2007–08 Russian Cup

Football tournament season
2007–08 Russian Cup
Tournament details
CountryRussia
Final positions
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
Runner-upAmkar Perm
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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.[1][2][3]

First round

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

Section West

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Zelenograd (III) 1–0 Kooperator Vichuga (IV)
Maccabi Moscow (IV) 0–3 FC Smolensk (III)

Section Center

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo (III) 1–2 Zorky Krasnogorsk (IV)
Saturn Yegoryevsk (III) 5–1 FC Proletari Surazh (IV)

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.

Section West

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Saint Petersburg (III) 2–1 Baltika-2 Kaliningrad (III)
Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok (III) 3–1 (a.e.t.) Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (III)
Volga Tver (III) 2–0 Sheksna Cherepovets (III)
Spartak Kostroma (III) 1–2 Dynamo Vologda (III)
Torpedo Vladimir (III) 3–0 FC Zelenograd
Sportakademklub Moscow (III) 1–2 FC Reutov (III)
FC Smolensk 0–1 Nara-Desna Naro-Fominsk (III)
Torpedo-RG Moscow (III) 1–0 Spartak Shchyolkovo (III)

Section South

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olimpia Volgograd (III) 3–1 (a.e.t.) Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
Rotor Volgograd (III) 1–0 Sudostroitel Astrakhan (III)
Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany (III) 0–2 Torpedo Volzhsky (III)
Avtodor Vladikavkaz (III) 1–2 Dynamo Stavropol (III)
FC Taganrog (III) 0–1 (a.e.t.) Bataysk-2007 Bataysk (III)
Sochi-04 Sochi (III) 2–1 Druzhba Maykop (III)
Spartak-UGP Anapa 1–2 Krasnodar-2000 Krasnodar

Section East

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky (III) 0–2 Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk (III)
Amur Blagoveshchensk (III) 3–1 (a.e.t.) FC Chita (III)
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (III) 0–2 Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure (III)

Section Center

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zorky Krasnogorsk 0–1 Lobnya-Alla Lobnya (III)
Nika Moscow (III) 0–1 Vityaz Podolsk (III)
Zvezda Serpukhov (III) 0–2 FC Lukhovitsy (III)
FC Ryazan (III) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) Saturn Yegoryevsk
FC Yelets (III) 4–0 Don Novomoskovsk (III)
FC Gubkin (III) 0–2 Lokomotiv Liski (III)
Metallurg Lipetsk (III) 0–1 Dynamo Voronezh (III)
Spartak Tambov (III) 1–2 Zenit Penza (III)

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Kirov (III) 2–0 Volga Nizhny Novgorod (III)
Rubin-2 Kazan (III) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) Alnas Almetyevsk (III)
Volga Ulyanovsk (III) 3–2 Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad (III)
SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk (III) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (III)
Zenit Chelyabinsk (III) 2–5 (a.e.t.) FC Tyumen (III)
Sokol-Saratov Saratov (III) 0–2 Yunit Samara (III)

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.

Section West

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Saint Petersburg 1–2 Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok
Dynamo Vologda 0–1 Volga Tver
FC Reutov 1–3 Torpedo Vladimir
Nara-Desna Naro-Fominsk 2–1 Torpedo-RG Moscow

Section Center

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vityaz Podolsk 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) Lobnya-Alla Lobnya
FC Lukhovitsy 1–0 FC Ryazan
Lokomotiv Liski 2–0 FC Yelets
Zenit Penza 2–1 Dynamo Voronezh

Section East

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (III) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) Irtysh-1946 Omsk (III)
Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk 0–2 Dynamo Barnaul (III)
Sibiryak Bratsk (III) 0–2 Amur Blagoveshchensk
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 2–1 Okean Nakhodka (III)

Section South

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Olimpia Volgograd 0–3 Rotor Volgograd
Dynamo Stavropol 5–0 Torpedo Volzhsky
Bataysk-2007 Bataysk 2–1 Sochi-04 Sochi
Krasnodar-2000 Krasnodar 1–2 Chernomorets Novorossiysk (III)

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alnas Almetyevsk 1–0 Dynamo Kirov
Lada Togliatti (III) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Volga Ulyanovsk
FC Tyumen 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk
Yunit Samara 1–4 Gazovik Orenburg (III)

Fourth round

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

Section West

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Volga Tver 1–0 Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok
Nara-Desna Naro-Fominsk 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) Torpedo Vladimir

Section Center

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lobnya-Alla Lobnya 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) FC Lukhovitsy
Lokomotiv Liski 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) Zenit Penza

Section East

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Barnaul 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure 3–2 Amur Blagoveshchensk

Section South

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Rotor Volgograd 1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) Dynamo Stavropol
Chernomorets Novorossiysk 4–0 Bataysk-2007 Bataysk

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Volga Ulyanovsk 2–3 Alnas Almetyevsk
Gazovik Orenburg 1–0 FC Tyumen

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.

Baltika Kaliningrad v CSKA Moscow
27 June 2007 Baltika Kaliningrad0–1 CSKA Moscow Kaliningrad
20:00 Report Taranov 23' Stadium: Baltika Stadium
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov
Torpedo Moscow v FC Khimki
27 June 2007 Torpedo Moscow1–2 FC Khimki Moscow
19:00 Panov 30' Report Shirokov 39', 53' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
FC Lukhovitsy v Rubin Kazan
27 June 2007 FC Lukhovitsy 1–2 Rubin Kazan Lukhovitsy
19:00 Rybin 84' Report Volkov 7'
Gațcan 56'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Sergei Karasyov
Shinnik Yaroslavl v Spartak Nalchik
27 June 2007 Shinnik Yaroslavl1–2 (a.e.t.) Spartak Nalchik Yaroslavl
19:00 Khazov 93' Report Shumeyko 99'
Balkarov 119'		 Stadium: Shinnik Stadium
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina
Dynamo Bryansk v Zenit Saint Petersburg
27 June 2007 Dynamo Bryansk1–4 Zenit Saint Petersburg Bryansk
19:00 Malin 56' (pen.) Report Domínguez 16'
Šírl 43'
Tymoshchuk 45+', 90+' (pen.)		 Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar
Avangard Kursk v Dynamo Moscow
27 June 2007 Avangard Kursk0–3 Dynamo Moscow Kursk
18:30 Report Kolodin 28' (pen.)
Tonkikh 61' (o.g.)
Khokhlov 78'		 Stadium: Trudovye Rezervy Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sergei Timofeyev
Salyut-Energia Belgorod v Tom Tomsk
27 June 2007 Salyut-Energia Belgorod0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 Tom Tomsk Belgorod
18:30 Report Stadium: Salyut Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Radik Akhmadullin
Penalties
Yermak soccer ball with red X
Morozov soccer ball with check mark
Starkov soccer ball with red X
Yermakov soccer ball with red X
Kushov soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Mostovoi
soccer ball with check mark Tarasov
soccer ball with red X Shirko
soccer ball with red X Serdyukov
soccer ball with check mark Bulyga
SKA Rostov-on-Don v FC Rostov
27 June 2007 SKA Rostov-on-Don0–3 FC Rostov Rostov-on-Don
19:00 Report Buznikin 25'
Horák 67'
Bochkov 69'		 Stadium: SKA SKVO Stadium
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov
Terek Grozny v Spartak Moscow
27 June 2007 Terek Grozny 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		Spartak MoscowLermontov
18:00 Kulik 80' Report Torbinski 53' Stadium: Beshtau Stadium
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Igor Egorov
Penalties
Adiev soccer ball with check mark
Kulik soccer ball with check mark
Martinović soccer ball with red X
Testemitanu soccer ball with check mark
Tchuissé soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Bystrov
soccer ball with check mark Torbinski
soccer ball with red X Kováč
soccer ball with check mark Kalynychenko
soccer ball with check mark Pavlyuchenko
Rotor Volgograd v Amkar Perm
27 June 2007 Rotor Volgograd1–4 Amkar Perm Volgograd
19:00 Veretennikov 36' (pen.) Report Kushev 22', 42' (pen.)
Belorukov 77'
Volkov 82'		 Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ildus Biglov
Nosta Novotroitsk v FC Moscow
27 June 2007 Nosta Novotroitsk1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 FC Moscow Novotroitsk
17:00 Kuznetsov 29' Report Ivanov 74' Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 6,060
Referee: Yuri Kunitsa
Penalties
Nizamutdinov soccer ball with red X
Molosh soccer ball with check mark
Surodin soccer ball with red X
Alexeyev soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Čížek
soccer ball with check mark Kuzmin
soccer ball with check mark Jop
soccer ball with check mark Golyshev
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v Lokomotiv Moscow
27 June 2007 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 1–0 (a.e.t.)Lokomotiv MoscowYekaterinburg
17:00 Radkevich 116' Report Stadium: Uralmash Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Aleksei Reznikov
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk v Kuban Krasnodar
27 June 2007 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk1–2 Kuban Krasnodar Novokuznetsk
14:00 Avsyuk 71' Report Gogniyev 7', 90' Stadium: Metallurg Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aleksandr Kolobayev
Metallurg Krasnoyarsk v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
27 June 2007 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk 1–0Luch-Energiya VladivostokKrasnoyarsk
14:30 Kunizhev 41' Report Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Aleksandr Kabakov
SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk v Saturn Moscow Oblast
27 June 2007 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk1–2 Saturn Moscow Oblast Khabarovsk
12:00 Grigore 45' Report Vlasov 32'
Zaytsev 65' (pen.)		 Stadium: Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Round of 16

The matches were played on 8 August 2007.

CSKA Moscow v FC Khimki
8 August 2007 CSKA Moscow 2–0FC KhimkiMoscow
19:00 Janczyk 24'
Zhirkov 88'		 Report Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
Spartak Nalchik v Rubin Kazan
8 August 2007 Spartak Nalchik 3–2 (a.e.t.)Rubin KazanNalchik
20:00 Dzakhmishev 34'
Geteriev 98'
Dyshekov 116'		 Report Paunović 9'
Ayupov 114'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Yuri Klyuchnikov
Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow
8 August 2007 Zenit Saint Petersburg 9–3Dynamo MoscowSaint Petersburg
19:30 Tymoshchuk 9' (pen.), 41' (pen.), 74'
Domínguez 51' (pen.), 90+'
Zyryanov 61', 65', 80'
Arshavin 72'		 Report Klimavičius 68'
Genkov 70'
D. Kombarov 83'		 Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Aleksandr Yevstigneyev
FC Rostov v Tom Tomsk
8 August 2007 FC Rostov0–1 Tom Tomsk Rostov-on-Don
19:00 Report Serdyukov 7' Stadium: Olimp – 2
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Aleksei Sergeyev
Amkar Perm v Terek Grozny
8 August 2007 Amkar Perm 3–1Terek GroznyPerm
17:00 Grishin 34'
Kushev 42', 48'		 Report Adiev 90+' Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov
Kuban Krasnodar v Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
8 August 2007 Kuban Krasnodar2–3 (a.e.t.) Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Krasnodar
20:00 Tlisov 88'
Zhukov 98' (o.g.)		 Report Mysin 64'
Kozhanov 93' (pen.)
Alkhimov 105+'		 Stadium: Kuban Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov
Saturn Moscow Oblast v Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
8 August 2007 Saturn Moscow Oblast 2–1Metallurg KrasnoyarskRamenskoye
19:00 Kirichenko 58'
Eremenko 76'		 Report Kachan 90+' Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Georgi Maramygin

Quarter-finals

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

CSKA Moscow v Spartak Nalchik
31 October 2007 CSKA Moscow 2–1Spartak NalchikMoscow
18:00 Jô 55'
Carvalho 73'		 Report Kazharov 4' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Aleksei Kovalyov
Zenit Saint Petersburg v Tom Tomsk
31 October 2007 Zenit Saint Petersburg0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Tom Tomsk Saint Petersburg
19:30 Report Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev
Penalties
Radimov soccer ball with check mark
Lebedev soccer ball with check mark
Gorshkov soccer ball with check mark
Ricksen soccer ball with red X
Čontofalský soccer ball with red X
Ionov soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Michkov
soccer ball with check mark Skoblyakov
soccer ball with red X Klimov
soccer ball with check mark Yevsikov
soccer ball with check mark Bulyga
soccer ball with check mark Vejić
Amkar Perm v FC Moscow
16 September 2007 Amkar Perm 2–1FC MoscowPerm
16:00 Kobenko 2'
Kushev 51'		 Report Semak 12' Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v Saturn Moscow Oblast
16 September 2007 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 2–1Saturn Moscow OblastYekaterinburg
15:00 Kozhanov 14', 35' Report Karyaka 21' Stadium: Uralmash Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Sergei Matsyura

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 16 April 2008.

CSKA Moscow v Tom Tomsk
16 April 2008 CSKA Moscow 2–1Tom TomskMoscow
19:00 Krasić 14'
Ignashevich 51'		 Report Klimov 27' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vitali Doroshenko
Amkar Perm v Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
16 April 2008 Amkar Perm 1–0Ural Sverdlovsk OblastPerm
17:00 Dujmović 53' Report Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Aleksei Nikolayev

Final

The match was played on 17 May 2008.

CSKA Moscow2–2 (a.e.t.)Amkar Perm
Vágner Love 65'
Jô 74'		 Report Drinčić 57'
Dujmović 64'
Penalties
Zhirkov soccer ball with check mark
Vágner Love soccer ball with check mark
Jô soccer ball with check mark
Janczyk soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 soccer ball with red X Drinčić
soccer ball with check mark Kushev
soccer ball with red X Dujmović
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 24,000
CSKA
Amkar
GK 35 Russia Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF 2 Lithuania Deividas Šemberas
DF 4 Russia Sergei Ignashevich downward-facing red arrow 66'
DF 6 Russia Aleksei Berezutski
DF 24 Russia Vasili Berezutski
MF 8 Brazil Dudu Yellow card 5' downward-facing red arrow 87'
MF 10 Brazil Jô
MF 17 Serbia Miloš Krasić downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF 18 Russia Yuri Zhirkov Yellow card 105'
MF 22 Russia Evgeni Aldonin downward-facing red arrow 61'
FW 9 Brazil Vágner Love
Substitutes:
GK 33 Russia Yevgeny Pomazan
DF 15 Nigeria Chidi Odiah
DF 50 Russia Anton Grigoryev
MF 25 Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Rahimić upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 46 Russia Alan Dzagoev upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 14 Brazil Ricardo Jesus
FW 19 Poland Dawid Janczyk upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Russia Valery Gazzaev


Assistant referees:
Yevgeni Volnin (Vladimir)
Viktor Lebedev (Saint Petersburg)
Fourth official:
Maksim Layushkin (Moscow)

GK 1 Russia Vladimir Gabulov
DF 14 Bulgaria Zahari Sirakov downward-facing red arrow 70'
DF 15 Hungary Miklós Gaál
DF 21 Russia Dmitri Belorukov Yellow card 94'
DF 24 Russia Aleksei Popov (c)
MF 3 Russia Ivan Starkov
MF 7 Bulgaria Georgi Peev Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 90'
MF 18 Montenegro Nikola Drinčić
MF 22 Croatia Tomislav Dujmović
FW 29 Bulgaria Martin Kushev
FW 99 Serbia Predrag Sikimić downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
GK 42 Russia Sergei Narubin
DF 23 Russia Ivan Cherenchikov upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF 69 Serbia Marko Milovanović
MF 10 Belarus Mikhail Afanasyev upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 77 Russia Ildar Akhmetzyanov
FW 19 Russia Nikolai Zhilyayev
FW 33 Serbia Nenad Injac upward-facing green arrow 76' Yellow card 111'
Manager:
Montenegro Miodrag Božović

Played in the earlier stages, but were not on the final game squad:

PFC CSKA Moscow: Veniamin Mandrykin (GK), Brazil Daniel Carvalho (MF), Brazil Eduardo Ratinho (MF), Turkey 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), Moldova Ghenadie Olexici (DF), Vitali Grishin (MF), Belarus Andrei Lavrik (MF), Mikhail Makagonov (MF), Andrei Kobenko (MF), Spain Antonio Soldevilla (MF), Sergei Volkov (FW), Yevgeny Savin (FW).

References

  1. ^ "Russia Cups 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Russian Cup 2007/08, all matches". WildStat. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Кубок России по футболу 2007/08 - победители, результаты, команды, баланс встреч" (in Russian). FootballFacts. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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