1979 Soviet Cup

1979 Cup of USSR in Football

Кубок СССР
Country	Soviet Union
Defending champions	Dinamo Kiev
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi
Runners-up	Dinamo Moscow
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the continental tournament.

Competition schedule[]

Group stage[]

Games took place between February 28 – March 14, 1979.

Group 1[]

[Tbilisi, Rustavi]
1.Dinamo Tbilisi            5   5  0  0  14- 2  10  Qualified 
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2.Torpedo Kutaisi           5   4  0  1   7- 5   8 
3.SKA Rostov-na-Donu        5   3  0  2   9- 8   6 
4.UralMash Sverdlovsk       5   2  0  3   4- 4   4 
5.Dinamo Leningrad          5   0  1  4   2- 6   1 
6.Zarya Voroshilovgrad      5   0  1  4   5-16   1 

Group 2[]

[Leselidze, Eshera, Kudepsta]
1.Dinamo Kiev               5   3  2  0   7- 1   8  Qualified 
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2.Iskra Smolensk            5   3  0  2   5- 4   6 
3.Dinamo Minsk              5   2  1  2   6- 3   5 
4.Spartak Orjonikidze       5   2  1  2   4- 3   5 
5.Zenit Leningrad           5   2  1  2   2- 5   5 
6.Nistru Kishinev           5   0  1  4   0- 8   1

Group 3[]

[Dushanbe, Kurgan-Tyube, Nurek]
1.Pamir Dushanbe            5   5  0  0  10- 2  10  Qualified 
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2.Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk      5   3  1  1  10- 4   7 
3.Pahtakor Tashkent         5   2  2  1   4- 2   6 
4.Shakhtyor Donetsk         5   2  1  2   5- 5   5 
5.Alga Frunze               5   0  1  4   0- 7   1 
6.Traktor Pavlodar          5   0  1  4   1-10   1

Group 4[]

[Chimkent]
1.Dinamo Moskva             5   5  0  0  11- 0  10  Qualified 
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2.Kayrat Alma-Ata           5   3  0  2  11- 5   6 
3.Shinnik Yaroslavl         5   3  0  2   8- 7   6 
4.Metallist Kharkov         5   1  1  3   3- 4   3 
5.Avtomobilist Termez       5   1  1  3   3-12   3 
6.Kolhozchi Ashkhabad       5   0  2  3   1- 9   2

Group 5[]

[Sochi, Adler]
1.Spartak Moskva            5   4  1  0   8- 2   9  Qualified 
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2.Neftchi Baku              5   4  0  1   7- 3   8 
3.Zvezda Perm               5   2  0  3   6- 6   4 
4.SKA Odessa                5   2  0  3   3- 5   4 
5.Terek Grozny              5   1  1  3   4- 7   3 
6.Mashuk Pyatigorsk         5   1  0  4   2- 7   2

Group 6[]

[Adler, Hosta]
1.CSKA Moskva               5   4  1  0   9- 0   9  Qualified 
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2.Lokomotiv Moskva          5   3  1  1   7- 1   7 
3.Kuban Krasnodar           5   1  3  1   3- 2   5 
4.Guria Lanchkhuti          5   1  2  2   3- 6   4 
5.Metallurg Zaporozhye      5   1  1  3   2- 6   3 
6.Spartak Nalchik           5   0  2  3   2-11   2

Group 7[]

[Yerevan]
1.Karpaty Lvov              5   4  1  0   8- 3   9  Qualified 
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2.Chernomorets Odessa       5   3  2  0   5- 2   8 
3.Ararat Yerevan            5   3  0  2   6- 2   6 
4.Kolos Nikopol             5   1  1  3   4- 5   3 
5.Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk   5   1  1  3   3- 6   3 
6.Žalgiris Vilnius          5   0  1  4   2-10   1

Group 8[]

[Simferopol, Yevpatoria]
1.Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev  5   3  1  1   6- 4   7  Qualified 
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2.Tavria Simferopol         5   3  1  1   7- 4   7 
3.Torpedo Moskva            5   2  1  2   4- 3   5 
4.Fakel Voronezh            5   2  0  3   6- 6   4 
5.Shakhtyor Karaganda       5   2  0  3   5- 9   4 
6.Kuzbass Kemerovo          5   1  1  3   3- 5   3

Play-off stage[]

Quarterfinals[]

[Mar 20] 
Dinamo Kiev             0-1  CSKA Moskva               [in Mukachevo] 
  [Alexandr Kolpovskiy 28. Att: 25,000] 
DINAMO Moskva           3-0  Spartak Moskva            [in Chimkent] 
  [Nikolai Latysh 33, Alexei Petrushin 57, Alexandr Maksimenkov 63. Att: 25,000] 
DINAMO Tbilisi          2-0  Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev  
  [Vakhtang Koridze 10, Manuchar Machaidze 57. Att: 50,000] 
KARPATY Lvov            3-1  Pamir Dushanbe 
  [Stepan Yurchishin 14, 31, 43 - Viktor Raimjanov 90. Att: 45,000] 

Semifinals[]

[Jun 9] 
CSKA Moskva             1-2  DINAMO Tbilisi      [aet] 
  [Alexandr Chivadze (D) 23 og – Vitaliy Daraselia 73, David Kipiani 92] 
[Jun 10] 
DINAMO Moskva           2-1  Karpaty Lvov        [aet] 
  [Valeriy Gazzayev 17, Alexandr Minayev 108 – Yuriy Bondarenko 88 pen. Att: 17,000] 

Final[]

External links[]

• Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru
• 1979 Soviet Cup. Footballfacts.ru
• 1979 Soviet football season. RSSSF