The Soviet Super Cup, also known as the Season's Cup, 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 Soviet 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.
In 1987, with Spartak Moscow winning league honors and Dynamo Kyiv winning the Soviet 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 Soviet Super Cup took place in Sochi, Russia, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans.
Finals by year
1977 Season's Cup
1981 Season's Cup
1984 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3–2
1985 Season's Cup, consisted of two games
Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1
1986 Soviet Super Cup
1987 Soviet Super Cup
1988 Soviet Super Cup
1989 Soviet Super Cup
Winners by year YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up1977Tbilisi, Dynamo Moscow(qualified as cup winner)1 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner)1981Simferopol, Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner)1 – 1 (aet)5 – 4 (penalties) Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as cup winner)1984Leg 1: Donetsk, Leg 2: Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as cup winner)Leg 1: 2 – 1Leg 2: 1 – 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(qualified as league winner)1985Leg 1: Leningrad, Leg 2: Moscow, Zenit Leningrad(qualified as league winner)Leg 1: 2 – 1Leg 2: 1 – 0 Dynamo Moscow(qualified as cup winner)1986Kiev, Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner)2 – 2 (aet)3 – 1 (penalties) Shakhtar Donetsk(qualified as losing cup finalist)1987Moscow, Dynamo Kyiv(qualified as league winner)1 – 1 (aet)5 – 4 (penalties) Torpedo Moscow(qualified as cup winner)1988Chișinău, ppd 1989Sochi, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(qualified as league winner)3 – 1 (aet) Metalist Kharkiv(qualified as cup winner)
Performance by club ClubRepublicWinnersRunners-upYears wonDynamo KyivUKR311981, 1986, 1987Shakhtar DonetskUKR121984Dnipro DnipropetrovskUKR111988Dynamo MoscowRUS111977Zenit LeningradRUS101985Metalist KharkivUKR01Torpedo MoscowRUS01Total77
Performance by republic Republic Winners Runners-up Winning clubs 55Dynamo Kyiv (3), Shakhtar Donetsk (1), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) 22 Dynamo Moscow (1), Zenit Leningrad (1)Total77
See also National super cups of former Soviet republics: Armenian Supercup Azerbaijan Supercup Belarusian Super Cup Estonian Supercup Georgian Super Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup Latvian Supercup Lithuanian Supercup Moldovan Super Cup Russian Super Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Super Cup of Champions
References USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Super Cup Finals, rsssf.com. Accessed on June 9, 2006. Well Forgotten Past, nevskoevremya.spb.ru. Accessed on June 9, 2006.
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