Football at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Russian SFSR
Dates	16 July – 3 August
Teams	17
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuanian SSR (1st title)
Runners-up	Russian SFSR
Third place	Moscow
Fourth place	Ukrainian SSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	177 (3.05 per match)

The football tournament at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves. The competition took place on July 16 through August 3, 1983 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

The competition included footballers under 20 years of age (born between 1963 and 1965). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

Competition

Preliminary games

All times local (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Team progressed to the semifinals
Team progressed to the tournament of third places
Team progressed to the tournament of last places

Group 1 (Moscow)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moscow	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	5
RSFSR	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	3
Kyrgyzia	3	0	0	3	1	14	-13	0

Group 2 (Ryazan)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	11	1	+10	6
Armenia	3	2	1	3	5	-2	4
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	3	6	-3	2
Azerbaijan	3	0	3	0	5	-5	0

Group 3 (Tula)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	5
Belorussia	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5
Turkmenia	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	4
Estonia	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
Latvia	4	1	0	3	3	8	-5	2

Lithuania finished first ahead of Belorussia based on their goal difference.
Turkmenia finished third ahead of Estonia based on their head-to-head match up.