1965–66 Soviet Cup

The 1965–66 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The organization of the competition was confusing and some teams that were eliminated in qualification rounds still proceeded to the Final round which was taking place in 1966.

The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.

Participating teams Enter in Final round Enter in Qualification round Class A Class BGroup 1 19/19 teams Dinamo Kiev SKA Rostov-na-Donu Neftianik Baku Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Moscow Pakhtakor Tashkent Shakhter Donetsk Dinamo Minsk Kairat Alma-Ata Ararat Yerevan Chernomorets Odessa Torpedo Kutaisi Zenit Leningrad Lokomotiv Moscow Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev SKA OdessaGroup 2 51/53 teams Zhalgiris Vilnius Tekstilschik Ivanovo Kuban Krasnodar Dinamo Kirovabad Rubin Kazan Daugava Riga Lokomotiv Tbilisi Terek Grozny Dinamo Batumi Spartak Nalchik Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Traktor Volgograd Dinamo Stavropol Baltika Kaliningrad Spartak Gomel Shirak Leninakan Dinamo Tallinn

Zaria Lugansk SKA Kiev SKA Lvov Lokomotiv Vinnitsa Dinamo Leningrad Trud Voronezh Metallurg Zaporozhye Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Sokol Saratov Avangard Kharkov Volga Kalinin Tavriya Simferopol Avyntul Kishinev Karpaty Lvov Sudostoitel Nikolayev Shinnik Yaroslavl Volga Gorkiy Zvezda Kirovograd

Politodel Tashkent Oblast Shakhter Karaganda Stroitel Ufa Alga Frunze Luch Vladivostok Uralmash Sverdlovsk Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk Stroitel Ashkhabad Energetik Dushanbe Temp Barnaul Kuzbass Kemerovo SKA Khabarovsk SKA Novosibirsk Torpedo Tomsk Irtysh Omsk Zvezda Perm Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk Neftianik FerganaRSFSR I (1965 – 17/18) Avtomobilist Leningrad Baltika Kaliningrad Lokomotiv Kaluga Granitas Klapeida Zvezda Serpukhov Dinamo Briansk Saturn Rybinsk Khimik Novomoskovsk Metallurg Tula Onezhets Petrozavodsk Avangard Kolomna Metallurg Cherepovets Sever Murmansk Tekmash Kostroma Serp i Molot Moscow Zveiniyeks Liyepaya Iskra Smolensk Khimik KlinRSFSR II (1965 – 17/19) Spartak Ryazan Rubin Kazan Khimik Dzerzhinsk Spartak Yoshkar-Ola Zenit Izhevsk Znamia Noginsk Uralets Nizhniy Tagil Zvezda Perm Neftianik Bugulma Dinamo Kirov Znamia Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo Torpedo Pavlovo Traktor Vladimir Khimik Berezniki Salyut Kamensk-Uralskiy Progress Zelenodolsk Neftianik Tyumen Kovrovets Kovrov Energiya CheboksaryRSFSR III (1965 – 18/19) Sokol Saratov Torpedo Armavir Volgar Astrakhan Torpedo Lipetsk Trudovye Rezervy Kursk Volga Ulyanovsk Spartak Belgorod Spartak Oryol Torpedo Taganrog Metallurg Kuibyshev Energiya Volzhskiy Spartak Tambov Neftianik Syzran Progress Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy Spartak Saransk Trud Toliatti Shakhter Shakhty Energiya Novocherkassk Trud PenzaRSFSR IV (1965 – 20/21) Spartak Nalchik Dinamo Baku Dinamo Kirovabad Tsement Novorossiysk Dinamo Sukhumi Shirak Leninakan Urozhai Maikop Kolkhida Poti Spartak Ordzhonikidze Dinamo Batumi Meshakhte Tkibuli Lori Kirovakan Inguri Zugdidi Dinamo Makhachkala Alazani Gurdzhaani Lernagorts Kafan Dinamo Stavropol Trudovye Rezervy Kislovodsk Metallurg Rustavi Polad Sumgait Sevan OktemberyanRSFSR V (1965 – 20/20) Irtysh Omsk Neftianik Fergana Stroitel Ufa Metallurg Magnitogorsk Pamir Leninabad Metallist Dzhambul Khimik Chirchik Dinamo Tselinograd Lokomotiv Orenburg Zarafshan Navoi Metallurg Chimkent Khimik Salavat Trud Kurgan Spartak Andizhan Spartak Samarkand Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast Shakhter Osh Torpedo Miass Zakhmed Chardzhou Metallurg ZlatoustRSFSR VI (1965 – 19/19) Luch Vladivostok Torpedo Tomsk Temp Barnaul SKA Khabarovsk Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk Armeyets Ulan-Ude Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure Zabaikalets Chita Start Angarsk Angara Irkutsk Khimik Kemerovo Irtysh Pavlodar Amur Blagoveschensk Sibselmash Novosibirsk Shakhter Prokopyevsk Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk Torpedo Rubtsovsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk Tsementnik SemipalatinskUkraine (1965 – 3) Avangard Ternopol Desna Chernigov Lokomotiv KhersonCentral Asia and Kazakhstan (19/19) Pamir Leninabad Metallurg Chimkent Dinamo Tselinograd Zarafshan Navoi Metallurg Temirtau Khimik Chirchik Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast ADK Alma-Ata Spartak Andizhan Metallist Dzhambul Shakhter Osh Pakhtaaral Syrdarya Oblast Dimitrovets Tashkent Oblast Spartak Samarkand Zakhmed Chardzhou Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube Metallurg Almalyk Vakhsh Nurek Bukhoro Bukhara Source: [] Notes The underlined are marked teams that entered the competition in 1966 for the second time, but initially in 1965 they competed as part of the 1965 Soviet Class B qualification (preliminary) stage within the RSFSR zones.

Competition schedule Preliminary stage Group 1 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round Avangard Kolomna 2-3 SERP I MOLOT Moskva

First round [Apr 25, 1965] Baltika Kaliningrad 0-1 SATURN Rybinsk DINAMO Bryansk 1-0 TekMash Kostroma Granitas Klaipeda 0-0 Avtomobilist Leningrad KHIMIK Novomoskovsk 2-0 Khimik Klin Lokomotiv Kaluga 2-3 METALLURG Tula METALLURG Cherepovets 2-0 Iskra Smolensk ZVEJNIEKS Liepaja 1-0 Sever Murmansk ZVEZDA Serpukhov 1-0 Serp i Molot Moskva

First round replays [Apr 26] GRANITAS Klaipeda 3-0 Avtomobilist Leningrad

Quarterfinals [May 6, 1965] KHIMIK Novomoskovsk 1-0 Metallurg Tula METALLURG Cherepovets 1-0 Saturn Rybinsk Zvejnieks Liepaja 1-2 GRANITAS Klaipeda ZVEZDA Serpukhov 3-2 Dinamo Bryansk [aet]

Semifinals [Jul 24, 1965] GRANITAS Klaipeda 2-0 Metallurg Cherepovets Khimik Novomoskovsk 0-4 ZVEZDA Serpukhov

Final [Aug 1, 1965] GRANITAS Klaipeda 1-0 Zvezda Serpukhov

Group 2 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round Progress Zelyonodolsk 1-1 Dinamo Kirov

Preliminary round replays PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk 1-0 Dinamo Kirov

First round [Apr 25, 1965] KHIMIK Dzerzhinsk 2-0 Salyut Kamensk-Uralskiy KOVROVETS Kovrov 1-0 Neftyanik Tyumen PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk 2-0 Spartak Yoshkar-Ola SPARTAK Ryazan 2-0 Zenit Izhevsk TORPEDO Pavlovo 2-1 Uralets Nizhniy Tagil Traktor Vladimir 0-2 RUBIN Kazan Znamya Noginsk 1-2 ZVEZDA Perm ZNAMYA TRUDA Orekhovo-Zuyevo 3-0 Khimik Berezniki

Quarterfinals [Jul 20, 1965] PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk 1-0 Khimik Dzerzhinsk RUBIN Kazan 2-0 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo TORPEDO Pavlovo 1-0 Kovrovets Kovrov Zvezda Perm 1-2 Spartak Ryazan

Semifinals [Sep 21, 1965] Progress Zelyonodolsk 1-2 TORPEDO Pavlovo RUBIN Kazan 3-2 Spartak Ryazan

Final TORPEDO Pavlovo w/o Rubin Kazan

Group 3 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round ENERGIYA Volzhskiy 1-0 Spartak Oryol Volgar Astrakhan 0-0 Energiya Novocherkassk

Preliminary round replays Volgar Astrakhan 0-1 ENERGIYA Novocherkassk

First round [Apr 25, 1965] PROGRESS Kamensk 2-0 Energiya Novocherkassk SHAKHTYOR Shakhty 2-1 Trud Togliatti Torpedo Armavir 1-2 SPARTAK Saransk Torpedo Lipetsk 1-1 Spartak Belgorod TORPEDO Taganrog 2-1 Spartak Tambov Trud Penza 0-2 METALLURG Kuibyshev Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk 0-3 ENERGIYA Volzhskiy Volga Ulyanovsk 1-2 NEFTYANIK Syzran

First round replays [Apr 26] Torpedo Lipetsk 1-2 SPARTAK Belgorod

Quarterfinals METALLURG Kuibyshev 1-0 Neftyanik Syzran Progress Kamensk 1-2 SHAKHTYOR Shakhty SPARTAK Belgorod 1-0 Energiya Volzhskiy Spartak Saransk 1-2 TORPEDO Taganrog

Semifinals [Sep 2, 1965] METALLURG Kuibyshev 3-1 Spartak Belgorod Shakhtyor Shakhty 1-2 TORPEDO Taganrog [aet]

Final [Oct 27, 1965] TORPEDO Taganrog 2-1 Metallurg Kuibyshev

Group 4 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round DINAMO Kirovabad 3-1 Dinamo Baku LORI Kirovakan w/o Sevan Oktemberyan Metallurg Rustavi 0-2 MESHAKHTE Tkibuli SHIRAK Leninakan 1-0 Alazani Gurjaani

First round [Apr 24, 1965] DINAMO Batumi 1-0 Dinamo Stavropol [aet] Dinamo Kirovabad w/o LORI Kirovakan Dinamo Makhachkala 0-0 Polad Sumgait Dinamo Sukhumi 1-1 Cement Novorossiysk KOLKHIDA Poti 2-1 Inguri Zugdidi Shirak Leninakan 1-3 MESHAKHTE Tkibuli SPARTAK Nalchik 1-0 Urozhai Maykop SPARTAK Orjonikidze 3-2 Trudoviye Rezervy Kislovodsk [aet]

First round replays [Apr 25] DINAMO Makhachkala w/o Polad Sumgait DINAMO Sukhumi 4-2 Cement Novorossiysk

Quarterfinals [May 6, 1965] KOLKHIDA Poti 2-0 Dinamo Batumi LORI Kirovakan 2-1 Spartak Nalchik MESHAKHTE Tkibuli 3-1 Dinamo Sukhumi SPARTAK Orjonikidze 4-0 Dinamo Makhachkala

Semifinals [Oct 30, 1965] Lori Kirovakan 0-3 SPARTAK Orjonikidze Meshakhte Tkibuli 1-1 Kolkhida Poti

Semifinals replays [Oct 31] MESHAKHTE Tkibuli w/o Kolkhida Poti

Final [Nov 14, 1965] Spartak Orjonikidze 1-1 Meshakhte Tkibuli

Final replays [Nov 15] Spartak Orjonikidze 1-1 Meshakhte Tkibuli [Nov 17] SPARTAK Orjonikidze 2-1 Meshakhte Tkibuli

Group 5 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round [Apr 18, 1965] KHIMIK Chirchik 1-0 Spartak Andizhan METALLIST Jambul 2-0 Khimik Salavat METALLURG Chimkent 2-1 Dinamo Tselinograd Sverdlovets Tashkent Region 0-6 IRTYSH Omsk

First round KHIMIK Chirchik 2-0 Metallist Jambul METALLURG Chimkent 3-2 Irtysh Omsk METALLURG Magnitogorsk 2-1 Zahmet Charjou NEFTYANIK Fergana 2-0 Torpedo Miass PAMIR Leninabad 3-0 Metallurg Zlatoust Shakhtyor Osh 1-1 Trud Kurgan SPARTAK Samarkand 2-0 Lokomotiv Orenburg STROITEL Ufa 1-0 Zarafshan Navoi

First round replays Shakhtyor Osh 1-5 TRUD Kurgan

Quarterfinals METALLURG Magnitogorsk 1-0 Spartak Samarkand [aet] PAMIR Leninabad w/o Metallurg Chimkent STROITEL Ufa 2-1 Khimik Chirchik TRUD Kurgan 2-1 Neftyanik Fergana [aet]

Semifinals STROITEL Ufa 5-2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk TRUD Kurgan 1-0 Pamir Leninabad

Final [Oct 9, 1965] TRUD Kurgan 2-1 Stroitel Ufa

Group 6 (Russian Federation) Preliminary round ARMEYETS Ulan-Ude 2-1 Torpedo Tomsk SIBSELMASH Novosibirsk w/o Metallurg Novokuznetsk ZABAIKALETS Chita w/o Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk

First round [Apr 28, 1965] AMUR Blagoveshchensk 1-0 SKA Khabarovsk Armeyets Ulan-Ude 1-1 Zabaikalets Chita CEMENTNIK Semipalatinsk 1-0 Irtysh Pavlodar [aet] LOKOMOTIV Krasnoyarsk 2-0 Khimik Kemerovo Luch Vladivostok 0-0 Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure Temp Barnaul 0-0 Angara Irkutsk TORPEDO Rubtsovsk 4-1 SibSelMash Novosibirsk [aet] VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk 2-0 Start Angarsk

First round replays [Apr 29] ARMEYETS Ulan-Ude 2-0 Zabaikalets Chita Luch Vladivostok 0-1 AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure TEMP Barnaul 2-1 Angara Irkutsk

Quarterfinals [May 22, 1965] Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 0-0 Amur Blagoveshchensk TEMP Barnaul 2-1 Armeyets Ulan-Ude TORPEDO Rubtsovsk 3-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk [aet] VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk 2-0 Cementnik Semipalatinsk

Quarterfinals replays [May 23] Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 0-0 Amur Blagoveshchensk [May 25] AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-1 Amur Blagoveshchensk

Semifinals [Aug 3, 1965] AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-1 Temp Barnaul VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk 4-1 Torpedo Rubtsovsk

Final AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-0 Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk

Group Central Asia and Kazakhstan Preliminary round SHAKHTYOR Osh 6-0 Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube SPARTAK Andizhan 3-1 Zahmet Charjou SPARTAK Samarkand 2-0 Metallurg Chimkent

First round KHIMIK Chirchik 3-1 Pamir Leninabad METALLIST Jambul 1-0 Zarafshan Navoi METALLURG Almalyk 1-0 ADK Alma-Ata METALLURG Temirtau 1-0 Dinamo Tselinograd Spartak Andizhan 0-0 Shakhtyor Osh SPARTAK Samarkand 1-0 Buhoro Buhara SVERDLOVETS Tashkent Region 2-0 Dimitrovets Tashkent Region VAKHSH Nurek 3-2 Pahtaaral Gulistan

First round replays Spartak Andizhan 1-2 SHAKHTYOR Osh

Quarterfinals KHIMIK Chirchik 2-0 Spartak Samarkand METALLURG Almalyk 2-0 Metallurg Temirtau SHAKHTYOR Osh 3-1 Metallist Jambul VAKHSH Nurek 3-2 Sverdlovets Tashkent Region

Semifinals KHIMIK Chirchik 4-1 Vakhsh Nurek SHAKHTYOR Osh 3-0 Metallurg Almalyk

Final KHIMIK Chirchik 1-0 Shakhtyor Osh

Final stage Preliminary round [Jun 19] ALGA Frunze 3-0 Stroitel Ashkhabad