1996–97 Russian Cup Explained

Russian Cup
Year:	1996–97
Country:	Russia
Winners:	Lokomotiv Moscow
Second:	Dynamo Moscow
Prev Season:	1995–96
Next Season:	1997–98

The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.^{[1] [2] [3]}

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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

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Round of 32

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

Final

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 DF MF Substitutes: FW MF FW 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 FW MF FW Oleg Teryokhin Substitutes: MF FW MF Manager: Adamas Golodets

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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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia Cups 1996/97. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 February 2024.
2. Web site: Russian Cup 1996/97, all matches. WildStat. 17 February 2024.
3. Web site: Кубок России по футболу 1996/97 - победители, результаты, команды, баланс встреч. FootballFacts. ru. 17 February 2024.