The Soviet national youth football team was a special under-18 and under-20

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team of the

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designated specifically for FIFA World Youth Championship (today

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). It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union. The team was created in 1977 for the newly created FIFA competition for junior teams (among lads, under-18). With

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, the Soviet Union youth football team competed at the

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as the CIS youth under-18 football team which qualified for the

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. 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 ''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Head coaches

* 1977 Sergei Mosyagin * 1979 Sergei Korshunov * 1983 Nikolay Kiselyov * 1985 Sergei Mosyagin * 1989

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* 1991 Gennadi Kostylev

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

The last Soviet U-20 team ;Head coach: Gennadi Kostylev ''Notes:'' * All data through December 31, 1991. * 1992 transfers: Mandreko moved to Austria (

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), Mamchur - Russia ( Asmaral Moscow), Bushmanov changed team (

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), Scherbakov - Portugal (

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), Novosadov changed team ( KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny), Tumilovich changed team ( Belarus Minsk).

External links

FIFA Under-20 website
Contains full results archive

Contains full record of U-20 Championships. 1977 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union European national under-20 association football teams Soviet Union national football team Youth football in the Soviet Union

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Soviet Union's head-to-head record in the

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FIFA World Youth Championship

Head coaches

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

See also

External links

Head-to-head record