# 1991–92 Soviet Cup

The 1991–92 Soviet Cup was the last edition of the knockout football cup of an already non-existing political entity, the Soviet Union.

## Political background

On December 25, 1991, the President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev announced that he resigns as president. On December 26, the Soviet of the Republics, the upper chamber of the Union's Supreme Soviet, voted the Soviet Union out of existence (the lower chamber, the Council of the Union, had been unable to work since December 12, when the recall of the Russian deputies left it without a quorum).
In addition to the already ongoing hostilities instigated by the Moscow government, number of "unfriendly gestures" as well as direct internal interventions into Ukrainian politics were made towards Ukraine starting from January of 1992.

## Organizational issues

Despite being informed by the Football Federation of Ukraine in November of 1991 that Ukrainian clubs will not take part in the competition, the Football Federation of the Soviet Union ignored the notice and seeded Ukrainian clubs. Ukrainian clubs however were taking place in the 1992 Ukrainian Cup since February of 1992.
Because of that only one game was played during the competition's quarterfinals, while a club from Tajikistan, Pamir Dushanbe, advanced to the semifinals where it was eliminated.
The winner of the competition, Spartak Moscow, qualified for the continental tournament representing Russia in the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup.

## 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 | Enter in First Preliminary Round |
| 1991 Vysshaya Liga 16/16 teams | 1991 Pervaya Liga 20/22 teams | 1991 Vtoraya Liga 41/66 teams | 1991 Vtoraya Liga 41/66 teams | 1991 Vtoraya Liga 41/66 teams | Republican qual. 3 teams |
| Y Dynamo Kyiv Y CSKA Moscow Y Dinamo Moscow Y Torpedo Moscow Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Y Ararat Erevan Y Shakhter Donetsk Y Chornomorets Odesa Y Pamir Dushambe Y Metalist Kharkiv Y Dinamo Minsk Y Spartak Vladikavkaz Y Pakhtakor Tashkent Y Metallurg Zaporizhzhia Y Lokomotiv Moscow | Y Rotor Volgograd Y Dinamo Stavropol Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Zimbrul Kishenev 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 Nizhniy Novgorod Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zenit Saint Petersburg Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Uralmash Yekaterinburg Y Bukovina Chernovtsy Y Neftchi Fergana Y Novbakhor Namangan Y Pardaugava Riga Neftchi Baku Tekstilschik Kamyshin | Y Karpaty Lviv Y Nyva Ternopil Y Nyva Vinnitsa Y SKA Odesa Y Zorya Luhansk Y Spartak Nalchik Y Dinamo Brest Y Zaria Balti Y Vorskla Poltava Y Dnepr Mogilev Y Khimik Grodno Y Start Ulyanovsk Y Lori Kirovokan | Y Krylia Sovetov Samara Y Kapaz Ganja Y Tsement Novorossiysk Y Druzhba Maykop Y Torpedo Ryazan Y Goyazan Gazakh Y Torpedo Vladimir Y Gastello Ufa Y Zenit Izhevsk Y Nart Cherkessk Y Torpedo Volzhskiy Y Sokol Saratov Y KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny Y Asmaral Moscow Y Metallurg Lipetsk | Y Amur Blagoveshchensk Y Meliorator Chimkent Y Khimik Dzambul Y Avtomobilist Kokand Y Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad Y Alga Bishkek Y Traktor Pavlodar Y Dinamo Barnaul Y Shakhter Karaganda Y Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube Y Tselinnik Tselinograd Y Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz Y Surkhan Termez | Y Polissya Zhytomyr (Ukraine) Y Naftovyk Okhtyrka (Ukraine) Y Dinamo Baku (Azerbaijan) |
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### Legend

Y marks clubs that took part in competitions, note, not all clubs of the First League played

### Notes

* Ukrainian Polissya and Naftovyk were finalists of the 1990 football cup of the Ukrainian SSR
* Dinamo Baku represented the youth center of Olympic preparation in Baku, Pardaugava Riga was based on a youth team of Latvian SSR.

## Competition schedule
### First preliminary round

All games took place on April 17, 1991.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| April 17 |||
| Avtomobilchi Kokand (III) | 1–0 | (III) Amur Blagoveshchensk |
| Alga Bishkek (III) | 2–3 | (III) Kopet-dag Ashkhabad |
| May 2 |||
| Dynamo Brest (III) | 0–0 (6–7 p) | (IV) Polissya Zhytomyr |
| Dnepr Mogilev (III) | 1–0 | (II) Zimbrul Kishenev |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka (IV) | 1–0 | (II) Pardaugava Riga |
| SKA Odesa (III) | 1–2 | (II) Tiligul Tiraspol |
| Torpedo Vladimir (III) | 4–0 | (II) Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu |
| Zorya Luhansk (III) | w/o | (III) Lori Kirovakan |
| Nyva Vinnytsia (III) | 3–0 | (II) Tavriya Simferopol |
| Spartak Nalchik (III) | 1–0 | (II) Dynamo Stavropol |
| Khimik Dzhambul (III) | 1–0 | (II) Neftchi Fergana |
| May 3 |||
| Asmaral Moscow (III) | 3–1 | (II) Kuban Krasnodar |
| Vorskla Poltava (III) | 0–1 | (III) Nyva Ternopil |
| Gastello Ufa (III) | 4–0 | (II) Fakel Voronezh |
| Göyazan Qazakh (III) | 4–3 | (III) Kapaz Ganja |
| Dynamo Barnaul (III) | 3–0 | (II) Geolog Tyumen |
| Druzhba Maykop (III) | 3–1 | (II) Dynamo Sukhumi |
| Zenit Izhevsk (III) | 2–0 | (II) Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod |
| KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (III) | 0–1 | (II) Rotor Volgograd |
| Karpaty Lviv (III) | w/o | (III) Zaria Bălți |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara (III) | 3–2 | (II) Zenit Sankt Peterburg |
| Meliorator Chimkent (III) | 3–1 | (III) Vakhsh Kurgan-Tube |
| Metallurg Lipetsk (III) | 3–1 | (IV) Dynamo Baku |
| Sokol Saratov (III) | 2–3 | (III) Start Ulianovsk |
| Surkhan Termez (III) | 0–1 | (II) Novbakhor |
| Torpedo Volzhsky (III) | 3–1 | (II) Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| Torpedo Ryazan (III) | 0–0 (3–1 p) | (II) FC Kotaik |
| Traktor Pavlodar (III) | 2–1 | (II) Kairat Alma-Aty |
| Khimik Grodno (III) | 2–1 | (II) Bukovina Chernovtsy |
| Tsement Novorossiysk (III) | 3–0 | (III) Nart Cherkessk |
| Shakhter Karaganda (III) | 1–0 | (III) Tselinnik Tselinograd |
| Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz (III) | 5–2 | (II) Uralmash Sverdlovsk |

### Second preliminary round

Games took place on July 1, 1991.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| June 30 |||
| Polissya Zhytomyr (IV) | 4–1 | (III) Khimik Grodno |
| July 1 |||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara (III) | 2–1 | (III) Torpedo Volzhsky |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka (IV) | 2–1 | (III) Dnepr Mogilev |
| Rotor Volgograd (II) | 4–0 | (III) Start Ulianovsk |
| Spartak Nalchik (III) | 5–0 | (III) Zorya Luhansk |
| July 2 |||
| Dynamo Barnaul (III) | 3–0 | (III) FC Ekibastuzets |
| Khimik Dzhambul (III) | 1–0 | (III) Avtomobilist Kokand |
| July 3 |||
| Nyva Ternopil (III) | 3–0 | (III) Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad (III) | 2–0 | (III) Zenit Izhevsk |
| FC Novbakhor (II) | 14–0 | (III) Meliorator Chimkent |
| Traktor Pavlodar (III) | 2–0 | (III) Shakhter Karaganda |
| July 4 |||
| Asmaral Moscow (III) | 1–0 | (III) Torpedo Vladimir |
| Gastello Ufa (III) | 2–0 | (III) Göyazan Gazakh |
| Metallurg Lipetsk (III) | 1–0 | (III) Torpedo Ryazan |
| Tiligul Tiraspol (II) | 2–1 | (III) Karpaty Lviv |
| Tsement Novorossiysk (III) | 2–1 | (III) Druzhba Maikop |

### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Dinamo Barnaul | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Moscow | 1 | 2 | 3 | Dinamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Traktor Pavlodar | 3 | 0 | 3 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | + | | | | |
| Navbakhor Namangan | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | - | | | | |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | 3 | 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Khimik Dzhambul | 1 | - | - | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | + | + | | | | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | | |
| Gastello Ufa | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 2 | | |
| Spartak Moscow | 4 | 2 | 6 | Kopyet-Dag Ashkhabad | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kopyet-Dag Ashkhabad | 5 | 1 | 6 | Spartak Moscow | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 0 | | | | |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2 | 3* | 5 | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 1* | | | | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2 | 2 | 4 | Krylia Sovyetov Samara | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 4 | 1 | 5 | Rotor Volgograd | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Spartak Vladikavkaz | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 2 |
| Tiligul Tiraspol | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 0 |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 1 | 4 | 5 | Pamir Dushanbe | + | + | + | | | | | | |
| Nyva Ternopil | 3 | + | - | Nyva Ternopil | - | - | - | | | | | | |
| Ararat Yerevan | 1 | - | - | | | | | Pamir Dushanbe | + | | | | |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Dinamo Minsk | - | | | | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2 | 0 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | - | - | | | | | | |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 1 | 0 | 1 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | + | + | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 2 | | |
| Asmaral Moscow | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | Pamir Dushanbe | 0 | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | 3 | 5 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 0 | 1 | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | CSKA Moscow | + | | | | |
| Spartak Nalchik | 1 | - | - | | | | | Chornomorets Odesa | - | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | + | + | Chornomorets Odesa (p) | 2 | 0 | 2(7) | | | | | | |
| Tsement Novorossiysk | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 2 | 2(6) | | | | | | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – September 3, Second leg – November 11 |||||
| Dinamo Barnaul (III) | 1–3 | (I) Dinamo Moscow | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Tiligul Tiraspol (II) | 0–5 | (I) Pamir Dushanbe | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| First leg – September 4, Second leg – September 25 |||||
| Rotor Volgograd (II) | 5–4 | (I) Spartak Vladikavkaz | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 15 |||||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara (III) | 5–4 | (I) Torpedo Moscow | 2–2 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka (IV) | 1–8 | (I) FC Dynamo Kyiv | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Polissya Zhytomyr (IV) | 2–2 (a) | (I) Dinamo Minsk | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 16 |||||
| Traktor Pavlodar (III) | 3–4 | (I) Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 17 |||||
| Asmaral Moscow (III) | 2–5 | (I) CSKA Moscow | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Gastello Ufa (III) | 3–6 | (I) Spartak Moscow | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Kopet-dag Ashkhbad (III) | 6–3 | (I) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Metallurg Lipetsk (III) | 1–7 | (I) Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–0 | 1–7 |
| Nyva Ternopil (III) | withdrew | (I) Ararat Yerevan | 3–1 | DNP |
| Novbahor Namangan (II) | 2–3 | (I) Metalist Kharkiv | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Spartak Nalchik (III) | w/o | (I) Shakhter Donetsk | 1–1 | w/o |
| Khimik Dzhambul (III) | w/o | (I) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–0 | w/o |
| Tsement Novorossiysk (III) | 0–5 | (I) Chornomorets Odesa | 0–3 | 0–2 |

#### Second games
### Second round

The round started in one country, but later its postponed games were played in another.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – November 22, Second leg – November 25 |||||
| Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad (III) | 1–2 | (I) Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv (I) | withdrew | (I) Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | DNP |
| Metalist Kharkiv (I) | 4–2 | (I) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Chornomorets Odesa (I) | 2–2 (7–6 p) | (I) Shakhter Donetsk | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| First leg – November 22, Second leg – November 26 |||||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent (I) | 3–4 | (I) CSKA Moscow | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| First leg – February 20, Second leg – February 24 |||||
| Krylia Sovyetov Samara (III) | 1–0 | (II) Rotor Volgograd | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| First leg – February 24, Second leg – March 20 |||||
| Dinamo Moscow (I) | 1–2 | (I) Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Pamir Dushanbe (I) | bye | | | |

#### Second games
### Quarter-finals

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, clubs from around the fallen Soviet Union refused their further participation among which were Ukrainian clubs who effectively forfeiting their chances at the Cup, Belarusian Dinamo Minsk, Kazakhstani Khimik Dzhambul, and others, leaving only Pamir Dushanbe as the non-Russian club still in the competition.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| March 20 |||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Spartak Moscow |
| CSKA Moscow | bye | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | bye | |
| Pamir Dushanbe | bye | |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| April 16 |||
| CSKA Moscow | 2–0 | Pamir Dushanbe |
| April 17 |||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–2 | Spartak Moscow |

### Final

* Soviet Cup 1992 Winners
* Spartak Moscow 10th title

## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Team | Goals |
| Röwşen Muhadow | FK Köpetdag Aşgabat | 5 |
| Vladimir Filippov | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 4 |
| Arnold Slabodich | FC Gastello Ufa | 4 |
| Kamil Mingazow | FK Köpetdag Aşgabat | 4 |
| Oleh Salenko | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 4 |
| Viktor Panchenko | FC Metallurg Lipetsk | 3 |
| Vladislav Yarkin | FC Dinamo Barnaul | 3 |
| Dmitri Ivanov | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 3 |
| Renat Idrisov | Navbahor Namangan | 3 |
| Rustam Zabirov | Navbahor Namangan | 3 |
| Sergey Andreyev | Navbahor Namangan | 3 |
| Yuriy Hudymenko | FC Rotor Volgograd | 3 |
| Yuriy Moroz | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 3 |
| Andrei Gubernsky | FC Asmaral Moscow | 3 |
| Sergey Dmitriyev | PFC CSKA Moscow | 3 |
| Ihor Yavorskyi | FC Nyva Ternopil | 3 |
| Eduard Kugotov | FC Spartak Nalchik | 3 |
| Serhiy Perepadenko | FC Spartak Moscow | 3 |
| Ivan Hetsko | FC Chornomorets Odesa | 3 |
| Mirjalol Qosimov | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 |

## Number of teams by union republic

| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams |
| 1 | RSFSR | 6 (Top League) 10 (First League) 2/13/2 (Second League) 33 (Total) |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 6 (Top League) 2 (First League) 6 (Second League) 2 (Cup) 16 (Total) |
| 3 | Kazakh SSR | 1 (First League) 6 (Second League) 7 (Total) |
| 4 | Uzbek SSR | 1 (Top League) 2 (First League) 2 (Second League) 5 (Total) |
| 5 | Belarusian SSR | 1 (Top League) 3 (Second League) 4 (Total) |
| 6 | Armenian SSR | 1 (Top League) 1 (First League) 1 (Second League) 3 (Total) |
| 7 | Moldavian SSR | 2 (First League) 1 (Second League) 3 (Total) |
| 8 | Azerbaijan SSR | 2 (Second League) 1 (Extra) 3 (Total) |
| 9 | Tajik SSR | 1 (Top League) 1 (Second League) 2 (Total) |
| 10 | Georgian SSR | 1 (First League) 1 (Total) |
| 10 | Latvian SSR | 1 (First League) 1 (Total) |
| 12 | Turkmen SSR | 1 (Second League) 1 (Total) |
| 12 | Kyrgyz SSR | 1 (Second League) 1 (Total) |

### Notes

* Officially all Georgian teams withdrew from all Soviet competitions. However, due to occupation of Abkhazia by the Russian troops, in the 1991–92 Soviet Cup was participating Dynamo Sukhumi "as if" Georgian team ignoring the official policy of the Georgian Football Federation.
* Official boycott of the competition existed from Lithuania and Georgia as well as FC Neftchi Baku. In place of Daugava Riga, the Latvian Football Federation was fielding its youth national team under the name of FK Pārdaugava.