Soviet Union national football team

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The Soviet Union national football team (Russian: сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, romanized: sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team representing the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the team was transformed into the CIS national football team to participate in the Euro 1992. FIFA and UEFA consider the CIS national football team—and ultimately, the Russia national football team—as the Soviet successor team, with all former non-Olympic records allocated to them. Nevertheless, a large percentage of the Soviet team's former players came from outside the Russian SFSR, mainly from the Ukrainian SSR; following the breakup of the Soviet Union, some, such as Andrei Kanchelskis from the former Ukrainian SSR, continued to play in the new Russia national football team. The Soviet Union failed to qualify for the World Cup only twice, in 1974 and 1978, and attended seven finals tournaments in total. Their best finish was fourth in 1966, when...

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