CIS national football team
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Association | Football Federation of the Soviet Union | ||
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Head coach | Anatoly Byshovets | ||
Most caps | Dmitri Kharine (11)[1] | ||
Top scorer | Sergei Kiriakov (4) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | CIS | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Norrköping, Sweden; 18 June 1992) |
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Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 January 1992) |
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 1992) |
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European Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1992) | ||
Best result | Round 1, 1992 |
The CIS national football team was a provisional national team of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union in 1992. It was accepted that the team would represent the Commonwealth of Independent States. The CIS team was created as part of transformation that was planned to take place. As the USSR national team had already booked a spot in Euro 1992 through the 1991 qualification tournament, the only way to preserve the spot for the post-Soviet team was to take part in the competition as a unified team.
With the end of Euro 1992, the team was transformed into the Russia national football team.
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Situation[edit]
As the Soviet Union has formally ceased to exist on 1 January 1992, so did all its organizations including the football federation. The Association of Football Federations of CIS was formed on 11 January 1992 and was approved by FIFA two days later. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 was adopted as its anthem. Along with the Association, national federations of its members started to form and apply for international recognition.
The CIS national football team, previously known as the USSR national football team, completed its participation in the Euro 1992 in June 1992. It was disbanded soon thereafter and all its results were transferred to the Russia national football team that played its first game in August 1992.
The CIS national football team was coached by Anatoly Byshovets. The team failed to achieve success in the 1992 European Football Championship, finishing last in the group, but achieved two notable draws with Germany and the Netherlands, before being beaten 3–0 by Scotland in what turned out to be their last match.
European Championship record[edit]
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Total | 1/1 | 8th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Post-Soviet national federations[edit]
National federations of the CIS association[clarification needed][edit]
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18 January 1992 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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March 1992 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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1989 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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15 February 1936 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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1992 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA[1] |
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25 February 1992 | National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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14 April 1990 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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8 February 1992 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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1936 | National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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1992 | National team | U-23 team | AFC |
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13 December 1991 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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1946 | National team | U-23 team | AFC |
1. ^ Kazakhstan were affiliated with the AFC from 1994 until 2002, when they joined UEFA.
National federations outside of the CIS association[edit]
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14 December 1921 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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1921 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
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9 December 1922 | National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
UEFA Euro 1992 squad[edit]
Head coach: Anatoliy Byshovets
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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1 | GK | Dmitri Kharine | 16 August 1968 (aged 23) | 12 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Andrey Chernyshov | 7 January 1968 (aged 24) | 23 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | 7 September 1968 (aged 23) | 5 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Akhrik Tsveiba | 10 September 1966 (aged 25) | 22 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Oleh Kuznetsov | 22 March 1963 (aged 29) | 60 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Igor Shalimov | 2 February 1969 (aged 23) | 23 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | 30 March 1963 (aged 29) | 38 | ![]() |
8 | FW | Andrei Kanchelskis | 23 January 1969 (aged 23) | 20 | ![]() |
9 | MF | Sergei Aleinikov | 7 November 1961 (aged 30) | 75 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Igor Dobrovolski | 27 August 1967 (aged 24) | 26 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Sergei Yuran | 11 June 1969 (aged 22) | 13 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Stanislav Cherchesov | 2 September 1963 (aged 28) | 10 | ![]() |
13 | FW | Sergei Kiriakov | 1 January 1970 (aged 22) | 8 | ![]() |
14 | FW | Volodymyr Lyutyi | 20 April 1962 (aged 30) | 5 | ![]() |
15 | FW | Igor Kolyvanov | 6 March 1968 (aged 24) | 22 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Dmitri Kuznetsov | 28 August 1965 (aged 26) | 17 | ![]() |
17 | MF | Igor Korneev | 4 September 1967 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() |
18 | DF | Viktor Onopko | 14 October 1969 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() |
19 | MF | Igor Lediakhov | 22 May 1968 (aged 24) | 7 | ![]() |
20 | DF | Andrei Ivanov | 6 April 1967 (aged 25) | 3 | ![]() |
In total, the CIS squad contained eight Russians, six Ukrainians (one born in Germany), a Georgian, a Belarusian, an Abkhazian, a Circassian, and an Ossetian. Caps included games played for the Soviet team as well as the CIS. Some players simultaneously played for other national teams such as Kakhaber Tskhadadze (Georgia) and Akhrik Tsveiba (Ukraine).
Practically all the players (marked in bold) played later for the Russia national football team, which qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. Due to the incident with the Letter of fourteeners in November 1993 (because of the team's poor performance), Igor Shalimov, Igor Dobrovolsky, Igor Kolyvanov, Sergei Kiriakov, Vasili Kulkov, and Andrei Kanchelskis were excluded from the national team. Oleg Salenko and Andrei Ivanov, who also signed the letter, eventually withdrew their signatures. Tsveiba and Chernyshov were later called to the Russia national football team.
Although almost one third of the team were from Ukraine, only two Ukrainian players and an Abkhazian (Akhrik Tsveiba) ever played for the Ukraine national football team, while another four chose to play for the Russian national team.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Includes two FIFA-sanctioned friendlies against Mexico, that were not registered with the Russian Football Federation.
External links[edit]
- USSR National Football Team (in Russian)