CIS national football team

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CIS
1992
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of the Soviet Union
Head coachAnatoly Byshovets
Most capsDmitri Kharine (11)[a]
Top scorerSergei Kiriakov (4)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeCIS
First colours
Second colours
First international
United States United States 0–1 CIS
(Miami, Florida; 25 January 1992)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 0–3 CIS
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 January 1992)
Biggest defeat
Mexico Mexico 4–0 CIS
(Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 1992)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 1992)
Best resultRound 1, 1992

The CIS national football team was a transitional national team. It was created by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union in 1992. It would represent the Commonwealth of Independent States.

European Championship record[change | change source]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Sweden 1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4
Total 1/1 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4

Post-Soviet national federations[change | change source]

National federation members of the CIS association[change | change source]

Armenia Armenia 18 January 1992 National team UEFA
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan March 1992 National team UEFA
Belarus Belarus 1989 National team UEFA
Georgia (country) Georgia 15 February 1936 National team UEFA
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakhstan 1992 National team UEFA[1]
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 25 February 1992 National team AFC
Moldova Moldova 14 April 1990 National team UEFA
Russia Russia 8 February 1992 National team UEFA
Tajikistan Tajikistan 1936 National team AFC
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmenistan 1992 National team AFC
Ukraine Ukraine 13 December 1991 National team UEFA
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1946 National team AFC

1. ^ Kazakhstan was an AFC member from 1994 until 2002, when they joined UEFA.

National federations outside the CIS association[change | change source]

Estonia Estonia 14 December 1921 National team UEFA
Latvia Latvia 1921 National team UEFA
Lithuania Lithuania 9 December 1922 National team UEFA

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Includes two FIFA-sanctioned friendlies against Mexico, that were not registered with the Russian Football Federation.

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