1990–91 Soviet Cup

The 1990–91 Soviet Cup was cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition CSKA Moscow qualified for the continental tournament. Teams from Lithuania and Georgia withdrew from all of the Soviet competitions.

1990–91 Cup of USSR in Football

Кубок СССР
Tournament details
Country	Soviet Union
Dates	April 14, 1990 – June 23, 1991
Defending champions	Dinamo Kiev
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Runner-up	Torpedo Moscow

Political background

Although Georgian teams withdrew from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union at the end of 1989, except for FC Dynamo Sukhumi due to the Russian occupation of Abkhazia (Abkhazia conflict), they were included in the cup competition and awarded technical losses.

The Lithuanian clubs, even though they have withdrawn from most of the Soviet Union competitions, competed at the 1990 Baltic League which was a temporary compromise between the Baltic states and the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, Lithuanian Zalgiris without its agreement was included in the competition and was awarded a technical loss.

In addition to Lithuanian and Georgian clubs Neftçi PFK which was eliminated by FC Rotor Volgograd on July 17, 1989, never again participated in the Soviet Cup thereafter.

Beside the Abkhazia conflict and the already ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh War in the Caucasus region, number of other places of the falling apart Soviet Union were engulfed in armed conflicts during the time span of the competition such as the Transnistrian War in late 1990 and the 1991 January Events in Lithuania.

In July of 1990, the New Union Treaty was proposed at the CPSU Congress.

Competition overview

Teams of the first and second leagues will begin the games of the 1/64 finals on April 14 using a system with elimination after the first defeat. If the match ends in a draw, then extra time is assigned - two halves of 15 minutes each. If extra time does not reveal the winner, then, in accordance with FIFA Regulations, the best team is determined using penalty kicks. In competitions for the USSR Cup, no more than three players are allowed to be replaced during the game.

All teams in the 1/64 finals are distributed by lot and the “home team” of the field received odd numbers, and in the 1/32 finals, the venues for the games are determined by the difference in receptions and departures between the meeting teams. Teams that have traveled in the previous round have an advantage. In case of equality of receptions and departures, the venues for the next games are determined by lot. The games of this round are held on May 2.

In the 1/16 finals, according to the Cup grid, 16 teams of the major league meet with the winners of the 1/32 final pairs (May 22), and in the first games of the 1/16 finals, the “hosts” of the field in all 16 pairs are the winning teams of the pairs 1/32 finals, and in the return matches (July 19-20) their rivals, the major league teams, play on their own fields. The stages of 1/16 and 1/8 finals are played in two games - on your own field and on the opponent's field. For the first games of the 1/8 finals, the “home” fields are determined by lot. The matches of this stage will take place on November 17-18 and 23-24.

The winners of the pairs of 1/16 and 1/8 finals are determined by the overall result of both games according to the UEFA rules approved for European cup tournaments of club teams. The quarter-final, semi-final and final games will take place next year.

Participating teams

Enter in Round of 32	Enter in First Preliminary Round
1990 Vysshaya Liga 16/16 teams	1990 Pervaya Liga 22/22 teams	1990 Vtoraya Liga 40/66 teams
Y Dinamo Kiev Y CSKA Moscow Y Dinamo Moscow Y Torpedo Moscow Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Pamir Dushambe Y Metallist Kharkov Y Dinamo Minsk Y Rotor Volgograd (v) Y Zalgiris Vilnius (v) Y Iberia Tbilisi (v) Y Guria Lanchkhuti (v)	Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze (^) Y Pakhtakor Tashkent (^) Y Metallurg Zaporozhie (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow (^) Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Zimbrul Kishenev Y Neftchi Baku Y Tavria Simferopol Y Fakel Voronezh Y Geolog Tyumen Y Dinamo Sukhumi Y Tiligul Tiraspol Y Kotaik Abovian Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y Lokomotiv Gorky Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zenit Leningrad Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Kuzbass Kemerovo (v) Y FC Kutaisi (v) Y FC Batumi (v)	Y Bukovina Chernovtsy (^) Y Daugava Riga (^) Y Niva Ternopol Y Volyn Lutsk Y Vorskla Poltava Y Niva Vinnitsa Y SFC Drogobich Y Karpaty Lvov Y Kremen Kremenchug Y SKA Odessa Y Zarya Voroshilovgrad	Y Uralmash Yekaterinburg (^) Y Tekstilschik Kamyshin (^) Y Volgar Astrakhan Y Zvezda Perm Y Zenit Izhevsk Y Krylia Sovetov Samara Y Gastello Ufa Y Mashuk Piatigorsk Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Metallurg Lipetsk Y Terek Grozny Y Torpedo Vladimir Y Sokol Saratov Y Torpedo Ryazan Y Tsement Novorossiysk	Y Neftianik Fergana (^) Y Novbakhor Namangan (^) Y Alga Bishkek Y Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube Y Meliorator Chimkent Y Okean Nakhodka Y Zvezda Irkutsk Y Sogdiana Dzhyzak Y Traktor Pavlodar Y Tselinnik Tselinograd Y Dinamo Barnaul
		Y Kolkheti Khobi Y Kolkheti 1913 Poti Y Sanavardo Samtredia

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Notes

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

All games took place on April 14, 1990.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
April 14
Alga Frunze (III)	2–1	(III) Vakhsh Kurgan-Tube
Bukovina Chernovtsy (III)	2–0	(III) Niva Ternopol
Volgar Astrakhan (III)	+/–	(II) FC Kutaisi
Volyn Lutsk (III)	1–2	(II) Tavria Simferopol
Vorskla Poltava (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	(III) Niva Vinnitsa
SFC Drogobich (III)	2–1	(II) Metallurg Zaporozhie
Zvezda Perm (III)	5–0	(II) Fakel Voronezh
Zenit Izhevsk (III)	2–0	(II) Kuban Krasnodar
Karpaty Lvov (III)	2–1	(II) Nistru Kishenev
Kolkheti Khobi (III)	–/+	(II) Dinamo Stavropol
Kolkheti 1913 Poti (III)	+/–	(III) Sanavardo Samtredia
Kremen Kremenchug (III)	1–0	(II) Tiras Tiraspol
Krylia Sovetov Samara (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	(III) Gastello Ufa
Mashuk Pyatigorsk (III)	+/–	(II) FC Batumi
Meliorator Chimkent (III)	2–0	(II) Kairat Alma-Ata
Metallurg Lipetsk (III)	3–0	(II) Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
Neftyanik Fergana (III)	4–0	(II) Geolog Tyumen
Novbakhor Namangan (III)	+/–	(II) Neftchi Baku
Okean Nakhodka (III)	+/–	(III) Zvezda Irkutsk
SKA Odessa (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	(II) Zenit Leningrad
SKA Rostov-on-Don (III)	3–2	(II) Dinamo Sukhumi
Sogdiana Jizzak (III)	+/–	(II) Kuzbass Kemerovo
Tekstilshchik Kamyshyn (III)	8–1	(II) Kotaik Abovian
Terek Grozny (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	(II) Spartak Vladikavkaz
Torpedo Vladimir (III)	3–0	(III) Sokol Saratov
Torpedo Ryazan (III)	1–2	(II) Shinnik Yaroslavl
Traktor Pavlodar (III)	2–0	(II) Pakhtakor Tashkent
Uralmash Sverdlovsk (III)	1–0	(II) Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod
Tselinnik Tselinograd (III)	3–2	(III) Dinamo Barnaul
Tsement Novorossiysk (III)	2–0	(III) Zaria Lugansk
Daugava Riga (III)	bye
Lokomotiv Moscow (II)	bye

Second preliminary round

Games took place on May 2, 1990. Daugava Riga and Lokomotiv Moscow received bye to this stage.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
May 2
Gastello Ufa (III)	+/–	(III) Zvezda Perm
Daugava Riga (III)	4–1	(III) SFC Drogobich
Dinamo Stavropol (II)	+/–	(III) Terek Grozny
Zenit Izhevsk (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	(III) Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Zenit Leningrad (II)	1–0	(III) Vorskla Poltava
Karpaty Lvov (III)	+/–	(III) Kremen Kremenchug
Mashuk Pyatigorsk (III)	+/–	(III) Kolkheti 1913 Poti
Neftyanik Fergana (III)	6–0	(III) Meliorator Chimkent
Novbakhor Namangan (III)	1–2	(III) Alga Frunze
SKA Rostov-on-Don (III)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	(III) Tsement Novorossiysk
Tavria Simferopol (II)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	(III) Bukovina Chernovtsy
Tekstilshchik Kamyshin (III)	6–0	(III) Volgar Astrakhan
Traktor Pavlodar (III)	+/–	(III) Okean Nakhodka
Tselinnik Tselinograd (III)	+/–	(III) Sogdiana Jizzak
Shinnik Yaroslavl (II)	1–0	(III) Metallurg Lipetsk
September 9
Lokomotiv Moscow (II)	3–1	(III) Torpedo Vladimir

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Shinnik Yaroslavl	+	+	+
	Guria Lanchkhuti	-	-	-			Shinnik Yaroslavl	-	0	-
	Lokomotiv Moscow	+	+	+			Lokomotiv Moscow	+	0	+
	Zalgiris Vilnius	-	-	-									Lokomotiv Moscow	2
	Gastello Ufa	3	0	3									Uralmash Sverdlovsk	0
	Rotor Volgograd	1	1	2			Gastello Ufa	1	0	1
	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	3	2	5			Uralmash Sverdlovsk	2	2	4
	Pamir Dushanbe	2	3	5													Lokomotiv Moscow	0
	Neftianik Fergana	0	1	1													CSKA Moscow	3
	CSKA Moscow	2	3	5			CSKA Moscow	4	2	6
	Alga Frunze	2	0	2			Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	1	2	3
	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	1	4	5									CSKA Moscow	4
	Traktor Pavlodar	2	0	2									Dinamo Minsk	1
	Dinamo Minsk	3	4	7			Dinamo Minsk	3	1	4
	Tselinnik Tselinograd	0	1	1			Shakhter Donetsk	1	1	2
	Shakhter Donetsk	2	2	4																	CSKA Moscow	3
	Zenit Leningrad	1	0	1																	Torpedo Moscow	2
	Torpedo Moscow	2	2	4			Torpedo Moscow	2	3	5
	Karpaty Lvov (a)	0	2	2			Karpaty Lvov	0	1	1
	Metallist Kharkov	1	1	2									Torpedo Moscow (p)	0(3)
	Tavria Simferopol	1	0	1									Spartak Moscow	0(1)
	Dinamo Moscow	0	4	4			Dinamo Moscow	1	1	2
	Daugava Riga	2	0	2			Spartak Moscow	1	2	3
	Spartak Moscow	0	5	5													Torpedo Moscow (p)	0(7)
	Tekstilschik Kamyshin	0	1	+													Ararat Yerevan	0(6)
	Dinamo Kiev	0	7	-			Tekstilschik Kamyshin	1	-	-
	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	2	0	2			Ararat Yerevan	1	+	+
	Ararat Yerevan	1	5	6									Ararat Yerevan	1
	Dinamo Stavropol	+	+	+									Chernomorets Odessa	0
	Iberia Tbilisi	-	-	-			Dinamo Stavropol	1	0	1
	Mashuk Piatigorsk	1	0	1			Chernomorets Odessa	0	2	2
	Chornomorets Odesa	1	3	4

Round of 32

First games took place on May 22, 1990, while second games were initially scheduled on July 18–21. With the Soviet Union falling apart some games were played much later.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First leg – May 22, Second leg – July 18
Uralmash Sverdlovsk (III)	5–5	(I) Pamir Dushanbe	3–2	2–3
First leg – May 22, Second leg – July 19
Tavria Simferopol (II)	1–4	(I) Dinamo Moscow	1–0	0–4
First leg – May 22, Second leg – July 20
Zenit Leningrad (II)	1–4	(I) Torpedo Moscow	1–2	0–2
Mashuk Piatigorsk (III)	1–4	(I) Chernomorets Odessa	1–1	0–3
Tselinnik Tselinograd (III)	1–4	(I) Shakhter Donetsk	1–2	0–2
Gastello Ufa (III)	3–2	(I) Rotor Volgograd	3–1	0–1
Traktor Pavlodar (III)	2–7	(I) Dinamo Minsk	2–3	0–4
Alga Frunze (III)	2–5	(I) Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	2–1	0–4
First leg – May 22, Second leg – July 21
Karpaty Lvov (III)	2–2 (a)	(I) Metalist Kharkov	0–1	2–1
Daugava Riga (III)	2–5	(I) Spartak Moscow	2–0	0–5
Neftianik Fergana (III)	1–5	(I) CSKA Moscow	0–2	1–3
First leg – May 22, Second leg – November 3
SKA Rostov-na-Donu (III)	2–6	(I) Ararat Yerevan	2–1	0–5
First leg – May 22, Second leg – DNP
Dinamo Stavropol (II)	w/o	(I) Iberia Tbilisi	+/–	DNP
Lokomotiv Moscow (II)	w/o	(I) Zalgiris Vilnius	+/–	DNP
Shinnik Yaroslavl (II)	w/o	(I) Guria Lanchkhuti	+/–	DNP
First leg – July 20, Second leg – August 3
Tekstilschik Kamyshin (III)	w/o	(I) Dinamo Kiev	0–0	1–7

Round of 16

First games took place on November 11–13, 1990, while most second games were played on November 17. Both games of Shinnik and Lokomotiv match up were played in March 1991. Lokomotiv Moscow was drawn with Shinnik as a member of the 2nd tier, but played its legs already as a member of the 1st tier.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First leg – November 11, Second leg – November 17
Gastello Ufa (III)	1–4	(III) Uralmash Sverdlovsk	1–2	0–2
Dinamo Minsk (I)	4–2	(I) Shakhter Donetsk	3–1	1–1
Dynamo Stavropol (II)	1–2	(I) Chernomorets Odessa	1–0	0–2
Tekstilschik Kamyshin (III)	-/+	(I) Ararat Yerevan	1–1	-/+
CSKA Moscow (I)	6–3	(I) Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	4–1	2–2
First leg – November 12, Second leg – November 17
Torpedo Moscow (I)	5–1	(III) Karpaty Lvov	2–0	3–1
First leg – November 13, Second leg – November 17
Dynamo Moscow (I)	2–3	(I) Spartak Moscow	1–1	1–2
First leg – March 1, Second leg – March 5
Shinnik Yaroslavl (II)	-/+	(II→I) Lokomotiv Moscow	-/+	0–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 1
Torpedo Moscow (I)	0–0 (3–1 p)	(I) Spartak Moscow
March 3
Ararat Yerevan (I)	1–0	(I) Chornomorets Odesa
March 6
CSKA Moscow (I)	4–1	(I) Dinamo Minsk
April 2
Lokomotiv Moscow (I)	2–0	(II) Uralmash Sverdlovsk

Semi-finals

Both games took place on 10 May 1991.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
May 10
Lokomotiv Moscow (I)	0–3	(I) CSKA Moscow
Torpedo Moscow (I)	0–0 (7–6 p)	(I) Ararat Yerevan

Final

Main article: 1991 Soviet Cup Final

23 June 1991

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CSKA Moscow	3 – 2	Torpedo Moscow
Igor Korneyev 45', 67' Oleg Sergeyev 80'	Report	Yuriy Tishkov 43', 75'

Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Valeriy Butenko (Moscow)

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