# 2015–16 Belarusian Cup

The 2015–16 Belarusian Cup was the 25th season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first were played on 23 May 2015. Winners of the Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

## Participating clubs

The following teams took part in the competition:
| 2015 Belarusian Premier League all 14 teams | 2015 Belarusian First League all 16 teams | 2015 Belarusian Second League all 20 teams | Winners of regional cups 5 teams |
| BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Naftan Novopolotsk Gomel Minsk Neman Grodno Slutsk Belshina Bobruisk Dinamo Brest Granit Mikashevichi Slavia Mozyr Vitebsk | Dnepr Mogilev Smorgon Rechitsa-2014 Gorodeya Isloch Minsk Raion Khimik Svetlogorsk Zvezda-BGU Minsk Smolevichi-STI Gomelzheldortrans Bereza-2010 Lida Slonim Baranovichi Krumkachy Minsk Orsha Kobrin | Volna Pinsk Belita-Viteks Uzda Zhlobin Luch Minsk AK Zhdanovichi Osipovichi Torpedo Minsk Spartak Shklov Kletsk MKK-Dnepr Rogachev Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 Priozerye Verkhnedvinsk Krutogorye Dzerzhinsk Kolos-Druzhba Baranovichi Raion Vertikal Kalinkovichi Oshmyany UAS-DYuSSh-Zhitkovichi Torpedo Mogilev Viktoriya Maryina Gorka Lyuban | Brestzhilstroy (Brest Oblast) FSK Grodnenskiy (Grodno Oblast) Zhodino-2007 (Minsk Oblast) Zarya Krugloye (Mogilev Oblast) Gazovik Vitebsk (Vitebsk Oblast) |

## First round

In this round 5 amateur clubs and 9 randomly chosen Second League clubs were drawn into 7 fixtures. The matches were played on 23 and 24 May 2015.

## Second round

In this round 7 winners of the First Round were joined by 11 remaining Second League clubs and 14 First League clubs to play in 16 fixtures. Two leaders of First League as of the moment of the draw (Isloch Minsk Raion and Smorgon) were given a bye to the Round of 32. The matches were played on 10 June 2015.

## Round of 32

In this round 16 winners of the Second Round were joined by 2 remaining First League clubs and 14 Premier League clubs to play in 16 two-legged fixtures. The matches were played on 16–19 July and 1–2 August 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Baranovichi (II) | 1–3 | Slavia Mozyr | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dnepr Mogilev (II) | 2–7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–4 | 2–3 |
| Gomelzheldortrans (II) | 3–4 | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Oshmyany (III) | 2–8 | Granit Mikashevichi | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Dinamo Brest | 5–4 | Bereza-2010 (II) | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Kobrin (II) | 0–6 | Gomel | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Krumkachy Minsk (II) | 2–6 | Slutsk | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Lida (II) | 3–5 | Smorgon (II) | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Gorodeya (II) | 0–2 | Minsk | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk (II) | 2–5 | Isloch Minsk Raion (II) | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Rechitsa-2014 (II) | 0–6 | Neman Grodno | 0–0 | 0–6 |
| Spartak Shklov (III) | 2–8 | BATE Borisov | 2–1 | 0–7 |
| Volna Pinsk (III) | 1–5 | Vitebsk | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Orsha (II) | 1–16 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–5 | 1–11 |
| Slonim (II) | 2–18 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–10 | 1–8 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 7–2 | Smolevichi-STI (II) | 2–0 | 5–2 |
* ^ Order of legs switched after original draw per mutual agreement.

### Second leg
## Round of 16

In this round 16 winners of the previous were paired into 8 two-legged fixtures. The draw was conducted on 4 August 2015.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Minsk | 4–4 (a) | Slavia Mozyr | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 3–2 | Dinamo Brest | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Vitebsk | 2–4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Gomel | 0–5 | Slutsk | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Smorgon (II) | 1–9 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–5 | 1–4 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 4–1 | Isloch Minsk Raion (II) | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| BATE Borisov | 8–1 | Granit Mikashevichi | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | Neman Grodno | 1–1 | 1–0 |
* ^ Order of legs switched after original draw per mutual agreement.

### Second leg
## Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 19 and 20 March 2016 and the second legs were played on 6 April 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Minsk | 2–0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| BATE Borisov | 3–0 | Slutsk | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–0 | 0–2 (aet) |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 4–2 | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–1 | 3–1 (aet) |

### Second leg
## Semifinals

The first legs were played on 20 April 2016 and the second legs will be played on 4 May 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–2 (a) | BATE Borisov | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2–1 | Minsk | 1–1 | 1–0 |

### Second leg
## Final

The final match was played on 21 May 2016 at OSK Brestsky in Brest.
BATE: :
| GK | 16 | Syarhey Chernik |
| RB | 15 | Maksim Zhavnerchik |
| CB | 19 | Nemanja Milunović |
| CB | 4 | Kaspars Dubra |
| LB | 33 | Dzyanis Palyakow | 67' |
| DM | 77 | Yury Kendysh | 81' | 108' |
| RM | 17 | Alyaksey Ryas | | 82' |
| CM | 10 | Mirko Ivanić |
| CM | 5 | Yevgeniy Yablonskiy |
| LM | 22 | Ihar Stasevich (c) |
| FW | 62 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | | 115' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 34 | Artem Soroko |
| DF | 3 | Vital Hayduchyk |
| MF | 8 | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 118' | 108' |
| FW | 11 | Dmitry Antilevsky | | 115' |
| DF | 14 | Artur Pikk |
| FW | 20 | Vitali Rodionov |
| DF | 42 | Maksim Valadzko | | 82' |
| Manager: |||
| Alyaksandr Yermakovich ||||
TORPEDO-BELAZ: :
| GK | 23 | Valery Fomichev |
| RB | 6 | Alyaksey Pankavets (c) |
| CB | 21 | Valery Karshakevich |
| CB | 18 | Uladzimir Shcherba |
| CB | 2 | Artsyom Chelyadzinski |
| LB | 30 | Pavel Chelyadko | 91' |
| RM | 13 | Maksim Skavysh |
| CM | 7 | Serhiy Shapoval |
| CM | 28 | Yevhen Chumak |
| LM | 17 | Anton Holenkov | 115' |
| FW | 97 | Vadzim Dzemidovich | 80' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 35 | Yahor Hatkevich |
| DF | 4 | Yevgeniy Klopotskiy | 91' |
| FW | 10 | Gennadi Bliznyuk |
| DF | 22 | Aleksandr Pavlovets |
| MF | 31 | Yury Pavlyukovets |
| MF | 77 | Vitaliy Kvashuk | 80' |
| FW | 90 | Denis Trapashko | 115' |
| Manager: |||
| Igor Kriushenko ||||