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

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Performance by club

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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
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