# 1996–97 Russian Cup

The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

## First round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 17 April 1996 |||
| Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 2–1 | Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani |
| 21 April 1996 |||
| Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok | 0–2 | Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
| Spartak Kostroma | w/o | Vympel Rybinsk |
| Mashinostroitel Pskov | 1–0 | CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk |
| Kristall Dyatkovo | 1–4 | Dynamo Bryansk |
| Shakhtyor Shakhty | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Metallurg Krasny Sulin |
| Istochnik Rostov-on-Don | 2–0 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| FC Oryol | 3–1 | Avangard Kursk |
| Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod | 3–0 | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Fabus Bronnitsy | 0–2 | FC MChS-Selyatino |
| GFC Orekhovo | 1–0 | Industriya Borovsk |
| Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad | 1–0 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny |
| Venets Gulkevichi | 0–1 | Kolos Krasnodar |
| APK Morozovsk | 0–1 | Torpedo Taganrog |
| Dynamo Saint Petersburg | w/o | Saturn-1991 Saint Petersburg |
| FC Gatchina | w/o | Metallurg Pikalyovo |
| Dynamo Vologda | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
| Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 3–0 | FC Mozdok |
| Astrateks Astrakhan | 1–0 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan |
| FC Derbent | 1–2 | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala | 1–0 | Angusht Nazran |
| Dynamo Perm | 0–6 | Amkar Perm |
| Dynamo Mikhaylovka | 3–1 | Spartak Tambov |
| Salyut Saratov | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) | Zavodchanin Saratov |
| Lada Dimitrovgrad | 4–1 | Volga Ulyanovsk |
| Volga Balakovo | 1–5 | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny | 2–1 | Volgodonsk |
| Olimp Kislovodsk | 2–0 | Energiya Pyatigorsk |
| Iriston Vladikavkaz | 4–0 | Avtodor Vladikavkaz |
| Beshtau Lermontov | 0–6 | Avtozapchast Baksan |
| Gazovik Orenburg | 0–1 | Nosta Novotroitsk |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak | 2–1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Planeta Bugulma | 2–0 | Zenit Izhevsk |
| Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo | 0–2 | Zenit Penza |
| Metiznik Magnitogorsk | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | UralAZ Miass |
| Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky | 1–2 | Sibir Kurgan |
| Gornyak Kachkanar | w/o | Uralets Nizhny Tagil |
| Gornyak Kushva | 0–2 | Energiya Chaykovsky |
| Lokomotiv Yelets | 1–3 | Lokomotiv Liski |
| Turbostroitel Kaluga | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Spartak Ryazan |
| Luch Tula | 1–0 | Don Novomoskovsk |
| Spartak Shchyolkovo | 1–0 | Arsenal Tula |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 2–1 | Torpedo Vladimir |
| Metallurg Vyksa | 1–0 | Torpedo Pavlovo |
| Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 0–2 | Rubin Kazan |
| Progress Zelenodolsk | 5–2 | Kristall Sergach |
| 22 April 1996 |||
| Monolit Moscow | 2–1 | Mosenergo Moscow |
| Chertanovo Moscow | 1–2 | Krasnogvardeyets Moscow |
| Torgmash Lyubertsy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Titan Reutov |
| Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) | Dynamo Barnaul |
| Motor Prokopyevsk | 0–3 | Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk |
| FC Mezhdurechensk | 0–1 | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
| Viktoriya Nazarovo | 5–2 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk |
| Oka Kolomna | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Avangard-Kortek Kolomna |
| Avtomobilist Noginsk | 6–0 | TRASKO Moscow |
| Torpedo Armavir | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Bulat Cherepovets | 0–1 | Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg |
| Tom Tomsk | 4–0 | Irtysh Omsk |
| Dynamo Omsk | 3–0 | Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk |
| Irtysh Tobolsk | w/o | Zvezda Perm |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 1 May 1996 |||
| Krasnogvardeyets Moscow | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Monolit Moscow |
| 2 May 1996 |||
| Neftyanik Yaroslavl | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Spartak Kostroma |
| Dynamo Bryansk | 1–0 | Mashinostroitel Pskov |
| Istochnik Rostov-on-Don | 4–0 | Shakhtyor Shakhty |
| FC Oryol | 1–0 | Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod |
| FC MChS-Selyatino | 2–1 | Titan Reutov |
| Metallurg-ZapSib Novokuznetsk | 2–3 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk |
| Kuzbass Kemerovo | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Viktoriya Nazarovo |
| Avangard-Kortek Kolomna | 2–0 | GFC Orekhovo |
| Avtomobilist Noginsk | 2–0 | Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad |
| Kolos Krasnodar | 5–1 | Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani |
| Torpedo Taganrog | 1–0 | Torpedo Armavir |
| Okean Nakhodka | w/o | Sakhalin Kholmsk |
| SKA Khabarovsk | w/o | Dynamo Yakutsk |
| Selenga Ulan-Ude | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Lokomotiv Chita |
| Angara Angarsk | 0–1 | Zvezda Irkutsk |
| Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Gatchina |
| Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
| Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 5–0 | Astrateks Astrakhan |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 2–0 | Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala |
| Dynamo Omsk | 0–1 | Tom Tomsk |
| Amkar Perm | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) | Irtysh Tobolsk |
| Zavodchanin Saratov | 0–1 | Dynamo Mikhaylovka |
| Lada Dimitrovgrad | 2–1 | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Olimp Kislovodsk | 4–0 | Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny |
| Avtozapchast Baksan | 3–0 | Iriston Vladikavkaz |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | 2–0 | Sodovik Sterlitamak |
| Zenit Penza | 1–0 | Planeta Bugulma |
| Sibir Kurgan | 1–2 | UralAZ Miass |
| Uralets Nizhny Tagil | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Energiya Chaykovsky |
| Lokomotiv Liski | 3–0 | Spartak Ryazan |
| Spartak Shchyolkovo | 4–3 | Luch Tula |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Metallurg Vyksa |
| Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | Progress Zelenodolsk |

## Third round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 30 May 1996 |||
| Dynamo Bryansk | 1–0 | Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
| Kuzbass Kemerovo | 1–0 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk |
| Tom Tomsk | 4–0 | Amkar Perm |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | 2–0 | Zenit Penza |
| 31 May 1996 |||
| Kolos Krasnodar | 3–0 | Torpedo Taganrog |
| Avtozapchast Baksan | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Olimp Kislovodsk |
| 1 June 1996 |||
| FC Oryol | 2–1 | Istochnik Rostov-on-Don |
| Krasnogvardeyets Moscow | 0–5 | FC MChS-Selyatino |
| Avangard-Kortek Kolomna | 0–2 | Avtomobilist Noginsk |
| SKA Khabarovsk | 2–1 | Okean Nakhodka |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 3–1 | Zvezda Irkutsk |
| Lokomotiv-Saturn Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | FC Gatchina |
| Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 0–2 | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Lada Dimitrovgrad | 3–0 | Dynamo Mikhaylovka |
| UralAZ Miass | 3–1 | Uralets Nizhny Tagil |
| Lokomotiv Liski | 3–1 | Spartak Shchyolkovo |
| Rubin Kazan | 5–1 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk |

## Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lada-Tolyatti started at this stage.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 29 June 1996 |||
| Lokomotiv Liski | 1–3 | Fakel Voronezh |
| 30 June 19966 |||
| Dynamo Bryansk | 2–3 | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
| FC Oryol | 2–1 | Sokol-PZhD Saratov |
| FC MChS-Selyatino | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Saturn Ramenskoye |
| Kuzbass Kemerovo | 0–1 | Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky |
| Avtomobilist Noginsk | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Torpedo Arzamas |
| Kolos Krasnodar | 1–2 | Druzhba Maykop |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 8–0 | Spartak Nalchik |
| Tom Tomsk | 7–0 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk |
| Lada Dimitrovgrad | 2–0 | Torpedo Volzhsky |
| Avtozapchast Baksan | 3–1 | Dynamo Stavropol |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | 2–1 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| UralAZ Miass | 2–0 | Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk |

## Round of 32

All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.

## Final

| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | FC Dynamo Moscow |
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: :
| GK | Sergei Ovchinnikov |
| DF | Aleksei Arifullin |
| MF | Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov |
| MF | Yevgeni Kharlachyov |
| DF | Andrei Solomatin |
| DF | Igor Chugainov |
| MF | Alexei Kosolapov (captain) |
| DF | Sergei Gurenko |
| MF | Aleksandr Borodyuk 71' |
| DF | Igor Cherevchenko 47' |
| MF | Aleksandr Smirnov 87' |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Zaza Janashia 71' |
| MF | Vladimir Maminov 47' |
| FW | Oleg Garin 87' |
| Manager: |||
| Yuri Semin |||
FC Dynamo Moscow: :
| GK | Andrei Smetanin (captain) |
| DF | Erik Yakhimovich |
| DF | Yuri Kovtun |
| DF | Andrei Ostrovskiy |
| DF | Sergei Shtanyuk |
| MF | Andrey Kobelev |
| MF | Sergey Grishin |
| MF | Vladimir Skokov 64' |
| FW | Oleg Sergeyev 48' |
| MF | Sergei Nekrasov 52' |
| FW | Oleg Teryokhin |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Aleksandr Tochilin 64' |
| FW | Andrei Dyomkin 48' |
| MF | Aliaksandr Kulchiy 52' |
| Manager: |||
| Adamas Golodets |||
* MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shootout if scores still level.
* Seven named substitutes
* Maximum of 3 substitutions.
Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game:
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin (DF), Oleg Elyshev (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Dmitri Bulykin (FW), Oleh Haras (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin (FW).
FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF), Yevgeni Korablyov (DF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF), Aleksandr Grishin (MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW), Dmitri Cheryshev (FW).