1997–98 Russian Cup

The 1997–98 Russian Cup was the sixth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

1997–98 Russian Cup

Country	Russia
Champions	Spartak Moscow
Runners-up	Lokomotiv Moscow
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

First round

2 May 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk	3–0	FC Irtysh Tobolsk
FC Dynamo Barnaul	3–1	FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk
FC Dynamo Omsk	2–0	FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk
FC Mezhdurechensk	0–1	FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk
FC Tom Tomsk	4–1	FC Kuzbass Kemerovo
FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	3–2 a.e.t.	FC Viktoriya Nazarovo
FC Energetik Uren	2–0	FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk

4 May 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Progress Zelenodolsk	0–0; 5–3 in shootout	FC Torpedo Pavlovo
FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	0–3	FC Rubin Kazan
FC Metallurg Vyksa	2–1	FC Torpedo Arzamas
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod	2–0	FC Svetotekhnika Saransk
FC Zenit Penza	1–0	FC Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk
FC Neftyanik Bugulma	2–1	FC Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo
FC Gazovik Orenburg	0–0; 2–4 in shootout	FC Magnitka Magnitogorsk
FC Metiznik Magnitogorsk	1–4	FC Nosta Novotroitsk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk	1–0	FC Sodovik Sterlitamak
FC Salyut Saratov	1–0	FC Iskra Engels
FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala	N/A	FC Derbent (disqualified)
FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky	2–0	FC Dynamo Perm
FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany	1–0	FC Zenit Izhevsk
FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok	2–1 a.e.t.	FC Gatchina
FC Spartak Kostroma	0–6	FC Dynamo Vologda
FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl	2–0	FC Volga Tver

5 May 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Chertanovo Moscow	3–4	FC Asmaral Moscow
FC Roda Moscow	5–1	FC Monolit Moscow
FC Sportakademklub Moscow	0–3	FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo
FC Volga Balakovo	0–2	FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow

Second round

15 May 1997

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Luch Tula	0–4	FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino
FC Torgmash Lyubertsy	2–1	FC Fabus Bronnitsy
FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny	6–0	FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow
FC Titan Reutov	1–1; 1–4 in shootout	FC Spartak Shchyolkovo
FC Olimp Kislovodsk	1–3 a.e.t.	FC Druzhba Maykop
FC Beshtau Lermontov	0–2	FC Energiya Pyatigorsk
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody	1–6	FC Torpedo Armavir
FC Torpedo Vladimir	1–2	FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
FC Kolomna	1–2	FC Saturn Ramenskoye
FC Lokomotiv Yelets	3–2	FC Lokomotiv Liski
FC Oryol	3–1	FC Don Novomoskovsk
FC Spartak Tambov	0–1	FC Metallurg Lipetsk
FC Avangard Kursk	0–1	FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod
FC Mosenergo Moscow	4–1	FC Avtomobilist Noginsk
FC Stroitel Morshansk	2–1	FC Spartak Ryazan
PFC Spartak Nalchik	4–2	FC Nart Cherkessk
FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny	2–1 a.e.t.	FC Angusht Nazran
FC Mozdok	0–0; 0–3 in shootout	FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz
FC Nart Nartkala	0–2	FC Avtozapchast Baksan
FC Energetik Uren	1–4	FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov
FC Rubin Kazan	3–1	FC Progress Zelenodolsk
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod	2–2; 2–3 in shootout	FC Metallurg Vyksa
FC Zenit Penza	3–1 a.e.t.	FC Energiya Kamyshin
FC Asmaral Moscow	3–4	FC Arsenal Tula
FC Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo	1–2	FC Roda Moscow
FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny	2–1	FC Torpedo Volzhsky
FC Volgodonsk	0–2	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin	3–1	FC Shakhtyor Shakhty
FC Torpedo Taganrog	N/A	FC Avangard-Kolos Taganrog (disqualified)
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani	3–1	FC Spartak Anapa
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	N/A	FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (disqualified)
FC Mashinostroitel Pskov	0–3	FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
FC Dynamo Bryansk	2–0	FC Industriya Borovsk
FC Lokomotiv Kaluga	2–0	FC Spartak Bryansk
FC Neftyanik Bugulma	3–2	FC Lada Togliatti
FC Nosta Novotroitsk	5–0	FC Magnitka Magnitogorsk
FC UralAZ Miass	0–0; 2–4 in shootout	FC Sibir Kurgan
FC Volga Ulyanovsk	2–0	FC Lada Dimitrovgrad
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	2–1	FC Salyut Saratov
FC Rotor-2 Mikhaylovka	1–0	FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
FC Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala	0–4	FC Anzhi Makhachkala
FC Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky	0–3	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
FC Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany	0–1	FC Amkar Perm
FC Energiya Chaikovsky	2–2; 4–2 in shootout	FC Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk
FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	0–1	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok	2–2; 4–2 in shootout	FC Dynamo St. Petersburg
FC Dynamo Vologda	3–0	FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl

16 May 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk	3–1	FC Irtysh Omsk
FC Dynamo Barnaul	4–0	FC Dynamo Omsk
FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk	1–0	FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky
FC Tom Tomsk	5–1	FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
FC Zvezda Irkutsk	4–2 a.e.t.	FC Angara Angarsk
FC Selenga Ulan-Ude	2–3	FC Lokomotiv Chita
FC Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk	0–2	FC SKA Khabarovsk
FC Okean Nakhodka	1–3	FC Luch Vladivostok

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino	3–1	FC Torgmash Lyubertsy
FC Spartak Shchyolkovo	1–2	FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny
FC Druzhba Maykop	1–0	FC Energiya Pyatigorsk
FC Torpedo Armavir	1–3	FC Dynamo Stavropol
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	1–0	FC Saturn Ramenskoye
FC Oryol	3–0 a.e.t.	FC Lokomotiv Yelets
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	5–0	FC Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod
FC Stroitel Morshansk	1–2	FC Mosenergo Moscow
PFC Spartak Nalchik	2–1	FC Kavkazkabel Prokhladny
FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz	1–2	FC Avtozapchast Baksan
FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk	2–1	FC Dynamo Barnaul
FC Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk	0–1	FC Tom Tomsk
FC Sokol-PZhD Saratov	0–2	FC Rubin Kazan
FC Metallurg Vyksa	1–1; 3–2 in shootout	FC Zenit Penza
FC Arsenal Tula	4–0	FC Roda Moscow
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	2–0	FC Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin	2–1	FC Torpedo Taganrog
FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani	1–2	FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	3–1 a.e.t.	FC Venets Gulkevichi
FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk	5–3	FC Dynamo Bryansk
FC Lokomotiv Kaluga	0–4	FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg
FC Nosta Novotroitsk	5–1	FC Neftyanik Bugulma
FC Sibir Kurgan	0–2	FC Volga Ulyanovsk
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	1–5	FC Uralan Elista
FC Anzhi Makhachkala	4–2	FC Rotor-2 Mikhaylovka
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	1–1; 5–3 in shootout	FC Amkar Perm
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	4–0	FC Energiya Chaikovsky
FC Lokomotiv Chita	3–2 a.e.t.	FC Zvezda Irkutsk
FC SKA Khabarovsk	2–3	FC Luch Vladivostok
FC Dynamo Vologda	4–0	FC Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok

Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams FC Fakel Voronezh and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl started at this stage.

6 July 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino	1–0	FC Kosmos Dolgoprudny
FC Dynamo Stavropol	5–3	FC Druzhba Maykop
FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo	0–1	FC Oryol
FC Metallurg Lipetsk	1–0	FC Mosenergo Moscow
FC Avtozapchast Baksan	1–1; 4–3 in shootout	PFC Spartak Nalchik
FC Tom Tomsk	2–1	FC Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk
FC Rubin Kazan	3–0	FC Metallurg Vyksa
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	2–3	FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin
FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani	2–3	FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg	1–2	FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk	1–0	FC Nosta Novotroitsk
FC Uralan Elista	2–0	FC Anzhi Makhachkala
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	5–0	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg

1997-07-06

FC Arsenal Tula	2–0	FC Fakel Voronezh
Fedin 53' Kuzmichyov 83'	Report

Arsenal Stadium, Tula

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Garyafi Zhafyarov (Moscow)

1997-07-06

FC Dynamo Vologda	0–1	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
	Report	Leonchenko 72'

Dynamo Stadium, Vologda

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Aleksandr Lapin (Ufa)

21 July 1997.

Home team	Score	Away team
FC Luch Vladivostok	1–3 a.e.t.	FC Lokomotiv Chita

Round of 32

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

1997-07-30

FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin	0–2	FC Spartak Moscow
	Report	Alenichev 27' Lutovinov 31'

Metallurg Stadium, Krasny Sulin

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Nikolai Frolov (Ramenskoye)

1997-08-06

FC Avtozapchast Baksan	1–3	FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Golovin 73'	Report	Kuartov 57' (o.g.) Datdeyev 66' Sikoyev 86'

City Youth Stadium, Baksan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sergei Zuyev (Moscow)

1997-08-06

FC Tom Tomsk	3–1	FC Tyumen
Bazhenov 35' Ageyev 58' Vishnevskiy 86'	Report	Goncharov 78'

Trud Stadium, Tomsk

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (St. Petersburg)

1997-08-06

FC Uralan Elista	1–2	FC Rotor Volgograd
Litvinov 53'	Report	Zernov 16' Olenikov 50'

Uralan Stadium, Elista

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Aleksandr Kozhukhov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC MChS-Selyatino Selyatino	1–2	FC Dynamo Moscow
Bakalets 26'	Report	Teryokhin 15' Kulchiy 63'

Stroitel Stadium, Selyatino

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Nikolai Miloserdov (Saratov)

1997-08-13

FC Dynamo Stavropol	3–0	FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
Sedykh 27' Gagiyev 61' Berishvili 81' (pen.)	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Stavropol

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Oryol	1–1	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Sarkisyan 42' (o.g)	Report	Kosolapov 87'
Penalties
Kiryakov Kostikov Syomin	0–3	Kosolapov Maminov Chugainov

Central Stadium, Oryol

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Nikolai Frolov (Ramenskoye)

1997-08-13

FC Metallurg Lipetsk	1–3	FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow
Menshchikov 90'	Report	Carlos Alberto 41' 74' Gashkin 45'

Metallurg Stadium, Lipetsk

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

1997-08-13

FC Rubin Kazan	1–0	FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
Knyazev 55'	Report

Central Stadium, Kazan

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Vyacheslav Sorokin (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Arsenal Tula	3–0	FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
Fuzailov 27' Klimov 66' 72'	Report

Arsenal Stadium, Tula

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Feyzudin Erzimanov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Kuban Krasnodar	2–1	FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Martsun 16' Kutarba 65'	Report	Berezner 52'

Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Aleksandr Kozhukhov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk	2–2	FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Adamyan 20' 54'	Report	Lemish 65' (pen.) 80'
Penalties
Selenkov Solyanik Aleksandrov Tikhomirov Korolyov	4–5	Navochenko Lemish Yablonskyi Vekhtev Rumyantsev

Spartak Stadium, Smolensk

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Garyafi Zhafyarov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Volga Ulyanovsk	1–2	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
Borisko 83'	Report	Minashvili 54' Tsiklauri 77'

Trud Stadium, Ulyanovsk

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1–3	FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny
Kolotilko 50'	Report	Preikšaitis 23' Babenko 74' Jishkariani 75'

Neftekhimik Stadium, Nizhnekamsk

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Moscow)

1997-08-13

FC Lokomotiv Chita	0–0	PFC CSKA Moscow
Ryabukha  40'  96' Makiyenko  88'  119'	Report
Penalties
Bogdanov Kreisman Seredin Nedorezov Nerovny	–	Bokov Movsisyan Gerasimov Kuznetsov Ageyev

Lokomotiv Stadium, Chita

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sergei Isakov (Nizhny Tagil)

1997-08-13

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	2–3	FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Filippov 45' Yenin 51'	Report	Lepyokhin 2' Vernydub 73' (pen.) Popovych 81'

Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Sergei Anokhin (Moscow)

Round of 16

1997-10-18

FC Rubin Kazan	1–0	FC Arsenal Tula
Akhmetgaliyev 88'	Report

Central Stadium, Kazan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yuri Tikhomirov (Moscow)

1997-10-22

FC Dynamo Moscow	3–1	FC Dynamo Stavropol
Grishin 20' Kobelev 61' (pen.) Kosolapov 89'	Report	Tsatskin 48' (pen.)

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Aleksandr Lapin (Ufa)

1997-10-22

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	4–0	FC Baltika Kaliningrad
S. Bulatov 6' V. Bulatov 65' 76' Safronov 85'	Report	B. Adzhindzhal  66'

Metallurg Stadium, Samara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Moscow)

1997-10-22

PFC CSKA Moscow	3–2	FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Semak 7' 68' Khomukha 19'	Report	Panov 4' Vernydub 83' (pen.)

CSKA Moscow Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sergei Gusev (Tobolsk)

1998-03-21

FC Alania Vladikavkaz	1–0	FC Tom Tomsk
Gakhokidze 20'	Report

Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Garyafi Zhafyarov (Moscow)

1998-03-21

FC Spartak Moscow	6–0	FC Kuban Krasnodar
Tsymbalar 5' 45' 51' Kanishchev 43' Tikhonov 48' Romaschenko 90' Gorlukovich  55'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Viktor Yapryntsev (Samara)

1998-03-21

FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny	3–4	FC Rotor Volgograd
Degtyaryov 49' 60' Zayarnyi 64' (pen.)	Report	Berketov 17' Zubko 26' Zernov 54' Veretennikov 85'

KAMAZ stadium, Naberezhnye Chelny

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Feyzudin Erzimanov (Moscow)

1998-03-23

FC Torpedo Moscow (renamed from FC Torpedo-Luzhniki)	0–2	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Eguavoen  30'	Report	Haras 70' Janashia 85'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Moscow)

Quarter-finals

1998-04-08

FC Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	FC Dynamo Moscow
Kosolapov 57'	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Moscow)

1998-04-08

FC Spartak Moscow	2–0	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
Tsymbalar 41' Tikhonov 81'	Report

Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Aleksandr Lapin (Ufa)

1998-04-14

FC Rotor Volgograd	5–3 a.e.t.	PFC CSKA Moscow
Veretennikov 55' (pen.) 93' 118' Burlachenko 76' Zubko 95'	Report	Kornaukhov 66' Kulik 87' Varlamov 113'

Central Stadium, Volgograd

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

1998-04-15

FC Alania Vladikavkaz	3–0	FC Rubin Kazan
Yanovskiy 14' (pen.) Chaladze 17' Botsiyev 86'	Report

Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Moscow)

Semi-finals

1998-04-28

FC Rotor Volgograd	0–2	FC Spartak Moscow
	Report	Tikhonov 35' Alenichev 69'

Central Stadium, Volgograd

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (St. Petersburg)

1998-04-29

FC Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Janashia 82'	Report

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Gennadi Kulichenkov (Tula)

Final

1998-06-07

FC Spartak Moscow	1–0	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Tikhonov 86'	Report

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Grozny)

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Lokomotiv Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow: GK Aleksandr Filimonov DF Sergei Gorlukovich DF Dmitri Khlestov MF Ilya Tsymbalar DF Miroslav Romaschenko DF Dimitri Ananko DF Dmytro Parfenov MF Dmitri Alenichev (captain) MF Yegor Titov FW Maksim Buznikin  61' MF Andrey Tikhonov Substitutes: FW Anatoli Kanishchev  61' Manager: Oleg Romantsev

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: GK Ruslan Nigmatullin DF Igor Cherevchenko MF Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov MF Yevgeni Kharlachyov DF Sargis Hovhannisyan DF Igor Chugainov MF Alexei Kosolapov (captain) DF Sergei Gurenko FW Zaza Janashia MF Dmitri Loskov  54' FW Aleksandr Borodyuk Substitutes: MF Andrei Solomatin  54' Manager: Yuri Syomin

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 Spartak Moscow: Vadim Evseev (DF), Ramiz Mamedov (DF), Konstantin Golovskoy (DF), Aleksei Melyoshin (MF), Aleksei Bakharev (MF), Aleksandr Shirko (FW), Sergey Dmitriev (FW), Aleksei Zlydnev (FW), Sergei Lutovinov (FW), Luis Robson (FW).

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Aleksandr Podshivalov (GK), Aleksei Arifullin (DF), Andrei Lavrik (DF), Oleg Pashinin (DF), Vladimir Maminov (MF), Aleksandr Smirnov (MF), Bakhva Tedeyev (MF), Albert Sarkisyan (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Oleh Haras (FW).