Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

1979 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belarusian SSR
Dates	20 July – 5 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Moscow (2nd title)
Runners-up	Georgian SSR
Third place	Ukrainian SSR
Fourth place	Russian SFSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	161 (3.1 per match)
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The football tournament at the 1979 Spartakiad of 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.

Competition[]

Qualification groups[]

All times local (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Team progressed to the semifinals
Team progressed to the consolation tournament

Group 1 (Moscow)

• CSKA Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moskva	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	2
Moldavia	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	2
Turkmenia	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

Group 2 (Moscow)

• Torpedo Stadium

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Georgia	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	5
Litva	3	1	1	1	1	5	-4	3
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	1	1	-0	3
Kirgizia	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

Group 3 (Kiev)

• Dynamo Stadium

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraina	4	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
RSFSR	4	2	0	1	4	6	-2	4
Uzbekistan	4	1	0	2	4	4	−0	2
Tajikistan	4	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

Group 4 (Minsk)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Leningrad	3	3	0	0	13	4	+9	6
Belarusia	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
Latvia	3	1	0	2	7	10	-3	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0

Consolation tournament[]

For 9-12 places (Kiev)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	5
Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	6	6	+0	4
Moldavia	3	1	1	1	4	4	-0	3
Latvia	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	0

For 13-16 places (Minsk)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tajikistan	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	5
Armenia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
Kirgizia	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
Turkmenia	3	0	1	2	2	12	-10	1

Semifinals groups[]

Group A (Moscow)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moskva	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Ukraina	3	1	1	1	2	2	+0	3
Litva	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	2
Belorusia	3	0	2	1	0	2	-2	2

Group B (Moscow)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Georgia	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
RSFSR	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5
Leningrad	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0

Final playoffs (Moscow)[]

• 7th place playoff. Kazakhstan – Belorusia 1:0
• 5th place playoff. Leningrad – Litva 2:1
• 3rd place playoff. Ukraina – RSFSR 2:1
• 1st place playoff. Moskva – Gruzia 2:1

Squads composition[]

Moldavian SSR[]

Head coach: , assistant:

Whole squad was based on the senior team of FC Nistru Kishinev.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1958-05-21)21 May 1958 (aged 21)			Nistru Kishinev
2	2DF		(1948-08-18)18 August 1948 (aged 30)			Nistru Kishinev
3	2DF	Ion Caras	(1950-09-11)11 September 1950 (aged 28)			Nistru Kishinev
4	3MF	Pavel Cebanu	(1955-03-28)28 March 1955 (aged 24)			Nistru Kishinev
5	3MF	Ivan Daniliants	(1953-02-20)20 February 1953 (aged 26)			Nistru Kishinev
6	2DF		(1954-02-27)27 February 1954 (aged 25)			Nistru Kishinev
7	3MF		1955 (aged ~24)			Nistru Kishinev
8	3MF		(1953-04-16)16 April 1953 (aged 26)			Nistru Kishinev
9	4FW		(1952-10-12)12 October 1952 (aged 26)			Nistru Kishinev
10	4FW		(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 22)			Nistru Kishinev
11	3MF		(1957-03-18)18 March 1957 (aged 22)			Nistru Kishinev
12	3MF	Serghei Dubrovin	(1952-01-04)4 January 1952 (aged 27)			Nistru Kishinev
13	4FW		(1948-08-05)5 August 1948 (aged 30)			Nistru Kishinev
14	3MF	Alexandru Mațiura	(1954-10-24)24 October 1954 (aged 24)			Nistru Kishinev
15	2DF		(1959-12-21)21 December 1959 (aged 19)			Nistru Kishinev
16	1GK		(1957-01-11)11 January 1957 (aged 22)			Nistru Kishinev
17	3MF	Veaceslav Semionov	(1956-03-16)16 March 1956 (aged 23)			Nistru Kishinev
18	3MF		(1961-06-09)9 June 1961 (aged 18)			Nistru Kishinev
19	2DF		(1961-07-25)25 July 1961 (aged 17)			Nistru Kishinev
20	3MF	Alexandru Spiridon	(1960-07-20)20 July 1960 (aged 19)			Nistru Kishinev

Kazakh SSR[]

Head coach: Igor Volchok, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (aged 29)			Kairat Alma-Ata
2	2DF		(1954-02-23)23 February 1954 (aged 25)			Kairat Alma-Ata
3	2DF	Vait Talgayev	(1953-05-11)11 May 1953 (aged 26)			Kairat Alma-Ata
4	2DF	Seilda Baishakov	(1950-08-28)28 August 1950 (aged 28)			Kairat Alma-Ata
5	2DF		(1953-04-07)7 April 1953 (aged 26)			Kairat Alma-Ata
6	3MF		(1957-01-08)8 January 1957 (aged 22)			Kairat Alma-Ata
7	3MF	Sergei Stukashov	(1959-11-12)12 November 1959 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
8	3MF	Valeri Gladilin	(1951-10-19)19 October 1951 (aged 27)			Kairat Alma-Ata
9	4FW		(1958-03-08)8 March 1958 (aged 21)			Kairat Alma-Ata
10	4FW		(1953-05-21)21 May 1953 (aged 26)			Kairat Alma-Ata
11	4FW		(1951-02-20)20 February 1951 (aged 28)			Kairat Alma-Ata
12	2DF		(1954-05-23)23 May 1954 (aged 25)			Kairat Alma-Ata
13	2DF	Aleksandr Gostenin	(1955-04-29)29 April 1955 (aged 24)			Kairat Alma-Ata
14	3MF		(1957-10-02)2 October 1957 (aged 21)			Kairat Alma-Ata
15	2DF		(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 23)			Kairat Alma-Ata
16	1GK		(1953-03-30)30 March 1953 (aged 26)			Kairat Alma-Ata
17	3MF	Anton Shokh	(1960-01-07)7 January 1960 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
18	3MF		(1959-01-21)21 January 1959 (aged 20)			Kairat Alma-Ata
19	4FW		(1959-09-09)9 September 1959 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata
20	2DF		(1959-08-27)27 August 1959 (aged 19)			Kairat Alma-Ata

Turkmen SSR[]

Head coach: Valery Nepomnyashchy, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1954-09-29)29 September 1954 (aged 24)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
2	2DF		1960 (aged 19)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
3	2DF	Baýram Durdyýew	(1960-03-17)17 March 1960 (aged 19)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
4	2DF	Sergei Anashkin	(1961-04-12)12 April 1961 (aged 18)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
5	2DF		(1952-10-10)10 October 1952 (aged 26)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
6	3MF		(1957-04-15)15 April 1957 (aged 22)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
7	3MF		(1957-06-26)26 June 1957 (aged 22)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
8	3MF		1951 (aged 28)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
9	3MF		(1953-08-24)24 August 1953 (aged 25)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
10	3MF		(1956-06-29)29 June 1956 (aged 23)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
11	4FW		1960 (aged 19)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
12	4FW		(1954-05-21)21 May 1954 (aged 25)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
13	2DF		1955 (aged 24)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
14	3MF		(1959-03-05)5 March 1959 (aged 20)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
15	4FW		1957 (aged 22)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
16	1GK		1960 (aged 19)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
17	3MF		(1960-09-03)3 September 1960 (aged 18)			Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
18	2DF					Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
19	4FW					Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad

Moscow[]

Head coach: Konstantin Beskov, assistant: Nikolai Starostin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rinat Dasayev	(1957-06-13)13 June 1957 (aged 22)			Spartak Moscow
2	2DF	Viktor Samokhin	(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 23)			Spartak Moscow
3	2DF	Aleksandr Novikov	(1955-06-14)14 June 1955 (aged 24)			Dynamo Moscow
4	2DF	Sergei Nikulin	(1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 28)			Dynamo Moscow
5	2DF	Vagiz Khidiyatullin	(1959-03-03)3 March 1959 (aged 20)			Spartak Moscow
6	3MF	Aleksandr Makhovikov	(1951-04-12)12 April 1951 (aged 28)			Dynamo Moscow
7	2DF	Aleksandr Bubnov	(1955-10-10)10 October 1955 (aged 23)			Dynamo Moscow
8	3MF	Aleksandr Sorokin	(1955-12-14)14 December 1955 (aged 23)			Spartak Moscow
9	3MF	Nikolai Latysh	(1955-08-02)2 August 1955 (aged 23)			Dynamo Moscow
10	3MF	Aleksandr Maksimenkov	(1952-08-17)17 August 1952 (aged 26)			Dynamo Moscow
11	3MF	Sergey Shavlo	(1956-09-04)4 September 1956 (aged 22)			Spartak Moscow
12	3MF	Yevgeni Sidorov	(1956-05-03)3 May 1956 (aged 23)			Spartak Moscow
13	3MF	Andrei Yakubik	(1950-08-24)24 August 1950 (aged 28)			Dynamo Moscow
14	4FW	Yuri Chesnokov	(1952-01-25)25 January 1952 (aged 27)			CSKA Moscow
15	3MF	Yuri Gavrilov	(1953-05-03)3 May 1953 (aged 26)			Spartak Moscow
16	1GK	Vladimir Pilguy	(1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 31)			Dynamo Moscow
17	4FW	Valery Petrakov	(1958-05-16)16 May 1958 (aged 21)			Lokomotiv Moscow
18	3MF	Fyodor Cherenkov	(1959-07-25)25 July 1959 (aged 19)			Spartak Moscow
19	4FW	Nikolai Vasilyev	(1957-04-10)10 April 1957 (aged 22)			Torpedo Moscow
20	3MF	Aleksei Petrushin	(1952-01-29)29 January 1952 (aged 27)			Dynamo Moscow

Kyrgyz SSR[]

Head coach: , assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1953-07-04)4 July 1953 (aged 26)			Alga Frunze
2	2DF		(1953-08-13)13 August 1953 (aged 25)			Alga Frunze
3	2DF		(1952-02-16)16 February 1952 (aged 27)			Alga Frunze
4	2DF		1956 (aged 23)			Alga Frunze
5	2DF		(1958-07-06)6 July 1958 (aged 21)			Alga Frunze
6	3MF	Meklis Koshaliyev	(1951-11-30)30 November 1951 (aged 27)			Alga Frunze
7	3MF	Vladimir Oreshin	(1951-02-21)21 February 1951 (aged 28)			Alga Frunze
8	3MF		(1957-09-30)30 September 1957 (aged 21)			Alga Frunze
9	4FW		(1954-09-11)11 September 1954 (aged 24)			Alga Frunze
10	4FW		(1949-12-18)18 December 1949 (aged 29)			Alga Frunze
11	4FW	Almaz Chokmorov	(1954-01-18)18 January 1954 (aged 25)			Alga Frunze
12	4FW	Semen Osynovskyi	(1960-09-25)25 September 1960 (aged 18)			Alga Frunze
13	3MF	Nikolai Bulgakov	(1960-01-15)15 January 1960 (aged 19)			Alga Frunze
14	3MF		(1960-12-06)6 December 1960 (aged 18)			Alga Frunze
15	4FW	Serhiy Shevchenko	(1960-05-15)15 May 1960 (aged 19)			Alga Frunze
16	4FW		1960 (aged 19)			Alga Frunze
17	1GK		1955 (aged 24)			Alga Frunze
18	2DF		(1959-09-24)24 September 1959 (aged 19)			Alga Frunze
19	3MF		(1960-11-01)1 November 1960 (aged 18)			Alga Frunze
20	2DF		(1959-07-26)26 July 1959 (aged 19)			Alga Frunze

Azerbaijan SSR[]

Head coach: Ahmad Alasgarov, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sergey Kramarenko	(1946-05-20)20 May 1946 (aged 33)			Neftchi Baku
2	2DF		(1951-12-18)18 December 1951 (aged 27)			Neftchi Baku
3	2DF		(1957-02-22)22 February 1957 (aged 22)			Neftchi Baku
4	2DF		(1953-01-31)31 January 1953 (aged 26)			Neftchi Baku
5	2DF		(1952-01-26)26 January 1952 (aged 27)			Neftchi Baku
6	3MF		(1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 26)			Neftchi Baku
7	1GK		(1958-11-20)20 November 1958 (aged 20)			Neftchi Baku
8	3MF		(1956-02-10)10 February 1956 (aged 23)			Neftchi Baku
9	3MF		(1959-11-29)29 November 1959 (aged 19)			Neftchi Baku
10	4FW		(1955-09-05)5 September 1955 (aged 23)			Neftchi Baku
11	4FW		(1950-12-20)20 December 1950 (aged 28)			Neftchi Baku
12	4FW		(1956-01-15)15 January 1956 (aged 23)			Neftchi Baku
13	3MF	Igor Ponomaryov	(1960-02-24)24 February 1960 (aged 19)			Neftchi Baku
14	3MF		(1956-11-11)11 November 1956 (aged 22)			Neftchi Baku
15	3MF		(1955-09-16)16 September 1955 (aged 23)			Neftchi Baku
16	4FW		(1959-02-13)13 February 1959 (aged 20)			Neftchi Baku
17	2DF		(1958-04-13)13 April 1958 (aged 21)			Neftchi Baku
18	2DF		(1951-08-31)31 August 1951 (aged 27)			Neftchi Baku
19	3MF		(1950-10-30)30 October 1950 (aged 28)			Neftchi Baku
20	3MF		1956 (aged 23)			Neftchi Baku

Georgian SSR[]

Head coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi, assistant: Kakhi Asatiani

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1948-01-17)17 January 1948 (aged 31)			Dinamo Tbilisi
2	3MF	Tengiz Sulakvelidze	(1951-12-18)18 December 1951 (aged 27)			Dinamo Tbilisi
3	2DF	Aleksandre Chivadze	(1955-04-08)8 April 1955 (aged 24)			Dinamo Tbilisi
4	2DF	Shota Khinchagashvili	(1951-01-09)9 January 1951 (aged 28)			Dinamo Tbilisi
5	2DF		(1950-06-21)21 June 1950 (aged 29)			Dinamo Tbilisi
6	3MF	Vitaly Daraselia	(1957-10-09)9 October 1957 (aged 21)			Dinamo Tbilisi
7	3MF	Manuchar Machaidze	(1949-03-25)25 March 1949 (aged 30)			Dinamo Tbilisi
8	3MF	Vakhtang Koridze	(1949-12-24)24 December 1949 (aged 29)			Dinamo Tbilisi
9	4FW	Vladimir Gutsaev	(1952-12-21)21 December 1952 (aged 26)			Dinamo Tbilisi
10	3MF	Nugzar Kakilashvili	(1960-05-28)28 May 1960 (aged 19)			Dinamo Tbilisi
11	4FW	Ramaz Shengelia	(1957-01-01)1 January 1957 (aged 22)			Dinamo Tbilisi
12	2DF		(1956-04-07)7 April 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Tbilisi
13	3MF	Vakhtang Kopaleishvili	(1954-12-26)26 December 1954 (aged 24)			Dinamo Tbilisi
14	3MF		(1956-06-26)26 June 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Tbilisi
15	2DF		(1949-01-04)4 January 1949 (aged 30)			Dinamo Tbilisi
16	2DF		(1955-06-21)21 June 1955 (aged 24)			Dinamo Tbilisi
17	1GK	Otar Gabelia	(1953-03-24)24 March 1953 (aged 26)			Dinamo Tbilisi
18	2DF		(1957-06-26)26 June 1957 (aged 22)			Dinamo Tbilisi
19	4FW	Revaz Chelebadze	(1955-10-02)2 October 1955 (aged 23)			Dinamo Tbilisi
20	4FW		1959 (aged 20)			Dinamo Tbilisi

Lithuanian SSR[]

Head coach: Benjaminas Zelkevičius, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1949-09-30)30 September 1949 (aged 29)			Žalgiris Vilnius
2	3MF		(1950-10-16)16 October 1950 (aged 28)			Žalgiris Vilnius
3	2DF	Kęstutis Latoža	(1950-08-02)2 August 1950 (aged 28)			Žalgiris Vilnius
4	2DF		(1956-06-08)8 June 1956 (aged 23)			Žalgiris Vilnius
5	2DF	Arvydas Janonis	(1960-11-06)6 November 1960 (aged 18)			Žalgiris Vilnius
6	3MF		(1948-05-24)24 May 1948 (aged 31)			Žalgiris Vilnius
7	3MF		(1954-03-05)5 March 1954 (aged 25)			Žalgiris Vilnius
8	3MF		(1958-05-28)28 May 1958 (aged 21)			Žalgiris Vilnius
9	4FW		(1951-02-03)3 February 1951 (aged 28)			Žalgiris Vilnius
10	3MF		(1947-04-15)15 April 1947 (aged 32)			Žalgiris Vilnius
11	4FW		(1949-10-10)10 October 1949 (aged 29)			Žalgiris Vilnius
12	4FW		(1956-11-13)13 November 1956 (aged 22)			Žalgiris Vilnius
13	3MF		(1957-09-17)17 September 1957 (aged 21)			Žalgiris Vilnius
14	3MF		(1952-09-25)25 September 1952 (aged 26)			Žalgiris Vilnius
15	2DF		(1957-07-03)3 July 1957 (aged 22)			Žalgiris Vilnius
16	1GK		(1958-02-23)23 February 1958 (aged 21)			Žalgiris Vilnius
17	4FW	Sigitas Jakubauskas	(1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 20)			Žalgiris Vilnius
18	2DF	Valdas Kasparavičius	(1958-01-17)17 January 1958 (aged 21)			Žalgiris Vilnius
19	3MF		(1957-01-02)2 January 1957 (aged 22)			Žalgiris Vilnius
20	4FW		(1954-06-26)26 June 1954 (aged 25)			Atlantas Klaipėda

Russian SFSR[]

Head coach: Vladimir Ivashkov, assistant:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1954-03-11)11 March 1954 (aged 25)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2	2DF		(1951-08-06)6 August 1951 (aged 27)			Shinnik Yaroslavl
3	2DF	Aleksandr Andryushchenko	(1954-11-02)2 November 1954 (aged 24)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
4	2DF	Aleksandr Kupriyanov	(1952-06-23)23 June 1952 (aged 27)			Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
5	2DF	Viktor Bondarenko	(1949-06-13)13 June 1949 (aged 30)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
6	3MF		(1954-01-09)9 January 1954 (aged 25)			Zvezda Perm
7	3MF		(1950-10-03)3 October 1950 (aged 28)			Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
8	2DF		(1953-12-09)9 December 1953 (aged 25)			Spartak Ordzhonikidze
9	4FW		(1955-04-21)21 April 1955 (aged 24)			Kuban Krasnodar
10	4FW	Sergey Andreyev	(1956-05-16)16 May 1956 (aged 23)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
11	4FW	Vitaly Razdayev	(1946-10-13)13 October 1946 (aged 32)			Kuzbass Kemerovo
12	4FW	Aleksandr Markin	(1949-10-10)10 October 1949 (aged 29)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
13	2DF		(1953-11-09)9 November 1953 (aged 25)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
14	3MF	Viktor Shishkin	(1955-02-08)8 February 1955 (aged 24)			Uralmash Sverdlovsk
15	3MF	Kurban Berdyev	(1952-08-25)25 August 1952 (aged 26)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
16	1GK	Hennadiy Lysenchuk	(1947-12-18)18 December 1947 (aged 31)			Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
17	3MF		(1956-04-26)26 April 1956 (aged 23)			SKA Rostov-na-Donu
18	2DF		(1952-03-29)29 March 1952 (aged 27)			Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
19	2DF		(1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (aged 27)			Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
20	3MF		(1951-10-19)19 October 1951 (aged 27)			Spartak Nalchik

Uzbek SSR[]

Head coach: Oleh Bazylevych, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1949-09-30)30 September 1949 (aged 29)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
2	2DF		(1954-10-18)18 October 1954 (aged 24)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
3	2DF	Olimjon Ashirov	(1955-01-25)25 January 1955 (aged 24)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
4	2DF		(1959-03-14)14 March 1959 (aged 20)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
5	4FW		(1958-01-14)14 January 1958 (aged 21)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
6	3MF		(1949-05-04)4 May 1949 (aged 30)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
7	3MF		(1954-05-25)25 May 1954 (aged 25)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
8	3MF	Mikhail An	(1952-02-19)19 February 1952 (aged 27)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
9	4FW		(1959-02-08)8 February 1959 (aged 20)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
10	4FW	Vladimir Fyodorov	(1955-01-05)5 January 1955 (aged 24)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
11	4FW		(1952-01-25)25 January 1952 (aged 27)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
12	2DF	Gennadiy Denisov	(1960-08-20)20 August 1960 (aged 18)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
13	3MF	Nikolai Kulikov	(1953-04-25)25 April 1953 (aged 26)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
14	3MF		(1959-01-12)12 January 1959 (aged 20)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
15	4FW		(1961-09-21)21 September 1961 (aged 17)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
16	1GK	Aleksandr Yanovskiy	(1952-11-01)1 November 1952 (aged 26)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
17	4FW		(1958-01-24)24 January 1958 (aged 21)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
18	2DF		(1959-10-27)27 October 1959 (aged 19)			Pakhtakor Tashkent
19	2DF		(1959-05-31)31 May 1959 (aged 20)			Pakhtakor Tashkent

Ukrainian SSR[]

Head coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi, assistant:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yuriy Romenskyi	(1952-08-01)1 August 1952 (aged 26)			Dynamo Kyiv
2	3MF	Anatoliy Konkov	(1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 29)			Dynamo Kyiv
3	2DF	Serhiy Baltacha	(1958-02-17)17 February 1958 (aged 21)			Dynamo Kyiv
4	2DF	Anatoliy Demyanenko	(1959-02-19)19 February 1959 (aged 20)			Dynamo Kyiv
5	2DF	Serhiy Zhuravlyov	(1959-04-24)24 April 1959 (aged 20)			Dynamo Kyiv
6	3MF	Volodymyr Lozynskyi	(1955-01-06)6 January 1955 (aged 24)			Dynamo Kyiv
7	3MF	Leonid Buryak	(1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 26)			Dynamo Kyiv
8	3MF	Aleksandr Khapsalis	(1957-10-17)17 October 1957 (aged 21)			Dynamo Kyiv
9	3MF	Viktor Kolotov	(1949-07-03)3 July 1949 (aged 30)			Dynamo Kyiv
10	3MF	Anatoliy Doroshenko	(1953-08-14)14 August 1953 (aged 25)			Chornomorets Odesa
11	4FW	Oleh Blokhin	(1952-11-05)5 November 1952 (aged 26)			Dynamo Kyiv
12	3MF	Oleksandr Berezhnoy	(1957-12-08)8 December 1957 (aged 21)			Dynamo Kyiv
13	2DF	Vyacheslav Leshchuk	(1951-12-24)24 December 1951 (aged 27)			Chornomorets Odesa
14	3MF	Volodymyr Bezsonov	(1958-03-05)5 March 1958 (aged 21)			Dynamo Kyiv
15	3MF	Stepan Yurchyshyn	(1957-08-28)28 August 1957 (aged 21)			Karpaty Lviv
16	4FW	Volodymyr Rohovsky	(1954-02-28)28 February 1954 (aged 25)			Shakhtar Donetsk
17	1GK	Yuriy Dehteryov	(1948-10-05)5 October 1948 (aged 30)			Shakhtar Donetsk
18	4FW	Vitaliy Starukhin	(1949-06-06)6 June 1949 (aged 30)			Shakhtar Donetsk
19	3MF	Mykola Fedorenko	(1955-07-31)31 July 1955 (aged 23)			Shakhtar Donetsk
20	3MF	Volodymyr Pianykh	(1951-02-05)5 February 1951 (aged 28)			Shakhtar Donetsk

Tajik SSR[]

Head coach: , assistant: Sharif Nazarov

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1954-02-04)4 February 1954 (aged 25)			Pamir Dushanbe
2	2DF		1956 (aged ~23)			Pamir Dushanbe
3	2DF		(1957-06-04)4 June 1957 (aged 22)			Pamir Dushanbe
4	2DF		(1953-01-16)16 January 1953 (aged 26)			Pamir Dushanbe
5	2DF		(1954-05-16)16 May 1954 (aged 25)			Pamir Dushanbe
6	3MF		(1953-02-12)12 February 1953 (aged 26)			Pamir Dushanbe
7	3MF		1951 (aged ~28)			Pamir Dushanbe
8	3MF		(1953-04-24)24 April 1953 (aged 26)			Pamir Dushanbe
9	4FW	Edgar Gess	(1954-03-14)14 March 1954 (aged 25)			Pamir Dushanbe
10	2DF		(1948-03-16)16 March 1948 (aged 31)			Pamir Dushanbe
11	4FW		(1954-08-23)23 August 1954 (aged 24)			Pamir Dushanbe
12	3MF		1950 (aged ~29)			Pamir Dushanbe
13	4FW		(1959-03-13)13 March 1959 (aged 20)			Pamir Dushanbe
14	2DF		(1961-05-30)30 May 1961 (aged 18)			Pamir Dushanbe
15	4FW		(1959-02-15)15 February 1959 (aged 20)			Pamir Dushanbe
16	2DF		(1945-07-29)29 July 1945 (aged 33)			Pamir Dushanbe
17	3MF	Oleksiy Cherednyk	(1960-09-15)15 September 1960 (aged 18)			Pamir Dushanbe
18	3MF		(1957-09-13)13 September 1957 (aged 21)			Pamir Dushanbe
19	1GK		(1947-07-01)1 July 1947 (aged 32)			Pamir Dushanbe
20	1GK	Valeri Sarychev	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 19)			Pamir Dushanbe

Belorussian SSR[]

Head coach: Eduard Malofeyev, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mikhail Verheyenka	(1950-01-12)12 January 1950 (aged 29)			Dinamo Minsk
2	2DF	Siarhei Borowski	(1956-01-29)29 January 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Minsk
3	2DF	Yuri Kurnenin	(1957-06-04)4 June 1957 (aged 22)			Dinamo Minsk
4	3MF		(1958-04-03)3 April 1958 (aged 21)			Dinamo Minsk
5	2DF	Valery Shaveyko	(1956-02-04)4 February 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Minsk
6	3MF	Alyaksandar Prakapenka	(1953-11-16)16 November 1953 (aged 25)			Dinamo Minsk
7	4FW	Anatoly Baidachny	(1952-10-01)1 October 1952 (aged 26)			Dinamo Minsk
8	3MF	Yuri Pudyshev	(1954-04-03)3 April 1954 (aged 25)			Dinamo Minsk
9	2DF	Mykola Pavlov	(1954-06-20)20 June 1954 (aged 25)			Dinamo Minsk
10	3MF	Uladzimir Kurnew	(1950-09-12)12 September 1950 (aged 28)			Dinamo Minsk
11	4FW	Pyotar Vasilewski	(1956-06-29)29 June 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Minsk
12	3MF		(1959-10-21)21 October 1959 (aged 19)			Dinamo Minsk
13	2DF	Ihar Byalow	(1954-10-21)21 October 1954 (aged 24)			Dinamo Minsk
14	4FW	Ihar Hurynovich	(1960-03-05)5 March 1960 (aged 19)			Dinamo Minsk
15	2DF	Viktar Yanushewski	(1960-01-23)23 January 1960 (aged 19)			Dinamo Minsk
16	1GK	Yury Kurbyka	(1956-02-26)26 February 1956 (aged 23)			Dinamo Minsk
17	3MF		(1954-05-27)27 May 1954 (aged 25)			Dinamo Minsk
18	3MF	Syarhei Gotsmanaw	(1959-03-27)27 March 1959 (aged 20)			Dinamo Minsk
19	3MF		(1955-06-08)8 June 1955 (aged 24)			Dinamo Minsk
20	2DF	Liudas Rumbutsis	(1955-11-24)24 November 1955 (aged 23)			Dinamo Minsk

Latvian SSR[]

Head coach: Gennadi Bondarenko, assistant:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aleksandrs Kulakovs	(1956-04-14)14 April 1956 (aged 23)			Daugava Riga
2	2DF		(1957-05-07)7 May 1957 (aged 22)			Daugava Riga
3	2DF		(1958-02-13)13 February 1958 (aged 21)			Daugava Riga
4	2DF	Dainis Deglis	(1959-01-26)26 January 1959 (aged 20)			Daugava Riga
5	2DF		(1953-05-03)3 May 1953 (aged 26)			Daugava Riga
6	2DF		1955 (aged ~24)			Daugava Riga
7	4FW		(1950-10-31)31 October 1950 (aged 28)			Daugava Riga
8	4FW		(1949-06-11)11 June 1949 (aged 30)
9	3MF		(1950-09-13)13 September 1950 (aged 28)
10	4FW	Aleksandrs Starkovs	(1955-07-26)26 July 1955 (aged 23)			Daugava Riga
11	4FW		(1951-08-22)22 August 1951 (aged 27)			Daugava Riga
12	3MF		(1958-08-07)7 August 1958 (aged 20)			Daugava Riga
13	3MF		1959 (aged ~20)			Daugava Riga
14	2DF		1952 (aged ~27)			Daugava Riga
15	2DF		(1953-07-22)22 July 1953 (aged 25)
16	1GK		(1954-12-13)13 December 1954 (aged 24)			Daugava Riga
17	4FW		(1958-05-18)18 May 1958 (aged 21)
18	1GK		(1952-05-27)27 May 1952 (aged 27)
19	3MF		(1961-04-04)4 April 1961 (aged 18)			Daugava Riga
20	3MF	Genādijs Šitiks	(1955-11-24)24 November 1955 (aged 23)			Daugava Riga

Armenian SSR[]

Head coach: Yozhef Betsa, assistant:

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(1953-03-18)18 March 1953 (aged 26)			Ararat Yerevan
2	3MF	Samvel Petrosyan	(1954-09-27)27 September 1954 (aged 24)			Ararat Yerevan
3	2DF	Ashot Khachatryan	(1959-08-03)3 August 1959 (aged 19)			Ararat Yerevan
4	2DF		(1948-11-09)9 November 1948 (aged 30)			Ararat Yerevan
5	2DF		(1954-09-27)27 September 1954 (aged 24)			Ararat Yerevan
6	3MF		(1956-05-26)26 May 1956 (aged 23)			Ararat Yerevan
7	4FW		(1958-11-15)15 November 1958 (aged 20)			Ararat Yerevan
8	3MF	Khoren Oganesian	(1955-01-10)10 January 1955 (aged 24)			Ararat Yerevan
9	4FW	Andranik Khachatryan	(1956-06-30)30 June 1956 (aged 23)			Ararat Yerevan
10	4FW	Babken Melikyan	(1960-04-03)3 April 1960 (aged 19)			Ararat Yerevan
11	3MF		(1958-06-19)19 June 1958 (aged 21)			Ararat Yerevan
12	2DF	Armen Sarkisyan	(1953-01-01)1 January 1953 (aged 26)			Ararat Yerevan
13	4FW		(1959-01-22)22 January 1959 (aged 20)			Ararat Yerevan
14	4FW		1958 (aged ~21)			Ararat Yerevan
15	3MF		(1959-08-08)8 August 1959 (aged 19)			Ararat Yerevan
16	1GK		1956 (aged ~23)			Ararat Yerevan
17	3MF		(1959-12-13)13 December 1959 (aged 19)			Ararat Yerevan
18	1GK		1959 (aged ~20)			Ararat Yerevan
19	2DF		1955 (aged ~24)			Ararat Yerevan
20	4FW		(1955-12-20)20 December 1955 (aged 23)			Ararat Yerevan

Leningrad[]

Head coach: Yury Morozov, assistant:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Oleksandr Tkachenko	(1947-01-24)24 January 1947 (aged 32)			Zenit Leningrad
2	2DF	Anatoli Davydov	(1953-11-13)13 November 1953 (aged 25)			Zenit Leningrad
3	2DF		(1948-12-30)30 December 1948 (aged 30)			Zenit Leningrad
4	2DF	Vladimir Golubev	(1950-04-16)16 April 1950 (aged 29)			Zenit Leningrad
5	2DF	Sergei Bondarenko	(1955-04-15)15 April 1955 (aged 24)			Zenit Leningrad
6	3MF		(1953-05-09)9 May 1953 (aged 26)			Zenit Leningrad
7	3MF	Nikolay Larionov	(1957-01-19)19 January 1957 (aged 22)			Zenit Leningrad
8	4FW	Vladimir Kazachyonok	(1952-09-06)6 September 1952 (aged 26)			Zenit Leningrad
9	4FW	Andrei Redkous	(1957-06-13)13 June 1957 (aged 22)			Zenit Leningrad
10	3MF	Vyacheslav Melnikov	(1954-03-07)7 March 1954 (aged 25)			Zenit Leningrad
11	4FW	Vladimir Klementyev	(1956-01-04)4 January 1956 (aged 23)			Zenit Leningrad
12	2DF		(1952-10-28)28 October 1952 (aged 26)			Zenit Leningrad
13	3MF		(1954-11-30)30 November 1954 (aged 24)			Zenit Leningrad
14	2DF		(1954-08-04)4 August 1954 (aged 24)			Zenit Leningrad
15	4FW	Anatoli Zinchenko	(1949-08-08)8 August 1949 (aged 29)			Zenit Leningrad
16	1GK		(1960-06-01)1 June 1960 (aged 19)			Zenit Leningrad
17	2DF	Sergei Shvetsov	(1960-07-07)7 July 1960 (aged 19)			Zenit Leningrad
18	4FW		(1957-10-31)31 October 1957 (aged 21)			Dynamo Leningrad
19	3MF	Yuri Zheludkov	(1959-03-08)8 March 1959 (aged 20)			Dynamo Leningrad

Further reading[]

• Футбол-80: Справочник-календарь. / Сост. Н. Я. Киселёв — Л.: , 1980.
• Московский футбол. XX век. — М.: ВЛАДМО, 2000. — ISBN 5-89433-016-5
• «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.