1986 Soviet Cup final

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1986 Soviet Cup Final
Event 1985-86 Soviet Cup
Date2 May 1986
Venue Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow
Referee Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-on-Don)
Attendance35,000
1985
1987

The 1986 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 2, 1986. The match was the 45th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. The Soviet Cup winner Torpedo won the cup for the sixth time. The last year defending holders Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition by FC Spartak Moscow on penalties.

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Road to Moscow

All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Torpedo and Shakhter both qualified for the competition automatically.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Torpedo Moscow Round Shakhter Donetsk
OpponentResult 1985–86 Soviet Cup OpponentResult
Pakhtakor Tashkent (A)3–2 ( a.e.t. )First round Kuban Krasnodar (H)5–1
SKA Khabarovsk (H)2–0Second round Kolos Nikopol (A)1–0
Chernomorets Odessa (A)2–0Quarter-finals Daugava Riga (H)2–1
Spartak Moscow (H)3–2Semi-finals Zenit Leningrad (A)2–2 ( a.e.t. )(4–3 p)

Match details

Torpedo Moscow 1 0 Shakhter Donetsk
Kobzev Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-on-Don)

Soviet Cup 1986 Winners
Torpedo Moscow
Sixth title

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