2016 Russian Cup final explained

2016 Russian Cup Final
Event:2015–16 Russian Cup
Team1:CSKA Moscow
Team1score:1
Team2:Zenit Saint Petersburg
Team2score:4
Stadium:Kazan Arena
City:Kazan
Referee:Alexander Yegorov
Attendance:36,500
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 Russian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Russian Cup, the 24th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2016 at the Kazan Arena in Kazan, between CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg.

After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.[1]

As winners, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and also faced off against CSKA in a rematch of the cup final in the Russian Super Cup held on 23 July 2016.

Match details

GK 35 Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF 2 Mário Fernandes
DF 24 Vasiliy Berezutski
DF 4 Sergei Ignashevich
DF 6 Aleksei Berezutski
MF 66 Bibras Natkho
MF 10 Alan Dzagoev
MF60 Aleksandr Golovin
MF 18 Ahmed Musa
MF 25 Roman Eremenko
FW 99 Aaron Samuel
Substitutes:
GK 1 Sergei Chepchugov
DF 5 Viktor Vasin
DF 15 Taras Mykhalyk
DF 14 Kirill Nababkin
MF 42 Georgi Shchennikov
MF 17 Sergei Tkachyov
FW 8 Kirill Panchenko
FW 7 Zoran Tošić
Manager:
Leonid Slutsky
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GK 41
DF 4 Domenico Criscito (c)
DF 24 Ezequiel Garay
DF 13 Luís Neto
DF 19 Igor Smolnikov
MF 21 Javi García
MF 14 Artur Yusupov
MF 17 Oleg Shatov
MF 7 Hulk
MF 28 Axel Witsel
FW 9 Aleksandr Kokorin
Substitutes:
GK 51 Maksim Rudakov
GK 1 Yuri Lodygin
DF 6 Nicolas Lombaerts
DF 52 Andrei Ivanov
DF 8 Maurício
DF 81 Yuri Zhirkov
MF 70 Dmitry Bogayev
MF 10 Danny
FW 22 Artem Dzyuba
FW 92 Pavel Dolgov
Manager:
André Villas-Boas
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hulk double leads Zenit St Petersburg to Russian Cup glory. 2 May 2016.