1983 Soviet Cup

1983 Cup of USSR in Football

Кубок СССР
Tournament details
Country	Soviet Union
Defending champions	Dinamo Kiev
Final positions
Champions	Shakhter Donetsk
Runner-up	Metallist Kharkov

The 1983 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Shakhter Donetsk qualified for the continental tournament.

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

All games took place on February 19, 1983.

Daugava Riga	1:2	Dinamo Kirov
Guria Lanchkhuti	0:0	Fakel Voronezh	(a.e.t.), (6–5 p)
Iskra Smolensk	2:0	Zaria Voroshilovgrad	(in Moscow)
Kairat Alma-Ata	2:0	Kuzbass Kemerovo
Kolos Nikopol	1:0	Tekstilschik Ivanovo
Kuban Krasnodar	3:0	Dnepr Mogilev
Pamir Dushanbe	0:1	Rotor Volgograd	(a.e.t.)
Tavria Simferopol	1:0	SKA Karpaty Lvov
Zvezda Dzhizzak	0:1	Lokomotiv Moscow
SKA Khabarovsk	+:–	Shinnik Yaroslavl
SKA Rostov-na-Donu	+:–	Metallurg Zaporozhie

Second preliminary round

The base game day was February 24, 1983

Chernomorets Odessa	1:0	Kolos Nikopol
Dinamo Kirov	0:0	Ararat Yerevan	(a.e.t.), (4–5 p) (in Sochi)
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	2:0	Lokomotiv Moscow
Metallist Kharkov	0:0	Kairat Alma-Ata	(a.e.t.), (6–5 p) (in Sochi)
Neftchi Baku	1:1	CSKA Moscow	(a.e.t.), (3–4 p)
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2:1	SKA Khabarovsk
Rotor Volgograd	1:0	Dinamo Tbilisi
SKA Rostov-na-Donu	3:2	Dinamo Minsk
Spartak Moscow	3:2	Tavria Simferopol	(a.e.t.)
Torpedo Moscow	1:0	Guria Lanchkhuti	(in Adler)
Dinamo Moscow	1:0	Kuban Krasnodar	(February 25, 1983)
Nistru Kishinev	0:2	Torpedo Kutaisi	(February 25, 1983)
Shakhter Donetsk	3:0	Zhalgiris Vilnius	(in Sochi, February 25, 1983)
Zenit Leningrad	3:0	Iskra Smolensk	(February 25, 1983)

Round of 16

The base game day was March 3, 1983

Ararat Yerevan	2:4	Metallist Kharkov	(in Oktemberyan)
Chernomorets Odessa	0:2	Zenit Leningrad
CSKA Moscow	2:1	SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	3:1	Torpedo Moscow
Pakhtakor Tashkent	0:1	Dinamo Moscow
Spartak Moscow	2:3	Shakhter Donetsk	(a.e.t.)
Torpedo Kutaisi	3:2	Rotor Volgograd	(a.e.t.) (in Samtredia)

Quarterfinals

The base game day was March 11, 1983

Metallist Kharkov	0:0	Torpedo Kutaisi	(a.e.t.), (4–3 p)
Zenit Leningrad	3:1	Dinamo Kiev
CSKA Moscow	2:1	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	(March 12, 1983)
Dinamo Moscow	1:3	Shakhter Donetsk	(a.e.t.) (in Tashkent, March 12, 1983)

Semifinals

The base game day was March 19, 1983

CSKA Moscow	0:1	Metallist Kharkov	(a.e.t.)
Shakhter Donetsk	1:1	Zenit Leningrad	(a.e.t.), (4–2 p)

Final

Main article: 1983 Soviet Cup Final

8 May 1983

Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 0	Metalist Kharkiv
Yashchenko 23'	Report

Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Valeri Butenko (Moscow)

External links

• Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru
• 1983 Soviet Cup. Footballfacts.ru
• 1983 Soviet football season. RSSSF