1996–97 Russian Cup

1996–97 Russian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Russia
Final positions
Champions	Lokomotiv Moscow
Runner-up	Dynamo Moscow

The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
17 April 1996
Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani	2–1	Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani
21 April 1996
Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok	0–2	Neftyanik Yaroslavl
Spartak Kostroma	w/o	Vympel Rybinsk
Mashinostroitel Pskov	1–0	CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
Kristall Dyatkovo	1–4	Dynamo Bryansk
Shakhtyor Shakhty	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Metallurg Krasny Sulin
Istochnik Rostov-on-Don	2–0	SKA Rostov-on-Don
FC Oryol	3–1	Avangard Kursk
Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod	3–0	Metallurg Lipetsk
Fabus Bronnitsy	0–2	FC MChS-Selyatino
GFC Orekhovo	1–0	Industriya Borovsk
Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad	1–0	Kosmos Dolgoprudny
Venets Gulkevichi	0–1	Kolos Krasnodar
APK Morozovsk	0–1	Torpedo Taganrog
Dynamo Saint Petersburg	w/o	Saturn-1991 Saint Petersburg
FC Gatchina	w/o	Metallurg Pikalyovo
Dynamo Vologda	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	3–0	FC Mozdok
Astrateks Astrakhan	1–0	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
FC Derbent	1–2	Anzhi Makhachkala
Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala	1–0	Angusht Nazran
Dynamo Perm	0–6	Amkar Perm
Dynamo Mikhaylovka	3–1	Spartak Tambov
Salyut Saratov	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Zavodchanin Saratov
Lada Dimitrovgrad	4–1	Volga Ulyanovsk
Volga Balakovo	1–5	Svetotekhnika Saransk
Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny	2–1	Volgodonsk
Olimp Kislovodsk	2–0	Energiya Pyatigorsk
Iriston Vladikavkaz	4–0	Avtodor Vladikavkaz
Beshtau Lermontov	0–6	Avtozapchast Baksan
Gazovik Orenburg	0–1	Nosta Novotroitsk
Sodovik Sterlitamak	2–1	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Planeta Bugulma	2–0	Zenit Izhevsk
Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo	0–2	Zenit Penza
Metiznik Magnitogorsk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	UralAZ Miass
Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky	1–2	Sibir Kurgan
Gornyak Kachkanar	w/o	Uralets Nizhny Tagil
Gornyak Kushva	0–2	Energiya Chaykovsky
Lokomotiv Yelets	1–3	Lokomotiv Liski
Turbostroitel Kaluga	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Spartak Ryazan
Luch Tula	1–0	Don Novomoskovsk
Spartak Shchyolkovo	1–0	Arsenal Tula
Khimik Dzerzhinsk	2–1	Torpedo Vladimir
Metallurg Vyksa	1–0	Torpedo Pavlovo
Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	0–2	Rubin Kazan
Progress Zelenodolsk	5–2	Kristall Sergach
22 April 1996
Monolit Moscow	2–1	Mosenergo Moscow
Chertanovo Moscow	1–2	Krasnogvardeyets Moscow
Torgmash Lyubertsy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Titan Reutov
Torpedo Rubtsovsk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Dynamo Barnaul
Motor Prokopyevsk	0–3	Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk
FC Mezhdurechensk	0–1	Kuzbass Kemerovo
Viktoriya Nazarovo	5–2	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
Oka Kolomna	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Avangard-Kortek Kolomna
Avtomobilist Noginsk	6–0	TRASKO Moscow
Torpedo Armavir	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kuban Krasnodar
Bulat Cherepovets	0–1	Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg
Tom Tomsk	4–0	Irtysh Omsk
Dynamo Omsk	3–0	Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk
Irtysh Tobolsk	w/o	Zvezda Perm

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 May 1996
Krasnogvardeyets Moscow	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Monolit Moscow
2 May 1996
Neftyanik Yaroslavl	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Spartak Kostroma
Dynamo Bryansk	1–0	Mashinostroitel Pskov
Istochnik Rostov-on-Don	4–0	Shakhtyor Shakhty
FC Oryol	1–0	Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod
FC MChS-Selyatino	2–1	Titan Reutov
Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk	2–3	Torpedo Rubtsovsk
Kuzbass Kemerovo	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Viktoriya Nazarovo
Avangard-Kortek Kolomna	2–0	GFC Orekhovo
Avtomobilist Noginsk	2–0	Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad
Kolos Krasnodar	5–1	Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani
Torpedo Taganrog	1–0	Torpedo Armavir
Okean Nakhodka	w/o	Sakhalin Kholmsk
SKA Khabarovsk	w/o	Dynamo Yakutsk
Selenga Ulan-Ude	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Lokomotiv Chita
Angara Angarsk	0–1	Zvezda Irkutsk
Dynamo Saint Petersburg	0–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Gatchina
Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg	2–1	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	5–0	Astrateks Astrakhan
Anzhi Makhachkala	2–0	Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala
Dynamo Omsk	0–1	Tom Tomsk
Amkar Perm	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Irtysh Tobolsk
Zavodchanin Saratov	0–1	Dynamo Mikhaylovka
Lada Dimitrovgrad	2–1	Svetotekhnika Saransk
Olimp Kislovodsk	4–0	Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny
Avtozapchast Baksan	3–0	Iriston Vladikavkaz
Nosta Novotroitsk	2–0	Sodovik Sterlitamak
Zenit Penza	1–0	Planeta Bugulma
Sibir Kurgan	1–2	UralAZ Miass
Uralets Nizhny Tagil	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Energiya Chaykovsky
Lokomotiv Liski	3–0	Spartak Ryazan
Spartak Shchyolkovo	4–3	Luch Tula
Khimik Dzerzhinsk	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Metallurg Vyksa
Rubin Kazan	1–0	Progress Zelenodolsk

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 May 1996
Dynamo Bryansk	1–0	Neftyanik Yaroslavl
Kuzbass Kemerovo	1–0	Torpedo Rubtsovsk
Tom Tomsk	4–0	Amkar Perm
Nosta Novotroitsk	2–0	Zenit Penza
31 May 1996
Kolos Krasnodar	3–0	Torpedo Taganrog
Avtozapchast Baksan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Olimp Kislovodsk
1 June 1996
FC Oryol	2–1	Istochnik Rostov-on-Don
Krasnogvardeyets Moscow	0–5	FC MChS-Selyatino
Avangard-Kortek Kolomna	0–2	Avtomobilist Noginsk
SKA Khabarovsk	2–1	Okean Nakhodka
Lokomotiv Chita	3–1	Zvezda Irkutsk
Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg	1–0	FC Gatchina
Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	0–2	Anzhi Makhachkala
Lada Dimitrovgrad	3–0	Dynamo Mikhaylovka
UralAZ Miass	3–1	Uralets Nizhny Tagil
Lokomotiv Liski	3–1	Spartak Shchyolkovo
Rubin Kazan	5–1	Khimik Dzerzhinsk

Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lada-Tolyatti started at this stage.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 June 1996
Lokomotiv Liski	1–3	Fakel Voronezh
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Dynamo Bryansk	2–3	Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Oryol	2–1	Sokol-PZhD Saratov
FC MChS-Selyatino	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Saturn Ramenskoye
Kuzbass Kemerovo	0–1	Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky
Avtomobilist Noginsk	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Torpedo Arzamas
Kolos Krasnodar	1–2	Druzhba Maykop
Lokomotiv Chita	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	SKA Khabarovsk
Anzhi Makhachkala	8–0	Spartak Nalchik
Tom Tomsk	7–0	Chkalovets Novosibirsk
Lada Dimitrovgrad	2–0	Torpedo Volzhsky
Avtozapchast Baksan	3–1	Dynamo Stavropol
Nosta Novotroitsk	2–1	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
UralAZ Miass	2–0	Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk

Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg v Zenit Saint Petersburg

30 June 1996	Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
			Kulik 115'	Stadium: Kirov Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nikolai Obyedkov (Saint Petersburg)

Rubin Kazan v Lada-Tolyatti

30 June 1996	Rubin Kazan	0–2	Lada-Tolyatti	Kazan
			Buznikin 64' Serchenkov 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nikolai Fyodorov (Voronezh)

Round of 32

All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.

Druzhba Maykop v Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don

3 August 1996	Druzhba Maykop	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Maykop
	Komlichenko 55' Autlev  80'  92'		Maslov 75', 97' Loskov  18'  76'	Stadium: Druzhba Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Moscow)

FC Oryol v Zhemchuzhina Sochi

14 August 1996	FC Oryol	1–0	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	Oryol
	Bakulin 87'			Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Feyzudin Erzimanov (Moscow)

Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky v KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny

14 August 1996	Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	5–1	KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny	Leninsk-Kuznetsky
	Kormiltsev 10' Yarkin 42' (pen.), 54' Tsykin 63' (o.g.) Bazhenov 84'		Panchenko 19'	Stadium: Shakhtyor Stadium, Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kozhukhov (Moscow)

Lokomotiv Chita v Uralmash Yekaterinburg

14 August 1996

Lokomotiv Chita

w/o

Uralmash Yekaterinburg

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin

14 August 1996	Zenit Saint Petersburg	5–0	Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	Saint Petersburg
	Dmitriev 19' Khomukha 46', 90' Kulik 50', 86'			Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Moscow)

Anzhi Makhachkala v Alania Vladikavkaz

14 August 1996	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–2	Alania Vladikavkaz	Makhachkala
			Qosimov 41' Sergeyev 87'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Anatoli Malyarov (Moscow)

Tom Tomsk v Krylia Sovetov Samara

14 August 1996	Tom Tomsk	0–2	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Tomsk
			Bulatov 9' Makeyev 64'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Saint Petersburg)

UralAZ Miass v Baltika Kaliningrad

14 August 1996	UralAZ Miass	2–0	Baltika Kaliningrad	Miass
	Nidbaykin 31', 85'			Stadium: UralAZ Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Moscow)

Nosta Novotroitsk v Lokomotiv Moscow

20 August 1996	Nosta Novotroitsk	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Novotroitsk
	Rylov 50'		Kosolapov 29' Solomatin 55'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

Avtozapchast Baksan v Chernomorets Novorossiysk

21 August 1996	Avtozapchast Baksan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Baksan
	Apshev 89' Kugotov 119' (pen.)		Glukhov 50'	Stadium: Yunost City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andrei Butenko (Moscow)

Lada-Tolyatti v Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod

24 September 1996	Lada-Tolyatti	1–0	Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod	Tolyatti
	Kryachik 75'			Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aleksandr Kozhukhov (Moscow)

Lada Dimitrovgrad v Rotor Volgograd

15 October 1996	Lada Dimitrovgrad	2–3	Rotor Volgograd	Dimitrovgrad
	Zaikin 28' Kuznetsov 28'		Veretennikov 15', 20' (pen.) Ilyushin 70'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Garyafi Zhafyarov (Moscow)

Fakel Voronezh v Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow

15 October 1996	Fakel Voronezh	0–1	Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow	Voronezh
			Kamnev 30'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Saint Petersburg)

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Dynamo Moscow

6 November 1996	Shinnik Yaroslavl	1–3	Dynamo Moscow	Yaroslavl
	Yashkin 44' (pen.)		Cheryshev 24' Shtanyuk 72' Kobelev 81'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

Saturn Ramenskoye v CSKA Moscow

8 April 1997	Saturn Ramenskoye	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Ramenskoye
			Kulik 10', 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

Avtomobilist Noginsk v Spartak Moscow

8 April 1997	Avtomobilist Noginsk	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Noginsk
			Kechinov 39'	Stadium: Avtomobilist Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sergei Gusev (Tobolsk)

Round of 16

Dynamo Moscow v FC Oryol

15 April 1997	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	FC Oryol	Moscow
	Teryokhin 9'			Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Saint Petersburg)

Spartak Moscow v Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don

15 April 1997	Spartak Moscow	4–1	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	Moscow
	Kechinov 2' Alenichev 10', 72' Melyoshin 79'		Maslov 71'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

Rotor Volgograd v Avtozapchast Baksan

15 April 1997	Rotor Volgograd	4–0	Avtozapchast Baksan	Volgograd
	Tishchenko 4' Krivov 27' Veretennikov 45' (pen.), 85'			Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Andrei Butenko (Moscow)

Lokomotiv Moscow v UralAZ Miass

15 April 1997	Lokomotiv Moscow	5–0	UralAZ Miass	Moscow
	Kharlachyov 6' Kosolapov 15' Janashia 22' Maminov 85' Kamnev 89'		Zlobin  25'  82'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Nikolai Frolov (Ramenskoye)

CSKA Moscow v Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Lokomotiv Chita

16 April 1997	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Lokomotiv Chita	Saint Petersburg
	Vernydub 71'			Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Moscow)
	Penalties
	Zazulin Yegunov Panov Vernydub Svystunov		Popov Bogdanov Nedorezov Galimov Istomin

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Alania Vladikavkaz

16 April 1997	Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Samara
	Avalyan 51'			Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Garyafi Zhafyarov (Moscow)

Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow v Lada-Tolyatti

16 April 1997	Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow	6–1	Lada-Tolyatti	Moscow
	Khokhlov 21', 79', 88' Kamoltsev 60', 90' Arlowski 77'		Vereshchak 85'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

Quarter-finals

Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky v Dynamo Moscow

6 May 1997	Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky	0–2	Dynamo Moscow	Leninsk-Kuznetsky
			Kobelev 18' Kulchiy 70'	Stadium: Shakhtyor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Taras Bezubyak (Saint Petersburg)

Spartak Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

7 May 1997	Spartak Moscow	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
			Lepyokhin 79'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

Krylia Sovetov Samara v Rotor Volgograd

20 May 1997	Krylia Sovetov Samara	1–0	Rotor Volgograd	Samara
	Popkhadze 84'			Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

21 May 1997	Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Moscow
	Bushmanov 18'		Kharlachyov 69' Kosolapov 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Moscow)

Semi-finals

Dynamo Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

27 May 1997	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow
	Kovtun 17'			Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Krylia Sovetov Samara

28 May 1997	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Moscow
	Smirnov 15'			Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Saint Petersburg)

Final

11 June 1997

Lokomotiv Moscow	2–0	Dynamo Moscow
Smirnov 25' Kharlachyov 78'

Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,800

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Moscow)

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

FC Dynamo Moscow

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: GK Sergei Ovchinnikov DF Aleksei Arifullin MF Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov MF Yevgeni Kharlachyov DF Andrei Solomatin DF Igor Chugainov MF Alexei Kosolapov (captain) DF Sergei Gurenko MF Aleksandr Borodyuk  71' DF Igor Cherevchenko  47' MF Aleksandr Smirnov  87' Substitutes: FW Zaza Janashia  71' MF Vladimir Maminov  47' FW Oleg Garin  87' Manager: Yuri Semin

FC Dynamo Moscow: GK Andrei Smetanin (captain) DF Erik Yakhimovich DF Yuri Kovtun DF Andrei Ostrovskiy DF Sergei Shtanyuk MF Andrey Kobelev MF Sergey Grishin MF Vladimir Skokov  64' FW Oleg Sergeyev  48' MF Sergei Nekrasov  52' FW Oleg Teryokhin Substitutes: MF Aleksandr Tochilin  64' FW Andrei Dyomkin  48' MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy  52' Manager: Adamas Golodets

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game:

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin (DF), Oleg Elyshev (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Dmitri Bulykin (FW), Oleh Haras (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin (FW).

FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF), Yevgeni Korablyov (DF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF), Aleksandr Grishin (MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW), Dmitri Cheryshev (FW).