# 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv in their first participation in the competition, while Omari Tetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz) was honored as the Best player award. In a change from the previous years, top two teams of each group progressed through the first stage, and a quarterfinal round was played for the first time.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 1995 Russian Top League champions | 1st |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1994–95 Vyshcha Liha champions | 1st |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1995 Belarusian Premier League champions | 3rd |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 1995–96 A Lyga 1st team as of the winter break | 2nd |
| Skonto Riga | 1995 Latvian Higher League champions | 4th |
| Flora Tallinn | 1994–95 Meistriliiga champions | 2nd |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1994–95 Moldovan National Division champions | 4th |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1994–95 Umaglesi Liga champions | 4th |
| Kapaz Ganja | 1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 1st |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 1995–96 Armenian Premier League 1st team as of the winter break | 1st |
| Yelimay Semipalatinsk | 1995 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 2nd |
| Neftchi Fergana | 1995 Uzbek League champions | 2nd |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 1995 Tajik League champions | 1st |
| Kant-Oil-Semetey | 1995 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 2nd |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1995 Ýokary Liga champions | 4th |
| Russia U21 national team | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage. | 3rd |

## Group stage
### Group A

* Unofficial table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Skonto Riga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 |
| Russia U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Neftchi Fergana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
* Official table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Skonto Riga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Neftchi Fergana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 |
| Yelimay Semipalatinsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| Kant-Oil-Semetey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |

#### Results
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dinamo Minsk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
| Flora Tallinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 |
| Kapaz Ganja | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
* Note: primary tie-breaker is head-to-head result.

#### Results
## Final rounds

| Quarter-finals (30 Jan) | Quarter-finals (30 Jan) | Semi-finals (1 Feb) | Semi-finals (1 Feb) | Final (3 Feb) | Final (3 Feb) |
| Skonto Riga | 1 | | | | |
| Yelimay Semipalatinsk | 0 | | | | |
| Yelimay Semipalatinsk | 0 | Skonto Riga | 0 | | |
| | | Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 2 | | |
| Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 9 | Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 2 | | |
| Neftchi Fergana | 0 | | | | |
| Neftchi Fergana | 0 | | | Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 0 |
| | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 0 | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | | | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 | | |
| | | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1 | | | | |

### Final
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Uladzimir Makowski | Dinamo Minsk | 5 |
| 2 | Yevhen Pokhlebayev | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 |
| 2 | Nazim Suleymanov | Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz | 4 |
| 2 | Kakhaber Gogichaishvili | Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 |