The 1965–66 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The organization of the competition was confusing and some teams that were eliminated in qualification rounds still proceeded to the Final round which was taking place in 1966.
The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.
Participating teams
Enter in Final round
Enter in Qualification round
Class A
Class B
Group 1 19/19 teams
Y Dinamo Kiev Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Neftianik Baku Y Spartak Moscow Y CSKA Moscow Y Torpedo Moscow Y Dinamo Tbilisi Y Dinamo Moscow Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Ararat Yerevan Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Torpedo Kutaisi Y Zenit Leningrad Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev Y SKA Odessa
Group 2 51/53 teams
Y Zhalgiris Vilnius Y Tekstilschik Ivanovo Y Kuban Krasnodar YDinamo Kirovabad YRubin Kazan Y Daugava Riga Y Lokomotiv Tbilisi Y Terek Grozny YDinamo Batumi YSpartak Nalchik Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y Traktor Volgograd YDinamo Stavropol YBaltika Kaliningrad Y Spartak Gomel YShirak Leninakan Y Dinamo Tallinn
Y Zaria Lugansk Y SKA Kiev Y SKA Lvov Y Lokomotiv Vinnitsa Y Dinamo Leningrad Y Trud Voronezh Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Sokol Saratov Y Avangard Kharkov Y Volga Kalinin Y Tavriya Simferopol Y Avyntul Kishinev Y Karpaty Lvov Y Sudostoitel Nikolayev Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Volga Gorkiy Y Zvezda Kirovograd
Y Politodel Tashkent Oblast Y Shakhter Karaganda YStroitel Ufa Y Alga Frunze NLuch Vladivostok Y Uralmash Sverdlovsk Y Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk Y Stroitel Ashkhabad Y Energetik Dushanbe YTemp Barnaul YKuzbass Kemerovo NSKA Khabarovsk Y SKA Novosibirsk YTorpedo Tomsk YIrtysh Omsk YZvezda Perm YVostok Ust-Kamenogorsk YNeftianik Fergana
RSFSR I (1965 – 17/18)
Y Avtomobilist Leningrad Y Baltika Kaliningrad Y Lokomotiv Kaluga Y Granitas Klapeida Y Zvezda Serpukhov Y Dinamo Briansk Y Saturn Rybinsk Y Khimik Novomoskovsk Y Metallurg Tula N Onezhets Petrozavodsk Y Avangard Kolomna Y Metallurg Cherepovets Y Sever Murmansk Y Tekmash Kostroma Y Serp i Molot Moscow Y Zveiniyeks Liyepaya Y Iskra Smolensk Y Khimik Klin
RSFSR II (1965 – 17/19)
Y Spartak Ryazan Y Rubin Kazan Y Khimik Dzerzhinsk Y Spartak Yoshkar-Ola Y Zenit Izhevsk Y Znamia Noginsk Y Uralets Nizhniy Tagil Y Zvezda Perm N Neftianik Bugulma Y Dinamo Kirov Y Znamia Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo Y Torpedo Pavlovo Y Traktor Vladimir Y Khimik Berezniki Y Salyut Kamensk-Uralskiy Y Progress Zelenodolsk Y Neftianik Tyumen Y Kovrovets Kovrov N Energiya Cheboksary
RSFSR III (1965 – 18/19)
N Sokol Saratov Y Torpedo Armavir Y Volgar Astrakhan Y Torpedo Lipetsk Y Trudovye Rezervy Kursk Y Volga Ulyanovsk Y Spartak Belgorod Y Spartak Oryol Y Torpedo Taganrog Y Metallurg Kuibyshev Y Energiya Volzhskiy Y Spartak Tambov Y Neftianik Syzran Y Progress Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy Y Spartak Saransk Y Trud Toliatti Y Shakhter Shakhty Y Energiya Novocherkassk Y Trud Penza
RSFSR IV (1965 – 20/21)
Y Spartak Nalchik Y Dinamo Baku Y Dinamo Kirovabad Y Tsement Novorossiysk Y Dinamo Sukhumi Y Shirak Leninakan Y Urozhai Maikop Y Kolkhida Poti Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Dinamo Batumi Y Meshakhte Tkibuli Y Lori Kirovakan Y Inguri Zugdidi Y Dinamo Makhachkala Y Alazani Gurdzhaani N Lernagorts Kafan Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Trudovye Rezervy Kislovodsk Y Metallurg Rustavi Y Polad Sumgait Y Sevan Oktemberyan
RSFSR V (1965 – 20/20)
Y Irtysh Omsk Y Neftianik Fergana Y Stroitel Ufa Y Metallurg Magnitogorsk Y Pamir Leninabad Y Metallist Dzhambul Y Khimik Chirchik Y Dinamo Tselinograd Y Lokomotiv Orenburg Y Zarafshan Navoi Y Metallurg Chimkent Y Khimik Salavat Y Trud Kurgan Y Spartak Andizhan Y Spartak Samarkand Y Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast Y Shakhter Osh Y Torpedo Miass Y Zakhmed Chardzhou Y Metallurg Zlatoust
RSFSR VI (1965 – 19/19)
Y Luch Vladivostok Y Torpedo Tomsk Y Temp Barnaul Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk Y Armeyets Ulan-Ude Y Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure Y Zabaikalets Chita Y Start Angarsk Y Angara Irkutsk Y Khimik Kemerovo Y Irtysh Pavlodar Y Amur Blagoveschensk Y Sibselmash Novosibirsk Y Shakhter Prokopyevsk Y Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk Y Torpedo Rubtsovsk Y Metallurg Novokuznetsk Y Tsementnik Semipalatinsk
Ukraine (1965 – 3)
Y Avangard Ternopol Y Desna Chernigov Y Lokomotiv Kherson
Central Asia and Kazakhstan (19/19)
YPamir Leninabad YMetallurg Chimkent YDinamo Tselinograd YZarafshan Navoi Y Metallurg Temirtau YKhimik Chirchik YSverdlovets Tashkent Oblast Y ADK Alma-Ata YSpartak Andizhan YMetallist Dzhambul YShakhter Osh Y Pakhtaaral Syrdarya Oblast Y Dimitrovets Tashkent Oblast YSpartak Samarkand YZakhmed Chardzhou Y Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube Y Metallurg Almalyk Y Vakhsh Nurek Y Bukhoro Bukhara
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Notes
The underlined are marked teams that entered the competition in 1966 for the second time, but initially in 1965 they competed as part of the 1965 Soviet Class B qualification (preliminary) stage within the RSFSR zones.
