 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 makwikwi okutanga muna 1960apo vakakurira Yugoslavia mumagumo, 21. Vakarova nzvimbo yechipiri katatu 1964, 1972, 1988, uye yechina kamwe chete 1968, apo, mushure mokunge vakadanana neItaly muhafu yekupedzisira, vakatumirwa kunotamba mutambo 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. 