Soviet Amateur Cup
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Football Cup of the Soviet Union for teams of physical culture collectives (Russian: Кубок СССР по футболу среди команд коллективов физической культуры, romanized: Kubok SSR po futbolu spedi komand kollektivov fizichkoy kyl'tur') was an association football competition for amateur teams and physical culture collectives that was held in the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1991 under the auspices of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. Throughout its history, the tournament was also known as the VTsSPS Cup, Soviet Cup among production collectives, and Cup of the millions.
In 1957 in the Soviet football took place another reform, after which physical culture collectives (amateur teams) were restricted from competing in the Soviet Cup and for them was organized a separate tournament. The competition was conducted among the best "collectives of physical culture" that won their respective regional Cup competitions. In 1962–1967 the winner was identified in the final group stage. In 1981–1988 the competition was not conducted.
List of finals
The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
The wikilinks in the "Score" column point to the article about that season's final game.
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References
External links
Football Cup of the Soviet Union among teams of physical culture collectives. footballfacts
Кубок миллионов.
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