1953 Soviet Cup
The 1953 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.
No teams representing the Soviet Armed Forces participated in the tournament due to the death of Stalin and changes in the Soviet government. That was the second year in the row for CSKA Moscow being barred from the competition.
Participating teams
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Competition schedule
First round
SPARTAK Tashkent 1-0 Spartak TbilisiDINAMO Kutaisi 1-0 Torpedo Gorkiy
Torpedo Kirovograd 1-2 AVANGARD Sverdlovsk
Torpedo Vladimir 1-2 DINAMO Alma-Ata
Zenit Kaliningrad 0-1 TORPEDO Stalingrad
Metallurg Chimkent 1-4 METALLURG Zaporozhye
Dinamo Tallinn 1-2 KHIMIK Moskva
SPARTAK Ashkhabad 4-1 Metallurg Odessa
DINAMO-2 Leningrad 3-1 Kalev Tallinn
DINAMO Frunze w/o Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo
DINAMO Kishinev w/o Dinamo Minsk
DINAMO Petrozavodsk w/o Dinamo Yerevan
Dinamo Stalinabad 3-3 Avangard Chelyabinsk
KHIMIK Kirovakan 1-0 Spartak Kalinin
KRASNY METALLURG Liepaja 3-0 Krylya Sovetov Molotov
NEFTYANIK Baku 4-2 Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk
First round replays
Dinamo Stalinabad 1-3 AVANGARD ChelyabinskSecond round
Lima Kaunas 0-4 METALLURG DnepropetrovskSpartak Minsk 1-2 ISKRA Frunze
Lokomotiv Mary 0-9 SHAKHTYOR Stalino
Dinamo Baku 2-5 TORPEDO Rostov-na-Donu
Khimik Chirchik 0-3 DAUGAVA Riga
Spartak Tashkent 0-0 Dinamo Kutaisi
Dinamo Kishinev 1-1 Dinamo Alma-Ata
BUREVESTNIK Kishinev 3-0 Dinamo-2 Leningrad
Neftyanik Baku 1-1 Khimik Moskva
AVANGARD Chelyabinsk w/o Dinamo Yerevan
GORNYAK Leninabad w/o Avangard Sverdlovsk
METALLURG Zaporozhye 8-3 Khimik Kirovakan
SPARTAK Ashkhabad 2-1 Krasny Metallurg Liepaja
TORPEDO Stalingrad w/o Dinamo Frunze
Second round replays
SPARTAK Tashkent 4-2 Dinamo KutaisiDinamo Kishinev 0-1 DINAMO Alma-Ata
NEFTYANIK Baku 4-1 Khimik Moskva
Third round
SHAKHTYOR Stalino w/o Avangard ChelyabinskMETALLURG Dnepropetrovsk 1-0 Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu
Iskra Frunze 0-2 DAUGAVA Riga
Burevestnik Kishinev 0-1 DINAMO Alma-Ata
SPARTAK Ashkhabad 1-0 Spartak Tashkent
DINAMO-2 Moskva 1-0 Dinamo Petrozavodsk
GORNYAK Leninabad 8-4 Neftyanik Baku
METALLURG Zaporozhye 4-1 Torpedo Stalingrad
Fourth round
SHAKHTYOR Stalino 1-0 Dinamo-2 MoskvaDAUGAVA Riga 5-1 Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
DINAMO Alma-Ata 6-2 Gornyak Leninabad
METALLURG Zaporozhye 6-2 Spartak Ashkhabad
Fifth round
TORPEDO Moskva 3-1 Zenit LeningradDinamo Moskva 2-2 Dinamo Leningrad
LOKOMOTIV Moskva 1-0 Lokomotiv Kharkov
Daugava Riga 0-0 Spartak Vilnius
DINAMO Tbilisi 4-0 Dinamo Kiev
SPARTAK Moskva 5-0 Metallurg Zaporozhye
Shakhtyor Stalino 0-0 Dinamo Alma-Ata
Fifth round replays
DINAMO Moskva 3-0 Dinamo LeningradDAUGAVA Riga 1-0 Spartak Vilnius
SHAKHTYOR Stalino 2-0 Dinamo Alma-Ata
Quarterfinals
Torpedo Moskva 0-1 ZENIT KuibyshevDINAMO Moskva 1-0 Dinamo Tbilisi
SHAKHTYOR Stalino 2-1 Daugava Riga
LOKOMOTIV Moskva 1-0 Spartak Moskva
Semifinals
DINAMO Moskva 1-0 Shakhtyor StalinoLokomotiv Moskva 0-2 ZENIT Kuibyshev