| 1983 Soviet Cup Final | |
| Event: | 1983 Soviet Cup |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2: | Metallist Kharkov |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | 8 May 1983 |
| Stadium: | Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina |
| City: | Moscow |
| Referee: | Valeri Butenko (Moscow) |
| Attendance: | 30,000 |
| Previous: | 1982 |
| Next: | 1984 |
The 1983 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 8, 1983. The match was the 42nd Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Metalist Kharkiv. The Soviet Cup winner Shakhter won the cup for the fourth time. The last year defending holders Dinamo Kiev were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition by Zenit Leningrad.
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Shakhter and Metallist both qualified for the competition automatically.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Shakhter Donetsk | Round | Metallist Kharkov | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | 1984–85 Soviet Cup | Opponent | Result | |
| Zalgiris Vilnius (H) | 3–0 | Round of 32 | Kairat Alma-Ata (H) | 0–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow (A) | 3–2 | Round of 16 | Ararat Yerevan (A) | 4–2 | |
| Dinamo Moscow (N) | 3–1 | Quarter-finals | Torpedo Kutaisi (H) | 0–0 | |
| Zenit Leningrad (H) | 1–1 | Semi-finals | CSKA Moscow (A) | 1–0 | |
| Shakhter Donetsk: | |||
| GK | Valentyn Ielinskas | ||
| Oleksiy Varnavskyi | |||
| Ihor Simonov | |||
| Mykhailo Sokolovskyi (c) | |||
| Substitutes: | |||
| Manager: | |||
| Viktor Nosov | |||
| Metallist Kharkov: | |||
| GK | Yuriy Syvukha | ||
| Viktor Kaplun | |||
| Rostyslav Potochniak (c) | |||
| Volodymyr Linke | |||
| Substitutes: | |||
| Manager: | |||
| Yevhen Lemeshko | |||
MATCH RULES
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