| Cup of USSR in Football | |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Other Titles: | Кубок СССР |
| Num Teams: | 48 |
| Defending Champions: | Dinamo Kiev |
| Winners: | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Second: | Dinamo Moscow |
| Prev Season: | 1978 |
| Next Season: | 1980 |
The 1979 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the continental tournament.
| Enter in Grouped stage | |||
| 1980 Vysshaya Liga 18/18 teams | 1980 Pervaya Liga 24/24 teams | 1980 Vtoraya Liga 6/154 teams | |
| Spartak Shakhter Dinamo Dinamo Dinamo Dinamo Ararat CSKA Pakhtakor Zenit Chernomorets Lokomotiv Kairat Neftchi SKA Torpedo Zaria Krylia Sovetov | Kuban Karpaty Pamir Shinnik Fakel Zalgiris Metallist Nistru Uralmash Metallurg FC Torpedo Kuzbass Spartak Prikarpatie SKA Spartak Dnepr Tavria Terek Zvezda Traktor Dinamo Kolhozchi Alga | Iskra Kolos Mashuk Guria Avtomobilist Shakhter | |
Games took place between February 28 – March 14, 1979.
[Tbilisi, Rustavi] 1.Dinamo Tbilisi 5 5 0 0 14- 2 10 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Torpedo Kutaisi 5 4 0 1 7- 5 8 3.SKA Rostov-na-Donu 5 3 0 2 9- 8 6 4.UralMash Sverdlovsk 5 2 0 3 4- 4 4 5.Dinamo Leningrad 5 0 1 4 2- 6 1 6.Zarya Voroshilovgrad 5 0 1 4 5-16 1
[Leselidze, Eshera, Kudepsta] 1.Dinamo Kiev 5 3 2 0 7- 1 8 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Iskra Smolensk 5 3 0 2 5- 4 6 3.Dinamo Minsk 5 2 1 2 6- 3 5 4.Spartak Orjonikidze 5 2 1 2 4- 3 5 5.Zenit Leningrad 5 2 1 2 2- 5 5 6.Nistru Kishinev 5 0 1 4 0- 8 1
[Dushanbe, Kurgan-Tyube, Nurek] 1.Pamir Dushanbe 5 5 0 0 10- 2 10 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 5 3 1 1 10- 4 7 3.Pahtakor Tashkent 5 2 2 1 4- 2 6 4.Shakhtyor Donetsk 5 2 1 2 5- 5 5 5.Alga Frunze 5 0 1 4 0- 7 1 6.Traktor Pavlodar 5 0 1 4 1-10 1
[Chimkent] 1.Dinamo Moskva 5 5 0 0 11- 0 10 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Kayrat Alma-Ata 5 3 0 2 11- 5 6 3.Shinnik Yaroslavl 5 3 0 2 8- 7 6 4.Metallist Kharkov 5 1 1 3 3- 4 3 5.Avtomobilist Termez 5 1 1 3 3-12 3 6.Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 5 0 2 3 1- 9 2
[Sochi, Adler] 1.Spartak Moskva 5 4 1 0 8- 2 9 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Neftchi Baku 5 4 0 1 7- 3 8 3.Zvezda Perm 5 2 0 3 6- 6 4 4.SKA Odessa 5 2 0 3 3- 5 4 5.Terek Grozny 5 1 1 3 4- 7 3 6.Mashuk Pyatigorsk 5 1 0 4 2- 7 2
[Adler, Hosta] 1.CSKA Moskva 5 4 1 0 9- 0 9 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Lokomotiv Moskva 5 3 1 1 7- 1 7 3.Kuban Krasnodar 5 1 3 1 3- 2 5 4.Guria Lanchkhuti 5 1 2 2 3- 6 4 5.Metallurg Zaporozhye 5 1 1 3 2- 6 3 6.Spartak Nalchik 5 0 2 3 2-11 2
[Yerevan] 1.Karpaty Lvov 5 4 1 0 8- 3 9 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Chernomorets Odessa 5 3 2 0 5- 2 8 3.Ararat Yerevan 5 3 0 2 6- 2 6 4.Kolos Nikopol 5 1 1 3 4- 5 3 5.Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 5 1 1 3 3- 6 3 6.Žalgiris Vilnius 5 0 1 4 2-10 1
[Simferopol, Yevpatoria] 1.Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 5 3 1 1 6- 4 7 Qualified -------------------------------------------------- 2.Tavria Simferopol 5 3 1 1 7- 4 7 3.Torpedo Moskva 5 2 1 2 4- 3 5 4.Fakel Voronezh 5 2 0 3 6- 6 4 5.Shakhtyor Karaganda 5 2 0 3 5- 9 4 6.Kuzbass Kemerovo 5 1 1 3 3- 5 3
[Mar 20] Dinamo Kiev 0-1 CSKA Moskva [in Mukachevo] [Alexandr Kolpovskiy 28. Att: 25,000] DINAMO Moskva 3-0 Spartak Moskva [in Chimkent] [Nikolai Latysh 33, Alexei Petrushin 57, Alexandr Maksimenkov 63. Att: 25,000] DINAMO Tbilisi 2-0 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev [Vakhtang Koridze 10, Manuchar Machaidze 57. Att: 50,000] KARPATY Lvov 3-1 Pamir Dushanbe [Stepan Yurchishin 14, 31, 43 - Viktor Raimjanov 90. Att: 45,000]
[Jun 9] CSKA Moskva 1-2 DINAMO Tbilisi [aet] [Alexandr Chivadze (D) 23 og – Vitaliy Daraselia 73, David Kipiani 92] [Jun 10] DINAMO Moskva 2-1 Karpaty Lvov [aet] [Valeriy Gazzayev 17, Alexandr Minayev 108 – Yuriy Bondarenko 88 pen. Att: 17,000]
See main article: 1979 Soviet Cup Final.