Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Кубок УРСР з футболу) was a playoff republican competitions in association football that were taken place in Ukrainian SSR in 1936–1991 and were predecessors of the Ukrainian Cup.[1] The competition was originally called as a Football championship of UkrSSR among the best teams of sports societies in 1936 and 1937.[1] The first cup was awarded in 1937 and starting since 1938, the competition was renamed as Football cup competitions of the Ukrainian SSR[1] as it was commemorated on the Soviet envelope.

First Ukrainian SSR Cup on cover of the Soviet Union

History

Unlike its replacement the Ukrainian Cup, the Cup of Ukrainian SSR involved participation of up to 40,000 clubs of different levels that strife for the republican accolades. The participation was allowed to everybody whether it was a team of the Soviet Top League or a team of some education institution as long as none of the players competed in the Soviet Cup simultaneously.

In 1939, 1940 and since 1949 no teams from the Soviet Top League participated in the competition. In 1959 the competition among teams of masters was replaced with competition for amateur clubs (see Ukrainian Amateur Cup).

In 1972 it was revived again for the next five seasons and one more time in 1990, while competition for physical fitness clubs at that time discontinued. The last winner FC Temp Shepetivka of the Soviet Ukrainian Cup was allowed to join the Ukrainian Premier League in 1991.

During the World War II, the crystal trophy, cup of the Ukrainian SSR, was not evacuated and was stolen by one of employees of the All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture.[1] During the Nazi occupation of Kiev, the trophy appeared in a store of random things at Velyka Vasylkivska street and was spotted by Kiev footballers who stayed behind and played for a local team Rukh Kyiv.[1] The athletes informed the municipal department of education and culture which in turn on 19 May 1942 wrote a letter to the administration of the antique store with a request to return them the Cup and inform the name of individual who pawned it in the store.[1] It is unknown if the person who stole the trophy was ever found, but the Cup was returned.[1] In such way the athletes who later labeled as "traitors" by the Soviet regime saved the trophy for Ukrainian football of post war period.[1]

Finals
Year Venue Winner Score Runner-up
1936
Final		 24 June 1936 18:00 (MST)
Kiev – Balytskyi Stadium
Attendance: 35,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Viktor Shylovsky  7', 23', 53'
Konstantin Shchegotsky  56'
Mykola Korotkykh  ?'		 6 – 0
(2 – 0)
 Dynamo Odessa
Volodymyr Tokar  ?' (own)
1937
Final		 18 May 1937 18:00 (MST)
Kiev – Balytskyi Stadium
Attendance: 25,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Oleksiy Klymenko  35' (own)
Makar Honcharenko  53'
Viktor Shylovsky  68'
Mykola Makhynia  94', 103'		 4 – 2
(0 – 1)
 Dynamo Odessa
Leonid Oriekhov  65' (pen.)
1938
Final		 15 October 1938 16:00 (MST)
Kiev – Yezhov Stadium
Attendance: 15,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Petro Laiko  27', 76'
Viktor Shylovsky  84'		 3 – 1
(1 – 0)
 Lokomotyv Kyiv
Oleksandr Shatskyi  73'
among amateur teams
1939KramatorskAvanhard Kramatorsk2 – 0Kharchovyk Odessa
1940DnipropetrovskDynamo Dnipropetrovsk2 – 2
(6 – 2 replay)		Lokomotyv Odessa
After World War II reestablished as all-Ukrainian competition
1944
Final		KievDynamo Kyiv won the Final Group
1945
Final		 8 November 1945 ?:? (MST)
Kiev – Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: ?		 Lokomotyv Kharkiv
Anatoliy Horokhov  ?'		 1 – 0
(0 – 0)
 Dynamo Kyiv
1946
Final		 12 November 1946 14:30 (MST)
Kiev – Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 20,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Pavlo Vinkovatyi  42', 45'		 2 – 0
(2 – 0)
 Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1947
Final		 9 November 1947 14:00 (MST)
Kiev – Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 12,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Mykhailo Chaplyhin  7', 10'
Fedir Dashkov  20'
Pavlo Vinkovatyi  47'
Pyotr Dementiev  49'		 5 – 1
(3 – 1)
 Kharchovyk Odesa
Mykola Potapov  34'
1948
Final		 26 October 1948 15:00 (MST)
Kiev – Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 7,000		 Dynamo Kyiv
Viktor Zhylin  16', 44'
Heorhiy Ponomariov  46'
Pavlo Vinkovatyi  78'		 4 – 1
(2 – 0)
 Bilshovyk Mukacheve
József Egervári  83' (pen.)
among amateur teams
1949KharkivVPS Kharkiv5 – 1Vodnyk Odessa
1950KievSpartak Uzhhorod4 – 2Metalurh Zaporizhia
1951KievMetalurh Zaporizhia4 – 0BO Lviv
1952ZaporizhiaMetalurh Zaporizhia6 – 3BO Lviv
1953KirovohradTorpedo Kirovohrad3 – 1Lokomotyv Poltava
1954KievMashbud Kyiv1 – 0, 3 – 1OBO Kyiv
1955KievMashbud Kyiv2 – 1Lokomotyv Artemivsk
1956KievKolhospnyk Poltava4 – 0Mashbud Zaporizhia
1957KievSKMD Odessa2 – 0Kolhospnyk Rivne
1958TernopilTorpedo Kharkiv2 – 1 aetAvanhard Ternopil
There were no competitions from 1959 till 1971. Ukrainian Amateur Cup established
1972KievAvtomobilist Zhytomyr1 – 0, aetShakhtar Donetsk
1973KievZirka Kirovohrad1 – 0Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1974home/away basisTavriya Simferopol2 – 0, 2 – 1Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
1975home/away basisZirka Kirovohrad2 – 0, 1 – 2Tavriya Simferopol
1976HorlivkaSKA Kyiv2 – 0Shakhtar Horlivka
There were no competitions from 1977 till 1989.
1990home/away basisPolissya Zhytomyr4 – 0, 1 – 3Naftovyk Okhtyrka
1991home/away basisTemp Shepetivka1 – 1, 2 – 1Veres Rivne

Performances
Team Winners Runners-up Semifinalists Winning years Runner-up years
Dynamo Kyiv 7 1 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948 1945
Zirka Kirovohrad 3 0 2 1953, 1973, 1975 –
Mashbud Kyiv 2 0 3 1954, 1955 –
Polissya Zhytomyr 2 1 1 1972, 1990 1974
Metalurh Zaporizhia 2 1 1951, 1952 1950
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 1 2 2 1945 1944, 1946
Tavriya Simferopol 1 1 1974 1975
SKA Kyiv 1 1 1976 1954
Torpedo Kharkiv 1 0 3 1958 –
Spartak Uzhhorod 1 0 2 1950 –
Avanhard Kramatorsk 1 0 1 1939 –
Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 1 0 1 1940 –
SKVO Odessa 1 0 1 1957 –
VPS Kharkiv 1 0 1949 –
Kolhospnyk Poltava 1 0 1956 –
Temp Shepetivka 1 0 1991 –
FC Dynamo Odessa 0 2 2 – 1936, 1937
FC Kharchovyk Odesa 0 2 2 – 1939, 1947
BO Lviv 0 2 – 1951, 1952
Veres Rivne 0 2 – 1957, 1991
Shakhtar Donetsk 0 1 4 – 1972
Lokomotyv Kyiv 0 1 1 – 1938
Mashbud Zaporizhia 0 1 1 – 1956
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 0 1 1 – 1973
Naftovyk Okhtyrka 0 1 1 – 1990
Lokomotyv Odessa 0 1 – 1940
Bilshovyk Mukacheve 0 1 – 1948
Vodnyk Odessa 0 1 – 1949
Lokomotyv Poltava 0 1 – 1953
Lokomotyv Artemivsk 0 1 – 1955
Avanhard Ternopil 0 1 – 1958
Shakhtar Horlivka 0 1 – 1976
Torpedo Sumy 0 0 2
Metalurh Odesa 0 0 2
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 0 0 2
Metalist Kharkiv 0 0 2
Lenin Factory Dnipropetrovsk 0 0 1
Dynamo Kharkiv 0 0 1
Stal Kostiantynivka 0 0 1
Snaiper Odessa 0 0 1
Zenit Stalino 0 0 1
Lokomotyv Zaporizhia 0 0 1
Dynamo Vinnytsia 0 0 1
Dynamo Mykolaiv 0 0 1
Zirka Konotop 0 0 1
Chervonyi Prapor Mykolaiv 0 0 1
Mashbud Dnipropetrovsk 0 0 1
Avanhard Mykolaiv 0 0 1
Khimik Kalush 0 0 1
GBO Lutsk 0 0 1
Lokomotyv Kherson 0 0 1
Frunzenets Sumy 0 0 1
Desna Chernihiv 0 0 1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0 0 1
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References
  1. Kolomiyets, A. Did you know that Ukrainian cup competitions will soon turn 80 years of age? (А чи знаєте ви, що розіграшу Кубка України скоро виповниться 80 років?). Kiev Oblast Football Federation.
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