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and that featured the winners of the previous season's

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and

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in a one- or two-legged playoff for the trophy.

History

The mini-tournament was conducted on the initiative of the

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editor's administration out of

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. The tournament was unofficial and never was part of the

. It was played seven times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It was not until 1983 that the Super Cup was played every year. The Super Cup was made to take place during midseason and further complicated clubs' schedules. In 1987, with

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winning league honors and

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winning the USSR Cup, the Super Cup match was scheduled to take place in Chişinău,

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. However, the match never took place because of inadequate facilities in Chişinău. The last USSR Super Cup took place in

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, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans.

Finals by year

1977 Season's Cup ----

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----

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, consisted out of two games ''Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2'' ---- 1985 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games ''Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1'' ---- 1986 USSR Super Cup ---- 1987 USSR Super Cup ---- 1988 USSR Super Cup ---- 1989 USSR Super Cup ----

Winners by year

Performance by club

Performance by republic

References

USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Super Cup Finals
rsssf.com. Accessed on June 9, 2006.
Well Forgotten Past
nevskoevremya.spb.ru. Accessed on June 9, 2006.

Notes

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