1979 Soviet Cup final

The 1979 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on 11 August 1979. The match was the 38th soviet cup final and was contested between Dynamo Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi. Previous cup holders Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated in Quarter-finals by CSKA Moscow. Dinamo Tbilisi defeated the opponent on penalties and won the cup for the second time.

Previously these two teams met each other eight times in the competition^[1] with Dynamo from Moscow being victorious five times and Dinamo from Tbilisi three times. Two of these encounters were cup finals, both won by Dynamo Moscow in 1937 and 1970.

11 August 1979

Dynamo Moscow	0–0	Dinamo Tbilisi
	Report
Penalties
Makhovikov Maksimenkov Petrushin Pavlenko Bubnov Tolstykh Gazzaev	4–5	Kipiani Gutsaev Chivadze Daraselia Shengelia Machaidze Sulakvelidze

Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Stanislav)

Dynamo Moscow: GK Nikolai Gontar DF Evgeny Lovchev DF Sergei Nikulin DF Aleksandr Makhovikov (c) DF Aleksandr Bubnov MF Aleksei Petrushin MF Nikolai Kolesov  80' MF Aleksandr Minayev MF Nikolai Tolstykh MF Aleksandr Maksimenkov FW Valery Gazzaev Substitutes: FW Vadim Pavlenko  80' Manager: Viktor Tsaryov

Dinamo Tbilisi: GK Otar Gabelia DF Tengiz Sulakvelidze DF Aleksandre Chivadze DF Shota Khinchagashvili DF David Mujiri  61' MF Vitaly Daraselia MF Manuchar Machaidze (c) MF Vakhtang Koridze  46' MF Vladimir Gutsaev MF Gocha Machaidze FW Ramaz Shengelia Substitutes: FW David Kipiani  46' FW Nugzar Kakilashvili  61' Manager: Nodar Akhalkatsi

• 1979 Soviet Top League

• The competition calendar 1
• The competition calendar 2