Football in USSR

A tribute to Lev Yashin

: photo gallery and biography of the best goalkeeper.

Russian football stars

A first attempt to gather some information on the most famous Russian football players. If You happened to have some suitable info and a desire to place it on this page, e-mail me at oxana@quark.lu.se

All players of USSR and CIS teams

A complete list of players ever appeared in USSR and CIS national teams. Includes only those who played in official FIFA games, and also in some ambiguous Olympic tournament games.

First international matches  of team USSR

15 barely official games against Turkey in 1924 - 1935.


The best Soviet player

Results of a poll conducted through this page on the Internet


Some statistics about USSR Championship and the National Team

(thanks to Eugene Shtutin, yqs3351@is.NYU.EDU)
NB! Some are scanned pages from Russian issues. Everybody who wish to help all non-Russian readers (or even Russian) is welcomed to type them and send to me. Your job will be appreciated.

 USSR Championships and Cups

Letters by club names mean :
   Season     Champion     2nd            3d          Cup Winner
__________________________________________________________________
                                              
1936 (spring) Dinamo M   Dinamo K     Spartak M       -                        
1936 (autumn) Spartak M  Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Lokomotiv M              
1937          Dinamo M   Spartak M    Dinamo K        Dinamo M                 
1938          Spartak M  CDKA M       Metallurg M     Spartak M                
1939          Spartak M  Dinamo T     CDKA M          Spartak M                
1940          Dinamo M   Dinamo T     Spartak M       -                        
1941          Championship was not finished due to the WWII
1944          -          -            -               Zenit Ld                 
1945          Dinamo M   CDKA M       Torpedo M       CDKA M                   
1946          CDKA M     Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Spartak M                
1947          CDKA M     Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Spartak M                
1948          CDKA M     Dinamo M     Spartak M       CDKA M                   
1949          Dinamo M   CDKA M       Spartak M       Torpedo M                
1950          CDKA M     Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Spartak M                
1951          CDSA M     Dinamo T     Shahtyor D      CDSA M                   
1952          Spartak M  Dinamo K     Dinamo M        Torpedo M                
1953          Spartak M  Dinamo T     Torpedo M       Dinamo M                 
1954          Dinamo M   Spartak M    Dinamo Mn       Dinamo K                 
1955          Dinamo M   Spartak M    CDSA M          CDSA M                   
1956          Spartak M  Dinamo M     CDSA M          -              
1957          Dinamo M   Torpedo M    Spartak M       Lokomotiv M                        
1958          Spartak M  Dinamo M     CSK MO M        Spartak M                
1959          Dinamo M   Lokomotiv M  Dinamo T        -                        
1960          Torpedo M  Dinamo K     Dinamo M        Torpedo M                
1961          Dinamo K   Torpedo M    Spartak M       Shahtyor D               
1962          Spartak M  Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Shahtyor D               
1963          Dinamo M   Spartak M    Dinamo Mn       Spartak M                
1964          Dinamo T   Torpedo M    CSKA M          Dinamo K                 
1965          Torpedo M  Dinamo K     CSKA M          Spartak M                
1966          Dinamo K   SKA R        Neftyanik B     Dinamo K                 
1967          Dinamo K   Dinamo M     Dinamo T        Dinamo M                 
1968          Dinamo K   Spartak M    Torpedo M       Torpedo M                
1969          Spartak M  Dinamo K     Dinamo T        Karpaty L                
1970          CSKA M     Dinamo M     Spartak M       Dinamo M                 
1971          Dinamo K   Ararat E     Dinamo T        Spartak M                
1972          Zarya V    Dinamo K     Dinamo T        Torpedo M                
1973          Ararat E   Dinamo K     Dinamo M        Ararat E                 
1974          Dinamo K   Spartak M    Chernomorets O  Dinamo K                 
1975          Dinamo K   Shahtyor D   Dinamo M        Ararat E                 
1976 (spring) Dinamo M   Ararat E     Dinamo T        -                        
1976 (autumn) Torpedo M  Dinamo K     Dinamo T        Dinamo T                 
1977          Dinamo K   Dinamo T     Torpedo M       Dinamo M                 
1978          Dinamo T   Dinamo K     Shahtyor D      Dinamo K                 
1979          Spartak M  Shahtyor D   Dinamo K        Dinamo T                 
1980          Dinamo K   Spartak M    Zenit Ld        Shahtyor D               
1981          Dinamo K   Spartak M    Dinamo T        SKA R                    
1982          Dinamo Mn  Dinamo K     Spartak M       Dinamo K                 
1983          Dnepr Dn   Spartak M    Dinamo Mn       Shahtyor D               
1984          Zenit Ld   Spartak M    Dnepr Dn        Dinamo M                 
1985          Dinamo K   Spartak M    Dnepr Dn        Dinamo K                 
1986          Dinamo K   Dinamo M     Spartak M       Torpedo M                
1987          Spartak M  Dnepr Dn     Zhalgiris Vs    Dinamo K                 
1988          Dnepr Dn   Dinamo K     Torpedo M       Metallist Kh             
1989          Spartak M  Dnepr Dn     Dinamo K        Dnepr Dn                 
1990          Dinamo K   CSKA M       Dinamo M        Dinamo K                 
1991          CSKA M     Spartak M    Torpedo M       CSKA M                   
1992          [no more USSR league]                   Spartak M


Comments to : Oxana Smirnova, oxana@quark.lu.se