Football in the Soviet Union

Football was a popular sport in the Soviet Union, with the national football championships being one of the major annual sporting events. 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.

See also: Football in Imperial Russia and Football in post Soviet Russia
Football in Soviet Union
CountrySoviet Union
Governing bodyFootball 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 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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