1965 Soviet Cup

The 1965 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Spartak Moscow qualified for the continental tournament.

Participating teams

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Teams from 6 other groups of Class B were admitted to the next 1965–66 Soviet Cup, the final stage of which was taking place in 1966.

Competition schedule

Preliminary stage

Group 1 (Ukraine)

First round

Avangard Kerch 1-2 SKA Kiev

AVANGARD Zholtyye Vody 1-0 Kolos Poltava

CHAIKA Balaklava 1-0 Spartak Sumy

Dnepr Kremenchug 1-2 SPARTAK Mogilyov

Gornyak Krivoi Rog 1-1 Desna Chernigov

KOLHOSPNIK Cherkassy 2-1 Dvina Vitebsk

Luchaferul Tiraspol 1-2 SHAKHTYOR Alexandria

STROITEL Beltsy 3-2 Dneprovets Dneprodzerzhinsk

First round replays

Gornyak Krivoi Rog 1-2 DESNA Chernigov

Quarterfinals

DESNA Chernigov 4-3 Avangard Zholtyye Vody

Kolhospnik Cherkassy 2-3 SPARTAK Mogilyov

SHAKHTYOR Alexandria 1-0 Stroitel Beltsy

SKA Kiev 1-0 Chaika Balaklava

Semifinals

DESNA Chernigov 1-0 Shakhtyor Alexandria

SKA Kiev 3-0 Spartak Mogilyov

Final

Desna Chernigov 0-0 SKA Kiev

Replay

DESNA Chernigov 2-1 SKA Kiev

Group 2 (Ukraine)

First round

AVANGARD Ternopol 1-0 Volyn Lutsk

AVTOMOBILIST Odessa 1-0 Polesye Zhitomir

BUKOVINA Chernovtsy 3-0 Neman Grodno

Dunayets Izmail 0-0 Spartak Brest
Neftyanik Drogobych 1-2 DINAMO-2 Kiev

SPARTAK Ivano-Frankovsk 1-0 Kolhospnik Rovno

Verkhovina Uzhgorod 0-0 Zvezda Kirovograd

SKA Lvov 3-2 Dinamo Khmelnitskiy

First round replays

DUNAYETS Izmail 2-1 Spartak Brest

Verkhovina Uzhgorod w/o ZVEZDA Kirovograd

Quarterfinals

AVANGARD Ternopol 2-1 SKA Lvov

DUNAYETS Izmail 2-1 Avtomobilist Odessa

Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 0-2 BUKOVINA Chernovtsy

ZVEZDA Kirovograd 1-0 Dinamo-2 Kiev

Semifinals

AVANGARD Ternopol 3-1 Dunayets Izmail

BUKOVINA Chernovtsy 3-1 Zvezda Kirovograd

Final

Avangard Ternopol 1-1 Bukovina Chernovtsy

Replay

AVANGARD Ternopol 3-0 Bukovina Chernovtsy

Group 3 (Ukraine)

Preliminary round

Lokomotiv Donetsk 0-1 KHIMIK Severodonetsk

First round

Lokomotiv Kherson 0-0 Kommunarets Kommunarsk
Shakhtyor Yenakiyevo w/o NISTRUL Bendery
Spartak Melitopol 2-3 SHAKHTYOR Kadiyevka

SUDOSTROITEL Nikolayev 1-0 Shakhtyor Gorlovka

Tavria Simferopol 0-0 Torpedo Kharkov
TRUBNIK Nikopol 4-1 Shakhtyor Torez

SKF Sevastopol 3-0 Avangard Kramatorsk

KHIMIK Severodonetsk 1-0 Shakhtyor Krasny Luch

First round replays

LOKOMOTIV Kherson 1-0 Kommunarets Kommunarsk

TAVRIA Simferopol 2-0 Torpedo Kharkov

Quarterfinals

KHIMIK Severodonetsk 1-0 Shakhtyor Kadiyevka

LOKOMOTIV Kherson 1-0 Trubnik Nikopol

Sudostroitel Nikolayev 0-1 NISTRUL Bendery

Tavria Simferopol 2-2 SKF Sevastopol

Quarterfinals replays

TAVRIA Simferopol 4-2 SKF Sevastopol

Semifinals

Khimik Severodonetsk 0-2 LOKOMOTIV Kherson

TAVRIA Simferopol 3-2 Nistrul Bendery

Final

LOKOMOTIV Kherson 1-0 Tavria Simferopol

Final stage

Preliminary round

DINAMO Leningrad 1-0 Daugava Riga
LOKOMOTIV Tbilisi 1-0 Zarya Lugansk

LOKOMOTIV Vinnitsa 2-1 Energetik Dushanbe

MOLDOVA Kishinev 2-1 Terek Grozny
SHAKHTYOR Karaganda 3-0 Avangard Kharkov

SKA Novosibirsk 2-0 Traktor Volgograd
SPARTAK Gomel 1-0 Dinamo Tallinn

Stroitel Ashkhabad 0-1 KUBAN Krasnodar
Volga Gorkiy 0-2 ALGA Frunze

First round

ALGA Frunze 1-0 Trud Voronezh
AVANGARD Ternopol 1-0 Žalgiris Vilnius
DESNA Chernigov 1-0 Shinnik Yaroslavl
DINAMO Leningrad 6-1 Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

Dinamo Sukhumi 0-0 Metallurg Zaporozhye
Kuban Krasnodar 0-3 KAYRAT Alma-Ata
LOKOMOTIV Kherson 3-2 Politotdel Tashkent Region
Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 0-1 SKA Novosibirsk

Lokomotiv Tbilisi 1-2 KARPATY Lvov
LOKOMOTIV Vinnitsa 1-0 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk

Neftyanik Fergana 0-0 Spartak Gomel
SHAKHTYOR Karaganda 1-0 Ararat Yerevan

TEKMASH Kostroma 2-0 Moldova Kishinev

Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk 0-0 UralMash Sverdlovsk
ZNAMYA TRUDA Orekhovo-Zuyevo 2-1 RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu

First round replays

DINAMO Sukhumi 1-0 Metallurg Zaporozhye
NEFTYANIK Fergana 1-0 Spartak Gomel

Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk 2-3 URALMASH Sverdlovsk

Second round

Torpedo Kutaisi 1-3 CSKA Moskva

Alga Frunze 0-1 KRYLYA SOVETOV Kuibyshev

Lokomotiv Kherson 0-1 DINAMO Minsk

KAYRAT Alma-Ata 2-0 Chernomorets Odessa

Karpaty Lvov 1-2 SHAKHTYOR Donetsk

ZNAMYA TRUDA Orekhovo-Zuyevo 3-2 Pahtakor Tashkent

AVANGARD Ternopol 3-2 SKA Rostov-na-Donu

Lokomotiv Vinnitsa 0-2 LOKOMOTIV Moskva

SKA Novosibirsk 2-1 Dinamo Kiev

TEKMASH Kostroma 1-0 SKA Odessa

UralMash Sverdlovsk 0-1 SPARTAK Moskva

DESNA Chernigov 1-0 Neftyanik Baku
Neftyanik Fergana 0-2 DINAMO Moskva

SHAKHTYOR Karaganda 1-0 Torpedo Moskva

Dinamo Sukhumi 0-1 DINAMO Tbilisi

DINAMO Leningrad 2-1 Zenit Leningrad

Third round

DINAMO Minsk 1-0 Shakhtyor Karaganda

SHAKHTYOR Donetsk 2-1 SKA Novosibirsk

Tekmash Kostroma 1-3 ZNAMYA TRUDA Orekhovo-Zuyevo

KAYRAT Alma-Ata 4-3 Desna Chernigov

Dinamo Moskva 1-2 DINAMO Leningrad

KRYLYA SOVETOV Kuibyshev 2-1 Avangard Ternopol

SPARTAK Moskva 3-2 Lokomotiv Moskva

CSKA Moskva 2-4 DINAMO Tbilisi

Quarterfinals

Shakhtyor Donetsk 0-2 DINAMO Minsk

SPARTAK Moskva 2-1 Kayrat Alma-Ata

DINAMO Tbilisi 2-1 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo

KRYLYA SOVETOV Kuibyshev 3-1 Dinamo Leningrad

Semifinals

DINAMO Minsk 2-1 Dinamo Tbilisi

SPARTAK Moskva 4-2 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev