On 12 June 1939 first season of the cup competition began. Final was played fifteen days later in Kremenchuk. Dynamo Kremenchuk became the first winner. Dynamo player Sikharulidze became the first player to score a hat-trick in the final.[1] Next year the more teams took part in the competition. In 1941 a week before the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany three matches of the cup took place. Season was abandoned with no winner.[2] Cup resumed in 1946 with summer and fall competitions. Cup winner took part in the Soviet Cup.[3] Three clubs have won the cup fifve time consecutevely. Lokomotyv Poltava in 1950–54,[4]Avanhard Kremenchuk in 1961–65[5] and Olympia Savyntsi 2014–18.
^Bobrov, Ivan (2 November 2013). ""Нове життя" виграє Кубок області-2013" ["Nove Zhyttia" wins the Poltava Oblast Cup-2013]. sport.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^Bobrov, Ivan (21 September 2014). ""Олімпія" виграла Кубок області" ["Olympia" wins the Poltava Oblast Cup]. sport.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^Vlasenko, Vladyslav (14 October 2016). ""Олімпія"— переможець Кубку Полтавщини 2016" ["Olympiia" is the winner of the 2016 Poltava Oblast Cup]. sport.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
Lomov, Anatolii; Stadnychenko, Oleksandr (2009), 100 Років Полтавському Футболу [100 Years of Poltava Football] (in Ukrainian), Poltava: Poltava, ISBN978-966-97035-0-7
Lomov, Anatolii; Kryvorotko, Serhii (2010), Энциклопедия Полтавского Футбола (1909-2010) [Encyclopedia of Poltava Football (1909-2010)] (in Russian), Poltava: OOO "ASMI", ISBN978-966-182-118-6