# Football at the 1983 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves and the third football tournament at the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. The competition took place on July 16 through August 3, 1983 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. The football team of Moscow were the two-times defending champions.
The competition included footballers under 20 years of age (U-20, born between 1963 and 1965). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

## Competition
### Preliminary games

All times local (UTC+3)
* Key to colours in group tables
* Team progressed to the semifinals
* Team progressed to the tournament of third places
* Team progressed to the tournament of last places

#### Group 1 (Moscow)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Moscow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| RSFSR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| Kyrgyzia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 |

#### Group 2 (Ryazan)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 |
| Armenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |

#### Group 3 (Tula)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| Byelorussia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| Turkmenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Estonia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
Lithuania finished first ahead of Byelorussia based on their goal difference. Turkmenia finished third ahead of Estonia based on their head-to-head match up.
* Right after the game Anatoliy Komarov (Turkmen SSR) and Valeriy Loginov (Belarusian SSR) grabbed each other's jersey and shoved one another. On the way to locker rooms Anatoliy Komarov (Turkmen SSR) hit Igor Omelchenko (Turkmen SSR).

#### Group 4 (Ivanovo)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Moldavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| Leningrad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |

### Semifinals groups
#### Group A (Moscow)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| Moscow | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 |
| Armenia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |

#### Group B (Ryazan)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| RSFSR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| Byelorussia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Moldavia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |

### Final playoffs

* 7th place playoff (Tula). Moldavian SSR – Armenian SSR 3:2
* 5th place playoff (Ryazan). Georgian SSR – Byelorussian SSR 2:2, pen. 8:7
* 3rd place playoff (Moscow). Moscow – Ukrainian SSR 1:1, pen. 3:1
* 1st place playoff (Moscow). Lithuanian SSR – RSFSR 1:0

## Teams composition
### Moscow

* Head coach: Viktor Razumovskiy
* Assistant coach: Vladimir Neboronov
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Yuri Shishkin | (1963-01-09)9 January 1963 (aged 20) | 7 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2 | 2DF | Dmitri Galiamin | (1963-01-08)8 January 1963 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 3 | 2DF | Valeriy Popelnukha | (1963-04-06)6 April 1963 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 4 | 2DF | Vladimir Demidov | (1964-01-19)19 January 1964 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 5 | 2DF | Igor Bulanov | (1963-11-15)15 November 1963 (aged 19) | 7 | 3 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 6 | 4FW | Sergei Basov | (1963-03-04)4 March 1963 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | CSKA Moscow |
| 7 | 3MF | Igor Kurakin | (1963-04-09)9 April 1963 (aged 20) | 7 | 1 | CSKA Moscow |
| 8 | 4FW | Sergei Argudyayev | (1963-01-11)11 January 1963 (aged 20) | 7 | 5 | Spartak Moscow |
| 9 | 3MF | Vladimir Grechnyov | (1964-07-25)25 July 1964 (aged 19) | 6 | 2 | CSKA Moscow |
| 10 | 4FW | Mikhail Rusyayev | (1964-11-15)15 November 1964 (aged 18) | 7 | 2 | Spartak Moscow |
| 11 | 4FW | Viktor Zemlin | (1964-01-24)24 January 1964 (aged 19) | 5 | 1 | CSKA Moscow |
| 12 | 2DF | Almir Kayumov | (1964-12-30)30 December 1964 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 13 | 2DF | Vladimir Korolyov | (1965-05-20)20 May 1965 (aged 18) | 4 | 0 | Spartak Moscow |
| 14 | 4FW | Viktor Solomatin | (1964-01-07)7 January 1964 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 15 | 3MF | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | (1964-01-14)14 January 1964 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 16 | 1GK | Vadim Kirillov | (1964-09-09)9 September 1964 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 17 | 3MF | Andrey Lebedev | (1963-01-02)2 January 1963 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 18 | 3MF | Sergei Glubokov | (1963-02-26)26 February 1963 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | FShM Moscow |
| 19 | 3MF | Andrey Afanasyev | (1964-05-15)15 May 1964 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | CSKA Moscow |
| 20 | 2DF | Gocha Tkebuchava | (1963-11-24)24 November 1963 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | Dynamo Moscow |

### Russian SFSR

* Head coach: Anzor Kavazashvili
* Assistant coach: Nikolai Smirnov
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Aleksandr Zhidkov | (1965-03-16)16 March 1965 (aged 18) | Atommash Volgodonsk |
| 2 | 3MF | Andrei Vityuk | (1964-02-05)5 February 1964 (aged 19) | Dynamo Kashira |
| 3 | 3MF | Shamil Isayev | (1964-03-19)19 March 1964 (aged 19) | Uralan Elista |
| 4 | 2DF | Vyacheslav Kobzev | (1963-12-09)9 December 1963 (aged 19) | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev |
| 5 | 2DF | Sergei Kozhanov | (1964-07-21)21 July 1964 (aged 19) | Dynamo Makhachkala |
| 6 | 4FW | Grigoriy Medinskiy | (1963-07-28)28 July 1963 (aged 20) | Zvezda Perm |
| 7 | 3MF | Vadim Sosulin | (1963-03-18)18 March 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Barnaul |
| 8 | 3MF | Valeriy Stropilov | (1963-03-12)12 March 1963 (aged 20) | Zenit Izhevsk |
| 9 | 3MF | Oleg Podruzhko | (1964-05-14)14 May 1964 (aged 19) | Stroitel Cherepovets |
| 10 | 3MF | Oleg Mirny | (1963-04-08)8 April 1963 (aged 20) | Druzhba Maykop |
| 11 | 2DF | Yuri Klyuchnikov | (1963-04-20)20 April 1963 (aged 20) | Sokol Saratov |
| 12 | 3MF | Valery Zazdravnykh | (1963-07-08)8 July 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Stavropol |
| 13 | 4FW | Valeri Shmarov | (1965-02-23)23 February 1965 (aged 18) | Fakel Voronezh |
| 14 | 2DF | Sergey Dikarev | (1963-06-29)29 June 1963 (aged 20) | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| 15 | 3MF | Mikhail Aleksandrov | (1963-08-26)26 August 1963 (aged 19) | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
| 16 | 1GK | Yevgeni Kryukov | (1963-08-03)3 August 1963 (aged 20) | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
| 17 | 2DF | Sergei Ushakov | (1965-04-27)27 April 1965 (aged 18) | Dynamo Stavropol |
| 18 | 4FW | Sergei Cherepanov | (1963-02-10)10 February 1963 (aged 20) | Zenit Izhevsk |
| 19 | 3MF | Igor Shlyubul | (1963-02-04)4 February 1963 (aged 20) | Kuban Krasnodar |
| 20 | 3MF | Aleksei Yeryomenko | (1964-01-17)17 January 1964 (aged 19) | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |

### Kyrgyz SSR

* Head coach: Nikolai Razumets
* Assistant coach: Yusup Musayev
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | S. Safonov | | Spartak Frunze |
| 2 | | A. Dzhamshidov | | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 3 | | I. Ilyin | | Alga Talas |
| 4 | | Sh. Zakirov | | Burevestnik Kochkor-Ata |
| 5 | | A. Ivliyev | | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 6 | 3MF | Vitaliy Rogovanov | (1965-06-20)20 June 1965 (aged 18) | Spartak Suluktu |
| 7 | 4FW | Tagir Fasakhov | (1964-01-16)16 January 1964 (aged 19) | Spartak Osh |
| 8 | 3MF | Ruslan Adzhiev | (1963-07-25)25 July 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Frunze |
| 9 | | M. Eshaliev | | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 10 | 4FW | Andrei Guzienko | (1964-04-15)15 April 1964 (aged 19) | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 11 | | E.Malinovskiy | | Dynamo Frunze |
| 12 | | Kh. Khaitbayev | | Burevestnik Przhevalsk |
| 13 | | N. Sabitov | | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 14 | | A. Bazarbayev | | Spartak Kök-Janggak |
| 15 | | A. Primberdyyev | | Spartak Osh |
| 16 | | R. Amirov | | Dynamo Frunze |
| 17 | | A. Yuldashev | | Spartak Kara-Suu |
| 18 | | Gennadiy Smirnov | | Burevestnik Frunze |
| 19 | | A. Bats | | Spartak N-Chuysk |
| 20 | | Tolchin Tashmatov | | Burevestnik Frunze |

### Kazakh SSR

* Head coach: Yevgeniy Kuznetsov
* Assistant coach: T. Nurmahambetov
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Sergei Burakov | (1963-04-14)14 April 1963 (aged 20) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 2 | | S. Savin | | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 3 | 2DF | Vladimir Pedora | (1964-04-22)22 April 1964 (aged 19) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 4 | 2DF | Vladimir Fedchenko | (1964-07-14)14 July 1964 (aged 19) | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 5 | 2DF | Evgeny Yarovenko | (1963-08-17)17 August 1963 (aged 19) | Khimik Dzhambul |
| 6 | 4FW | Albert Shatskiy | (1963-02-03)3 February 1963 (aged 20) | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 7 | 3MF | Ivan Azovskiy | (1964-10-01)1 October 1964 (aged 18) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 8 | | A. Kushykbayev | | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 9 | 4FW | Yuriy Naydovskiy | (1963-04-10)10 April 1963 (aged 20) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 10 | 3MF | Fanas Salimov | (1964-02-19)19 February 1964 (aged 19) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 11 | 3MF | Eduard Son | (1964-08-18)18 August 1964 (aged 18) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 12 | 2DF | Mykola Zaitsev | (1964-01-19)19 January 1964 (aged 19) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 13 | | V. Korobov | | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz |
| 14 | | O. Dodonov | | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 15 | | A. Ignatchenko | | SKIF Alma-Ata |
| 16 | 1GK | Aleksandr Khudobin | (1964-03-21)21 March 1964 (aged 19) | SKIF Alma-Ata |
| 17 | | V. Asylbayev | | Shakhter Karagandy |
| 18 | 2DF | Sergei Pasko | (1966-09-10)10 September 1966 (aged 16) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 19 | | K. Sarsekov | | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 20 | | I. Tyurin | | Shakhter Karagandy |

### Ukrainian SSR

* Head coach: Yevhen Kotelnykov
* Assistant coach: Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Valeriy Palamarchuk | (1963-08-11)11 August 1963 (aged 19) | Chernomorets Odessa |
| 2 | 2DF | Serhiy Kuznetsov | (1963-01-01)1 January 1963 (aged 20) | Metallist Kharkov |
| 3 | 2DF | Yevhen Drahunov | (1964-02-13)13 February 1964 (aged 19) | SKA Kiev |
| 4 | 2DF | Vadym Karatayev | (1964-01-15)15 January 1964 (aged 19) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 5 | 2DF | Volodymyr Horilyi | (1965-10-11)11 October 1965 (aged 17) | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 6 | 3MF | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 19) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| 7 | 3MF | Ihor Petrov | (1964-01-30)30 January 1964 (aged 19) | Shakhter Donetsk |
| 8 | 3MF | Serhiy Protsyuk | (1963-02-07)7 February 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 9 | 4FW | Oleh Protasov | (1964-02-04)4 February 1964 (aged 19) | Dnepropetrovsk |
| 10 | 3MF | Volodymyr Koman | (1964-02-20)20 February 1964 (aged 19) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 11 | 3MF | Pavlo Yakovenko | (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 (aged 18) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 12 | 3MF | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | (1963-03-30)30 March 1963 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 13 | 4FW | Vyacheslav Lendel | (1963-06-28)28 June 1963 (aged 20) | SKA Karpaty Lvov |
| 14 | 3MF | Yuriy Hulyayev | (1963-08-25)25 August 1963 (aged 19) | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 15 | 2DF | Serhiy Tretyak | (1963-09-07)7 September 1963 (aged 19) | SKA Odessa |
| 16 | 1GK | Ihor Rutkovskyi | (1963-03-28)28 March 1963 (aged 20) | SKA Karpaty Lvov |
| 17 | 3MF | Oleksandr Spitsyn | (1963-08-22)22 August 1963 (aged 19) | Metallurg Zaporozhye |
| 18 | 2DF | Sergei Gerusov | (1965-01-04)4 January 1965 (aged 18) | Shakhter Donetsk |
| 19 | | Oleh Yarytskyi | | Podolie Khmelnitskiy |
| 20 | | Yaroslav Dmytruk | (1964-09-06)6 September 1964 (aged 18) | Avangard Rovno |

### Belarusian SSR

* Head coach: Gennadiy Abramovich
* Assistant coach: Veniamin Arzamastsev
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Andrey Lyubchenko | (1963-07-13)13 July 1963 (aged 20) | Dvina Vitebsk |
| 2 | 2DF | Nikolay Nastashevskiy | (1963-05-23)23 May 1963 (aged 20) | Dnepr Mogilev |
| 3 | 2DF | Valeriy Panchik | (1963-07-10)10 July 1963 (aged 20) | Dnepr Mogilev |
| 4 | 2DF | Vadim Rogovskoy | (1962-02-06)6 February 1962 (aged 21) | Obuvschik Lida |
| 5 | 2DF | Aleksandr Voynakh | (1963-01-04)4 January 1963 (aged 20) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 6 | 3MF | Gennadiy Rotkovich | (1963-02-02)2 February 1963 (aged 20) | Dinamo Brest |
| 7 | 3MF | Aleksandr Metlitskiy | (1964-04-22)22 April 1964 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 8 | 3MF | Anatoliy Vasilenko | | Dinamo Minsk |
| 9 | 4FW | Viktor Naumov | (1965-08-16)16 August 1965 (aged 17) | Dnepr Mogilev |
| 10 | 4FW | Igor Kriushenko | (1964-02-10)10 February 1964 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 11 | 4FW | Andrey Shalimo | (1964-10-24)24 October 1964 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 12 | 3MF | Aleksandr Bruzgo | (1963-02-18)18 February 1963 (aged 20) | Khimik Grodno |
| 13 | 4FW | Sergei Teplyakov | (1965-01-25)25 January 1965 (aged 18) | Dnepr Mogilev |
| 14 | 4FW | Valeriy Loginov | (1964-05-08)8 May 1964 (aged 19) | Khimik Grodno |
| 15 | 2DF | Pavel Rodnyonok | (1964-07-30)30 July 1964 (aged 19) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 16 | 1GK | Andrey Grishin | (1964-04-22)22 April 1964 (aged 19) | Burevestnik Minsk |
| 17 | 3MF | Valeriy Lapitskiy | (1964-07-10)10 July 1964 (aged 19) | Gomselmash Gomel |
| 18 | 2DF | Stanislav Zinkovich | (1965-02-20)20 February 1965 (aged 18) | Dinamo Minsk |
| 19 | 3MF | Viktor Tarchilo | (1965-03-22)22 March 1965 (aged 18) | Burevestnik Minsk |
| 20 | 2DF | Aleksandr Gerasimuk | (1965-01-21)21 January 1965 (aged 18) | Dinamo Brest |

### Georgian SSR

* Head coach: Vladimir Eloshvili
* Assistant coach: Andrey Zazroyev
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Vepkhia Gventsadze | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 2 | | Gela Ketashvili | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| 3 | | Georgiy Dochia | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 4 | | Nodar Chelidze | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| 5 | | Malkhaz Arziani | Kolkheti Poti |
| 6 | | Vissarion Chedia | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 7 | | Nugzar Mikaberidze | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 8 | | Vasiliy Shengelia | Lokomotiv Samtredia |
| 9 | | Gocha Gogrichiani | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 10 | | Gia Guruli | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 11 | | Levan Baratashvili | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 12 | | Dmitriy Kudinov | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 13 | | Soso Malania | Dinamo Sukhumi |
| 14 | | Tengiz Logua | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 15 | | David Sanikidze | Guria Lanchkhuti |
| 16 | | Zurab Chochiev | Dila Gori |
| 17 | | David Ugrelidze | Guria Lanchkhuti |
| 18 | | Malkhaz Makharadze | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 19 | | Tengiz Murdzikneli | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 20 | | Grigoriy Geradze | Lokomotiv Samtredia |