Football at the 1983 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves. The competition took place on July 16 through August 3, 1983 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Russian SFSR
Dates	16 July – 3 August
Teams	17
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuanian SSR (1st title)
Runners-up	Russian SFSR
Third place	Moscow
Fourth place	Ukrainian SSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	177 (3.05 per match)

The competition included footballers under 20 years of age (born between 1963 and 1965). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

Competition

Preliminary games

All times local (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Team progressed to the semifinals
Team progressed to the tournament of third places
Team progressed to the tournament of last places

Group 1 (Moscow)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moscow	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	5
RSFSR	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	3
Kyrgyzia	3	0	0	3	1	14	-13	0

Group 2 (Ryazan)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6
Armenia	3	2	0	1	3	5	-2	4
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	2
Azerbaijan	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

Group 3 (Tula)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	5
Belorussia	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5
Turkmenia	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	4
Estonia	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
Latvia	4	1	0	3	3	8	-5	2

Lithuania finished first ahead of Belorussia based on their goal difference.
Turkmenia finished third ahead of Estonia based on their head-to-head match up.

Group 4 (Ivanovo)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moldavia	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Georgia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Leningrad	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Tajikistan	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	2

Semifinals groups

Group A (Moscow)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Moscow	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	4
Georgia	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2
Armenia	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

Group B (Ryazan)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
RSFSR	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	4
Belorussia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	3
Moldavia	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

Final playoffs

• 7th place playoff (Tula). Moldavian SSR – Armenian SSR 3:2
• 5th place playoff (Ryazan). Georgian SSR – Belorussian SSR 2:2, pen. 8:7
• 3rd place playoff (Moscow). Moscow – Ukrainian SSR 1:1, pen. 3:1
• 1st place playoff (Moscow). Lithuanian SSR – RSFSR 1:0

Teams composition

Moscow

• Head coach: Viktor Razumovskiy
• Assistant coach: Vladimir Neboronov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Yuri Shishkin	9 January 1963 (aged 20)	7	0	CSKA Moscow
2	DF	Dmitri Galiamin	8 January 1963 (aged 20)	5	0	CSKA Moscow
3	DF	Valeriy Popelnukha	6 April 1963 (aged 20)	1	0	Spartak Moscow
4	DF	Vladimir Demidov	19 January 1964 (aged 19)	6	0	Dynamo Moscow
5	DF	Igor Bulanov	15 November 1963 (aged 19)	7	3	Dynamo Moscow
6	FW	Sergei Basov	4 March 1963 (aged 20)	4	1	CSKA Moscow
7	MF	Igor Kurakin	9 April 1963 (aged 20)	7	1	CSKA Moscow
8	FW	Sergei Argudyayev	11 January 1963 (aged 20)	7	5	Spartak Moscow
9	MF	Vladimir Grechnyov	25 July 1964 (aged 19)	6	2	CSKA Moscow
10	FW	Mikhail Rusyayev	15 November 1964 (aged 18)	7	2	Spartak Moscow
11	FW	Viktor Zemlin	24 January 1964 (aged 19)	5	1	CSKA Moscow
12	DF	Almir Kayumov	30 December 1964 (aged 18)	6	0	Spartak Moscow
13	DF	Vladimir Korolyov	20 May 1965 (aged 18)	4	0	Spartak Moscow
14	FW	Viktor Solomatin	7 January 1964 (aged 19)	4	0	Torpedo Moscow
15	MF	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	14 January 1964 (aged 19)	5	0	Dynamo Moscow
16	GK	Vadim Kirillov	9 September 1964 (aged 18)	0	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
17	MF	Andrey Lebedev	2 January 1963 (aged 20)	4	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
18	MF	Sergei Glubokov	26 February 1963 (aged 20)	2	0	FShM Moscow
19	MF	Andrey Afanasyev	15 May 1964 (aged 19)	6	0	CSKA Moscow
20	DF	Gocha Tkebuchava	24 November 1963 (aged 19)	5	0	Dynamo Moscow

Russian SFSR

• Head coach: Anzor Kavazashvili
• Assistant coach: Nikolai Smirnov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Aleksandr Zhidkov	16 March 1965 (aged 18)			Atommash Volgodonsk
2	MF	Andrei Vityuk	5 February 1964 (aged 19)			Dynamo Kashira
3	MF	Shamil Isayev	19 March 1964 (aged 19)			Uralan Elista
4	DF	Vyacheslav Kobzev	9 December 1963 (aged 19)			Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev
5	DF	Sergei Kozhanov	21 July 1964 (aged 19)			Dynamo Makhachkala
6	FW	Grigoriy Medinskiy	28 July 1963 (aged 20)			Zvezda Perm
7	MF	Vadim Sosulin	18 March 1963 (aged 20)			Dynamo Barnaul
8	MF	Valeriy Stropilov	12 March 1963 (aged 20)			Zenit Izhevsk
9	MF	Oleg Podruzhko	14 May 1964 (aged 19)			Stroitel Cherepovets
10	MF	Oleg Mirny	8 April 1963 (aged 20)			Druzhba Maykop
11	DF	Yuri Klyuchnikov	20 April 1963 (aged 20)			Sokol Saratov
12	MF	Valery Zazdravnykh	8 July 1963 (aged 20)			Dynamo Stavropol
13	FW	Valeri Shmarov	23 February 1965 (aged 18)			Fakel Voronezh
14	DF	Sergey Dikarev	29 June 1963 (aged 20)			Svetotekhnika Saransk
15	MF	Mikhail Aleksandrov	26 August 1963 (aged 19)			Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
16	GK	Yevgeni Kryukov	3 August 1963 (aged 20)			Kuzbass Kemerovo
17	DF	Sergei Ushakov	27 April 1965 (aged 18)			Dynamo Stavropol
18	FW	Sergei Cherepanov	10 February 1963 (aged 20)			Zenit Izhevsk
19	MF	Igor Shlyubul	4 February 1963 (aged 20)			Kuban Krasnodar
20	MF	Aleksei Yeryomenko	17 January 1964 (aged 19)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu

Kyrgyz SSR

• Head coach: Nikolai Razumets
• Assistant coach: Yusup Musayev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	S. Safonov				Spartak Frunze
2		A. Dzhamshidov				Burevestnik Frunze
3		I. Ilyin				Alga Talas
4		Sh. Zakirov				Burevestnik Kochkor-Ata
5		A. Ivliyev				Burevestnik Frunze
6	MF	Vitaliy Rogovanov	20 June 1965 (aged 18)			Spartak Suluktu
7	FW	Tagir Fasakhov	16 January 1964 (aged 19)			Spartak Osh
8	MF	Ruslan Adzhiev	25 July 1963 (aged 20)			Dynamo Frunze
9		M. Eshaliev				Burevestnik Frunze
10	FW	Andrei Guzienko	15 April 1964 (aged 19)			Burevestnik Frunze
11		E.Malinovskiy				Dynamo Frunze
12		Kh. Khaitbayev				Burevestnik Przhevalsk
13		N. Sabitov				Burevestnik Frunze
14		A. Bazarbayev				Spartak Kök-Janggak
15		A. Primberdyyev				Spartak Osh
16		R. Amirov				Dynamo Frunze
17		A. Yuldashev				Spartak Kara-Suu
18		Gennadiy Smirnov				Burevestnik Frunze
19		A. Bats				Spartak N-Chuysk
20		Tolchin Tashmatov				Burevestnik Frunze

Kazakh SSR

• Head coach: Yevgeniy Kuznetsov
• Assistant coach: T. Nurmahambetov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Sergei Burakov	14 April 1963 (aged 20)			Kairat Alma-Ata
2		S. Savin				Kairat Alma-Ata
3	DF	Vladimir Pedora	22 April 1964 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
4	DF	Vladimir Fedchenko	14 July 1964 (aged 19)			Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
5	DF	Evgeny Yarovenko	17 August 1963 (aged 19)			Khimik Dzhambul
6	FW	Albert Shatskiy	3 February 1963 (aged 20)			Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
7	MF	Ivan Azovskiy	1 October 1964 (aged 18)			Kairat Alma-Ata
8		A. Kushykbayev				Kairat Alma-Ata
9	FW	Yuriy Naydovskiy	10 April 1963 (aged 20)			Kairat Alma-Ata
10	MF	Fanas Salimov	19 February 1964 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
11	MF	Eduard Son	18 August 1964 (aged 18)			Kairat Alma-Ata
12	DF	Mykola Zaitsev	19 January 1964 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
13		V. Korobov				Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz
14		O. Dodonov				Kairat Alma-Ata
15		A. Ignatchenko				SKIF Alma-Ata
16	GK	Aleksandr Khudobin	21 March 1964 (aged 19)			SKIF Alma-Ata
17		V. Asylbayev				Shakhter Karagandy
18	DF	Sergei Pasko	10 September 1966 (aged 16)			Kairat Alma-Ata
19		K. Sarsekov				Kairat Alma-Ata
20		I. Tyurin				Shakhter Karagandy

Further reading

• Football-84: Handbook-calendar / compiled by N.Kiselyov — "Lenizdat", 1984
• "Football-Hockey". № 30, 24 July 1983

External links

• 1983. Collapse of Ukrainian hopes at the 8th Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. Lithuania is the Champion! (1983. Крах украинских надежд на VIII Спартакиаде народов СССР. Литва – чемпион!). tribuna.com. 30 August 2016.