1981 Soviet Cup

1981 Cup of USSR in Football
Кубок СССР
Tournament details
Country Soviet Union
DatesFebruary 20 – May 9
Teams48
Defending championsShakhter Donetsk
Final positions
ChampionsSKA Rostov
Runner-upSpartak Moscow
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, SKA Rostov qualified for the continental tournament.

Participating teams

Enter in Grouped stage
1981 Vysshaya Liga
16/18 teams
1981 Pervaya Liga
24/24 teams
1981 Vtoraya Liga
6/161 teams

Green tickY Dinamo Kiev
Green tickY Dinamo Moscow
Green tickY Torpedo Moscow
Green tickY CSKA Moscow
Green tickY Shakhter Donetsk
Green tickY Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Green tickY Dinamo Minsk
Green tickY Neftchi Baku
Green tickY Chernomorets Odessa
Green tickY Kairat Alma-Ata
Green tickY Kuban Krasnodar
Green tickY Ararat Erevan
Green tickY Zenit Leningrad
Green tickY SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Green tickY Tavria Simferopol
Green tickY Pakhtakor Tashkent

Green tickY Metallist Kharkov
Green tickY FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Green tickY Lokomotiv Moscow
Green tickY Shinnik Yaroslavl
Green tickY Kolos Nikopol
Green tickY Zalgiris Vilnius
Green tickY Iskra Smolensk
Green tickY Nistru Kishenev
Green tickY Pamir Dushambe
Green tickY Fakel Voronezh
Green tickY Karpaty Lvov
Green tickY Spartak Kostroma
Green tickY Metallurg Zaporozhye
Green tickY Guria Lanchkhuti
Green tickY Zaria Voroshilovgrad
Green tickY SKA Odessa
Green tickY SKA Kiev
Green tickY Buston Dzhizak
Green tickY SKA Khabarovsk
Green tickY Prikarpatie Ivano-Frankovsk
Green tickY Spartak Ordzhonikidze
Green tickY Kuzbass Kemerovo
Green tickY Dinamo Stavropol
Green tickY Traktor Pavlodar

Green tickY Khimik Grodno
Green tickY Lokomotiv Samtredia
Green tickY Torpedo Togliatti
Green tickY Dinamo Samarkand
Green tickY Dinamo Barnaul
Green tickY Rotor Volgograd

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Notes
  • Spartak Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi received byes through the Round of 16.

Competition schedule

Group stage

Games took place between February 20 – March 5, 1981.

Group 1

[Uzhgorod, Mukachevo]
1.Dinamo Kiev                  5   4  1  0   9- 1   9  Qualified 
2.Kayrat Alma-Ata              5   3  0  2   8- 4   6  Qualified 
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3.Karpaty Lvov                 5   2  2  1   8- 4   6 
4.Prikarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk  5   1  3  1   1- 1   5 
5.Nistru Kishinev              5   1  2  2   3- 6   4 
6.Khimik Grodno                5   0  0  5   1-14   0

Group 2

[Sochi, Adler]
1.Shakhtar Donetsk            4   3  1  0   6- 2   7  Qualified 
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2.Metallurg Zaporozhye         4   2  1  1   6- 2   5  
3.Kuzbass Kemerovo             4   2  1  1   2- 2   5 
4.Kuban Krasnodar              4   1  1  2   4- 5   3 
5.Lokomotiv Samtredia          4   0  0  4   0- 7   0

Group 3

[Leningrad]
1.Zenit Leningrad              5   3  1  1  18- 9   7  Qualified 
2.Iskra Smolensk               5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified 
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3.Neftchi Baku                 5   2  2  1   9- 8   6 
4.Torpedo Kutaisi              5   1  3  1   5-11   5 
5.Zarya Voroshilovgrad         5   1  2  2   6- 7   4 
6.SKA Khabarovsk               5   0  1  4   3-10   1

Group 4

[Kislovodsk, Lermontov]
1.Dinamo Minsk                 4   2  2  0   4- 1   6  Qualified 
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2.Spartak Orjonikidze          4   1  3  0   4- 2   5  
3. Guria Lanchkhuti             4   0  4  0   4- 4   4 
4.Dinamo Stavropol             4   0  3  1   2- 3   3 
5.Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk         4   0  2  2   3- 7   2

Group 5

[Moskva]
1.Dinamo Moskva                5   4  1  0   9- 2   9  Qualified 
2.CSKA Moskva                  5   4  0  1  13- 4   8  Qualified 
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3.Žalgiris Vilnius             5   3  1  1  10- 7   7 
4.Shinnik Yaroslavl            5   2  0  3   7- 6   4 
5.Torpedo Togliatti            5   1  0  4   4-12   2 
6.SKA Kiev                     5   0  0  5   1-13   0

Group 6

[Dushanbe, Nurek, Kurgan-Tyube]
1.Pamir Dushanbe               5   4  1  0   8- 1   9  Qualified 
2.SKA Rostov-na-Donu           5   3  0  2   4- 4   6  Qualified 
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3.Pahtakor Tashkent            5   2  2  1   3- 2   6 
4.Dinamo Samarkand             5   1  2  2   4- 6   4 
5.Buston Jizak                 5   1  1  3   2- 5   3 
6.Traktor Pavlodar             5   1  0  4   4- 7   2

Group 7

[Sevastopol, Yalta]
1.Chernomorets Odessa          5   4  0  1  10- 5   8  Qualified
2.Lokomotiv Moskva             5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified  
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3.Tavria Simferopol            5   3  0  2   8- 5   6 
4.Kolos Nikopol                5   3  0  2   9- 7   6 
5.Fakel Voronezh               5   1  1  3   5- 9   3 
6.Dinamo Barnaul               5   0  0  5   4-14   0

Group 8

[Yerevan, Oktemberyan]
1.Metallist Kharkov            5   4  0  1   8- 2   8  Qualified 
2.Ararat Yerevan               5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified 
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3.SKA Odessa                   5   3  0  2   6- 6   6 
4.Torpedo Moskva               5   2  1  2   6- 5   5 
5.Spartak Kostroma             5   1  0  4   1- 5   2 
6.Rotor Volgograd              5   1  0  4   4-11   2

Play-off stage

Round of 16

[Mar 12] 
ARARAT Yerevan          2-1  Dinamo Tbilisi      [aet] 
  [Andranik Khachatryan 2, Ashot Saakyan 95 – Ramaz Shengelia 22. Att: 37,000] 
CHERNOMORETS Odessa     1-0  CSKA Moskva 
  [Vasiliy Ishchak 39. Att: 18,000] 
DINAMO Kiev             3-0  Kayrat Alma-Ata     [in Uzhgorod] 
  [Vladimir Bessonov 17, Oleg Blokhin 37 pen, Alexandr Kokorev (K) 80 og. Att: 5,500] 
DINAMO Minsk            1-0  Pamir Dushanbe      [in Leningrad] 
  [Yuriy Kurnenin 24 pen. Att: 2,000] 
SKA Rostov-na-Donu      3-1  Iskra Smolensk 
  [Alexandr Vorobyov 53, Alexandr Zavarov 57, Viktor Kuznetsov 64 – 
   Vladimir Nikonov 7. Att: 10,000] 
SPARTAK Moskva          1-0  Shakhtyor Donetsk 
  [Sergei Shvetsov 61. Att: 25,000] 
Zenit Leningrad         0-2  DINAMO Moskva 
  [Alexandr Minayev 62, Nikolai Latysh 64] 
[Mar 13] 
Lokomotiv Moskva        2-2  METALLIST Kharkov   [pen 0-3] 
  [Vladimir Mukhanov 20, Yevgeniy Drozzhin 107 – Stanislav Bernikov 79, 
   Vladimir Linke 93. Att: 5,000]

Quarterfinals

[Mar 21] 
DINAMO Moskva           1-1  Chernomorets Odessa  [pen 4-2] 
  [Nikolai Latysh 48 – Vladimir Ustimchik 41. Att: 10,000] 
METALLIST Kharkov       1-0  Dinamo Minsk         [aet] 
  [Stanislav Bernikov 94. Att: 36,000] 
SKA Rostov-na-Donu      2-1  Ararat Yerevan       [aet] 
  [Viktor Kuznetsov 80, Igor Gamula 104 – Samvel Kasaboglyan 84. Att: 25,000] 
[Mar 22] 
SPARTAK Moskva          3-0  Dinamo Kiev 
  [Fyodor Cherenkov 22, Yevgeniy Sidorov 28, 36. Att: 35,000]

Semifinals

All games played on April 27
Dinamo Moskva           0-1  SKA Rostov-na-Donu 
  [Igor Gamula 8. Att: 5,200] 
Metallist Kharkov       0-0  SPARTAK Moskva      [pen 2-4] 
  [Att: 37,000]

Final

Spartak Moscow0 – 1SKA Rostov-on-Don
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