USSR team managers

USSR team has been managed by a number of brilliant managers, most of them were successful enough to enter the World Cup or European Championship with the team.

Boris Arkadiev

Boris Arkadiev managed USSR national team in 1952 and 1959, he started playing football in 1914 for Saint Petersburg team Unitas. Since 1936 Arkadiev started his coaching career. He wrote to pioneering books on football theory, “Football tactics” and “Midfielders’ play”.

Gavriil Kachalin

Gavriil Kachalin led USSR national football team to Olympics gold medals in 1956 and European Football Championship title in 1960. In 1965 he also managed USSR U-19 team. Kachalin was a member of FIFA technical committee.

Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Beskov was a successful club manager and USSR national team manger. Beskov was fired in 1964 despite reaching European Championship final, where USSR lost to Spanish team, which was politically unacceptable on the moment.

Mikhail Yakushin

Mikhail Yakushin managed USSR national team in 1959 and in 1967-1968. In 1967 his team was considered to be the best national team in Europe.

Valentin Nikolayev

Valentin Nikolayev managed USSR national team in 1970-1971. He was most successful with youth teams, winning European U-23 Championship 1976 and USSR U-21 Championship in 1980.

Alexander Ponomarev

Alexander Ponomarev managed USSR team in 1971-1972. USSR team reached the final of European Championship and the semi-final of the summer Olympics football competition.

Eduard Malofeyev

Eduard Malofeyev worked with USSR national team for a comparatively long time, 1983-1986. After the collapse of the USSR he coached Belarus national football team.

Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Valeriy Lobanovskyi is one of the best football managers, most famous for his work with USSR national team and Dynamo (Kyiv). Lobanovskyi has also coached Ukraine, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates national football teams.

Anatoliy Byshovets

Anatoliy Byshovets couched USSR national team in 1986-1988. He also managed Russia and South Korea national teams.