The 1986–87 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 Compared with the last year competition, the number of participants has increased from 74 to 80 teams that will take part in the games for the 1986/87 USSR Cup, including 16 from the Top, 24 from the First and 40 from the Second leagues, which is represented by the best teams of its nine (9) zones based on the final standings at the end of the 1985 season: from 1st to zones 5 teams (including last year's winner of the RSFSR Cup "Krasnaya Presnya", Moscow), from zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 - 4 teams each, from zone 6 - 7 teams.
The games of the 1/64 finals, which will begin on May 3, will feature 40 teams from the Second and 24 teams from the First league. From the 1/16 finals, Top league teams are included in the draw. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will take place next spring. Starting from the 1/32 finals, the venues for games in pairs are determined by the number of games on home and away fields. The team with more trips has an advantage. In case of equality of receptions and departures, the location of the next game is determined by lot.
If the game, including the final, ends in a draw, extra time is assigned - two halves of 15 minutes each. If extra time does not reveal the strongest, the winner will be determined using penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA Regulations.
The final match of the previous USSR Cup 1985/86 will take place on May 2 this year in Moscow at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin.
Participating teams Enter in Round of 32 Enter in First Preliminary Round 1986 Vysshaya Liga16/16 teams 1986 Pervaya Liga24/24 teams 1986 Vtoraya Liga40/139 teams Spartak Dnepr Zalgiris Torpedo Dinamo Dinamo Shakhter Ararat Neftchi Dinamo Metallist Kairat Iberia Zenit Chernomorets (v) FC Torpedo (v) CSKA (^) Guria (^) Lokomotiv Daugava Pamir SKA Karpaty Kuzbass Pakhtakor Kolos Metallurg Rostselmash SKA Kotaik Shinnik Dinamo Rotor Spartak FC Fakel Kuban (v) SKA (v) Iskra (v) Atlantas (v) Nistru (v) Krasnaya Presnya Arsenal Znamia Truda Zorkiy Krylya Sovietov (^) Zvezda Uralmash Dinamo Uralets Sokol Uralan Spartak Geolog (^) Irtysh Zvezda Torpedo Metallurg Avangard Dnepr Khimik Dinamo Tavria SKA Niva Niva Zakarpatie Sudostroitel SKA Sokhibkor Neftyanik Dinamo Zarafshan Meliorator Tselinnik Shakhter Traktor Kyapaz Spartak Karabakh Kolkhozchi Source: [] Notes
Competition schedule
First preliminary round All games took place on May 2, 1986.
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev1:0 Spartak Ordzhonikidze Kotaik Abovyan1:1 Metallurg Lipetsk, SKA Rostov-na-Donu3:1 Sudostroitel Nikolayev Dnepr Mogilev3:0 Niva Ternopol Zorkiy Krasnogorsk2:1 Guria Lachkhuti Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu3:0 Arsenal Tula Sokol Saratov4:2 Iskra Smolensk Zakarpatie Uzhgorod4:0 Dinamo Bryansk CSKA Moscow4:1 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo Kuzbass Kemerevo4:1 Avangard Kursk SKA Kiev0:1 Dinamo Batumi SKA Odessa1:4 Uralan Makhachkala Pakhtakor Tashkent0:0 Niva Vinnitsa ??? Lokomotiv Moscow0:0 Tavria Simferopol, Spartak Nalchik1:2 Fakel Voronezh Khimik Grodno2:1 Krasnaya Presnya Moscow Uralets Nizhniy Tagil2:0 SKA Khabarovsk Metallurg Zaporozhie2:0 Tselinnik Tselinograd Torpedo Rubtsovsk1:2 Kolos Nikopol Spartak Oktemberyan1:0 Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad Sokhibkor Khakabad1:3 Daugava Riga Uralmash Sverdlovsk0:1 Nistru Kishenev Shakhter Karaganda1:0 Atlantas Klaipeda Meliorator Chimkent2:3 Traktor Pavlodar Geolog Tyumen1:0 Shinnik Yaroslavl Dinamo Stavropol4:1 Zarafshan Navoi Pamir Dushanbe2:2 Neftyanik Fergana, Zvezda Perm0:0 Kyapaz Kirovobad, Rotor Volgograd4:1 Irtysh Omsk Kuban Krasnodar4:0 Dinamo Kirov Karabakh Stepanokert1:1 SKA Karpaty Lvov, Dinamo Samarkand1:0 Zvezda Irkutsk
Second preliminary round Kotaik Abovyan1:0 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev SKA Rostov-na-Donu0:2 Dnepr Mogilev CSKA Moscow2:1 Kuzbass Kemerovo Dinamo Batumi2:1 Uralan Makhachkala Tavria Simferopol2:1 Pakhtakor Tashkent Uralets Nizhniy Tagil1:1 Metallurg Zaporozhie, Kolos Nikopol2:0 Spartak Oktemberyan Daugava Riga5:0 Nistru Kishinev Traktor Pavlodar0:1 Shakhter Karaganda Geolog Tyumen2:3 Dinamo Stavropol Kyapaz Kirovobad4:1 Pamir Dushanbe Kuban Krasnodar2:1 Rotor Volgograd SKA Karpaty Lvov2:0 Dinamo Samarkand Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu1:0 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk Fakel Voronezh2:3 Khimik Grodno Sokol Saratov3:2 Zakarpatie Uzhgorod
Bracket
Round of 32
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|June 14
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|June 15
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|June 16
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|August 5
Round of 16
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|August 4
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|August 5
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|August 6
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|September 27
Quarter-finals
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|May 14
Semi-finals
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|May 22
Final
External links Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru Complete calendar. www.rsssf.org