| UEFA | |
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| Founded | 27 December 1934 |
| Folded | 25 December 1991 |
| Headquarters | Moscow,Russian SFSR |
| FIFA affiliation | 1946–1991 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 (since 1992 as theRussian Football Union) |
| President | (see chairmen list below) |
TheFootball Federation of the USSR (Russian:Федерация футбола СССР) was a governing body offootball in theSoviet Union and since 1972 the main governing body of football in the country.[1] The Federation was created in late 1934 by the decision of theSupreme Council of Physical Culture of the USSR (Russian:Высший Совет Физической Культуры, VSFK) as its sports section governing specifically football. It was the only organization that obtained recognition of FIFA in 1946.
After the establishment of the Soviet regime in the formerRussian Empire all its former affiliations abroad were discontinued. Football life in the country however did not stop. In July 1920, the first championship of theRussian SFSR took place, won by the collective city team ofMoscow. The general government and organization of sports in Soviet Union was intended to be conducted by theAll-Union Council of Physical Culture (VSFK) that was formed in 1920. In September 1923, the first championship of the Soviet Union took place which was won also by the Moscow team over aPetrograd team. With appointed ofNikolai Semashko as chairman of VSFK, a conflict ensued between him and the chairman ofRed SportinternNikolay Podvoisky.[2] Later this argument joined couple of other groups among which wereKomsomol that was in opposition to Podvoisky since 1922 (at times ofVsevobuch) and various trade unions.[3]
In August 1928, the firstSpartakiad took place inMoscow (not to be confused with theSpartakiad of Peoples of the USSR) which included a football tournament.
On 27 May 1934, the "Distinguished Master of Sports" achievement award was established, and given to eight footballers that same year.
On 27 December 1934, theAll-Union Council of Physical Culture (VSFK) of theCentral Executive Committee of the Soviet Union (TsIK USSR) established a special public organization – the Football Section of the USSR – to take charge of football events in the country. In addition, there was also the Football Directorate of the Soviet Sports Committee, subordinated directly to the Soviet government.
On 30 August 1935, the Ukrainian SSR national team beatRed Star Olympique (from France) 6:1. Goals were scored by Shylovsky (3), Parovyshnikov (2), Shchehodsky. Team squad of UkrSSR (2-3-5):[4][5]
Next month a collective team of Prague visited the Soviet Union playing against team of Leningrad, Moscow, and UkrSSR. In January 1936 the Moscow team consisting of players fromDynamo Moscow andSpartak Moscow visitedRacing Paris to which they lost 1:2. A single goal for the Soviets was scored by Yakushyn. Team squad of Moscow (2-3-5):
all coached byKonstantin Kvashnin andNikolai Starostin.
In 1936, the Section of Football of USSR established theSoviet Top League as a championship among teams of Volunteer Sports Sovcieties (DSO) and agencies introducing four hierarchal groups (leagues) of eight teams.
On 22 July 1937, for the first time TsIK USSR given awards to 38 best Soviet sportsmen among which were 12 football players. The first recipient ofOrder of Lenin among football players becameNikolai Starostin. TheOrder of the Red Banner of Labour received Alexander Starostin and Sergei Ilyin, other nine players receivedOrder of the Badge of Honor.[6]
During parts ofWorld War II (1941–1944), the main football events were suspended, but there were several regional competitions. When the Soviet Union was liberated from the occupation ofNazi Germany in August 1944, the next national cup competition took place as the first official post-war football event.
In July 1946, the Football Section of the USSR was admitted toFIFA on the proposition of delegates from Sovietsatellite states ofYugoslavia andCzechoslovakia, and on 27 September 1947 the USSR was awarded a permanent seat of the vice-president of FIFA which was taken by Valentin Granatkin. The main national football team of the Soviet Union, however, did not enter theFIFA World Cup until 1958. The first coach appointed wasBoris Arkadiev who in 1952 led the team to the Olympic Games inHelsinki. Later, he and several other football specialists were accused byJoseph Stalin of sabotaging the team that was eliminated in the tournament's round of 16.
In January 1957, thePresidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded theOrder of Lenin toVsevolod Bobrov andLev Yashin to commemorate their achievements in sport.
In May 1959, the Football Section of the USSR was reorganized as the Football Federation of the USSR.
In 1960, the Soviet Union national team won the first continental championship beating the Yugoslavia national team 2–1 in extra time.
In 1963, Lev Yashin became the first Soviet player to be awarded theBallon d'Or.
For the first time in the 1965–66 season, Soviet football clubs debuted in the European international football competitions.
In 1972, the Football Federation of the USSR became a government agency of theState Committee of Sports (Goskomsport). However, because Granatkin continued to chair the Football Federation, that reorganization did not draw much attention from FIFA.[7]
Dynamo Kiev became the first Soviet club to win a European club trophy, when they defeated Ferencvaros 3–0 in the1975 European Cup Winners' Cup final.
On 8 February 1992, the federation was recognized as the parent association of the newly establishedRussian Football Union (RFS). In July of the same year, the executive committee of FIFA confirmed the succession of the Soviet federation as the Russian Football Union and readmitted it under the new name and statute.
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