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
ChampionsUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR (1st title)
Runners-upUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek SSR
Third placeMoscow Moscow
Fourth placeMoldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian SSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored150 (3.41 per match)
1983
1991

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

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Preliminary games

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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 4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 8
  Leningrad 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 5
  Estonia 4 2 1 1 7 8 −1 5
  Armenia 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 2
  Kyrgyzia 4 0 0 4 2 15 -13 0

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

Group 2 (Zaporizhia)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Moscow 3 1 2 0 8 0 +8 4
  Kazakhstan 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 4
  Georgia 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
  Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 3 15 -12 1

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

Group 3 (Donetsk)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6
  Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 3
  Belorussia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
  Azerbaijan 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
Group 4 (Kharkiv)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Latvia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 4
  Moldavia 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
  Lithuania 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
  Turkmenia 3 1 0 2 1 4 -3 2

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

Semifinals groups

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Group A (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6
  Moldavia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
  RSFSR 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 2
  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12 0
Group B (Zaporizhia)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5
  Moscow 3 1 2 0 8 1 +7 4
  Latvia 3 1 0 2 3 14 −11 2
  Leningrad 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1

Final playoffs

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  • 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

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Further reading

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