CIS national football team

former national association football team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States

The CIS national football team was a transitional national team. It was created by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union in 1992. It would represent the Commonwealth of Independent States.

CIS
1992
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of the Soviet Union
Head coachAnatoly Byshovets
Most capsDmitri Kharine (11)[a]
Top scorerSergei Kiriakov (4)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeCIS
First colours
Second colours
First international
United States United States 0–1 CIS
(Miami, Florida; 25 January 1992)
Biggest win
El Salvador El Salvador 0–3 CIS
(San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 January 1992)
Biggest defeat
Mexico Mexico 4–0 CIS
(Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 1992)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 1992)
Best resultRound 1, 1992

European Championship record

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4
Total 1/1 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4

Post-Soviet national federations

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National federation members of the CIS association

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  Armenia 18 January 1992 National team UEFA
  Azerbaijan March 1992 National team UEFA
  Belarus 1989 National team UEFA
  Georgia 15 February 1936 National team UEFA
  Kazakhstan 1992 National team UEFA[1]
  Kyrgyzstan 25 February 1992 National team AFC
  Moldova 14 April 1990 National team UEFA
  Russia 8 February 1992 National team UEFA
  Tajikistan 1936 National team AFC
  Turkmenistan 1992 National team AFC
  Ukraine 13 December 1991 National team UEFA
  Uzbekistan 1946 National team AFC

1. ^ Kazakhstan was an AFC member from 1994 until 2002, when they joined UEFA.

National federations outside the CIS association

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  Estonia 14 December 1921 National team UEFA
  Latvia 1921 National team UEFA
  Lithuania 9 December 1922 National team UEFA
  1. Includes two FIFA-sanctioned friendlies against Mexico, that were not registered with the Russian Football Federation.

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