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|    Midfielder VIKTOR KOLOTOV of Dynamo Kiev, who scored the first goal for the U.S.S.R. in the group-winning 3-0 victory over North Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics, ranks as the fifth leading goal-scorer on the all-time chart for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.  West Germany international attacker JUPP HEYNCKES of Borussia Moenchengladbach shields the ball from Soviet Union midfielder VIKTOR KOLOTOV of Dynamo Kiev, the fifth-highest goal-scorer in the history of the U.S.S.R. national team, during the Final of the 1972 UEFA European Championships at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.  DAVID KIPIANI of Dinamo Tiblisi (right) was the only one of fifteen field players to not appear even one single minute for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder, who was only selected 19 times by the U.S.S.R. despite scoring seven goals in those matches, went on to win the award for Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1977 and help Georgian side Dinamo Tiblisi lift the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1981. Most experts believe Kipiani would have been a shoe-in for the 1982 World Cup squad but for a crippling injury sustained just a couple of months before the final tournament.  The Soviet Union face France in a goalless international friendly football match at the Parc des Princes in Paris in early October of 1977. |
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