Soviet Super Cup
Founded | 1977 (introduced) |
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Region | Soviet Union |
Number of teams | 2 |
Current champions | defunct |
Most successful club(s) | Dynamo Kyiv (3 titles) |
The USSR Super Cup, or Season's Cup (Russian: Кубок сезона) 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.
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.
Finals by year
Dinamo Moscow | 1 – 0 | Dinamo Kiev |
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Minayev ![]() |
Report |
Dinamo Kiev | 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 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
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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
Dinamo Kiev | 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.) | Dinamo Kiev |
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Shirinbekov ![]() |
Report | Belanov ![]() |
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
1988 USSR Super Cup
Spartak Moscow | suspended | Dinamo Kiev |
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[ Report] |
1989 USSR Super Cup
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Metallist Kharkov |
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Shakhov ![]() Son ![]() Lyuty ![]() |
Report | Adzhoyev ![]() |
Winners by year
Year | 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 | Chisinau, ![]() |
ppd | ||
1989 | Sochi, ![]() |
![]() (qualified as league winner) |
3 – 1 (aet) | ![]() (qualified as cup winner) |
Performance by club
Club | 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 |
Performance by republic
Republic | Winners | Runners-Up | Winning Clubs |
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5 | 5 | Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) |
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2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1) |
See also
National super cups of former Soviet republics:
Armenian Supercup
Azerbaijan Supercup
Belarusian Super Cup
Estonian Supercup
Georgian Super Cup
Kazakhstan Super Cup
Lithuanian Supercup
Moldovan Super Cup
Russian Super Cup
Ukrainian Super Cup
- Super Cup of Champions
References
- 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.