The Russian national under-20 football team, formerly known as the Soviet national youth football team was the under-20 (for

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) and under-19 (for UEFA Under-19 Championship)

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teams of the

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. 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

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's youth competitions in 1977, the

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was formed and competed until 1993 (in 1992 it qualified as CIS youth under-18 football team) qualifying 7 times. Following

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, the Soviet qualification was passed to Russia which competed in the

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. 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

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and in accordance with a recommendation by the

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(IOC),

and

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suspended the participation of Russia, including in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The

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unsuccessfully appealed the FIFA and UEFA bans to the

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, which upheld the bans.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place ''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Current squad

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Honours

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Individual * Golden Ball:

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(1977) * Golden Shoe:

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(1989), Sergei Sherbakov (1991) Team *

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: 1991

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* Winners:

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References

External links

FIFA Under-20 website
Contains full results archive

Contains full record of U-20 Championships. European national under-20 association football teams under-20 {{Russia-footyclub-stub

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

Current squad

Honours

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament ( uk, Турнір Пам'яті Валерія Лобановського) is an international football tournament established in honour and memory of Valeri Lobanovsky since his death on 13 May 2002, hence th ...

See also

References

External links