Soviet Union Olympic football team


The Soviet Union Olympic football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990. The team participated in all of the qualification football tournaments for Summer Olympics. Until 1992, when age restrictions were officially introduced, the Soviet Union used the first team both in qualification tournaments and finals except for 1960 and 1964 when the second national team was used for the qualification tournaments.

History

Officially the Olympic national team was founded in 1959 after the FIFA adopted its decision in 1958 prohibiting players who played in the World Cup finals from participation in the Olympics. The Soviet Union did not participate in the World Cup until 1958 ; instead, it used its first team to compete at the Olympics as it deemed that tournament more important. The USSR continued to use its best players in the Olympics after 1958 despite the FIFA ruling, with the branding "Olympic team" being rather formal, with all the players being part of the national team and competing both at the World Cup and Olympics.

1960 Olympics

Qualification

3rd Group

Games

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Roster

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Venues

Soviet managers

The list does not include games of the senior team such as participation at the Olympic tournaments finals.
ManagerNationYearsPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %Qualifying cycleFinal tour
Boris Arkadiev19594121321960
Vyacheslav Solovyov1963-196452211461964
Aleksandr Ponomarev197154101411972
Konstantin Beskov197565101421976
Konstantin Beskov198065011931980
Vladimir Salkov19832110521984
Eduard Malofeyev1983-198442114219841984*
Anatoly Byshovets1986-198814113026819881988
Boris Ignatyev1990-19916231641992

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