The Progress Cup is a football prize (not a tournament) that was awarded by the Russophone "Rabochaya Gazeta" (Kiev) from 1971 until 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The prize was given to the Soviet Top League club which made the biggest progress in points from the previous season based on mathematical calculations.
Award holders 1971 – FC Dynamo Kiev 1972 – FC Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1973 – FC Dynamo Moscow 1974 – FC Chernomorets Odessa 1975 – FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1976 (spring) – FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 1976 (autumn) – FC Torpedo Moscow 1977 – FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1978 – FC Spartak Moscow 1979 – FC Dinamo Minsk 1980 – FC Zenit Leningrad 1981 – FC Dynamo Moscow 1982 – FC Dinamo Minsk 1983 – FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1984 – FC Dynamo Tbilisi 1985 – FC Dynamo Kiev 1986 – FC Dynamo Moscow 1987 – FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1988 – FC Dynamo Kiev 1989 – FC Chernomorets Odessa 1990 – FC CSKA Moscow
Performance by club ClubWinnersYears wonDynamo Kiev31971, 1985, 1988Dynamo Moscow31973, 1981, 1986Chernomorets Odessa31974, 1989, 1991Shakhtar Donetsk21975, 1977Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk21983, 1987Dinamo Minsk21979, 1982Zorya Voroshilovgrad11972Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev11976 (a)Torpedo Moscow11976 (b)Spartak Moscow11978Zenit Leningrad11980Dynamo Tbilisi11984CSKA Moscow11990
External links Holders of the cup