| Nickname | Lads (Юноши) | ||
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| Association | Football Federation of USSR | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | - | ||
| FIFA code | URS | ||
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| UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship | |||
| Appearances | 20 (first in1962) | ||
| Best result | Winners,1966 (shared),1967,1976,1978,1988,1990 | ||
TheSoviet national lads football team was the under-18football team of theSoviet Union. For world competitions it was reorganized intounder-20 team. It ceased to exist on thebreakup of the Union.
It was the oldest existing junior national football team until 1972 with introduction of thenational under-23 team. Following the realignment ofUEFA's youth competitions in 1962, the USSR Under-18 team was formed. The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA junior tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1955 (UEFA Junior Tournament).
In 1980, UEFA competitions for under-18 teams were officially restyled as the European Under 18 Football Championship. The team had a good record, winning the competition sixth times, reaching the final once, but failing to qualify for the last five on 26 occasions.
After the dissolution of the USSR (on December 26, 1991), the senior team played out its remaining fixtures, which were the finals ofEuro 92. Because the USSR U-18s had, by December 26, already failed to qualify for their version of the1992 European Championship, the former Soviet states didn't play as a combined team at U-19 level ever again.
Of the former Soviet states, only Russia was admitted for the1992–1993 competition.
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