Wikipedia / Soviet Super Cup
Wikipedia / Soviet Super Cup
The Soviet Super Cup, also known as the Season's Cup, 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 Soviet 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 Soviet 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 Soviet Super Cup took place in Sochi, Russia, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans.
Finals by year
1984 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3–2
1985 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1
1986 Soviet Super Cup
1987 Soviet Super Cup
1988 Soviet Super Cup
1989 Soviet Super Cup
Winners by year
Year | Location | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
1977 | Dynamo Moscow(qualified as cup winner) | 1 – 0 | Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner) | |
1981 | Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner) | 1 – 1 (aet)5 – 4 (penalties) | Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as cup winner) | |
1984 | Leg 1: Donetsk, Leg 2: Dnipropetrovsk, | Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as cup winner) | Leg 1: 2 – 1Leg 2: 1 – 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(qualified as league winner) |
1985 | Zenit Leningrad(qualified as league winner) | Leg 1: 2 – 1Leg 2: 1 – 0 | Dynamo Moscow(qualified as cup winner) | |
1986 | Kiev, | Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner) | 2 – 2 (aet)3 – 1 (penalties) | Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as losing cup finalist) |
1987 | Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner) | 1 – 1 (aet)5 – 4 (penalties) | Torpedo Moscow(qualified as cup winner) | |
1988 | ppd | |||
1989 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(qualified as league winner) | 3 – 1 (aet) | Metalist Kharkiv(qualified as cup winner) |
Performance by club
Club | Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Years won |
UKR | 3 | 1 | 1981, 1986, 1987 | |
UKR | 1 | 2 | 1984 | |
UKR | 1 | 1 | 1988 | |
RUS | 1 | 1 | 1977 | |
RUS | 1 | 0 | 1985 | |
UKR | 0 | 1 | ||
RUS | 0 | 1 | ||
Total | 7 | 7 |
Performance by republic
Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs |
5 | 5 | Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) | |
2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1) | |
Total | 7 | 7 |
See also
National super cups of former Soviet republics:
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.
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