Football at the 1986 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1986 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 9 through July 27, 1986 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

The competition included footballers under 21 years of age (born between 1965 and 1968). 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.

Preliminary games
All times local (UTC+3)


 * Group 1 (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)

Leningrad finished second ahead of Estonia based on their goal difference.


 * Group 2 (Zaporizhia)

Moscow finished first ahead of Kazakhstan based on their goal difference.


 * Group 3 (Donetsk)


 * Group 4 (Kharkiv)

Moldavia finished second ahead of Lithuania based on their goal difference.

Semifinals groups

 * Group A (Nikopol and Ordzhonikidze)


 * Group B (Zaporizhia)

Final playoffs

 * 7th place playoff (Nikopol). Leningrad – Kazakh SSR 2:0
 * 5th place playoff (Ordzhonikidze). RSFSR – Latvian SSR 5:2
 * 3rd place playoff (Kiev). Moscow – Moldavian SSR 3:1
 * 1st place playoff (Kiev). Ukraine – Uzbek SSR 1:0

1986 Champions – Ukrainian SSR

 * Head coach – Viktor Kolotov, assistant coaches – Volodymyr Troshkin, Yevhen Kotelnykov
 * Andriy Kovtun (SKA Kiev), Volodymyr Tsytkin (Dynamo Irpin), Volodymyr Horilyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (SKA Odessa), Oleh Derevinsky (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Dyuldyn, Oleksandr Enei, Ruslan Kolokolov (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Nefedov (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Rolevych (SKA Odessa), Serhiy Kovalets (Zirka Berdychiv), Syarhey Herasimets (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Yesipov (Metalist Kharkiv), Oleksandr Ivanov (Metalist Kharkiv), Serhiy Khudozhylov (SKA Kiev), Andriy Mareyev, Oleksandr Hushchyn (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Sydelnykov (Dynamo Kyiv), Vasyl Storchak (Torpedo Lutsk), Oleh Serdyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), V.Marchuk