# 2011 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 19th Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the nineteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It took place in Saint Petersburg between 15 and 23 January 2011 and was won by Inter Baku.
This was the last edition of the Cup as a club tournament, before the format was changed to a youth national teams event in 2012.

## Participants

| Team | Coach | Qualification | Participation |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Anatoli Davydov | 2010 Russian Premier League champions $^1$ | 2nd |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Andriy Husin | 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League runner-up $^2$ | 12th |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Uladzimir Zhuravel | 2010 Belarusian Premier League runner-up $^3$ | 2nd |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | Valdas Urbonas | 2010 A Lyga champions | 4th |
| Skonto Riga | Marians Pahars | 2010 Latvian Higher League champions | 14th |
| Flora Tallinn | Martin Reim | 2010 Meistriliiga champions | 6th |
| Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | Valeriy Chaly | 2009–10 Moldovan National Division runners-up $^4$ | 1st |
| Mika Yerevan | Armen Shahgeldyan | 2010 Armenian Premier League 4th team $^5$ | 1st |
| Inter Baku | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League champions | 2nd |
| Tobol Kostanay | Ravil Sabitov | 2010 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 1st |
| Bunyodkor Tashkent | Mirjalol Qosimov | 2010 Uzbek League champions | 2nd |
| Istiklol Dushanbe | Alimzhon Rafikov | 2010 Tajik League champions | 1st |
| Balkan Balkanabat | Aleksandr Klimenko | 2010 Ýokary Liga champions | 2nd |
| Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | Aleksandr Krestinin | 2010 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 1st |
| HJK Helsinki | Jani Viander | 2010 Veikkausliiga champions $^6$ | 2nd |
| Russia U21 | Nikolai Pisarev | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage | 8th |
* $^1$ Zenit Saint Petersburg were represented by its reserve (U21) squad.
* $^2$ Dynamo Kyiv were represented by their reserve team Dynamo-2 Kyiv. They replaced Shakhtar Donetsk (2009–10 Ukrainian champions), who refused to participate.
* $^3$ Shakhtyor Soligorsk replaced BATE Borisov (2010 Belarusian champions), who refused to participate.
* $^4$ Iskra-Stal Rîbnița replaced Sheriff Tiraspol (2009–10 Moldovan champions), who refused to participate.
* $^5$ Mika Yerevan replaced Pyunik Yerevan (2010 Armenian champions), who refused to participate.
* $^6$ HJK Helsinki invited by the organizing committee to replace Olimpi Rustavi (2009–10 Georgian champions), who declined to participate along with other Georgian teams due to the Russo-Georgian War.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Inter Baku | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Istiklol Dushanbe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Skonto Riga | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| Mika Yerevan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Tobol Kostanay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Bunyodkor Tashkent | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |

#### Results
### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| Flora Tallinn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
| Balkan Balkanabat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group D

Official table :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| HJK Helsinki | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Unofficial table :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| HJK Helsinki | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |

#### Results
## Final rounds
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals (19 Jan) | Quarter-finals (19 Jan) | Semi-finals (21 Jan) | Semi-finals (21 Jan) | Final (23 Jan) | Final (23 Jan) |
| Inter Baku | 4 | | | | |
| Mika Yerevan | 0 | | | | |
| Mika Yerevan | 0 | Inter Baku | 5 | | |
| | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | | |
| HJK Helsinki | 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0 | | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | | | | |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | | | Inter Baku (p) | 0 |
| | | | | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0 |
| Skonto Riga | 2 | | | | | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0 |
| Istiklol Dushanbe | 0 | | | | |
| Istiklol Dushanbe | 0 | Skonto Riga | 1 | | |
| | | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2 | | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2 | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | | | | |

### Final

INTER: :
| GK | Giorgi Lomaia |
| DF | Dmitri Kruglov | | 46' |
| DF | Ilia Kandelaki |
| DF | Valeri Abramidze | | 110' |
| DF | Volodimir Levin (c) | 49' |
| MF | Aleksandr Chertoganov | 88' |
| MF | Bronislav Červenka |
| MF | Petar Zlatinov |
| MF | David Odikadze | | 70' |
| MF | Arif Dashdemirov | | 83' |
| FW | Ģirts Karlsons | | |
| Substitutions: ||||
| MF | Rovshan Amiraslanov | 71' | 46' |
| DF | Danildo Accioly | | 110' |
| MF | Sergei Yegorov | | 70' |
| MF | Kakhaber Mzhavanadze | | 83' |
| Manager: |||
| Kakhaber Tskhadadze ||||
SHAKHTYOR: :
| GK | Eduardas Kurskis |
| DF | Yuri Kolomyts |
| DF | Artsyom Chelyadzinski | 22' |
| DF | Dzyanis Palyakow |
| DF | Alyaksey Yanushkevich |
| MF | Alyaksandr Grenkow |
| MF | Andrey Lyavonchyk (c) |
| MF | Ihar Razhkow | 87' |
| MF | Pavel Sitko | 75' |
| MF | Alexei Rios | | 76' |
| FW | Aleksandr Alumona |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Alyaksey Pyatrow | | 76' |
| Manager: |||
| Uladzimir Zhuravel ||||

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Ģirts Karlsons | Inter Baku | 6 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Alumona | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5 |
| 3 | Nathan Júnior | Skonto Riga | 3 |