1988 Soviet Cup final

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All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Metalist and Torpedo both qualified for the competition automatically.

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Previously they only met six times with Torpedo winning four and Metalist once, the goals were 6 to 2 respectively. The very first time they met each other on July 26, 1936, at the Round of 16 when Torpedo (then - ZiS) playing home was victorious 2:0 (Metalist was called as KhPZ). The last encounter was three seasons ago when in the first round Torpedo once again defeated Metalist in overtime playing at home.

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|date=1988-05-28

|time=?:? LST

|team1= Torpedo Moscow

|score= 0 – 2

|report= [http://fc-dynamo.ru/cup/prot.php?id=481500 Report]

|team2=Metalist Kharkiv

|goals1=

|goals2= Adzhoyev {{goal|42|pen}}
Baranov {{goal|61}}

|stadium= Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|attendance= 30,000

|referee= I.Timoshenko (Rostov-na-Donu) }}

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MATCH OFFICIALS

• Assistant referees:
• V.Zhuk (Minsk)
• A.Khokhryakov (Yoshkar-Ola)
• Fourth official: ( )

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MATCH RULES

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Seven named substitutes
• Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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• Soviet Top League 1987

{{Reflist}}

• [http://torpedo-games.narod.ru/SSSR-Kubok_80.htm Torpedo Moscow unofficial website]
• [http://helmsoccer.narod.ru/Europa/Euro_Liges/USSR_Russia/Champ_from_1936/1988.htm The competition calendar]

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