Football at the 1986 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves. The competition took place on July 9 through July 27, 1986 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUkrainian SSR
Dates9 July – 27 July
Teams17
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ukrainian SSR (1st title)
Runners-up Uzbek SSR
Third place Moscow
Fourth place Moldavian SSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored150 (3.41 per match)

The competition included footballers under 21 years of age (born between 1965 and 1968). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

Competition

Preliminary games

All times local (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Team progressed to the semifinals
Group 1 (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
RSFSR 4400142+128
Leningrad 421172+55
Estonia 421178−15
Armenia 410336-32
Kyrgyzia 4004215-130

Leningrad finished second ahead of Estonia based on their goal difference.

Group 2 (Zaporizhia)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Moscow 312080+84
Kazakhstan 312062+44
Georgia 30303303
Tajikistan 3012315-121

Moscow finished first ahead of Kazakhstan based on their goal difference.

Group 3 (Donetsk)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine 330041+36
Uzbekistan 311174+33
Belorussia 310248−42
Azerbaijan 301213-21
Group 4 (Kharkiv)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Latvia 32014404
Moldavia 311142+23
Lithuania 31112203
Turkmenia 310214-32

Moldavia finished second ahead of Lithuania based on their goal difference.

Semifinals groups

Group A (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine 3300102+86
Moldavia 320142+24
RSFSR 310242+22
Kazakhstan 3003214-120
Group B (Zaporizhia)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan 321070+75
Moscow 312081+74
Latvia 3102314−112
Leningrad 301225-31

Final playoffs

  • 7th place playoff (Nikopol). Leningrad Kazakh SSR 2:0
  • 5th place playoff (Ordzhonikidze). RSFSR Latvian SSR 5:2
  • 3rd place playoff (Kiev). Moscow Moldavian SSR 3:1
  • 1st place playoff (Kiev). Ukraine Uzbek SSR 1:0

1986 Champions Ukrainian SSR

Further reading

  • Football-87: Handbook-calendar / compiled by N.Kiselyov — "Lenizdat", 1987
  • Football-87: Handbook-calendar — Moscow: Luzhniki, 1987.
  • "Football-Hockey". № 31, 3 August 1986
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