The successor to the Russian Empire was the Soviet Union national football team. It was founded in 1922, which was the same year that the Soviet Union took control after the Russian Civil War. They would play their first game on November 16, 1924, which was a 3-0 win against Turkey. In July 1960, the Soviet Union reached 1st on the FIFA World Rankings. They won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 1960 UEFA European Championship, and finished 4th at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.