# 2021–22 Russian Cup

The 2021–22 Russian Cup was the 30th season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition qualification started on 14 July 2021 and it concluded on 29 May 2022. The final was attended by almost 70,000 fans at the Luzhniki Stadium.
The winner of the cup would normally win entry into the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was cited as the reason. Nevertheless, the winners do qualify for the 2022 Russian Super Cup.

## Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Match date |
| Qualifying rounds | Round 1 | 14/18 July 2021 |
| Qualifying rounds | Round 2 | 28 July 2021 |
| Qualifying rounds | Round 3 | 4/11/12 August 2021 |
| Group stage | matchday 1 | 25/26 August 2021 |
| Group stage | matchday 2 | 22/23 September 2021 |
| Group stage | matchday 3 | 26/27 October 2021 |
| Knockout stage | Round of 16 | 1/2/3 March 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter Final | 19/20 April 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Semi Final | 10/11 May 2022 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 29 May 2022 |

## Teams

| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round |
| Round 1 | 94 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 2 | 73 | 44 | 21 | 23 |
| Round 3 | 51 | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Group stage | 33 | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| Round of 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| Quarter Final | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Semi Final | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

## Elite group round (1/32 and 1/16 finals)

At this stage, 11 RPL teams enter the tournament, not playing in European competition. They are joined by 11 FNL teams and 11 PFL teams, winners of the last stage of the cup. The selection takes place in 11 groups. Each group contains one team from RPL, FNL and PFL.
The group stage will be held in 3 rounds. Teams from the lower leagues will play matches at home:
* 1st round. August 25–26. PFL v FNL.
* 2nd round. September 22–23. PFL v RPL.
* 3rd round. October 27. FNL v RPL.
The system of scoring and determining the winners in the group round based on the results of each match:
* for winning in regulation time - 3 points.
* for a draw in regulation time and a victory on penalties - 2 points.
* for a draw in regulation time and defeat on penalties - 1 point.
* points are not awarded for a defeat in regular time.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kuban Krasnodar (2) (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Krasnodar (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Leningradets Leningrad Oblast (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Ural Yekaterinburg (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Torpedo Vladimir (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Arsenal Tula (1) (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Veles Moscow (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Bryansk (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nizhny Novgorod (1) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Fakel Voronezh (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Barnaul (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chayka Peschanokopskoye (3) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Rostov (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Alania Vladikavkaz (2) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Ufa (1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Rotor Volgograd (2) (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Akhmat Grozny (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kairat Moscow (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Baltika Kaliningrad (2) (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Khimki (1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Saransk (3) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Krylia Sovetov Samara (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 3 | |
| 3 | Znamya Noginsk (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (1) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Metallurg Lipetsk (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Zenit-Izhevsk (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group 11

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow (1) (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Play-off |
| 2 | Orenburg (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Stavropol (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout phase

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| Sochi | 1 | | | | | | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | | | | | |
| | | Spartak Moscow | 1 | | | | | |
| Spartak Moscow | 6 | Spartak Moscow | 1 | | | | | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 1 | | | Spartak Moscow | 3 | | | |
| | | | | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 0 | | | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | | | | | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 0 | | | |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 4 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 3 | | | | | |
| | | Rubin Kazan | 1 | | | | | |
| Rubin Kazan | 2 | Rubin Kazan | 1 | | | | | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1 | | | | | | Spartak Moscow | 2 |
| | | | | | | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 3 | | | | | | | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 |
| Chaika Peschanokopskoye | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Chaika Peschanokopskoye | 0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 1 (4 (p)) | | | | | |
| | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 (5 (p)) | | | | | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 1 (5 (p)) | | | | | |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | | | Dynamo Moscow | 3 | | | |
| | | | | Alania Vladikavkaz | 0 | | | |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 1 | | | | | Alania Vladikavkaz | 0 | | | |
| Arsenal Tula | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Arsenal Tula | 0 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2 (6 (p)) | | | | | |
| | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 (5 (p)) | | | | | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 (5 (p)) | | | | | |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 0 | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 4 March 2022 in 16:00 MSK (UTC+3) live on russian sports channel «Match TV» and media portal «Sportbox.ru».
Rules for the draw:
* Each team able to play against each team;
* If the team played their last game (round of 16) at home, in quarter-final stage the game will be played at away;
* If the 2 teams on round of 16 played their game at home (or away), in quarter-final «home team» was determined by first team that was ball out.
On 30 March make available dates of the matches.

### Semi-finals

The draw will be held on 21 April 2022 in 21:00 MSK (UTC+3) live on russian sports channel «Match TV» and media portal «Sportbox.ru».