2013–14 Belarusian Cup Explained

Belarusian Cup
Year:2013–14
Country:Belarus
Num Teams:45
Champions:Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Runner-Up:Neman Grodno
Matches:43
Goals:164
Top Goal Scorer:Pavel Savitskiy
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Belarusian Cup was the 23rd season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 29 May 2013 and the final on 3 May 2014. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won of the Cup and qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Participating clubs

The following teams took part in the competition:

2013 Belarusian Premier League
all teams
2013 Belarusian First League
15 teams (of 16)
2013 Belarusian Second League
12 teams (of 13)
Winners of regional cups
6 teams

Preliminary round

In this round six winners of regional cups (amateur teams) played against six teams from the Second League. The draw was conducted on 21 May 2013. The matches were played on 29 May 2013.

First round

In this round six winners of preliminary round are joined by another six teams from Second League and 10 clubs from the First League.

Another five First League clubs were given a bye to the next round: Gorodeya, Volna Pinsk, Slutsk, Lida (top four clubs in the league table as of the draw date) and SKVICH Minsk (by drawing of lots). The reserve teams (Minsk-2 and Vitebsk-2) were not allowed to participate.

The draw was conducted on 30 May 2013. The matches were played on 12 June 2013.

Second round

In this round eleven winners of the First Round are joined by another five teams from First League and 8 clubs from the Premier League.

The four Premier League clubs that qualified for 2013–14 European Cups (BATE Borisov, Minsk, Shakhtyor Soligorsk and Dinamo Minsk) were given a bye to the next round.

The draw was conducted on 17 June 2013. The matches were played on 27 and 28 July 2013.

Round of 16

The draw was conducted on 29 July 2013. The matches will be played on 24 and 25 August 2013. The match involving Minsk was moved to 7 September due to team's participation in UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Quarterfinal

The draw was conducted on 16 September 2013. The matches were played on 22 March 2014.

Semifinal

The draw was conducted on 24 March 2014. The matches were played 15 April 2014.

Final

The match was played on 3 May 2014. It was the first official match at the newly built Borisov Arena.

NEMAN:
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GK 19
DF 5 Dzmitry Rawneyka
DF 18
DF 20 Ivan Sadovnichiy
DF 14
MF 46 Alyaksey Lyahchylin
MF 32 Igors Tarasovs
MF 7
MF 9 Ivan Dzenisevich (c)
MF 88 Pavel Savitskiy
FW 21
Substitutes:
GK 1 Marius Rapalis
DF 4
FW 11
MF 13 Vladimir Veselinov
MF 15
FW 17
DF 23
Manager:
Sergey Solodovnikov
SHAKHTYOR:
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GK 1 Artur Kotenko
DF 3 Syarhey Matsveychyk
DF 5
DF 6 Mikalay Kashewski
DF 15 Alyaksandr Yurevich (c)
MF 16
MF 11 Artem Starhorodskyi
MF 7
MF 77
MF 9 Aleksandre Guruli
FW 10
Substitutes:
GK 18 Ruslan Kapantsow
MF 2
MF 4
MF 17
DF 19
FW 20 Vladimir Yurchenko
FW 27
Manager:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2014-15-uefa-access-list.pdf 2014/15 Access list