# 2023–24 Russian Cup

The 2023–24 Russian Cup is the 32nd season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on 25 July 2023 and will conclude on 2 June 2024.
The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2024–25 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.

## Representation of clubs by league

* 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 16 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.

## Distribution

The 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.

## Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows:
| Phase | Round | Round | Round | Match date |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 1–2 August 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | 22–23 August 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | 4, 13–14 September 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | 26–28 September 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | 17–19 October 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | 1–2 November 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 1 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 1 | 25–27 July 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 2 | Matchday 2 | Matchday 2 | 8–10 August 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 3 | Matchday 3 | Matchday 3 | 29–30 August 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 4 | Matchday 4 | Matchday 4 | 19–21 September 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 5 | Matchday 5 | Matchday 5 | 3–4 October 2023 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 6 | Matchday 6 | Matchday 6 | 31 October – 2 November 2023 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 28–29 November 2023 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 12–14 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | Regions path | Stage 1 | 12–14 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | Regions path | Stage 2 | 2–4 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 2–4 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 16–18 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | Regions path | Stage 1 | 16–18 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | Regions path | Stage 2 | 30 April – 2 May 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 30 April – 2 May 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 14–16 May 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | Regions path | Regions path | 14–16 May 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Final | Final | Final | 2 June 2024 |

## Qualifying round (regions path)

The draw for qualifying stage rounds 1 and 2 was held on 17 July 2023.

### Round 1

Date of matches was determined on 21 July 2023.
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).
* ↑ At the time of making the edit, the names were not listed on the site.

### Round 2

Entered clubs:
* 17 winners of Round 1
* 21 highest clubs from Russian Second League Division B, including FC Irkutsk
* 18 clubs from Russian Second League Division A
Date of matches was determined on 15 August 2023.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 3

The draw for round 3 defining home and away team was held on 25 August 2023.
Entered clubs:
* 28 winners of Round 2
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 4

The draw was held on 15 September 2023 at 12:00 MSK.
Entered clubs:
* 14 winners of Round 3
* 18 clubs from Russian First League
On 12 September draw procedure was released, that consisted of 2 phases. On the first phase 2 random balls with First League team from pot 2 was relocated to pot 1, then on the second phase usual draw procedure started. The teams from pot 1 played their matches in round 4 at home.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| 2DROTS Moscow (7) Amkar Perm (3) Biolog-Novokubansk (4) Dynamo Bryansk (3) Dynamo Vladivostok (4) Forte Taganrog (3) KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) Leon Saturn Ramenskoye (4) Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki (4) Rotor Volgograd (3) Ryazan (4) SKA Rostov-on-Don (4) SKA-Khabarovsk (2) Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (3) Ufa (3) Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo (4) | Akron Tolyatti (2) Alania Vladikavkaz (2) Arsenal Tula (2) Chernomorets Novorossiysk (2) Dynamo Makhachkala (2) KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) → Pot 1 Khimki (2) Kuban Krasnodar (2) Leningradets Leningrad Oblast (2) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (2) Rodina Moscow (2) Shinnik Yaroslavl (2) SKA-Khabarovsk (2) → Pot 1 Sokol Saratov (2) Torpedo Moscow (2) Tyumen (2) Volgar Astrakhan (2) Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2) |
The team from pot 2 that was replocated to pot 1 is written in italics. The team was unknown until it will be drawn from pot 1.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 5

The draw was held on 29 September 2023 at 13:00 MSK.
Entered clubs:
* 16 winners of Round 4

### Round 6

The draw was held on 20 October 2023 at 12:00 MSK.
Entered clubs:
* 8 winners of Round 5

## Group stage (RPL path)

The draw for group stage was held on 24 June 2023 live on TV-channel «Match TV».
16 teams of the Russian Premier League (RPL) will start the tournament from the group stage (4 teams in each group). The teams will play 6 matches in the group stage:
* 1st day — 25–27 July;
* 2nd day — 8–10 August;
* 3rd day — 29–30 August;
* 4th day — 19–21 September;
* 5th day — 3–5 October;
* 6th day — 31 October – 2 November.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow Rostov | Akhmat Grozny Krasnodar Orenburg Lokomotiv Moscow | Dynamo Moscow Sochi Ural Yekaterinburg Krylia Sovetov Samara | Pari Nizhny Novgorod Fakel Voronezh Rubin Kazan Baltika Kaliningrad |
Composition of the pots is based on results of the 2022–23 Russian Premier League and 2022–23 Russian First League. In the same group there can't be more than 2 teams from Moscow, also FC Krasnodar, FC Rostov and Fakel Voronezh can't be in the same group due to logistics restrictions in this cities.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSK | ORE | SOC | FAK |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 0–6 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Sochi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Fakel Voronezh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CSKA 6, Orenburg 0.
* ↑ CSKA won 4–2 on penalties.
* ↑ Orenburg won 4–2 on penalties.
* ↑ CSKA won 4–5 on penalties.
* ↑ Fakel won 4–2 on penalties.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOK | ROS | URA | RUB |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Rostov | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ Ural won 4–2 on penalties.
* ↑ Rostov won 2–4 on penalties.

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | BAL | AKH | KRY |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 3–3 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ Zenit won 2–4 on penalties.

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPA | DYN | KRA | PNN |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 12 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 3–0 | — | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Dynamo 4, Krasnodar 2.
* ↑ Krasnodar won 4–2 on penalties.
* ↑ Pari Nizhny Novgorod won 4–3 on penalties.

## Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, as in the qualification, the teams will be divided into 2 paths (brackets).
The teams in RPL path (upper bracket) will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The teams that will lose after 2 legs in RPL path, except for the path final, will have the second chance in the regions path.
The teams in the regions path (lower bracket) will play against each other in 1 match. Each round, except the path final, consists of 2 phases. In the quarter-finals first phase teams from the regions path qualification will play against the third placed team of RPL path group stage, then on the second stage they will play against RPL path quarter-finals loser. In the semi-finals first phase the teams play with winners of the previous round of the regions path, the second phase is the same as in quarter-finals.
Unlike the previous season, the team that loses in the final of the upper bracket is eliminated from the tournament and will not play in the final of the lower bracket, so the final of Regions path consists of only 1 stage.
The winners of both paths will play in super final.
| | | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | | | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | | | | | Final | Final |
| | | Baltika Kaliningrad (p) | 2 | 1 | 3 (7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | 1 | 3 (6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | 1 | 3 (6) | Baltika Kaliningrad | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Rostov | 1 | 0 | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | CSKA Moscow | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | CSKA Moscow | 1 | | | | | 0 | 1 (4) | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg (p) | 1 | | | 0 | 1 (5) | | | | |
| | | Orenburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg (p) | 1 | | | 0 | 1 (5) | | | | |
| | | Spartak Moscow | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Spartak Moscow | 0 | 3 | 3 | Spartak Moscow | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | 0 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | 2 June 2024 – Moscow | 2 June 2024 – Moscow | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 June 2024 – Moscow | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | | | | 2 | | | | | | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1 |
| Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | | | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | | | Regions path Final | Regions path Final | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1 |
| | | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | 1 | | | | Rostov | Rostov | Rostov | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rodina Moscow | 1 (1) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | | | | Rostov | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Rodina Moscow | 1 (1) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | 1 | | | | | Baltika Kaliningrad | Baltika Kaliningrad | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1 | | | | |
| Ural Yekaterinburg (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | 1 | | | | | Baltika Kaliningrad | Baltika Kaliningrad | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1 | | | | |
| Ural Yekaterinburg (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | Rostov | Rostov | Rostov | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Khimki | Khimki | Khimki | 0 (6) | Rostov | Rostov | Rostov | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Khimki | Khimki | Khimki | 0 (6) | | | | Baltika Kaliningrad | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Khimki | 2 | Rostov (p) | Rostov (p) | Rostov (p) | 0 (7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Khimki | 2 | Rostov (p) | Rostov (p) | Rostov (p) | 0 (7) | | | | Baltika Kaliningrad | | | | | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 0 | | |
| Krasnodar | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 0 | | |
| | | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | 0 | | | | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1 | Orenburg | Orenburg | Orenburg | 1 | | | | Dynamo Moscow | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 1 | Orenburg | Orenburg | Orenburg | 1 | Orenburg | Orenburg | Orenburg | 2 | | | | | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | 2 | | | | |
| Akhmat Grozny | 2 | | | | | Orenburg | Orenburg | Orenburg | 2 | | | | | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | 2 | | | | |
| Akhmat Grozny | 2 | | | | | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | SKA-Khabarovsk | SKA-Khabarovsk | SKA-Khabarovsk | 1 | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SKA-Khabarovsk (p) | 1 (4) | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sochi | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 3 November 2023 at 12:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».
In the quarter-final matches of RPL path teams from same group can't play with each other. Runners-up of group stage will play first matches at home. Winners of regions path round 6 will play stage 1 matches of regions path at home as well.
Regions path :
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk (2) Rodina Moscow (2) Khimki (2) Volgar Astrakhan (2) | Akhmat Grozny (1) Krasnodar (1) Sochi (1) Ural Yekaterinburg (1) |
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Orenburg | 2–3 | Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Rostov | 1–3 | CSKA Moscow | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 3–3 (7–6 p) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 0–2 |

#### Regions path
##### Stage 2
### Semi-finals

The RPL path semi-final draw was held on 15 March 2024 live on Match TV TV-channel.

#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 0–3 | CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 0–2 |

#### Regions path

The region path stage 1 draw was held on 4 April 2024.
The region path stage 2 draw and the draw to determine the host in the RPL final was held on 17 April 2024.

##### Stage 2
### Path finals
#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–1 | 0–0 |

#### Regions path

The host was determined by a draw on 2 May 2024.

### Final

The formal host was determined by a draw on 15 May 2024. The host club chooses the dressing room, the reserves bench, the uniform color and the times for warm-up and pre-game press conference.