The1981Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of theSoviet Union. The winner of the competition,SKA Rostov qualified for the continental tournament.

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Notes

• Spartak Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi received byes through the Round of 16.

Games took place between February 20 – March 5, 1981.

[Uzhgorod, Mukachevo]1.Dinamo Kiev                  5   4  1  0   9- 1   9  Qualified 2.Kayrat Alma-Ata              5   3  0  2   8- 4   6  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------3.Karpaty Lvov                 5   2  2  1   8- 4   6 4.Prikarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk  5   1  3  1   1- 1   5 5.Nistru Kishinev              5   1  2  2   3- 6   4 6.Khimik Grodno                5   0  0  5   1-14   0

[Sochi, Adler]1.Shakhtar Donetsk            4   3  1  0   6- 2   7  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------2.Metallurg Zaporozhye         4   2  1  1   6- 2   5  3.Kuzbass Kemerovo             4   2  1  1   2- 2   5 4.Kuban Krasnodar              4   1  1  2   4- 5   3 5.Lokomotiv Samtredia          4   0  0  4   0- 7   0

[Leningrad]1.Zenit Leningrad              5   3  1  1  18- 9   7  Qualified 2.Iskra Smolensk               5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------3.Neftchi Baku                 5   2  2  1   9- 8   6 4.Torpedo Kutaisi              5   1  3  1   5-11   5 5.Zarya Voroshilovgrad         5   1  2  2   6- 7   4 6.SKA Khabarovsk               5   0  1  4   3-10   1

[Kislovodsk, Lermontov]1.Dinamo Minsk                 4   2  2  0   4- 1   6  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------2.Spartak Orjonikidze          4   1  3  0   4- 2   5  3. Guria Lanchkhuti             4   0  4  0   4- 4   4 4.Dinamo Stavropol             4   0  3  1   2- 3   3 5.Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk         4   0  2  2   3- 7   2

[Moskva]1.Dinamo Moskva                5   4  1  0   9- 2   9  Qualified 2.CSKA Moskva                  5   4  0  1  13- 4   8  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------3.Žalgiris Vilnius             5   3  1  1  10- 7   7 4.Shinnik Yaroslavl            5   2  0  3   7- 6   4 5.Torpedo Togliatti            5   1  0  4   4-12   2 6.SKA Kiev                     5   0  0  5   1-13   0

[Dushanbe, Nurek, Kurgan-Tyube]1.Pamir Dushanbe               5   4  1  0   8- 1   9  Qualified 2.SKA Rostov-na-Donu           5   3  0  2   4- 4   6  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------3.Pahtakor Tashkent            5   2  2  1   3- 2   6 4.Dinamo Samarkand             5   1  2  2   4- 6   4 5.Buston Jizak                 5   1  1  3   2- 5   3 6.Traktor Pavlodar             5   1  0  4   4- 7   2

[Sevastopol, Yalta]1.Chernomorets Odessa          5   4  0  1  10- 5   8  Qualified2.Lokomotiv Moskva             5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified  -----------------------------------------------------3.Tavria Simferopol            5   3  0  2   8- 5   6 4.Kolos Nikopol                5   3  0  2   9- 7   6 5.Fakel Voronezh               5   1  1  3   5- 9   3 6.Dinamo Barnaul               5   0  0  5   4-14   0

[Yerevan, Oktemberyan]1.Metallist Kharkov            5   4  0  1   8- 2   8  Qualified 2.Ararat Yerevan               5   3  1  1   9- 5   7  Qualified -----------------------------------------------------3.SKA Odessa                   5   3  0  2   6- 6   6 4.Torpedo Moskva               5   2  1  2   6- 5   5 5.Spartak Kostroma             5   1  0  4   1- 5   2 6.Rotor Volgograd              5   1  0  4   4-11   2

[Mar 12] ARARAT Yerevan          2-1  Dinamo Tbilisi      [aet]   [Andranik Khachatryan 2, Ashot Saakyan 95 – Ramaz Shengelia 22. Att: 37,000] CHERNOMORETS Odessa     1-0  CSKA Moskva   [Vasiliy Ishchak 39. Att: 18,000] DINAMO Kiev             3-0  Kayrat Alma-Ata     [in Uzhgorod]   [Vladimir Bessonov 17, Oleg Blokhin 37 pen, Alexandr Kokorev (K) 80 og. Att: 5,500] DINAMO Minsk            1-0  Pamir Dushanbe      [in Leningrad]   [Yuriy Kurnenin 24 pen. Att: 2,000] SKA Rostov-na-Donu      3-1  Iskra Smolensk   [Alexandr Vorobyov 53, Alexandr Zavarov 57, Viktor Kuznetsov 64 –    Vladimir Nikonov 7. Att: 10,000] SPARTAK Moskva          1-0  Shakhtyor Donetsk   [Sergei Shvetsov 61. Att: 25,000] Zenit Leningrad         0-2  DINAMO Moskva   [Alexandr Minayev 62, Nikolai Latysh 64] [Mar 13] Lokomotiv Moskva        2-2  METALLIST Kharkov   [pen 0-3]   [Vladimir Mukhanov 20, Yevgeniy Drozzhin 107 – Stanislav Bernikov 79,    Vladimir Linke 93. Att: 5,000]

[Mar 21] DINAMO Moskva           1-1  Chernomorets Odessa  [pen 4-2]   [Nikolai Latysh 48 – Vladimir Ustimchik 41. Att: 10,000] METALLIST Kharkov       1-0  Dinamo Minsk         [aet]   [Stanislav Bernikov 94. Att: 36,000] SKA Rostov-na-Donu      2-1  Ararat Yerevan       [aet]   [Viktor Kuznetsov 80, Igor Gamula 104 – Samvel Kasaboglyan 84. Att: 25,000] [Mar 22] SPARTAK Moskva          3-0  Dinamo Kiev   [Fyodor Cherenkov 22, Yevgeniy Sidorov 28, 36. Att: 35,000]

All games played on April 27Dinamo Moskva           0-1  SKA Rostov-na-Donu   [Igor Gamula 8. Att: 5,200] Metallist Kharkov       0-0  SPARTAK Moskva      [pen 2-4]   [Att: 37,000]

• Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru
• 1981 Soviet Cup. Footballfacts.ru
• 1981 Soviet football season.RSSSF