Soviet Super Cup

Last updated
Soviet Super Cup
Founded1977 (introduced)
Abolished1989
Region Soviet Union
Number of teams2
Last champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Most successful club(s) Dynamo Kyiv
(3 titles)

The USSR Super Cup, [lower-alpha 1] also known as the Season's Cup, [lower-alpha 2] was an unofficial exhibition game (or game series) not sanctioned by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union and that featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League and USSR Cup in a one- or two-legged playoff for the trophy.

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History

The mini-tournament was conducted on the initiative of the Komsomolskaya Pravda editor's administration out of Moscow. The tournament was unofficial and never was part of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. It was played seven times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It was not until 1983 that the Super Cup was played every year. The Super Cup was made to take place during midseason and further complicated clubs' schedules.[ citation needed ]

In 1987, with Spartak Moscow winning league honors and Dynamo Kyiv winning the USSR Cup, the Super Cup match was scheduled to take place in Chişinău, Moldova. However, the match never took place because of inadequate facilities in Chişinău. The last USSR Super Cup took place in Sochi, Russia, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans.[ citation needed ]

Finals by year

1977 Season's Cup

Dinamo Moscow 1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Minayev Soccerball shade.svg54' Report
Tbilisi, Lenin's Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: G.Bakanidze (Tbilisi)

1981 Season's Cup

Dynamo Kyiv 1 – 1
5 – 4 (pen.) (a.e.t.)		 Shakhter Donetsk
Boiko Soccerball shade.svg41'
Penalties:
 Report Kravchenko Soccerball shade.svg52'
Penalties:
Simferopol, Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: unknown
Referee: A.Mushkovets (Moscow)

1984 Season's Cup , consisted out of two games

Shakhter Donetsk 2 – 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Vyshnevsky Soccerball shade.svg54' (o.g.)
Morozov Soccerball shade.svg54'		 Report Litovchenko Soccerball shade.svg40'
Donetsk, Shakhtar Stadium
Attendance: 32,840
Referee: V.Butenko (Moscow)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 – 1 Shakhter Donetsk
Fedorenko Soccerball shade.svg70'
Litovchenko Red card.svg		 Report Sokolovsky Soccerball shade.svg89'
Pokidin Red card.svg
Dnipropetrovsk, Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: V.Kuznetsov  [ ru ] (Omsk)

Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2

1985 Season's Cup , consisted out of two games

Zenit Leningrad 2 – 1 Dinamo Moscow
Pozdnyakov Soccerball shade.svg33' (o.g.)
Gerasimov Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Ataulin Soccerball shade.svg5'
Leningrad, Kirov Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: V.Miminoshvili (Tbilisi)
Dinamo Moscow 0 – 1 Zenit Leningrad
Report Melnikov Soccerball shade.svg20'
Moscow, Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 12,200
Referee: M.Stupar (Ivano-Frankivsk)

Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1

1986 USSR Super Cup

Dynamo Kyiv 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Shakhter Donetsk
Shcherbakov Soccerball shade.svg73'
Yevtushenko Soccerball shade.svg118'		 Report Sokolovsky Soccerball shade.svg54'
Kravchenko Soccerball shade.svg117'
Penalties
3–1
Kyiv, Republican Stadium
Attendance: 65,300
Referee: A.Spirin (Moscow)

1987 USSR Super Cup

Torpedo Moscow 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Dynamo Kyiv
Shirinbekov Soccerball shade.svg47' Report Belanov Soccerball shade.svg81'
Penalties
4–5
Moscow, Lenin's Central Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-na-Donu)

1988 USSR Super Cup

Spartak Moscow suspended Dynamo Kyiv
[ Report]
Chișinău, Republican Stadium

1989 USSR Super Cup

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Metallist Kharkov
Shakhov Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen)
Son Soccerball shade.svg97'
Lyuty Soccerball shade.svg103'		 Report Adzhoyev Soccerball shade.svg62'
Sochi, Central Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A.Kirillov (Moscow)

Winners by year

YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up
1977 Tbilisi, Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgia Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner)		1 – 0 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner)
1981 Simferopol, Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukraine Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner)		1 – 1 (aet)
5 – 4 (penalties)		 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as cup winner)
1984Leg 1: Donetsk, Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukraine
Leg 2: Dnipropetrovsk, Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukraine 		Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as cup winner)		Leg 1: 2 – 1
Leg 2: 1 – 1		 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(qualified as league winner)
1985Leg 1: Leningrad, Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russia
Leg 2: Moscow, Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russia 		Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad
(qualified as league winner)		Leg 1: 2 – 1
Leg 2: 1 – 0		 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner)
1986 Kiev, Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukraine Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner)		2 – 2 (aet)
3 – 1 (penalties)		 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as losing cup finalist)
1987 Moscow, Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russia Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner)		1 – 1 (aet)
5 – 4 (penalties)		 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner)
1988 Chișinău, Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavia ppd
1989 Sochi, Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russia Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(qualified as league winner)		3 – 1 (aet) Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Metalist Kharkiv
(qualified as cup winner)

Performance by club

ClubRepublicWinnersRunners-upYears won
Dynamo Kyiv UKR311981, 1986, 1987
Shakhtar Donetsk UKR121984
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UKR111988
Dynamo Moscow RUS111977
Zenit Leningrad RUS101985
Metalist Kharkiv UKR01
Torpedo Moscow RUS01
Total77

Performance by republic

RepublicWinnersRunners-upWinning clubs
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 55 Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1)
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 22 Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1)
Total77

See also

National super cups of former Soviet republics:

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Суперкубок СССР, romanized: Superkubok SSSR, Azerbaijani: Futbol üzrə SSRİ Superkuboku, Georgian :საბჭოთა კავშირის სუპერთასი, Lithuanian: TSRS Futbolo Supertaurė, Romanian: Supercupa URSS, Ukrainian: Суперкубок СРСР, romanized: Superkubok SRSR
  2. ↑ Russian: Кубок сезона, romanized: Kubok sezona, Ukrainian: Кубок сезону, romanized: Kubok sezonu
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