# 2007–08 Russian Cup

The 2007–08 Russian Cup was the sixteenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 18 April 2007 and finished with the final held on 17 May 2008.

## First round

This round featured four Second Division teams and four amateur teams. The games were played on 18 April 2007.

## Second round

In this round entered 4 winners from the First Round and the 60 Second Division teams. The matches were played between 15 and 29 April 2007.

## Third round

In this round entered 32 winners from the Second Round and the 8 remaining Second Division teams. The matches were played between 29 April and 14 May 2007.

## Fourth round

In this round entered 20 winners from the Third Round teams. The matches were played between 18 May and 2 June 2007.

## Fifth round

In this round entered 10 winners from the Fourth Round teams and the 22 First Division teams. The matches were played on 12 and 13 June 2007.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Torpedo Vladimir | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Baltika Kaliningrad (II) |
| Volga Tver | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Torpedo Moscow (II) |
| FC Lukhovitsy | 6–0 | Mordovia Saransk (II) |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl (II) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo (II) |
| Dynamo Bryansk (II) | 1–0 | Spartak-MZhK Ryazan (II) |
| Zenit Penza | 1–2 | Avangard Kursk (II) |
| Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 2–3 | Salyut-Energia Belgorod (II) |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don (II) | 1–0 | Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (II) |
| Terek Grozny (II) | 2–0 | Alania Vladikavkaz (II) |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2–1 | Anzhi Makhachkala (II) |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak (II) | 0–1 | Nosta Novotroitsk (II) |
| Alnas Almetyevsk | 1–3 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (II) |
| Gazovik Orenburg | 0–2 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (II) |
| Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk (II) | 2–1 | Sibir Novosibirsk (II) |
| Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure |
| SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (II) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Zvezda Irkutsk (II) |

## Round of 32

In this round entered 16 winners from the Fifth Round teams and the all Premier League teams. The matches were played on 27 June 2007.

## Round of 16

The matches were played on 8 August 2007.

## Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 16 September and 31 October 2007.

## Semi-finals

The matches were played on 16 April 2008.

## Final

The match was played on 17 May 2008.
| CSKA | Amkar |
Igor Akinfeev (c) :
| DF | 2 | Deividas Šemberas |
| DF | 4 | Sergei Ignashevich | 66' |
| DF | 6 | Aleksei Berezutski |
| DF | 24 | Vasili Berezutski |
| MF | 8 | Dudu | 5' | 87' |
| MF | 10 | Jô |
| MF | 17 | Miloš Krasić | 80' |
| MF | 18 | Yuri Zhirkov | 105' |
| MF | 22 | Evgeni Aldonin | 61' |
| FW | 9 | Vágner Love |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 33 | Yevgeny Pomazan |
| DF | 15 | Chidi Odiah |
| DF | 50 | Anton Grigoryev |
| MF | 25 | Elvir Rahimić | 66' |
| MF | 46 | Alan Dzagoev | 61' |
| FW | 14 | Ricardo Jesus |
| FW | 19 | Dawid Janczyk | 87' |
| Manager: |||
| Valery Gazzaev Assistant referees: Yevgeni Volnin (Vladimir) Viktor Lebedev (Saint Petersburg) Fourth official: Maksim Layushkin (Moscow) ||||
Vladimir Gabulov :
| DF | 14 | Zahari Sirakov | 70' |
| DF | 15 | Miklós Gaál |
| DF | 21 | Dmitri Belorukov | 94' |
| DF | 24 | Aleksei Popov (c) |
| MF | 3 | Ivan Starkov | |
| MF | 7 | Georgi Peev | 29' | 90' |
| MF | 18 | Nikola Drinčić |
| MF | 22 | Tomislav Dujmović |
| FW | 29 | Martin Kushev |
| FW | 99 | Predrag Sikimić | 76' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 42 | Sergei Narubin |
| DF | 23 | Ivan Cherenchikov | 70' |
| DF | 69 | Marko Milovanović |
| MF | 10 | Mikhail Afanasyev | 90' |
| MF | 77 | Ildar Akhmetzyanov |
| FW | 19 | Nikolai Zhilyayev |
| FW | 33 | Nenad Injac | 76' | 111' |
| Manager: |||
| Miodrag Božović ||||
Played in the earlier stages, but were not on the final game squad:
PFC CSKA Moscow: Veniamin Mandrykin (GK), Daniel Carvalho (MF), Eduardo Ratinho (MF), Caner Erkin (MF), Sergei Gorelov (MF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Ivan Taranov (MF), Dmitry Tikhonov (FW), Nikita Burmistrov (FW).
FC Sibir Novosibirsk: Ivan Levenets (GK), Pavel Alikin (DF), Ghenadie Olexici (DF), Vitali Grishin (MF), Andrei Lavrik (MF), Mikhail Makagonov (MF), Andrei Kobenko (MF), Antonio Soldevilla (MF), Sergei Volkov (FW), Yevgeny Savin (FW).