Football at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

Association football while being included in the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR was not a regular event at Spartakiads until 1979.

Association Football at the Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR

Founded	1956
Region	Soviet Union
Number of teams	17 (from 15 Soviet republics)
Current champions	Ukrainian SSR (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Moscow (2 titles)

The inaugural tournament was conducted in preparation for the football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The competition involved many experienced players of the Soviet Top League.

It was resumed only after over 20 years as a competition for preparation for the football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics and throughout the 1980s became a regular event of the Spartakiad. However the football tournament was not conducted at the 1990 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR and never resumed again.

Records

Year	Host	Final			Third place
		Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
among senior teams
1956 Details		Moscow	2 – 1	Georgian SSR	Ukrainian SSR	2 – 1	Leningrad
1979 Details		Moscow	2 – 1	Georgian SSR	Ukrainian SSR	2 – 1	Russian SFSR
among junior teams
1983 Details		Lithuanian SSR	1 – 0	Russian SFSR	Moscow	1 – 1	Ukrainian SSR
					3 – 1 on penalty shootout
1986 Details		Ukrainian SSR	1 – 0	Uzbek SSR	Moscow	3 – 1	Moldavian SSR

• Key:
  • aet – after extra time
  • asdet – after sudden death extra time

Medal table

Rank	Republic	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Moscow	2	0	2	4
2	Ukrainian SSR	1	0	2	3
3	Lithuanian SSR	1	0	0	1
4	Georgian SSR	0	2	0	2
5	Russian SFSR	0	1	0	1
	Uzbek SSR	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

See also

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup