The 1938 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.
The competition was composed of qualification stage that contained several subgroups and the final stage.
26 teams of the 1938 Soviet Top League were given a bye to the final stage, while other teams were competing in 19 groups of the qualifying stage.
Teams from Ukraine were granted 10 berths within 5 groups, teams from Caucasus and Central Asian union republics were granted 3 berths in 3 groups, teams from Belarus were competing along with some teams from Russia for a single berth, while Russian teams were granted 24 berths in 10 groups with teams from Moscow region receiving 8 berths.
Competitions in qualification subgroups 14–18 (Ukrainian) were conducted as a regional competition of the 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR in May 5-20.
Participating teams Enter in Final stage Enter in Preliminary stage 26 teams of masters 249 other teamsteams of masters Spartak CDKA Metallurg Dinamo Dinamo Dinamo Dinamo Lokomotiv Torpedo Dinamo Stakhanovets Traktor Elektrik Stalinets Selmash Stalinets Lokomotiv Dinamo Temp Spartak Spartak Zenit Pischevik Lokomotiv Krylia Sovetov Burevestnik Moscow I (4+22)
Khabarovsk (1+4)
Povolzhye (2+9)
Central Asia (1+5)
Odessa (2+14)Moscow II (4+20)
Novosibirsk (1+10)
Rostov-na-Donu (2+6)
Belorossiya (1+5)
Dnepropetrovsk (2+14)Leningrad (4+7)
Sverdlovsk (2+11)
Trans-Caucasus (1+4)
Kharkov (2+18)
Donetsk (2+23)Voronezh (1+6)
Gorkiy (2+11)
South Caspiy (1+4)
Kiev (2+14)
Crimea (1+4) Source: [] Notes In preliminary round teams are organized based on their qualification groups. In parentheses first number indicates how many teams qualified to the next round, while the second number stands for how many teams in that group.
Competition schedule Preliminary stage Group 1 (Moscow) Subgroup 1 Quarterfinals [Jun 26] ZENIT Kolomna 10-0 Lokomotiv Ryazan [Jun 28] Krasnaya Roza Moskva 1-2 KAUCHUK Moskva [aet] [Jun 30] CDKA-2 Moskva 1-0 Krasnoye Znamya Moskva [aet] Kamvolny Kombinat Kuntsevo 1-3 SHERSTYANIK Moskva Kombinat Teikovo 2-5 STALINETS-2 Moskva Zvezda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 0-4 SPARTAK-2 Moskva Rodina Fryazino 0-1 FABRIKA BABAYEVA Moskva TOMNA Kineshma 3-2 Pravda Moskva VC-168 Ryazan 0-8 MYASOKOMBINAT MIKOYANA Moskva ZAVOD GORBUNOVA Moskva 3-1 Krasny Proletariy Moskva Zenit Tula 1-2 LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva [aet]
Semifinals [Jul 6] Fabrika Babayeva Moskva 3-4 LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva Kauchuk Moskva 0-6 SHERSTYANIK Moskva LOKOMOTIV Lyublino w/o Lokomotiv Ryazan Spartak Ivanovo 2-4 DINAMO Ivanovo Spartak-2 Moskva 1-1 Myasokombinat Mikoyana Moskva STALINETS-2 Moskva 5-3 Lokomotiv Serpukhov ZAVOD GORBUNOVA Moskva 3-1 CDKA-2 Moskva
=Semifinals replays= [Jul 7] SPARTAK-2 Moskva 7-1 Myasokombinat Mikoyana Moskva
Finals [Jul 12] Dinamo Ivanovo 1-3 SPARTAK-2 Moskva Lokomotiv Lyublino 3-3 Lokomotiv-2 Moskva SHERSTYANIK Moskva 3-1 Zavod Gorbunova Moskva Zenit Kolomna 1-3 STALINETS-2 Moskva
=Final replays= [Jul 13] Lokomotiv Lyublino 2-3 LOKOMOTIV-2 Moskva
Subgroup 2 Quarterfinals [Jun 26] SNIPER Podolsk 3-1 Zavod-20 Moskva [Jun 30] DINAMO Bolshevo 5-0 TsvetMet Moskva Osnova Ivanovo 0-6 ZIF Moskva PROLETARSKAYA POBEDA Moskva w/o Dinamo-2 Moskva START Moskva 6-0 SelMash Lyubertsy ZAVOD GEOFIZIKA Moskva 9-0 MashTekhSoyuz Moskva ZENIT Kovrov 1-0 Dinamo Kalinin ZENIT Podlipki 7-0 Sniper Moskva
Semifinals [Jul 6] Burevestnik Tula 1-2 TRUD Krasnaya Polyana DINAMO Bolshevo 3-2 Zavod Geofizika Moskva Dinamo Lyubertsy 2-6 KIM Moskva FABRIKA PRAVDA Likino-Dulyovo w/o Pishchevik-2 Moskva Kr Znamya Pavlovskiy Posad 0-4 KRASNOYE ZNAMYA Noginsk SNIPER Podolsk 5-0 Zenit Kovrov ZENIT Podlipki 6-0 Proletarskaya Pobeda Moskva ZIF Moskva 3-0 Start Moskva
Finals [Jul 12] DINAMO Bolshevo 8-0 Sniper Podolsk FABRIKA PRAVDA Likino-Dulyovo 5-1 KIM Moskva KRASNOYE ZNAMYA Noginsk 5-2 Trud Krasnaya Polyana ZENIT Podlipki 4-2 ZiF Moskva
Group 2 (Leningrad) Semifinals [Jul 8] IZHORSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad 3-0 ZiO Leningrad Lokomotiv Vologda 2-5 ZAVOD ELEKTRIK Leningrad ZiS Leningrad 0-3 KIROVSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad
Finals [Jul 12] Kauchuk Leningrad 1-3 ZIK Leningrad KIROVSKIY ZAVOD Leningrad 6-0 Izhorskiy Zavod Leningrad LOKOMOTIV Yaroslavl 2-1 Krasnaya Zarya-2 Leningrad ZAVOD ELEKTRIK Leningrad 4-3 GOMZ Leningrad
Group 3 (Voronezh) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] Dinamo Kursk 1-2 DZERZHINETS Bezhitsa Samolyot Tambov 1-2 DINAMO Voronezh ZIV Voronezh 3-1 DKA Voronezh
Semifinals [Jul 12] DINAMO Voronezh 4-0 Spartak Voronezh Dzerzhinets Bezhitsa 0-2 ZIV Voronezh
Final [Jul 18] DINAMO Voronezh 1-0 ZiV Voronezh
Group 4 (Khabarovsk) Quarterfinals [Jul 16] STROITEL Komsomolsk-na-Amure 5-1 Krylya Sovetov Irkutsk
Semifinals [Jul 12] DINAMO Khabarovsk 7-0 Lokomotiv Irkutsk [Jul 30] DINAMO Irkutsk 3-1 Stroitel Komsomolsk-na-Amure
Final [Aug 5] DINAMO Irkutsk 2-1 Dinamo Khabarovsk
Group 5 (Novosibirsk) First round [Jul 6] LOKOMOTIV Krasnoyarsk 1-0 Dinamo Novosibirsk [aet] STROITEL Novosibirsk 4-2 Krylya Sovetov Novosibirsk TEKHNIKUM FK Novosibirsk w/o Lokomotiv Tyumen
Quarterfinals [Jul 11] DKA Omsk 4-2 Lokomotiv Omsk [Jul 12] Dinamo Omsk 0-3 METALLURG Stalinsk STROITEL Novosibirsk 1-0 Dinamo Krasnoyarsk TEKHNIKUM FK Novosibirsk 2-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk
Semifinals [Jul 18] METALLURG Stalinsk 5-0 Tekhnikum FK Novosibirsk STROITEL Novosibirsk 3-0 DKA Omsk
Final [Jul 30] STROITEL Novosibirsk 4-1 Metallurg Stalinsk
Group 6 (Sverdlovsk) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] DINAMO Chelyabinsk 10-0 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Dinamo Kirov 1-3 DINAMO Sverdlovsk Dinamo Kungur 2-4 METALLURG Sverdlovsk Torpedo Izhevsk 1-3 STROITEL Sverdlovsk TRAKTOR Chelyabinsk 4-3 Zenit Votkinsk
Semifinals [Jul 12] DINAMO Chelyabinsk 2-0 Metallurg Sverdlovsk STROITEL Sverdlovsk 7-1 Dinamo Ufa TsvetMet Krasnouralsk 1-1 Avangard Sverdlovsk [Jul 14] Traktor Chelyabinsk 0-9 DINAMO Sverdlovsk
Semifinals replays [Jul 13] TSVETMET Krasnouralsk 3-1 Avangard Sverdlovsk
Finals [Jul 18] DINAMO Sverdlovsk 7-1 TsvetMet Krasnouralsk STROITEL Sverdlovsk 3-1 Dinamo Chelyabinsk
Group 7 (Gorkiy) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] DINAMO Kazan 4-0 Spartak Kazan DINAMO Saransk 4-1 Metallist Pavlovo Elektrik Gorkiy 1-2 SPARTAK Gorkiy SPARTAK Pavlovo 5-1 Lokomotiv Kazan TORPEDO Gorkiy 6-2 Krylya Sovetov Gorkiy
Semifinals [Jul 12] DINAMO Kazan 3-0 Spartak Gorkiy DINAMO Yoshkar-Ola 8-2 Lokomotiv Ruzayevka Spartak Saransk 0-4 DINAMO Saransk TORPEDO Gorkiy 10-1 Spartak Pavlovo
Finals [Jul 18] Dinamo Saransk 1-9 DINAMO Kazan TORPEDO Gorkiy 3-0 Dinamo Yoshkar-Ola
Group 8 (Povolzhye) Quarterfinals [Jul 7] ELEKTRIK Saratov w/o DKA Stalingrad PISHCHEVIK Astrakhan w/o Zenit-221 Stalingrad TRAKTOR-2 Stalingrad 1-0 Vodnik Astrakhan
Semifinals [Jul 12] Elektrik Saratov 0-2 LOKOMOTIV Kuibyshev Lokomotiv Saratov 2-2 Krylya Sovetov Saratov Spartak Kuibyshev 0-2 DINAMO Stalingrad [Jul 13] Pishchevik Astrakhan 2-3 TRAKTOR-2 Stalingrad
Semifinals replays [Jul 13] LOKOMOTIV Saratov 5-0 Krylya Sovetov Saratov
Finals [Jul 18] Lokomotiv Kuibyshev 0-2 DINAMO Stalingrad LOKOMOTIV Saratov 4-3 Traktor-2 Stalingrad [aet]
Group 9 (Rostov-na-Donu) Semifinals [Jul 6] Dinamo Krasnodar 3-4 ZENIT Taganrog [aet] ENERGIYA Novocherkassk 3-1 Medik Krasnodar Krylya Sovetov Taganrog 1-3 PISHCHEVIK Rostov-na-Donu Pishchevik Krasnodar 0-1 MYASOKOMBINAT Maykop
Finals [Jul 12] ENERGIYA Novocherkassk 3-0 Pishchevik Rostov-na-Donu ZENIT Taganrog 4-0 Myasokombinat Maykop
Group 10 (Tbilisi) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] DINAMO Batumi 4-1 Nauka Tbilisi
Semifinals [Jul 12] Spartak Leninakan 1-2 DINAMO Batumi SPARTAK Yerevan 2-0 Pishchevik Tbilisi
Final [Jul 18] DINAMO Batumi 3-0 Spartak Yerevan
Group 11 (Baku) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] VODNIK Baku 3-1 Stroiteli Baku
Semifinals [Jul 7] LOKOMOTIV Baku 11-0 Lokomotiv Ashkhabad [Jul 8] Vodnik Baku 0-4 NEFTYANIK Baku
Final [Jul 12] LOKOMOTIV Baku 3-1 Neftyanik Baku
Group 12 (Tashkent) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] Dinamo Stalinabad 2-4 DINAMO Tashkent [Jul 12] DINAMO Karaganda 2-1 Lokomotiv Tashkent
Semifinals [Jul 17] DINAMO Alma-Ata 5-2 Dinamo Tashkent DINAMO Karaganda w/o Spartak Tashkent
Final [Jul 22] DINAMO Alma-Ata 1-0 Dinamo Karaganda
Group 13 (Minsk) Quarterfinals [Jul 6] Tekhnikum FK Smolensk 3-4 SPARTAK Minsk [Jul 7] DINAMO Smolensk 5-0 KIM Minsk
Semifinals [Jul 12] Spartak Gomel 2-4 DINAMO Smolensk SPARTAK Minsk w/o Dinamo Minsk
Final [Jul 18] SPARTAK Minsk 1-0 Dinamo Smolensk
Group 14 (Kharkov) First round [May 5] Avangard Sumy 1-5 MOLNIYA Kharkov Roth Front Poltava 0-1 AVANGARD Kharkov [May 6] Kanatny Zavod Kharkov 1-4 STALINETS Kharkov LOKOMOTIV Kharkov 1-0 Dinamo Poltava SelMash-2 Kharkov 0-2 AVTOMOTOR Kharkov Spartak Poltava 0-1 SAKHARNIKI Sumy SPARTAK Sumy 1-0 Sakharniki Karlovka TRAKTOR Kharkov w/o Lokomotiv Poltava ZDOROVYE Kharkov w/o Dinamo Kharkov ZENIT Kharkov 3-1 Metallist Kharkov
Quarterfinals [May 11] STALINETS Kharkov 4-1 Avtomotor Kharkov ZDOROVYE Kharkov 4-3 Avangard Kharkov [May 12] LOKOMOTIV Kharkov 1-0 Sakharniki Sumy ZENIT Kharkov w/o Molniya Kharkov [May 13] TRAKTOR Kharkov 5-1 Spartak Sumy
Semifinals [May 15] ZENIT Kharkov 3-0 Stalinets Kharkov Byes: Zdorovye, Traktor, Lokomotiv.
Finals [May 24] LOKOMOTIV Kharkov 3-0 Zenit Kharkov ZDOROVYE Kharkov 1-0 Traktor Kharkov
Group 15 (Kiev) Quarterfinals [May 5] Dinamo Zhitomir 1-1 Dinamo Mogilyov-Podolskiy [May 6] Azot Shostka 1-10 DINAMO-2 Kiev Dinamo Vinnitsa 1-1 Vodnik Kiev LOKOMOTIV Konotop w/o DKA Korosten LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev 4-2 Roth Front Kiev Spartak Kiev 1-2 TEKHNIKUM FK Kiev Spartak Korosten w/o SPARTAK Chernigov ZENIT Kiev 5-3 Temp Vinnitsa
Quarterfinals replays [May 6] DINAMO Zhitomir 1-0 Dinamo Mogilev-Podolskiy [May 7] Dinamo Vinnitsa 1-2 VODNIK Kiev [aet]
Semifinals [May 12] DINAMO-2 Kiev 3-1 Dinamo Zhitomir Tekhnikum FK Kiev 0-3 LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev VODNIK Kiev 2-0 Spartak Chernigov ZENIT Kiev 5-1 Lokomotiv Konotop
Finals [May 19] LOKOMOTIV-2 Kiev 3-2 Zenit Kiev [May 20] DINAMO-2 Kiev 2-1 Vodnik Kiev [aet]
Group 16 (Odessa) Quarterfinals [May 6] Burevestnik Krivoi Rog 3-3 Lokomotiv Kotovsk DZERZHINETS Kremenchug 4-0 Spartak Tiraspol LOKOMOTIV Odessa 4-0 Ruda Krivoi Rog Lokomotiv Voznesensk 1-3 PISHCHEVIK Odessa Pishchevik Kherson 0-4 DINAMO Nikolayev SELMASH Kirovo 2-1 Znaniye Kherson Stroitel Krivoi Rog 1-3 STAL Krivoi Rog SUDOSTROITEL Nikolayev 8-0 Vodnik Kherson
Quarterfinals replays [May 7] BUREVESTNIK Krivoi Rog w/o Lokomotiv Kotovsk
Semifinals [May 12] Burevestnik Krivoi Rog 2-4 LOKOMOTIV Odessa DINAMO Nikolayev 7-0 Stal Krivoi Rog Dzerzhinets Kremenchug 2-0 SelMash Kirovo [May 18] PISHCHEVIK Odessa 4-1 Sudostroitel Nikolayev
Finals [May 18] DINAMO Nikolayev 3-0 Lokomotiv Odessa [May 24] PISHCHEVIK Odessa w/o Dzerzhinets Kremenchug
Group 17 (Dnepropetrovsk) Quarterfinals [May 5] STAL Dneprodzerzhinsk 7-0 Tekhnikum FK Dnepropetrovsk LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye 3-2 Lokomotiv Dnepropetrovsk ZiP Dnepropetrovsk 1-3 SELMASH Zaporozhye [May 6] Krylya Sovetov Berdyansk 0-5 DINAMO Dnepropetrovsk LOKOMOTIV Lozovaya 6-1 Lokomotiv Sinelnikovo SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk 3-0 Krylya Sovetov Zaporozhye Stroitel Dneprodzerzhinsk 0-4 ZIL Dnepropetrovsk TSVETMET Zaporozhye 5-3 ZiK Dnepropetrovsk
Semifinals [May 12] Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk 0-1 SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk [aet] STAL Dneprodzerzhinsk 4-1 SelMash Zaporozhye [May 13] ZiL Dnepropetrovsk 1-2 TSVETMET Zaporozhye [May 15] LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye 6-1 Lokomotiv Lozovaya
Finals [May 18] LOKOMOTIV Zaporozhye 4-2 TsvetMet Zaporozhye SPARTAK Dnepropetrovsk 4-2 Stal Dneprodzerzhinsk
Group 18 (Donetsk) First round [May 5]