CIS national football team
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| Association | Association Football Federation of CIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Head coach | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Dmitri Kharine (11)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Sergei Kiriakov (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | CIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 USA 0 - 1 CIS  (Miami, USA; 25 January 1992) Last International |
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 El Salvador 0 - 3 CIS (San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 January 1992) |
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 Mexico 4 - 0 CIS (Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 1992) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The CIS national football team represented the Commonwealth of Independent States, the alliance of 12 out of 15 newly formed sovereign states of the Soviet Union, during the first half of 1992. Since the USSR national team had already booked a spot in the Euro 1992 by qualifying in 1991, the only legitimate way for them to take part in the competition was to take part as a unified team. As the Soviet Union ceased to exist on January 1, 1992, so did the Football Federation of USSR. However on January 11, 1992, the Association Football Federation of CIS was formed and approved by FIFA two days later. Since Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were never members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and since the national teams of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had already been formed, the players from these states did not participate in the CIS national team. Though the federation was successfully able to put together a national team, plans for a domestic league were less successful, resulting in separate championships for all of the breakaway republics.
Thus, the CIS national football team was previously known as the USSR national football team until June 1992 when the team completed its participation in the Euro 1992. It was renamed to Russia national football team and additional national teams for the FSU republics were formed as well.
The CIS national football team was only coached by Anatoly Byshovets during its existence. The team failed to achieve success in Euro 1992, finishing last in the group with 2 draws and 1 loss, but achieved two notable draws with Germany and the Netherlands, before being beaten 3-0 by Scotland in what turned out to be their last ever match.
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[edit] National teams of the former Soviet republics
[edit] Members of the CIS
 Armenia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Azerbaijan |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Belarus |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Georgia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Kazakhstan |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA (AFC:1992-2002) |
 Kyrgyzstan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
 Moldova |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Russia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Tajikistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
 Turkmenistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
 Ukraine |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Uzbekistan |
National team | U-23 team | AFC |
[edit] Not members of the CIS
 Estonia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Latvia |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
 Lithuania |
National team | U-21 team | UEFA |
[edit] European Championship record
- 1992 - Round 1
[edit] Notes
- ^ Includes two FIFA-sanctioned friendlies against Mexico, that were not registered with the Russian Football Federation.
[edit] External links
- USSR National Football Team (in Russian)
