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 existenceДекларация Совета Республик Верховного Совета СССР в связи с созданием Содружества Независимых Государств от 26 декабря 1991 года № 142-Н (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.Chronology for Crimean Russians in Ukraine. www.refworld.org.
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 1991 Vysshaya Liga16/16 teams 1991 Pervaya Liga20/22 teams 1991 Vtoraya Liga41/66 teams Republican qual.3 teams Dynamo CSKA Dinamo Torpedo Spartak Dnipro Ararat Shakhter Chornomorets Pamir Metalist Dinamo Spartak Pakhtakor Metallurg Lokomotiv Rotor Dinamo Shinnik Zimbrul Tavria Fakel Geolog Dinamo Tiligul Kotaik Rostselmash Lokomotiv Kairat Zenit Kuban Uralmash Bukovina Neftchi Novbakhor Pardaugava Neftchi Tekstilschik Karpaty Nyva Nyva SKA Zorya Spartak Dinamo Zaria Vorskla Dnepr Khimik Start Lori Krylia Sovetov Kapaz Tsement Druzhba Torpedo Goyazan Torpedo Gastello Zenit Nart Torpedo Sokol KAMAZ Asmaral Metallurg Amur Meliorator Khimik Avtomobilist Kopet-Dag Alga Traktor Dinamo Shakhter Vakhsh Tselinnik Ekibastuzets Surkhan Polissya Naftovyk Dinamo Source: [] Legend 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.
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|April 17
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|May 2
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|May 3
Second preliminary round Games took place on July 1, 1991.
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|June 30
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|July 1
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|July 2
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|July 3
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|July 4
Bracket
First round
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – September 3, Second leg – November 11
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – September 4, Second leg – September 25
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 15
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 16
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – September 4, Second leg – November 17
First games
Second games
Second round The round started in one country, but later its postponed games were played in another.
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – November 22, Second leg – November 25
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – November 22, Second leg – November 26
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – February 20, Second leg – February 24
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|First leg – February 24, Second leg – March 20
First games
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.
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|March 20
Semi-finals
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|April 16
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|April 17
Final
Soviet Cup 1992 WinnersSpartak Moscow10th title
Top goalscorers
ScorerTeamGoalsRöwşen MuhadowFK Köpetdag Aşgabat5Vladimir FilippovFC Krylia Sovetov Samara4Arnold SlabodichFC Gastello Ufa4Kamil MingazowFK Köpetdag Aşgabat4Oleh SalenkoFC Dynamo Kyiv4Viktor PanchenkoFC Metallurg Lipetsk3Vladislav YarkinFC Dinamo Barnaul3Dmitri IvanovFC Krylia Sovetov Samara3Renat IdrisovNavbahor Namangan3Rustam ZabirovNavbahor Namangan3Sergey AndreyevNavbahor Namangan3Yuriy HudymenkoFC Rotor Volgograd3Yuriy MorozFC Dynamo Kyiv3Andrei GubernskyFC Asmaral Moscow3Sergey DmitriyevPFC CSKA Moscow3Ihor YavorskyiFC Nyva Ternopil3Eduard KugotovFC Spartak Nalchik3Serhiy PerepadenkoFC Spartak Moscow3Ivan HetskoFC Chornomorets Odesa3Mirjalol QosimovFC Pakhtakor Tashkent3
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams1 6 (Top League)10 (First League)2/13/2 (Second League)33 (Total)2 6 (Top League)2 (First League)6 (Second League)2 (Cup)16 (Total)3 1 (First League)6 (Second League)7 (Total)4 1 (Top League)2 (First League)2 (Second League)5 (Total)5 1 (Top League)3 (Second League)4 (Total)6 1 (Top League)1 (First League)1 (Second League)3 (Total)7 2 (First League)1 (Second League)3 (Total)8 2 (Second League)1 (Extra)3 (Total)9 1 (Top League)1 (Second League)2 (Total)10 1 (First League)1 (Total) 12 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.
See also 1991 Soviet Top League 1992 Soviet Top League 1992 Russian Top League 1991 Soviet First League 1993 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
References
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