# 2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the sixteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Khazar Lankaran for the first time. This was the first edition of the tournament to be hosted in Saint Petersburg, rather than in Moscow.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2007 Russian Premier League champions $^1$ | 1st |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha champions $^1$ | 10th |
| BATE Borisov | 2007 Belarusian Premier League champions | 4th |
| FBK Kaunas | 2007 A Lyga champions | 10th |
| Ventspils | 2007 Latvian Higher League champions | 2nd |
| Levadia Tallinn | 2007 Meistriliiga champions | 5th |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2006–07 Moldovan National Division champions | 7th |
| Olimpi Rustavi | 2006–07 Umaglesi Liga champions | 1st |
| Banants Yerevan | 2007 Armenian Premier League runners-up $^2$ | 2nd |
| Khazar Lankaran | 2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 1st |
| Aktobe | 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 3rd |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2007 Uzbek League champions | 7th |
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 2007 Tajik League champions | 7th |
| Aşgabat | 2007 Ýokary Liga champions | 1st |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 4th |
| OFK Beograd | 2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga 7th team $^3$ | 2nd |
* $^1$ Zenit Saint Petersburg and Dynamo Kyiv were represented by reserve players.
* $^2$ Banants Yerevan replaced Pyunik Yerevan (2007 Armenian champions), who were not allowed to participate after 2006 semifinal incident.
* $^3$ OFK Beograd invited by the organizing committee instead of Russian U21/U19 teams.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Khazar Lankaran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| FBK Kaunas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| Aktobe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Olimpi Rustavi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Ventspils | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| OFK Beograd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| BATE Borisov | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Banants Yerevan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |

#### Results
## Final rounds

| Quarterfinals (23 Jan) | Quarterfinals (23 Jan) | Semifinals (25 Jan) | Semifinals (25 Jan) | Final (27 Jan) | Final (27 Jan) |
| Khazar Lankaran (p) | 2 | | | | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2 | | | | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2 | Khazar Lankaran | 2 | | |
| | | BATE Borisov | 1 | | |
| Olimpi Rustavi | 1 | BATE Borisov | 1 | | |
| BATE Borisov | 2 | | | | |
| BATE Borisov | 2 | | | Khazar Lankaran | 4 |
| | | | | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | | | | | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 |
| FBK Kaunas | 2 | | | | |
| FBK Kaunas | 2 | FBK Kaunas | 1 | | |
| | | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent (p) | 0 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | | |
| Ventspils | 0 | | | | |

### Finals
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vladimir Yurchenko | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 |
| 2 | Rahid Amirguliyev | Khazar Lankaran | 3 |
| 2 | Mário Souza | Khazar Lankaran | 3 |
| 2 | Zayniddin Tadjiyev | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 |
| 2 | Anvarjon Soliev | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 |
| 2 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 3 |
| 2 | Rafael Ledesma | FBK Kaunas | 3 |
| 2 | Vīts Rimkus | Ventspils | 3 |
| 2 | Ibrahim Gnanou | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 |