The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union

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The List of 33 Best Football Players of the Year (Список 33 лучших футболистов сезона в СССР) was an annual award list of the former

USSR Football Federation, following the proposal of the National Coaches' Council, which approved the list of the 33 best football players.^[1] The award was not related to the independent Soviet Footballer of the Year award which ran from 1964 until 1991 on a poll conducted among journalists, rather than among coaches.^{[citation needed}

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After 1991

Following the

List of 33 Best Football Players of the Year in the Ukraine.^{[citation needed}

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References

^ Sport in the USSR 1989 Issues 310-321 - Page 63 "33 BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS As usual, after each football season the Presidium of the USSR Football Federation, upon a proposal of the National Coaches' Council, approves the list of the 33 best football players. Below is the list for 1988"

National teams

Men	National team CIS Olympic U-21 U-20 U-18 U-16
Women	Women's National team

League system

Men

Professional	Top League First League Second League (9 zones) Second League B (10 zones)
Amateurs	Republican competitions Competitions in regions and cities of union republics

Women

Women's Championship
Competitions in regions and cities of union republics

Youth

Top League Youth Championship
First League Youth Championship
"Leather Ball" tournament

Domestic cups

Awards

Lists