| Soviet Union national football team results |
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The following is a list of the Soviet Union national football team results from 1923 to 1972: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Until 1952, the Soviet Union had isolated itself from the international community due to its policy and preparation for the "Worldwide Revolution" against the bourgeoisie class. [6] Soon after establishing the Comintern, the Soviet Union established the Red Sport International.
After the World War II and joining the international community, the Soviet Union ignored restrictions from the International Olympic Committee prohibiting professional athletes from competing in its football competition; the Soviet Union and its satellites were fielding their first teams in the Olympic football competitions. [7] Their main argument was that their players are on the payrolls of state enterprises and are not earning money by being sold to capitalists. [8] The Soviet Union effectively exploited the argument between FIFA and IOC about the players' status in their respective competitions. [9]
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In 1923, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic played several matches against European competition.[ clarification needed ]
| 21 August Friendly | Sweden | 1–2 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Report | Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden) |
| 30 August Friendly | Norway | 2–3 | Kristiania, Norway | |
| Stadium: Bislett Stadium Attendance: 7,000 |
| 19 September Friendly | Estonia | 2–4 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 16:30 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Kalevi staadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Max Adler (Austria) |
The first officially[ clarification needed ] recognized[ citation needed ] match of the Soviet Union national football team was played in 1924. Note that the Soviet Union was neither a member of the FIFA nor the IOC and had a status similar to that of the Gibraltar national football team before 2012. The game was considered official because the Turkey national football team supposedly requested that FIFA allow them to play the match as the official.
| 16 November Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Butusov Shpakovsky | (Report) | Stadium: V. Vorovskiy Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamdi Emin Çap (Turkey) |
| 15 May Friendly | Turkey | 1–2 | Ankara, Turkey | |
| Arca | (Report) | Stadium: Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
The Soviet Union's match against Turkey in 1925 was their last officially sanctioned match until 1954.[ citation needed ]
The Soviet Union did not play any official matches between 1925 and 1952.
| 15 July 1952 Summer Olympics Preliminary round | Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Kotka, Finland | |
| 19:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Kotkan Urheilukeskus Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 20 July 1952 Summer Olympics Round of 16 | Yugoslavia | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union | Tampere, Finland |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (Great Britain) |
| 22 July 1952 Summer Olympics Round of 16 (replay) | Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Soviet Union | Tampere, Finland |
| 19:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 16,916 Referee: Arthur Ellis (Great Britain) |
| 8 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 7–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 26 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 26 June Friendly | Sweden | 0–6 | Solna, Sweden | |
| Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 38,249 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 21 August Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 16 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 11–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Ghosh | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
| 25 September Friendly | Hungary | 1–1 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Puskás | Report | Kuznetsov | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 103,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Streltsov Simonyan | Report | Kopa Piantoni | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Franz Grill (Austria) |
| 1 July Friendly | Denmark | 2–5 | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Report | Stadium: Idraetspark Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 11 July 1956 Summer Olympics Qualification | Soviet Union | 5–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 31 July 1956 Summer Olympics Qualification | Israel | 1–2 | Ramat Gan, Israel | |
| Report | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Francesco Liverani [10] (Italy) |
| 15 September Friendly | West Germany | 1–2 | Hannover, West Germany | |
| Schröder | Report | Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 86,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Czibor | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Jacques Devillers (France) |
| 21 October Friendly | France | 2–1 | Paris, France | |
| Tellechéa Vincent | Report | Isayev | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 62,145 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 24 November 1956 Summer Olympics First round | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 14:30 AEST (UTC+10) | Report |
| Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain) |
| 29 November 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Quarterfinals | Soviet Union | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 16:30 AEST (UTC+10) | Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Shigemaru Takenokoshi (Japan) |
| 1 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Quarterfinals (replay) | Soviet Union | 4–0 | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 10:30 AEST (UTC+10) | Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 6,735 Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand) |
| 5 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Semifinals | Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 16:30 AEST (UTC+10) | Report |
| Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 21,079 Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain) |
| 8 December 1956 1956 Summer Olympics Final | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Melbourne, Australia | |
| 14:15 AEST (UTC+10) |
| Report | Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 86,716 Referee: Ron Wright (Australia) |
| 1 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Strelțov | (Report) | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden) |
| 23 June 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Tatushin Simonyan Ilyin | Report | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 21 July Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–4 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dumitru Schulder (Romania) |
| 27 July 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Voinov Netto | Report | Lahtinen | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mayer (Austria) |
| 15 August 1958 World Cup qualification | Finland | 0–10 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| Report | Netto Simonyan Isayev Streltsov Ilyin | Stadium: Helsingin Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,154 Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark) |
| 22 September Friendly | Hungary | 1–2 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Hidegkuti | Report | Tatushin | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 91,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France) |
| 20 October 1958 World Cup qualification | Poland | 2–1 | Chorzów, Poland | |
| Cieślik | Report | Ivanov | Stadium: Stadion Śląski Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 24 November 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Leipzig, East Germany | |
| Streltsov Fedosov | Report | Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 18 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| V. Ivanov | Report | Kevan | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria) |
| 8 June 1958 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 19:00 (CET) | Simonyan A. Ivanov | Report | Kevan Finney | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 49,348 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 11 June 1958 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Borås, Sweden | |
| 19:00 (CET) | Ilyin V. Ivanov | Report | Stadium: Ryavallen Attendance: 21,239 Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark) |
| 15 June 1958 World Cup GS | Brazil | 2–0 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 19:00 (CET) | Vavá | Report | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 50,928 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 17 June 1958 World Cup PO | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 19:00 (CET) | Ilyin | Report | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 23,182 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
| 19 June 1958 World Cup QF | Sweden | 2–0 | Solna, Sweden | |
| 19:00 (CET) | Hamrin Simonsson | Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 31,900 Referee: Reginald Leafe (England) |
| 30 August Friendly | Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Prague, Czechoslavakia | |
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| Stadium: Strahov Stadion Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark) |
| 28 September 1960 European Nations' Cup R16 | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 | Ilyin Metreveli Ivanov | Report | Göröcs | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 100,572 Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria) |
| 22 October Friendly | England | 5–0 | London, England | |
| Haynes Charlton Lofthouse | Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 6 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Molnár | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary) |
| 27 September 1960 European Nations' Cup R16 | Hungary | 0–1 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| 15:30 | Report | Voynov | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 78,481 Referee: Jozef Kowal (Poland) |
| 3 October Friendly | China | 0–1 | Beijing, China | |
| Report | Ilyin | Stadium: Workers' Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Zhu Yixian (China) |
| 19 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 7–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria) |
| 6 July 1960 European Nations' Cup SF | Czechoslovakia | 0–3 | Marseille, France | |
| 21:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,184 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 10 July 1960 European Nations' Cup F | Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Paris, France | |
| 20:30 CET |
| Report |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 17,966 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 17 August Friendly | East Germany | 0–1 | Leipzig, East Germany | |
| Report | Ponedelnik | Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria) |
| 4 September Friendly | Austria | 3–1 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Hof Flögel | Report | Ponedelnik | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland) |
| 21 May Friendly | Poland | 1–0 | Warsaw, Poland | |
| Pohl | Report | Stadium: Stadion Dziesięciolecia Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Vilmos Kösztner (Hungary) |
| 18 June 1962 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Voronin | Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland) |
| 24 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy) |
| 1 July 1962 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 5–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Metreveli Ponedelnik Bubukin Meskhi | Report | Borgen E. Hansen | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Kowal (Poland) |
| 23 August 1962 World Cup qualification | Norway | 0–3 | Oslo, Norway | |
| Report | Ponedelnik Meskhi Metreveli | Stadium: Ullevaal Attendance: 30,469 Referee: Meighan (Republic of Ireland) |
| 10 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Rafreider | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 12 November 1962 World Cup qualification | Turkey | 1–2 | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Oktay | Report | Gusarov Mamykin | Stadium: Mithat Paşa Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Verner (Israel) |
| 18 November Friendly | Argentina | 1–2 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Belén | Report | Ponedelnik | Stadium: River Plate Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile) |
| 22 November Friendly | Chile | 0–1 | Santiago, Chile | |
| Report | Mamykin | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay) |
| 29 November Friendly | Uruguay | 1–2 | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Cubilla | Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 70,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina) |
| 11 April Friendly | Luxembourg | 1–3 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | |
| Schmit | Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium) |
| 18 April Friendly | Sweden | 0–2 | Solna, Sweden | |
| Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 11,089 Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland) |
| 27 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 103,000 Referee: Roland Bäckström (Sweden) |
| 31 May 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Arica, Chile | |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Ivanov Ponedelnik | Report | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 9,622 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
| 3 June 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 4–4 | Arica, Chile | |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Ivanov Chislenko Ponedelnik | Report | Aceros Coll Rada Klinger | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 8,040 Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil) |
| 6 June 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Arica, Chile | |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Mamykin Ivanov | Report | Sasía | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 10 June 1962 World Cup QF | Chile | 2–1 | Arica, Chile | |
| 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) | L. Sánchez Rojas | Report | Chislenko | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 17,268 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
| 22 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Martinsson | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria) |
| 22 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Ivanov | Machos | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Antero Lartola (Finland) |
| 13 October 1964 European Nations' Cup R16 | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Ponedelnik Chislenko | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,358 Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland) |
| 10 November 1964 European Nations' Cup R16 | Italy | 1–1 | Rome, Italy | |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Rivera | Report | Gusarov | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,567 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) |
| 1 December Friendly | Morocco | 1–1 | Casablanca, Morocco | |
| Nafai | Tibari | Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Henri Faucheux (France) |
| 13 May 1964 European Nations' Cup QF | Sweden | 1–1 | Solna, Sweden | |
| 19:00 UTC+1 | Hamrin | Report | Ivanov | Stadium: Råsunda Stadion Attendance: 36,937 Referee: Jim Finney (England) |
| 20 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Mudrik | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Friedrich Köpke (East Germany) |
| 27 May 1964 European Nations' Cup QF | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Ponedelnik Voronin | Report | Hamrin | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 99,609 Referee: Arthur Holland (England) |
| 17 June 1964 European Nations' Cup SF | Denmark | 0–3 | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 22:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 38,556 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 21 June 1964 European Nations' Cup F | Spain | 2–1 | Madrid, Spain | |
| 18:30 CET | Report, lineups [ dead link ] |
| Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 79,115 Referee: Arthur Holland (England) |
| 13 October Friendly | Austria | 1–0 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Glechner | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 4 November Friendly | Algeria | 2–2 | Algiers, Algeria | |
| Stadium: Stade d’El Asnasser Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Abdelaziz Chekaïmi (Algeria) |
| 22 November Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
| Zambata | Serebryanikov | Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania) |
| 29 November Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–0 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia) |
| 16 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 23 May 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Kazakov Ivanov | Report | Papaioannou | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 79,641 Referee: Beijar (Finland) |
| 30 May 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Ivanov Williams | Report | W. Davies | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 86,015 Referee: Fritz (West Germany) |
| 27 June 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 6–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Khusainov Metreveli Voronin Barkaya Meskhi | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 84,134 Referee: Zečević (Yugoslavia) |
| 4 July Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–3 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 4 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland) |
| 3 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Greece | 1–4 | Piraeus, Greece | |
| Papaioannou | Report | Metreveli Banişevski | Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 39,880 Referee: Shoshany (Israel) |
| 17 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Denmark | 1–3 | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Troelsen | Report | Metreveli Malofeyev Sabo | Stadium: Idraetsparken Attendance: 32,941 Referee: Webster (Scotland) |
| 27 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Wales | 2–1 | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Vernon Allchurch | Report | Banişevski | Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,626 Referee: Nilsen (Norway) |
| 21 November Friendly | Brazil | 2–2 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 113,248 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England) |
| 1 December Friendly | Argentina | 1–1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Onega | Banishevskiy | Stadium: River Plate Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: P.Vargas (Uruguay) |
| 4 December Friendly | Uruguay | 1–3 | Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Rocha |
| Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) |
| 23 February Friendly | Chile | 0–2 | Santiago, Chile | |
| Yozhef Sabo | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile) |
| 20 April Friendly | Switzerland | 2–2 | Basel, Switzerland | |
| Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 38,543 Referee: Johan Boström (Sweden) |
| 24 April Friendly | Austria | 0–1 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Voronin | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 18 May Friendly | Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | Prague, Czechoslavakia | |
| Adamec | Banishevskiy | Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 16,990 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)Pierre Schwinte (France) |
| 22 May Friendly | Belgium | 0–1 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Serebryanikov | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 27,394 |
| 5 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–3 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Metreveli Banishevskiy Chislenko | Report | Blanchet Gondet Bonnel | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 12 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Middlesbrough, England | |
| 19:30 BST | Malofeyev Banishevskiy | Report | Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 23,006 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
| 16 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Sunderland, England | |
| 15:00 BST | Chislenko | Report | Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 27,793 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) |
| 20 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Sunderland, England | |
| 19:30 BST | Porkuyan | Report | Marcos | Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 16,027 Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland) |
| 23 July 1966 World Cup QF | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Sunderland, England | |
| 15:00 BST | Chislenko Porkuyan | Report | Bene | Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 26,844 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
| 25 July 1966 World Cup SF | West Germany | 2–1 | Liverpool, England | |
| 19:30 BST | Haller Beckenbauer | Report | Porkuyan | Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,273 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 28 July 1966 World Cup 3rd place | Portugal | 2–1 | London, England | |
| 19:30 BST | Eusébio Torres | Report | Malofeyev | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,696 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England) |
| 18 September Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–2 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
| Mušović | Krasnitskiy Matveyev | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 16 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland) |
| 23 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Fräßdorf | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Taisto Enckell (Finland) |
| 10 May Friendly | Scotland | 0–2 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 53,497 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 28 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Kirov Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland) |
| 3 June Friendly | France | 2–4 | Paris, France | |
| Gondet Simon | Report | Chislenko Byshovets Streltsov | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 24,778 Referee: Décio Freitas (Portugal) |
| 11 June UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 4–3 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Attendance: 72,142 Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden) |
| 16 July UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 4–0 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Dynamo Attendance: 28,040 Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway) |
| 30 August UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 20,597 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey) |
| 6 September UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Finland | 2–5 | Turku, Finland | |
| 17:30 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Kupittaan Stadion Attendance: 7,793 Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roger Mâchin (France) |
| 8 October Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–2 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Dermendzhiev |
| Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland) |
| 15 October UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Austria | 1–0 | Vienna, Austria | |
| 14:30 |
| Report | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria) |
| 31 October UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Greece | 0–1 | Piraeus, Greece | |
| 15:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Karaiskaki Stadium Attendance: 33,588 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 29 November Friendly | Netherlands | 3–1 | Rotterdam. Netherlands | |
| Maslov | Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) |
| 6 December Friendly | England | 2–2 | London, England | |
| Chislenko | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) |
| 17 December Friendly | Chile | 1–4 | Santiago, Chile | |
| Reinoso | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 42,471 Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile) |
| 3 March Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) |
| 7 March Friendly | Mexico | 1–1 | León, Mexico | |
| Hernández | Byshovets | Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico) |
| 10 March Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) |
| 24 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Sabo | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia) |
| 4 May UEFA Euro 1968 QF | Hungary | 2–0 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 71,556 Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 11 May UEFA Euro 1968 QF | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:30 |
| Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 91,129 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 5 June UEFA Euro 1968 SF | Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Naples, Italy | |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 68,582 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) | ||
| Note: Italy won on coin toss. Italy captain Giacinto Facchetti called the coin toss correctly. | ||||
| 8 June UEFA Euro 1968 3rd place | England | 2–0 | Rome, Italy | |
| 18:45 |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,817 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 16 July Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | |
| Vyun Gershkovich Asatiani | Hof | Stadium: Kirov Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden) |
| 1 August Friendly | Sweden | 2–2 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 44,867 Referee: Arnth Jensen (Denmark) |
| 20 February Friendly | Colombia | 1–3 | Bogotá, Colombia | |
| Santa | Report |
| Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Omar Delgado (Colombia) |
| 25 July Friendly | East Germany | 2–2 | Leipzig, East Germany | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 6 August Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Eklund | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) |
| 10 September 1970 World Cup qualification | Northern Ireland | 0–0 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France) |
| 24 September Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–3 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
| Report | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Andrei Radulescu (Romania) |
| 15 October 1970 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Kyiv, Soviet Union | |
| Muntyan Nodia | Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Lööw (Sweden) |
| 22 October 1970 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Nodia Byshovets | Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 16 November 1970 World Cup qualification | Turkey | 1–3 | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Ender | Report | Asatiani Khmelnitsky | Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
| 14 February Friendly | Peru | 0–0 | Lima, Peru | |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 41,535 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru) |
| 20 February Friendly | Peru | 0–2 | Lima, Peru | |
| Report | Byshovets | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 27,011 Referee: César Orozco (Peru) |
| 22 February Friendly | El Salvador | 0–2 | San Salvador, El Salvador | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 31,283 Referee: Diego de Leo (Mexico) |
| 26 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 51,893 Referee: Mario Canessa (Chile) |
| 5 May Friendly | Bulgaria | 3–3 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 11,169 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania) |
| 6 May Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–0 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 31,174 Referee: Aurel Bentu (Romania) |
| 31 May 1970 World Cup GS | Mexico | 0–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 12:00 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 107,160 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 6 June 1970 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 4–1 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 16:00 | Byshovets Asatiani Khmelnytskyi | Report | Lambert | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 95,261 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 10 June 1970 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 16:00 | Byshovets | Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 89,979 Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile) |
| 14 June 1970 World Cup QF | Soviet Union | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 12:00 | Report | Espárrago | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 26,085 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 28 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 4–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Shevchenko Fedotov Kolotov Nodiya | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland) |
| 15 November 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Cyprus | 1–3 | Nicosia, Cyprus | |
| 15:00 | Charalambous | Report | Kolotov Yevryuzhikhin Shevchenko | Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia) |
| 17 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | Guadalajara, Mexico | |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Javier Galindo (Mexico) |
| 20 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Diego de Leo (Mexico) |
| 28 February Friendly | El Salvador | 0–1 | San Salvador. El Salvador | |
| Report | Osorio | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mario Martínez Cea (El Salvador) |
| 28 April Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–1 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Mitkov | Report | Shevchenko | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania) |
| 30 May 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 2–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 18:30 | Kolotov Shevchenko | Report | Rexach | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 81,700 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) |
| 7 June 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 6–1 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:30 | Fedotov Yevryuzhikhin Kolotov Banishevski | Report | S. Michael | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland) |
| 14 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Yevryuzhikhin | Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
| 18 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Kolotov Khmelnytskyi | Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) |
| 22 September 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 19:30 | Muntyan | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 51,186 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden) |
| 13 October 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 16:00 | Nicholson | Report | Byshovets | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway) |
| 27 October 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Spain | 0–0 | Seville, Spain | |
| 20:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England) |
| 29 March Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–1 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Bonev | Report | Kolotov | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia) |
| 19 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–0 | Kiev, Soviet Union | |
| Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) |
| 30 April 1972 UEFA Euro QF | Yugoslavia | 0–0 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Crvena zvezda Attendance: 58,312 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 13 May 1972 UEFA Euro QF | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| 15:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 90,263 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) |
| 26 May Friendly | West Germany | 4–1 | Munich, West Germany | |
| Müller | Report | Kolotov | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil) |
| 7 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Muntyan | Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland) |
| 14 June 1972 UEFA Euro SF | Hungary | 0–1 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 20:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Émile Versé Attendance: 1,659 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) |
| 18 June 1972 UEFA Euro Final | West Germany | 3–0 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 43,437 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
| 29 June Brazil Independence Cup | Soviet Union | 1–0 | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Onishchenko | Report | Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel) |
| 2 July Brazil Independence Cup | Argentina | 1–0 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| Pastoriza | Report | Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico) |
| 6 July Brazil Independence Cup | Portugal | 1–0 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| Jordão | Report | Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 16 July Friendly | Finland | 1–1 | Vaasa, Finland | |
| Rissanen | Report | Blokhin | Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway) |
| 6 August Friendly | Sweden | 4–4 | Solna, Sweden | |
| Report |
| Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Svein Thime (Norway) |
| 13 October 1974 World Cup qualification | France | 1–0 | Paris, France | |
| Bereta | Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,746 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 18 October 1974 World Cup qualification | Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Conroy | Report | Fedotov Kolotov | Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 27,656 Referee: Øberg (Norway) |