1965–66 Soviet Cup

The 1965–66 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The organization of the competition was confusing and some teams that were eliminated in qualification rounds still proceeded to the Final round which was taking place in 1966.

The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament.

Participating teams
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 * Notes
 * The underlined are marked teams that entered the competition in 1966 for the second time, but initially in 1965 they competed as part of the 1965 Soviet Class B qualification (preliminary) stage within the RSFSR zones.

Preliminary round
Avangard Kolomna             2-3  SERP I MOLOT Moskva

First round
[Apr 25, 1965] Baltika Kaliningrad          0-1  SATURN Rybinsk DINAMO Bryansk               1-0  TekMash Kostroma Granitas Klaipeda            0-0  Avtomobilist Leningrad KHIMIK Novomoskovsk          2-0  Khimik Klin Lokomotiv Kaluga             2-3  METALLURG Tula METALLURG Cherepovets        2-0  Iskra Smolensk ZVEJNIEKS Liepaja            1-0  Sever Murmansk ZVEZDA Serpukhov             1-0  Serp i Molot Moskva

First round replays
[Apr 26] GRANITAS Klaipeda            3-0  Avtomobilist Leningrad

Quarterfinals
[May 6, 1965] KHIMIK Novomoskovsk          1-0  Metallurg Tula METALLURG Cherepovets        1-0  Saturn Rybinsk Zvejnieks Liepaja            1-2  GRANITAS Klaipeda ZVEZDA Serpukhov             3-2  Dinamo Bryansk               [aet]

Semifinals
[Jul 24, 1965] GRANITAS Klaipeda            2-0  Metallurg Cherepovets Khimik Novomoskovsk          0-4  ZVEZDA Serpukhov

Final
[Aug 1, 1965] GRANITAS Klaipeda            1-0  Zvezda Serpukhov

Preliminary round
Progress Zelyonodolsk        1-1  Dinamo Kirov

Preliminary round replays
PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk        1-0  Dinamo Kirov

First round
[Apr 25, 1965] KHIMIK Dzerzhinsk            2-0  Salyut Kamensk-Uralskiy KOVROVETS Kovrov             1-0  Neftyanik Tyumen PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk        2-0  Spartak Yoshkar-Ola SPARTAK Ryazan               2-0  Zenit Izhevsk TORPEDO Pavlovo              2-1  Uralets Nizhniy Tagil Traktor Vladimir             0-2  RUBIN Kazan Znamya Noginsk               1-2  ZVEZDA Perm ZNAMYA TRUDA Orekhovo-Zuyevo 3-0  Khimik Berezniki

Quarterfinals
[Jul 20, 1965] PROGRESS Zelyonodolsk        1-0  Khimik Dzerzhinsk RUBIN Kazan                  2-0  Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo TORPEDO Pavlovo              1-0  Kovrovets Kovrov Zvezda Perm                  1-2  Spartak Ryazan

Semifinals
[Sep 21, 1965] Progress Zelyonodolsk        1-2  TORPEDO Pavlovo RUBIN Kazan                  3-2  Spartak Ryazan

Final
TORPEDO Pavlovo              w/o  Rubin Kazan

Preliminary round
ENERGIYA Volzhskiy           1-0  Spartak Oryol Volgar Astrakhan             0-0  Energiya Novocherkassk

Preliminary round replays
Volgar Astrakhan             0-1  ENERGIYA Novocherkassk

First round
[Apr 25, 1965] PROGRESS Kamensk             2-0  Energiya Novocherkassk SHAKHTYOR Shakhty            2-1  Trud Togliatti Torpedo Armavir              1-2  SPARTAK Saransk Torpedo Lipetsk              1-1  Spartak Belgorod TORPEDO Taganrog             2-1  Spartak Tambov Trud Penza                   0-2  METALLURG Kuibyshev Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk      0-3  ENERGIYA Volzhskiy Volga Ulyanovsk              1-2  NEFTYANIK Syzran

First round replays
[Apr 26] Torpedo Lipetsk              1-2  SPARTAK Belgorod

Quarterfinals
METALLURG Kuibyshev          1-0  Neftyanik Syzran Progress Kamensk             1-2  SHAKHTYOR Shakhty SPARTAK Belgorod             1-0  Energiya Volzhskiy Spartak Saransk              1-2  TORPEDO Taganrog

Semifinals
[Sep 2, 1965] METALLURG Kuibyshev          3-1  Spartak Belgorod Shakhtyor Shakhty            1-2  TORPEDO Taganrog             [aet]

Final
[Oct 27, 1965] TORPEDO Taganrog             2-1  Metallurg Kuibyshev

Preliminary round
DINAMO Kirovabad             3-1  Dinamo Baku LORI Kirovakan               w/o  Sevan Oktemberyan Metallurg Rustavi            0-2  MESHAKHTE Tkibuli SHIRAK Leninakan             1-0  Alazani Gurjaani

First round
[Apr 24, 1965] DINAMO Batumi                1-0  Dinamo Stavropol             [aet] Dinamo Kirovabad             w/o  LORI Kirovakan Dinamo Makhachkala           0-0  Polad Sumgait Dinamo Sukhumi               1-1  Cement Novorossiysk KOLKHIDA Poti                2-1  Inguri Zugdidi Shirak Leninakan             1-3  MESHAKHTE Tkibuli SPARTAK Nalchik              1-0  Urozhai Maykop SPARTAK Orjonikidze          3-2  Trudoviye Rezervy Kislovodsk [aet]

First round replays
[Apr 25] DINAMO Makhachkala           w/o  Polad Sumgait DINAMO Sukhumi               4-2  Cement Novorossiysk

Quarterfinals
[May 6, 1965] KOLKHIDA Poti                2-0  Dinamo Batumi LORI Kirovakan               2-1  Spartak Nalchik MESHAKHTE Tkibuli            3-1  Dinamo Sukhumi SPARTAK Orjonikidze          4-0  Dinamo Makhachkala

Semifinals
[Oct 30, 1965] Lori Kirovakan               0-3  SPARTAK Orjonikidze Meshakhte Tkibuli            1-1  Kolkhida Poti

Semifinals replays
[Oct 31] MESHAKHTE Tkibuli            w/o  Kolkhida Poti

Final
[Nov 14, 1965] Spartak Orjonikidze          1-1  Meshakhte Tkibuli

Final replays
[Nov 15] Spartak Orjonikidze          1-1  Meshakhte Tkibuli [Nov 17] SPARTAK Orjonikidze          2-1  Meshakhte Tkibuli

Preliminary round
[Apr 18, 1965] KHIMIK Chirchik              1-0  Spartak Andizhan METALLIST Jambul             2-0  Khimik Salavat METALLURG Chimkent           2-1  Dinamo Tselinograd Sverdlovets Tashkent Region  0-6  IRTYSH Omsk

First round
KHIMIK Chirchik              2-0  Metallist Jambul METALLURG Chimkent           3-2  Irtysh Omsk METALLURG Magnitogorsk       2-1  Zahmet Charjou NEFTYANIK Fergana            2-0  Torpedo Miass PAMIR Leninabad              3-0  Metallurg Zlatoust Shakhtyor Osh                1-1  Trud Kurgan SPARTAK Samarkand            2-0  Lokomotiv Orenburg STROITEL Ufa                 1-0  Zarafshan Navoi

First round replays
Shakhtyor Osh                1-5  TRUD Kurgan

Quarterfinals
METALLURG Magnitogorsk       1-0  Spartak Samarkand            [aet] PAMIR Leninabad              w/o  Metallurg Chimkent STROITEL Ufa                 2-1  Khimik Chirchik TRUD Kurgan                  2-1  Neftyanik Fergana            [aet]

Semifinals
STROITEL Ufa                 5-2  Metallurg Magnitogorsk TRUD Kurgan                  1-0  Pamir Leninabad

Final
[Oct 9, 1965] TRUD Kurgan                  2-1  Stroitel Ufa

Preliminary round
ARMEYETS Ulan-Ude            2-1  Torpedo Tomsk SIBSELMASH Novosibirsk       w/o  Metallurg Novokuznetsk ZABAIKALETS Chita            w/o  Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk

First round
[Apr 28, 1965] AMUR Blagoveshchensk         1-0  SKA Khabarovsk Armeyets Ulan-Ude            1-1  Zabaikalets Chita CEMENTNIK Semipalatinsk      1-0  Irtysh Pavlodar              [aet] LOKOMOTIV Krasnoyarsk        2-0  Khimik Kemerovo Luch Vladivostok             0-0  Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure Temp Barnaul                 0-0  Angara Irkutsk TORPEDO Rubtsovsk            4-1  SibSelMash Novosibirsk       [aet] VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk       2-0  Start Angarsk

First round replays
[Apr 29] ARMEYETS Ulan-Ude            2-0  Zabaikalets Chita Luch Vladivostok             0-1  AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure TEMP Barnaul                 2-1  Angara Irkutsk

Quarterfinals
[May 22, 1965] Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 0-0  Amur Blagoveshchensk TEMP Barnaul                 2-1  Armeyets Ulan-Ude TORPEDO Rubtsovsk            3-1  Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk        [aet] VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk       2-0  Cementnik Semipalatinsk

Quarterfinals replays
[May 23] Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 0-0  Amur Blagoveshchensk [May 25] AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-1  Amur Blagoveshchensk

Semifinals
[Aug 3, 1965] AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-1  Temp Barnaul VOSTOK Ust-Kamenogorsk       4-1  Torpedo Rubtsovsk

Final
AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2-0  Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk

Preliminary round
SHAKHTYOR Osh                6-0  Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube SPARTAK Andizhan             3-1  Zahmet Charjou SPARTAK Samarkand            2-0  Metallurg Chimkent

First round
KHIMIK Chirchik              3-1  Pamir Leninabad METALLIST Jambul             1-0  Zarafshan Navoi METALLURG Almalyk            1-0  ADK Alma-Ata METALLURG Temirtau           1-0  Dinamo Tselinograd Spartak Andizhan             0-0  Shakhtyor Osh SPARTAK Samarkand            1-0  Buhoro Buhara SVERDLOVETS Tashkent Region  2-0  Dimitrovets Tashkent Region VAKHSH Nurek                 3-2  Pahtaaral Gulistan

First round replays
Spartak Andizhan             1-2  SHAKHTYOR Osh

Quarterfinals
KHIMIK Chirchik              2-0  Spartak Samarkand METALLURG Almalyk            2-0  Metallurg Temirtau SHAKHTYOR Osh                3-1  Metallist Jambul VAKHSH Nurek                 3-2  Sverdlovets Tashkent Region

Semifinals
KHIMIK Chirchik              4-1  Vakhsh Nurek SHAKHTYOR Osh                3-0  Metallurg Almalyk

Final
KHIMIK Chirchik              1-0  Shakhtyor Osh

Preliminary round
[Jun 19] ALGA Frunze                  3-0  Stroitel Ashkhabad Desna Chernigov              0-1  AVYNTUL Kishinev DNEPR Dnepropetrovsk         3-0  Baltika Kaliningrad GRANITAS Klaipeda            2-1  Zvezda Kirovograd            [aet] KHIMIK Chirchik              2-0  Avangard Kharkov LOKOMOTIV Vinnitsa           3-2  Tavria Simferopol            [aet] TEREK Grozny                 1-0  Dinamo Batumi Trud Voronezh                0-1  LOKOMOTIV Tbilisi

First round
[Jun 18] Dinamo Stavropol             1-1  RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu [? – Alexei Levchenko] [Jun 19] AVANGARD Komsomolsk-na-Amure w/o  Kuban Krasnodar Avangard Ternopol            0-2  URALMASH Sverdlovsk [Vladimir Yerokhin, Anatoliy Zhos] DINAMO Kirovabad             2-1  Sudostroitel Nikolayev [? – Boris Baluyev] DINAMO Leningrad             1-0  SKA Novosibirsk ENERGETIK Dushanbe           4-0  SKA Kiev [Vladimir Makarov, Gennadiy Shepilov, Yuriy Pekshev, Georgiy Gventsadze] IRTYSH Omsk                  2-0  Neftyanik Fergana [Anatoliy Grinko, Viktor Maksimenko] KARPATY Lvov                 3-2  SKA Lvov KUZBASS Kemerovo             w/o  Daugava Riga LOKOMOTIV Chelyabinsk        7-1  Spartak Nalchik [Gennadiy Yepishin-2, Anatoliy Tikhonov-2, Valeriy Bryabrin, Vladimir Mozzhukhin, Vladimir Korotayev - ?] RUBIN Kazan                  5-1  Shirak Leninakan SHINNIK Yaroslavl            1-0  Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk [Vladimir Bystrov] SPARTAK Orjonikidze          2-1  Volga Gorkiy [Mikhail Miroshnikov, Valeriy Babanov - ?] Stroitel Ufa                 2-3  METALLURG Zaporozhye         [aet] [Valentin Aksyonov, Leonid Permyakov - ?] TEMP Barnaul                 2-0  Sokol Saratov [Vladimir Akuzin, Vladimir Skorichenko] TEXTILSHCHIK Ivanovo         3-0  Zarya Lugansk [Vladimir Neboronov 15, Vladimir Belkov 40, 68] Torpedo Pavlovo              0-0  Zvezda Perm Torpedo Taganrog             1-3  SHAKHTYOR Karaganda          [aet] TRAKTOR Volgograd            4-0  Politotdel Tashkent Region [Viktor Orlov-3, Valeriy Pogorelov] TRUD Kurgan                  2-0  Torpedo Tomsk ŽALGIRIS Vilnius             4-0  Dinamo Tallinn [Jun 20] Spartak Gomel                0-4  VOLGA Kalinin [Yuriy Savchenko, Yevgeniy Zhuravlyov, Alexandr Stenishchev, Nikolai Timokhin] [Jul 12] ALGA Frunze                  w/o  Granitas Klaipeda AVYNTUL Kishinev             6-0  Lokomotiv Vinnitsa LOKOMOTIV Tbilisi            7-0  Khimik Chirchik [Jul 14] TEREK Grozny                 1-0  Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk         [aet]

First round replays
[Jun 19] DINAMO Stavropol             3-0  RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu [Jun 20] TORPEDO Pavlovo              2-0  Zvezda Perm

Second round
[Jul 11] TRAKTOR Volgograd            4-1  Textilshchik Ivanovo         [aet] [Valeriy Pogorelov-2, Alexandr Apshev, Viktor Zolenko – Gennadiy Shadrunov] [Jul 18] Spartak Orjonikidze          1-2  DINAMO Kirovabad [Yuriy Savvidi - ?] [Jul 19] Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 0-3  SHINNIK Yaroslavl [Gennadiy Shilin-2, Vladimir Bystrov] AVYNTUL Kishinev             2-0  Terek Grozny DINAMO Leningrad             2-0  Žalgiris Vilnius DINAMO Stavropol             2-0  Torpedo Pavlovo KUZBASS Kemerovo             2-1  Trud Kurgan [Gennadiy Trifonov, Vladimir Musokhranov - ?] LOKOMOTIV Chelyabinsk        6-1  Irtysh Omsk [Vladimir Mozzhukhin-2, Gennadiy Yepishin-2, Vladimir Korotayev, Alexandr Solovei – Zinoviy Bilen] LOKOMOTIV Tbilisi            w/o  Alga Frunze Metallurg Zaporozhye         0-2  RUBIN Kazan SHAKHTYOR Karaganda          2-0  Energetik Dushanbe Temp Barnaul                 1-3  KARPATY Lvov                 [aet] Volga Kalinin                1-1  UralMash Sverdlovsk

Second round replays
[Jul 20] Volga Kalinin                0-2  URALMASH Sverdlovsk [Anatoliy Artyukh, Sergei Okhremchuk]

Third round
[Jul 23] DINAMO Kirovabad             4-1  SKA Rostov-na-Donu           [aet] [? – Yuriy Kolinko] [Aug 6] DINAMO Leningrad             1-0  Torpedo Kutaisi [Vladimir Petrov 50] Karpaty Lvov                 1-1  Zenit Leningrad [Viktor Yevlentyev 15 – Evald Alam 60] Kuzbass Kemerovo             1-2  CHERNOMORETS Odessa          [aet] [Vladimir Razdayev 85 – Valeriy Lobanovskiy ?, 120] LOKOMOTIV Chelyabinsk        2-1  Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev [Valeriy Ivanov 44, Anatoliy Tikhonov 75 – Yuriy Kapsin 89] Lokomotiv Tbilisi            0-1  TORPEDO Moskva [Vladimir Shcherbakov 46] Rubin Kazan                  0-1  DINAMO Minsk [Valentin Koltunov 71] Shakhtyor Karaganda          1-2  DINAMO Moskva                [aet] [Oleg Maltsev 62 – Boris Kokh 15, Viktor Anichkin 109] SHINNIK Yaroslavl            3-1  Ararat Yerevan [Anatoliy Maltsev, Gennadiy Zabelin, Vladimir Bystrov - ?] TRAKTOR Volgograd            1-0  Neftyanik Baku               [aet] [Valeriy Pogorelov 117] [Aug 7] Avyntul Kishinev             0-1  SPARTAK Moskva [Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan 71] Dinamo Stavropol             0-1  DINAMO Kiev [Valeriy Porkuyan 58] SHAKHTYOR Donetsk            3-1  Dinamo Tbilisi               [aet] [Anatoliy Pilipchuk 34, 100 pen, Stanislav Yevseyenko 108 – Nomal Maisuradze 78] URALMASH Sverdlovsk          3-1  SKA Odessa [Vladimir Kapustin 12, Yuriy Zubkov 47, Sergei Okhremchuk 52 – Viktor Kotychenko 1] [Aug 11] PAHTAKOR Tashkent            2-0  CSKA Moskva [Bohadyr Ibragimov 52, Gennadiy Krasnitskiy 74] [Aug 13] KAYRAT Alma-Ata              2-1  Lokomotiv Moskva [Vladislav Markin 22, Sergei Kvochkin 59 – Vladimir Kozlov 67]

Third round replays
[Aug 7] Karpaty Lvov                 1-2  ZENIT Leningrad [Anatoliy Kroshchenko 82 – Valentin Gusev 83, Nikolai Ryazanov 85]

Fourth round
[Aug 13] URALMASH Sverdlovsk       2-0  Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk [Yuriy Zubkov 50, Vladimir Kapustin 73] [Aug 23] SPARTAK Moskva            2-0  Shakhtyor Donetsk [Galimzyan Husainov 56, Nikolai Osyanin 90] [Aug 25] CHERNOMORETS Odessa       2-0  Pahtakor Tashkent [Valeriy Lobanovskiy 35, Anatoliy Korshunov 51] SHINNIK Yaroslavl         3-0  Dinamo Leningrad [Vladimir Bystrov 19, 41, Anatoliy Maltsev 69] [Aug 26] DINAMO Kiev               3-0  Zenit Leningrad [Ferents Medvid 36, 90, Andrei Biba 79] DINAMO Minsk              2-1  Dinamo Moskva                [aet] [Mikhail Mustygin 42, Igor Ryomin 110 – Igor Chislenko 87] KAYRAT Alma-Ata           2-1  Dinamo Kirovabad [Oleg Volokh 8, Vladislav Markin 10 – Muzafar Kasumov 85 pen] TORPEDO Moskva            3-1  Traktor Volgograd [Eduard Streltsov 9, ?, Valentin Denisov ? – Anatoliy Rebrov 57]

Quarterfinals
[Sep 3] CHERNOMORETS Odessa    3-1  UralMash Sverdlovsk [Valeriy Lobanovskiy 22, 60, Oleg Bazilevich 68 – Sergei Okhremchuk 71] [Sep 4] TORPEDO Moskva         2-1  Kayrat Alma-Ata [Eduard Streltsov 48, Vyacheslav Andreyuk 89 – Sergei Kvochkin 68] [Sep 5] DINAMO Minsk           1-0  Shinnik Yaroslavl              [aet] [Mikhail Mustygin 109 pen] [Sep 16] DINAMO Kiev            4-1  Spartak Moskva [Yozhef Sabo 32 pen, 81, Anatoliy Byshovets 49, 57 – Galimzyan Husainov 82]

Semifinals
[Oct 7, Leningrad] TORPEDO Moskva         3-0  Chernomorets Odessa [Vladimir Brednev 22, Eduard Streltsov 88, 89] [Oct 9, Tbilisi] DINAMO Kiev            1-0  Dinamo Minsk                   [aet] [Vasiliy Turyanchik 115]