FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979

Final

Argentina - Soviet Union

3:1 (0:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
32	07 September 1979	19:00	Tokyo / National Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	52000

Match Officials

Referee José RAMIZ WRIGHT (BRA)	Assistant Referee 1 Marcel VAN LANGENHOVE (BEL)
	Assistant Referee 2 Andre DAINA (SUI)

Goals scored

Igor PONOMAREV (URS) 52',
Hugo ALVES (ARG) 68',
Ramon DIAZ (ARG) 71',
Diego MARADONA (ARG) 76'

Argentina

Line-up

[1]
Sergio GARCIA (GK)
[2]
Juan SIMON
[3]
Hugo ALVES
[4]
Abelardo CARABELLI
[6]
Ruben ROSSI
[7]
Osvaldo ESCUDERO
[8]
Juan BARBAS
[9]
Ramon DIAZ
[10]
Diego MARADONA
[11]
Gabriel CALDERON
[13]
Osvaldo RINALDI (-49')

Substitute(s)

[5]
Daniel SPERANDIO
[12]
Rafael SERIA
[14]
Jorge PIAGGIO
[15]
Marcello BACHINO
[16]
Alfredo TORRES
[17]
Juan MEZZA (+49')
[18]
Jose LANAO

Coach

Cesar Luis MENOTTI (ARG)

Soviet Union

Line-up

[1]
Victor CHANOV (GK)
[2]
Victor YANUSHEVSKY (-56')
[4]
Ashot KHACHATRIAN
[5]
Aleksandr POLUKAROV
[6]
Jaroslav DUMANSKY (-60')
[8]
Igor PONOMAREV
[10]
Oleg TARAN
[11]
Igor GURINOVICH
[13]
Sergei STUKASHEV
[14]
Sergei OVCHINNIKOV
[15]
Anatoli RADENKO

Substitute(s)

[3]
Alexandr GOLOVNIA
[7]
Mikhail OLEFIRENKO (+56')
[9]
Valeri ZUBENKO
[12]
Gennadi SALOV
[16]
Vladimir MIKHALEVSKY (+60')
[17]
Aleksandr ZAVAROV
[18]
Sergey KRAKOVSKY

Coach

Serguei KORSHUNOV (UNK)

Cautions

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution