Russian Cup (football)

For other uses, see Russian Cup (disambiguation).

Russian Cup

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Organising body	Russian Football Union
Founded	1992 (1992)
Region	Russia
Number of teams	107
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)	Russian Super Cup
Current champions	Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	Lokomotiv Moscow (9 titles)
Website	rfs.ru/cup
File:Soccerball current event.svg 2024–25 Russian Cup

The Russian Cup (Russian: Кубок России) 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 is held under knockout format. Second Division teams start 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 enter the tournament at 1/32 final stage, and Premier League teams at 1/16 final stage. All ties are one-legged. The final tie is played as a single match; traditionally, it had been held in Moscow, but since 2009 has moved around the country. First round matches are usually played in April, with the final being played the following year in May, so each Russian Cup competition lasts for more than a year.

Finals

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

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1992–93	Torpedo Moscow (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Savichev Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Afanasyev soccer ball with check mark Novgorodov soccer ball with check mark Pazyomov soccer ball with check mark Arefyev soccer ball with check mark Ulyanov	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–3 (p)	CSKA Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Faizulin Penalties: soccer ball with red X Antonovich soccer ball with check mark Dudnik soccer ball with check mark Minko soccer ball with check mark Mamchur	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	20,000
1993–94	Spartak Moscow (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Ledyakhov File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Karpin Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Ledyakhov soccer ball with check mark Onopko soccer ball with check mark Ternavsky soccer ball with check mark Alenichev	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	CSKA Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Radimov File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Bystrov Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Grishin soccer ball with red X Bushmanov soccer ball with red X Kupriyanov soccer ball with check mark Bystrov	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	30,000
1994–95	Dynamo Moscow (1) Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Nekrasov soccer ball with check mark Ishkinin soccer ball with check mark Samatov soccer ball with check mark Kutsenko soccer ball with check mark Yakhimovich soccer ball with check mark Bogomolov soccer ball with check mark Safronov soccer ball with check mark Shulgin	0–0 (a.e.t.) 8–7 (p)	Rotor Volgograd Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Veretennikov soccer ball with check mark Bondar soccer ball with check mark Burlachenko soccer ball with check mark Menshchikov soccer ball with check mark Troynin soccer ball with check mark Nechay soccer ball with check mark Zhunenko soccer ball with red X Korniyets	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	20,000
1995–96	Lokomotiv Moscow (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 43' Kosolapov File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Drozdov	3–2	Spartak Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Lipko File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Nikiforov	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow	20,000
1996–97	Lokomotiv Moscow (2) File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Smirnov File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Kharlachyov	2–0	Dynamo Moscow	Torpedo Stadium, Moscow	13,800
1997–98	Spartak Moscow (2) File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Tikhonov	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	36,800
1998–99	Zenit Saint Petersburg (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 59' Panov File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Maksymyuk	3–1	Dynamo Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Pisarev	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	22,000
1999–2000	Lokomotiv Moscow (3) File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Yevseyev File:Soccerball shade.svg 96' Bulykin File:Soccerball shade.svg 113' Tsymbalar	3–2 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Semak File:Soccerball shade.svg 120+1' Kornaukhov	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow	26,000
2000–01	Lokomotiv Moscow (4) File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' Janashia Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Izmaylov soccer ball with check mark Lekgetho soccer ball with red X Chugaynov soccer ball with check mark Maminov soccer ball with check mark Loskov	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Anzhi Makhachkala File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Sirkhayev Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Agalarov soccer ball with red X Akayev soccer ball with check mark Sirkhayev soccer ball with red X Rahimić soccer ball with check mark Yaskovich	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow	8,500
2001–02	CSKA Moscow (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Solomatin File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Yanovsky	2–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	48,000
2002–03	Spartak Moscow (3) File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Titov	1–0	Rostov	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow	22,000
2003–04	Terek Grozny (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' Fedkov	1–0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow	17,000
2004–05	CSKA Moscow (2) File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Zhirkov	1–0	Khimki	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow	25,000
2005–06	CSKA Moscow (3) File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 90+3' Jô File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Vágner Love	3–0	Spartak Moscow	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	67,000
2006–07	Lokomotiv Moscow (5) File:Soccerball shade.svg 102' O'Connor	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Moscow	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	45,000
2007–08	CSKA Moscow (4) File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Vágner Love File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Jô Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Zhirkov soccer ball with check mark Vágner Love soccer ball with check mark Jô soccer ball with check mark Janczyk	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–1 (p)	Amkar Perm File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Drinčić File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Dujmović Penalties: soccer ball with red X Drinčić soccer ball with check mark Kushev soccer ball with red X Dujmović	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow	24,000
2008–09	CSKA Moscow (5) File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' Aldonin	1–0	Rubin Kazan	Arena Khimki, Khimki	13,000
2009–10	Zenit Saint Petersburg (2) File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen.) Shirokov	1–0	Sibir Novosibirsk	Olimp – 2, Rostov-on-Don	15,000
2010–11	CSKA Moscow (6) File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 69' Doumbia	2–1	Alania Vladikavkaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Neco	Shinnik Stadium, Yaroslavl	12,900
2011–12	Rubin Kazan (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' R. Yeryomenko	1–0	Dynamo Moscow	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg	27,000
2012–13	CSKA Moscow (7) File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Musa Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Mamayev soccer ball with check mark V. Berezutsky soccer ball with red X Musa soccer ball with check mark Vágner Love soccer ball with check mark Doumbia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Anzhi Makhachkala File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Diarra Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Boussoufa soccer ball with red X Zhirkov soccer ball with check mark Willian soccer ball with red X Jucilei soccer ball with check mark Eto'o	Terek Stadium, Grozny	28,000
2013–14	Rostov (1) Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Milić soccer ball with check mark Poloz soccer ball with check mark Dyakov soccer ball with check mark Sinama Pongolle soccer ball with check mark Dzyuba soccer ball with red X Gațcan soccer ball with check mark Lolo	0–0 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p)	FC Krasnodar Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Granqvist soccer ball with check mark Abreu soccer ball with check mark Laborde soccer ball with check mark Joãozinho soccer ball with check mark Ari soccer ball with red X Sigurðsson soccer ball with red X Gazinsky	Anzhi-Arena, Kaspiysk	19,500
2014–15	Lokomotiv Moscow (6) File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Niasse File:Soccerball shade.svg 104' Boussoufa File:Soccerball shade.svg 111' Al. Miranchuk	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Kuban Krasnodar File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ignatyev	Central Stadium, Astrakhan	16,000
2015–16	Zenit Saint Petersburg (3) File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 63' Hulk File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Kokorin File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Yusupov	4–1	CSKA Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Olanare	Kazan Arena, Kazan	36,600
2016–17	Lokomotiv Moscow (7) File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' I. Denisov File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Al. Miranchuk	2–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sochi	24,500
2017–18	Tosno (1) File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Skvortsov File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Mirzov	2–1	Avangard Kursk File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Kireyev	Volgograd Arena, Volgograd	40,373
2018–19	Lokomotiv Moscow (8) File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Barinov	1–0	Ural Yekaterinburg	Samara Arena, Samara	38,018
2019–20	Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.) Dzyuba	1–0	Khimki	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg	3,408
2020–21	Lokomotiv Moscow (9) File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Kamano File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.) Smolov File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Murilo	3–1	Krylia Sovetov Samara File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Sarveli	Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod	20,808
2021–22	Spartak Moscow (4) File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Sobolev File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Promes	2–1	Dynamo Moscow File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Zakharyan	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	69,306
2022–23	CSKA Moscow (8) File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (pen.) Chalov Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Chalov soccer ball with check mark Diveyev soccer ball with red X Moisés soccer ball with check mark Gajić soccer ball with check mark Medina soccer ball with check mark Carrascal soccer ball with check mark Zabolotny	1–1 6–5 (p)	FC Krasnodar File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Córdoba Penalties: soccer ball with check mark Spertsyan soccer ball with check mark Akhmetov soccer ball with check mark Córdoba soccer ball with red X Batxi soccer ball with check mark Alonso soccer ball with check mark Ramírez soccer ball with red X Olusegun	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	53,425
2023–24	Zenit Saint Petersburg (5) File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Nino File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5' Alip	2–1	Baltika Kaliningrad File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Fernandes	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	41,776

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
Lokomotiv Moscow	9	1	1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021	1998
CSKA Moscow	8	4	2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023	1993, 1994, 2000, 2016
Zenit Saint Petersburg	5	1	1999, 2010, 2016, 2020, 2024	2002
Spartak Moscow	4	2	1994, 1998, 2003, 2022	1996, 2006
Dynamo Moscow	1	4	1995	1997, 1999, 2012, 2022
Rostov	1	1	2014	2003
Rubin Kazan	1	1	2012	2009
Torpedo Moscow	1	–	1993	–
Akhmat Grozny	1	–	2004	–
Tosno	1	–	2018	–
Anzhi Makhachkala	–	2	–	2001, 2013
Ural Yekaterinburg	–	2	–	2017, 2019
Khimki	–	2	–	2005, 2020
Krylia Sovetov Samara	–	2	–	2004, 2021
FC Krasnodar	–	2	–	2014, 2023
Rotor Volgograd	–	1	–	1995
FC Moscow	–	1	–	2007
Amkar Perm	–	1	–	2008
Sibir Novosibirsk	–	1	–	2010
Alania Vladikavkaz	–	1	–	2011
Kuban Krasnodar	–	1	–	2015
Avangard Kursk	–	1	–	2018
Baltika Kaliningrad	–	1	–	2024
Total	32	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.

See also

• Football in Russia
• Soviet Cup

External links

• (in Russian) Russian Cup on the website of the Russian Football Union
• (in English) Russia – Cup Finals on RSSSF
• Russian Cup summary on Soccerway