Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1979 Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team for the upcoming 1980 Summer Olympics. The competition took place on July 20 through August 5, 1979 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

Out of all the union republics, the Estonian SSR was not participating, while Russia was represented with 3 teams: Moscow City, Leningrad City and Russian Federation.

The competition took place during the mid-season break of the 1979 Soviet Union football championship. Less than a week later after the tournament, an aircraft with Pakhtakor Tashkent players who were traveling to the away game against Dinamo Minsk crashed in the sky over Dniprodzerzhynsk.

Competition Qualification groups All times local (UTC+3) Group 1 (Moscow) CSKA Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium

Group 2 (Moscow) Torpedo Stadium

Group 3 (Kiev) Dynamo Stadium

Group 4 (Minsk) Traktor Stadium

Consolation tournament For 9-12 places (Kiev)

For 13-16 places (Minsk)

Semifinals groups Group A

Group B

Playoffs games 7th place game.

5th place game.

3rd place game.

Final Game

Moscow: GK 1Rinat Dasayev DF 2Viktor SamokhinDF 4Sergei Nikulin DF 7Aleksandr BubnovMF 6Aleksandr Makhovikov (c)DF 5Vagiz Khidiyatullin MF 10Aleksandr Maksimenkov MF 11Sergey Shavlo MF 15Yuri Gavrilov MF 12Yevgeni Sidorov FW 18Fyodor CherenkovSubstitutes:FW 19Nikolai Vasilyev FW 17Valery Petrakov Manager:Konstantin BeskovGeorgian SSR: GK 17Otar GabeliaMF 2Tengiz SulakvelidzeDF 3Aleksandre ChivadzeDF 4Shota KhinchagashviliDF 12Davit MujiriDF 5Gocha Machaidze MF 6Vitaly DaraseliaMF 7Manuchar Machaidze (c)MF 8Vakhtang Koridze FW 9Vladimir Gutsaev FW 19Revaz Chelebadze Substitutes:MF 10Nugzar Kakilashvili FW 11Ramaz Shengelia Manager:Nodar Akhalkatsi MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees:MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Squads composition Moldavian SSR Head coach: Vyacheslav Kirichenko (Nistru Kishinev), assistant: Vladimir Gasperskiyandron-prodan.blogspot.com/2019/09/40-79-vii-1979.html (СПАРТАКИАДА-79: ВЫШЕ ГОЛОВЫ НЕ ПРЫГНУЛИ (часть вторая)). 12 September 2019 (Avtomobilist Tiraspol)Kryvbas – Avtomobilist. wildstat.ru.

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Nistru Kishinev.andron-prodan.blogspot.com/2019/09/40-79-1979-vii.html?spref=fb (СПАРТАКИАДА-79: ВЫШЕ ГОЛОВЫ НЕ ПРЫГНУЛИ (часть первая)). 9 September 2019

Kazakh SSR Head coach: Igor Volchok (Kairat Alma-Ata), assistant: Leonid Ostroushko (Kairat Alma-Ata)

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Kairat Alma-Ata.

Turkmen SSR Head coach: Valery Nepomnyashchy (Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad), assistant: Viktor Savenkov

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad.

Moscow Head coach: Konstantin Beskov (Spartak Moscow), assistant: Nikolai Starostin (Spartak Moscow)

Kyrgyz SSR Head coach: Rivgat Bibayev (Alga Frunze), assistant: Anatoliy Kolmykov

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Alga Frunze.

Azerbaijan SSR Head coach: Ahmad Alasgarov (Neftchi Baku), assistant: Vladimir Shuvalov

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Neftchi Baku.

Georgian SSR Head coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi (Dinamo Tbilisi), assistant: Kakhi Asatiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Dinamo Tbilisi.

Lithuanian SSR Head coach: Benjaminas Zelkevičius (Žalgiris Vilnius), assistant: Stanislovas Ramjalis (Žalgiris Vilnius)

Except for one player (see the roster), whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Žalgiris Vilnius.

Russian SFSR Head coach: Vladimir Ivashkov, assistant: Nikolai Samarin (SKA Rostov-na-Donu)

Uzbek SSR Head coach: Oleh Bazylevych (Pakhtakor Tashkent), assistant: Idgai Tazetdinov (Pakhtakor Tashkent)

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Pakhtakor Tashkent.

Ukrainian SSR Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv), assistant: Volodymyr Bohdanovych

Tajik SSR Head coach: Mark Tunis (Pamir Dushanbe), assistant: Sharif Nazarov (Pamir Dushanbe)

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Pamir Dushanbe.

Belorussian SSR Head coach: Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk), assistant: Leonid Harai (Dinamo Minsk)

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Dinamo Minsk.

Latvian SSR Head coach: Gennadi Bondarenko (Daugava Riga), assistant: Boris Reingold

Armenian SSR Head coach: Yozhef Betsa (Ararat Yerevan), assistant: Grachik Khachmanukyan

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Ararat Yerevan.

Leningrad Head coach: Yury Morozov (Zenit Leningrad), assistant: Vadim Kharovitskiy (Zenit Leningrad)

See also 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

References

Further reading Футбол-80: Справочник-календарь. / Сост. Н. Я. Киселёв — Л.: Lenizdat, 1980. Московский футбол. XX век. — М.: ВЛАДМО, 2000. — «Футбол-Хоккей», № 29, 22 августа 1979.

External links Sarsekov, S. Spartakiad-79 – higher are only stars (Спартакиада-79 – Выше только звёзды) . Football Federation of Astana. 19 May 2016. 1979 season at FootballFacts.ru Футбольный турнир VII Летней Спартакиады народов СССР. Составы команд. Squads composition. Luhansk Our Football. Повторение пройденного (Летопись Акселя Вартаняна. 1979 год. Часть шестая.) www.sport-express.ru