 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Soviet Union yakatadza kukwanisa kuenda kuWorld Cup kaviri chete, muna 1974 na1978, uye yakapinda makwikwi ekupedzisira manomwe. Kupedza kwavo kwakanaka kwakanga kuri kwechina muna 1966, apo vakarasikirwa neWest Germany mumasemifainari, 21. Soviet Union yakakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi mashanu eEuropean Championship, ichikunda mumakwikwi ekutanga muna 1960 pavakakunda Yugoslavia mumutambo wekupedzisira, 21. Vakapedza vari vechipiri katatu 1964, 1972, 1988, uye wechina kamwe chete 1968, apo, mushure mokunge vakadhirowa neItaly muhafu yekupedzisira, vakatumirwa kumutambo wechitatu wekutamba nekurasikirwa nemari. Chikwata chenyika cheSoviet Union chakapindawo mumakwikwi akawanda eOlympic chichiwana menduru yegoridhe muna 1956 na1988. Chikwata cheSoviet chakaramba chichiisa vatambi vechikwata chenyika mumitambo yeOlympic kunyangwe kurambidzwa kweFIFA muna 1958 kuisa chero vatambi vechikwata chenyika mumitambo yeOlympic vatambi mumitambo yeOlympic vaifanirwa kunge vari veamateur panguva iyoyo, maSoviet vakanyatso bvisa mitemo nekunyora vatambi vavo vakanakisa muchiuto. 