The 1984 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on June 24, 1984. The match was the 43rd Soviet Cup final and it was contested by Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Leningrad.
After a goalless 90 minutes, Valeriy Gazzaev and Aleksandr Borodyuk scored in extra time as Dynamo Moscow won 2–0 for their sixth Soviet Cup title.
Background Dynamo Moscow had reached the Soviet Cup final on 10 previous occasions, winning five and losing five. In their previous appearance in the final in 1979, they lost 5–4 on penalties after a goalless draw with Dinamo Tbilisi. They had most recently won the cup in 1977 after defeating Torpedo Moscow 1–0 in the final.
Zenit Leningrad had only reached the Soviet Cup final on one previous occasion in 1944 when they defeated CDKA Moscow 2–1 to lift the trophy.
Road to Moscow All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dinamo and Zenit both qualified for the competition automatically.
Dynamo Moscow In the round of 32, Dynamo Moscow defeated Nistru Kishinev (Moldavian SSR) 1–0. They then defeated Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (Ukrainian SSR) 2–1. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Chornomorets Odesa (Ukrainian SSR) 3–1 after extra time. Dynamo Moscow then defeated Dinamo Minsk (Byelorussian SSR) 4–0 in the semi-final to advance to the final.
Zenit Leningrad In the round of 32, Zenit Leningrad defeated Daugava Riga (Latvian SSR) 3–0. They then drew 3–3 with Ararat Yerevan (Armenian SSR) after extra time and advanced to the quarter-finals 4–3 on penalties. In the quarter-finals, they again needed penalties after a goalless draw with Torpedo Moscow (Russian SFSR). Zenit Leningrad advanced 7–6 on penalties. Their semi-final also went to extra time as they defeated Fakel Voronezh (Russian SFSR) 1–0 to reach the final.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Dinamo Moscow RoundZenit LeningradOpponentResult1984–85 Soviet CupOpponentResultNistru Kishinev (H)1–0Round of 32Daugava Riga (A)3–0Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (A)2–1Round of 16Ararat Yerevan (H)3–3 Chernomorets Odessa (H)3–1 Quarter-finalsTorpedo Moscow (A)0–0 Dinamo Minsk (A)4–0Semi-finalsFakel Voronezh (H)1–0
Match details
Dinamo Moscow:GK Aleksei Prudnikov Igor Bulanov Aleksandr Novikov (c) Vladimir Fomichyov Aleksandr Golovnya Yuri Mentiukov Renat Ataullin Aleksandr Molodtsov Aleksandr Borodiuk Vasili Karataev Valeriy Gazzaev Substitutes: Aleksandr Khapsalis Ievgeny Mileshkin Valeri Matiunin Manager: Aleksandr Sevidov
Zenit Leningrad:GK Mikhail Biriukov (c) Anatoli Davydov Alexei Stepanov Sergei Kuznetsov Sergei Vedeneev Gennadi Timofeev Vladimir Dolgopolov Yuri Zheludkov Boris Chukhlov Valeri Broshin Vladimir Klementiev Substitutes: Aleksandr Zakharikov Sergei Dmitriev Igor Komarov Manager: Pavel Sadyrin
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-na-Donu) Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk) Fourth official:( )
MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.
Soviet Cup 1984 WinnersDynamo MoscowSixth title
See also 1984 Soviet Top League 1984 Soviet First League 1984 Soviet Second League
References
External links The competition calendar