olympics (players in the Olympics were required to be amateurs at the time, Soviets effectively bent the rules by listing their best players in the military).īecause of the circumstances, surrounding October Revolution and later the 1917–1922 Russian Civil War, Soviet Russia was internationally diplomatically isolated, making it unable to participate in the international competitions. The Soviet Union national team also participated in a number of Olympic tournaments earning the gold medal in 19. They finished second three times ( 1964, 1972, 1988), and fourth once ( 1968), when, having drawn with Italy in the semi-final, they were sent to the third-place playoff match by the loss of a coin toss. The Soviet Union qualified for five European Championships, winning the inaugural competition in 1960 when they beat Yugoslavia in the final, 2–1. Their best finish was fourth in 1966, when they lost to West Germany in the semifinals, 2–1. The Soviet Union failed to qualify for the World Cup only twice, in 19, and attended seven finals tournaments in total. FIFA considers the CIS national football team (and ultimately, the Russia national football team) as the Soviet successor team allocating its former records to them (except for the Olympic records which are not combined due to the IOC policy) nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside the Russian SFSR, mainly from the Ukrainian SSR, and following the breakup of the Soviet Union, some such as Andrei Kanchelskis from the former Ukrainian SSR, continued to play in the new Russia national football team. sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the Soviet Union.Īfter the breakup of the Union the team was transformed into the CIS national football team.
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