MANAGER: Valeriy LOBANOVSKYI




GOALKEEPERS:

1 Rinat DASAYEV ©
16 Viktor CHANOV

DEFENDERS:

2 Volodymyr BEZSONOV
3 Vagiz KHIDIYATULLIN
4 Oleh KUZNETSOV
5 Anatoliy DEMYANENKO
12 Ivan VYSHNEVSKYI
13 Tengiz SULAKVELIDZE
14 Vyacheslavas SUKRISTOVAS
19 Sergei BALTACHA

MIDFIELDERS:

6 Vasyl RATS
7 Sergei ALEINIKOV
8 Hennadiy LYTOVCHENKO
9 Oleksandr ZAVAROV
15 Oleksiy MYKHAYLYCHENKO
18 Sergey GOTSMANOV
20 Viktor PASULKO

FORWARDS:

10 Oleh PROTASOV
11 Igor BELANOV
17 Sergey DMITRIYEV


4-5-1/4-2-3-1 And 4-3-1-2 FORMATIONS:

Netherlands Vs Soviet Union - Group Stage Game (12/06/1988)



GK DASAYEV
CB KUZNETSOV
SWP KHIDIYATULLIN
RB BEZSONOV
LB DEMYANENKO
DMF/CMF LYTOVCHENKO
DMF/CMF MYKHAYLYCHENKO
RMF BELANOV
LMF RATS
AMF/CMF ZAVAROV
CF PROTASOV

Substitutions: Aleinikov for Belanov (82 mn) and Sulakvelidze for Zavarov (90 mn)

Captain: Rinat Dasayev
Short Free Kick: Vasyl Rats
Long Free Kick: Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Anatoliy Demyanenko/Volodymyr Bezsonov/Oleh Kuznetsov/Rinat Dasayev
Free Kick 2: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Left Corner: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Right Corner: Vasyl Rats
Penalty: Igor Belanov/Oleh Protasov
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Volodymyr Bezsonov, Oleh Kuznetsov, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack - Optional
★Change Sides: Lytovchenko/Mykhaylychenko
★Long Passing - Mainly on Belanov to start the counter attacks
★Counter Attack


Republic of Ireland Vs Soviet Union - Group Stage Game (15/06/1988)



GK DASAYEV
CB KUZNETSOV
SWP KHIDIYATULLIN
RB SULAKVELIDZE
LB/LWB DEMYANENKO
CMF/DMF ALEINIKOV
CMF/DMF MYKHAYLYCHENKO
RMF BELANOV
LMF RATS
AMF/CMF ZAVAROV
CF PROTASOV

Substitutions: Gotsmanov for Sulakvelidze (46 mn) and Chanov for Dasayev (69 mn - Injury)

Captains: Rinat Dasayev | Anatoliy Demyanenko
Short Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Sergey Gotsmanov
Long Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Anatoliy Demyanenko/Tengiz Sulakvelidze/Oleh Kuznetsov/Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Free Kick 2: Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Oleksandr Zavarov
Left Corner: Anatoliy Demyanenko/Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Right Corner: Vasyl Rats/Sergey Gotsmanov (Taken with the left foot)
Penalty: Igor Belanov/Oleh Protasov
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Oleh Kuznetsov, Sergei Aleinikov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Vasyl Rats, Sergey Gotsmanov

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Kuznetsov/Khidiyatullin | Aleinikov/Mykhaylychenko
★CB Overlap: Khidiyatullin/Kuznetsov
★Pressure
★Long Passing
★Counter Attack


Soviet Union Vs England - Group Stage Game (18/06/1988)



GK DASAYEV
CB KUZNETSOV
SWP KHIDIYATULLIN
RB BEZSONOV
LB RATS
DMF/CMF ALEINIKOV
CMF LYTOVCHENKO
CMF MYKHAYLYCHENKO
AMF/CMF ZAVAROV
CF BELANOV
CF PROTASOV

Substitutions: Pasulko for Belanov (44 mn - Injury) and Gotsmanov for Zavarov (86 mn)
Note: Pasulko played as a second striker alongside Protasov

Captain: Rinat Dasayev
Short Free Kick: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Long Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Sergei Aleinikov/Volodymyr Bezsonov/Rinat Dasayev
Free Kick 2: Vagiz Khidiyatullin
Left Corner: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Right Corner: Vasyl Rats
Penalty: Igor Belanov/Oleh Protasov
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Sergei Aleinikov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Viktor Pasulko

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Kuznetsov/Khidiyatullin | Lytovchenko/Mykhaylychenko | Belanov/Protasov | Pasulko/Protasov
★Pressure
★Counter Attack


Soviet Union Vs Italy - European Cup Semifinal (22/06/1988)



GK DASAYEV
CB KUZNETSOV
SWP KHIDIYATULLIN
RB/RWB BEZSONOV
LB RATS
CMF/DMF ALEINIKOV
CMF/DMF MYKHAYLYCHENKO
RMF/CMF LYTOVCHENKO
LMF GOTSMANOV
AMF/CMF ZAVAROV
CF PROTASOV

Substitutions: Demyanenko for Bezsonov (35 mn - Injury)
Note: Demyanenko played as right back

Captain: Rinat Dasayev
Short Free Kick: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Long Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Hennadiy Lytovchenko/Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Volodymyr Bezsonov/Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko/Oleh Kuznetsov
Free Kick 2: Vagiz Khidiyatullin
Left Corner: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Right Corner: Vasyl Rats
Penalty: Oleh Protasov
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Oleh Kuznetsov, Sergei Aleinikov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Sergey Gotsmanov

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Kuznetsov/Khidiyatullin | Aleinikov/Mykhaylychenko
★CB Overlap: Khidiyatullin/Kuznetsov
★Pressure
★Counter Attack
★Ball Possession ATT
★Mark Key Player: Kuznetsov on Vialli - 1st Half | Kuznetsov on Altobelli - 2nd Half


Soviet Union Vs Netherlands - European Cup Final (25/06/1988)



GK DASAYEV
CB ALEINIKOV
SWP KHIDIYATULLIN
RB/RWB DEMYANENKO
LB RATS
DMF/CMF MYKHAYLYCHENKO
CMF LYTOVCHENKO
LMF/CMF GOTSMANOV
AMF/CMF ZAVAROV
CF BELANOV
CF PROTASOV

Substitutions: Baltacha for Gotsmanov (68 mn) and Pasulko for Protasov (71 mn - Injury)
Notes: Kuznetsov (suspended) and Bezsonov (Injured) were unavailable for the final
Baltacha played as a right central defender, this relocated Aleinikov in his usual defensive midfielder position and Mykhaylychenko played as a central/left midfielder
Pasulko played as a left midfielder, moving Mykhaylychenko as a striker alongside Belanov

Captain: Rinat Dasayev
Short Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Long Free Kick: Vasyl Rats/Vagiz Khidiyatullin/Anatoliy Demyanenko/Sergei Aleinikov/Oleksandr Zavarov/Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko/Sergei Baltacha/Rinat Dasayev
Free Kick 2: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Left Corner: Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Right Corner: Vasyl Rats
Penalty: Igor Belanov
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Sergei Aleinikov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Sergei Gotsmanov

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Aleinikov/Khidiyatullin | Gotsmanov | Belanov/Protasov | Baltacha/Khidiyatullin
★CB Overlap: Vagiz Khidiyatullin
★Pressure
★Counter Attack
★Offside Trap
★Ball Possession ATT - After they were led in the score
★Mark Key Player: Mykhaylychenko on Gullit


HOME, AWAY & GOALKEEPER KITS:

Links to all the matches played by Urss in the European Champion 1988:

Group stage:

Urss-Olanda 1-0: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3e4yw ... ussr_sport

Irlanda-Urss 1-1: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fp9s ... ussr_sport

Inghilterra-Urss 1-3: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3gan6 ... ussr_sport


Semi-final:

Urss-Italia 2-0: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3gz7c ... taly_sport


Final:

Olanda-Urss 2-0: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hzjk ... ussr_sport

Any of the post soviet countrie, has ever have any relevance performance in a tournament after the dissolution of U.S.S.R.

Yes, Russia 2008.

http://russianfootballnews.com/what-hap ... 008-squad/

The exception, but really not with the same consistency.