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Soviet Union U-21

Nickname	-
Association	Football Federation of USSR
Coach	-
Captain	{{{Captain}}}
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Spain 1-2 USSR Málaga, March 30, 1971 Last International USSR 1-1 Italy Simferopol, October 16, 1991
Largest win USSR 6-0 Czechoslovakia Yerevan, April 10, 1974
Worst defeat West Germany 5-0 USSR Aachen, March 30, 1982
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1980)
Best result	Winners, 1980 & 1990
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The USSR national under-21 football team was the Under-21 football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the USSR Under-21 team was formed. The team had a good record, winning the competition twice, reaching the last four once, but failing to qualify for the last eight on five occasions.

After the dissolution of the USSR (on December 26, 1991), the senior team played out its remaining fixtures, which were the finals of Euro 92. Because the USSR U-21s had, by December 26, already failed to qualify for their version of the 1992 European Championship, the former Soviet states didn't play as a combined team at U-21 level ever again.

Of the former Soviet states, only Russia entered the 1992-1994 competition. However, the Russian U-21 team should not be considered as a continuation of this team; a large percentage of the team's players came from outside Russia. A total of 15 former Soviet states play international football today; 11 in Europe under UEFA, 4 in Asia under the AFC.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. USSR's unparalleled record in U-23 competitions is also shown.

Contents 1 UEFA U-23 Championship Record 2 UEFA U-21 Championship Record 3 National teams of the former Soviet republics 4 See also 5 External links

• 1972: Runners-up.
• 1974: Losing semi-finalists.
• 1976: Winners.

• 1978: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
• 1980: Winners.
• 1982: Losing semi-finalists.
• 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
• 1990: Winners.
• 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.

Armenia	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Azerbaijan	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Belarus	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Estonia	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Georgia	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Kazakhstan	National team	U-21 team	UEFA (AFC:1992-2002)
Kyrgyzstan	National team	U-20 team	AFC
Latvia	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Lithuania	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Moldova	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Russia	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Tajikistan	National team	U-20 team	AFC
Turkmenistan	National team	U-20 team	AFC
Ukraine	National team	U-21 team	UEFA
Uzbekistan	National team	U-20 team	AFC

• European Under-21 Football Championship

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

Soviet football (soccer) competitions v • d • e
Leagues: Soviet Top League | Soviet First League | Soviet Second League | Soviet Second League B
Cups: Soviet Cup | USSR Super Cup | USSR Federation Cup
Miscellaneous: USSR National team | USSR Under-21 National team | CIS National team

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA) v • d • e
Albania | Andorra | Armenia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands  Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Republic of Ireland | Israel  Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Republic of Macedonia  Malta | Moldova | Montenegro | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal  Romania | Russia | San Marino | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden  Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales   Former nations: Czechoslovakia | East Germany | USSR | Yugoslavia
European Under-21 Championship v • d • e
1976-1978 | 1978-1980 | 1980-1982 | 1982-1984 | 1984-1986 | 1986-1988 | 1988-1990 1990-1992 | 1992-1994 France | 1994-1996 Spain | 1996-1998 Romania | 1998-2000 Slovakia 2000-2002 Switzerland | 2002-2004 Germany | 2004-2006 Portugal | 2006-2007 Netherlands 2007-2009 Sweden