The 1985–86 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Torpedo Moscow qualified for the continental tournament.
Competition overview The competition is played according to a system with teams being eliminated after the first loss. 74 teams will take part in the Cup games, including 18 teams of the major league, 22 teams of the first league and 34 teams of the second league, which is represented by the strongest teams of nine zones at the end of the 1984 season (from the 4th, 7th and 8th zones - 3 teams each, from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 9th zones - 4 teams each and from the 6th zone - 5 teams). The games of the 1/64 finals will begin on June 24, 34 teams from the second league and 22 teams from the first league will take part in them. From the 1/16 finals, 18 major league teams are included in the tournament. The games, starting from the 1/4 finals, will continue in the spring of 1986. The order of the draw for teams of the highest, first and second leagues is carried out in the order of the places occupied by the teams in the 1984 USSR Championship. Starting from the 1/32 finals, the venues for the games are determined by the difference in receptions and departures for the meeting teams. 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 one, ends in a draw, then extra time is assigned (two halves of 15 minutes each). If extra time does not reveal the strongest team, the winner will be determined by penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA Regulations. In competitions for the USSR Cup, no more than three players are allowed to be replaced during the game. The final is held in Moscow at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin.
Participating teams Enter in Round of 32 Enter in First Preliminary Round 1985 Vysshaya Liga18/18 teams 1985 Pervaya Liga22/22 teams 1985 Vtoraya Liga34/153 teams Dinamo Spartak Dnepr Dinamo Torpedo Zenit Zalgiris Iberia Kairat Metallist FC Torpedo Shakhter Ararat Dinamo Chernomorets Neftchi Fakel (v) SKA (v) Daugava CSKA SKA Karpaty Pamir Kolos Lokomotiv Shinnik Rotor SKA Kotaik Dinamo Dinamo Metallurg Pakhtakor Kuzbass Spartak Guria Kuban Nistru Krylya Sovietov (v) Iskra Zvezda (v) Dinamo Zorkiy Znamia Truda Arsenal Zarya Zvezda Uralmash Metallurg Khimik Rostselmash (^) Atommash Terek Mashuk Geolog Irtysh Luch Metallurg Dnepr Baltika Tavria Niva Sudostroitel Kolos Zaria Neftyanik Dinamo Surkhan Tselinnik Shakhter Khimik Mertskhali Spartak Kolkheti Lokomotiv Source: [] Notes
Competition schedule First preliminary round All games took place on June 24, 1985.
Luch Vladivostok1:0 Neftianik Fergana SKA Khabarovsk1:0 Irtysh Omsk Kuzbass Kemerevo0:3 Geolog Tymen Dinamo Samarkand3:5 Zvezda Dzhizzak Tselinnik Tselinograd3:0 Uralmash Sverdlovsk Pamir Dushanbe3:0 Kolkheti Poti Surkhan Termez2:1 Shakhter Karaganda Rotor Volgograd2:1 Khimik Dzerzhinsk Spartak Oktemberyan0:1 Pakhtakor Tashkent Mertskhali1:3 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev Iskra Smolensk2:1 Zvezda Perm Shinnik Yaroslavl4:2 Lokomotiv Samtredia Arsenal Tula5:0 Kotaik Zaria Kaluga1:0 Dnepr Mogilev Terek Grozny0:0 Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Daugava Riga6:0 Dinamo Bryansk Kolos Pavlograd4:1 Mashuk Pyatigorsk Dinamo Stavropol2:1 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo Tavria Simferopol3:4 Dinamo Batumi Atommash0:1 Metallurg Lipetsk CSKA Moscow3:1 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Lokomotiv Moscow1:0 Khimik Dzhambul Metallurg Zaporozhie2:0 Sudostroitel Nikolaev Kuban Krasnodar5:3 Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Zaria Voroshilovgrad1:2 Kolos Nikopol Niva Vinnitsa3:2 SKA Karpaty Lvov Baltika Kaliningrad1:2 Guria Nistru Kishenev2:1 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk
Second preliminary round All games took place on June 30, 1985. Pamir Dushanbe1:0 Surkhan Termez Rotor Volgograd1:1 Geolog Tyumen, Zvezda Dzhizzak2:1 Tselinnik Tselinograd Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev1:2 SKA Khabarovsk Dinamo Batumi4:2 Arsenal Tula Lokomotiv Moscow2:0 Iskra Smolensk CSKA Moscow4:1 Shinnik Yaroslavl Daugava Riga4:1 Terek Grozny Metallurg Zaporizhia2:1 Zaria Kaluga Kuban Krasnodar2:0 Nistru Kishenev Kolos Nikopol3:1 Kolos Pavlograd Niva Vinnitsa7:2 Guria Metallurg Lipetsk1:0 Dinamo Stavropol Pakhtakor Tashkent+:– Luch Vladivostok
Round of 32 The base game day was August 14, 1985 Dinamo Kiev4:2 SKA Rostov-na-Donu (August 13, 1985) Dinamo Minsk1:0 Pamir Dushanbe Zhalgiris Vilnius2:0 Metallurg Zaporozhie Shakhter Donetsk5:1 Kuban Krasnodar Fakel Voronezh2:0 Lokomotiv Moscow Dinamo Batumi1:4 Dinamo Tbilisi Metallurg Lipetsk1:0 Ararat Yerevan Zvezda Dzhizzak0:4 Chernomorets Odessa Pakhtakor Tashkent2:3 Torpedo Moscow Kolos Nikopol2:1 Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Rotor Volgograd3:1 Dinamo Moscow Torpedo Kutaisi0:2 Daugava Riga Niva Vinnitsa2:0 Metallist Kharkov Spartak Moscow2:0 CSKA Moscow SKA Khabarovsk2:0 Neftchi Baku Kairat Alma–Ata0:3 Zenit Leningrad
Round of 16 The base game day was September 13, 1985 Spartak Moscow3:3 Dinamo Kiev, (September 12, 1985) Chernomorets Odessa3:1 Rotor Volgograd(September 12, 1985) Zenit Leningrad2:0 Dinamo Tbilisi(September 12, 1985) Torpedo Moscow2:0 SKA Khabarovsk Daugava Riga2:1 Zhalgiris Vilnius Kolos Nikopol0:1 Shakhter Donetsk Metallurg Lipetsk1:0 Niva Vinnitsa Fakel Voronezh1:3 Dinamo Minsk(September 14, 1985)
Quarter-finals The base game day was April 2, 1986 Dinamo Minsk0:2 Spartak Moscow Shakhter Donetsk2:1 Daugava Riga Chernomorets Odessa0:2 Torpedo Moscow Zenit Leningrad3:0 Metallurg Lipetsk
Semi-finals The base game day was April 6, 1986 Zenit Leningrad2:2 Shakhter Donetsk, Torpedo Moscow3:2 Spartak Moscow
Final
External links Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru 1985–86 Soviet Cup. Footballfacts.ru 1985–86 Soviet football season. RSSSF