Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

First Ukrainian SSR Cup on cover of the Soviet Union

Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Кубок УРСР з футболу) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were taken place in Ukrainian SSR in 1936–1991 and were predecessors of the Ukrainian Cup.^[1] The competition was originally called as a Football championship of UkrSSR among the best teams of sports societies in 1936 and 1937.^[1] The first cup was awarded in 1937 and starting since 1938, the competition was renamed as Football cup competitions of the Ukrainian SSR^[1] as it was commemorated on the Soviet envelope.

History[]

Unlike its replacement the Ukrainian Cup, the Cup of Ukrainian SSR involved participation of up to 40,000 clubs of different levels that strife for the republican accolades. The participation was allowed to everybody whether it was a team of the Soviet Top League or a team of some education institution as long as none of the players competed in the Soviet Cup simultaneously.

In 1939, 1940 and since 1949 no teams from the Soviet Top League participated in the competition. In 1959 the competition among teams of masters was replaced with competition for amateur clubs (see Ukrainian Amateur Cup).

In 1972 it was revived again for the next five seasons and one more time in 1990, while competition for physical fitness clubs at that time discontinued. The last winner FC Temp Shepetivka of the Soviet Ukrainian Cup was allowed to join the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991.

During the World War II, the crystal trophy, cup of the Ukrainian SSR, was not evacuated and was stolen by one of employees of the All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture.^[1] During the Nazi occupation of Kiev, the trophy appeared in a store of random things at Velyka Vasylkivska street and was spotted by Kiev footballers who stayed behind and played for a local team Rukh Kyiv.^[1] The athletes informed the municipal department of education and culture which in turn on 19 May 1942 wrote a letter to the administration of the antique store with a request to return them the Cup and inform the name of individual who pawned it in the store.^[1] It is unknown if the person who stole the trophy was ever found, but the Cup was returned.^[1] In such way the athletes who later labeled as "traitors" by the Soviet regime saved the trophy for Ukrainian football of post war period.^[1]

Finals[]

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1936	24 June 1936 18:00 (MST) Kiev – Balytskyi Stadium Attendance: 35,000	Dynamo Kyiv Viktor Shylovsky 7', 23', 53' Konstantin Shchegotsky 56' ?'	6 – 0 (2 – 0)	Dynamo Odessa ?' (own)
1937	18 May 1937 18:00 (MST) Kiev – Balytskyi Stadium Attendance: 25,000	Dynamo Kyiv 35' (own) Makar Honcharenko 53' Viktor Shylovsky 68' Mykola Makhynia 94', 103'	4 – 2 (0 – 1)	Dynamo Odessa 65' (pen.)
1938	15 October 1938 16:00 (MST) Kiev – Yezhov Stadium Attendance: 15,000	Dynamo Kyiv 27', 76' Viktor Shylovsky 84'	3 – 1 (1 – 0)	Lokomotyv Kyiv 73'
among amateur teams
1939	Kramatorsk	Avanhard Kramatorsk	2 – 0	Kharchovyk Odessa
1940	Dnipropetrovsk	Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk	2 – 2 (6 – 2 replay)
After World War II reestablished as all-Ukrainian competition
1944	Kiev	Dynamo Kyiv won the Final Group
1945	8 November 1945 ?:? (MST) Kiev – Dynamo Stadium Attendance: ?	Lokomotyv Kharkiv ?'	1 – 0 (0 – 0)	Dynamo Kyiv
1946	12 November 1946 14:30 (MST) Kiev – Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 20,000	Dynamo Kyiv Pavlo Vinkovatyi 42', 45'	2 – 0 (2 – 0)	Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1947	9 November 1947 14:00 (MST) Kiev – Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 12,000	Dynamo Kyiv 7', 10' 20' Pavlo Vinkovatyi 47' Pyotr Dementiev 49'	5 – 1 (3 – 1)	Kharchovyk Odesa 34'
1948	26 October 1948 15:00 (MST) Kiev – Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 7,000	Dynamo Kyiv Viktor Zhylin 16', 44' 46' Pavlo Vinkovatyi 78'	4 – 1 (2 – 0)	Bilshovyk Mukacheve 83' (pen.)
among amateur teams
1949	Kharkiv	VPS Kharkiv	5 – 1
1950	Kiev	Spartak Uzhhorod	4 – 2	Metalurh Zaporizhia
1951	Kiev	Metalurh Zaporizhia	4 – 0	BO Lviv
1952	Zaporizhia	Metalurh Zaporizhia	6 – 3	BO Lviv
1953	Kirovohrad	Torpedo Kirovohrad	3 – 1
1954	Kiev	Mashbud Kyiv	1 – 0, 3 – 1	OBO Kyiv
1955	Kiev	Mashbud Kyiv	2 – 1	Lokomotyv Artemivsk
1956	Kiev	Kolhospnyk Poltava	4 – 0	Mashbud Zaporizhia
1957	Kiev	SKMD Odessa	2 – 0	Kolhospnyk Rivne
1958	Ternopil		2 – 1 aet	Avanhard Ternopil
There were no competitions from 1959 till 1971. Ukrainian Amateur Cup established
1972	Kiev	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	1 – 0, aet	Shakhtar Donetsk
1973	Kiev	Zirka Kirovohrad	1 – 0	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1974	home/away basis	Tavriya Simferopol	2 – 0, 2 – 1	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
1975	home/away basis	Zirka Kirovohrad	2 – 0, 1 – 2	Tavriya Simferopol
1976	Horlivka	SKA Kyiv	2 – 0	Shakhtar Horlivka
There were no competitions from 1977 till 1989.
1990	home/away basis	Polissya Zhytomyr	4 – 0, 1 – 3	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
1991	home/away basis	Temp Shepetivka	1 – 1, 2 – 1	Veres Rivne

Performances[]

Team	Winners	Winning years	Runners-up	Runner-up years	Finals
Dynamo Kyiv	7	1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948	1	1945	8
Zirka Kirovohrad	3	1953, 1973, 1975	0	–	3
Metalurh Zaporizhia	2	1951, 1952	1	1950	3
Polissya Zhytomyr	2	1972, 1990	1	1974	3
Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv	2	1954, 1955	0	–	2
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	1	1945	2	1944, 1946	3
Tavriya Simferopol	1	1974	1	1975	2
SKA Kyiv	1	1976	1	1954	2
Avanhard Kramatorsk	1	1939	0	–	1
Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk	1	1940	0	–	1
VPS Kharkiv	1	1949	0	–	1
Spartak Uzhhorod	1	1950	0	–	1
Kolhospnyk Poltava	1	1956	0	–	1
SKVO Odessa	1	1957	0	–	1
	1	1958	0	–	1
Temp Shepetivka	1	1991	0	–	1
Dynamo Odessa	0	–	2	1936, 1937	2
Kharchovyk Odesa	0	–	2	1939, 1947	2
DO Lviv	0	–	2	1951, 1952	2
Veres Rivne	0	–	2	1957, 1991	2
Lokomotyv Kyiv	0	–	1	1938	1
	0	–	1	1940	1
Bilshovyk Mukacheve	0	–	1	1948	1
	0	–	1	1949	1
	0	–	1	1953	1
Lokomotyv Artemivsk	0	–	1	1955	1
Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia	0	–	1	1956	1
Avanhard Ternopil	0	–	1	1958	1
Shakhtar Donetsk	0	–	1	1972	1
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	0	–	1	1973	1
Shakhtar Horlivka	0	–	1	1976	1
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	0	–	1	1990	1

External links[]

Cup of the Ukrainian SSR at footballfacts.ru
The Bowl Contests of 80 years of age (Битви за Чашу вос��мидесятилітньої давнини) Archived 2017-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrainian Premier League. 11 May 2017.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kolomiyets, A. Did you know that Ukrainian cup competitions will soon turn 80 years of age? (А чи знаєте ви, що розіграшу Кубка України скоро виповниться 80 років?). Kiev Oblast Football Federation.

[kolomiyets-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kolomiyets, A. Did you know that Ukrainian cup competitions will soon turn 80 years of age? (А чи знаєте ви, що розіграшу Кубка України скоро виповниться 80 років?). Kiev Oblast Football Federation.

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v t Ukrainian Cup
Cup of the Ukrainian SSR	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1943: not held 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959–1971: not held 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977–1989: not held 1990 1991
Ukrainian Cup	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Finals	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Winners	Shakhtar Donetsk (13) Dynamo Kyiv (13) Chornomorets Odesa (2) Tavriya Simferopol (1) Vorskla Poltava (1)
Records and statistics Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup

v t Soviet Cup
Seasons	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–43 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959–60 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Finals	1936 1976 1979 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Republican cups	Russia Ukraine Azerbaijan
Soviet Amateur Cup