# 1938 Soviet Cup

The 1938 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.
The competition was composed of qualification stage that contained several subgroups and the final stage.
26 teams of the 1938 Soviet Top League were given a bye to the final stage, while other teams were competing in 19 groups of the qualifying stage.
Teams from Ukraine were granted 10 berths within 5 groups, teams from Caucasus and Central Asian union republics were granted 3 berths in 3 groups, teams from Belarus were competing along with some teams from Russia for a single berth, while Russian teams were granted 24 berths in 10 groups with teams from Moscow region receiving 8 berths.
Competitions in qualification subgroups 14–18 (Ukrainian) were conducted as a regional competition of the 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR in May 5-20.

## Participating teams

| Enter in Final stage | Enter in Preliminary stage | Enter in Preliminary stage | Enter in Preliminary stage | Enter in Preliminary stage |
| 26 teams of masters | 249 other teams | 249 other teams | 249 other teams | 249 other teams |
| teams of masters Y Spartak Moscow Y CDKA Moscow Y Metallurg Moscow Y Dinamo Kiev Y Dinamo Moscow Y Dinamo Tbilisi Y Dinamo Leningrad Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Torpedo Moscow Y Dinamo Odessa Y Stakhanovets Stalino Y Traktor Stalingrad Y Elektrik Leningrad Y Stalinets Leningrad Y Selmash Kharkov Y Stalinets Moscow Y Lokomotiv Kiev Y Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu Y Temp Baku Y Spartak Leningrad Y Spartak Kharkov Y Zenit Leningrad Y Pischevik Moscow Y Lokomotiv Tbilisi Y Krylia Sovetov Moscow Y Burevestnik Moscow | Moscow I (4+22) Y Zenit Kolomna Y Zavod Gorbunova Kolomna Y Lokomotiv Lyublino Y Dinamo Ivanovo Y Myasokombinat Mikoyana Moscow Y CDKA-2 Moscow Y Lokomotiv Serpukhov Y Spartak Ivanovo Y Lokomotiv Ryazan Y Kauchuk Moscow Y Fabrika Babayeva Moscow Y Zenit Tula Y Krasny Proletariy Moscow Y v/ch #168 Ryazan Y Pravda Moscow Y Rodina Fryazino Y Zvezda Orekhovo-Zuyevo Y Kombinat Teikovo Y Komvolny Kombinat Kuntsevo Y Krasnoye Znamia Moscow Y Krasnaya Roza Moscow Y Tomna Kineshma Y Spartak-2 Moscow Y Lokomotiv-2 Moscow Y Stalinets-2 Moscow Y Sherstiannik Moscow Khabarovsk (1+4) Y Dinamo Khabarovsk Y Stroitel Komsomolsk-na-Amure Y Lokomotiv Irkutsk Y Krylia Sovetov Irkutsk Y Dinamo Irkutsk Povolzhye (2+9) Y Traktor-2 Stalingrad Y Lokomotiv Kuibyshev Y Krylia Sovetov Saratov Y Pischevik Astrakhan Y Spartak Kuibyshev Y Elektrik Saratov Y Vodnik Astrakhan Y Zenit-221 Stalingrad Y DKA Stalingrad Y Dinamo Stalingrad Y Lokomotiv Saratov Central Asia (1+5) Y Dinamo Karaganda Y Spartak Tashkent Y Dinamo Tashkent Y Lokomotiv Tashkent Y Dinamo Stalinabad Y Dinamo Alma-Ata Odessa (2+14) Y Lokomotiv Odessa Y Dzerzhinets Kremenchug Y Burevestnik Krivoi Rog Y Stal Krivoi Rog Y SelMash Kirovo Y Sudostroitel Nikolayev Y Lokomotiv Kotovsk Y Spartak Tiraspol Y Ruda Krivoi Rog Y Lokomotiv Voznesensk Y Pischevik Kherson Y Znaniye Kherson Y Stroitel Krivoi Rog Y Vodnik Kherson Y Dinamo Nikolayev Y Pischevik Odessa | Moscow II (4+20) Y Zavod imeni Frunze Moscow Y Trud Krasnaya Polyana Y KIM Moscow Y Snaiper Podolsk Y Start Moscow Y Proletarskaya Pobeda Moscow Y Zenit Kovrov Y Krasnoye Znamia Pavlovskiy Posad Y Pischevik-2 Moscow Y Dinamo Lyubertsy Y Zavod Geofizika Moscow Y Burevestnik Tula Y Snaiper Moscow Y Dinamo Kalinin Y MashTekhSoyuz Moscow Y SelMash Lyubertsy Y Dinamo-2 Moscow Y Osnova Ivanovo Y TsvetMet Moscow Y Zavod-20 Moscow Y Dinamo Bolshevo Y Pravda Moscow Y Zenit Podlipki Y Krasnoye Znamia Noginsk Novosibirsk (1+10) Y Metallurg Stalinsk Y DKA Omsk Y Tekhnikum Fizkultury Novosibirsk Y Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk Y Dinamo Krasnoyarsk Y Dinamo Omsk Y Lokomotiv Omsk Y Lokomotiv Tyumen Y Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk Y Dinamo Novosibirsk Y Stroitel Novosibirsk Rostov-na-Donu (2+6) Y Myasokombinat Maykop Y Pischevik Rostov-na-Donu Y Pischevik Krasnodar Y Krylia Sovetov Taganrog Y Medik Krasnodar Y Dinamo Krasnodar Y Energiya Novocherkassk Y Zenit Taganrog Belorossiya (1+5) Y Dinamo Smolensk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Spartak Gomel Y KIM Minsk Y Tekhnikum Fizkultury Smolensk Y Spartak Minsk Dnepropetrovsk (2+14) Y TsvetMet Zaporozhye Y Stal Dneprodzerzhinsk Y Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk Y SelMash Zaporozhye Y ZiL Dnepropetrovsk Y Lokomotiv Lozovaya Y Tekhnikum FK Dnepropetrovsk Y Lokomotiv Dnepropetrovsk Y ZiP Dnepropetrovsk Y Krylya Sovetov Berdyansk Y Lokomotiv Sinelnikovo Y Krylya Sovetov Zaporozhye Y Stroitel Dneprodzerzhinsk Y ZiK Dnepropetrovsk Y Lokomotiv Zaporozhye Y Spartak Dnepropetrovsk | Leningrad (4+7) Y GOMZ Leningrad Y Krasnaya Zaria-2 Leningrad Y Izhorskiy Zavod Leningrad Y Kauchuk Leningrad Y Zavod imeni Stalina Leningrad Y Lokomotiv Vologda Y Zavod imeni Ordzhonikidze Leningrad Y Zavod imeni Kulakova Leningrad Y Kirovsky Zavod (Avangard) Leningrad Y Zavod Elektrik Leningrad Y Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Sverdlovsk (2+11) Y Dinamo Chelyabinsk Y TsvetMet Krasnouralsk Y Avangard Sverdlovsk Y Traktor Chelyabinsk Y Dinamo Ufa Y Metallurg Sverdlovsk Y Zenit Votkinsk Y Torpedo Izhevsk Y Dinamo Kungur Y Dinamo Kirov Y Metallurg Magnitogorsk Y Dinamo Sverdlovsk Y Stroitel Sverdlovsk Trans-Caucasus (1+4) Y Spartak Yerevan Y Pischevik Tbilisi Y Spartak Leninakan Y Nauka Tbilisi Y Dinamo Batumi Kharkov (2+18) Y Zenit Kharkov Y Traktor Kharkov Y Stalinets Kharkov Y Avtomotor Kharkov Y Avangard Kharkov Y Sakharniki Sumy Y Molniya Kharkov Y Spartak Sumy Y Avangard Sumy Y Rot Front Poltava Y Kanatny Zavod Kharkov Y Dinamo Poltava Y SelMash-2 Kharkov Y Spartak Poltava Y Sakharniki Karlovka Y Lokomotiv Poltava Y Dinamo Kharkov Y Metallist Kharkov Y Lokomotiv Kharkov Y Zdorovye Kharkov Donetsk (2+23) Y Zenit Stalino Y ZiO Kramatorsk Y Burevestnik Stalino Y Stakhanovets Lisichansk Y Shakhta-30 Rutchenkovo Y ZiL Krasnogorovka Y Stal Makeyevka Y Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze Y Burevestnik Krasny Luch Y Stakhanovets Krasny Luch Y Stakhanovets Artemovsk Y Azot Nizhnyaya Gorlovka Y Avangard Stalino Y Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad Y Lokomotiv Slaviansk Y Lokomotiv Yasinovataya Y Spartak Starobelsk Y Avangard Druzhkovka Y Avangard Gorlovka Y Stakhanovets Sergo Y Stal Stalino Y Stal Voroshilovsk Y Stakhanovets Krasnoarmeisk Y Stal Konstantinovka Y ZiS Kramatorsk | Voronezh (1+6) Y Zavod imeni Voroshilova Voronezh Y Dzerzhinets Bezhitsa Y Spartak Voronezh Y DKA Voronezh Y Samolyot Tambov Y Dinamo Kursk Y Dinamo Voronezh Gorkiy (2+11) Y Dinamo Yoshkar-Ola Y Dinamo Saransk Y Spartak Pavlovo Y Spartak Saransk Y Lokomotiv Ruzayevka Y Spartak Gorkiy Y Krylia Sovetov Gorkiy Y Lokomotiv Kazan Y Elektrik Gorkiy Y Metallist Pavlovo Y Spartak Kazan Y Dinamo Kazan Y Torpedo Gorkiy South Caspiy (1+4) Y Neftianik Baku Y Vodnik Baku Y Lokomotiv Ashkhabad Y Stroiteli Baku Y Lokomotiv Baku Kiev (2+14) Y Zenit Kiev Y Vodnik Kiev Y Dinamo Zhitomir Y Tekhnikum FK Kiev Y Spartak Chernigov Y Lokomotiv Konotop Y Dinamo Mogilev-Podolskiy Y Azot Shostka Y Dinamo Vinnitsa Y DKA Korosten Y Rot Front Kiev Y Spartak Kiev Y Spartak Korosten Y Temp Vinnitsa Y Lokomotiv-2 Kiev Y Dinamo-2 Kiev Crimea (1+4) Y Sudostroitel Sevastopol Y Stal Kerch Y Pischevik Kerch Y Pischevik Simferopol Y Spartak Simferopol |
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### Notes

* In preliminary round teams are organized based on their qualification groups. In parentheses first number indicates how many teams qualified to the next round, while the second number stands for how many teams in that group.

## Competition schedule
### Teams qualified for the final stage
#### Per qualification group

* Group 1 (Central Russia/Moscow): Spartak-2 Moscow, Lokomotiv-2 Moscow, Sherstyanik Moscow, Stalinets-2 Moscow, Dinamo Bolshevo, Fabrika Pravda Likino-Dulyovo, Krasnoye Znamia Noginsk, Zenit Podlipki
* Group 2 (Northern Russia/Leningrad): Zavod imeni Kulakova Leningrad, Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Zavod Elektrik Leningrad
* Group 3 (Central Black Earth/Voronezh): Dinamo Voronezh
* Group 4 (Far East/Khabarovsk): Dinamo Irkutsk
* Group 5 (Siberia/Novosibirsk): Stroitel Novosibirsk
* Group 6 (Ural/Sverdlovsk): Dinamo Sverdlovsk, Stroitel Sverdlovsk
* Group 7 (Upper Volga/Gorkiy): Dinamo Kazan, Torpedo Gorkiy
* Group 8 (Lower Volga/Stalingrad): Dinamo Stalingrad, Lokomotiv Saratov
* Group 9 (South Russia/Rostov-na-Donu): Energiya Novocherkassk, Zenit Taganrog
* Group 10 (Trans-Caucasus/Tbilisi): Dinamo Batumi
* Group 11 (South Caspiy/Baku): Lokomotiv Baku
* Group 12 (Central Asia/Tashkent): Dinamo Alma-Ata
* Group 13 (Belarus/Minsk): Spartak Minsk
* Group 14 (Northeast Ukraine/Kharkov): Lokomotiv Kharkov, Zdorovye Kharkov
* Group 15 (Northwest Ukraine/Kiev): Lokomotiv-2 Kiev, Dinamo-2 Kiev
* Group 16 (Southwest Ukraine/Odessa): Dinamo Nikolayev, Pischevik Odessa
* Group 17 (Southeast Ukraine/Dnepropetrovsk): Lokomotiv Zaporozhye, Spartak Dnepropetrovsk
* Group 18 (East Ukraine/Donetsk): Zavod imeni Stalina Kramatorsk, Stal Konstantinovka
* Group 19 (Crimea/Simferopol): Spartak Simferopol

#### Per union republic

* RSFSR: 24
* UkrSSR: 10
* BSSR: 1
* KazSSR: 1
* GSSR: 1
* AzSSR: 1
* Total: 38

### Final
## Top goalscorers

Statistical data is incomplete and based on rounds starting from the fourth round (Round of 16).
| Scorer | Team | Goals |
| Boris Paichadze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 6 |
| Pyotr Bykov | Dinamo Leningrad | 3 (1) |
| Georgiy Glazkov | Spartak Moscow | 3 (1) |
| Ivan Borisevich | Dinamo Odessa | 2 |
| Gayoz Jejelava | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2 |
| Nikolai Kononenko | Stakhanovets Stalino | 2 |
| Vasiliy Trofimov | Dinamo Bolshevo | 2 |