# 2024–25 Russian Cup

The 2024–25 Russian Cup is the 33rd season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on 30 July 2024 and will conclude on 1 June 2025.
The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Representation of clubs by league

* Russian Premier League (1): 16 clubs
* Russian First League (2): 18 clubs
* Division A of Russian Second League (3): 18 clubs (without 2 farm teams)
* Division B of Russian Second League (4): 42 clubs (without 17 farm teams and 2 Crimean teams)
* Amateur leagues:
** Third division (5): 8 clubs
** Fourth division (regional leagues) (6): 2 clubs
** Media amateur clubs (7): 3 clubs
* Total: 107 clubs.

## Distribution

The teams of Premier League and the other teams will qualify to knockout phase in two different paths. Premier league teams will play in the RPL path group stage with a double round-robin tournament, divided into 4 groups with 4 teams in each group, while the other teams will play in the regions path qualification, starting with 1/256 round until 1/8 round with 1 match in each stage.

## Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows:
| Phase | Round | Round | Round | Match date |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 30 July – 1 August 2024 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | 20–22 August 2024 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | 3–5 September 2024 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | 24–26 September 2024 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | 15–17 October 2024 |
| Qualifying rounds (regions path) | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | 29–31 October 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 1 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 1 | 30 July – 1 August 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 2 | Matchday 2 | Matchday 2 | 13–15 August 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 3 | Matchday 3 | Matchday 3 | 27–28 August 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 4 | Matchday 4 | Matchday 4 | 17–19 September 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 5 | Matchday 5 | Matchday 5 | 1–3 October 2024 |
| Group stage (RPL path) | Matchday 6 | Matchday 6 | Matchday 6 | 22–24 October 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 5–7 November 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 26–28 November 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | Regions path | Stage 1 | 26–28 November 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | Regions path | Stage 2 | 11–13 March 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 11–13 March 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 15–17 April 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | Regions path | Stage 1 | 15–17 April 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | Regions path | Stage 2 | 30 April – 2 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | RPL path | Match 1 | 30 April – 2 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | RPL path | Match 2 | 13–15 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Path finals | Regions path | Regions path | 13–15 May 2025 |
| Knockout stage | Final | Final | Final | 1 June 2025 |

## Qualifying round (regions path)

The draw for qualifying stage rounds 1 and 2 was held on 15 July 2024.

### Round 1

Entered clubs:
* 13 clubs from Amateur leagues
* 21 lowest clubs from Russian Second League Division B
Date of matches was determined on 24 July 2024.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 2

Entered clubs:
* 17 winners of Round 1
* 21 highest clubs from Russian Second League Division B
* 18 clubs from Russian Second League Division A
Date of matches was determined on 9 August 2024.
* ↑ Due to the complicated situation in the Belgorod region, Salyut will played this match in Stary Oskol without spectators.
* ↑ Due to the complicated situation in the Kursk region, Avangard will played this match in Oryol.

### Round 3

Entered clubs:
* 28 winners of Round 2
The draw for round 3 defining home and away team was held on 23 August 2024. The schedule of the third round was held on 26 August 2024
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 4

The draw was held on 8 September 2024 at 19:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier». Entered clubs:
* 14 winners of Round 3
* 18 clubs from Russian First League
On 6 September draw procedure was released, that consisted of 2 phases. On the first phase, 2 random balls with First League team from pot 2 was relocated to pot 1, then on the second phase usual draw procedure started. The teams from pot 1 played their matches in round 4 at home.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Amkal Moscow (7) Amkar Perm (4) Chelyabinsk (3) Dynamo Vladivostok (4) KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) Khimik Dzerzhinsk (3) Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad (4) Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya (4) Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki (4) Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (3) Oryol (4) Spartak Kostroma (3) Ural Yekaterinburg (2) Volga Ulyanovsk (3) Volgar Astrakhan (3) Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo (4) | Alania Vladikavkaz (2) Arsenal Tula (2) Baltika Kaliningrad (2) Chayka Peschanokopskoye (2) Chernomorets Novorossiysk (2) KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) → Pot 1 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (2) Rodina Moscow (2) Rotor Volgograd (2) Shinnik Yaroslavl (2) SKA-Khabarovsk (2) Sochi (2) Sokol Saratov (2) Torpedo Moscow (2) Tyumen (2) Ufa (2) Ural Yekaterinburg (2) → Pot 1 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2) |
The team from pot 2 that was replocated to pot 1 is written in italics. The team was unknown until it will be drawn from pot 1.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Round 5

The draw was held on 27 September 2023 at 15:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier».
Entered clubs:
* 16 winners of Round 4

### Round 6

The draw was held on 18 October 2024 at 15:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier».
Entered clubs:
* 8 winners of Round 5

## Group stage (RPL path)

The draw for group stage was held on 10 June 2024 live on TV-channel «Match TV».
16 teams of the Russian Premier League (RPL) will start the tournament from the group stage (4 teams in each group). The teams will play 6 matches in the group stage:
* 1st day — 30 July – 1 August;
* 2nd day — 13–15 August;
* 3rd day — 27–29 August;
* 4th day — 17–19 September;
* 5th day — 1–3 October;
* 6th day — 22–24 October.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasnodar Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow | Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Rostov Rubin Kazan | Krylia Sovetov Samara Akhmat Grozny Fakel Voronezh Orenburg | Pari Nizhny Novgorod Akron Tolyatti Khimki Dynamo Makhachkala |
Composition of the pots is based on results of the 2023–24 Russian Premier League and 2023–24 Russian First League. In the same group there can't be more than 2 teams from Moscow, also FC Krasnodar, FC Rostov and Fakel Voronezh can't be in the same group due to logistics restrictions in this cities.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPA | DMO | DMA | KRY |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Dynamo Makhachkala | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 | | 0–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | — |
* ↑ Dynamo Moscow won 5–3 on penalties.
* ↑ Krylya Sovetov won 5–3 on penalties.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOK | ROS | KHI | ORE |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Rostov | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Khimki | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 1–5 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Orenburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Moscow won 8–7 on penalties.
* ↑ Khimki won 8–7 on penalties.

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSK | AKH | KRA | PNN |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 14 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 9 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ CSKA won 4–2 on penalties.
* 1 2 Goal difference in head-to-head games: Akhmat +2, Krasnodar -2 (3-0, 0-1)

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZEN | RUB | AKR | FAK |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (RPL path) | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Akron Tolyatti | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 8 | Qualification to the Knockout phase (regions path) | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Fakel Voronezh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
* ↑ Akron won 5–4 on penalties.

## Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, as in the qualification, the teams will be divided into 2 paths (brackets).
The teams in RPL path (upper bracket) will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The teams that will lose after 2 legs in RPL path, except for the path final, will have the second chance in the regions path.
The teams in the regions path (lower bracket) will play against each other in 1 match. Each round, except the path final, consists of 2 phases. In the quarter-finals first phase teams from the regions path qualification will play against the third placed team of RPL path group stage, then on the second stage they will play against RPL path quarter-finals loser. In the semi-finals first phase the teams play with winners of the previous round of the regions path, the second phase is the same as in quarter-finals.
Like the previous season, the team that loses in the final of the upper bracket is eliminated from the tournament and will not play in the final of the lower bracket, so the final of Regions path consists of only 1 stage.
The winners of both paths will play in super final.
| | | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Quarter-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | RPL path Semi-finals | | | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | RPL path Final | | | |
| | | Spartak Moscow | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Rostov | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Rostov | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rostov | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3 | 2 | 5 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Akhmat Grozny | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Rubin Kazan | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 3 | 3 | CSKA Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dynamo Moscow (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | Dynamo Moscow | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dynamo Moscow (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | June 2025 – Moscow | June 2025 – Moscow | | | | | | | |
| | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | | | | | June 2025 – Moscow | | | | | | | | |
| Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 1 | | | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | Regions path Semi-finals Stage 2 | | Regions path Final | Regions path Final |
| | | Dynamo Makhachkala | Dynamo Makhachkala | Dynamo Makhachkala | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sochi | 1 (3) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sochi | 1 (3) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | | | | | | RPL SF 1 loser | RPL SF 1 loser | RPL SF 1 loser | | |
| Dynamo Makhachkala (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | | | | | | RPL SF 1 loser | RPL SF 1 loser | RPL SF 1 loser | | |
| Dynamo Makhachkala (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Krasnodar | Krasnodar | Krasnodar | 1 | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tyumen | 3 (2) | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | Akhmat Grozny | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Krasnodar (p) | 3 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Akron Tolyatti | Akron Tolyatti | Akron Tolyatti | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 0 | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 0 | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | 3 | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | | | | | | RPL SF 2 loser | RPL SF 2 loser | RPL SF 2 loser | | |
| Akron Tolyatti | 1 | | | | | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Moscow | | | | | | RPL SF 2 loser | RPL SF 2 loser | RPL SF 2 loser | | |
| Akron Tolyatti | 1 | | | | | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | 1 | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | Ural Yekaterinburg | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ural Yekaterinburg (p) | 1 (4) | Rubin Kazan | Rubin Kazan | Rubin Kazan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Khimki | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Due do to calendar changes in this season (the matches of RPL path will held in November 2024), and with team from hard logistic travel, to form a schedule, the draw for RPL path was held on 8 September 2024 at 19:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier» (before end a group stage).
The draw will determine the grid for the quarter-finals of the RPL Path.
In the first round of the draw, two baskets are used: the first basket contains 4 balls with the names of the groups from the RPL Path group round (A-D). From the first basket, 2 balls are moved by blind draw to the second basket.
In the second round of the draw, balls are drawn alternately from the first and second baskets by blind lot, determining two pairs of groups (A-B and C-D, A-C and B-D, or A-D and B-C), in which clubs from one group (1st and 2nd places, respectively) will play clubs from the other corresponding group (2nd and 1st places, respectively) in the 1/4 finals of the upper bracket playoffs.
Finally, a draw is held to determine the host club in each pair.
Winners of regions path round 6 will play stage 1 matches of regions path at home as well.
Regions path :
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl (2) Sochi (2) Tyumen (2) Ural Yekaterinburg (2) | Akron Tolyatti (1) Khimki (1) Dynamo Makhachkala (1) Krasnodar (1) |

#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–3 | Rostov | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 5–1 | Akhmat Grozny | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Rubin Kazan | 0–3 | CSKA Moscow | 0–0 | 0–3 |

#### Regions path

The regions path stage 1 draw was held on 1 November 2024 at 16:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier». The regions path stage 2 draw was held on 30 November 2024 at 12:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier».

##### Stage 2
### Semi-finals

The RPL path semi-final draw was held on 30 November 2024 at 12:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match Premier».

#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rostov | – | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | – |
| CSKA Moscow | – | Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 | – |

#### Regions path

The draw for regions path semi-final, the host in the regions path final and the hosts in the RPL path final was held on 12 March 2025.

##### Stage 2
### Path finals
#### RPL path

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Winner of RPL SF pair 1 | – | Winner of RPL SF pair 2 | – | – |