# 2000–01 Russian Cup

The 2000–01 Russian Cup was the ninth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.
The tournament was won by Lokomotiv Moscow who beat Anzhi Makhachkala on penalties in the final after the match finished 1–1 after extra time.

## First round

The first round was played on 29 March 2000, and featured Russian Football National League teams only.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 29 March 2000 |||
| Venets Gulkevichi | 4–0 | Druzhba Maykop |
| Spartak-Kavkaztransgaz Izobilny | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo Stavropol |
| Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | FC Mozdok |

## Second round

The second round was played between 18 April and 2 May 2000, and featured Russian Football National League teams only.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 18 April 2000 |||
| Shakhtyor Shakhty | 2–0 | FC Yelets |
| Torpedo Taganrog | 1–4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 3–0 | Venets Gulkevichi |
| Vityaz Krymsk | 1–0 | FC Slavyansk |
| Dynamo Stavropol | 4–1 | Kavkazkabel Prokhladny |
| Iriston Vladikavkaz | 1–4 | Avtodor Vladikavkaz |
| Nart Nartkala | 2–0 | Angusht Nazran |
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 0–1 | Sudostroitel Astrakhan |
| 19 April 2000 |||
| Dynamo Vologda | 3–0 | Sheksna Cherepovets |
| Mosenergo Moscow | 1–2 | Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
| FC Pskov | w/o | Dynamo Saint Petersburg |
| FC Khimki | 2–0 | Volochanin-89 Vyshny Volochyok |
| Spartak-Telekom Shuya | 1–2 | Spartak Kostroma |
| Avtomobilist Noginsk | 0–2 | FC Krasnoznamensk |
| Oazis Yartsevo | 2–1 | Energiya Velikiye Luki |
| Sportakademklub Moscow | 2–1 | Spartak Shchyolkovo |
| Spartak Ryazan | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Spartak Lukhovitsy |
| Fabus Bronnitsy | 2–1 | FC Kolomna |
| Lotto MKM Moskva | 2–0 | Spartak-Orekhovo |
| Kosmos Elektrostal | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Titan Zheleznodorozhny |
| Khimik Novomoskovsk | 1–0 | Arsenal-2 Tula |
| Lokomotiv Kaluga | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo Bryansk |
| Avangard Kursk | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Oryol |
| Spartak Tambov | 1–0 | Lokomotiv Liski |
| 28 April 2000 |||
| FC Tyumen | 3–0 | Tobol Kurgan |
| UralAZ Miass | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk |
| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 4–0 | Zenit Chelyabinsk |
| Dynamo Perm | 2–5 | Uralets Nizhny Tagil |
| Dynamo Izhevsk | 0–1 | Energiya Chaykovsky |
| Spartak Yoshkar-Ola | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Dynamo-Mashinostroitel Kirov |
| KAMAZ-Chally Naber. Chelny | 0–2 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| Gazovik Orenburg | 2–3 | Sodovik Sterlitamak |
| 2 May 2000 |||
| Dynamo Omsk | 0–2 | Irtysh Omsk |
| KUZBASS Kemerovo | 1–0 | Chkalovets-Olimpik Novosibirsk |
| Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 3–1 | Dynamo Barnaul |
| Zvezda Irkutsk | 4–0 | Selenga Ulan-Ude |
| Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk | 2–1 | SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk |
| Luch Vladivostok | 1–0 | Okean Nakhodka |
| Lada-Energiya Dimitrovgrad | 0–1 | Volga Ulyanovsk |
| Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk | 0–1 | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Salyut Saratov | 1–0 | Iskra Engels |
| Olimpia Volgograd | 5–1 | FC Torpedo Volzhsky |
| FC Balakovo | 2–0 | Khopyor Balashov |
| Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod | 1–0 | Diana Volzhsk |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 0–2 | Energetik Uren |
| Torpedo Pavlovo | 3–1 | Metallurg Vyksa |

## Third round

The third round was played between 24 and 29 May 2000, and featured Russian Football National League teams only.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 24 May 2000 |||
| Irtysh Omsk | 1–0 | KUZBASS Kemerovo |
| Reformatsiya Abakan | 1–0 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| Sibiryak Bratsk | 0–2 | Zvezda Irkutsk |
| Luch Vladivostok | 1–0 | Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk |
| 28 May 2000 |||
| Neftyanik Yaroslavl | 2–0 | Dynamo Vologda |
| FC Pskov | 1–2 | FC Khimki |
| FC Krasnoznamensk | 2–1 | Spartak Kostroma |
| Oazis Yartsevo | 2–1 | Sportakademklub Moscow |
| Spartak Lukhovitsy | 2–0 | Fabus Bronnitsy |
| Kosmos Elektrostal | 2–1 | Lotto MKM Moskva |
| Lokomotiv Kaluga | 1–0 | Don Novomoskovsk |
| FC Oryol | 5–1 | Spartak Tambov |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–0 | Shakhtyor Shakhty |
| Vityaz Krymsk | 0–1 | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Avtodor Vladikavkaz | 4–2 | Dynamo Stavropol |
| Sudostroitel Astrakhan | 2–0 | Nart Nartkala |
| 29 May 2000 |||
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 1–0 | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Salyut Saratov | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Olimpia Volgograd |
| FC Balakovo | 1–0 | Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod |
| Energetik Uren | 2–0 | Torpedo Pavlovo |
| FC Tyumen | 2–0 | UralAZ Miass |
| Uralets Nizhny Tagil | 1–2 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg |
| Energiya Chaykovsky | 2–0 | Spartak Yoshkar-Ola |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |

## Fourth round

The first round was played between 9 and 26 June 2000, and featured Russian Football National League teams only.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 9 June 2000 |||
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 2–1 | Salyut Saratov |
| Energetik Uren | 1–0 | FC Balakovo |
| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 1–0 | FC Tyumen |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak | 3–1 | Energiya Chaykovsky |
| 12 June 2000 |||
| FC Krasnoznamensk | 2–4 | Oazis Yartsevo |
| 13 June 2000 |||
| Neftyanik Yaroslavl | 1–2 | FC Khimki |
| Spartak Lukhovitsy | 2–0 | Kosmos Elektrostal |
| FC Oryol | 1–0 | Lokomotiv Kaluga |
| 24 June 2000 |||
| Irtysh Omsk | w/o | Reformatsiya Abakan |
| Zvezda Irkutsk | 1–0 | Luch Vladivostok |
| 26 June 2000 |||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 4–0 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| Sudostroitel Astrakhan | 2–1 | Avtodor Vladikavkaz |

## Fifth round

Matches were played on 16 July 2000.

## Final

Lokomotiv Moscow: :
| GK | Ruslan Nigmatullin |
| DF | Gennadiy Nizhegorodov |
| DF | Dmitri Sennikov |
| DF | Jacob Lekgetho |
| DF | Vadim Evseev 91' |
| DF | Igor Chugainov |
| MF | Marat Izmailov |
| MF | Vladimir Maminov |
| MF | James Obiorah 75' |
| MF | Dmitri Loskov |
| FW | Maksim Buznikin 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Zaza Janashia 46' |
| MF | Albert Sarkisyan 75' |
| DF | Andrei Lavrik 91' |
| Manager: |||
| Yuri Semin |||
Anzhi Makhachkala: :
| GK | Sergey Armishev |
| MF | Denis Peremenin |
| DF | Syarhey Yaskovich |
| DF | Michel Pensée |
| DF | Nebojša Stojković 91' |
| MF | Elvir Rahimić |
| MF | Ruslan Agalarov |
| MF | Narvik Sirkhayev |
| FW | Magomed Adiyev 75' |
| FW | Murad Ramazanov |
| FW | Predrag Ranđelović 90' |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Valery Alekseyev 75' |
| DF | Anatoli Tebloyev 90' |
| DF | Arsen Akayev 91' |
| Manager: |||
| Gadzhi Gadzhiyev |||
* MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shootout if scores still level.
* Seven named substitutes
* Maximum of 3 substitutions.