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1984 Soviet Cup final 1984 Soviet Cup Dinamo Moscow 2 Zenit Leningrad 0 24 June 1984 Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina Moscow Romualdas Juška (Vilnius) 43,500 1983 1985
The 1984 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on June 24, 1984. The match was the 43rd Soviet Cup final and it was contested by Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Leningrad.
After a goalless 90 minutes, Valeriy Gazzaev and Aleksandr Borodyuk scored in extra time as Dynamo Moscow won 2–0 for their sixth Soviet Cup title.
Background
Dynamo Moscow had reached the Soviet Cup final on 10 previous occasions, winning five and losing five. In their previous appearance in the final in 1979, they lost 5–4 on penalties after a goalless draw with Dinamo Tbilisi. They had most recently won the cup in 1977 after defeating Torpedo Moscow 1–0 in the final.Stokkermans Karel USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Cup Finals https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrcuphist.html RSSSF 26 April 2025 24 January 2013
Zenit Leningrad had only reached the Soviet Cup final on one previous occasion in 1944 when they defeated CDKA Moscow 2–1 to lift the trophy.
Road to Moscow
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dinamo and Zenit both qualified for the competition automatically.Balitskiy Andrei Dreiman Theodore Soviet Union 1984 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su84.html RSSSF 26 April 2025 2 June 2021
Dynamo Moscow
In the round of 32, Dynamo Moscow defeated Nistru Kishinev (Moldavian SSR) 1–0. They then defeated Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (Ukrainian SSR) 2–1. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Chornomorets Odesa (Ukrainian SSR) 3–1 after extra time. Dynamo Moscow then defeated Dinamo Minsk (Byelorussian SSR) 4–0 in the semi-final to advance to the final.
Zenit Leningrad
In the round of 32, Zenit Leningrad defeated Daugava Riga (Latvian SSR) 3–0. They then drew 3–3 with Ararat Yerevan (Armenian SSR) after extra time and advanced to the quarter-finals 4–3 on penalties. In the quarter-finals, they again needed penalties after a goalless draw with Torpedo Moscow (Russian SFSR). Zenit Leningrad advanced 7–6 on penalties. Their semi-final also went to extra time as they defeated Fakel Voronezh (Russian SFSR) 1–0 to reach the final.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Dinamo Moscow RoundZenit LeningradOpponentResult1984–85 Soviet CupOpponentResultNistru Kishinev (H)1–0Round of 32Daugava Riga (A)3–0Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (A)2–1Round of 16Ararat Yerevan (H)3–3 4–3Chernomorets Odessa (H)3–1 Quarter-finalsTorpedo Moscow (A)0–0 7–6Dinamo Minsk (A)4–0Semi-finalsFakel Voronezh (H)1–0
Match details
1984-06-24 ?:? LST Dinamo Moscow 2–0 Report Zenit Leningrad Gazzaev 97Borodiuk 116 yes Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, Moscow 43,500 Romualdas Juška (Vilnius)
Dinamo Moscow:GK Russian SFSR Aleksei PrudnikovRussian SFSR Igor BulanovRussian SFSR Aleksandr Novikov (c) 87Russian SFSR Vladimir FomichyovByelorussian SSR Aleksandr Golovnya 100Russian SFSR Yuri Mentiukov Russian SFSR Renat AtaullinRussian SFSR Aleksandr Molodtsov46Russian SFSR Aleksandr Borodiuk Russian SFSR Vasili Karataev 107Russian SFSR Valeriy Gazzaev 117Substitutes:Ukrainian SSR Aleksandr Khapsalis 46 Russian SFSR Ievgeny Mileshkin 107Russian SFSR Valeri Matiunin 117Manager: Russian SFSR Aleksandr Sevidov
Zenit Leningrad:GK Russian SFSR Mikhail Biriukov (c)Russian SFSR Anatoli DavydovRussian SFSR Alexei StepanovRussian SFSR Sergei Kuznetsov Russian SFSR Sergei Vedeneev Russian SFSR Gennadi Timofeev 27Russian SFSR Vladimir Dolgopolov 46Russian SFSR Yuri Zheludkov Russian SFSR Boris ChukhlovTurkmen SSR Valeri Broshin 110Russian SFSR Vladimir Klementiev 91Substitutes:Russian SFSR Aleksandr Zakharikov 46 Russian SFSR Sergei Dmitriev 91 109Russian SFSR Igor Komarov 109Manager: Russian SFSR Pavel Sadyrin
MATCH OFFICIALS
Assistant referees:
Ivan Timoshenko (Rostov-na-Donu)
Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk)
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.
Soviet Cup 1984 WinnersDynamo MoscowSixth title
See also
1984 Soviet Top League
1984 Soviet First League
1984 Soviet Second League
References
External links
The competition calendar
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Cup
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