<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ISoviet Union yehlulekile ukungenela iNdebe Yomhlaba kabili kuphela, ngo-1974 nango-1978, futhi yahlanganyela emincintiswaneni yokugcina eyisikhombisa isiyonke. Ukugcina kwabo okuhle kwaba ngowesine ngo-1966, lapho behlulwa yiNtshonalanga Jalimane kuma-semi-finals, 2-1. ISoviet Union yafanelekela imidlalo emihlanu yaseYurophu, yanqoba emncintiswaneni wokuqala ngo-1960 lapho yahlula iYugoslavia emdlalweni wokugcina, 21. Baqeda endaweni yesibili izikhathi ezintathu 1964  <response>: , 1972, 1988, kanye neyesine 1968, lapho, ngemuva kokubhekana ne-Italy emidlalweni yokugcina, bathunyelwa emdlalweni wokudlala indawo yesithathu ngokulahlekelwa yimali. Iqembu lesizwe laseSoviet Union nalo lalibambe iqhaza emidlalweni eminingi yama-Olympic lithola indondo yegolide ngo-1956 nango-1988. Ithimba laseSoviet laqhubeka nokufaka abadlali balo beqembu lesizwe emidlalweni yama-Olympic yize i-FIFA inqabela ngo-1958 ukufaka noma yimuphi umdlali weqembu lesizwe kuma-Olimpiki abadlali kuma-Olimpiki kwakudingeka babe ngama-amateurs ngaleso sikhathi, amaSoviet aphambuka ngempumelelo imithetho ngokufaka abadlali babo abahamba phambili emnyangweni wezempi. 