Overview of association football practiced in the Soviet Union
See also: Football in Imperial Russia and Football in post Soviet Russia
Football in Soviet Union
Country
Soviet Union
Governing body
Football Federation of USSR
National team(s)
Soviet Union national football team
National competitions
FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship
Club competitions
List
League: Top League First League Second League Women's football championship
Cup: Cup Federation Cup Women's Cup
International competitions
Champions League Europa League Super Cup
Football was a popular sport in the Soviet Union, with the national football championships being one of the major annual sporting events.[1][2][3][4] Youth and children competitions as a regular event started after the war and each team of masters (official designation for professional team) in the top two tiers were fielding its youth squad in separate competition. Women official competitions started only 1990, just before dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Football in the Soviet Union existed in realities of the economy and law of the Soviet Union, where the state owned all big industry and professional sports were prohibited. Instead of being professionals, athletes were made employees of either a state enterprise or a state government department, to which a sports society belonged or assigned. Therefore, in the Soviet Union existed two statuses for footballers: amateur and non-amateur.
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