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{{short description|Soviet football competition}}
{{ infobox football tournament
| current           = 
| logo              = 
| founded           = 1977 <small>(introduced)</small>
| abolished         = 1989
| number of teams   = 2 
| region            = [[Soviet Union]]
| current champions = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
| most successful club = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]<br />(3 titles)
| website           = 
}}

The '''USSR Super Cup''',{{efn|{{langx|ru|Суперкубок СССР|Superkubok SSSR}}, {{langx|az|Futbol üzrə SSRİ Superkuboku}}, {{lang-ka|საბჭოთა კავშირის სუპერთასი|sabch’ota k’avshiris sup’ertasi}}, {{langx|lt|TSRS Futbolo Supertaurė}}, {{langx|ro|Supercupa URSS}}, {{langx|uk|Суперкубок СРСР|Superkubok SRSR}}}} also known as the '''Season's Cup''',{{efn|{{langx|ru|Кубок сезона|Kubok sezona}}, {{langx|uk|Кубок сезону|Kubok sezonu}}}} 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.

==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.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

In 1987, with [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] winning league honors and [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|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.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

==Finals by year==

'''[[1977 Season's Cup]]'''

{{footballbox
|date=1977-11-20
|time=
|team1='''[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]'''
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19771120000 Report]
|score=1 &ndash; 0
|team2=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|goals1=[[Aleksandr Minayev (footballer born 1954)|Minayev]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Tbilisi]], [[Boris Paichadze Stadium|Lenin's Dinamo Stadium]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee= [[Georgiy Bakanidze|G.Bakanidze]] ([[Tbilisi]])
}}
----
'''[[1981 Season's Cup]]'''

{{footballbox
|date=1981-03-10
|time=
|team1='''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19810317000 Report]
|score=1 &ndash; 1 <br /><small>5 &ndash; 4 ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])</small>
|aet=yes
|team2=[[Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|goals1=[[Oleksandr Boiko|Boiko]] {{goal|41}}<br>
{{Collapsible list
|title = Penalties:
|title_style = width: 98%; float: left; background: transparent; text-align: center;
|list_style = text-align: center;
|{{Pengoal}} [[Stepan Yurchyshyn|Yurchishin]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Oleh Blokhin|Blokhin]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Volodymyr Bezsonov|Bessonov]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Baltacha]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Anatoliy Konkov|Konkov]]
}}
|goals2=[[Serhiy Kravchenko (footballer, born 1956)|Kravchenko]] {{goal|52}}<br>
{{Collapsible list
|title = Penalties:
|title_style = width: 98%; float: left; background: transparent; text-align: center;
|list_style = text-align: center;
|{{Pengoal}} [[Mykhaylo Sokolovsky|Sokolovsky]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Yuri Bondarenko|Bondarenko]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Valeriy Horbunov|Gorbunov]]<br>{{Pengoal}} [[Serhiy Kravchenko (footballer, born 1956)|Kravchenko]]<br>{{Penmiss}} [[Vitaliy Starukhin|Starukhin]]
}}
|stadium=[[Simferopol]], [[Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya)|Lokomotiv Stadium]]
|attendance=unknown
|referee= [[Aleksandr Mushkovets|A.Mushkovets]] ([[Moscow]])
}}
----
'''[[1984 Season's Cup]]''', consisted out of two games

{{footballbox
|date=1984-07-05
|time=
|team1='''[[Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]'''
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19840705000 Report]
|score=2 &ndash; 1
|team2=[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|goals1=[[Ivan Vyshnevskyi (footballer)|Vyshnevsky]] {{goal|54|o.g.}}<br>[[Serhiy N. Morozov|Morozov]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2=[[Hennadiy Lytovchenko|Litovchenko]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium=[[Donetsk]], [[Shakhtar Stadium (Donetsk)|Shakhtar Stadium]]
|attendance=32,840
|referee= [[Valeri Butenko|V.Butenko]] ([[Moscow]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date=1984-07-08
|time=
|team1=[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19840708001 Report]
|score=1 &ndash; 1
|team2=[[Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|goals1=[[Mykola Fedorenko|Fedorenko]] {{goal|70}}<br>[[Hennadiy Lytovchenko|Litovchenko]] {{sent off|0|}}
|goals2=[[Mykhaylo Sokolovsky|Sokolovsky]] {{goal|89}}<br>[[Serhiy Pokydin|Pokidin]] {{sent off|0|}}
|stadium=[[Dnipropetrovsk]], [[Stadium Meteor|Meteor Stadium]]
|attendance=29,500
|referee= {{ill|Vladimir Kuznetsov (footballer)|lt=V.Kuznetsov|ru|Кузнецов, Владимир Николаевич (футболист)}} ([[Omsk]])
}}

''Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2''
----
'''[[1985 Season's Cup]]''', consisted out of two games

{{footballbox
|date=1985-07-30
|time=
|team1='''[[Zenit Leningrad]]'''
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19850730000 Report]
|score=2 &ndash; 1
|team2=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|goals1=[[Boris Pozdnyakov|Pozdnyakov]] {{goal|33|o.g.}}<br>[[Yuriy Gerasimov|Gerasimov]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2=[[Renat Ataulin|Ataulin]] {{goal|5}}
|stadium=[[Leningrad]], [[Kirov Stadium]]
|attendance=31,000
|referee= [[Velodi Miminoshvili|V.Miminoshvili]] ([[Tbilisi]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date=1985-08-05
|time=
|team1=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|report=[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/other/prot.php?id=19850805000 Report]
|score=0 &ndash; 1
|team2=[[Zenit Leningrad]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Vyacheslav Melnikov (footballer, born 1954)|Melnikov]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium=[[Moscow]], [[Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) (1928)|Dynamo Stadium]]
|attendance=12,200
|referee= [[Myroslav Stupar|M.Stupar]] ([[Ivano-Frankivsk]])
}}

''Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1''
----
'''1986 USSR Super Cup'''

{{footballbox
|date=1986-4-11
|time=
|team1='''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''
|report=[http://footballfacts.ru/matches/580625-dinamo-kiev-shahtyor-doneck-22 Report]
|score=2 &ndash; 2
|aet=yes
|team2=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|goals1=[[Oleksandr Shcherbakov|Shcherbakov]] {{goal|73}}<br>[[Vadym Yevtushenko|Yevtushenko]] {{goal|118}}
|goals2=[[Mykhaylo Sokolovsky|Sokolovsky]] {{goal|54}}<br>[[Serhiy Kravchenko (footballer, born 1956)|Kravchenko]] {{goal|117}}
|stadium=[[Kyiv]], [[NSC Olimpiyskiy|Republican Stadium]]
|attendance=65,300 
|referee= [[Aleksei Spirin|A.Spirin]] ([[Moscow]])
|penaltyscore = 3–1
|penalties1   = 
* [[Anatoliy Demyanenko|Demyanenko]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Baltacha]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Vadym Yevtushenko|Yevtushenko]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Pavlo Yakovenko|Yakovenko]] {{penmiss}}
|penalties2   = 
* {{pengoal}} [[Serhiy N. Morozov|Morozov]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Oleksiy Varnavskyi|Varnavsky]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Serhiy Kravchenko (footballer, born 1956)|Kravchenko]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Viktor Hrachov|Grachev]]
}}
----
'''1987 USSR Super Cup'''

{{footballbox
|date=1987-5-18
|time=
|team1=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|report=[http://footballfacts.ru/matches/205829-torpedo-moskva-dinamo-kiev-11 Report]
|score=1 &ndash; 1
|aet=yes
|team2='''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''
|goals1=[[Oleg Shirinbekov|Shirinbekov]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2=[[Igor Belanov|Belanov]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium=[[Moscow]], [[Luzhniki Stadium|Lenin's Central Stadium]]
|attendance=30,000 
|referee= [[Ivan Timoshenko (referee)|Ivan Timoshenko]] ([[Rostov-na-Donu]])
|penaltyscore = 4–5
|penalties1   = 
* [[Dmitri Kharine|Kharine]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Aleksandr Polukarov|Polukarov]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Vladimir Kobzev|Kobzev]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Oleg Shirinbekov|Shirinbekov]] {{penmiss}}
* [[Sergey Agashkov|Agashkov]] {{pengoal}}
|penalties2   = 
* {{pengoal}} [[Igor Belanov|Belanov]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Anatoliy Demyanenko|Demyanenko]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Baltacha]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Oleg Blokhin|Blokhin]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Volodymyr Bezsonov|Bessonov]]
}}
----
'''1988 USSR Super Cup'''

{{footballbox
|date=1988-3-1
|time=
|team1=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|report=[ Report]
|score=suspended
|aet=
|team2=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Chișinău]], [[Stadionul Republican|Republican Stadium]]
|attendance= 
|referee= 
|penaltyscore = 
|penalties1   =

|penalties2   =

}}
----
'''1989 USSR Super Cup'''

{{footballbox
|date=1989-3-1
|time=
|team1='''[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]'''
|report=[http://footballfacts.ru/matches/580626-dnepr-dnepr-metallist-harkov-31 Report]
|score=3 &ndash; 1
|aet=yes
|team2=[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metallist Kharkov]]
|goals1=[[Yevhen Shakhov (footballer, born 1962)|Shakhov]] {{goal|64|pen}}<br>[[Eduard Son|Son]] {{goal|97}}<br>[[Volodymyr Lyutyi|Lyuty]] {{goal|103}}
|goals2=[[Guram Adzhoyev (footballer, born 1961)|Adzhoyev]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium=[[Sochi]], [[Sochi Central Stadium|Central Stadium]]
|attendance=1,500 
|referee= [[Aleksandr Kirillov|A.Kirillov]] ([[Moscow]])
|penaltyscore = 
|penalties1   =

|penalties2   =

}}
----

==Winners by year==
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- align=center style="background:#efefef;"
!Year
!Location
!Winner
!Score
!Runner-up
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1977
|[[Tbilisi]], {{flag|Georgian SSR|name=Georgia}}
|'''{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|'''1 – 0'''
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1981
|[[Simferopol]], {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|name=Ukraine}}
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|'''1 – 1''' (aet)<br>'''5 – 4''' (penalties)
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1984
|Leg 1: [[Donetsk]], {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|name=Ukraine}}<br>Leg 2: [[Dnipropetrovsk]], {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|name=Ukraine}}
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|Leg 1: '''2 – 1'''<br>Leg 2: '''1 – 1'''
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1985
|Leg 1: [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], {{flag|Russian SFSR|name=Russia}}<br>Leg 2: [[Moscow]], {{flag|Russian SFSR|name=Russia}}
|'''{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|Leg 1: '''2 – 1'''<br>Leg 2: '''1 – 0'''
|'''{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1986
|[[Kiev]], {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|name=Ukraine}}
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|'''2 – 2''' (aet)<br>'''3 – 1''' (penalties)
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]'''<br />''(qualified as losing cup finalist)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1987
|[[Moscow]], {{flag|Russian SFSR|name=Russia}}
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|'''1 – 1''' (aet)<br>'''5 – 4''' (penalties)
|'''{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1988
|[[Chișinău]], {{flag|Moldavian SSR|name=Moldavia}}
|
|'''ppd''' 
|
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1989
|[[Sochi]], {{flag|Russian SFSR|name=Russia}}
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]'''<br />''(qualified as league winner)''
|'''3 – 1''' (aet)
|'''{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]'''<br />''(qualified as cup winner)''
|}

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

!Club
!Republic
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Years won
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|UKR
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|1981, 1986, 1987
|-
|[[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|UKR
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|1984
|-
|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|UKR
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|1988
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|RUS
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|1977
|-
|[[Zenit Leningrad]]
|RUS
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|1985
|-
|[[Metalist Kharkiv]]
|UKR
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
|[[Torpedo Moscow]]
|RUS
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|
|-
!Total
!
!7
!7
!
|}

==Performance by republic==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: left;"
|-
!width=15%|Republic
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Winning clubs
|-
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (3), [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] (1), [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|2 
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] (1), [[Zenit Leningrad]] (1)
|-
!Total
!7
!7
!
|}

==See also==
National super cups of former Soviet republics:
*{{flagicon|ARM}} [[Armenian Supercup]]
*{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Azerbaijan Supercup]]
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarusian Super Cup]]
*{{flagicon|EST}} [[Estonian Supercup]]
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Georgian Super Cup]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan Super Cup]]
*{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvian Supercup]]
*{{flagicon|LIT}} [[Lithuanian Supercup]]
*{{flagicon|MDA}} [[Moldovan Super Cup]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russian Super Cup]]
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukrainian Super Cup]]
* [[Super Cup of Champions]]

==References==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrsupcuphist.html USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Super Cup Finals], rsssf.com. Accessed on June 9, 2006.
* [http://www.nevskoevremya.spb.ru/cgi-bin/pl/nv.pl?art=140716454 Well Forgotten Past], nevskoevremya.spb.ru. Accessed on June 9, 2006.{{Dead url|date=February 2024}}

===Notes===
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