If there was a USSR national team today it would most likely consist of the current Russian National Team with a couple of Ukrainians thrown in the mix.
In this list, I attempted to come up with some other players from the former USSR (not including Russia) that would potentially be called in for a Soviet National Team. I don't know if any of these players would crack the starting lineup over the Russians, but they are quality players that could potentially make the team.
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ARMENIA
NONE
AZERBAIJAN
NONE
BELARUS
GK - Yuri Zhevnov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
MF - Alyaksandr Hleb (Stuttgart)
ESTONIA
NONE
GEORGIA
DF - Kakha Kaladze (AC Milan)
FW - Alexander Iashvili (Karlsruher SC)
KAZAKHSTAN
NONE
KRYGYZSTAN
NONE
LATVIA
FW - Māris Verpakovskis (Ergotelis, Loan from Dynamo Kiev)
LITHUANIA
DF - Marius Stankevičius (Sevilla)
DF - Marius Žaliūkas (Hearts)
MF - Edgaras Česnauskis (FC Dynamo Moscow)
FW - Tomas Danilevičius (Livorno)
MOLDOVA
NONE
TAJIKISTAN
NONE
TURKMENISTAN
NONE
UKRAINE
GK - Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
DF - Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Barcelona)
MF - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich)
MF - Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kyiv)
FW - Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kyiv)
FW - Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
FW - Andriy Voronin (Dynamo Moscow)
UZBEKISTAN
MF - Server Djeparov (FC Bunyodkor)
FW - Maksim Shatskikh (Arsenal Kyiv)
EDIT: I had a minute and made an attempt at putting together an 18-man USSR game day roster. This lineup is assuming everyone is healthy.
Starting Eleven
GK - Igor Akinfeev (Russia; CSKA Moscow)
RB - Aleksandr Anyukov (Russia; Zenit St. Petersburg)
CB - Denis Kolodin (Russia; Dynamo Moscow)
CB - Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Ukraine; Barcelona)
LB - Yuri Zhirkov (Russia; Chelsea)
RM - Alyaksandr Hleb (Belarus; Stuttgart)
CM - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine; Bayern Munich)
CM - Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia; Zenit St. Petersburg)
LM - Andrei Arshavin (Russia; Arsenal)
ST - Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia; Tottenham Hotspur)
ST - Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine; Dynamo Kyiv)
Bench
GK - Vladimir Gabulov (Russia; Dynamo Moscow)
DF - Kakha Kaldaze (Georgia; AC Milan)
DF - Aleksei Berezutski (Russia; CSKA Moscow)
MF - Oleg Gusiev (Ukraine; Dynamo Kyiv)
MF - Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia; Everton)
FW - Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia; Zenit St. Petersburg)
FW - Artem Milevskiy (Ukraine; Dynamo Kyiv)
Another interesting (and perhaps relevant) one to do would be a unified Czech and Slovak team.
ReplyDeleteNote: http://www.praguepost.com/sports/3792-czech-slovak-soccer-may-merge.html