 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akawana makapu gumi nemana echikwata chenyika yenhabvu cheUSSR, uye akatora chikamu muFIFA World Cup ya1958. Akasarudzwa muchikwata cheEuropean Nations Cup yokutanga muna 1960, uko maSoviet akanga ari makwikwi, asi haana kutamba mumitambo ipi neipi pamutambo. 