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Soviet Union U-20
Nickname(s)	Lads (Юноши)
Association	Football Federation of USSR
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	-
FIFA code	URS
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Soviet Union 3–1 Iraq ; (Sfax, Tunisia; 28 June 1977); Last international; Australia 1–1 (4–5 p) Soviet Union ; (Porto, Portugal; 29 June 1991)
Biggest win
	Soviet Union 5–0 Canada ; (Minsk, Soviet Union; 29 August 1985)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 3–0 Soviet Union ; (Guimarães, Portugal; 26 June 1991)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1977)
Best result	Winners, 1977

The Soviet national youth football team was a special under-18 and under-20 football team of the Soviet Union designated specifically for FIFA World Youth Championship (today FIFA U-20 World Cup). It ceased to exist on the breakup of the Union.

The team was created in 1977 for the newly created FIFA competition for junior teams (among lads, under-18).

With dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union youth football team competed at the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Championship as the CIS youth under-18 football team which qualified for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. That berth was passed over (grandfathered) to the Russia national under-20 football team.

FIFA World Youth Championship

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	4
1979	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	12	7
1981	Did not qualify
1983	Group stage	15th	3	1	0	2	4	7
1985	Fourth place	4th	6	3	3	0	10	3
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	11	6
1991	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	9	6
Total	1 title	6/8	30	15	9	6	53	33

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Head coaches

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

The last Soviet U-20 team

Head coach: Gennadi Kostylev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Oleksandr Pomazun	(1971-10-11)11 October 1971 (aged 20)	Metallist Kharkov
2	2DF	Yervand Krbachian	(1971-10-01)1 October 1971 (aged 20)	Ararat Yerevan
3	2DF	Sergei Mandreko	(1971-08-01)1 August 1971 (aged 20)	Pamir Dushanbe
4	2DF	Sergei Mamchur	(1972-02-03)3 February 1972 (aged 19)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
5	2DF	Valeri Minko	(1971-08-08)8 August 1971 (aged 20)	CSKA Moscow
6	2DF	Evgeni Bushmanov	(1971-11-02)2 November 1971 (aged 20)	Spartak Moscow
7	3MF	Dmitri Mikhailenko	(1973-07-13)13 July 1973 (aged 18)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
8	4FW	Serhiy Scherbakov	(1971-08-15)15 August 1971 (aged 20)	Shakhtar Donetsk
9	4FW	Dmitri Karsakov	(1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 20)	CSKA Moscow / KAMAZ N. Chelny
10	4FW	Serhiy Konovalov	(1972-03-01)1 March 1972 (aged 19)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
11	3MF	Volodymyr Sharan	(1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 20)	Karpaty Lviv / Dynamo Kyiv
12	1GK	Andrei Novosadov	(1972-03-27)27 March 1972 (aged 19)	CSKA Moscow
13	2DF	Dmitri Klimovich	(1972-04-30)30 April 1972 (aged 19)	Dinamo Minsk
14	2DF	Alexei Guschin	(1971-10-21)21 October 1971 (aged 20)	CSKA Moscow
15	3MF	Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov	(1972-01-16)16 January 1972 (aged 19)	Dynamo Moscow
16	3MF	Vitali But	(1972-11-16)16 November 1972 (aged 19)	Dynamo Moscow
17	3MF	Armen Babalarian	(1971-08-15)15 August 1971 (aged 20)	Ararat Yerevan / Kotayk
18	3MF	Evgueni Pokhlebaev	(1971-11-25)25 November 1971 (aged 20)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19	1GK	Gennady Tumilovich	(1971-09-03)3 September 1971 (aged 20)	Dinamo Minsk

Notes:

All data through December 31, 1991.
1992 transfers: Mandreko moved to Austria (Rapid Wien), Mamchur - Russia (Asmaral Moscow), Bushmanov changed team (CSKA Moscow), Scherbakov - Portugal (Sporting CP), Novosadov changed team (KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny), Tumilovich changed team (Belarus Minsk).