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Soviet Union national under-20 football team

National U-20 association football team

Summary

National U-20 association football team

Field	Value
Name	Soviet Union U-20
FIFA Trigramme	URS
Nickname	Lads (Юноши)
Association	Football Federation of USSR
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Coach	-
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First game	3–1
(Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977)**
Last international**
1–1
(Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991)
Largest win	5–0
(Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985)
Largest loss	3–0
(Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991)
Regional name	FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional cup apps	6
Regional cup first	1977
Regional cup best	Winners, 1977

(Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977)** Last international** 1–1
(Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991) (Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985) (Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991) 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.

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	Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS
Tunisia 1977	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	4
Japan 1979	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	12	7
Australia 1981	Did not qualify
Mexico 1983	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	6
Soviet Union 1985	Fourth place	4th	6	3	3	0	10	3
Chile 1987	Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1989	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	11	6
Portugal 1991	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	9	6

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Head coaches

1977 Sergei Mosyagin
1979 Sergei Korshunov
1983 Nikolay Kiselyov
1985 Sergei Mosyagin
1989 Boris Ignatyev
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 (Rapid Wien), Mamchur - Russia (Asmaral Moscow), Bushmanov changed team (CSKA Moscow), Scherbakov - Portugal (Sporting CP), Novosadov changed team (KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny), Tumilovich changed team (Belarus Minsk).

Head-to-head record

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

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

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