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Soviet Union national association football team

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Let an agent explain the Soviet Union national football team, relay history, results, notable players and successor arrangements from football history sources, and distinguish it from the Russia national team, the CIS team of 1992, other post-Soviet national teams and Soviet club football.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the Soviet Union national football team, relay history, results, notable players and successor arrangements from football history sources, and distinguish it from the Russia national team, the CIS team of 1992, other post-Soviet national teams and Soviet club football.

The men s national association football team that represented the Soviet Union from its first official matches in the 1920s until the country s dissolution in 1991, administered by the Football Federation of the USSR, which joined FIFA in 1946, winning the first European Nations Cup in 1960 with goalkeeper Lev Yashin, finishing runner-up at the European Championship in 1964, 1972 and 1988, reaching fourth place at the 1966 World Cup, its best World Cup result, and winning Olympic gold in 1956 and 1988; it played as the CIS team at Euro 1992, and FIFA and UEFA regard Russia as its successor for records, with other post-Soviet states forming their own teams.

What it is for: Historical national football representation.

It can be explain history and results; relay notable players; describe successor arrangements; distinguish successor teams.

Distinguishing features

First European champions

Lev Yashin

Dissolved in 1991

Successor recognition

What it looks like

Players in red shirts with CCCP lettering.

Physical character

European Nations Cup win: 1960 year

best World Cup result: fourth place, 1966 note

Olympic gold medals: 1956 and 1988 years

How it is recognised

Former men s national football team of the USSR

Soviet Union at the UEFA European Championship, Soviet Union at the FIFA World Cup, USSR national football team, Sbornaya

Russia is the recognised successor; the CIS team played once in 1992; Ukraine, Georgia and others field their own teams; clubs played in the Soviet Top League

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

national sports team

was succeeded by - then Russia

CIS national football team

included -

Lev Yashin

is contrasted with -

Russia national football team

In practice

Families and kinds

World Cup campaigns

European Championship campaigns

Olympic teams

CIS successor team

Standards and regulation

FIFA and UEFA successor rules

Failure modes and hazards

Attributing all Soviet records only to Russian players

Confusing Soviet and Russian teams

Politicised framing

Also called

Soviet Union at the UEFA European Football ChampionshipSoviet Union at the FIFA World Cup

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The Soviet national team.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What was the Soviet Union national football team, and how does it differ from Russia, the CIS team, other post-Soviet teams and Soviet clubs? definition
  2. Is the question about history, a player or successor records? boundary

Tournaments

Tournaments.

Tournaments

Tournaments.

  1. How did the team perform at World Cups, European Championships and Olympics? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific tournament? action
History History.

Sources.

1960

European champions.

1960

1960.

  1. How did the USSR win the first European Nations Cup in 1960? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

1988

Lobanovskyi era.

1988

1988.

  1. How did Valeriy Lobanovskyi s team reach the Euro 1988 final? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Players Players.

Sources.

Yashin

Lev Yashin.

Yashin

Yashin.

  1. Why is Lev Yashin considered one of the greatest goalkeepers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Lev Yashin? action

Blokhin

Oleg Blokhin.

Blokhin

Blokhin.

  1. Who were leading players such as Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Oleg Blokhin? action
Context Dissolution.

Attribution.

Successor

Successor arrangements.

Successor

Successor.

  1. How did FIFA and UEFA assign the Soviet record to Russia after the CIS team of 1992? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Politics

Sport and politics.

Politics

Politics.

  1. How did Cold War politics affect Soviet football, such as the 1973 Chile qualifier refusal? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Cold War and sport? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should the CIS team be a separate entry?
  • How should records be attributed among post-Soviet states?
  • Should Olympic teams be separate entries?