On October 29, 1961, the Pitmen won the USSR Cup by defeating Torpedo in Moscow.

Shakhtar Donetsk exactly 60 years ago began his trophy path, having won the USSR Cup, which became the first trophy in the history of the Ukrainian club..

This event took place on October 29, 1961, when the Pitmen, under the leadership of Oleg Oshenkov, beat the Moscow Torpedo in the final of the tournament with a score of 3: 1, before that they had gone through the tournament bracket Dynamo Khmelnytsky, Fergana Spartak, Dinamo from Tbilisi and Chemist from Novomoskovsk.

It is interesting that at that time Torpedo was the current owner of the USSR Cup, and the final match was held in Moscow with 100 thousand fans. But despite this, the Pitmen confidently dealt with their opponents and won their first trophy in history, and a year later they repeated their success..

At the moment, the Donetsk Miner's trophy room has a total of 41 trophies won.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Torpedo Moscow 3: 1 (1: 1) Goals: 1: 0 Rodin (1), 1: 1 Metreveli (45), 2: 1 Ananchenko (65), 3: 1 Ananchenko (70).