Valeriy Porkujan
Valeriy Semenovych Porkuyan ( uk, Валерій Семенович Поркуян, born 4 October 1944 in Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, now Ukraine) is a former Ukrainian footballer of Armenian descent who played for Dynamo Kyiv. Playing career Club Porkuyan began playing for the youth team of Kirovohrad's local club, Zvezda. In 1962 he made the transition to the senior team of Zvezda. After three successful seasons there he was spotted by a former Chernomorets Odessa player and then assistant coach, Matvey Cherkassky, who helped him transfer from the Soviet Second League B to the Soviet Top League club Chernomorets. That season he played alongside Valeri Lobanovsky, who was finishing up his playing career in Odessa. His form there attracted the attention of many top clubs, including Spartak Moscow and Dnipro, but he was eventually moved to Dynamo Kyiv. At 21 years of age he made the first team in his first season with the team. On the strength of that first season, when he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirovohrad
Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast. Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement was known as Yelysavethrad ( uk, Єлисаветград, links=no ) after Empress Elizabeth of Russia () from 1752 to 1924 as well as simply Elysavet. In 1924 it became Zinovievsk ( uk, Зінов'євськ, links=no, ) in honour of the Bolshevik revolutionary and Politburo member Grigory Zinoviev (1883-1936), who was born there. Following the assassination of the First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Sergei Kirov (in office 1926–1934), the town was renamed Kirovo ( uk, Кірово, links=no ) in Kirov's honour on 7 December, 1934—a name-change similar to those of numerous other ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet Second League B
The Soviet Second League B or Soviet Lower Second League was an auxiliary fourth tier of the Soviet league system, because it was not consistent as it existed only for six seasons and somewhat randomly. It was the fourth highest division of Soviet football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ..., below the Soviet Second League. Description It was introduced initially for three seasons (two tiers) at the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 as the "Group G" until 1938 when all teams were allowed to compete in one ''Super League''. At that time it consisted of a single group. At the first championships two of them occurred in 1936, it contained around five teams. In 1937 the league was increased to 12 participants. Also the same year another division was added that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIFA World Cup Awards
At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams who have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game. Awards *There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA Technical Study Group: **the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed " adidas Golden Ball") for best player, first awarded in 1982; **the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot", formerly known as the "adidas Golden Shoe" from 1982 to 2006) for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1982; **the Golden Glove (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove", formerly known as the " Lev Yashin Award" from 1994 to 2006) for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 1994; **the FIFA Young Player Award (formerly known as the "Best Young Player Award" from 2006 to 2010) for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006; **the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the seco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unified Sports Classification System Of The USSR And Russia
Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes and coaches. Similar systems still exist today in several former Soviet republics. Athletes The classification was established in 1935 and was based on separate classifications, which existed for several sports disciplines before. Starting in 1949, it was revised every four years, the period, which corresponded to the Olympic cycle, to reflect new standards for the physical training. The document contained test standards, principles and conditions, necessary for the conferment of sports ranks and titles, for all sports, cultivated in the USSR. As of the 1970s, there were following ranks for athletes of the USSR (listed in descending order of value): *''Merited Master of Sport of the USSR,'' (russian: заслуженный мастер с� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside Europe and South America, and it was also the first held in North America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage. The tournament final had Brazil battle Italy, another FIFA two-time champion (and UEFA Euro 1968 winner), 4–1. Furthermore, during the tournament, Brazil also had to defeat another two-time champion (who were) South American champions Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and defending champions England 1–0 in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)'. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019 below the Soviet Top League. While the second tier competitions in football among "teams of masters" (an official term for the Soviet professional clubs) existed since 1936, the First League has been officially formed in 1971 out of the Class A First Group. It followed the transitional 1970 season when the Class A was expanded to three groups (Vysshaya Gruppa, Pervaya Gruppa, Vtoraya Gruppa) and discontinuation of the Class B competitions for the 1971 season. The league existed until the dissolution of the USSR The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sov� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldovan Cyrillic: Купа УРСС), lv, PSRS kauss, hy, ԽՍՀՄ Գավաթ, et, NSVL Karikas. was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. As a knockout tournament it was conducted parallel to the All-Union league competitions in double round-robin format. The winner of the competition was awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, unless it already qualified for the European Cup, in turn passed the qualification to the finalist. In case if a team would win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and not win its national league cup titles next year, it qualified to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup along with the new cup holder. The first participation in the UEFA Cup Winne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet Top League 1968 ...
20 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship. League standings Results Top scorers ;22 goals * Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor) * Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi) ;21 goals * Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow) ;14 goals * Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow) * Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow) ;13 goals * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;12 goals * Mikhail Gershkovich (Torpedo Moscow) ;11 goals * Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) * Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv) * Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi) References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{1968–69 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet Top League 1967 ...
19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship. League standings Results Top scorers ;19 goals * Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk) ;17 goals * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;14 goals * Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik) ;13 goals * Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik) * Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi) * Gennady Yevriuzhikin (Dynamo Moscow) ;12 goals * Yuri Vshivtsev (Dynamo Moscow) ;11 goals * Nikolai Kazaryan (Ararat) ;10 goals * Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor) * Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) * Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi) References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{1967–68 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soviet Top League 1966
Overview *19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship. * FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for Champions Cup 1967–68 and FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for CWC 1967–68 as runners-up of the Soviet Cup 1965-66. *The top 3 team with the most wins qualified for the World Cup. League standings Results Top scorers ;20 goals * Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) ;19 goals * Anatoliy Byshovets (Dynamo Kyiv) ;15 goals * Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow) * Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow) ;14 goals * Kazbek Tuaev (Neftyanik Baku) * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) * Vladimir Kozlov (Lokomotiv Moscow) * Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;12 goals * Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik Baku) * Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku) * Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow) References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{1966–67 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the final to win the tournament. The final had finished at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, when Geoff Hurst scored two goals to complete his hat-trick, the first (and , only) to be scored in a men's World Cup final. England were the fifth nation to win the event, and the third host nation to win after Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934. Brazil were the defending champions, but they failed to progress from the group stage. Two debut teams performed well at the competition – North Korea beat Italy 1–0 on the way to reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost to Portugal 5–3 after leading 3–0. Portugal themselves finished third, losing 2–1 to England in the semi-final. Portuguese striker Eusébio was the tournam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikolai Petrovich Morozov
Nikolai Petrovich Morozov (Russian: Николай Петрович Морозов; 25 August 1916 – 13 October 1981) was a Russian football coach, who led the USSR national football team to a fourth-place finish in the 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in .... External links *RussiaTeam biography 1916 births 1981 deaths People from Lyubertsy Russian footballers Soviet footballers FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players Russian football managers Soviet football managers Soviet Union national football team managers FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers 1966 FIFA World Cup managers FC Torpedo Moscow managers FC Dnipro managers FC Chornomorets Odesa managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers Association football midfielders ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |