| Founded | 1977(introduced) |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 1989 |
| Region | Soviet Union |
| Teams | 2 |
| Last champions | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Most championships | Dynamo Kyiv (3 titles) |
TheUSSR Super Cup,[a] also known as theSeason's Cup,[b] was an unofficial exhibition game (or game series) not sanctioned by theFootball Federation of the Soviet Union and that featured the winners of the previous season'sSoviet Top League andUSSR Cup in a one- or two-legged playoff for the trophy.
The mini-tournament was conducted on the initiative of theKomsomolskaya Pravda editor's administration out ofMoscow. The tournament was unofficial and never was part of theFootball Federation of the Soviet Union. It was played seven times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It was not until 1983 that the Super Cup was played every year. The Super Cup was made to take place during midseason and further complicated clubs' schedules.[citation needed]
In 1987, withSpartak Moscow winning league honors andDynamo Kyiv winning the USSR Cup, the Super Cup match was scheduled to take place inChişinău, Moldova. However, the match never took place because of inadequate facilities in Chişinău. The last USSR Super Cup took place inSochi, Russia, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans.[citation needed]
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 – 1 5 – 4 (pen.) (a.e.t.) | Shakhter Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Boiko Penalties: | Report | Kravchenko |
1984 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games
| Shakhter Donetsk | 2 – 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
|---|---|---|
| Vyshnevsky Morozov | Report | Litovchenko |
Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2
1985 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games
| Zenit Leningrad | 2 – 1 | Dinamo Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Pozdnyakov Gerasimov | Report | Ataulin |
Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1
1986 USSR Super Cup
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Shakhter Donetsk |
|---|---|---|
| Shcherbakov Yevtushenko | Report | Sokolovsky Kravchenko |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–1 | ||
1987 USSR Super Cup
| Torpedo Moscow | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| Shirinbekov | Report | Belanov |
| Penalties | ||
| 4–5 | ||
1988 USSR Super Cup
| Spartak Moscow | suspended | Dynamo Kyiv |
|---|---|---|
| [ Report] |
1989 USSR Super Cup
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Metallist Kharkov |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhov Son Lyuty | Report | Adzhoyev |
| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Tbilisi, | (qualified as cup winner) | 1 – 0 | (qualified as league winner) |
| 1981 | Simferopol, | (qualified as league winner) | 1 – 1 (aet) 5 – 4 (penalties) | (qualified as cup winner) |
| 1984 | Leg 1:Donetsk, Leg 2:Dnipropetrovsk, | (qualified as cup winner) | Leg 1:2 – 1 Leg 2:1 – 1 | (qualified as league winner) |
| 1985 | Leg 1:Leningrad, Leg 2:Moscow, | (qualified as league winner) | Leg 1:2 – 1 Leg 2:1 – 0 | (qualified as cup winner) |
| 1986 | Kiev, | (qualified as league winner) | 2 – 2 (aet) 3 – 1 (penalties) | (qualified as losing cup finalist) |
| 1987 | Moscow, | (qualified as league winner) | 1 – 1 (aet) 5 – 4 (penalties) | (qualified as cup winner) |
| 1988 | Chișinău, | ppd | ||
| 1989 | Sochi, | (qualified as league winner) | 3 – 1 (aet) | (qualified as cup winner) |
| Club | Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kyiv | UKR | 3 | 1 | 1981, 1986, 1987 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | UKR | 1 | 2 | 1984 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | UKR | 1 | 1 | 1988 |
| Dynamo Moscow | RUS | 1 | 1 | 1977 |
| Zenit Leningrad | RUS | 1 | 0 | 1985 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | UKR | 0 | 1 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | RUS | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 |
| Republic | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | Dynamo Kyiv (3),Shakhtar Donetsk (1),Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1) | |
| 2 | 2 | Dynamo Moscow (1),Zenit Leningrad (1) | |
| Total | 7 | 7 |
National super cups of former Soviet republics: