Soviet Cup
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| Founded | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Region | Soviet Union |
| Number of teams | 32 |
| Most successful club(s) | Spartak Moscow (10 titles) |
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (Russian: Кубок СССР[1]), was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition was awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, unless it already qualified for the European Cup, in turn passed the qualification to the finalist. In case if a team would win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and not win its national league cup titles next year, it qualified to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup along with the new cup holder.
The first participation in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup took place in 1965-66 when Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the European competition for winning the 1964 Soviet Cup.
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Format
Format of competitions was constantly changing. Until 1984 the Soviet Cup corresponded to the Soviet Top League calendar "spring"-"fall", however after that it changed to "fall"-"spring" calendar which is now the most popular in the Europe. In 1959-1960 the competition was conducted for two years. From 1965 to 1968 seasons were overlapping each other. The 1992 Soviet Cup Final took place after the fall of the Soviet Union in the independent Russia.
Finals
Overall statistics
Performance by club
| Club | Republic | Winners | Runners-Up | Semi-finalists | Years Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartak Moscow | RUS | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | UKR | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990 |
| Torpedo Moscow | RUS | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986 |
| Dynamo Moscow | RUS | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1937, 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1984 |
| CSKA Moscow | RUS | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | UKR | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983 |
| Dynamo Tbilisi | GEO | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1976, 1979 |
| Ararat Yerevan | ARM | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1973, 1975 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | RUS | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1936, 1957 |
| Zenit Leningrad | RUS | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1944 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | RUS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1981 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | UKR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1988 |
| Karpaty Lviv | UKR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1969 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | UKR | 1 | 5 | 1989 | |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybushev | RUS | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | BLR | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Zorya Voroshilovgrad | UKR | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Elektrik Leningrad | RUS | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kalinin city team | RUS | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | RUS | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | UZB | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Neftchi Baku | AZE | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dynamo Leningrad | RUS | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| VSS Moscow | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CSKA Kyiv | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| SK Odessa | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Admiralteyets Leningrad | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Qairat Almaty | KAZ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chornomorets Odessa | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sokol Saratov | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MFK Mykolaiv | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Iskra Smolensk | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | UKR | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | LIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pamir Dushanbe | TAJ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fakel Voronezh | RUS | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Performance by republic
| Republic | Winners | Runners-Up | Semi-finals | Winning Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russian SFSR |
31 | 32 | 59 | Spartak Moscow (10), Dynamo Moscow (6), Torpedo Moscow (6), CSKA Moscow (5), Lokomotiv Moscow (2), Zenit Leningrad (1), SKA Rostov-on-Don (1) |
 Ukrainian SSR |
16 | 8 | 24 | Dynamo Kyiv (9), Shakhtar Donetsk (4), Metalist Kharkiv (1), Karpaty Lviv (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) |
 Georgian SSR |
2 | 6 | 7 | Dynamo Tbilisi (2) |
 Armenian SSR |
2 | 2 | 2 | Ararat Yerevan (2) |
 Byelorussian SSR |
2 | 2 | ||
 Uzbek SSR |
1 | 1 | ||
 Azerbaijan SSR |
4 | |||
 Kazakh SSR |
1 | |||
 Lithuanian SSR |
1 | |||
 Tajik SSR |
1 |
Best coaches
| Place | Name | Medals | Champion clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gold | silver | |||
| 1 | Viktor Maslov | 6 | 3 | Torpedo Moscow (3), Dynamo Kyiv (2), Ararat Yerevan (1) |
| 2 | Valeriy Lobanovsky | 6 | - | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 3 | Boris Arkadiev | 4 | 1 | CDKA Moscow (3), Lokomotiv Moscow (1) |
| Nikita Simonyan | 4 | 1 | Spartak Moscow (3), Ararat Yerevan (1) | |
| 5 | Oleg Oshenkov | 3 | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (2), Dynamo Kyiv (1) |
| 6 | Valentin Ivanov | 2 | 5 | Torpedo Moscow |
| 7 | Aleksandr Sevidov | 2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 8-11 | Nodar Akhalkatsi | 2 | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Konstantin Beskov | 2 | 1 | Dynamo Moscow | |
| Konstantin Kvashnin | 2 | 1 | Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow | |
| Viktor Nosov | 2 | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
Another coach Albert Vollrat won two cups in 1946 and 1947.
References
- ↑ Ukrainian: Кубок СРСР; Belarusian: Кубак СССР; Uzbek: СССР Кубоги; Kazakh: КСРО Кубогы; Georgian: სსრკ თასი; Azerbaijani: ССРИ кубоку; Lithuanian: TSRS taurė; Moldovan: Купа УРСС; Latvian: PSRS kauss; Estonian: NSVL Karikas
- USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Cup Finals, rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
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