Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarayyar Soviet ta kasa cancanta zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya sau biyu kawai, a cikin 1974 da 1978, kuma ta halarci wasannin karshe guda bakwai. Mafi kyawun kammalawarsu ita ce ta huɗu a 1966, lokacin da suka yi rashin nasara ga Jamus ta Yamma a wasan kusa da na karshe, 2-1. Tarayyar Soviet ta cancanci shiga gasar zakarun Turai sau biyar, inda ta lashe gasar farko a shekarar 1960 lokacin da suka doke Yugoslavia a wasan karshe, 2<unk>1. Sun gama na biyu sau uku (1964
, 1972, 1988), da na huɗu sau ɗaya (1968), lokacin da, bayan da suka zana tare da Italiya a wasan kusa da na karshe, an tura su zuwa wasan wasan na uku ta hanyar rashin nasara. Ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Soviet ta Tarayyar Soviet ta kuma shiga cikin wasannin Olympics da yawa da suka sami lambar zinare a 1956 da 1988. Kungiyar Soviet ta ci gaba da fitar da 'yan wasan ta na kasa a wasannin Olympics duk da haramcin da FIFA ta yi a shekarar 1958 na fitar da duk wani dan wasan tawagar kasa a wasannin Olympics (an bukaci 'yan wasa a wasannin Olympics su zama masu son rai a lokacin, Soviets sun yi amfani da ka'idoji ta hanyar jera mafi kyawun' yan wasan su a cikin sojoji).