2007–08 Belarusian Cup

The 2007–08 Belarusian Cup was the 17th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.

2007–08 Belarusian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Belarus
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	MTZ-RIPO Minsk (2nd title)
Runner-up	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	151 (2.56 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Valery Strypeykis (7 goals)

Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 28 July 2007 and the final on 18 May 2008. MTZ-RIPO Minsk won the Cup.

First round

12 teams from the First League (out of 14, excluding Belshina Bobruisk and Lokomotiv Minsk who relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season), 13 teams from the Second League (out of 16, excluding three teams which were reserve squads for Premier and First League teams) and 7 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 28 and 30 July 2007.

Khimik Grodno (A) v Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)

28 July 2007	Khimik Grodno (A)	1 – 4	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)	Grodno
	Savonyako 65' (pen.)		Krawchanka 4' Kotsur 40' Tsimashenka 44' V.Krot 84' (o.g.)

Polesye Kozenki (III) v Lida (III)

28 July 2007	Polesye Kozenki (III)	0 – 2	Lida (III)	Kozenki
			Grinyuk 45+1', 87'

DUSSh Kirovsk (A) v Veras Nesvizh (II)

28 July 2007	DUSSh Kirovsk (A)	0 – 4	Veras Nesvizh (II)	Kirovsk
			Rylinski 31' Sarasek 40' Kiriyevich 43' Aharodnik 59' (pen.)

Livadiya Dzerzhinsk (III) v Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)

28 July 2007	Livadiya Dzerzhinsk (III)	0 – 3	Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)	Dzerzhinsk
			Vasilevskiy 22' Goptarevsky 72' Sivkov 82'

Gorodeya (A) v Mozyr (II)

28 July 2007	Gorodeya (A)	0 – 2	Mozyr (II)	Gorodeya
			Korotkevich 72' (pen.) Novak 83'

Nalogovik Minsk (A) v Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)

28 July 2007

Nalogovik Minsk (A)

0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)

Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)

Minsk

PMK-7 Gantsevichi (A) v Polotsk (II)

28 July 2007	PMK-7 Gantsevichi (A)	3 – 1	Polotsk (II)	Gantsevichi
	Gomza 31', 47' Lesyuk 53'		Poteryakhin 81'

Kobrin (A) v Savit Mogilev (II)

28 July 2007	Kobrin (A)	0 – 9	Savit Mogilev (II)	Kobrin
			Volkaw 28' Ryzhankov 44', 51', 71', 89' Shakaw 63', 82', 86' Gavryutin 69'

Osipovichi (III) v Kommunalnik Slonim (II)

28 July 2007	Osipovichi (III)	0 – 1	Kommunalnik Slonim (II)	Osipovichi
			Luzhankov 81'

Neman Mosty (III) v Kommunalnik Zhlobin (III)

28 July 2007	Neman Mosty (III)	1 – 4	Kommunalnik Zhlobin (III)	Mosty
	Baleyko 53'		Yefremov 3' Aniskevich 18', 70' Prokopyuk 35'

Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III) v Granit-Mikashevichi (II)

28 July 2007	Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)	2 – 1	Granit-Mikashevichi (II)	Vitebsk
	Ushinsky 12', 82'		A.Bakhno 90' (pen.)

Orsha (III) v Dinamo-Belcard Grodno (II)

28 July 2007	Orsha (III)	0 – 3	Dinamo-Belcard Grodno (II)	Orsha
			Leshanyuk 21' Balyuk 18', 70' Prokopyuk 35'

Bereza (III) v Volna Pinsk (II)

28 July 2007	Bereza (III)	0 – 1	Volna Pinsk (II)	Bereza
			Balanovich 79'

Molodechno (III) v Baranovichi (II)

28 July 2007	Molodechno (III)	1 – 5	Baranovichi (II)	Molodechno
	Stetskiy 17'		Shumeyko 3', 4', 7', 61' Kukhley 66'

Spartak Shklov (III) v PMC Postavy (III)

28 July 2007	Spartak Shklov (III)	3 – 1	PMC Postavy (III)	Shklov
	Baltrushevich 53' (pen.) Prontishev 57' Bubelev 82'		Plechistik 72'

Neftyanik Rechitsa (A) v Zvezda-BGU Minsk (II)

30 July 2007	Neftyanik Rechitsa (A)	0 – 1	Zvezda-BGU Minsk (II)	Rechitsa
			Sugako 70' (pen.)

Round of 32

16 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League and two First League clubs which relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season. The games were played in August and September 2007.

Zvezda-BGU Minsk (II) v Lokomotiv Minsk (II)

16 August 2007	Zvezda-BGU Minsk (II)	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv Minsk (II)	Minsk
15:00 UTC+3	Kuzmenko 90+1'		Shmigero 66' Markhel 112' (pen.)	Stadium: RCOP-BGU Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Antuan Mayorov (Minsk)

Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III) v Darida Minsk Raion

16 August 2007	Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)	0 – 3	Darida Minsk Raion	Kalinkovichi
17:00 UTC+3			Misyuk 10' (pen.) U.Makowski 77' Vagner 86'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vyacheslav Kolochinsky (Mogilev)

Lida (III) v Dnepr Mogilev

16 August 2007	Lida (III)	1 – 2	Dnepr Mogilev	Lida
17:00 UTC+3	Romanovskiy 55'		Hawrushka 66', 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Sergey Tsybulskiy (Smolevichi)

PMK-7 Gantsevichi (A) v MTZ-RIPO Minsk

16 August 2007	PMK-7 Gantsevichi (A)	2 – 3	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	Gantsevichi
17:30 UTC+3	Simonovich 56', 75'		Kontsevoy 30' Strakhanovich 66' (pen.) Mamić 79'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Valeriy Yazevich (Lida)

Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) v Naftan Novopolotsk

16 August 2007	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	1 – 0	Naftan Novopolotsk	Svetlogorsk
17:30 UTC+3	Zhdanovich 69'			Stadium: Bumazhnik Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Andrey Soroka (Smolevichi)

Kommunalnik Slonim (III) v Gomel

16 August 2007	Kommunalnik Slonim (III)	0 – 5	Gomel	Slonim
17:30 UTC+3			Strypeykis 25', 33', 54', 55' Vasilyuk 90+3'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dmitry Yevnevich (Minsk)

Baranovichi (II) v Neman Grodno

16 August 2007	Baranovichi (II)	0 – 3	Neman Grodno	Baranovichi
17:30 UTC+3			Kryvobok 82', 84', 89'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anatoly Sednev (Mogilev)

Kommunalnik Zhlobin (III) v Smorgon

16 August 2007	Kommunalnik Zhlobin (III)	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 1 p)	Smorgon	Rogachev
18:00 UTC+3	Simonenko 35'		Bobovych 9'	Stadium: DYuSSh Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Dmitry Abushkevich (Mogilev)

Volna Pinsk (II) v Dinamo Brest

16 August 2007	Volna Pinsk (II)	0 – 1	Dinamo Brest	Pinsk
18:00 UTC+3			Trotsyuk 64'	Stadium: Volna Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Viktor Chernik (Mosty)

Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II) v Minsk

16 August 2007	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)	0 – 1	Minsk	Rechitsa
18:00 UTC+3			Krawchanka 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Aleksandr Skrob (Stolbtsy)

Dinamo-Belcard Grodno (II) v Vitebsk

16 August 2007	Dinamo-Belcard Grodno (II)	1 – 2	Vitebsk	Grodno
18:00 UTC+3	Mikhalyuk 90+2'		Usaw 15' Sitko 53'	Stadium: Neman Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nikita Pyreyev (Minsk)

Veras Nesvizh (II) v Belshina Bobruisk (II)

16 August 2007	Veras Nesvizh (II)	2 – 0	Belshina Bobruisk (II)	Nesvizh
18:00 UTC+3	Rylinski 71' (pen.) Yatskevich 84'			Stadium: Urozhay Stadium Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Minsk)

Spartak Shklov (III) v BATE Borisov

19 August 2007	Spartak Shklov (III)	0 – 2	BATE Borisov	Shklov
17:00 UTC+3			Bliznyuk 32' Sivakow 61'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik (Grodno)

Savit Mogilev (II) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

5 September 2007	Savit Mogilev (II)	0 – 2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Mogilev
17:00 UTC+3			Krot 22' Nikifarenka 60'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik (Grodno)

Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III) v Torpedo Zhodino

6 September 2007	Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)	2 – 0	Torpedo Zhodino	Vitebsk
17:00 UTC+3	Putkin 33' Sigov 55'			Stadium: CSK Vitebsky Attendance: 500 Referee: Viktor Verbitsky (Kobrin)

Mozyr (II) v Dinamo Minsk

11 September 2007	Mozyr (II)	1 – 4	Dinamo Minsk	Mozyr
17:00 UTC+3	Korotkevich 45+1'		Rák 22' (pen.), 62' Edu 71' Putsila 73'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 March 2008. The second legs were played on 21 and 22 March 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lokomotiv Minsk	1–2	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	1–0
Dinamo Brest	2–3	Gomel	0–2	2–1
Minsk (II)	2–4	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–1	2–3
Dnepr Mogilev	2–0	Vitebsk	1–0	1–0
Darida Minsk Raion	2–0	Neman Grodno	1–0	1–0
Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	2–0	Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)	1–0	1–0
BATE Borisov	2–0	Veras Nesvizh (II)	1–0	1–0
Kommunalnik Zhlobin (III)	w/o1	MTZ-RIPO Minsk

¹ Kommunalnik Zhlobin withdrew from the Cup due to bankruptcy.

First leg

Lokomotiv Minsk v Dinamo Minsk

15 March 2008	Lokomotiv Minsk	0 – 2	Dinamo Minsk	Minsk
15:00 UTC+3			Kislyak 63' Hihevich 65'	Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Minsk)

Dinamo Brest v Gomel

15 March 2008	Dinamo Brest	0 – 2	Gomel	Brest
16:00 UTC+3			Kobets 33' Drahun 65'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sergey Sakharevich (Grodno)

Minsk (II) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

15 March 2008	Minsk (II)	0 – 1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Minsk
18:00 UTC+3			Hukayla 37'	Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik (Grodno)

Dnepr Mogilev v Vitebsk

16 March 2008	Dnepr Mogilev	1 – 0	Vitebsk	Minsk
14:00 UTC+3	Hawrushka 62'			Stadium: Football Manege Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

Darida Minsk Raion v Neman Grodno

16 March 2008	Darida Minsk Raion	1 – 0	Neman Grodno	Minsk
14:00 UTC+3	Yatskevich 46'			Stadium: RCOP-BGU Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) v Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)

16 March 2008	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	1 – 0	Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)	Svetlogorsk
15:00 UTC+3	Novitskiy 62'			Stadium: Bumazhnik Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)

BATE Borisov v Veras Nesvizh (II)

16 March 2008	BATE Borisov	1 – 0	Veras Nesvizh (II)	Minsk
17:00 UTC+3	Rodionov 56'			Stadium: Football Manege Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yuriy Maistrov (Fanipol)

Second leg

Veras Nesvizh (II) v BATE Borisov

21 March 2008	Veras Nesvizh (II)	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Minsk
12:00 UTC+3			Bliznyuk 23'	Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)

Vitebsk v Dnepr Mogilev

21 March 2008	Vitebsk	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Dnepr Mogilev	Vitebsk
14:00 UTC+3			Hawrushka 60'	Stadium: CSK Vitebsky Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

Dinamo Minsk v Lokomotiv Minsk

21 March 2008	Dinamo Minsk	0 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Lokomotiv Minsk	Minsk
15:00 UTC+3			Shvydakow 43'	Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 700 Referee: Georgiy Verbitsky (Slonim)

Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III) v Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)

22 March 2008	Myasokombinat Vitebsk (III)	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	Vitebsk
12:00 UTC+3			Gavrilovich 90+1'	Stadium: CSK Vitebsky Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Igor Kruk (Molodechno)

Gomel v Dinamo Brest

22 March 2008	Gomel	1 – 2 (3 – 2 agg.)	Dinamo Brest	Gomel
15:00 UTC+3	Živković 7'		Kozak 43' Ryzhevski 65'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Nikita Pyreyev (Minsk)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v Minsk (II)

22 March 2008	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	3 – 2 (4 – 2 agg.)	Minsk (II)	Soligorsk
15:00 UTC+3	Zhukowski 14' Gatiyev 31' (pen.) Bychanok 70'		Asipenka 11' Pyatrawskas 69'	Stadium: Stroitel Stadium Attendance: 1,730 Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

Neman Grodno v Darida Minsk Raion

22 March 2008	Neman Grodno	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Darida Minsk Raion	Grodno
15:00 UTC+3			Shapyatowski 2'	Stadium: GrGU Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 29 March 2008. The second legs were played on 2 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dnepr Mogilev	0–1	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	0–1 (aet)
Darida Minsk Raion	1–3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	0–1
Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	1–3	BATE Borisov	1–3	0–0
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	4–2	Gomel	4–0	0–2

First leg

Dnepr Mogilev v Dinamo Minsk

29 March 2008	Dnepr Mogilev	0 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Vitebsk
12:00 UTC+3				Stadium: CSK Vitebsky Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sergey Sakharevich (Grodno)

Darida Minsk Raion v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

29 March 2008	Darida Minsk Raion	1 – 2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Minsk
14:00 UTC+3	Shapyatowski 60'		Strypeykis 46', 77'	Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)

Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) v BATE Borisov

29 March 2008	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	1 – 3	BATE Borisov	Svetlogorsk
15:00 UTC+3	Gavrilovich 60'		Bliznyuk 4', 64' D.Platonaw 74'	Stadium: Bumazhnik Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Minsk)

MTZ-RIPO Minsk v Gomel

29 March 2008	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	4 – 0	Gomel	Minsk
17:00 UTC+3	V.Hleb 32' (pen.) Sashcheka 53' Ceolin 66' (pen.) Strakhanovich 89'			Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Igor Kruk (Molodechno)

Second leg

BATE Borisov v Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)

2 April 2008	BATE Borisov	0 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)	Minsk
13:00 UTC+3				Stadium: KFP Minsk Attendance: 300 Referee: Dmitry Yevnevich (Minsk)

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v Darida Minsk Raion

2 April 2008	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Darida Minsk Raion	Soligorsk
15:30 UTC+3	Bychanok 80'			Stadium: Stroitel Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

Dinamo Minsk v Dnepr Mogilev

2 April 2008	Dinamo Minsk	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Dnepr Mogilev	Minsk
18:00 UTC+3	Lebedzew 103'			Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Yuriy Maistrov (Fanipol)

Gomel v MTZ-RIPO Minsk

2 April 2008	Gomel	2 – 0 (2 – 4 agg.)	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	Gomel
18:00 UTC+3	Drahun 40' Bressan 85'			Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 16 April 2008. The second legs were played on 30 April 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	4–2	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	3–2
BATE Borisov	3–6	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2–4	1–2

First leg

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v Dinamo Minsk

16 April 2008	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Soligorsk
17:00 UTC+3	Lyavonchyk 38'			Stadium: Stroitel Stadium Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

BATE Borisov v MTZ-RIPO Minsk

16 April 2008	BATE Borisov	2 – 4	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	Borisov
18:00 UTC+3	Nyakhaychyk 11' Likhtarovich 31'		Eramchuk 24', 90+4' Kontsevoy 37' V.Hleb 69'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Second leg

MTZ-RIPO Minsk v BATE Borisov

30 April 2008	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2 – 1 (a.e.t.) (6 – 3 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Minsk
17:00 UTC+3	Camara 29' V.Hleb 44'		Bliznyuk 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Dinamo Minsk v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

30 April 2008	Dinamo Minsk	2 – 3 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 agg.)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Minsk
19:00 UTC+3	Shkabara 56' Rák 61' (pen.)		Zhukowski 38' (pen.) Bychanok 48' Hukayla 54'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

Final

18 May 2008

18:00 UTC+3

Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1 – 2	MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Strypeykis 82'	Report	V.Hleb 5' Strakhanovich 83'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

SHAKHTYOR: GK 16 Uladzimir Haew DF 2 Alyaksandr Bylina DF 20 Syarhey Kavalchuk DF 30 Mikalay Branfilaw DF 12 Maksim Hukayla  45' MF 7 Andrey Lyavonchyk (c) MF 8 Mikita Bukatkin  46' MF 11 Mihail Martsinovich  52' MF 21 Syarhey Balanovich  74' MF 5 Valery Zhukowski  75' FW 10 Syarhey Nikifarenka Substitutes: GK 33 Ihar Hamlyak FW 15 Valery Strypeykis  74' MF 17 Alyaksey Ryas FW 18 Ihar Zyulew  52' DF 22 Alyaksandr Bychanok  46' FW 27 Syarhey Krot DF 29 Eduard Gatiyev Manager: Yury Vyarheychyk

MTZ-RIPO: GK 1 Alyaksandr Sulima (c) DF 3 Alyaksandr Stashchanyuk DF 4 Dilaver Zrnanović DF 16 Mikalay Asipovich DF 25 Mihail Eramchuk MF 6 Aboubacar Camara  31'  59' MF 11 Dzmitry Shchagrykovich  68' MF 8 Oleg Strakhanovich  54'  84' MF 10 Dzyanis Sashcheka  78' FW 9 Vyacheslav Hleb FW 7 Artem Kontsevoy Substitutes: GK 12 Yahor Hatkevich DF 2 Alyaksandr Skshynetski MF 13 Alyaksandr Talkanitsa  78' DF 14 Aleh Popel MF 17 Nicolas Ceolin  59' MF 19 Anton Bubnow  68' MF 23 Elmar Xeyirov Manager: Yuri Puntus

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