Tournament details | |
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Host country | Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belarusian SSR |
Dates | 20 July – 5 August |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Moscow (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Georgian SSR |
Third place | Ukrainian SSR |
Fourth place | Russian SFSR |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 161 (3.1 per match) |
The football tournament at the 1979 Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team for the upcoming 1980 Summer Olympics. The competition took place on July 20 through August 5, 1979 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.
Out of all the union republics, the Estonian SSR was not participating, while Russia was represented with 3 teams: Moscow City, Leningrad City and Russian Federation.
The competition took place during the mid-season break of the 1979 Soviet Union football championship. Less than a week later after the tournament, an aircraft with Pakhtakor Tashkent players who were traveling to the away game against Dinamo Minsk crashed in the sky over Dniprodzerzhynsk.
All times local (UTC+3)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSC | KZX | MLD | TRK | |
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1 | Moskva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Advance to semifinal groups | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | Moldavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | Advance to consolation tournament | — | 2–1 | |||
4 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GRU | LIT | AZE | KIR | |
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1 | Gruzia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 5 | Advance to semifinal groups | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | Litva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||
3 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Advance to consolation tournament | — | 1–0 | |||
4 | Kirghizia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UKR | RUS | UZB | TJK | |
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1 | Ukraina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Advance to semifinal groups | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | RSFSR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Advance to consolation tournament | — | 2–0 | |||
4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEN | BEL | LAT | ARM | |
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1 | Leningrad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | Advance to semifinal groups | — | 3–2 | 7–2 | 3–0 | |
2 | Belarusia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | |||
3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 | Advance to consolation tournament | — | 4–1 | |||
4 | Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UZB | AZE | MLD | LAT | |
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9 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
10 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
11 | Moldavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | — | 1–0 | |||
12 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TJK | ARM | KRG | TUR | |
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13 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 5 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 8–0 | |
14 | Armenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
15 | Kirghizia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | — | 2–2 | |||
16 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOS | UKR | LIT | BEL | |
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1 | Moskva | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Final game | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | Ukraina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3rd place game | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Litva | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | 5th place game | — | 2–0 | |||
4 | Beloroussia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 7th place game | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GRU | RSF | LEN | KAZ | |
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1 | Grouzia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | Final game | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |
2 | RSFSR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | 3rd place game | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Leningrad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | 5th place game | — | 3–1 | |||
4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | 7th place game | — |
4 August 1979 | Beloroussia | 0–1 | Kazakhstan | Moscow |
| Stadium: Stadion CSKA Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Yerevan) |
4 August 1979 | Leningrad | 2–1 | Litva | Moscow |
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| Stadium: Stadion Torpedo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yuriy Zvyagintsev (Moscow) |
4 August 1979 | RSFSR | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Ukraina | Moscow |
Panfilov 5' | Yurchyshyn 50', 118' | Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Valeri Butenko (Moscow) |
Moskva | 2 – 1 | Grouzia |
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Maksimenkov 40', 55' | Report | G.Machaidze 83' |
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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There have been 160 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match (as of 5 August 1979). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
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Head coach: Vyacheslav Kirichenko (Nistru Kishinev), assistant: Vladimir Gasperskiy [1] (Avtomobilist Tiraspol) [2]
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Nistru Kishinev. [3]
Head coach: Igor Volchok (Kairat Alma-Ata), assistant: Leonid Ostroushko (Kairat Alma-Ata)
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Kairat Alma-Ata.
Head coach: Valery Nepomnyashchy (Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad), assistant: Viktor Savenkov
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad.
Head coach: Konstantin Beskov (Spartak Moscow), assistant: Nikolai Starostin (Spartak Moscow)
Head coach: Rivgat Bibayev (Alga Frunze), assistant: Anatoliy Kolmykov
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Alga Frunze.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Rais Batrayev | 4 July 1953 (aged 26) | Alga Frunze | ||
2 | DF | Georgiy Sidorenkov | 13 August 1953 (aged 25) | Alga Frunze | ||
3 | DF | Yevgeniy Novikov | 16 February 1952 (aged 27) | Alga Frunze | ||
4 | DF | Vladislav Khokhlachov | 1956 (aged 23) | Alga Frunze | ||
5 | DF | Kamoldzhan Toichiyev | 6 July 1958 (aged 21) | Alga Frunze | ||
6 | MF | Meklis Koshaliyev | 30 November 1951 (aged 27) | Alga Frunze | ||
7 | MF | Vladimir Oreshin | 21 February 1951 (aged 28) | Alga Frunze | ||
8 | MF | Avkhat Abdulin | 30 September 1957 (aged 21) | Alga Frunze | ||
9 | FW | Aleksandr Bondarenko | 11 September 1954 (aged 24) | Alga Frunze | ||
10 | FW | Aleksandr Kantsurov | 18 December 1949 (aged 29) | Alga Frunze | ||
11 | FW | Almaz Chokmorov | 18 January 1954 (aged 25) | Alga Frunze | ||
12 | FW | Semen Osynovskyi | 25 September 1960 (aged 18) | Alga Frunze | ||
13 | MF | Nikolai Bulgakov | 15 January 1960 (aged 19) | Alga Frunze | ||
14 | MF | Igor Lyalin | 6 December 1960 (aged 18) | Alga Frunze | ||
15 | FW | Serhiy Shevchenko | 15 May 1960 (aged 19) | Alga Frunze | ||
16 | FW | Damir Kadyrov | 1960 (aged 19) | Alga Frunze | ||
17 | GK | Marat Shagabutdinov | 1955 (aged 24) | Alga Frunze | ||
18 | DF | Aleksandr Priteyev | 24 September 1959 (aged 19) | Alga Frunze | ||
19 | MF | Yasyn Musayev | 1 November 1960 (aged 18) | Alga Frunze | ||
20 | DF | Gennadiy Fokin | 26 July 1959 (aged 19) | Alga Frunze |
Head coach: Ahmad Alasgarov (Neftchi Baku), assistant: Vladimir Shuvalov
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Neftchi Baku.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Sergey Kramarenko | 20 May 1946 (aged 33) | Neftchi Baku | ||
2 | DF | Arif Orudjev | 18 December 1951 (aged 27) | Neftchi Baku | ||
3 | DF | Asim Xudiyev | 22 February 1957 (aged 22) | Neftchi Baku | ||
4 | DF | Rashid Uzbekov | 31 January 1953 (aged 26) | Neftchi Baku | ||
5 | DF | Asaf Namazov | 26 January 1952 (aged 27) | Neftchi Baku | ||
6 | MF | Samed Kurbanov | 10 July 1953 (aged 26) | Neftchi Baku | ||
7 | GK | Aleksandr Miroşnikov | 20 November 1958 (aged 20) | Neftchi Baku | ||
8 | MF | Asif Aliyev | 10 February 1956 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | ||
9 | MF | Vladimir Mixalevskiy | 29 November 1959 (aged 19) | Neftchi Baku | ||
10 | FW | Səmədağa Şıxlarov | 5 September 1955 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | ||
11 | FW | Fizuli Djavadov | 20 December 1950 (aged 28) | Neftchi Baku | ||
12 | FW | Şakir Garibov | 15 January 1956 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | ||
13 | MF | Igor Ponomaryov | 24 February 1960 (aged 19) | Neftchi Baku | ||
14 | MF | Vagif Ibragimov | 11 November 1956 (aged 22) | Neftchi Baku | ||
15 | MF | Abdulgani Nurmamedov | 16 September 1955 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku | ||
16 | FW | Oleg Axanov | 13 February 1959 (aged 20) | Neftchi Baku | ||
17 | DF | Valeriy Ogirchuk | 13 April 1958 (aged 21) | Neftchi Baku | ||
18 | DF | Serhiy Pavlenko | 31 August 1951 (aged 27) | Neftchi Baku | ||
19 | MF | Hryhoriy Sapozhnikov | 30 October 1950 (aged 28) | Neftchi Baku | ||
20 | MF | Rauf Ismailov | 1956 (aged 23) | Neftchi Baku |
Head coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi (Dinamo Tbilisi), assistant: Kakhi Asatiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Dinamo Tbilisi.
Head coach: Benjaminas Zelkevičius (Žalgiris Vilnius), assistant: Stanislovas Ramjalis (Žalgiris Vilnius)
Except for one player (see the roster), whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Žalgiris Vilnius.
Head coach: Vladimir Ivashkov, assistant: Nikolai Samarin (SKA Rostov-na-Donu)
Head coach: Oleh Bazylevych (Pakhtakor Tashkent), assistant: Idgai Tazetdinov (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Pakhtakor Tashkent.
Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv), assistant: Volodymyr Bohdanovych
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Yuriy Romenskyi | 1 August 1952 (aged 26) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
2 | MF | Anatoliy Konkov | 19 September 1949 (aged 29) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
3 | DF | Serhiy Baltacha | 17 February 1958 (aged 21) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
4 | DF | Anatoliy Demyanenko | 19 February 1959 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
5 | DF | Serhiy Zhuravlyov | 24 April 1959 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
6 | MF | Volodymyr Lozynskyi | 6 January 1955 (aged 24) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
7 | MF | Leonid Buryak | 10 July 1953 (aged 26) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
8 | MF | Aleksandr Khapsalis | 17 October 1957 (aged 21) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
9 | MF | Viktor Kolotov | 3 July 1949 (aged 30) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
10 | MF | Anatoliy Doroshenko | 14 August 1953 (aged 25) | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
11 | FW | Oleh Blokhin | 5 November 1952 (aged 26) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
12 | MF | Oleksandr Berezhnoy | 8 December 1957 (aged 21) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
13 | DF | Vyacheslav Leshchuk | 24 December 1951 (aged 27) | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
14 | MF | Volodymyr Bezsonov | 5 March 1958 (aged 21) | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
15 | MF | Stepan Yurchyshyn | 28 August 1957 (aged 21) | Karpaty Lviv | ||
16 | FW | Volodymyr Rohovsky | 28 February 1954 (aged 25) | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
17 | GK | Yuriy Dehteryov | 5 October 1948 (aged 30) | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
18 | FW | Vitaliy Starukhin | 6 June 1949 (aged 30) | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
19 | MF | Mykola Fedorenko | 31 July 1955 (aged 23) | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
20 | MF | Volodymyr Pianykh | 5 February 1951 (aged 28) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Head coach: Mark Tunis (Pamir Dushanbe), assistant: Sharif Nazarov (Pamir Dushanbe)
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Pamir Dushanbe.
Head coach: Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk), assistant: Leonid Harai (Dinamo Minsk)
Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Dinamo Minsk.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Mikhail Verheyenka | 12 January 1950 (aged 29) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
2 | DF | Siarhei Borowski | 29 January 1956 (aged 23) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
3 | DF | Yuri Kurnenin | 4 June 1957 (aged 22) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
4 | MF | Alyaksandar Alyakseichikaw | 3 April 1958 (aged 21) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
5 | DF | Valery Shaveyko | 4 February 1956 (aged 23) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
6 | MF | Alyaksandar Prakapenka | 16 November 1953 (aged 25) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
7 | FW | Anatoly Baidachny | 1 October 1952 (aged 26) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
8 | MF | Yuri Pudyshev | 3 April 1954 (aged 25) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
9 | DF | Mykola Pavlov | 20 June 1954 (aged 25) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
10 | MF | Uladzimir Kurnew | 12 September 1950 (aged 28) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
11 | FW | Pyotar Vasilewski | 29 June 1956 (aged 23) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
12 | MF | Valeriy Melnikov | 21 October 1959 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
13 | DF | Ihar Byalow | 21 October 1954 (aged 24) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
14 | FW | Ihar Hurynovich | 5 March 1960 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
15 | DF | Viktar Yanushewski | 23 January 1960 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
16 | GK | Yury Kurbyka | 26 February 1956 (aged 23) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
17 | MF | Alyaksandar Pryazhnikaw | 27 May 1954 (aged 25) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
18 | MF | Syarhei Gotsmanaw | 27 March 1959 (aged 20) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
19 | MF | Syarhei Korbut | 8 June 1955 (aged 24) | Dinamo Minsk | ||
20 | DF | Liudas Rumbutsis | 24 November 1955 (aged 23) | Dinamo Minsk |
Head coach: Gennadi Bondarenko (Daugava Riga), assistant: Boris Reingold
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