1991 Soviet Cup final
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| Event | 1990–91 Soviet Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 23 June 1991 | ||||||
| City | 1992 → | ||||||
The 1991 Soviet Cup Final was a
Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union
. CSKA played their 7th Cup Final winning on 5 occasions including this one. For Torpedo it was their 15th Cup Final and for the ninth time they were defeated at this stage.
This match was the final match played by CSKA and USSR national team goalkeeper
Mikhail Yeriomin. Yeriomin was in a serious car accident the evening after the final and died at a hospital on 30 June 1991 from his injuries.[1]
Road to Moscow
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so CSKA and Torpedo both qualified for the competition automatically. The last year defending champions
Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated administratively in the first round of the competition (1/16 final) by FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin after winning their home game 7–1 (later changed to -:+).[2]
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Previous encounters
Previously these two teams met each other in the early editions of the competition on several occasions. However this was their first time and the last that they met in the finals of the Soviet Cup. Previously their contested each other four times in semifinals of this competition since 1944.
Match summary
| CSKA Moscow | 3 – 2 | Torpedo Moscow |
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 80' |
Report | Yuriy Tishkov 43', 75' |
         PFC CSKA Moscow
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   FC Torpedo Moscow
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MATCH OFFICIALS |
MATCH RULES
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| Soviet Cup 1991 winners |
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| CSKA Moscow Fifth title |
See also
- Soviet Top League 1990
References
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