The 1983 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 8, 1983. The match was the 42nd Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Metalist Kharkiv. The Soviet Cup winner Shakhter won the cup for the fourth time. The last year defending holders Dinamo Kiev were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition by Zenit Leningrad.
Road to Moscow All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Shakhter and Metallist both qualified for the competition automatically.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Shakhter Donetsk Round Metallist Kharkov Opponent Result 1984–85 Soviet Cup Opponent Result Zalgiris Vilnius (H) 3–0 Round of 32 Kairat Alma-Ata (H) 0–0 Spartak Moscow (A) 3–2 Round of 16 Ararat Yerevan (A) 4–2 Dinamo Moscow (N) 3–1 Quarter-finals Torpedo Kutaisi (H) 0–0 Zenit Leningrad (H) 1–1 Semi-finals CSKA Moscow (A) 1–0
Match details
Shakhter Donetsk:GK Valentyn Ielinskas Oleksiy Varnavskyi Oleksandr Sopko Ihor Simonov Volodymyr Parkhomenko Valeriy Rudakov Serhiy Yashchenko Mykhailo Sokolovskyi (c) Serhiy Morozov Ihor Yurchenko Viktor Hrachov Substitutes: Serhiy Akymenko Ihor Petrov Manager: Viktor Nosov
Metallist Kharkov:GK Yuriy Syvukha Viktor Kaplun Rostyslav Potochniak (c) Oleksandr Boiko Viktor Kamarzaev Serhiy Kuznetsov Leonid Tkachenko Viktor Suslo Volodymyr Linke Stanislav Bernikov Yuri Tarasov Substitutes: Leonid Saakov Oleksandr Horbyk Serhiy Motuz Manager: Yevhen Lemeshko
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Yu.Savchenko (Moscow) K.Doronin (Moscow) 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 1983 Winners Shakhtar DonetskFourth title
See also 1983 Soviet Top League 1983 Soviet First League 1983 Soviet Second League
References
External links The competition calendar 1983. Украинский финал Кубка СССР «Шахтер» - «Металлист», старт «Днепра» в чемпионате. ua.tribuna.com Шахтер (Донецк) - Металлист (Харьков). metallurg.pp.ua И вновь о том, как Металлист в 1983 заставили сдать финал Кубка СССР Шахтёру. www.sports.ru