The USSR Super Cup,[a] also known as the Season's Cup,[b] 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.
Founded | 1977 (introduced) |
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Abolished | 1989 |
Region | Soviet Union |
Number of teams | 2 |
Last champions | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Most successful club(s) | Dynamo Kyiv (3 titles) |
History
editThe 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
editDinamo Moscow | 1 – 0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Minayev |
Report |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1 – 1 5 – 4 (pen.) (a.e.t.) | Shakhter Donetsk |
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Boiko Penalties: |
Report | Kravchenko Penalties: |
1984 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games
Shakhter Donetsk | 2 – 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Vyshnevsky Morozov |
Report | Litovchenko |
Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2
1985 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games
Zenit Leningrad | 2 – 1 | Dinamo Moscow |
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Pozdnyakov Gerasimov |
Report | Ataulin |
Dinamo Moscow | 0 – 1 | Zenit Leningrad |
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Report | Melnikov |
Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1
1986 USSR Super Cup
Dynamo Kyiv | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Shakhter Donetsk |
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Shcherbakov Yevtushenko |
Report | Sokolovsky Kravchenko |
Penalties | ||
3–1 |
1987 USSR Super Cup
Torpedo Moscow | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo Kyiv |
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Shirinbekov |
Report | Belanov |
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
1988 USSR Super Cup
Spartak Moscow | suspended | Dynamo Kyiv |
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[ Report] |
1989 USSR Super Cup
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Metallist Kharkov |
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Shakhov Son Lyuty |
Report | Adzhoyev |
Winners by year
editYear | Location | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1977 | Tbilisi, |
(qualified as cup winner) |
1 – 0 | (qualified as league winner) |
1981 | Simferopol, |
(qualified as league winner) |
1 – 1 (aet) 5 – 4 (penalties) |
(qualified as cup winner) |
1984 | Leg 1: Donetsk, Leg 2: Dnipropetrovsk, |
(qualified as cup winner) |
Leg 1: 2 – 1 Leg 2: 1 – 1 |
(qualified as league winner) |
1985 | Leg 1: Leningrad, Leg 2: Moscow, |
(qualified as league winner) |
Leg 1: 2 – 1 Leg 2: 1 – 0 |
(qualified as cup winner) |
1986 | Kiev, |
(qualified as league winner) |
2 – 2 (aet) 3 – 1 (penalties) |
(qualified as losing cup finalist) |
1987 | Moscow, |
(qualified as league winner) |
1 – 1 (aet) 5 – 4 (penalties) |
(qualified as cup winner) |
1988 | Chișinău, |
ppd | ||
1989 | Sochi, |
(qualified as league winner) |
3 – 1 (aet) | (qualified as cup winner) |
Performance by club
editClub | Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Years won |
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Dynamo Kyiv | UKR | 3 | 1 | 1981, 1986, 1987 |
Shakhtar Donetsk | UKR | 1 | 2 | 1984 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | UKR | 1 | 1 | 1988 |
Dynamo Moscow | RUS | 1 | 1 | 1977 |
Zenit Leningrad | RUS | 1 | 0 | 1985 |
Metalist Kharkiv | UKR | 0 | 1 | |
Torpedo Moscow | RUS | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 7 |
Performance by republic
editRepublic | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs |
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5 | 5 | Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) | |
2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1) | |
Total | 7 | 7 |
See also
editNational super cups of former Soviet republics:
References
edit- USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Super Cup Finals, rsssf.com. Accessed on June 9, 2006.
- Well Forgotten Past, nevskoevremya.spb.ru. Accessed on June 9, 2006.[dead link]
Notes
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Russian: Кубок сезона, romanized: Kubok sezona, Ukrainian: Кубок сезону, romanized: Kubok sezonu