The Soviet national junior football team was the under-16 (continental competitions) and under-17 (world competitions) football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist as a result of the breakup of the Union.
Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1982, the USSR Under-16 team was formed. The competition has been held since 1982. From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under-16 event. The team had a good record, winning the competition once, reaching the final twice, but failing to qualify for the last six on 10 occasions.
The team has participated in FIFA U-16 World Championship only once – in 1987 – after being qualified from European Under-16 championship as a runner-up. USSR won it in a final game against Nigeria by penalties. The team gained the Fair Play award. Yuriy Nikiforov scored 5 goals on the tournament but FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.
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-16s 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-17 level ever again.
UEFA Under-17 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-17/U-16 Championships.
January 01, 1970
soviet, union, national, under, football, team, soviet, national, junior, football, team, under, continental, competitions, under, world, competitions, football, team, soviet, union, ceased, exist, result, breakup, union, soviet, union, 17nickname, juniors, Юн. The Soviet national junior football team was the under 16 continental competitions and under 17 world competitions football team of the Soviet Union It ceased to exist as a result of the breakup of the Union Soviet Union U 16 17Nickname s Juniors Yuniory AssociationFootball Federation of USSRConfederationUEFA Europe Head coach FIFA codeURSFirst coloursSecond coloursFIFA U 17 World CupAppearances1 first in 1987 Best resultWinners 1987UEFA European Under 16 Football ChampionshipAppearances6 first in 1984 Best resultWinners 1985 Following the realignment of UEFA s youth competitions in 1982 the USSR Under 16 team was formed The competition has been held since 1982 From 1982 to 2001 it was an Under 16 event The team had a good record winning the competition once reaching the final twice but failing to qualify for the last six on 10 occasions The team has participated in FIFA U 16 World Championship only once in 1987 after being qualified from European Under 16 championship as a runner up USSR won it in a final game against Nigeria by penalties The team gained the Fair Play award Yuriy Nikiforov scored 5 goals on the tournament but FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traore because Cote d Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR 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 16s 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 17 level ever again Of the former Soviet states only Russia entered the 1992 1993 competition UEFA U 16 Championship record edit1982 Did not qualify Lost quarter finalists 1984 Runners up 1985 Winners 1986 3rd place 1987 Runners up 1988 Did not qualify Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group 1989 Group stage Finished 2nd in group D 1990 Did not qualify Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group 1991 Group stage Finished 2nd in group D 1992 Did not qualify Finished 2nd of 2 in qualification group as CIS See also editSoviet Union national football team Soviet Union national under 20 football team Soviet Union national under 18 football team UEFA European Under 17 Football ChampionshipExternal links editUEFA Under 17 website Contains full results archive The Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U 17 U 16 Championships Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soviet Union national under 16 football team amp oldid 1137148370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
