2004–05 Belarusian Cup Explained

Belarusian Cup
Year:2004–05
Country: Belarus
Num Teams:46
Champions:MTZ-RIPO Minsk (1st title)
Runner-Up:BATE Borisov
Matches:51
Goals:143
Top Goal Scorer:8 players
(3 goals each)
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

The 2004–05 Belarusian Cup was the 14th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 14 July 2004 and the final on 22 May 2005. MTZ-RIPO Minsk won the Cup.

First round

All 13 teams from the Second League, 15 teams from the First League (out of 16, excluding Dinamo Minsk youth reserve team Dinamo-Juni Minsk) and 2 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 14 July 2004.

Round of 32

15 winners of previous round were joined by 16 clubs from Premier League. Slavia Mozyr from Premier League advanced to the Round of 16 by drawing of lots. The games were played on 14 and 15 August 2004. Match involving Dinamo Minsk was rescheduled to 25 September 2004.

Round of 16

The games were played on 12 October, 11 and 14 November 2004.

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 3 April 2005. The second legs were played on 7 April 2005.

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Second leg

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 12 April 2005. The second legs were played on 4 May 2005.

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Second leg

Final


MTZ-RIPO:
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GK 1 Alyaksandr Sulima (c)
RB 6
CB 3
CB 4
LB 5
RM 11
CM 10 Hamlet Mkhitaryan
CM 9
LM 8
RF 7
LF 2
Substitutes:
GK 12
DF 13
MF 14
DF 15
MF 16
FW 17
DF 18
Manager:
Yuri Puntus

BATE:
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GK 1
RB 21
CB 4
LB 3
DM 2
DM 7 Alyaksandr Yermakovich (c)
RM 18
CM 20
LM 16
RF 24
LF 14
Substitutes:
GK 12
MF 5
FW 11
DF 13
DF 15
DF 19
MF 22
Manager:

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