Russian Cup (football)

The Russian Cup () is a football competition held annually by the Football Union of Russia for professional and some amateur (only after a special permission and licensing by Russian Football Union) football clubs.

The winner of the competition ordinarily got a spot in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. However, all Russian clubs, as well as the national team, have been barred from European competition due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Participants

All clubs from the Russian Premier League, First Division and Second Division as well as amateur clubs compete for the Russian Cup.

Competition system

The competition had historically been held under knockout format. Second Division teams started from 1/512, 1/256, or 1/128 final stage, depending on the number of teams in the corresponding Second Division zone. First Division teams entered the tournament at 1/32 final stage, and Premier League teams at the 1/16 final stage. All ties were one-legged.

In 2020–21 and 2021–22, an "Elite group round" was added after the 1/64 final stage where all Premier League teams except those competing in UEFA competitions entered, which replaced the 1/32 and 1/16 final stages. Premier League teams competing in UEFA competitions were slotted into the Round of 16. All ties remained one-legged, with the Elite group round being single round robin.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine barring Russian sides from competing in Europe, the cup was reformatted again from 2022–23. Premier League clubs would be placed in their own path (known as the "RPL path") beginning with a double round robin group stage, while First Division, Second Division and amateur clubs (including teams from media football) would be separated into the "Regions path" maintaining a traditional knockout format. The two paths act as a double elimination bracket in the knockout stage (after the RPL group stage and Regions round 6), with the RPL path having two-legged ties and the Regions path having one-legged ties.

The final tie is played as a single match; it is held in Moscow, but from 2009 to 2021 it moved around the country. First round matches are usually played in August, with the final being played the following year in June, so each Russian Cup competition lasts for just under a year.

Finals

The Russian Cup has been played since 1992. The finals have produced the following results:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=5%|Season

!width=22%|Winners

!width=10%|Score

!width=22%|Runners-up

!width=16%|Venue

!width=10%|Attendance

|1992–93

|Torpedo Moscow (1) Savichev Penalties: Afanasyev Novgorodov Pazyomov Arefyev Ulyanov

|1–1 5–3

|CSKA Moscow Faizulin Penalties: Antonovich Dudnik Minko Mamchur

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|20,000

|1993–94

|Spartak Moscow (1) Ledyakhov Karpin Penalties: Ledyakhov Onopko Ternavsky Alenichev

|2–2 4–2

|CSKA Moscow Radimov Bystrov Penalties: Grishin Bushmanov Kupriyanov Bystrov

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|30,000

|1994–95

|Dynamo Moscow (1) Penalties: Nekrasov Ishkinin Samatov Kutsenko Yakhimovich Bogomolov Safronov Shulgin

|0–0 8–7

|Rotor Volgograd Penalties: Veretennikov Bondar Burlachenko Menshchikov Troynin Nechay Zhunenko Korniyets

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|20,000

|1995–96

|Lokomotiv Moscow (1) Kosolapov Drozdov

|3–2

|Spartak Moscow Lipko Nikiforov

|Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|20,000

|1996–97

|Lokomotiv Moscow (2) Smirnov Kharlachyov

|2–0

|Dynamo Moscow

|Torpedo Stadium, Moscow

|13,800

|1997–98

|Spartak Moscow (2) Tikhonov

|1–0

|Lokomotiv Moscow

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|36,800

|1998–99

|Zenit Saint Petersburg (1) Panov Maksymyuk

|3–1

|Dynamo Moscow Pisarev

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|22,000

|1999–2000

|Lokomotiv Moscow (3) Yevseyev Bulykin Tsymbalar

|3–2

|CSKA Moscow Semak Kornaukhov

|Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|26,000

|2000–01

|Lokomotiv Moscow (4) Janashia Penalties: Izmaylov Lekgetho Chugaynov Maminov Loskov

|1–1 4–3

|Anzhi Makhachkala Sirkhayev Penalties: Agalarov Akayev Sirkhayev Rahimić Yaskovich

|Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

|8,500

|2001–02

|CSKA Moscow (1) Solomatin Yanovsky

|2–0

|Zenit Saint Petersburg

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|48,000

|2002–03

|Spartak Moscow (3) Titov

|1–0

|Rostov

|Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|22,000

|2003–04

|Terek Grozny (1) Fedkov

|1–0

|Krylia Sovetov Samara

|Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|17,000

|2004–05

|CSKA Moscow (2) Zhirkov

|1–0

|Khimki

|Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|25,000

|2005–06

|CSKA Moscow (3) Jô Vágner Love

|3–0

|Spartak Moscow

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|67,000

|2006–07

|Lokomotiv Moscow (5) O'Connor

|1–0

|FC Moscow

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|45,000

|2007–08

|CSKA Moscow (4) Vágner Love Jô Penalties: Zhirkov Vágner Love Jô Janczyk

|2–2 4–1

|Amkar Perm Drinčić Dujmović Penalties: Drinčić Kushev Dujmović

|Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

|24,000

|2008–09

|CSKA Moscow (5) Aldonin

| 1–0

|Rubin Kazan

|Arena Khimki, Khimki

|13,000

|2009–10

|Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) Shirokov

| 1–0

|Sibir Novosibirsk

|Olimp – 2, Rostov-on-Don

|15,000

|2010–11

| CSKA Moscow (6) Doumbia

| 2–1

| Alania Vladikavkaz Neco

|Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl

|12,900

|2011–12

| Rubin Kazan (1) R. Yeryomenko

| 1–0

| Dynamo Moscow

|Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

|27,000

|2012–13

|CSKA Moscow (7) Musa Penalties: Mamayev V. Berezutsky Musa Vágner Love Doumbia

|1–1 4–3

|Anzhi Makhachkala Diarra Penalties: Boussoufa Zhirkov Willian Jucilei Eto'o

|Terek Stadium, Grozny

|28,000

|2013–14

|Rostov (1) Penalties: Milić Poloz Dyakov Sinama Pongolle Dzyuba Gațcan Lolo

|0–0 6–5

|FC Krasnodar Penalties: Granqvist Abreu Laborde Joãozinho Ari Sigurðsson Gazinsky

|Anzhi-Arena, Kaspiysk

|19,500

|2014–15

|Lokomotiv Moscow (6) Niasse Boussoufa Al. Miranchuk

|3–1

|Kuban Krasnodar Ignatyev

|Central Stadium, Astrakhan

|16,000

|2015–16

|Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) Hulk Kokorin Yusupov

|4–1

|CSKA Moscow Olanare

|Kazan Arena, Kazan

|36,600

|2016–17

|Lokomotiv Moscow (7) I. Denisov Al. Miranchuk

|2–0

|Ural Yekaterinburg

|Fisht Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sochi

|24,500

|2017–18

|Tosno (1) Skvortsov Mirzov

|2–1

|Avangard Kursk Kireyev

|Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

|40,373

|2018–19

|Lokomotiv Moscow (8) Barinov

|1–0

|Ural Yekaterinburg

|Samara Arena, Samara

|38,018

|2019–20

|Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) Dzyuba

| 1–0

|Khimki

|Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

|3,408

|2020–21

|Lokomotiv Moscow (9) Kamano Smolov Murilo

|3–1

|Krylia Sovetov Samara Sarveli

|Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

|20,808

|2021–22

|Spartak Moscow (4) Sobolev Promes

|2–1

|Dynamo Moscow Zakharyan

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|69,306

|2022–23

|CSKA Moscow (8) Chalov Penalties: Chalov Diveyev Moisés Gajić Medina Carrascal Zabolotny

|1–1 6–5

|FC Krasnodar Córdoba Penalties: Spertsyan Akhmetov Córdoba Batxi Alonso Ramírez Olusegun

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|53,425

|2023–24

|Zenit Saint Petersburg (5) Nino Alip

|2–1

|Baltika Kaliningrad Fernandes

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|41,776

|2024–25

|CSKA Moscow (9) Penalties: Pjanić Diveyev Oblyakov Kislyak Gajić

|0–0 4–3

|Rostov Penalties: Bayramyan Komlichenko Sutormin Sako Osipenko

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|57,176

|2025–26

|Spartak Moscow (5) Solari Penalties: Dmitriyev Umyarov Wooh Barco

|1–1 4–3

|Krasnodar Augusto Penalties: Spertsyan Olaza Krivtsov Boselli Pina

|Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

|72,928

Performance by club

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|- style="background:#efefef;"

! Club

! Winners

! Runners-up

! Winning years

! Runner-up years

| CSKA Moscow

| 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023, 2025

| 1993, 1994, 2000, 2016

| Lokomotiv Moscow

| 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

| 1998

| Spartak Moscow

| 1994, 1998, 2003, 2022, 2026

| 1996, 2006

| Zenit Saint Petersburg

| 1999, 2010, 2016, 2020, 2024

| 2002

| Dynamo Moscow

| 1995

| 1997, 1999, 2012, 2022

| Rostov

| 2014

| 2003, 2025

| Rubin Kazan

| 2012

| 2009

| Torpedo Moscow

| 1993

| –

| Akhmat Grozny

| 2004

| –

| Tosno

| 2018

| –

| FC Krasnodar

| –

| 2014, 2023, 2026

| Anzhi Makhachkala

| –

| 2001, 2013

| Ural Yekaterinburg

| –

| 2017, 2019

| Khimki

| –

| 2005, 2020

| Krylia Sovetov Samara

| –

| 2004, 2021

| Rotor Volgograd

| –

| 1995

| FC Moscow

| –

| 2007

| Amkar Perm

| –

| 2008

| Sibir Novosibirsk

| –

| 2010

| Alania Vladikavkaz

| –

| 2011

| Kuban Krasnodar

| –

| 2015

| Avangard Kursk

| –

| 2018

| Baltika Kaliningrad

| –

| 2024

!Total

!32

Trivia

To date, Terek Grozny is the only club which has won the Russian Cup while playing in the Russian Football National League, the second league of Russian football.

Notes

References

External links

Russian Cup on the website of the Russian Football Union
Russia – Cup Finals on RSSSF
Russian Cup summary on Soccerway

Participants

Competition system

Finals

Performance by club

Trivia

See also

Notes

References

External links