Soviet Super Cup
Founded1977 (introduced)
Abolished1989
RegionSoviet Union
Number of teams2
Last championsDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Most successful club(s)Dynamo Kyiv
(3 titles)

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.

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 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

1977 Season's Cup

Dinamo Moscow1 – 0Dinamo Kiev
Minayev 54' Report
Tbilisi, Lenin's Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: G.Bakanidze (Tbilisi)

1981 Season's Cup

Dinamo Kiev1 – 1
5 – 4 (pen.) (a.e.t.)		Shakhter Donetsk
Boiko 41'
Penalties:
 Report Kravchenko 52'
Penalties:
Simferopol, Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: unknown
Referee: A.Mushkovets (Moscow)

1984 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games

Shakhter Donetsk2 – 1Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Vyshnevsky 54' (o.g.)
Morozov 54'		 Report Litovchenko 40'
Donetsk, Shakhtar Stadium
Attendance: 32,840
Referee: V.Butenko (Moscow)
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk1 – 1Shakhter Donetsk
Fedorenko 70'
Litovchenko Red card		 Report Sokolovsky 89'
Pokidin Red card
Dnipropetrovsk, Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: V.Kuznetsov [ru] (Omsk)

Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2

1985 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games

Zenit Leningrad2 – 1Dinamo Moscow
Pozdnyakov 33' (o.g.)
Gerasimov 71'		 Report Ataulin 5'
Leningrad, Kirov Stadium
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: V.Miminoshvili (Tbilisi)
Dinamo Moscow0 – 1Zenit Leningrad
Report Melnikov 20'
Moscow, Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 12,200
Referee: M.Stupar (Ivano-Frankivsk)

Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1

1986 USSR Super Cup

Dinamo Kiev2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Shakhter Donetsk
Shcherbakov 73'
Yevtushenko 118'		 Report Sokolovsky 54'
Kravchenko 117'
Penalties
 3–1
Kiev, Republican Stadium
Attendance: 65,300
Referee: A.Spirin (Moscow)

1987 USSR Super Cup

Torpedo Moscow1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Dinamo Kiev
Shirinbekov 47' Report Belanov 81'
Penalties
 4–5
Moscow, Lenin's Central Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-na-Donu)

1988 USSR Super Cup

Spartak MoscowsuspendedDinamo Kiev
[ Report]
Kishenev, Republican Stadium

1989 USSR Super Cup

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk3 – 1 (a.e.t.)Metallist Kharkov
Shakhov 64' (pen)
Son 97'
Lyuty 103'		 Report Adzhoyev 62'
Sochi, Central Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: A.Kirillov (Moscow)

Winners by year

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1977 Tbilisi,  Georgia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner) 		1 – 0 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner)
1981 Simferopol,  Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner) 		1 – 1 (aet)
5 – 4 (penalties) 		Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as cup winner)
1984 Leg 1: Donetsk,  Ukraine
Leg 2: Dnipropetrovsk,  Ukraine 		Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as cup winner) 		Leg 1: 2 – 1
Leg 2: 1 – 1 		Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(qualified as league winner)
1985 Leg 1: Leningrad,  Russia
Leg 2: Moscow,  Russia 		Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad
(qualified as league winner) 		Leg 1: 2 – 1
Leg 2: 1 – 0 		Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner)
1986 Kiev,  Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner) 		2 – 2 (aet)
3 – 1 (penalties) 		Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk
(qualified as losing cup finalist)
1987 Moscow,  Russia Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv
(qualified as league winner) 		1 – 1 (aet)
5 – 4 (penalties) 		Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow
(qualified as cup winner)
1988 Chisinau,  Moldavia ppd
1989 Sochi,  Russia Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
(qualified as league winner) 		3 – 1 (aet) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv
(qualified as cup winner)

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:

References

Notes

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Russian: Кубок сезона, romanized: Kubok sezona, Ukrainian: Кубок сезону, romanized: Kubok sezonu
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