1956 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

1956 Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine)
Tournament details
Dates7 October — 8 November 1956
Teams32[1]
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The 1956 Ukrainian Cup was a football knockout competition conducted by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR and was also known as the Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR.

The competition was held among Ukrainian "collectives of physical culture" (KFK) that competed in the Ukrainian republican competition. The Ukrainian teams of masters that competed in the Soviet league competitions did not participate. The tournament took place at the end of the season from 7 October to 8 November 1956.[1] It was later than usual. The competition was won by Kolhospnyk Poltava for the first time.[1] Unlike the previous season, no teams qualified for the Soviet Cup, which was not held that year.

Teams

Non-participating teams

The Ukrainian teams of masters did not take part in the competition.

Competition schedule

First elimination round

FC Shakhtar Bryanka (Rep) 2:0 (Rep) FC Avanhard Kramatorsk
Chuhuyiv team 1:0 (Rep) FC Torpedo Sumy
FC Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia (Rep) 3:0 (Rep) FC Metalurh Nikopol
FC Avanhard Sevastopol (Rep) 2:2 Yevpatoria team 2:0 (replay)
m/u 29917 Chernivtsi 1:3 (Rep) FC Avanhard Mykolaiv
FC Khimik Kalush (Rep) 1:0 FC Torpedo Odessa
FC Spartak Kherson (Rep) 4:1 FC DVRZ Kyiv
FC Shakhtar Budyonnovka 2:4 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kharkiv in Stalino
FC Burevisnyk Chernihiv 2:3 (Rep) FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
FC Burevisnyk Cherkasy (Rep) 3:0 FC Burevisnyk Kamianets-Podilskyi
FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk 0:5 (Rep) FC Kolhospnyk Poltava
FC Kolhospnyk Rivno (Rep) 1:0 (Rep) Vinnytsia team
FC Naftovyk Drohobych (Rep) 0:1 (Rep) FC Dynamo Lviv
FC Dynamo Ternopil (Rep) 7:0 (Rep) FC Kolhospnyk Berehovo
FC Spartak Bila Tserkva (Rep) 1:2 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kirovohrad
FC Dynamo Zhytomyr 1:6 (Rep) FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk

Second elimination round

FC Shakhtar Bryanka (Rep) 1:1 Chuhuyiv team 0:1 (replay)
FC Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia (Rep) 7:0 (Rep) FC Avanhard Sevastopol
FC Avanhard Mykolaiv (Rep) 2:0 (Rep) FC Khimik Kalush
FC Spartak Kherson (Rep) 1:3 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kharkiv
FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv (Rep) 5:0 (Rep) FC Burevisnyk Cherkasy
FC Kolhospnyk Poltava (Rep) 2:0 (Rep) FC Kolhospnyk Rivno
FC Dynamo Lviv (Rep) 1:3 (Rep) FC Dynamo Ternopil
FC Torpedo Kirovohrad (Rep) 2:1 (Rep) FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk

Quarterfinals

Chuhuyiv team 0:1 (Rep) FC Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia
FC Avanhard Mykolaiv (Rep) 3:2 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kharkiv
FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv (Rep) 1:1 (Rep) FC Kolhospnyk Poltava 0:2 (replay)
FC Dynamo Ternopil (Rep) 1:2 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kirovohrad

Semifinals

FC Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia (Rep) 3:0 (Rep) FC Avanhard Mykolaiv
FC Kolhospnyk Poltava (Rep) 4:0 (Rep) FC Torpedo Kirovohrad

Final

The final was held in Kyiv.

Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia (Rep)0–4 (0–1)[1](Rep) Kolhospnyk Poltava
Report[1]
  • Yevhen Ivanov
  • Oleksandr Matyukhin
  • Volodymyr Kazankin
  • Oleksandr Matyukhin
Tsentralnyi stadion imeni Khrushchova[1], Kyiv
Attendance: 20,000[1]

Note: the final game took place during a snowfall.[1]

Ukrainian Cup 1956 Winners

Kolhospnyk Poltava
First title

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Як Полтава свій перший Кубок України вигравала" [How Poltava won their first Ukrainian Cup]. poltava365.com (in Ukrainian). 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.