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The Ukrainian Cup 1973 was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.

The Cup started with the preliminary round on November 1, 1973, and involved the republican level non-amateur clubs. The main event started from the round of 16 on November 6, 1973, when the inter-republican clubs joined the competition such as Chornomorets, Metalist, and others, while some of them represented by their second squad. Dynamo Kyiv has chosen not to participate in it since its last winning season in 1948. Also the last season champions FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr entered the competition at the Round of 16, however they were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Unlike the previous edition the tournament introduced a penalty shootout which replaced the method of a game replay. The competition concluded in two and half weeks in Kiev on November 18. Note that the tournament took place after the Soviet football season was over and was conducted in rather unsupported weather conditions as the cold period in Ukraine starts usually in September or October, depending on location.

Teams

Tournament distribution

The competition was conducted among all 23 Ukrainian clubs of the 1973 Soviet Second League, Zone 1 and all 4 Ukrainian clubs of the 1973 Soviet First League.

First round (22 teams)		22 entrants from the Second League (Zone 1)
Second round (16 teams)		4 entrants from the First League 1 entrants from the Second League (Zone 1) (Avtomobilist Zhytomyr)	11 winners from the First round

Other professional teams

The five Ukrainian professional teams in the Soviet Top League did not take part in the competition.

1973 Soviet Top League (5): FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad

Competition schedule

Preliminary round

November 1, 1973

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hoverla Uzhhorod	0–0 (5–3 p)	Kolos Poltava
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2–0	Avanhard Sevastopol
Budivelnyk Ternopil	1–2	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	7–2	SC Chernihiv
SC Lutsk	3–0	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Avanhard Rivne	1–0	Frunzenets Sumy
Tavriya Simferopol	w/o	Shakhtar Kadiivka
Lokomotyv Kherson	2–1	Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv
Metalurh Zhdanov	0–2	Shakhtar Horlivka
Zirka Kirovohrad	3–1	Khimik Severodonetsk
Shakhtar Makiivka	2–1	Lokomotyv Donetsk

First elimination round

November 6, 1973

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hoverla Uzhhorod	0–0 (2–3 p)	Chornomorets Odessa
SC Lutsk	1–2	Metalist Kharkiv
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	4–0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	0–1	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Shakhtar Kadiivka	1–3	Avanhard Rivne
Shakhtar Horlivka	2–2 (4–5 p)	Lokomotyv Kherson
Zirka Kirovohrad	2–0	Metalurh Zaporizhia
Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	w/o	Shakhtar Makiivka

Quarterfinals

November 10, 1973

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Zirka Kirovohrad
Chornomorets Odessa	1–4	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	Lokomotyv Kherson
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	1–0	Avanhard Rivne

Semifinals

November 14, 1973

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	0–1	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Zirka Kirovohrad	4–0	Metalist Kharkiv

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zirka Kirovohrad	1–0	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

The final was held on November 18, 1973, in Kiev. Remarkable is the fact that the final involved participation of such players as Taras Shuliatytsky, Oleksandr Ischenko, and others well known players of that time.

18 November 1973