Progress Cup

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

Club	Winners	Years won
Dynamo Kiev	3	1971, 1985, 1988
Dynamo Moscow	3	1973, 1981, 1986
Chernomorets Odessa	3	1974, 1989, 1991
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1975, 1977
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	1983, 1987
Dinamo Minsk	2	1979, 1982
Zorya Voroshilovgrad	1	1972
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	1	1976 (a)
Torpedo Moscow	1	1976 (b)
Spartak Moscow	1	1978
Zenit Leningrad	1	1980
Dynamo Tbilisi	1	1984
CSKA Moscow	1	1990

External links

• Holders of the cup (in Russian)