Soviet Union national under-20 football team

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Soviet Union U-20
Nickname(s) Lads (Юноши)
Association Football Federation of USSR
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach-
FIFA code URS
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 31 Iraq  Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg
(Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977)
Last international

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 (4–5 p) Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
(Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991)
Biggest win
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
(Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 30 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
(Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1977 )
Best resultWinners, 1977

The Soviet national youth football team was a special under-18 and under-20 football team of the Soviet Union designated specifically for FIFA World Youth Championship (today FIFA U-20 World Cup). It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union.

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The team was created in 1977 for the newly created FIFA competition for junior teams (among lads, under-18).

With dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union youth football team competed at the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Championship as the CIS youth under-18 football team which qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. That berth was passed over (grandfathered) to the Russia national under-20 football team.

FIFA World Youth Championship

 Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

FIFA World Youth Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg 1977 Champions1st523074
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1979 Runners-up2nd6312127
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1981 Did not qualify
Flag of Mexico.svg 1983 Group stage15th300336
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1985 Fourth place4th6330103
Flag of Chile.svg 1987 Did not qualify
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1989 Quarter-finals5th4310116
Flag of Portugal.svg 1991 Third place3rd631296
Total1 title6/83014975232

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Head coaches

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

The last Soviet U-20 team

Head coach
Gennadi Kostylev
No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
11 GK Oleksandr Pomazun (1971-10-11)11 October 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Metallist Kharkov
22 DF Yervand Krbachian (1971-10-01)1 October 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ararat Yerevan
32 DF Sergei Mandreko (1971-08-01)1 August 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Pamir Dushanbe
42 DF Sergei Mamchur (1972-02-03)3 February 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
52 DF Valeri Minko (1971-08-08)8 August 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
62 DF Evgeni Bushmanov (1971-11-02)2 November 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Spartak Moscow
73 MF Dmitri Mikhailenko (1973-07-13)13 July 1973 (aged 18) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
84 FW Serhiy Scherbakov (1971-08-15)15 August 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
94 FW Dmitri Karsakov (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow / KAMAZ N. Chelny
104 FW Serhiy Konovalov (1972-03-01)1 March 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
113 MF Volodymyr Sharan (1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Karpaty Lviv / Dynamo Kyiv
121 GK Andrei Novosadov (1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
132 DF Dmitri Klimovich (1972-04-30)30 April 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Minsk
142 DF Alexei Guschin (1971-10-21)21 October 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg CSKA Moscow
153 MF Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov (1972-01-16)16 January 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow
163 MF Vitali But (1972-11-16)16 November 1972 (aged 19) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Moscow
173 MF Armen Babalarian (1971-08-15)15 August 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ararat Yerevan / Kotayk
183 MF Evgueni Pokhlebaev (1971-11-25)25 November 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
191 GK Gennady Tumilovich (1971-09-03)3 September 1971 (aged 20) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dinamo Minsk

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See also

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Soviet Union's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.