| 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.[1]
First round
17 April 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 2–1 | FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani |
21 April 1996.
22 April 1996.
Second round
1 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow | 0–0; 5–4 in shootout | FC Monolit Moscow |
2 May 1996.
Third round
30 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Bryansk | 1–0 | FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
| FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | 1–0 | FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk |
| FC Tom Tomsk | 4–0 | FC Amkar Perm |
| FC Nosta Novotroitsk | 2–0 | FC Zenit Penza |
31 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| FC Kolos Krasnodar | 3–0 | FC Torpedo Taganrog |
| FC Avtozapchast Baksan | 0–0; 4–3 in shootout | FC Olimp Kislovodsk |
1 June 1996.
Fourth round
Russian Premier League teams FC Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Lada Togliatti started at this stage.
29 June 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| FC Lokomotiv Liski | 1–3 | FC Fakel Voronezh |
30 June 1996.
Round of 32
All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.
| FC Druzhba Maykop | 1–2 a.e.t. | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don |
|---|---|---|
| Komlichenko Autlev |
Report | Maslov Loskov |
| FC Oryol | 1–0 | FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi |
|---|---|---|
| Bakulin |
Report |
| FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 5–1 | FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny |
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| Kormiltsev Yarkin Tsykin Bazhenov |
Report | Panchenko |
| FC Lokomotiv Chita | N/A | FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg (disqualified) |
|---|---|---|
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 5–0 | FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitriev Khomukha Kulik |
Report |
| FC UralAZ Miass | 2–0 | FC Baltika Kaliningrad |
|---|---|---|
| Nidbaykin |
Report |
| FC Nosta Novotroitsk | 1–2 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Rylov |
Report | Kosolapov Solomatin |
| FC Avtozapchast Baksan | 2–1 a.e.t. | FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk |
|---|---|---|
| Apshev Kugotov |
Report | Glukhov |
| FC Lada Dimitrovgrad | 2–3 | FC Rotor Volgograd |
|---|---|---|
| Zaikin Kuznetsov |
Report | Veretennikov Ilyushin |
| FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–3 | FC Dynamo Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Yashkin |
Report | Cheryshev Shtanyuk Kobelev |
| FC Saturn Ramenskoye | 0–2 | PFC CSKA Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kulik |
Round of 16
| FC Spartak Moscow | 4–1 | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don |
|---|---|---|
| Kechinov Alenichev Melyoshin |
Report | Maslov |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | 4–0 | FC Avtozapchast Baksan |
|---|---|---|
| Tishchenko Krivov Veretennikov |
Report |
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 5–0 | FC UralAZ Miass |
|---|---|---|
| Kharlachyov Kosolapov Janashia Maminov Kamnev |
Report | Zlobin |
| PFC CSKA Moscow | 0–0 | FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Dzutsev |
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| Penalties | ||
| Minko Grishin Bokov Khomukha Kulik Gerasimov Tsaplin Lobzhanidze Shustikov |
7–8 | Momotov Yarkin Musin Toporov Yanotovskiy Kyrylov Baryshev Smertin Bogochev |
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 0–0 | FC Lokomotiv Chita |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Zazulin Yegunov Panov Vernydub Svystunov |
4–3 | Popov Bogdanov Nedorezov Galimov Istomin |
Penalty kick by Zenit's Yuriy Vernydub hit the crossbar in the 71st minute.
| FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow | 6–1 | FC Lada Togliatti |
|---|---|---|
| Khokhlov Kamoltsev Arlowski |
Report | Vereshchak |
Quarter-finals
| FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow | 1–2 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Bushmanov |
Report | Kharlachyov Kosolapov |
Semi-finals
Final
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
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FC Dynamo Moscow
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MATCH RULES
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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).