Russia national under-20 football team
The Russian national under-20 football team, formerly known as the Soviet national lads 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
Association | Russian Football Union | ||
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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.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
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 |
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Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Group stage | 15th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
Fourth Place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |
Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
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Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 1 Title | 8/23 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 45 |
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad
The following players have been called up for friendly games against Croatia U-20 on 5 September 2018 and 7 September 2018.[1]
Head coach: Mikhail Galaktionov.
References
- Сборная России U-20 дважды сыграет с Хорватией (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 August 2018.
External links
- FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.