The 2024–25 Russian Cup is the 33rd season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[1] The competition started on 30 July 2024 and will conclude on 1 June 2025.
2024–25 Fonbet Russian Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Russia |
Teams | 107 |
All statistics correct as of 26 July 2024. |
The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
Representation of clubs by league
edit- Russian Premier League (1): 16 clubs
- Russian First League (2): 18 clubs
- Division A of Russian Second League (3): 18 clubs (without 2 farm teams)
- Division B of Russian Second League (4): 42 clubs (without 17 farm teams and 2 Crimean teams)
- Amateur leagues:
- Third division (5): 8 clubs
- Fourth division (regional leagues) (6): 2 clubs
- Media amateur clubs (7): 3 clubs
- Total: 107 clubs.[3]
Distribution
editThe teams of Premier League and the other teams will qualify to knockout phase in two different paths. Premier league teams will play in the RPL path group stage with a double round-robin tournament, divided into 4 groups with 4 teams in each group, while the other teams will play in the regions path qualification, starting with 1/256 round until 1/8 round with 1 match in each stage.[4]
Round dates
editThe schedule of the competition is as follows:[5][6]
Phase | Round | Match date | ||
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Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 1 | 30 July – 1 August 2024 | ||
Round 2 | 20–22 August 2024 | |||
Round 3 | 3–5 September 2024 | |||
Round 4 | 24–26 September 2024 | |||
Round 5 | 15–17 October 2024 | |||
Round 6 | 29–31 October 2024 | |||
Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 1 | 30 July – 1 August 2024 | ||
Matchday 2 | 13–15 August 2024 | |||
Matchday 3 | 27–28 August 2024 | |||
Matchday 4 | 17–19 September 2024 | |||
Matchday 5 | 1–3 October 2024 | |||
Matchday 6 | 22–24 October 2024 | |||
Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 5–7 November 2024 |
Match 2 | 26–28 November 2024 | |||
Regions path | Stage 1 | 26–28 November 2024 | ||
Stage 2 | 11–13 March 2025 | |||
Semi-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 11–13 March 2025 | |
Match 2 | 15–17 April 2025 | |||
Regions path | Stage 1 | 15–17 April 2025 | ||
Stage 2 | 30 April – 2 May 2025 | |||
Path finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 30 April – 2 May 2025 | |
Match 2 | 13–15 May 2025 | |||
Regions path | 13–15 May 2025 | |||
Final | 1 June 2025 |
Qualifying round (regions path)
editThe draw for qualifying stage rounds 1 and 2 was held on 15 July 2024.[7]
Round 1
editDate of matches was determined on 24 July 2024.[8]
Entered clubs:
- 13 clubs from Amateur leagues
- 21 lowest clubs from Russian Second League Division B
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
30 July 2024 | 2Drots Moscow (7) | v | Strogino Moscow (4) | |
16:00 | Report | Referee: Danila Tsurkov |
30 July 2024 | Orgenergostroy Dimitrovgrad (5) | v | Lada-Tolyatti (4) | |
17:00 | Report | Referee: Maksim Sukhanov |
30 July 2024 | Ilpar Ilyinsky (5) | v | Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil (4) | |
18:00 (20:00 YEKT) |
Report | Referee: Danil Tkachenko |
References
edit- ^ "About the Russian Cup".
- ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "107 клубов сыграет в новом сезоне FONBET Кубка России 2024/2025". rfs.ru (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "ВСЕ О НОВОМ ФОРМАТЕ КУБКА РОССИИ". rfs.ru (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ^ «МАТЧ ТВ» СТАЛИ ИЗВЕСТНЫ СРОКИ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ КУБКА РОССИИ ПО ФУТБОЛУ В НОВОМ ФОРМАТЕ
- ^ "Расписание матчей" (in Russian). РФС. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Определена сетка Пути регионов FONBET Кубка России 2024/25". Russian Football Union. 15 July 2024.
- ^ "2Drots и «Строгино» сыграют в первом матче FONBET Кубка России 2024/25". rfs.ru (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 2024-07-24.