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{{Short description|Soviet football competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2024}}

{{About||the [[rugby union]] competition of the same name|Soviet Cup (rugby)|the [[ice hockey]] competition of the same name|Soviet Cup (ice hockey)|the [[bandy]] competition of the same name|Russian Cup (bandy)}}

{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Soviet Cup
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| organiser            = [[Football Federation of the Soviet Union|Football Federation of the USSR]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1936}}
| abolished            = 1992
| region               = Soviet Union
| number of teams      = 80 (1991–92)
| current champions    = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (10th title)
| most successful club = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (10 titles)
|qualifier for=[[European Cup Winners' Cup]] {{small|(from 1965)}}}}

The '''Soviet Cup''', or '''USSR Cup''' ({{langx|ru|Кубок СССР}}),{{refn|group=nb|{{langx|uk|Кубок СРСР}}, {{langx|be|Кубак СССР}}, {{langx|uz|СССР Кубоги}}, {{langx|kk|КСРО Кубогы}}, {{lang-ka|სსრკ თასი}}, {{langx|az|ССРИ кубоку}}, {{langx|lt|TSRS taurė}}, {{langx|ro|Cupa URSS}} ([[Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet|Moldovan Cyrillic]]: Купа УРСС), {{langx|lv|PSRS kauss}}, {{langx|hy|ԽՍՀՄ Գավաթ}}, {{langx|et|NSVL Karikas}}.}} was the premier [[Association football|football]] cup competition in the [[Soviet Union]] conducted by the [[Football Federation of the Soviet Union]]. The [[1991–92 Soviet Cup|1991–92]] season of the tournament was known as Soviet/CIS Cup ({{langx|ru|Кубок СССР—СНГ}}). As a [[knockout tournament]] it was conducted parallel to the All-Union league competitions in double round-robin format.

The winner of the competition was awarded a qualification to the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], unless it already qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League|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 the 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 European Cup Winners' Cup|1965–66]] when [[Dynamo Kyiv]] qualified for the European competition for winning the 1964 Soviet Cup.

On initiative of [[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] newspaper starting from 1977, the Soviet Cup winner was invited to contest the [[Soviet Top League]] winner in a single match competition known as the [[Soviet Super Cup|Season's Cup]] which served as the Soviet Super Cup but was not considered official.

==Format==
Format of competitions was constantly changing. 

The very first edition of the competition in 1936 was a [[single-elimination tournament]] (more precisely sudden-death tournament) throughout all rounds. It was played during the season's summer intermission of the 1936 split season. The tournament consisted of seven rounds starting with the Round of 128.

The first changes took place in the [[1938 Soviet Cup]] when there was introduced a preliminary (qualification) stage as the number of participants grew. The competition still was a [[single-elimination tournament]] with only more added rounds (up to 9). The Soviet Cup also featured the [[1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR]]. All teams of masters (All-Union league teams) started from the final stage. The competition rounds were in-mixed within the league's playing calendar for the first time. The final stage contained 6 rounds.

In 1939 the competition was expanded as number of participants grew over 6 times. Starting from 1939 the preliminary stage was expanded and included republican football cup for each union republic, winners of which would qualify for the Soviet Cup finals.

In 1940 the competition was split. The league teams (Groups A and B) were scheduled to play for the All-Union Sports Committee Cup, while non-league teams (republican level) were competing in a separate bracket, winner of which would play the All-Union Sports Committee Cup holder. However, due to scheduling issues the All-Union Sports Committee Cup was postponed and never took place.

Involvement of the republican cup winners was suspended after the [[World War II]] and reintroduced in 1949. Those winners continued to qualify for the Soviet Cup until 1955 and starting from 1957 they were rerouted to the [[Soviet Amateur Cup]]. There is a legend that during that period the competition was nicknamed as the "Cup of Millions".

Until 1984 the Soviet Cup corresponded to the calendar of the whole Soviet football "spring"-"fall", however after that it changed to "fall"-"spring" calendar which synchronized it with the most of Europe. 

In 1959-1960 the competition was conducted for two years. From 1965 to 1968 seasons were overlapping each other. 

Until 1957, in the tournament participated "teams of physical culture"<ref name=dzen_allfinals/> (Soviet "[[newspeak]]" (phraseology) for non-professional, amateur teams). After 1957 teams of physical culture competed in a separate competition known as the [[Soviet Amateur Cup]].{{refn|group=nb|broadly and officially known as the Football Cup of the Soviet Union among teams of physical culture collectives}} Since then, the tournament was restricted to professional clubs (teams of masters) of the All-Union competition (tiers 1 through 3). 

In 1979 to 1982 there was a group stage better teams of which would continue in a traditional single-game elimination format.<ref name=dzen_allfinals/>

The [[1992 Soviet Cup Final]] took place after the [[fall of the Soviet Union]] in the independent Russia.<ref>[https://dzen.ru/a/ZOIDQRSNhW429RV_ Последний кубок СССР-СНГ по футболу 1991/1992]. dzen.ru. 20 August 2023 (in Russian)</ref><ref name=dzen_allfinals/><ref>[https://www.sportsdaily.ru/articles/30-let-poslednemu-finalu-kubka-sssr-spartak-vyigral-trofey-kotoryy-ne-khotel-otdavat-sadyrin 30 лет последнему финалу Кубка СССР. «Спартак» выиграл трофей, который не хотел отдавать Садырин]. www.sportsdaily.ru. 10 May 2022 (in Russian)</ref><ref>[https://www.championat.com/football/article-4344545-spartak-cska-2-0-kubok-sssr-sng-1992-goda-zaminirovannye-luzhniki-goly-beschastnyh-10-j-trofej-krasno-belyh.html Последний финал Кубка СССР пытался сорвать телефонный террорист. «Спартак» это не смутило]. www.championat.com. 10 May 2021 (in Russian)</ref><ref>[https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/ultras_action/3136947.html Заминированные «Лужники», дубль Бесчастных, пенальти Харина. 31 год назад состоялся финал последнего Кубка СССР]. www.sports.ru. 10 May 2023 (in Russian)</ref>

All tournaments final were played in a single game in Moscow, but until introduction of penalty kicks in early 1970s as a tiebreaker some finals that ended in tie were replayed. Introduction of the [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] was adopted for tiebreaker took place in 1972 after such procedure was adopted by [[FIFA]] in 1970.

Until 1955 the tournament finals were played at [[Central Dynamo Stadium|Central Stadium "Dynamo"]], after being transferred to Central Stadium of Lenin (today [[Luzhniki Stadium]]).{{fact|date=March 2022}}

==Trophy==
[[File:Кубок СРСР.gif|thumb|Picture of trophy]]
The cup itself is an artistically crafted crystal vase in a silver frame. The cup is crowned with a bronze figurine of a football player with a ball. The names of the teams that won the cup are engraved on the lid and base. 

The trophy's height is {{convert|57|cm|inch|abbr=on}}, weight is {{convert|6|kg|lbs|abbr=on}}. In 1992, after Spartak Moscow won the last USSR Cup, the trophy was given to the club forever.

The cup itself was bought in an ordinary Moscow thrift store.<ref name=xfile/> The first chairman of the All-Union Football Section, Aleksei Sokolov, took a liking to the small pitcher, which it was decided to make a transferable trophy.<ref name=xfile>[https://www.xfile.ru/x-files/sport/istorii_iz_khrustalnykh_kubkov/?sphrase_id=7567975 Истории из хрустальных кубков]. www.xfile.ru. 9 May 2017. accessed 27 February 2024</ref><ref>[https://sport.sevastopol.su/kubkom-sssr-po-futbolu-byla-obychnaya-vaza/ Кубком СССР по футболу была обычная ваза]. sport.sevastopol.su. 30 October 2023</ref> Few people knew about the [[Davis Cup]] in the Soviet Union at that time, and accusations of plagiarism could not follow by definition.

Together with the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sport inspector Morar, Aleksei Sokolov created a sketch of the future prize.<ref>[https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2003-10-10/10_1/ ГОД 1936. ЧАСТЬ ПЯТАЯ. ПАТЕНТ НА "ВНЕЗАПНУЮ СМЕРТЬ"]. www.sport-express.ru ([[Sport-Express]]). 10 October 2003</ref> The jewelers attached silver legs to the base and built a lid with a small hole on top. There they mounted a figurine of a football player, donated by Raspevin, a great fan of this game. The crystal chest of the trophy was decorated with the [[coat of arms of the USSR]].

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==Venues of the final match==
All finals were played in the [[Soviet Union]] capital, [[Moscow]]. In 1936 to 1955 it was [[Central Dynamo Stadium]], while since 1957 it was [[Luzhniki Stadium]] which was known then as Lenin Central Stadium. There were also exceptions such as the venue of the final in 1977 and 1987/88 was Dynamo, while in 1978 it was the only time when [[Eduard Streltsov Stadium|Torpedo Stadium]] hosted the final match. The last final match in 1992 at Luzhniki was played following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].

While Spartak Moscow is the absolute leader in total number of trophies won, Dinamo Kiev won the most Soviet Cup in those finals played in [[Luzhniki Stadium]]. Also, Luzhniki were even favorable to the Western Ukrainian team of Karpaty.

===Venues by the number of final matches===
* 32 – [[Luzhniki Stadium|Lenin Central Stadium]], Moscow
* 18 – [[Central Dynamo Stadium|Dynamo Central Stadium]], Moscow
* 1 – [[Eduard Streltsov Stadium|Torpedo Stadium]], Moscow

==Seasons and final games==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+{{sronly|List of Soviet Cup winners}}
! scope="col" |Season
! scope="col" |Dates
! scope="col" |{{abbr|Teams|Number of participants}}
! scope="col" |Winners
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Runners–up
|-
|align=center|[[1936 Soviet Cup|1936]]
|align=center|July 18 – August 28
|align=center|94{{refn|group=nb|Initially it was announced that the competition will have 87 participants.<ref name=dzen_allfinals>[https://dzen.ru/a/ZNndl51kTAIom2tc Все финалы кубка СССР по футболу (1936-1991): как это было, фотоархивы, статистика]. dzen.ru. 15 August 2023 (in Russian)</ref>}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1936 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1937 Soviet Cup|1937]]
|align=center|May 23 – July 16
|align=center|125
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1937 Soviet Cup final|5–2]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1938 Soviet Cup|1938]]
|align=center|May 5 – September 14
|align=center|64*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1938 including preliminary rounds was 275.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1938 Soviet Cup final|3–2]]
|[[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Elektrik Leningrad]]
|-
|align=center|[[1939 Soviet Cup|1939]]
|align=center|July 29 – September 12
|align=center|49
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1939 Soviet Cup final|3–1]]
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Stalinets Leningrad]]
|-
|align=center|1940
|align=center|September 22 – November 10
|align=center colspan=4|''canceled, only its qualification stage had been completed{{refn|group=nb|After appearance of the [[Soviet Amateur Cup]] in 1957, the 1940 Soviet Cup results were associated with the new competition.''<ref>[https://vla-glubokov.narod.ru/km40.htm Кубок СССР среди команд коллективов физической культуры 1940 год]. vla-glubokov.narod.ru. (in Russian)</ref>}}
|-
|align=center|1941
|align=center colspan="5" rowspan="3"|no competition due to the Nazi Germany aggression against the Soviet Union
|-
|align=center|1942
|-
|align=center|1943
|-
|align=center|[[1944 Soviet Cup|1944]]
|align=center|July 30 – August 27
|align=center|24
! scope="row" |[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|align=center|[[1944 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1945 Soviet Cup|1945]]
|align=center|September 9 – October 14
|align=center|32
! scope="row" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1945 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1946 Soviet Cup|1946]]
|align=center|October 6 – 20
|align=center|16
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1946 Soviet Cup final|3–2]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1947 Soviet Cup|1947]]
|align=center|June 1 – July 21
|align=center|19*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1939 including preliminary rounds was 80.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1947 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1948 Soviet Cup|1948]]
|align=center|September 25 – October 24
|align=center|20
! scope="row" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1948 Soviet Cup final|3–0]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1949 Soviet Cup|1949]]
|align=center|June 16 – November 4
|align=center|54*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1949 including preliminary rounds was 120.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1949 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1950 Soviet Cup|1950]]
|align=center|September 10 – November 6
|align=center|69
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1950 Soviet Cup final|3–0]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1951 Soviet Cup|1951]]
|align=center|August 11 – October 14
|align=center|51
! scope="row" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDSA Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1951 Soviet Cup final|2–1]] {{aet}}
|[[FC MVO Moscow|Kalinin team]]{{efn|The team of the [[Moscow Military District]] that represented the city of Kalinin and was literally known as the team of the Kalinin City ({{langx|ru|команда г. Калинина}}).}}
|-
|align=center|[[1952 Soviet Cup|1952]]
|align=center|August 21 – November 2
|align=center|50
! scope="row" |[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1952 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1953 Soviet Cup|1953]]
|align=center|September 2 – October 10
|align=center|56
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1953 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[Zenit Kuybyshev]]
|-
|align=center|[[1954 Soviet Cup|1954]]
|align=center|August 15 – October 20
|align=center|67
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1954 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Spartak Yerevan]]
|-
|align=center|[[1955 Soviet Cup|1955]]
|align=center|May 25 – October 16
|align=center|16*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1955 including preliminary rounds was 67.}}
! scope="row" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDSA Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1955 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|1956
|align=center colspan="5"|no competition
|-
|align=center|[[1957 Soviet Cup|1957]]
|align=center|April 28 – October 26
|align=center|24*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1957 including preliminary rounds was 74.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1957 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1958 Soviet Cup|1958]]
|align=center|June 9 – November 2
|align=center|16*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1958 including preliminary rounds was 106.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1958 Soviet Cup final|1–0]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1959–60 Soviet Cup|1959–60]]
|align=center|June 11, 1959 – October 31, 1960
|align=center|32*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1959–60 including preliminary rounds was 113.}}
! scope="row" |[[:FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1960 Soviet Cup final|4–3]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1961 Soviet Cup|1961]]
|align=center|May 9 – October 29
|align=center|64*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1961 including preliminary rounds was 169.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtyor Stalino]]
|align=center|[[1961 Soviet Cup final|3–1]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1962 Soviet Cup|1962]]
|align=center|April 22 – August 11
|align=center|32*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1962 including preliminary rounds was 168.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtyor Donetsk]]{{efn|In November of 1961 the city of Stalino was renamed Donetsk after river [[Siversky Donets]] following the so-called de-Stalinization process.}}
|align=center|[[1962 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo|Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo]]
|-
|align=center|[[1963 Soviet Cup|1963]]
|align=center|April 7 – August 10
|align=center|48*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1963 including preliminary rounds was 186.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1963 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1964 Soviet Cup|1964]]
|align=center|April 16 – September 27
|align=center|52*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1964 including preliminary rounds was 194.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1964 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[1965 Soviet Cup|1965]]
|align=center rowspan="2"|April 4 – August 15
|align=center rowspan="2"|56*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1965 including preliminary rounds was 102.}}
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1965 Soviet Cup final|0–0]]
| rowspan="2" |[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dynamo Minsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1965 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]  {{aet}} {{small|(replay)}}
|-
|align=center|[[1965–66 Soviet Cup|1965–66]]
|align=center|April 2, 1965 – November 8, 1966
|align=center|79*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1965–66 including preliminary rounds was 203.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1966 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1966–67 Soviet Cup|1966–67]]
|align=center|April 23, 1966 – November 8, 1967
|align=center|85*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1966–67 including preliminary rounds was 242.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1967 Soviet Cup final|3–0]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1967–68 Soviet Cup|1967–68]]
|align=center|March 16, 1967 – November 8, 1968
|align=center|107*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1967–68 including preliminary rounds was 255.}}
! scope="row" |[[Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1968 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]
|-
|align=center|[[1969 Soviet Cup|1969]]
|align=center|March 23 – August 17
|align=center|32*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1969 including preliminary rounds was 104.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
|align=center|[[1969 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC SKVO Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
|-
|align=center|[[1970 Soviet Cup|1970]]
|align=center|March 31 – August 8
|align=center|32*{{refn|group=nb|Total number of participants in 1970 including preliminary rounds was 105.}}
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1970 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[1971 Soviet Cup|1971]]
|align=center rowspan="2"|March 6 – August 8
|align=center rowspan="2"|38
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1971 Soviet Cup final|2–2]]
| rowspan="2" |[[FC SKVO Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
|-
|align=center|[[1971 Soviet Cup final|1–0]] {{small|(replay)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |[[1972 Soviet Cup|1972]]
|align=center rowspan="2"|February 20 – August 13
|align=center rowspan="2"|36
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
| align="center" |[[1972 Soviet Cup final|0–0]]
| rowspan="2" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|1–1 {{pso|5–1}} {{small|(replay)}}
|-
| align="center" |[[1973 Soviet Cup|1973]]
|align=center|March 4 – October 10
|align=center|36
! scope="row" |[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
| align="center" |[[1973 Soviet Cup final|2–1]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|-
| align="center" |[[1974 Soviet Cup|1974]]
|align=center|March 6 – August 10
|align=center|36
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| align="center" |[[1974 Soviet Cup final|3–0]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Zorya Voroshilovgrad|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]]
|-
|align=center|[[1975 Soviet Cup|1975]]
|align=center|March 16 – August 9
|align=center|36
! scope="row" |[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|align=center|[[1975 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Zorya Voroshilovgrad|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]]
|-
|align=center|[[1976 Soviet Cup|1976]]
|align=center|March 21 – September 3
|align=center|42
! scope="row" |[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|align=center|[[1976 Soviet Cup final|3–0]]
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|-
|align=center|[[1977 Soviet Cup|1977]]
|align=center|March 27 – August 13
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1977 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1978 Soviet Cup|1978]]
|align=center|March 3 – August 12
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1978 Soviet Cup final|2–1]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1979 Soviet Cup|1979]]
|align=center|February 28 – August 11
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|align=center|[[1979 Soviet Cup final|0–0]] {{pso|5–4}}
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1980 Soviet Cup|1980]]
|align=center|February 25 – August 9
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center|[[1980 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1981 Soviet Cup|1981]]
|align=center|February 20 – May 9
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC SKVO Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
|align=center|[[1981 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1982 Soviet Cup|1982]]
|align=center|February 19 – May 9
|align=center|40
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1982 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1983 Soviet Cup|1983]]
|align=center|February 19 – May 8
|align=center|40
! scope="row" |[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center|[[1983 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|-
|align=center|[[1984 Soviet Cup|1984]]
|align=center|February 18 – June 24
|align=center|48
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1984 Soviet Cup final|2–0]] {{aet}}
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|-
|align=center|[[1984–85 Soviet Cup|1984–85]]
|align=center|31 July 1984 – 23 June 1985
|align=center|50
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1985 Soviet Cup final|2–1]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1985–86 Soviet Cup|1985–86]]
|align=center|June 24, 1985 – May 2, 1986
|align=center|74
! scope="row" |[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1986 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1986–87 Soviet Cup|1986–87]]
|align=center|May 2, 1986 – June 14, 1987
|align=center|80
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1987 Soviet Cup final|3–3]] {{pso|4–2}}
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dynamo Minsk]]
|-
|align=center|[[1987–88 Soviet Cup|1987–88]]
|align=center|June 6, 1987 – May 28, 1988
|align=center|80
! scope="row" |[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|align=center|[[1988 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1988–89 Soviet Cup|1988–89]]
|align=center|May 2, 1988 – June 25, 1989
|align=center|80
! scope="row" |[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center|[[1989 Soviet Cup final|1–0]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1989–90 Soviet Cup|1989–90]]
|align=center|May 2, 1989 – May 2, 1990
|align=center|80
! scope="row" |[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|[[1990 Soviet Cup final|6–1]]
|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1990–91 Soviet Cup|1990–91]]
|align=center|April 14, 1990 – June 23, 1991
|align=center|78
! scope="row" |[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1991 Soviet Cup final|3–2]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
|align=center|[[1991–92 Soviet Cup|1991–92]]
|align=center|April 17, 1991 – May 10, 1992
|align=center|80
! scope="row" |[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|[[1992 Soviet Cup final|2–0]]<ref>[https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/reviews/spartak-cska-kak-arbitr-andrey-butenko-sudil-derbi-v-1992-i-2001-godah-kakie-skandaly-proizoshli-1984989/ «Стою голым в судейской. Вдруг бросается овчарка — хорошо, ничего не оторвала». Матчи ЦСКА со «Спартаком» навсегда запомнились этому арбитру]. www.sport-express.ru. 14 October 2022 (in Russian)</ref>
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|}

'''''Notes:'''''
* The "teams" column includes number of participants in the final stage (tournament proper). Those with asterisk (x*) indicates that there was a preliminary (qualification) stage with additional number of participants.
{{Notelist}}

==Overall statistics==
Until 1959-1960 season, the competition was dominated by Muscovite clubs, particularly Spartak and CSKA. Unlike the round-robin competitions, Dinamo Kiev was not as successful yet managed to get as close as possible to Spartak surpassing all other clubs out of Moscow and other Soviet cities. The first non-Moscow team that won the trophy was [[Zenit Leningrad]] which won it in the first post war season of 1944. It became the single achievement for the team out of the "northern capital". In 1961 and 1962, the competition was won back-to-back by Shakhter Donetsk which became a unique achievement. In 1969, Karpaty Lvov won the competition while playing in the second tier (Pervaya Liga) by beating SKA Rostov-na-Donu in Moscow. In 1970s teams from the Caucasus region (Dinamo Tbilisi and Ararat Yerevan) have shown good performance winning 4 trophies with 2 for each. 

The only other than Moscow or Leningrad teams from Russian SFSR that won the Soviet Cup was SKA Rostov-na-Donu in 1981. Twice reached the finals but did not manage to win it were Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev, Dinamo Minsk, Zaria Voroshilovgrad.

===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: left;"
|-

!Club
!Winners
!Runners-Up
!Semi-finalists
!Years Won
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|10*
|align=center|5
|align=center|7
|1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992*
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]]
|align=center|9
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}}  [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|6
|align=center|9
|align=center|5
|1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}}  [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|align=center|6
|align=center|5
|align=center|10
|1937, 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1984
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}}  [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|align=center|11
|1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|align=center|6
|1961, 1962, 1980, 1983
|-
|{{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|6
|align=center|7
|1976, 1979
|-
|{{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|1973, 1975
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}}  [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|7
|1936, 1957
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|7
|1944
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-na-Donu]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|0
|1981
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metallist Kharkov]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|1988
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lvov]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|1969
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|align=center|5
|1989
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Krylya Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Byelorussian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zaria Voroshilovgrad]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Elektrik Leningrad]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Kalinin city team]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo|Znamia Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbek SSR}} [[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|4
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dinamo Leningrad]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|3
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbek SSR}} [[Dinamo Tashkent]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC VSS Moscow|VSS Moscow]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[CSKA Kyiv|SKA Kiev]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[SK Odesa|SKA Odessa]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Admiralteyets Leningrad|Admiralteyets Leningrad]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} [[FC Qairat Almaty|Qairat Almaty]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chernomorets Odessa]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Sokol Saratov|Sokol Saratov]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
||{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[MFK Mykolaiv|Sudostroitel Nikolayev]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Iskra Smolensk|Iskra Smolensk]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[FC Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Tajik SSR}} [[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
!Total
!51
!51
!102
!
|}

* Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, clubs from around the fallen Soviet Union refused their further participation among which were Ukrainian clubs who effectively forfeiting their chances at the Cup, Belarusian Dinamo Minsk, Kazakhstani Khimik Dzhambul, and others, leaving only Pamir Dushanbe as the non-Russian club still in the competition.

===Performance by republic===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: left;"
|-
!width=15%|Republic
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Semi-finals
! Winning clubs
|-
| {{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|align=center|31
|align=center|32 
|align=center|59
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (10), [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]] (6), [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] (6), [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (5), [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] (2), [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] (1), [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-na-Donu]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|align=center|16
|align=center|8 
|align=center|24
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]] (9), [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]] (4), [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metallist Kharkov]] (1), [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lvov]] (1), [[FC Dnipro|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Georgian SSR}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|6 
|align=center|7
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] (2)
|-
| {{flag|Armenian SSR}}
|align=center|2 
|align=center|2
|align=center|2 
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]] (2)
|-
| {{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|2 
|
|-
| {{flag|Uzbek SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|4
|
|-
| {{flag|Kazakh SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
| {{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
| {{flag|Tajik SSR}}
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
!Total
!51
!51
!102
!
|}

==Best coaches==
{{multiple image|perrow=2
 | align     = right
 | width     = 125
 | image1    = Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg
 | caption1  = [[Valeriy Lobanovsky]] (1939-2002).
 | image2    = Arkadyev.jpg
 | caption2  = [[Boris Arkadiev]] (1899-1986).
 | image3    = Nikita Simonyan.jpg 
 | caption3  = [[Nikita Simonyan]] (1926).
 | image4    = Valentin Kozmich Ivanov.jpg
 | caption4  = [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]] (1934-2011).
}}
<!--Multiple championship titles-->
{| style="margin:auto;"  class="wikitable"
|+
!rowspan=2 |Place
!rowspan=2 |Name
!colspan=2|Medals
!rowspan=2 |Champion clubs
|-
| style="background:gold;"| '''gold'''
| style="background:silver;"| '''silver'''
|-
| 1
| [[Victor Maslov|Viktor Maslov]]
| 6
| 3
| [[Torpedo Moscow]] (3), [[Dynamo Kyiv]] (2), [[Ararat Yerevan]] (1)
|-
| 2
| [[Valeriy Lobanovsky]]
| 6
| -
| [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|-
|rowspan=2|3
| [[Boris Arkadiev]]
| 4
| 1
| [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]] (3), [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] (1)
|-
| [[Nikita Simonyan]]
| 4
| 1
| [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (3), [[Ararat Yerevan]] (1)
|-
| 5
| [[Oleg Oshenkov]]
| 3
| 1
| [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] (2), [[Dynamo Kyiv]] (1)
|- 
| 6
| [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]]
| 2
| 5
| [[Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
| 7
| [[Aleksandr Sevidov]]
| 2
| 2
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
| rowspan="4"|8-11
| [[Nodar Akhalkatsi]]
| 2
| 1
| [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|-
| [[Konstantin Beskov]]
| 2
| 1
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|-
| [[Konstantin Kvashnin]]
| 2
| 1
| [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], [[Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
| [[Viktor Nosov (footballer)|Viktor Nosov]]
| 2
| 1
| [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|}

Another coach [[Albert Vollrat]] won two cups in 1946 and 1947.

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=nb}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrcuphist.html USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Cup Finals] on the [[RSSSF]]
*[https://metalist-kh-stat.net.ua/history/ ХПЗ, "Дзержинец", "Авангард" и "Металлист" – Вехи истории клуба!].

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