Soviet Super Cup
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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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Finals by year
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 – 1 5 – 4 (pen.) (a.e.t.) | Shaktar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Boiko 41' | Kravchenko 52' | |
| Penalties | ||
| Yurchishin Blokhin Bessonov Baltacha Konkov | 5–4 | Sokolovsky Bondarenko Gorbunov Kravchenko Starukhin |
1984 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
|---|---|---|
| Vyshnevsky 54'(o.g.) Morozov 54' | Litovchenko 40' |
Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3–2
1985 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–1 | Dinamo Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Pozdnyakov 33'(o.g.) Gerasimov 71' | Ataulin 5' |
Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1
1986 Soviet Super Cup
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Shakhtar Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Shcherbakov 73' Yevtushenko 118' | Sokolovsky 54' Kravchenko 117' | |
| Penalties | ||
| Demyanenko Baltacha Yevtushenko Yakovenko | 3–1 | Morozov Varnavsky Kravchenko Grachev |
1987 Soviet Super Cup
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Shirinbekov 47' | Belanov 81' | |
| Penalties | ||
| Kharine Polukarov Kobzev Shirinbekov Agashkov | 4–5 | Belanov Demyanenko Baltacha Blokhin Bessonov |
1988 Soviet Super Cup
| Spartak Moscow | suspended | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
1989 Soviet Super Cup
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Metallist Kharkov |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhov 64'(pen.) Son 97' Lyuty 103' | Adzhoyev 62' |
Winners by year
Performance by club
| Club | Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian SSR | 5 | 5 | Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) |
| Russian SFSR | 2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1) |
| Total | 7 | 7 |
See also
National super cups of former Soviet republics:
- Armenia Armenian Supercup
- Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Supercup
- Belarus Belarusian Super Cup
- Estonia Estonian Supercup
- Georgia (country) Georgian Super Cup
- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Super Cup
- Latvia Latvian Supercup
- Lithuania Lithuanian Supercup
- Moldova Moldovan Super Cup
- Russia Russian Super Cup
- Ukraine Ukrainian Super Cup
- Super Cup of Champions
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