Soviet Union national football team results (1924–1972)
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The following is a list of the Soviet Union national football team results from 1923 to 1972:[1][2][3][4][5]
Results
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Matches
1923
In 1923, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic played several matches against European competition.
| 21 August Friendly | Sweden | 1–2 | | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Report | Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden) |
| 30 August Friendly | Norway | 2–3 | | Kristiania, Norway |
| Stadium: Bislett Stadium Attendance: 7,000 |
| 19 September Friendly | Estonia | 2–4 | | Tallinn, Estonia |
| 16:30 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Kalevi staadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Max Adler (Austria) |
1924
The first officially recognized match of the Soviet Union national football team was played in 1924.
| 16 November Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Butusov Shpakovsky |
(Report) | Stadium: V. Vorovskiy Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamdi Emin Çap (Turkey) |
1925
| 15 May Friendly | Turkey | 1–2 | | Ankara, Turkey |
| Arca |
(Report) | Stadium: Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
The Soviet Union's match against Turkey in 1925 was their last officially sanctioned match until 1954.
Unofficial Matches (1924-1958)
The Soviet Union did not play any official matches between 1925 and 1954.
1954
| 8 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 7–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 26 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
1955
| 26 June Friendly | Sweden | 0–6 | | Solna, Sweden |
| Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 38,249 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 21 August Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 16 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 11–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Ghosh |
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
| 25 September Friendly | Hungary | 1–1 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| Puskás |
Report | Kuznetsov |
Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 103,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Streltsov Simonyan |
Report | Kopa Piantoni |
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
1956
| 23 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report |
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Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Franz Grill (Austria) |
| 1 July Friendly | Denmark | 2–5 | | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Report | Stadium: Idraetspark Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 15 September Friendly | West Germany | 1–2 | | Hannover, West Germany |
| Schröder |
Report | Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 86,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Czibor |
Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Jacques Devillers (France) |
| 21 October Friendly | France | 2–1 | | Paris, France |
| Tellechéa Vincent |
Report | Isayev |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 62,145 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
1957
| 1 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Strelțov |
(Report) | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden) |
| 23 June 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Tatushin Simonyan Ilyin |
Report | Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 21 July Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–4 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dumitru Schulder (Romania) |
| 27 July 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Voinov Netto |
Report | Lahtinen |
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mayer (Austria) |
| 15 August 1958 World Cup qualification | Finland | 0–10 | | Helsinki, Finland |
| Report | Netto Simonyan Isayev Streltsov Ilyin |
Stadium: Helsingin Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,154 Referee: A. Asmussen (Denmark) |
| 22 September Friendly | Hungary | 1–2 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| Hidegkuti |
Report | Tatushin |
Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 91,000 Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France) |
| 20 October 1958 World Cup qualification | Poland | 2–1 | | Chorzów, Poland |
| Cieślik |
Report | Ivanov |
Stadium: Stadion Śląski Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 24 November 1958 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Streltsov Fedosov |
Report | Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
1958
| 18 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| V. Ivanov |
Report | Kevan |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 105,000 Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria) |
| 8 June 1958 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–2 | | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) | Simonyan A. Ivanov |
Report | Kevan Finney |
Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 49,348 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 11 June 1958 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Borås, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) | Ilyin V. Ivanov |
Report | Stadium: Ryavallen Attendance: 21,239 Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark) |
| 15 June 1958 World Cup GS | Brazil | 2–0 | | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) | Vavá |
Report | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 50,928 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 17 June 1958 World Cup PO | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) | Ilyin |
Report | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 23,182 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
| 19 June 1958 World Cup QF | Sweden | 2–0 | | Solna, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) | Hamrin Simonsson |
Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 31,900 Referee: Reginald Leafe (England) |
| 30 August Friendly | Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | | Prague, Czechoslavakia |
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Stadium: Strahov Stadion Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark) |
| 28 September 1960 European Nations' Cup R16 | Soviet Union | 3–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 | Ilyin Metreveli Ivanov |
Report | Göröcs |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 100,572 Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria) |
| 22 October Friendly | England | 5–0 | | London, England |
| Haynes Charlton Lofthouse |
Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
1959
| 6 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Molnár |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary) |
| 27 September 1960 European Nations' Cup R16 | Hungary | 0–1 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| 15:30 | Report | Voynov |
Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 78,481 Referee: Jozef Kowal (Poland) |
| 3 October Friendly | China | 0–1 | | Beijing, China |
| Report | Ilyin |
Stadium: Workers' Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Zhu Yixian (China) |
1960
| 19 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 7–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria) |
| 6 July 1960 European Nations' Cup SF | Czechoslovakia | 0–3 | | Marseille, France |
| 21:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,184 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 10 July 1960 European Nations' Cup F | Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | | Paris, France |
| 20:30 CET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 17,966 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 17 August Friendly | East Germany | 0–1 | | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Report | Ponedelnik |
Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria) |
| 4 September Friendly | Austria | 3–1 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Hof Flögel |
Report | Ponedelnik |
Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland) |
1961
| 21 May Friendly | Poland | 1–0 | | Warsaw, Poland |
| Pohl |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Dziesięciolecia Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Vilmos Kösztner (Hungary) |
| 18 June 1962 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Voronin |
Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland) |
| 24 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy) |
| 1 July 1962 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 5–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Metreveli Ponedelnik Bubukin Meskhi |
Report | Borgen E. Hansen |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Kowal (Poland) |
| 23 August 1962 World Cup qualification | Norway | 0–3 | | Oslo, Norway |
| Report | Ponedelnik Meskhi Metreveli |
Stadium: Ullevaal Attendance: 30,469 Referee: Meighan (Republic of Ireland) |
| 10 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Rafreider |
Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 12 November 1962 World Cup qualification | Turkey | 1–2 | | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Oktay |
Report | Gusarov Mamykin |
Stadium: Mithat Paşa Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Verner (Israel) |
| 18 November Friendly | Argentina | 1–2 | | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Belén |
Report | Ponedelnik |
Stadium: River Plate Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile) |
| 22 November Friendly | Chile | 0–1 | | Santiago, Chile |
| Report | Mamykin |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay) |
| 29 November Friendly | Uruguay | 1–2 | | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Cubilla |
Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 70,000 Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina) |
1962
| 11 April Friendly | Luxembourg | 1–3 | | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Schmit |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium) |
| 18 April Friendly | Sweden | 0–2 | | Solna, Sweden |
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Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 11,089 Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland) |
| 27 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 103,000 Referee: Roland Bäckström (Sweden) |
| 31 May 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Arica, Chile |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Ivanov Ponedelnik |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 9,622 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
| 3 June 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 4–4 | | Arica, Chile |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Ivanov Chislenko Ponedelnik |
Report | Aceros Coll Rada Klinger |
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 8,040 Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil) |
| 6 June 1962 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Arica, Chile |
| 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) | Mamykin Ivanov |
Report | Sasía |
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 10 June 1962 World Cup QF | Chile | 2–1 | | Arica, Chile |
| 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) | L. Sánchez Rojas |
Report | Chislenko |
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Dittborn Attendance: 17,268 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
1963
| 22 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Martinsson |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria) |
| 22 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Ivanov |
Machos |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Antero Lartola (Finland) |
| 13 October 1964 European Nations' Cup R16 | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Ponedelnik Chislenko |
Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,358 Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland) |
| 10 November 1964 European Nations' Cup R16 | Italy | 1–1 | | Rome, Italy |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Rivera |
Report | Gusarov |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 69,567 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) |
| 1 December Friendly | Morocco | 1–1 | | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Nafai |
Tibari |
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Henri Faucheux (France) |
1964
| 13 May 1964 European Nations' Cup QF | Sweden | 1–1 | | Solna, Sweden |
| 19:00 UTC+1 | Hamrin |
Report | Ivanov |
Stadium: Råsunda Stadion Attendance: 36,937 Referee: Jim Finney (England) |
| 20 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Mudrik |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Friedrich Köpke (East Germany) |
| 27 May 1964 European Nations' Cup QF | Soviet Union | 3–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Ponedelnik Voronin |
Report | Hamrin |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 99,609 Referee: Arthur Holland (England) |
| 17 June 1964 European Nations' Cup SF | Denmark | 0–3 | | Barcelona, Spain |
| 22:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 38,556 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 21 June 1964 European Nations' Cup F | Spain | 2–1 | | Madrid, Spain |
| 18:30 CET | Report, lineups |
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Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 79,115 Referee: Arthur Holland (England) |
| 13 October Friendly | Austria | 1–0 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Glechner |
Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 4 November Friendly | Algeria | 2–2 | | Algiers, Algeria |
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Stadium: Stade d’El Asnasser Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Abdelaziz Chekaïmi (Algeria) |
| 22 November Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Zambata |
Serebryanikov |
Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania) |
| 29 November Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–0 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia) |
1965
| 16 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 23 May 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 3–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Kazakov Ivanov |
Report | Papaioannou |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 79,641 Referee: Beijar (Finland) |
| 30 May 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Ivanov Williams |
Report | W. Davies |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 86,015 Referee: Fritz (West Germany) |
| 27 June 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Soviet Union | 6–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Khusainov Metreveli Voronin Barkaya Meskhi |
Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 84,134 Referee: Zečević (Yugoslavia) |
| 4 July Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–3 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 4 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland) |
| 3 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Greece | 1–4 | | Piraeus, Greece |
| Papaioannou |
Report | Metreveli Banişevski |
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 39,880 Referee: Shoshany (Israel) |
| 17 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Denmark | 1–3 | | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Troelsen |
Report | Metreveli Malofeyev Sabo |
Stadium: Idraetsparken Attendance: 32,941 Referee: Webster (Scotland) |
| 27 October 1966 World Cup Qualifying | Wales | 2–1 | | Cardiff, Wales |
| Vernon Allchurch |
Report | Banişevski |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,626 Referee: Nilsen (Norway) |
| 21 November Friendly | Brazil | 2–2 | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 113,248 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England) |
| 1 December Friendly | Argentina | 1–1 | | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Onega |
Banishevskiy |
Stadium: River Plate Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: P.Vargas (Uruguay) |
| 4 December Friendly | Uruguay | 1–3 | | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Rocha |
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Stadium: Estadio Centenario Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) |
1966
| 23 February Friendly | Chile | 0–2 | | Santiago, Chile |
| Yozhef Sabo |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile) |
| 20 April Friendly | Switzerland | 2–2 | | Basel, Switzerland |
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Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 38,543 Referee: Johan Boström (Sweden) |
| 24 April Friendly | Austria | 0–1 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Voronin |
Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 18 May Friendly | Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | | Prague, Czechoslavakia |
| Adamec |
Banishevskiy |
Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 16,990 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)Pierre Schwinte (France) |
| 22 May Friendly | Belgium | 0–1 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Serebryanikov |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 27,394 |
| 5 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–3 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Metreveli Banishevskiy Chislenko |
Report | Blanchet Gondet Bonnel |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) |
| 12 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Middlesbrough, England |
| 19:30 BST | Malofeyev Banishevskiy |
Report | Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 23,006 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
| 16 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Sunderland, England |
| 15:00 BST | Chislenko |
Report | Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 27,793 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) |
| 20 July 1966 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Sunderland, England |
| 19:30 BST | Porkuyan |
Report | Marcos |
Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 16,027 Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland) |
| 23 July 1966 World Cup QF | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Sunderland, England |
| 15:00 BST | Chislenko Porkuyan |
Report | Bene |
Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 26,844 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
| 25 July 1966 World Cup SF | West Germany | 2–1 | | Liverpool, England |
| 19:30 BST | Haller Beckenbauer |
Report | Porkuyan |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,273 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 28 July 1966 World Cup 3rd place | Portugal | 2–1 | | London, England |
| 19:30 BST | Eusébio Torres |
Report | Malofeyev |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,696 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England) |
| 18 September Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–2 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Mušović |
Krasnitskiy Matveyev |
Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 16 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jan Pawlik (Poland) |
| 23 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Fräßdorf |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Taisto Enckell (Finland) |
| 1 November Friendly | Italy | 1–0 | | Milan, Italy |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Guarneri |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain) |
1967
| 10 May Friendly | Scotland | 0–2 | | Glasgow, Scotland |
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Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 53,497 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 28 May Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Stadium: Kirov Stadium Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland) |
| 3 June Friendly | France | 2–4 | | Paris, France |
| Gondet Simon |
Report | Chislenko Byshovets Streltsov |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 24,778 Referee: Décio Freitas (Portugal) |
| 11 June UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 4–3 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Attendance: 72,142 Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden) |
| 16 July UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 4–0 | | Tbilisi, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Dynamo Attendance: 28,040 Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway) |
| 30 August UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 20,597 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey) |
| 6 September UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Finland | 2–5 | | Turku, Finland |
| 17:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Kupittaan Stadion Attendance: 7,793 Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roger Mâchin (France) |
| 8 October Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–2 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Dermendzhiev |
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Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland) |
| 15 October UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Austria | 1–0 | | Vienna, Austria |
| 14:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria) |
| 31 October UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying | Greece | 0–1 | | Piraeus, Greece |
| 15:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Karaiskaki Stadium Attendance: 33,588 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 29 November Friendly | Netherlands | 3–1 | | Rotterdam. Netherlands |
| Maslov |
Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) |
| 6 December Friendly | England | 2–2 | | London, England |
| Chislenko |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany) |
| 17 December Friendly | Chile | 1–4 | | Santiago, Chile |
| Reinoso |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 42,471 Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile) |
1968
| 3 March Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) |
| 7 March Friendly | Mexico | 1–1 | | León, Mexico |
| Hernández |
Byshovets |
Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Abel Aguilar (Mexico) |
| 10 March Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) |
| 24 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Sabo |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia) |
| 4 May UEFA Euro 1968 QF | Hungary | 2–0 | | Budapest, Hungary |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 71,556 Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 11 May UEFA Euro 1968 QF | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 91,129 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 5 June UEFA Euro 1968 SF | Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | | Naples, Italy |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 68,582 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) | ||
| Note: Italy won on coin toss. Italy captain Giacinto Facchetti called the coin toss correctly. | ||||
| 8 June UEFA Euro 1968 3rd place | England | 2–0 | | Rome, Italy |
| 18:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 68,817 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 16 July Friendly | Soviet Union | 3–1 | | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Vyun Gershkovich Asatiani |
Hof |
Stadium: Kirov Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Hans Carlsson (Sweden) |
| 1 August Friendly | Sweden | 2–2 | | Gothenburg, Sweden |
|
Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 44,867 Referee: Arnth Jensen (Denmark) |
1969
| 20 February Friendly | Colombia | 1–3 | | Bogota, Colombia |
| Santa |
Report |
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Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Omar Delgado (Colombia) |
| 25 July Friendly | East Germany | 2–2 | | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Report |
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Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) |
| 6 August Friendly | Soviet Union | 0–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Report | Eklund |
Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) |
| 10 September 1970 World Cup qualification | Northern Ireland | 0–0 | | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France) |
| 24 September Friendly | Yugoslavia | 1–3 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
|
Report | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Andrei Radulescu (Romania) |
| 15 October 1970 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Kyiv, Soviet Union |
| Muntyan Nodia |
Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Lööw (Sweden) |
| 22 October 1970 World Cup qualification | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nodia Byshovets |
Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 16 November 1970 World Cup qualification | Turkey | 1–3 | | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Ender |
Report | Asatiani Khmelnitsky |
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
1970
| 14 February Friendly | Peru | 0–0 | | Lima, Peru |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 41,535 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru) |
| 20 February Friendly | Peru | 0–2 | | Lima, Peru |
| Report | Byshovets |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 27,011 Referee: César Orozco (Peru) |
| 22 February Friendly | El Salvador | 0–2 | | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 31,283 Referee: Diego de Leo (Mexico) |
| 26 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 51,893 Referee: Mario Canessa (Chile) |
| 5 May Friendly | Bulgaria | 3–3 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report |
|
Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 11,169 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania) |
| 6 May Friendly | Bulgaria | 0–0 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 31,174 Referee: Aurel Bentu (Romania) |
| 31 May 1970 World Cup GS | Mexico | 0–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 12:00 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 107,160 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 6 June 1970 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 4–1 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 16:00 | Byshovets Asatiani Khmelnytskyi |
Report | Lambert |
Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 95,261 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 10 June 1970 World Cup GS | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 16:00 | Byshovets |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 89,979 Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile) |
| 14 June 1970 World Cup QF | Soviet Union | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 12:00 | Report | Espárrago |
Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 26,085 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) |
| 28 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 4–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Shevchenko Fedotov Kolotov Nodiya |
Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland) |
| 15 November 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Cyprus | 1–3 | | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 15:00 | Charalambous |
Report | Kolotov Yevryuzhikhin Shevchenko |
Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 8,980 Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia) |
1971
| 17 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Javier Galindo (Mexico) |
| 20 February Friendly | Mexico | 0–0 | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Diego de Leo (Mexico) |
| 28 February Friendly | El Salvador | 0–1 | | San Salvador. El Salvador |
| Report | Osorio |
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mario Martínez Cea (El Salvador) |
| 28 April Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–1 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Mitkov |
Report | Shevchenko |
Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania) |
| 30 May 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 2–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 18:30 | Kolotov Shevchenko |
Report | Rexach |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 81,700 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) |
| 7 June 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 6–1 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:30 | Fedotov Yevryuzhikhin Kolotov Banishevski |
Report | S. Michael |
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Erik Beijar (Finland) |
| 14 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Yevryuzhikhin |
Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
| 18 September Friendly | Soviet Union | 5–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Kolotov Khmelnytskyi |
Report | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) |
| 22 September 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 19:30 | Muntyan |
Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 51,186 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden) |
| 13 October 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 16:00 | Nicholson |
Report | Byshovets |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway) |
| 27 October 1972 UEFA Euro qualification | Spain | 0–0 | | Seville, Spain |
| 20:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England) |
1972
| 29 March Friendly | Bulgaria | 1–1 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Bonev |
Report | Kolotov |
Stadium: Vasil Levski Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia) |
| 19 April Friendly | Soviet Union | 2–0 | | Kiev, Soviet Union |
|
Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) |
| 30 April 1972 UEFA Euro QF | Yugoslavia | 0–0 | | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Crvena zvezda Attendance: 58,312 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 13 May 1972 UEFA Euro QF | Soviet Union | 3–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 90,263 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) |
| 26 May Friendly | West Germany | 4–1 | | Munich, West Germany |
| Müller |
Report | Kolotov |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil) |
| 7 June Friendly | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Muntyan |
Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland) |
| 14 June 1972 UEFA Euro SF | Hungary | 0–1 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| 20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Émile Versé Attendance: 1,659 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) |
| 18 June 1972 UEFA Euro Final | West Germany | 3–0 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 43,437 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) |
| 29 June Brazil Independence Cup | Soviet Union | 1–0 | | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Onishchenko |
Report | Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel) |
| 2 July Brazil Independence Cup | Argentina | 1–0 | | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Pastoriza |
Report | Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico) |
| 6 July Brazil Independence Cup | Portugal | 1–0 | | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Jordão |
Report | Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) |
| 16 July Friendly | Finland | 1–1 | | Vaasa, Finland |
| Rissanen |
Report | Blokhin |
Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway) |
| 6 August Friendly | Sweden | 4–4 | | Solna, Sweden |
| Report |
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Stadium: Råsunda Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Svein Thime (Norway) |
| 13 October 1974 World Cup qualification | France | 1–0 | | Paris, France |
| Bereta |
Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,746 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 18 October 1974 World Cup qualification | Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Conroy |
Report | Fedotov Kolotov |
Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 27,656 Referee: Øberg (Norway) |
Notes
References
- ^ "Soviet Union - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1911-1935 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1952-1959 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1960-1969 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Soviet Union - International Results 1970-1979 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
