1991 Soviet Cup Final
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The 1991 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 June 23, 1991. The match was the jubilee 50th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Torpedo Moscow
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...

. The Soviet Cup
Soviet Cup
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 winner CSKA qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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. The last year defending champions Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated administratively in the first round of the competition (1/16 of final) by FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
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 after winning their home game 7:1 (later changed to -:+). CSKA played their 7th Cup Final winning on 5 occasions including this one. For Torpedo it was their 15th Cup Final and for the ninth time they were defeated 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 CSKA and Torpedo both qualified for the competition automatically.
CSKA Moscow
Round 1 (1st leg) Neftianik F. 0–2 CSKA
Round 1 (2nd leg) CSKA 3–1 Neftianik F.
  (CSKA won 5–1 on aggregate)
Round 2 (1st leg) CSKA 4–1 Dnipro
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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Round 2 (2nd leg) Dnipro
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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2–2 CSKA
  (CSKA won 6–3 on aggregate)
Quarter-final CSKA 4–1 Dynamo Mn.
Semi-final 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...

0–3 CSKA
Torpedo Moscow
Round 1 (1st leg) Zenit 1–2 Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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Round 1 (2nd leg) Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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2–0 Zenit
  (Torpedo won 4–1 on aggregate)
Round 2 (1st leg) Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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2–0 Karpaty
FC Karpaty Lviv
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Round 2 (2nd leg) Karpaty
FC Karpaty Lviv
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1–3 Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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  (Torpedo won 5–1 on aggregate)
Quarter-final Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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0–0 aet 
3–1 pen.
Spartak
FC Spartak Moscow
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Semi-final Torpedo
FC Torpedo Moscow
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0–0 aet 
7–6 pen.
Ararat
FC Ararat Yerevan
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Previous Encounters

Previously these two teams met each other in the early editions of the competition on several occasions. However this was their first time and the last that they met in the finals of the Soviet Cup
Soviet Cup
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. Previously their contested each other four times in semifinals of this competition since 1944.

Match details

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> PFC CSKA Moscow:
GK   Mikhail Yeriomin
Mikhail Yeremin
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DF   Dmitriy Kuznetsov
Dmitri Kuznetsov
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  (c)
DF   Sergei Kolotovkin
Sergei Kolotovkin
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MF   Dmitriy Bystrov
DF   Sergey Fokin
Sergei Fokin (footballer)
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DF   Mikhail Kolesnikov
Mikhail Viktorovich Kolesnikov
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MF   Igor Korneyev
MF   Valeriy Broshyn 
MF   Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Sergeyev
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FW   Vladimir Tatarchuk
Vladimir Tatarchuk
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FW   Valeriy Masalitin 
Substitutes:
FW   Sergey Dmitriyev 
DF   Oleg Malyukov
Oleg Malyukov
Oleg Gennadyevich Malyukov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He played 8 games for PFC CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League 1992–93...

 
MF   Viktor Yanushevsky
Viktor Yanushevsky
Viktor Frantsevich Yanushevsky was a Soviet and Belarusian football player. He died during a training session from heart attack.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1982, 1991....

 
GK  
DF  
DF  
MF  
Manager:
  Pavel Sadyrin
Pavel Sadyrin
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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> FC Torpedo Moscow: GK   Valeriy Sarychev DF   Aleksandr Polukarov
Aleksandr Polukarov
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  (c) DF   Andrey Kalaichev MF } DF   Aleksei Yushkov
Aleksei Yushkov
Aleksei Anatolyevich Yushkov was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1984 for FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk. He played 1 game for FC Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet Cup.-European club competitions:...

DF   Sergey Shustikov
Sergey Shustikov
Sergey Viktorovich Shustikov is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he is an assistant manager with PFC CSKA Moscow. He is the son of Viktor Shustikov.-International career:...

  MF   Igor Chugainov
Igor Chugainov
Igor Valeryevich Chugainov is a retired Russian football defender and a current coach. Currently, he manages FC Torpedo Moscow.He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and then for FC Uralan Elista....

MF   Yuriy Tishkov MF   Nikolai Savichev
Nikolai Savichev
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  FW   Oleg Shyrinbekov FW   Sergey Agashkov
Sergey Agashkov
Sergey Nikolaevich Agashkov is retired Turkmen footballer. He had spells at SKA Rostov-on-Don, Torpedo Moscow, Beitar Tel Aviv, POSCO Atoms and Ankaragücü....

Substitutes: FW   Yuriy Matveyev  DF   Gennadiy Grishyn  MF   GK   DF   DF   MF   Manager:   Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...


MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Andrei Butenko (Moscow
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      )
    • Anatoliy Maliarov (Moscow
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      )
  • 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 1992 Winners
CSKA Moscow
Fifth title

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