1973 Soviet Cup
The 1973 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Ararat Yerevan qualified for the continental tournament.
Participating teams
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Competition schedule
Preliminary round
Kuzbass Kemerovo 0-0 1-2 METALLIST KharkovMetallurg Lipetsk 1-1 0-2 SPARTAK Nalchik
METALLURG Zaporozhye 3-0 1-0 Stroitel Ashkhabad
TEXTILSHCHIK Ivanovo 3-2 1-0 Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk
First round
SPARTAK Moskva 0-0 2-1 Nistru KishinevDINAMO Minsk 1-0 0-0 Zvezda Perm
DINAMO Tbilisi 2-0 0-0 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
DNEPR Dnepropetrovsk 1-1 1-0 Lokomotiv Moskva
Metallist Kharkov 0-3 0-3 DINAMO Kiev
Shinnik Yaroslavl 0-0 0-2 DINAMO Moskva
Textilshchik Ivanovo 0-0 0-1 PAHTAKOR Tashkent
Torpedo Moskva 1-1 0-0 SHAKHTYOR Karaganda
ARARAT Yerevan 1-0 1-0 Alga Frunze
CHERNOMORETS Odessa 2-0 2-2 SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Karpaty Lvov 1-1 0-0 NEFTCHI Baku
Pamir Dushanbe 0-2 1-1 KAYRAT Alma-Ata
Torpedo Kutaisi 0-3 1-2 CSKA Moskva
ZENIT Leningrad 1-1 2-0 Spartak Nalchik
ZARYA Voroshilovgrad 2-1 1-0 Spartak Orjonikidze
SHAKHTYOR Donetsk 2-0 2-3 Metallurg Zaporozhye
Second round
Shakhtyor Karaganda 0-2 1-3 CHERNOMORETS OdessaDinamo Minsk 2-0 0-3 DNEPR Dnepropetrovsk
Kayrat Alma-Ata 1-1 1-2 DINAMO Kiev
Neftchi Baku 0-1 1-3 ARARAT Yerevan
SPARTAK Moskva 2-1 1-1 Dinamo Tbilisi
ZARYA Voroshilovgrad 2-0 0-1 Shakhtyor Donetsk
Zenit Leningrad 1-1 1-1 DINAMO Moskva
CSKA Moskva 3-1 1-1 Pahtakor Tashkent
Quarterfinals
ARARAT Yerevan 2-0 0-1 Zarya VoroshilovgradCSKA Moskva 0-2 0-3 DINAMO Kiev
DNEPR Dnepropetrovsk 0-0 2-1 Spartak Moskva
DINAMO Moskva 3-0 3-2 Chernomorets Odessa
Semifinals
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 0-1 0-1 ARARAT YerevanDINAMO Kiev 1-1 1-1 Dinamo Moskva