| Cup of USSR in Football | |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Other Titles: | Кубок СССР |
| Num Teams: | 40 |
| Defending Champions: | Dinamo Kiev |
| Winners: | Shakhter Donetsk |
| Second: | Metallist Kharkov |
| Prev Season: | 1982 |
| Next Season: | 1984 |
The 1983 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Shakhter Donetsk qualified for the continental tournament.
Competitions, as in previous years, from the first round are held according to the elimination system.
40 teams were participating: 18 from the Top league and 22 from the First league. 22 teams of the First league begin the competition from the first round, and 17 teams of the Top league from the Round of 32. The football team of Dynamo Kyiv, that continued to compete in the European Champions Cup, were starting from the quarterfinals.[1]
The meeting locations were determined by taking into account the number of visits and game hosting for each team. In case of equality of hosting and visiting, the location of the next game was determined by a draw of lots.
If the game, including the final, would end in a draw, extra time was assigned (two halves of 15 minutes each). If extra time did not reveal the strongest team, the winner was determined by penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA regulations.
In games for the Soviet Cup, three players are allowed to be substituted during the game.
The final was held on May 9, Victory Day, at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin in Moscow.
| Enter in Second Preliminary Round | Enter in First Preliminary Round | |
| 1983 Vysshaya Liga 17/18 teams | 1983 Pervaya Liga 22/22 teams | |
| Dnepr Spartak Dinamo Zenit Zalgiris Torpedo Chernomorets Shakhter Pakhtakor Metallist CSKA Neftchi Ararat Dinamo Dinamo FC Torpedo Nistru | Kairat SKA Fakel Rotor Metallurg Kolos Tavria Kuban Guria Kuzbass SKA Karpaty Pamir Zaria Daugava Lokomotiv Zvezda Iskra Shinnik SKA Dnepr Tekstilschik Dinamo |
All games took place on February 19, 1983.
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| Daugava Riga | 1:2 | Dinamo Kirov | ||||
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 0:0 | Fakel Voronezh | , | |||
| Iskra Smolensk | 2:0 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | (in Moscow) | |||
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 2:0 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | ||||
| Kolos Nikopol | 1:0 | Tekstilschik Ivanovo | ||||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 3:0 | Dnepr Mogilev | ||||
| Pamir Dushanbe | 0:1 | Rotor Volgograd | ||||
| Tavria Simferopol | 1:0 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | ||||
| Zvezda Dzhizzak | 0:1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||||
| SKA Khabarovsk | +:– | Shinnik Yaroslavl | ||||
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | +:– | Metallurg Zaporozhie |
The base game day was February 24, 1983
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| Chernomorets Odessa | 1:0 | Kolos Nikopol | ||||
| Dinamo Kirov | 0:0 | Ararat Yerevan | , (in Sochi) | |||
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 2:0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||||
| Metallist Kharkov | 0:0 | Kairat Alma-Ata | , (in Sochi) | |||
| Neftchi Baku | 1:1 | CSKA Moscow | , | |||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2:1 | SKA Khabarovsk | ||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 1:0 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||||
| SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 3:2 | Dinamo Minsk | ||||
| Spartak Moscow | 3:2 | Tavria Simferopol | ||||
| Torpedo Moscow | 1:0 | Guria Lanchkhuti | (in Adler) | |||
| Dinamo Moscow | 1:0 | Kuban Krasnodar | (February 25, 1983) | |||
| Nistru Kishinev | 0:2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | (February 25, 1983) | |||
| Shakhter Donetsk | 3:0 | Zhalgiris Vilnius | (in Sochi, February 25, 1983) | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | 3:0 | Iskra Smolensk | (February 25, 1983) |
The base game day was March 3, 1983
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| Ararat Yerevan | 2:4 | Metallist Kharkov | (in Oktemberyan) | |||
| Chernomorets Odessa | 0:2 | Zenit Leningrad | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 2:1 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | ||||
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 3:1 | Torpedo Moscow | ||||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0:1 | Dinamo Moscow | ||||
| Spartak Moscow | 2:3 | Shakhter Donetsk | ||||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 3:2 | Rotor Volgograd | (in Samtredia) |
The base game day was March 11, 1983
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| Metallist Kharkov | 0:0 | Torpedo Kutaisi | , | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | 3:1 | Dinamo Kiev | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 2:1 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | (March 12, 1983) | |||
| Dinamo Moscow | 1:3 | Shakhter Donetsk | (in Tashkent, March 12, 1983) |
The base game day was March 19, 1983
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| CSKA Moscow | 0:1 | Metallist Kharkov | ||||
| Shakhter Donetsk | 1:1 | Zenit Leningrad | , |
See main article: 1983 Soviet Cup Final.