The USSR Super Cup, also known as the Season's Cup, was an unofficial exhibition game (or game series) not sanctioned by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union and that featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League and USSR Cup in a one- or two-legged playoff for the trophy. History The mini-tournament was conducted on the initiative of the Komsomolskaya Pravda editor's administration out of Moscow. The tournament was unofficial and never was part of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. It was played seven times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It was not until 1983 that the Super Cup was played every year. The Super Cup was made to take place during midseason and further complicated clubs' schedules. In 1987, with Spartak Moscow winning league honors and Dynamo Kyiv winning the USSR Cup, the Super Cup match was scheduled to take place in Chişinău, Moldova. However, the match never took place because of inadequate facilities in Chişinău. The last USSR Super Cup took place in Sochi, Russia, where the match was played in front of 1,500 fans. Finals by year 1977 Season's Cup 1981 Season's Cup 1984 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games Shakhtar won the Cup play-off 3-2 1985 Season's Cup, consisted out of two games Zenit won the Cup play-off 3-1 1986 USSR Super Cup 1987 USSR Super Cup 1988 USSR Super Cup 1989 USSR Super Cup Winners by year Performance by club Performance by republic See also National super cups of former Soviet republics: Armenian Supercup Azerbaijan Supercup Belarusian Super Cup Estonian Supercup Georgian Super Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup Latvian Supercup Lithuanian Supercup Moldovan Super Cup Russian Super Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Super Cup of Champions References USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Super Cup Finals, rsssf.com. Accessed on June 9, 2006. Well Forgotten Past, nevskoevremya.spb.ru. Accessed on June 9, 2006. Notes Super Cup Soviet Union 1977 establishments in the Soviet Union 1989 disestablishments in the Soviet Union