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  • Lev Yashin – A Legend of Soviet Football

    The Soviet Union has produced some world-class footballers over the years. However, none rival the legendary Lev Yashin in stature. The goalkeeper was the bedrock of the Soviet national team for sixt...

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  • The Golden Age of Soviet Football

    When the Soviet Union Were Champions of Europe The recent history of the Russian national team has been one of steady mediocrity. The team does regularly qualify for major tournaments and they will c...

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  • FC Zenit

    FC Zenit is the only team in the history of Russian football to win all Russian and Soviet trophies. In 1944, the club scored its first major success, winning the USSR Cup in the same year that the N...

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  • History of FC Zenit

    1920s FC Zenit traces its roots back to the physical-culture team of the Stalin Metal Works in Leningrad. On 25 May 1925, a football club was set up at the factory. The metal workers initially only p...

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  • History of Russian Football

    In the late nineteenth century, Scottish and English workers living in St Petersburg formed their own football teams. Gradually, the sport gained a foothold in the capital of the Russian Empire, winn...

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