The Russian national under-20 football team, formerly known as the Soviet national youth football team was the under-20 (for FIFA U-20 World Cup) and under-19 (for UEFA Under-19 Championship) football teams of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union, and was succeeded by the Russian national under-20 football team.
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| Nickname(s) | Наши парни (Our Boys) | ||
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| Association | Russian Football Union | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Mikhail Galaktionov | ||
| FIFA code | RUS | ||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 8 (6 as Soviet Union) (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1977, as Soviet Union) | ||
Following the realignment of FIFA's youth competitions in 1977, the Soviet Union national under-20 football team was formed and competed until 1993 (in 1992 it qualified as CIS youth under-18 football team) qualifying 7 times. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet qualification was passed to Russia which competed in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. Two years later Russia managed to qualify for the tournament on its own effort, but since then it yet to qualify for it.[citation needed]
On 28 February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA and UEFA suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the bans.[1]
FIFA U-20 World Cup record edit
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
as  Soviet Union
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 1977 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
 1979 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 |
 1981 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1983 |
Group stage | 15th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1985 |
Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
 1987 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1989 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
 1991 |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
as  Russia
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| 1993 |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
 1995 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 1997 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1999
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 2001
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 2003
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 2005
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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 2019
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 2021 |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | |||||||
| 2023 |
Banned | |||||||
| 2025
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| Total | 1 Title | 8/24 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 45 |
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad edit
The following players were called up for friendly games against Croatia U-20 on 5 September 2018 and 7 September 2018.[3]
Head coach: Mikhail Galaktionov.
Honours edit
FIFA U-20 World Cup edit
Individual
- Golden Ball: Vladimir Bessonov (1977)
- Golden Shoe: Oleg Salenko (1989), Sergei Sherbakov (1991)
Team
- FIFA Fair Play Award: 1991
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament edit
- Winners: 2010
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Russia World Cup ban appeal rejected by CAS". ESPN.com. 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Сборная России U-20 дважды сыграет с Хорватией (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 August 2018.
External links edit
- FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.
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