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.
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.
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.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA part of 1977Champions1st523074 1979 Runners-up2nd6312127 1981Did not qualify 1983Group stage15th310247 1985Fourth place4th6330103 1987Did not qualify 1989Quarter-finals5th4310116 1991Third place3rd631296 as 1993Quarter-finals7th420267 1995Quarter-finals6th412145 1997Did not qualify 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023Suspended 2025 2027Total1 Title8/2438181196345 *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad
The following players were called up for friendly games against Croatia U-20 on 5 September 2018 and 7 September 2018.
Head coach: Mikhail Galaktionov.
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Honours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Individual Golden Ball: Vladimir Bessonov (1977) Golden Shoe: Oleg Salenko (1989), Sergei Sherbakov (1991)
Team FIFA Fair Play Award: 1991
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament Winners: 2010
See also FIFA U-20 World Cup UEFA European Under-19 Championship Russia women's national under-20 football team
References
External links FIFA Under-20 website Contains full results archive The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-20 Championships.