# 1986–87 Soviet Cup

The 1986–87 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.

## Competition overview

Compared with the last year competition, the number of participants has increased from 74 to 80 teams that will take part in the games for the 1986/87 USSR Cup, including 16 from the Top, 24 from the First and 40 from the Second leagues, which is represented by the best teams of its nine (9) zones based on the final standings at the end of the 1985 season: from 1st to zones 5 teams (including last year's winner of the RSFSR Cup "Krasnaya Presnya", Moscow), from zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 - 4 teams each, from zone 6 - 7 teams.
The games of the 1/64 finals, which will begin on May 3, will feature 40 teams from the Second and 24 teams from the First league. From the 1/16 finals, Top league teams are included in the draw. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will take place next spring. Starting from the 1/32 finals, the venues for games in pairs are determined by the number of games on home and away fields. The team with more trips has an advantage. In case of equality of receptions and departures, the location of the next game is determined by lot.
If the game, including the final, ends in a draw, extra time is assigned - two halves of 15 minutes each. If extra time does not reveal the strongest, the winner will be determined using penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA Regulations.
The final match of the previous USSR Cup 1985/86 will take place on May 2 this year in Moscow at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin.

## Participating teams

| Enter in Round of 32 | Enter in First Preliminary Round | Enter in First Preliminary Round | Enter in First Preliminary Round | Enter in First Preliminary Round |
| 1986 Vysshaya Liga 16/16 teams | 1986 Pervaya Liga 24/24 teams | 1986 Vtoraya Liga 40/139 teams | 1986 Vtoraya Liga 40/139 teams | 1986 Vtoraya Liga 40/139 teams |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Torpedo Moscow Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Kiev Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Neftchi Baku Y Dinamo Moscow Y Metallist Kharkov Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa (v) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (v) | Y CSKA Moscow (^) Y Guria Lanchkhuti (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Daugava Riga Y Pamir Dushambe Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Kolos Nikopol Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Kotaik Abovian Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y FC Batumi Y Fakel Voronezh Y Kuban Krasnodar (v) Y SKA Khabarovsk (v) Y Iskra Smolensk (v) Y Atlantas Klapeida (v) Y Nistru Kishenev (v) | Y Krasnaya Presnya Moscow Y Arsenal Tula Y Znamia Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo Y Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | Y Krylya Sovietov Kuibyshev (^) Y Zvezda Perm Y Uralmash Sverdlovsk Y Dinamo Kirov Y Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | Y Sokol Saratov Y Uralan Elista Y Spartak Nalchik |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Torpedo Moscow Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Kiev Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Neftchi Baku Y Dinamo Moscow Y Metallist Kharkov Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa (v) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (v) | Y CSKA Moscow (^) Y Guria Lanchkhuti (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Daugava Riga Y Pamir Dushambe Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Kolos Nikopol Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Kotaik Abovian Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y FC Batumi Y Fakel Voronezh Y Kuban Krasnodar (v) Y SKA Khabarovsk (v) Y Iskra Smolensk (v) Y Atlantas Klapeida (v) Y Nistru Kishenev (v) | Y Geolog Tyumen (^) Y Irtysh Omsk Y Zvezda Irkutsk Y Torpedo Rubtsovsk | Y Metallurg Lipetsk Y Avangard Kursk Y Dnepr Mogilev Y Khimik Grodno Y Dinamo Bryansk | Y Tavria Simferopol Y SKA Kiev Y Niva Ternopol Y Niva Vinnitsa Y Zakarpatie Uzhgorod Y Sudostroitel Nikolayev Y SKA Odessa |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Torpedo Moscow Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Kiev Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Neftchi Baku Y Dinamo Moscow Y Metallist Kharkov Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa (v) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (v) | Y CSKA Moscow (^) Y Guria Lanchkhuti (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Daugava Riga Y Pamir Dushambe Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Kolos Nikopol Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Kotaik Abovian Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y FC Batumi Y Fakel Voronezh Y Kuban Krasnodar (v) Y SKA Khabarovsk (v) Y Iskra Smolensk (v) Y Atlantas Klapeida (v) Y Nistru Kishenev (v) | Y Sokhibkor Khalkabad Y Neftyanik Fergana Y Dinamo Samarkand Y Zarafshan Navoi | Y Meliorator Chimkent Y Tselinnik Tselinograd Y Shakhter Karaganda Y Traktor Pavlodar | Y Kyapaz Kirovabad Y Spartak Oktemberyan Y Karabakh Stepanakert Y Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad |
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### Notes
## Competition schedule
### First preliminary round

All games took place on May 2, 1986.
| Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 1:0 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | |
| Kotaik Abovyan | 1:1 | Metallurg Lipetsk | (a.e.t.), (4–2 p) |
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 3:1 | Sudostroitel Nikolayev | |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 3:0 | Niva Ternopol |
| Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 2:1 | Guria Lachkhuti | |
| Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | 3:0 | Arsenal Tula | |
| Sokol Saratov | 4:2 | Iskra Smolensk | |
| Zakarpatie Uzhgorod | 4:0 | Dinamo Bryansk | |
| CSKA Moscow | 4:1 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | |
| Kuzbass Kemerevo | 4:1 | Avangard Kursk | |
| SKA Kiev | 0:1 | Dinamo Batumi | |
| SKA Odessa | 1:4 | Uralan Makhachkala | (a.e.t.) |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0:0 | Niva Vinnitsa | ??? |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0:0 | Tavria Simferopol | (a.e.t.), (2–3 p) |
| Spartak Nalchik | 1:2 | Fakel Voronezh | (a.e.t.) |
| Khimik Grodno | 2:1 | Krasnaya Presnya Moscow | |
| Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 2:0 | SKA Khabarovsk | |
| Metallurg Zaporozhie | 2:0 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | |
| Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 1:2 | Kolos Nikopol | |
| Spartak Oktemberyan | 1:0 | Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad | |
| Sokhibkor Khakabad | 1:3 | Daugava Riga | |
| Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 0:1 | Nistru Kishenev | (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhter Karaganda | 1:0 | Atlantas Klaipeda | |
| Meliorator Chimkent | 2:3 | Traktor Pavlodar | |
| Geolog Tyumen | 1:0 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | |
| Dinamo Stavropol | 4:1 | Zarafshan Navoi | |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 2:2 | Neftyanik Fergana | (a.e.t.), (3–2 p) |
| Zvezda Perm | 0:0 | Kyapaz Kirovobad | (a.e.t.), (7–8 p) |
| Rotor Volgograd | 4:1 | Irtysh Omsk | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 4:0 | Dinamo Kirov | |
| Karabakh Stepanokert | 1:1 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | (a.e.t.), (2–4 p) |
| Dinamo Samarkand | 1:0 | Zvezda Irkutsk | (a.e.t.) |

### Second preliminary round

| Kotaik Abovyan | 1:0 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | |
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 0:2 | Dnepr Mogilev | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2:1 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2:1 | Uralan Makhachkala | |
| Tavria Simferopol | 2:1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | |
| Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 1:1 | Metallurg Zaporozhie | (a.e.t.), (2–4 p) |
| Kolos Nikopol | 2:0 | Spartak Oktemberyan | |
| Daugava Riga | 5:0 | Nistru Kishinev | |
| Traktor Pavlodar | 0:1 | Shakhter Karaganda | |
| Geolog Tyumen | 2:3 | Dinamo Stavropol | (a.e.t.) |
| Kyapaz Kirovobad | 4:1 | Pamir Dushanbe | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2:1 | Rotor Volgograd | |
| SKA Karpaty Lvov | 2:0 | Dinamo Samarkand | |
| Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | 1:0 | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | (a.e.t.) |
| Fakel Voronezh | 2:3 | Khimik Grodno |
| Sokol Saratov | 3:2 | Zakarpatie Uzhgorod | (a.e.t.) |

### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Metallist Kharkov | 2 | Metallist Kharkov (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | | | | | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 1 | | | Metallist Kharkov | 0 (2) | | | | |
| Tavria Simferopol | 2 | | | Tavria Simferopol (p) | 0 (3) | | | | |
| Chernomorets Odessa | 1 | Tavria Simferopol | 4 | | | | | | |
| Khimik Grodno | 1 | Khimik Grodno | 3 | | | | | | |
| Neftchi Baku | 0 | | | | | Tavria Simferopol | 0 | | |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0 | | | | | Dinamo Minsk | 2 | | |
| Zenit Leningrad (a.e.t.) | 2 | Zenit Leningrad | 0 | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kotaik Abovian | 1 | | | Dinamo Minsk | 3 | | | | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 3 | | | Torpedo Moscow | 2 | | | | |
| Sokol Saratov | 1 | Torpedo Moscow | 2 | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1 | | | | | | |
| Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | 0 | | | | | | | Dinamo Minsk | 3 (2) |
| Dinamo Stavropol | 1 | | | | | | | Dinamo Kiev (p) | 3 (4) |
| Dinamo Kiev | 2 | Dinamo Kiev | 2 | | | | | | |
| Kapaz Kirovobad (p) | 1 (7) | Kapaz Kirovobad | 1 | | | | | | |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1 (6) | | | Dinamo Kiev | 4 | | | | |
| SKA Karpaty Lvov | 1 | | | SKA Karpaty Lvov | 0 | | | | |
| Ararat Yerevan | 0 | SKA Karpaty Lvov (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| Zalgiris Vilnius | 3 | Zalgiris Vilnius | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 0 | | | | | Dinamo Kiev (p) | 0 (5) | | |
| Shakhter Karaganda | 1 | | | | | Dinamo Moscow | 0 (4) | | |
| Dinamo Moscow | 3 | Dinamo Moscow | 3 | | | | | | |
| Daugava Riga | 2 | Daugava Riga | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 1 | | | Dinamo Moscow | 1 | | | | |
| Kolos Nikopol | 2 | | | Kolos Nikopol | 0 | | | | |
| Shakhter Donetsk | 0 | Kolos Nikopol | 1 | | | | | | |
| Metallurg Zaporozhye (a.e.t.) | 2 | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 0 | | | | | | |
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 32

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| June 14 |||
| Dnepr Mogilev (III) | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | (I) Zenit Leningrad |
| Dinamo Tbilisi (I) | 2–0 | (II) Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu |
| Dinamo Batumi (II) | 1–2 | (I) Metallist Kharkov |
| Spartak Moscow (I) | 3–1 | (II) CSKA Moscow |
| Tavria Simferopol (III) | 2–1 | (I) Chernomorets Odessa |
| Khimik Grodno (III) | 1–0 | (I) Neftchi Baku |
| Metallurg Zaporozhye (II) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (I) Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Kolos Nikopol (II) | 2–0 | (I) Shakhter Donetsk |
| Shakhter Karaganda (III) | 1–3 | (I) Dinamo Moscow |
| Daugava Riga (II) | 2–1 | (I) Kairat Alma-Ata |
| Zalgiris Vilnius (I) | 3–0 | (I) Kuban Krasnodar |
| SKA Karpaty Lvov (II) | 1–0 | (I) Ararat Yerevan |
| Kapaz Kirovobad (III) | 1–1 (7–6 p) | (I) Torpedo Kutaisi |
| June 15 |||
| Torpedo Moscow (I) | 3–1 | (III) Sokol Saratov |
| June 16 |||
| Dinamo Minsk (I) | 4–1 | (II) Kotayk Abovyan |
| August 5 |||
| Dinamo Stavropol (II) | 1–2 | (I) Dinamo Kiev |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| August 4 |||
| Zenit Leningrad (I) | 0–1 | (I) Dinamo Minsk |
| August 5 |||
| Kolos Nikopol (II) | 1–0 | (II) Metallurg Zaporozhie |
| Metallist Kharkov (I) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | (I) Spartak Moscow |
| SKA Karpaty Lvov (II) | 1–1 (3–2 p) | (I) Zalgiris Vilnius |
| Tavria Simferopol (III) | 4–3 | (III) Khimik Grodno |
| Torpedo Moscow (I) | 2–1 | (I) Dinamo Tbilisi |
| August 6 |||
| Dinamo Moscow (I) | 3–1 | (II) Daugava Riga |
| September 27 |||
| Dinamo Kiev (I) | 2–1 | (III) Kapaz Kirovobad |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| May 14 |||
| Dinamo Minsk (I) | 3–2 | (I) Torpedo Moscow |
| Dinamo Kiev (I) | 4–0 | (II) SKA Karpaty Lvov |
| Dinamo Moscow (I) | 1–0 | (II) Kolos Nikopol |
| Metallist Kharkov (I) | 0–0 (2–3 p) | (III) Tavria Simferopol |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| May 22 |||
| Dinamo Kiev (I) | 0–0 (5–4 p) | (I) Dinamo Moscow |
| Tavria Simferopol (III) | 0–2 | (I) Dinamo Minsk |