| Cup of USSR in Football | |
| Year: | 1985–86 |
| Other Titles: | Кубок СССР |
| Num Teams: | 74 |
| Defending Champions: | Dinamo Kiev |
| Winners: | Torpedo Moscow |
| Second: | Shakhter Donetsk |
| Prev Season: | 1984–85 |
| Next Season: | 1986–87 |
The 1985–86 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Torpedo Moscow qualified for the continental tournament.
The competition is played according to a system with teams being eliminated after the first loss. 74 teams will take part in the Cup games, including 18 teams of the major league, 22 teams of the first league and 34 teams of the second league, which is represented by the strongest teams of nine zones at the end of the 1984 season (from the 4th, 7th and 8th zones - 3 teams each, from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 9th zones - 4 teams each and from the 6th zone - 5 teams). The games of the 1/64 finals will begin on June 24, 34 teams from the second league and 22 teams from the first league will take part in them. From the 1/16 finals, 18 major league teams are included in the tournament. The games, starting from the 1/4 finals, will continue in the spring of 1986. The order of the draw for teams of the highest, first and second leagues is carried out in the order of the places occupied by the teams in the 1984 USSR Championship. Starting from the 1/32 finals, the venues for the games are determined by the difference in receptions and departures for the meeting teams. The team with more trips has an advantage. In case of equality of receptions and departures, the location of the next game is determined by lot. If the game, including the final one, ends in a draw, then extra time is assigned (two halves of 15 minutes each). If extra time does not reveal the strongest team, the winner will be determined by penalty kicks in accordance with FIFA Regulations. In competitions for the USSR Cup, no more than three players are allowed to be replaced during the game. The final is held in Moscow at the Central Stadium named after V.I. Lenin.
| Enter in Round of 32 | Enter in First Preliminary Round | |||
| 1985 Vysshaya Liga 18/18 teams | 1985 Pervaya Liga 22/22 teams | 1985 Vtoraya Liga 34/153 teams | ||
| Dinamo Spartak Dnepr Dinamo Torpedo Zenit Zalgiris Iberia Kairat Metallist FC Torpedo Shakhter Ararat Dinamo Chernomorets Neftchi Fakel (v) SKA (v) | Daugava CSKA SKA Karpaty Pamir Kolos Lokomotiv Shinnik Rotor SKA Kotaik Dinamo Dinamo Metallurg Pakhtakor Kuzbass Spartak Guria Kuban Nistru Krylya Sovietov (v) Iskra Zvezda (v) | Dinamo Zorkiy Znamia Truda Arsenal Zarya | Zvezda Uralmash Metallurg Khimik | Rostselmash (^) Atommash Terek Mashuk |
| Geolog Irtysh Luch | Metallurg Dnepr Baltika | Tavria Niva Sudostroitel Kolos Zaria | ||
| Neftyanik Dinamo Surkhan | Tselinnik Shakhter Khimik | Mertskhali Spartak Kolkheti Lokomotiv | ||
All games took place on June 24, 1985.
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| Luch Vladivostok | 1:0 | Neftianik Fergana | ||||
| SKA Khabarovsk | 1:0 | Irtysh Omsk | ||||
| Kuzbass Kemerevo | 0:3 | Geolog Tymen | ||||
| Dinamo Samarkand | 3:5 | Zvezda Dzhizzak | ||||
| Tselinnik Tselinograd | 3:0 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | ||||
| Pamir Dushanbe | 3:0 | Kolkheti Poti | ||||
| Surkhan Termez | 2:1 | Shakhter Karaganda | ||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 2:1 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | ||||
| Spartak Oktemberyan | 0:1 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||||
| Mertskhali | 1:3 | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev | ||||
| Iskra Smolensk | 2:1 | Zvezda Perm | ||||
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 4:2 | Lokomotiv Samtredia | ||||
| Arsenal Tula | 5:0 | Kotaik | ||||
| Zaria Kaluga | 1:0 | Dnepr Mogilev | ||||
| Terek Grozny | 0:0 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | , | |||
| Daugava Riga | 6:0 | Dinamo Bryansk | ||||
| Kolos Pavlograd | 4:1 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | ||||
| Dinamo Stavropol | 2:1 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo | ||||
| Tavria Simferopol | 3:4 | Dinamo Batumi | ||||
| Atommash | 0:1 | Metallurg Lipetsk | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 3:1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | ||||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1:0 | Khimik Dzhambul | ||||
| Metallurg Zaporozhie | 2:0 | Sudostroitel Nikolaev | ||||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 5:3 | Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | ||||
| Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1:2 | Kolos Nikopol | ||||
| Niva Vinnitsa | 3:2 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | ||||
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1:2 | Guria | ||||
| Nistru Kishenev | 2:1 | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk |
All games took place on June 30, 1985.
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| Pamir Dushanbe | 1:0 | Surkhan Termez | ||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 1:1 | Geolog Tyumen | , | |||
| Zvezda Dzhizzak | 2:1 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | ||||
| Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev | 1:2 | SKA Khabarovsk | ||||
| Dinamo Batumi | 4:2 | Arsenal Tula | ||||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2:0 | Iskra Smolensk | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 4:1 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | ||||
| Daugava Riga | 4:1 | Terek Grozny | ||||
| Metallurg Zaporizhia | 2:1 | Zaria Kaluga | ||||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2:0 | Nistru Kishenev | ||||
| Kolos Nikopol | 3:1 | Kolos Pavlograd | ||||
| Niva Vinnitsa | 7:2 | Guria | ||||
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 1:0 | Dinamo Stavropol | ||||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | +:– | Luch Vladivostok |
The base game day was August 14, 1985
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| Dinamo Kiev | 4:2 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | (August 13, 1985) | |||
| Dinamo Minsk | 1:0 | Pamir Dushanbe | ||||
| Zhalgiris Vilnius | 2:0 | Metallurg Zaporozhie | ||||
| Shakhter Donetsk | 5:1 | Kuban Krasnodar | ||||
| Fakel Voronezh | 2:0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||||
| Dinamo Batumi | 1:4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||||
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 1:0 | Ararat Yerevan | ||||
| Zvezda Dzhizzak | 0:4 | Chernomorets Odessa | ||||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2:3 | Torpedo Moscow | ||||
| Kolos Nikopol | 2:1 | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | ||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 3:1 | Dinamo Moscow | ||||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0:2 | Daugava Riga | ||||
| Niva Vinnitsa | 2:0 | Metallist Kharkov | ||||
| Spartak Moscow | 2:0 | CSKA Moscow | ||||
| SKA Khabarovsk | 2:0 | Neftchi Baku | ||||
| Kairat Alma–Ata | 0:3 | Zenit Leningrad |
The base game day was September 13, 1985
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| Spartak Moscow | 3:3 | Dinamo Kiev | , (September 12, 1985) | |||
| Chernomorets Odessa | 3:1 | Rotor Volgograd | (September 12, 1985) | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | 2:0 | Dinamo Tbilisi | (September 12, 1985) | |||
| Torpedo Moscow | 2:0 | SKA Khabarovsk | ||||
| Daugava Riga | 2:1 | Zhalgiris Vilnius | ||||
| Kolos Nikopol | 0:1 | Shakhter Donetsk | ||||
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 1:0 | Niva Vinnitsa | ||||
| Fakel Voronezh | 1:3 | Dinamo Minsk | (September 14, 1985) |
The base game day was April 2, 1986
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| Dinamo Minsk | 0:2 | Spartak Moscow | ||||
| Shakhter Donetsk | 2:1 | Daugava Riga | ||||
| Chernomorets Odessa | 0:2 | Torpedo Moscow | ||||
| Zenit Leningrad | 3:0 | Metallurg Lipetsk |
The base game day was April 6, 1986
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| Zenit Leningrad | 2:2 | Shakhter Donetsk | , | |||
| Torpedo Moscow | 3:2 | Spartak Moscow |
See main article: 1986 Soviet Cup Final.