The 1990 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium

Luzhniki Stadium

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, Moscow

Moscow

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 on May 2, 1990. The match was the 49th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...

 and FC Lokomotiv Moscow

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

. The Soviet Cup

Soviet Cup

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 winner Dynamo qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. The last year defending champions Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk were eliminated in the first round of the competition (1/16 of final) by PFC CSKA Moscow on away goal rule (1:1, 2:2). Dynamo played their 10th Cup Final winning on 9 occasions including this one. For Lokomotiv it was their only third Cup Final and the only loss at this stage.

Road to Moscow

All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dynamo and Lokomotiv both qualified for the competition automatically.

Lokomotiv Moscow Round 1 (1st leg) Kryvbas FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734.... 1–3 Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... Round 1 (2nd leg) Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... 5–0 Kryvbas FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....   (Lokomotiv won 8–1 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) Žalgiris FK Žalgiris Vilnius VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white... 1–1 Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... Round 2 (2nd leg) Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... 3–0 Žalgiris FK Žalgiris Vilnius VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...   (Lokomotiv won 4–1 on aggregate) Quarter-final Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... 2–0 Torpedo FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009... Semi-final Dynamo M. FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white... 0–0 aet  2–4 pen. Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...

Dynamo Kyiv Round 1 (1st leg) Kairat FC Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty is a Kazakh football club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty.Like many clubs in the Soviet Union they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai... 0–1 Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... Round 1 (2nd leg) Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... 3–1 Kairat FC Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty is a Kazakh football club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty.Like many clubs in the Soviet Union they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai...   (Dynamo won 4–1 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... 1–0 Dynamo Tb. FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... Round 2 (2nd leg) Iberia FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... –:+ Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...   (Dynamo got technical win as Tbilisi withdrew) Quarter-final Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... 0–1 Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... Semi-final Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... 4–2 CSKA

Previous encounters

Previously these two teams never met each other in the such a late stages of the competition. However they did meet about five times in the Soviet Cup

Soviet Cup

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, usually in the first rounds. They first played each other in the Soviet Cup back in 1938.

Match details

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FC Lokomotiv Moscow:
GK	Khasanbi Bidzhiyev Khasanbi Bidzhiyev Khasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1983 for PFC Spartak Nalchik...
DF	Pavel Nesterov
DF	Yevgeniy Mileshkin (c)
MF	Aleksey Arifullin
DF	Andrey Solovtsov
DF	Dmitriy Gorkov
MF	Kirill Rybakov Kirill Rybakov Kirill Nikolayevich Rybakov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1989 for FC Lokomotiv Moscow...
MF	Rashyd Gallagberov
MF	Oleg Samatov Oleg Samatov Oleg Anatolyevich Samatov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Uralets Uralsk.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994....
FW	Sergey Sukhov Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhov Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Saturn Andropov.-References:...
FW	Igor Chugaynov
Substitutes:
FW	Mikhail Pronichev  (Rybakov)
DF	Valeriy Plotnikov
MF	Andrey Fedin
GK
DF
DF
MF
Manager:
Yuriy Siomin

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> FC Dynamo Kyiv: 1 Viktor Chanov

Viktor Chanov

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2 Serhiy Shmatovalenko

Serhiy Shmatovalenko

Serhiy Serhiyevich Shmatovalenko is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and a current coach.-Honours:* 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship winner....

8 Anatoliy Demyanenko  (c) 4 Oleh Kuznetsov 3 Akhrik Tsveyba 5 Vasyl Rats 11 Oleksiy Mykhailychenko  7 Hennadiy Lytovchenko 6 Serhiy Zayets

Serhiy Zayets

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  10 Oleh Protasov 9 Oleg Salenko Substitutes: 12 Oleh Luzhny

Oleh Luzhny

Oleh Romanovych Luzhny is a retired Ukrainian footballer and former interim manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. His name is alternatively Romanised as Oleg Luzhny.-Dynamo Kyiv:...

  (Demyanenko) 13 Andriy Bal

Andriy Bal

Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal is a former Soviet football and coach.- Club :Bal is a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv...

  14 Serhiy Kovalets

Serhiy Kovalets

Serhiy Kovalets is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, and currently head-coach of Obolon Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:...

  GK DF DF MF Manager: Valeriy Lobanovsky

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Vladimir Markin (Rostov/Don) Yevgeniy Aleksandrov (Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities... ) 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.

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Soviet Cup 1990 Winners
Dynamo Kyiv Ninth title

External links

• The competition calendar
• Report referring to Soviet Sport
• The competition calendar

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