# 1997–98 Russian Cup

The 1997–98 Russian Cup was the sixth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

## First round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2 May 1997 |||
| Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | 3–0 | Irtysh Tobolsk |
| Dynamo Barnaul | 3–1 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk |
| Dynamo Omsk | 2–0 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk |
| FC Mezhdurechensk | 0–1 | Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk |
| Tom Tomsk | 4–1 | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
| Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Viktoriya Nazarovo |
| Energetik Uren | 2–0 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk |
| 4 May 1997 |||
| Progress Zelenodolsk | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) | Torpedo Pavlovo |
| Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 0–3 | Rubin Kazan |
| Metallurg Vyksa | 2–1 | Torpedo Arzamas |
| Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod | 2–0 | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Zenit Penza | 1–0 | Biokhimik-Mordovia Saransk |
| Neftyanik Bugulma | 2–1 | Neftyanik Pokhvistnevo |
| Gazovik Orenburg | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Magnitka Magnitogorsk |
| Metiznik Magnitogorsk | 1–4 | Nosta Novotroitsk |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 1–0 | Sodovik Sterlitamak |
| Salyut Saratov | 1–0 | Iskra Engels |
| Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala | w/o | FC Derbent |
| Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky | 2–0 | Dynamo Perm |
| Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany | 1–0 | Zenit Izhevsk |
| Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Gatchina |
| Spartak Kostroma | 0–6 | Dynamo Vologda |
| Neftyanik Yaroslavl | 2–0 | Volga Tver |
| 5 May 1997 |||
| Chertanovo Moscow | 3–4 | Asmaral Moscow |
| Roda Moscow | 5–1 | Monolit Moscow |
| Sportakademklub Moscow | 0–3 | Spartak-Orekhovo |
| Volga Balakovo | 0–2 | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 May 1997 |||
| Luch Tula | 0–4 | FC MChS-Selyatino |
| Torgmash Lyubertsy | 2–1 | Fabus Bronnitsy |
| Kosmos Dolgoprudny | 6–0 | Krasnogvardeyets Moscow |
| Titan Reutov | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | Spartak Shchyolkovo |
| Olimp Kislovodsk | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Druzhba Maykop |
| Beshtau Lermontov | 0–2 | Energiya Pyatigorsk |
| Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody | 1–6 | Torpedo Armavir |
| Torpedo Vladimir | 1–2 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
| FC Kolomna | 1–2 | Saturn Ramenskoye |
| Lokomotiv Yelets | 3–2 | Lokomotiv Liski |
| FC Oryol | 3–1 | Don Novomoskovsk |
| Spartak Tambov | 0–1 | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Avangard Kursk | 0–1 | Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod |
| Mosenergo Moscow | 4–1 | Avtomobilist Noginsk |
| Stroitel Morshansk | 2–1 | Spartak Ryazan |
| Spartak Nalchik | 4–2 | Nart Cherkessk |
| Kavkazkabel Prokhladny | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Angusht Nazran |
| FC Mozdok | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p) | Avtodor Vladikavkaz |
| Nart Nartkala | 0–2 | Avtozapchast Baksan |
| Energetik Uren | 1–4 | Sokol-PZhD Saratov |
| Rubin Kazan | 3–1 | Progress Zelenodolsk |
| Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | Metallurg Vyksa |
| Zenit Penza | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Energiya Kamyshin |
| Asmaral Moscow | 3–4 | Arsenal Tula |
| Spartak-Orekhovo | 1–2 | Roda Moscow |
| Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny | 2–1 | Torpedo Volzhsky |
| FC Volgodonsk | 0–2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| Metallurg Krasny Sulin | 3–1 | Shakhtyor Shakhty |
| Torpedo Taganrog | w/o | Avangard-Kolos Taganrog |
| Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 3–1 | Spartak Anapa |
| Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani | w/o | Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi |
| Mashinostroitel Pskov | 0–3 | CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk |
| Dynamo Bryansk | 2–0 | Industriya Borovsk |
| Lokomotiv Kaluga | 2–0 | Spartak Bryansk |
| Neftyanik Bugulma | 3–2 | Lada-Togliatti |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | 5–0 | Magnitka Magnitogorsk |
| UralAZ Miass | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Sibir Kurgan |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 2–0 | Lada Dimitrovgrad |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 2–1 | Salyut Saratov |
| Rotor-2 Mikhaylovka | 1–0 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan |
| Dynamo-Imamat Makhachkala | 0–4 | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Trubnik Kamensk-Uralsky | 0–3 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg |
| Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany | 0–1 | Amkar Perm |
| Energiya Chaykovsky | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk |
| Uralets Nizhny Tagil | 0–1 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Dynamo Saint Petersburg |
| Dynamo Vologda | 3–0 | Neftyanik Yaroslavl |
| 16 May 1997 |||
| Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | 3–1 | Irtysh Omsk |
| Dynamo Barnaul | 4–0 | Dynamo Omsk |
| Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk | 1–0 | Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky |
| Tom Tomsk | 5–1 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk |
| Zvezda Irkutsk | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Angara Angarsk |
| Selenga Ulan-Ude | 2–3 | Lokomotiv Chita |
| Amur-Energiya Blagoveshchensk | 0–2 | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Okean Nakhodka | 1–3 | Luch Vladivostok |

## Third round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 1997 |||
| FC MChS-Selyatino | 3–1 | Torgmash Lyubertsy |
| Spartak Shchyolkovo | 1–2 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny |
| Druzhba Maykop | 1–0 | Energiya Pyatigorsk |
| Torpedo Armavir | 1–3 | Dynamo Stavropol |
| Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 1–0 | Saturn Ramenskoye |
| FC Oryol | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Lokomotiv Yelets |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 5–0 | Salyut-YuKOS Belgorod |
| Stroitel Morshansk | 1–2 | Mosenergo Moscow |
| Spartak Nalchik | 2–1 | Kavkazkabel Prokhladny |
| Avtodor Vladikavkaz | 1–2 | Avtozapchast Baksan |
| Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk | 2–1 | Dynamo Barnaul |
| Metallurg-Zapsib Novokuznetsk | 0–1 | Tom Tomsk |
| Sokol-PZhD Saratov | 0–2 | Rubin Kazan |
| Metallurg Vyksa | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | Zenit Penza |
| Arsenal Tula | 4–0 | Roda Moscow |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–0 | Spartak-Bratskiy Yuzhny |
| Metallurg Krasny Sulin | 2–1 | Torpedo Taganrog |
| Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 1–2 | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Venets Gulkevichi |
| CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk | 5–3 | Dynamo Bryansk |
| Lokomotiv Kaluga | 0–4 | Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg |
| Nosta Novotroitsk | 5–1 | Neftyanik Bugulma |
| Sibir Kurgan | 0–2 | Volga Ulyanovsk |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 1–5 | Uralan Elista |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 4–2 | Rotor-2 Mikhaylovka |
| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) | Amkar Perm |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 4–0 | Energiya Chaykovsky |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Zvezda Irkutsk |
| SKA Khabarovsk | 2–3 | Luch Vladivostok |
| Dynamo Vologda | 4–0 | Volochanin Vyshny Volochyok |

## Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams Fakel Voronezh and Shinnik Yaroslavl started at this stage.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 6 July 1997 |||
| FC MChS-Selyatino | 1–0 | Kosmos Dolgoprudny |
| Dynamo Stavropol | 5–3 | Druzhba Maykop |
| Tekstilschik Ivanovo | 0–1 | FC Oryol |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 1–0 | Mosenergo Moscow |
| Avtozapchast Baksan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Spartak Nalchik |
| Tom Tomsk | 2–1 | Samotlor-XXI Nizhnevartovsk |
| Rubin Kazan | 3–0 | Metallurg Vyksa |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–3 | Metallurg Krasny Sulin |
| Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 2–3 | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg | 1–2 | CSK VVS-Kristall Smolensk |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | 1–0 | Nosta Novotroitsk |
| Uralan Elista | 2–0 | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 5–0 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 21 July 1997 |||
| Luch Vladivostok | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Lokomotiv Chita |

## Round of 32

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

## Final

| FC Spartak Moscow | FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
FC Spartak Moscow: :
| GK | Aleksandr Filimonov |
| DF | Sergei Gorlukovich |
| DF | Dmitri Khlestov |
| MF | Ilya Tsymbalar |
| DF | Miroslav Romaschenko |
| DF | Dimitri Ananko |
| DF | Dmytro Parfenov |
| MF | Dmitri Alenichev (captain) |
| MF | Yegor Titov |
| FW | Maksim Buznikin 61' |
| MF | Andrey Tikhonov |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Anatoli Kanishchev 61' |
| Manager: |||
| Oleg Romantsev |||
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: :
| GK | Ruslan Nigmatullin |
| DF | Igor Cherevchenko |
| MF | Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov |
| MF | Yevgeni Kharlachyov |
| DF | Sargis Hovhannisyan |
| DF | Igor Chugainov |
| MF | Alexei Kosolapov (captain) |
| DF | Sergei Gurenko |
| FW | Zaza Janashia |
| MF | Dmitri Loskov 54' |
| FW | Aleksandr Borodyuk |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Andrei Solomatin 54' |
| Manager: |||
| Yuri Syomin |||
* 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 Spartak Moscow: Vadim Evseev (DF), Ramiz Mamedov (DF), Konstantin Golovskoy (DF), Aleksei Melyoshin (MF), Aleksei Bakharev (MF), Aleksandr Shirko (FW), Sergey Dmitriev (FW), Aleksei Zlydnev (FW), Sergei Lutovinov (FW), Luis Robson (FW).
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Aleksandr Podshivalov (GK), Aleksei Arifullin (DF), Andrei Lavrik (DF), Oleg Pashinin (DF), Vladimir Maminov (MF), Aleksandr Smirnov (MF), Bakhva Tedeyev (MF), Albert Sarkisyan (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Oleh Haras (FW).