The 1944 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.
On June 19, 1944, the chairman of the All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Vasiliy Snegov appealed to Kliment Voroshilov to conduct a cup competition.
The competition consisted of 24 teams, 13 of which were Class A teams, and 11 others were picked randomly.
Participating teams
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Competition schedule
First round
[Jul 30] CDKA Moskva 5-0 Traktor Stalingrad [Pyotr Shcherbatenko-2, Vladimir Dyomin, Dyachenko, ?] DINAMO Baku 5-1 Zenit Taganrog [in Rostov-na-Donu] DINAMO Tbilisi w/o Dinamo Yerevan Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 1-5 LOKOMOTIV Moskva Stakhanovets Stalino 1-5 DINAMO-2 Moskva [Vasiliy Bryushin 33- Konstantin Balyasov 18, ??...] ZENIT Leningrad 3-1 Dinamo Moskva [Viktor Bodrov 20 pen, Alexei Yablochkin 63, Boris Levin-Kogan 75 – Konstantin Beskov 86] [Aug 2] Traktor Chelyabinsk 4-6 DKA Novosibirsk Zenit Sverdlovsk 2-11 DINAMO Leningrad
Second round
[Aug 6] CDKA Moskva 5-0 Lokomotiv Moskva [Vladimir Dyomin, Valentin Nikolayev, Dyachenko, Pyotr Shcherbatenko, Alexei Grinin] DINAMO Baku 2-1 Dinamo Tbilisi [Artash Amirjanov 34, Korolyov 50 – Gayoz jejelava 75] Dinamo Ivanovo 0-6 KRYLYA SOVETOV Moskva Dinamo Kiev 1-2 SPARTAK Moskva [aet] [Konstantin Kalach 61 – Nikolai Klimov 18, 117] DINAMO Leningrad 5-1 DKA Novosibirsk [in Chelyabinsk] Dinamo-2 Moskva 0-0 Zenit Leningrad Lokomotiv Kharkov 2-3 AVIAUCHILISHCHE Moskva [Valentin Putsenko, Boris Gurkin – Nikolai Tsutskov-2, Alexandr Striganov pen] Torpedo Gorkiy 2-3 TORPEDO Moskva [Vasiliy Panfilov, Alexei Salakov – A.Ryomin, Anton Yakovlev, Georgiy Zharkov]
Second round replays
[Aug 7] Dinamo-2 Moskva 0-1 ZENIT Leningrad [Alexei Larionov 39]
Quarterfinals
[Aug 13] Dinamo Leningrad 1-4 CDKA Moskva [Oleg Oshenkov – Valentin Nikolayev-3, Grigoriy Fedotov] SPARTAK Moskva 1-0 AviaUchilishche Moskva [Alexei Sokolov 49] TORPEDO Moskva 2-1 Krylya Sovetov Moskva [Vasiliy Zharkov 15, Anton Yakovlev 27 – Alexandr Sevidov 82] ZENIT Leningrad 1-0 Dinamo Baku [Sergei Salnikov 55]
Semifinals
[Aug 20] CDKA Moskva 3-2 Torpedo Moskva [Grigoriy Fedotov 12, Pyotr Shcherbatenko 22, Alexei Grinin 55 – Alexandr Ponomaryov 4, 75] [Aug 22] Spartak Moskva 2-2 Zenit Leningrad [Nikolai Klimov 68, Georgiy Glazkov 72 – Sergei Salnikov 65, Nikolai Smirnov 78]
Semifinals replays
[Aug 23] Spartak Moskva 0-1 ZENIT Leningrad [aet] [Boris Chuchelov 97]
Final
References
External links
- Complete calendar. helmsoccer.narod.ru
- 1944 Soviet Cup. Footballfacts.ru
- 1944 Soviet football season. RSSSF
