# 1983 Soviet Cup

The 1983 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Shakhter Donetsk qualified for the continental tournament.

## Competition overview

Competitions, as in previous years, from the first round are held according to the elimination system.
40 teams were participating: 18 from the Top league and 22 from the First league. 22 teams of the First league begin the competition from the first round, and 17 teams of the Top league from the Round of 32. The football team of Dynamo Kyiv, that continued to compete in the European Champions Cup, were starting from the quarterfinals.
The meeting locations were determined by taking into account the number of visits and game hosting for each team. In case of equality of hosting and visiting, the location of the next game was determined by a draw of lots.
If the game, including the final, would end in a draw, extra time was assigned (two halves of 15 minutes each). If extra time did not reveal the strongest team, the winner was determined by penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA regulations.
In games for the Soviet Cup, three players are allowed to be substituted during the game.
The final was held on May 9, Victory Day, at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin in Moscow.

## Participating teams

| Enter in Second Preliminary Round | Enter in First Preliminary Round |
| 1983 Vysshaya Liga 17/18 teams | 1983 Pervaya Liga 22/22 teams |
| Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Spartak Moscow Y Dinamo Minsk Y Zenit Leningrad Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Torpedo Moscow Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Metallist Kharkov Y CSKA Moscow Y Neftchi Baku Y Ararat Erevan Y Dinamo Moscow Y Dinamo Tbilisi Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi Y Nistru Kishenev | Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Fakel Voronezh Y Rotor Volgograd Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Kolos Nikopol Y Tavria Simferopol Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Pamir Dushanbe Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad Y Daugava Riga Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Zvezda Dzhizak Y Iskra Smolensk Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Dnepr Mogilev Y Tekstilschik Ivanovo Y Dinamo Kirov |
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### Notes

* Dinamo Kiev received bye all the way through the quarterfinals.

## Competition schedule
### First preliminary round

All games took place on February 19, 1983.
| Daugava Riga | 1:2 | Dinamo Kirov | |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 0:0 | Fakel Voronezh | (a.e.t.), (6–5 p) |
| Iskra Smolensk | 2:0 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | (in Moscow) |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 2:0 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | |
| Kolos Nikopol | 1:0 | Tekstilschik Ivanovo | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 3:0 | Dnepr Mogilev | |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 0:1 | Rotor Volgograd | (a.e.t.) |
| Tavria Simferopol | 1:0 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | |
| Zvezda Dzhizzak | 0:1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| SKA Khabarovsk | +:– | Shinnik Yaroslavl | |
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | +:– | Metallurg Zaporozhie | |

### Second preliminary round

The base game day was February 24, 1983
| Chernomorets Odessa | 1:0 | Kolos Nikopol | |
| Dinamo Kirov | 0:0 | Ararat Yerevan | (a.e.t.), (4–5 p) (in Sochi) |
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 2:0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| Metallist Kharkov | 0:0 | Kairat Alma-Ata | (a.e.t.), (6–5 p) (in Sochi) |
| Neftchi Baku | 1:1 | CSKA Moscow | (a.e.t.), (3–4 p) |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2:1 | SKA Khabarovsk | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1:0 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 3:2 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3:2 | Tavria Simferopol | (a.e.t.) |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1:0 | Guria Lanchkhuti | (in Adler) |
| Dinamo Moscow | 1:0 | Kuban Krasnodar | (February 25, 1983) |
| Nistru Kishinev | 0:2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | (February 25, 1983) |
| Shakhter Donetsk | 3:0 | Zhalgiris Vilnius | (in Sochi, February 25, 1983) |
| Zenit Leningrad | 3:0 | Iskra Smolensk | (February 25, 1983) |

### Round of 16

The base game day was March 3, 1983
| Ararat Yerevan | 2:4 | Metallist Kharkov | (in Oktemberyan) |
| Chernomorets Odessa | 0:2 | Zenit Leningrad | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2:1 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | |
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 3:1 | Torpedo Moscow | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0:1 | Dinamo Moscow | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2:3 | Shakhter Donetsk | (a.e.t.) |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 3:2 | Rotor Volgograd | (a.e.t.) (in Samtredia) |

### Quarterfinals

The base game day was March 11, 1983
| Metallist Kharkov | 0:0 | Torpedo Kutaisi | (a.e.t.), (4–3 p) |
| Zenit Leningrad | 3:1 | Dinamo Kiev | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2:1 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | (March 12, 1983) |
| Dinamo Moscow | 1:3 | Shakhter Donetsk | (a.e.t.) (in Tashkent, March 12, 1983) |

### Semifinals

The base game day was March 19, 1983
| CSKA Moscow | 0:1 | Metallist Kharkov | (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhter Donetsk | 1:1 | Zenit Leningrad | (a.e.t.), (4–2 p) |