# Soviet Union Olympic football team

The Soviet Union Olympic football team was the national Olympic football team of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1992. The team participated in all of the qualification football tournaments for Summer Olympics (except for 1980 when it qualified as hosts). 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 (the first team succeeded it in the finals in those years).

## 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 (see 1958 World Cup (qualifications)); instead, it used its first team (base team) to compete at the Olympics (since 1952) 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

In order to defend their Olympic title at the Rome Games, the Soviet Union national team had to go through a "selection sieve". According to the territorial principle, the team got into the third European group, along with the teams of Bulgaria and Romania. This time it was decided to create an Olympic team separate from the main one, which included players from the nearest reserve of the main team. Of the players who took part in the qualifying games, only goalkeeper Boris Razinsky represented the team that won the Melbourne gold. Boris Arkadiev was appointed as the head coach. The coaching council also included M. I. Yakushin and A. S. Ponomarev.
The calendar of games was drawn up in such a way that the Soviet Union national team took part in all the first four games, and the national teams of Bulgaria and Romania had to fight each other in the last two.

#### 3rd Group

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Romania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 |

#### Games

Bulgaria qualified for the 1960 Summer Olympics.

#### Roster

* Head coach: Boris Arkadyev (CSK MO Moscow)
* Coaching council staff members: Mikhail Yakushin (Dynamo Moscow) and Aleksandr Ponomarev
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Boris Razinsky | (1933-07-12)12 July 1933 (aged 26) | 4 | –2 | CSK MO Moscow |
| 2DF | Dmitriy Bagrich | (1936-03-26)26 March 1936 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | CSK MO Moscow |
| 2DF | Anatoliy Soldatov | (1931-07-11)11 July 1931 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Mikhail Yermolayev | (1935-11-04)4 November 1935 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | CSK MO Moscow |
| 2DF | Nikolai Linyaev | (1933-07-17)17 July 1933 (aged 26) | 3 | 0 | CSK MO Moscow |
| 2DF | Anatoly Krutikov | (1933-09-21)21 September 1933 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Ivan Morgunov | (1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 30) | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3MF | Stanislav Zavidnov | (1934-10-14)14 October 1934 (aged 25) | 3 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 3MF | Yury Kovalyov | (1934-02-06)6 February 1934 (aged 25) | 3 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3MF | Boris Batanov | (1934-07-15)15 July 1934 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 3MF | Valery Korolenkov | (1939-03-17)17 March 1939 (aged 20) | 2 | 1 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 3MF | Aleksandr Sokolov | (1930-02-26)26 February 1930 (aged 29) | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 3MF | Shota Yamanidze | (1937-03-15)15 March 1937 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4FW | Slava Metreveli | (1936-03-30)30 March 1936 (aged 23) | 4 | 1 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Zaur Kaloyev | (1931-03-24)24 March 1931 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4FW | Valeri Urin | (1934-08-10)10 August 1934 (aged 25) | 2 | 1 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 4FW | Avtandil Gogoberidze | (1922-08-03)3 August 1922 (aged 37) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4FW | Igor Zaitsev | (1934-04-21)21 April 1934 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 4FW | Viktor Voroshilov | (1926-08-15)15 August 1926 (aged 33) | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 4FW | Viktor Sokolov | (1936-09-28)28 September 1936 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
Notes:
* Age on 12 December 1959.

## 1964 Olympics
### Qualification

According to the results of the draw, the USSR national team got into the third European group of the qualifying tournament for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The country was represented by the Olympic team, but in reality, the second team: the players of the first team (Glotov, Korneev, Mudrik) played together with the players of the nearest (Anichkin, Lobanovsky, Urushadze) and deep (Biba, Sevidov, Fadeev) reserve of the main team. There were no age restrictions for the players; for example, the goalkeeper Kotrikadze at the time of the first meeting with the Finns was 27 years old. The team was headed by Vyacheslav Solovyov, who combined this post with a similar job at CSKA. Assistant - E. I. Lyadin.
The tournament regulations did not provide for a group round-robin tournament. The teams had to play two-legged knockout matches. In the preliminary round, the East Germany Olympic football team knocked out the team of another Germany – West (payback for the last qualification). At the next stage, they had to challenge the Dutch, and the Soviet Union Olympic team challenged their access to the next round in the play-off with Finland.

#### Group 3
##### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Soviet Union | 11–0 | Finland | 7–0 | 4–0 |

##### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| United Team of Germany | 2–2 | Soviet Union | 1–1 | 1–1 |
According to the rules of the tournament, the teams had to play the third decisive game on a neutral field. The arena for the match picked was the Warsaw Stadium of the Decade.

##### Second round third match

in Warsaw, Poland
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| United Team of Germany | 4–1 | Soviet Union |
United Team of Germany qualified for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

#### Roster

* Head coach: Vyacheslav Solovyov (CSKA Moscow)
* Assistant: Yevgeny Lyadin
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Sergo Kotrikadze | (1936-08-09)9 August 1936 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 1GK | Ramaz Urushadze | (1939-08-17)17 August 1939 (aged 24) | 2 | –2 | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| 1GK | Vladimir Lisitsin | (1938-08-20)20 August 1938 (aged 25) | 1 | –4 | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 2DF | Albert Shesternyov | (1941-06-20)20 June 1941 (aged 22) | 5 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Eduard Mudrik | (1939-07-18)18 July 1939 (aged 24) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Vladimir Ponomaryov | (1940-02-18)18 February 1940 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Murtaz Khurtsilava | (1943-01-05)5 January 1943 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 2DF | Vladimir Glotov | (1937-01-23)23 January 1937 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Viktor Anichkin | (1941-12-08)8 December 1941 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Aleksei Korneyev | (1939-02-06)6 February 1939 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Anatoly Krutikov | (1933-09-21)21 September 1933 (aged 30) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Gennady Logofet | (1942-04-15)15 April 1942 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Viktor Serebryanikov | (1940-03-29)29 March 1940 (aged 23) | 5 | 4 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 3MF | Andriy Biba | (1937-08-10)10 August 1937 (aged 26) | 4 | 2 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 3MF | Valery Maslov | (1940-04-28)28 April 1940 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 4FW | Yury Sevidov | (1942-08-24)24 August 1942 (aged 21) | 3 | 1 | Spartak Moscow |
| 4FW | Gennadi Matveyev | (1937-08-22)22 August 1937 (aged 26) | 2 | 3 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| 4FW | Boris Kazakov | (1940-11-06)6 November 1940 (aged 23) | 2 | 3 | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev |
| 4FW | Valeriy Lobanovskyi | (1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 4FW | Lev Burchalkin | (1939-01-09)9 January 1939 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 4FW | Eduard Malofeyev | (1942-06-02)2 June 1942 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 4FW | Oleg Kopayev | (1937-11-28)28 November 1937 (aged 26) | 1 | 1 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| 4FW | Oleg Sergeyev | (1940-01-30)30 January 1940 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Valeriy Fadeyev | (1939-07-20)20 July 1939 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
Notes:
* Age on 31 December 1963.

## 1972 Olympics
### Qualification
#### Play-off stage

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Soviet Union | 4–0 | Netherlands | 4–0 | 0–0 |

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | URS | FRA | AUT |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 8 | 1972 Summer Olympics finals | — | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 4 | | 1–3 | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |

#### Roster

In bold are players and coaches that actually went to Munich, see Olympic team squad for more information.
* Head coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev (away game with France Boris Nabokov)
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Lev Kudasov | (1943-06-24)24 June 1943 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| 1GK | Oleksandr Tkachenko | (1947-01-24)24 January 1947 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
| 1GK | Aleksandr Prokhorov | (1946-06-18)18 June 1946 (aged 25) | 1 | –1 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 1GK | Vladimir Oleinik | (1950-03-10)10 March 1950 (aged 22) | 2 | –1 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze |
| 1GK | Vladimir Pilguy | (1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Nikolay Abramov | (1950-01-05)5 January 1950 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Vyacheslav Bulavin | (1946-04-18)18 April 1946 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 2DF | Vadim Ivanov | (1943-01-17)17 January 1943 (aged 29) | 2 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Valeri Zykov | (1944-02-24)24 February 1944 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Nikolai Khudiyev | (1949-05-15)15 May 1949 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze |
| 2DF | Sergei Dotsenko | (1947-09-07)7 September 1947 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 2DF | Vadym Sosnykhin | (1942-08-10)10 August 1942 (aged 29) | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 2DF | Stefan Reshko | (1947-03-24)24 March 1947 (aged 25) | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 2DF | Norair Mesropyan | (1946-04-30)30 April 1946 (aged 26) | 3 | 0 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 2DF | Viktor Matviyenko | (1948-10-26)26 October 1948 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 2DF | Boris Serostanov | (1949-10-17)17 October 1949 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| 2DF | Rostyslav Potochnyak | (1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Karpaty Lvov |
| 2DF | Vladimir Golubev | (1950-04-16)16 April 1950 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 2DF | Viktor Zvyahintsev | (1950-10-22)22 October 1950 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 3MF | Serhiy Bondarenko | (1948-11-09)9 November 1948 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 3MF | Volodymyr Troshkin | (1947-09-28)28 September 1947 (aged 24) | 5 | 1 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 3MF | Volodymyr Veremeyev | (1948-11-08)8 November 1948 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 3MF | Manuchar Machaidze | (1949-03-25)25 March 1949 (aged 23) | 2 | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 3MF | Leonid Buryak | (1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Chernomorets Odessa |
| 3MF | Khasan Mirikov | (1950-06-03)3 June 1950 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Neftianik Baku |
| 3MF | Arkady Andreasyan | (1947-08-11)11 August 1947 (aged 24) | 5 | 3 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 3MF | Oganes Zanazanyan | (1946-12-10)10 December 1946 (aged 25) | 6 | 3 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 4FW | Vladimir Goncharov | (1946-11-21)21 November 1946 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 4FW | Gennadiy Shalimov | (1947-11-29)29 November 1947 (aged 24) | 2 | 1 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Eduard Kozynkevych | (1949-05-23)23 May 1949 (aged 23) | 4 | 3 | Karpaty Lvov |
| 4FW | Yuri Avrutskiy | (1944-05-10)10 May 1944 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 4FW | Boris Kopeykin | (1946-03-27)27 March 1946 (aged 26) | 2 | 1 | CSKA Moscow |
| 4FW | Bohdan Hreshchak | (1949-03-31)31 March 1949 (aged 23) | 3 | 1 | Karpaty Lvov |
| 4FW | Levon Ishtoyan | (1947-09-03)3 September 1947 (aged 24) | 1 | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 4FW | Anatoliy Vasilyev | (1944-08-25)25 August 1944 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 4FW | Givi Nodia | (1948-01-02)2 January 1948 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4FW | Vladimir Gutsaev | (1952-12-21)21 December 1952 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4FW | Oleh Blokhin | (1952-11-05)5 November 1952 (aged 19) | 1 | 2 | Dinamo Kiev |
Notes:
* Age on 31 May 1972.

## 1976 Olympics
### Qualification
#### Preliminary stage

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Yugoslavia | 1–4 | Soviet Union | 1–1 | 0–3 |

#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | URS | NOR | ISL |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 8 | 1976 Summer Olympics finals | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | | 1–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Roster

In bold are players and coaches that actually went to Montreal, see Olympic team squad for more information.
* Head coach: Konstantin Beskov
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Aleksandr Prokhorov | (1946-06-18)18 June 1946 (aged 29) | 5 | –2 | Spartak Moscow |
| 1GK | Vladimir Astapovsky | (1946-07-16)16 July 1946 (aged 29) | 1 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Nikolai Khudiyev | (1949-05-15)15 May 1949 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Sergei Olshansky | (1948-05-28)28 May 1948 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Nikolai Osyanin | (1941-12-12)12 December 1941 (aged 34) | 5 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Evgeny Lovchev | (1949-01-29)29 January 1949 (aged 26) | 6 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Valentin Utkin | (1947-03-02)2 March 1947 (aged 28) | 4 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Sergei Nikulin | (1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Yuri Saukh | (1951-09-14)14 September 1951 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| 2DF | Volodymyr Troshkin | (1947-09-28)28 September 1947 (aged 28) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 2DF | Viktor Zvyahintsev | (1950-10-22)22 October 1950 (aged 25) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
| 3MF | Viktor Papayev | (1947-03-02)2 March 1947 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Mikhail Bulgakov | (1951-10-12)12 October 1951 (aged 24) | 2 | 1 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Manuchar Machaidze | (1949-03-25)25 March 1949 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 3MF | Aleksandr Maksimenkov | (1952-08-17)17 August 1952 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 3MF | Valeri Gladilin | (1951-10-19)19 October 1951 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Valeri Filatov | (1950-11-18)18 November 1950 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 3MF | David Kipiani | (1951-11-18)18 November 1951 (aged 24) | 2 | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 3MF | Aleksandr Minayev | (1954-08-11)11 August 1954 (aged 21) | 6 | 4 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 3MF | Leonid Buryak | (1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 22) | 3 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 4FW | Vadim Nikonov | (1948-08-09)9 August 1948 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Vasilis Hatzipanagis | (1954-10-26)26 October 1954 (aged 21) | 4 | 1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| 4FW | Vladimir Sakharov | (1948-02-05)5 February 1948 (aged 27) | 3 | 3 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 4FW | Vladimir Fyodorov | (1955-01-05)5 January 1955 (aged 20) | 3 | 1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
Notes:
* Age on 31 December 1975.

## 1980 Olympics
### Final tournament
#### First round
##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 6 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| Zambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |

#### Roster

Head coach: Konstantin Beskov
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| 1 | GK | Rinat Dasaev | 13 June 1957 | 22 | 7 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 0 | 514 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tengiz Sulakvelidze | 27 July 1956 | 23 | 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 1Y |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandr Chivadze | 8 April 1955 | 25 | 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 1Y |
| 4 | DF | Vagiz Khidiyatullin | 3 March 1959 | 21 | 21 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Oleg Romantsev | 4 January 1954 | 26 | 5 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 2Y |
| 6 | MD | Sergei Shavlo | 4 September 1956 | 23 | 10 | Spartak Moscow | 5 | 1 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MD | Sergei Andreev | 17 May 1956 | 24 | 7 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 6 | 5 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MD | Volodymyr Bezsonov | 5 March 1958 | 22 | 24 | Dynamo Kiev | 6 | 1 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Yuri Gavrilov | 3 May 1953 | 27 | 15 | Spartak Moscow | 5 | 3 | 387 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Fedor Cherenkov | 25 July 1959 | 20 | 6 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 4 | 432 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Valery Gazzaev | 8 August 1954 | 25 | 7 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 0 | 372 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Vladimir Pilguy | 26 January 1948 | 32 | 12 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Sergei Baltacha | 3 March 1958 | 22 | 1 | Dynamo Kiev | 2 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Sergei Nikulin | 1 January 1951 | 29 | 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MD | Khoren Hovhannisyan | 10 January 1955 | 25 | 7 | Ararat Yerevan | 3 | 2 | 143 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MD | Aleksandr Prokopenko | 16 November 1953 | 26 | 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 2 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Revaz Chelebadze | 2 October 1955 | 24 | 7 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 2 | 0 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

## 1984 Olympics
### Qualification
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | URS | HUN | BUL | GRE | TUR |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | withdrew from final tournament | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 8 | | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | — |
| 4 | Greece | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | — |
| 5 | Turkey | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | withdrew | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Roster

* Head coach: Eduard Malofeyev (first 2 games in May of 1983 Vladimir Salkov)
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Vyacheslav Chanov | (1951-10-23)23 October 1951 (aged 32) | 5 | –3 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 1GK | Valeri Novikov | (1957-11-01)1 November 1957 (aged 26) | 1 | –1 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2DF | Viktor Yanushevsky | (1960-01-23)23 January 1960 (aged 24) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 2DF | Vasili Zhupikov | (1954-01-16)16 January 1954 (aged 30) | 4 | 0 | FC Torpedo Moscow |
| 2DF | Viktor Shishkin | (1955-02-08)8 February 1955 (aged 29) | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 2DF | Yevgeny Mileshkin | (1960-09-03)3 September 1960 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | Spartak Moscow → Dynamo Moscow |
| 2DF | Boris Pozdnyakov | (1962-05-31)31 May 1962 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 2DF | Mustafa Belyalov | (1957-06-04)4 June 1957 (aged 26) | 2 | 0 | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| 2DF | Oleksandr Sorokalet | (1957-04-16)16 April 1957 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Kiev → Zorya Voroshilovgrad |
| 2DF | Sergei Vedeneyev | (1957-08-05)5 August 1957 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 2DF | Sashik Keropyan | (1956-05-26)26 May 1956 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Ararat Yerevan |
| 2DF | Viktor Kaplun | (1958-05-05)5 May 1958 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 2DF | Nikolay Larionov | (1957-01-19)19 January 1957 (aged 27) | 1 | 1 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 2DF | Valdas Kasparavičius | (1958-01-17)17 January 1958 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 2DF | Andrei Zygmantovich | (1962-12-02)2 December 1962 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 2DF | Yuri Pudyshev | (1954-04-03)3 April 1954 (aged 30) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 3MF | Sergey Gotsmanov | (1959-03-27)27 March 1959 (aged 25) | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 3MF | Sergei Aleinikov | (1961-11-07)7 November 1961 (aged 22) | 4 | 1 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 3MF | Fyodor Cherenkov | (1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 24) | 4 | 2 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Vyacheslav Melnikov | (1954-03-07)7 March 1954 (aged 30) | 3 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 3MF | Yevgeni Kuznetsov | (1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 30) | 3 | 1 | Spartak Moscow |
| 3MF | Viktor Kuznetsov [ru] | (1961-01-08)8 January 1961 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 3MF | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 3MF | Yuri Zheludkov | (1959-03-08)8 March 1959 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 4FW | Viktor Hrachov | (1956-09-17)17 September 1956 (aged 27) | 6 | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 4FW | Valery Gazzaev | (1954-08-07)7 August 1954 (aged 29) | 5 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 4FW | Igor Belanov | (1960-09-25)25 September 1960 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 4FW | Vladimir Klementyev | (1956-01-04)4 January 1956 (aged 28) | 2 | 1 | Zenit Leningrad |
| 4FW | Ihar Hurynovich | (1960-03-05)5 March 1960 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| 4FW | Sergei Stukashov | (1959-11-12)12 November 1959 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Kairat Almaty |
Notes:
* Age on 31 May 1984.

## 1988 Olympics
### Qualification
#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | URS | BUL | SUI | NOR | TUR |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | 1988 Summer Olympics finals | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Norway | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 5 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Turkey | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — |

### Final tournament
#### Group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |

#### Semi-finals
### Gold medal match
### Roster

* Head coach: Anatoliy Byshovets, assistants: Vladimir Salkov, Gadzhi Gadzhiyev
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Dmitry Kharin | (1968-08-16)16 August 1968 (aged 20) | 14 | –8 | Torpedo Moscow → Dynamo Moscow |
| 16 | 1GK | Aleksei Prudnikov | (1960-03-20)20 March 1960 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow → Torpedo Moscow |
| 2 | 2DF | Gela Ketashvili | (1965-09-27)27 September 1965 (aged 22) | 11 | 0 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 3 | 2DF | Igor Sklyarov | (1966-08-31)31 August 1966 (aged 22) | 9 | 0 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu → Dynamo Moscow |
| 4 | 2DF | Oleksiy Cherednyk | (1960-09-15)15 September 1960 (aged 27) | 8 | 0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 5 | 2DF | Arvydas Janonis | (1960-11-06)6 November 1960 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 12 | 2DF | Evgeniy Yarovenko | (1962-08-17)17 August 1962 (aged 26) | 9 | 0 | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 13 | 2DF | Sergei Fokin | (1961-07-26)26 July 1961 (aged 27) | 4 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 17 | 2DF | Viktor Losev | (1959-01-25)25 January 1959 (aged 29) | 12 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 18 | 2DF | Sergei Gorlukovich | (1961-11-18)18 November 1961 (aged 26) | 9 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| | 2DF | Valeri Panchik | (1963-07-10)10 July 1963 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Neftchi Baku |
| | 2DF | Arkadiy Afanasyev | (1959-03-20)20 March 1959 (aged 29) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| | 2DF | Dmitri Kuznetsov | (1965-08-28)28 August 1965 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 6 | 3MF | Vadym Tyshchenko | (1963-03-24)24 March 1963 (aged 25) | 4 | 0 | SKA Karpaty Lviv → Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 7 | 3MF | Yevgeni Kuznetsov | (1961-08-30)30 August 1961 (aged 27) | 11 | 1 | Spartak Moscow |
| 8 | 3MF | Igor Ponomaryov | (1960-02-24)24 February 1960 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Neftchi Baku |
| 10 | 3MF | Igor Dobrovolski | (1967-08-27)27 August 1967 (aged 21) | 14 | 8 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 15 | 3MF | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | (1963-03-30)30 March 1963 (aged 25) | 14 | 7 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 20 | 3MF | Arminas Narbekovas | (1965-11-28)28 November 1965 (aged 22) | 7 | 2 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
| | 3MF | Aleksandr Vorobyov | (1962-03-28)28 March 1962 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| | 3MF | Valeri Broshin | (1962-10-19)19 October 1962 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| | 3MF | Valdas Ivanauskas | (1966-07-31)31 July 1966 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 9 | 4FW | Aleksandr Borodyuk | (1962-11-30)30 November 1962 (aged 25) | 6 | 1 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 11 | 4FW | Volodymyr Lyutyi | (1962-04-20)20 April 1962 (aged 26) | 12 | 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 14 | 4FW | Vladimir Tatarchuk | (1966-04-25)25 April 1966 (aged 22) | 10 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 19 | 4FW | Yuri Savichev | (1965-02-13)13 February 1965 (aged 23) | 9 | 2 | Torpedo Moscow |
| | 4FW | Oleg Morozov | (1961-10-13)13 October 1961 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Chornomorets Odesa → Dynamo Kyiv |
| | 4FW | Sergey Dmitriyev | (1964-03-19)19 March 1964 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Zenit Leningrad |
| | 4FW | Nikolai Savichev | (1965-02-13)13 February 1965 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| | 4FW | Stasys Baranauskas | (1962-05-07)7 May 1962 (aged 26) | 2 | 2 | Žalgiris Vilnius |
Notes:
* Age on 31 August 1988.

## Summer Olympics record

Source:
| Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome |
| 1952 | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Qualified directly |
| 1956 | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | 1956 | Won over Israel in play-off |
| 1960 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1960 | 2nd in Qualifying group 3 |
| 1964 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1964 | Lost to Germany in play-off |
| 1968 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | 1968 | Lost to Czechoslovakia in play-off |
| 1972 | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1972 | 1st in Qualifying group 1 |
| 1976 | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | National team | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1976 | 1st in Qualifying group 1 |
| 1980 | 3rd place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | 1980 | Qualified as host nation |
| 1984 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1984 | 1st in Qualifying group A |
| 1988 | Final | Champion | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1988 | 1st in Qualifying group 1 |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Under-21 team | Under-21 team | Under-21 team | Under-21 team | Under-21 team | Under-21 team | 1992 | 3rd in Qualifying group 3 |
| Total | 2/11 | 2/11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 16 | | |

## Venues

| Venue | City | | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Points per game |
| Central Lenin Stadium | Moscow | 1959-1984 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 2.23 |
| Central Dynamo Stadium | Moscow | 1956-1991 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2.56 |
| Lokomotiv Stadium | Simferopol | 1988-1991 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Central Stadium | Kiev | 1963 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Druzhba Stadium | Lvov | 1971 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Hrazdan Stadium | Yerevan | 1971 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Central Lokomotiv Stadium | Moscow | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 1956-1991 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 13 | 2.38 |

## Soviet managers

The list does not include games of the senior team such as participation at the Olympic tournaments finals (1952–1980).
| Manager | Years | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Qualifying cycle | Final tour |
| Boris Arkadiev | 1959 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 1960 | |
| Vyacheslav Solovyov | 1963-1964 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 40 | 1964 | |
| Aleksandr Ponomarev | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 80 | 1972 | 1972 |
| Konstantin Beskov | 1975 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 83.33 | 1976 | 1976 |
| Konstantin Beskov | 1980 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 83.33 | | 1980 |
| Vladimir Salkov | 1983 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 1984 | |
| Eduard Malofeyev | 1983-1984 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 1984 | 1984* |
| Anatoly Byshovets | 1986-1988 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 78.57 | 1988 | 1988 |
Notes:
* The USSR Olympic team withdrew from the football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
* Since 1991, UEFA nations qualify for the Olympics via continental under-21 tournaments.