# 1984–85 Soviet Cup

The 1984–85 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

The competition was shifted to the European competition calendar (fall-spring) and was "desynchronized" with the rest of the Soviet Union football season (spring-fall). The shift in calendar and other changes of the tournament was announced in the main sports newspaper Sovetskiy Sport on June 20, 1984. 50 teams were allowed to participate: 18 from the Top league, 22 from the First and 10 from the Second. The weaker teams started out in July. The Top League began as usual from the Round of 32, but not all, only 14 of them. The rest, the privileged participants of the European cups (including Dnepr, Spartak, Dynamos Minsk and Moscow) were starting from the next stage, the Round of 16.

## Participating teams

| Round of 16 | Round of 32 | 2nd Preliminary | Enter in 1st Preliminary Round | Enter in 1st Preliminary Round | Enter in 1st Preliminary Round | Enter in 1st Preliminary Round |
| 1984 Vysshaya Liga | 1984 Vysshaya Liga | 1984 Pervaya Liga | 1984 Pervaya Liga | 1984 Vtoraya Liga | 1984 Vtoraya Liga | 1984 Vtoraya Liga |
| 4/18 teams | 14/18 teams | 8/22 teams | 14/22 teams | 10/162 teams | 10/162 teams | 10/162 teams |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Moscow | Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Torpedo Moscow Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Dinamo Kiev Y Ararat Erevan Y Metallist Kharkov Y Shakhter Donetsk Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Neftchi Baku Y CSKA Moscow (v) Y Pakhtakor Tashkent (v) | Y Fakel Voronezh (^) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Pamir Dushambe Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Dinamo Batumi Y Iskra Smolensk Y Nistru Kishenev | Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Daugava Riga Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Zvezda Dzhizak Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Kolos Nikopol Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad (v) Y Tavria Simferopol (v) Y Irtysh Omsk (v) | Y Svetotekhnika Saransk | Y Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Y Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Moscow | Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Torpedo Moscow Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Dinamo Kiev Y Ararat Erevan Y Metallist Kharkov Y Shakhter Donetsk Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Neftchi Baku Y CSKA Moscow (v) Y Pakhtakor Tashkent (v) | Y Fakel Voronezh (^) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Pamir Dushambe Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Dinamo Batumi Y Iskra Smolensk Y Nistru Kishenev | Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Daugava Riga Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Zvezda Dzhizak Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Kolos Nikopol Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad (v) Y Tavria Simferopol (v) Y Irtysh Omsk (v) | Y Geolog Tyumen | Y Dnepr Mogilev | Y Niva Vinnitsa Y Sudostroitel Nikolayev |
| Y Spartak Moscow Y Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Y Dinamo Minsk Y Dinamo Moscow | Y Zenit Leningrad Y Chernomorets Odessa Y Torpedo Moscow Y Iberia Tbilisi Y Kairat Alma-Ata Y Zalgiris Vilnius Y Dinamo Kiev Y Ararat Erevan Y Metallist Kharkov Y Shakhter Donetsk Y SKA Rostov-na-Donu Y Neftchi Baku Y CSKA Moscow (v) Y Pakhtakor Tashkent (v) | Y Fakel Voronezh (^) Y FC Torpedo Kutaisi (^) Y Lokomotiv Moscow Y Pamir Dushambe Y Kuzbass Kemerovo Y Dinamo Batumi Y Iskra Smolensk Y Nistru Kishenev | Y SKA Karpaty Lvov Y Kuban Krasnodar Y Metallurg Zaporozhye Y Daugava Riga Y Guria Lanchkhuti Y Zvezda Dzhizak Y SKA Khabarovsk Y Rotor Volgograd Y Spartak Ordzhonikidze Y Shinnik Yaroslavl Y Kolos Nikopol Y Zaria Voroshilovgrad (v) Y Tavria Simferopol (v) Y Irtysh Omsk (v) | Y Dinamo Samarkand | Y Tselinnik Tselinograd | Y Kotaik Abovian (^) |
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### Notes

* The cup competition (fall–spring) was carried out of synchronization with the League season (spring–fall), markings next to teams (^, v) indicate promotions and relegations for the 1985 season.

## Competition schedule
### First preliminary round

All games took place on July 31, 1984.
| Dinamo Samarkand | 4:1 | Guria Lanchkhuti | |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2:0 | Daugava Riga | |
| Geolog Tyumen | 2:0 | Zvezda Jizak | |
| Kotaik Abovyan | 3:2 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | (a.e.t.) |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1:1 | Pamir Dushanbe | (a.e.t.), (4–3 p) |
| Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 3:0 | Rotor Volgograd | |
| Niva Vinnitsa | 2:1 | Metallurg Zaporozhie | |
| Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | 3:2 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | |
| SKA Khabarovsk | 3:0 | Irtysh Omsk | |
| Sudostroitel Nikolaev | 3:2 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | |
| Svetotekhnika Saransk | 1:5 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | |
| Tselinnik Tselinograd | 2:1 | Tavria Simferopol | (a.e.t.) |

### Second preliminary round

All games took place on August 10 (or 20), 1984.
| Dinamo Batumi | 1:0 | Dnepr Mogilev | |
| Dinamo Samarkand | 3:1 | Fakel Voronezh | |
| Iskra Smolensk | 3:0 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | |
| Geolog Tyumen | 0:0 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | (a.e.t.), (4–1 p) |
| Kotaik Abovyan | 3:0 | Kolos Nikopol | |
| Kuzbass Kemerovo | 1:0 | Sudostroitel Nikolaev | |
| Nistru Kishinev | 2:1 | Kuban Krasnodar | |
| Niva Vinnitsa | 3:0 | Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | |
| SKA Khabarovsk | 6:1 | Torpedo Kutaisi | |
| Spartak Ordzhonikidze | 2:0 | Lokomotiv Moskva | |

### Round of 32

The base game day was September 17, 1984
| Chernomorets Odessa | 3:2 | Neftchi Baku | (a.e.t.) (September 16, 1984) |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1:0 | Pahtakor Tashkent | (September 16, 1984) |
| Dinamo Samarkand | 0:0 | Zhalgiris Vilnius | (a.e.t.), (3–1 p) (September 16, 1984) |
| Kairat Alma-Aty | 3:1 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | (September 16, 1984) |
| Zenit Leningrad | 4:0 | SKA Khabarovsk | (September 16, 1984) |
| Ararat Yerevan | 3:1 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2:0 | Geolog Tyumen | |
| Iskra Smolensk | 2:2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | (a.e.t.), (4–3 p) |
| Kotaik Abovyan | 1:3 | Shakhter Donetsk | |
| Metallist Kharkov | 0:1 | Torpedo Moscow | (a.e.t.) |
| Nistru Kishinev | 2:4 | Dinamo Kiev | |
| Niva Vinnitsa | 2:1 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | |

### Round of 16

The base game day was October 28, 1984.
| CSKA Moscow | 3:0 | Dinamo Batumi | |
| Dinamo Kiev | 1:1 | Dinamo Moscow | (a.e.t.), (6–5 p) |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2:1 | Chernomorets Odessa | (a.e.t.) |
| Shakhter Donetsk | 2:1 | Ararat Yerevan | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0:1 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | |
| Spartak Moscow | 0:3 | Zenit Leningrad | (October 29, 1984) |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 1:0 | Niva Vinnitsa | (November 12, 1984) |
| Dinamo Samarkand | 0:1 | Iskra Smolensk | (November 14, 1984) |

### Quarter-finals

The base game day was May 10, 1985
| Dinamo Kiev | 2:1 | Kairat Alma-Ata |
| Iskra Smolensk | 1:0 | Dinamo Minsk |
| Shakhter Donetsk | 2:1 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2:0 | CSKA Moscow |

### Semi-finals

| Shakhter Donetsk | 0:0 | Zenit Leningrad | (a.e.t.), (4–2 p) (May 23, 1985) |
| Dinamo Kiev | 3:0 | Iskra Smolensk | (May 24, 1985) |