2011–12 Russian Cup

The 2011–12 Russian Cup, known as the 2011–12 Pirelli–Russian Football Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the twentieth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 20 April 2011 and finished with the final held on 9 May 2012. The cup winner was won a spot in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

2011–12 Russian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Russia
Final positions
Champions	Rubin Kazan (1st title)
Runner-up	Dynamo Moscow
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Artur Yelbayev (6 goals)

First round

This round featured 6 Second Division teams. The game was played on 22 April and 30 April 2011.

Section South

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olimpia Gelendzhik (III)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Slavyansky Slavyansk-na-Kubani (III)
Biolog-Novokubansk Progress (III)	5–1	FC Taganrog (III)

Section East

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk (III)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Yakutiya Yakutsk (III)

Second round

In this round entered 3 winners from the first round, 48 Second Division teams and 3 amateur teams. The matches were played between 22 April and 11 May 2011.

Section West

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Kostroma (III)	2–1	Dynamo Kostroma (III)
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (III)	4–1	Kooperator Vichuga (IV)
Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo (III)	0–1	Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast (III)
Dnepr Smolensk (III)	2–0	Stolitsa Moscow (IV)
Sever Murmansk (III)	3–0	Karelia Petrozavodsk (III)
Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok (III)	0–2	Volga Tver (III)

Section Center

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lokomotiv Liski (III)	1–0	Spartak Tambov (III)
Podolye Podolsky district (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	FC Kaluga (III)
Rusichi Oryol (III)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Khimik Novomoskovsk (IV)

Section East

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sibir-2 Novosibirsk (III)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sibiryak Bratsk (III)
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk (III)	2–1	KUZBASS Kemerovo (III)
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure (III)	3–0	Amur-2010 Blagoveshchensk (III)
Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk (III)	1–0	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (III)

Section South

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alania-d Vladikavkaz (III)	0–2	FAYUR Beslan (III)
Dagdizel Kaspiysk (III)	1–0	Angusht Nazran (III)
Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (III)	1–4	Dynamo Stavropol (III)
FC Astrakhan (III)	3–2	Kavkaztransgaz-2005 Ryzdvyany (III)
SKA Rostov-on-Don (III)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	MITOS Novocherkassk (III)
Rotor Volgograd (III)	1–0	Energiya Volzhsky (III)
Torpedo Armavir (III)	2–0	Olimpia Gelendzhik
Druzhba Maykop (III)	1–4	Biolog-Novokubansk Progress (III)

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Khimik Dzerzhinsk (III)	3–0	Dynamo Kirov (III)
Akademiya Togliatti (III)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Volga Ulyanovsk (III)
Oktan Perm (III)	1–0	Zenit-Izhevsk Izhevsk (III)
Rubin-2 Kazan (III)	0–1	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (III)
Syzran-2003 Syzran (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	FC Ufa (III)
FC Chelyabinsk (III)	3–0	FC Nosta Novotroitsk (III)

Third round

In this round entered 27 winners from the second round and the remaining 21 Second Division teams. The matches were played between 10 and 23 May 2011.

Section West

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dynamo Vologda (III)	1–3	Spartak Kostroma
Sheksna Cherepovets (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	FC Istra (III)
Lokomotiv-2 Moscow (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Dnepr Smolensk
Petrotrest Saint Petersburg (III)	0–1	Sever Murmansk
Volga Tver	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Pskov-747 Pskov (III)

Section Center

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Salyut Belgorod (III)	1–3	Avangard Kursk (III)
Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol (III)	2–1	FC Gubkin (III)
Metallurg Lipetsk (III)	4–0	Lokomotiv Liski
FC Kaluga	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Vityaz Podolsk (III)
Sokol Saratov (III)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Zenit Penza (III)
Zvezda Ryazan (III)	0–1	Rusichi Oryol

Section South

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FAYUR Beslan	2–0	Dagdizel Kaspiysk
Dynamo Stavropol	1–2	FC Astrakhan
SKA Rostov-on-Don	0–1	Rotor Volgograd
Biolog-Novokubansk Progress	0–1	Torpedo Armavir

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Volga Ulyanovsk	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Khimik Dzerzhinsk
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1–0	Oktan Perm
Gornyak Uchaly (III)	3–2	Syzran-2003 Syzran
FC Tyumen (III)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	FC Chelyabinsk

Section East

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Irtysh Omsk (III)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Sibir-2 Novosibirsk
Dynamo Barnaul (III)	2–3	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
Radian-Baikal Irkutsk (III)	3–1	FC Chita (III)
Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Fourth round

In this round entered 24 winners the third round. The matches were played between 4 and 16 June 2011.

Section West

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Kostroma	0–2	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
FC Istra	1–0	Lokomotiv-2 Moscow
Volga Tver	4–0	Sever Murmansk

Section Center

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Avangard Kursk	1–2	Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol
Vityaz Podolsk	2–1	Metallurg Lipetsk
Zenit Penza	1–2	Rusichi Oryol

Section South

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Astrakhan	2–3	FAYUR Beslan
Torpedo Armavir	2–1	Rotor Volgograd

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Volga Ulyanovsk	1–0	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
FC Chelyabinsk	3–0	Gornyak Uchaly

Section East

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	3–0	Irtysh Omsk
Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure	0–1	Radian-Baikal Irkutsk

Fifth round

The 12 winners from the fourth round and the 20 FNL teams entered this round. The matches were played on 4 and 5 July 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Istra	2–1	Volga Tver
Shinnik Yaroslavl (II)	2–1	Baltika Kaliningrad (II)
Rusichi Oryol	1–3	Torpedo Vladimir (II)
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	0–1	FC Nizhny Novgorod (II)
Vityaz Podolsk	0–2	FC Khimki (II)
Dynamo Bryansk (II)	2–0	Torpedo Moscow (II)
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (II)	1–2	Mordovia Saransk (II)
Volga Ulyanovsk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Gazovik Orenburg (II)
Alania Vladikavkaz (II)	0–1	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan (II)
FAYUR Beslan	1–2	Fakel Voronezh (II)
Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (II)
Torpedo Armavir	3–4	Zhemchuzhina Sochi (II)
Sibir Novosibirsk (II)	0–1	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (II)
Metallurg–Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	2–0	FC Chelyabinsk
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (II)	1–0	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (II)
Radian-Baikal Irkutsk	1–2	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (II)

Round of 32

The 16 winners from the fifth round hosted the Russian Premier League teams in this round. The matches were played on 17 July 2011.

FC Istra v Spartak Moscow

17 July 2011	FC Istra	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Moscow
16:00		Report	Welliton 45+'	Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gonchar

Shinnik Yaroslavl v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

17 July 2011	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0–1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Yaroslavl
18:00		Report	Salukvadze 68'	Stadium: Shinnik Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Torpedo Vladimir v Spartak Nalchik

17 July 2011	Torpedo Vladimir	3–0	Spartak Nalchik	Vladimir
19:00	Delkin 8', 65' Zinin 44'	Report	Kazharov  89'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina

FC Nizhny Novgorod v Terek Grozny

17 July 2011	FC Nizhny Novgorod	0–2	Terek Grozny	Grozny
19:30		Report	Katsayev 60' (pen.) Sadayev 72'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

FC Khimki v Zenit Saint Petersburg

17 July 2011	FC Khimki	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Khimki
18:00	Navalovski 39' Voronkin 81' (pen.)	Report	Danny 7' Fayzulin 16' Bukharov 68'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Almir Kayumov

Dynamo Bryansk v Kuban Krasnodar

17 July 2011	Dynamo Bryansk	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Kuban Krasnodar	Bryansk
19:00	Sorokin 90+3' (pen.) Junuzović 94' Temnikov 96'	Report	Davydov 83'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 7,932 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Mordovia Saransk v Dynamo Moscow

17 July 2011	Mordovia Saransk	0–5	Dynamo Moscow	Saransk
18:00		Report	Semshov 37' Voronin 66' Kokorin 72' Karyaka 79', 90'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Igor Egorov

Volga Ulyanovsk v Anzhi Makhachkala

17 July 2011	Volga Ulyanovsk	0–3	Anzhi Makhachkala	Ulyanovsk
19:00		Report	Gadzhibekov 30' Ahmedov 41' Roberto Carlos 58'	Stadium: Trud Stadium Attendance: 8,712 Referee: Sergei Kuznetsov

Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan v CSKA Moscow

17 July 2011	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Astrakhan
19:00	Chochiyev 88'	Report	V. Berezutski  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Aleksandr Yegorov

Fakel Voronezh v FC Krasnodar

17 July 2011	Fakel Voronezh	2–1	FC Krasnodar	Voronezh
20:00	Mikhalyov 13' Abroskin 24'	Report	Erokhin 55'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Vladimir Rogulev

Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol v Tom Tomsk

17 July 2011	Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol	0–1	Tom Tomsk	Stary Oskol
17:00		Report	Kovalchuk 25'	Stadium: PromAgro Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

Zhemchuzhina-Sochi v FC Rostov

17 July 2011	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	1–2	FC Rostov	Sochi
19:00	Papadopulos 86' (pen.)	Report	Grigoryev 58' Ivanov 69'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov

Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v Rubin Kazan

17 July 2011	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Rubin Kazan	Yekaterinburg
15:00		Report		Stadium: Uralmash Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Aleksei Reznikov
	Penalties
	Tumasyan Zabolotny Safronidi Semakin Shatov Lungu Novikov		Medvedev Dzhalilov Ansaldi Karadeniz Nemov Kislyak Makhmutov

Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk v Amkar Perm

17 July 2011	Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk	0–1	Amkar Perm	Novokuznetsk
15:00		Report	Kolomeytsev 32'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v Lokomotiv Moscow

17 July 2011	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	0–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Krasnoyarsk
13:00		Report	Ignatyev 3' Maicon 14'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Vasili Miroshnichenko

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok v Krylia Sovetov Samara

17 July 2011	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Krylia Sovetov Samara	Vladivostok
12:00	Slavnov 109'	Report		Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: German Kravchenko

Round of 16

In this round the 16 winners from the round of 32 round enter. The matches was played on 20 and 21 September 2011.

Spartak Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

21 September 2011	Spartak Moscow	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:45	McGeady 4'	Report	Bibilov 86'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 5,102 Referee: Sergei Kuznetsov
	Penalties
	D. Kombarov Pareja de Zeeuw Sheshukov Rodri Carioca Welliton		Crosas Javadov Bibilov Grigalava Buivolov Pashtov Bondar

Terek Grozny v Torpedo Vladimir

21 September 2011	Terek Grozny	2–0	Torpedo Vladimir	Grozny
16:30	Pavlenko 49' Mguni 57'	Report		Stadium: Terek Stadium Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Vyacheslav Kharlamov

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Bryansk

21 September 2011	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Dynamo Bryansk	Saint Petersburg
20:00	Bukharov 8' Mukhutdinov 44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

Dynamo Moscow v Anzhi Makhachkala

21 September 2011	Dynamo Moscow	1–0	Anzhi Makhachkala	Khimki
19:00	Kokorin 103'	Report		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 11,262 Referee: Eduard Malyi

Fakel Voronezh v Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan

20 September 2011	Fakel Voronezh	2–0	Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan	Voronezh
18:00	Abroskin 26' Akopyants 65'	Report		Stadium: Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Popov

FC Rostov v Tom Tomsk

21 September 2011	FC Rostov	3–1	Tom Tomsk	Rostov-on-Don
19:00	Saláta 22' Bracamonte 42' Grigoryev 81'	Report	Savin 48'	Stadium: Olimp - 2 Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Vladimir Rogulyov

Amkar Perm v Rubin Kazan

21 September 2011	Amkar Perm	0–2	Rubin Kazan	Perm
17:00		Report	Lebedenko 10' Kasaev 25'	Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Lokomotiv Moscow v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

21 September 2011	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	Luch-Energiya Vladivostok	Moscow
19:30	A. Ivanov 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Aleksei Reznikov

Quarter-finals

Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow

21 March 2012	Rubin Kazan	4–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Grozny
18:30	Karadeniz 30', 70' Ryazantsev 49' Davydov 81'	Report		Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 13,400 Referee: Vitali Meshkov
Note: Rubin played their home game in Grozny due to bad pitch conditions in Kazan.

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Dynamo Moscow

21 March 2012	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1	Dynamo Moscow	Saint Petersburg
20:30		Report	Misimović 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Aleksandr Yegorov

Volga Nizhny Novgorod v Terek Grozny

22 March 2012	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Terek Grozny	Volgograd
14:00	Bendz 68' Karyaka 98' (pen.)	Report	Asildarov 45+5'	Stadium: Severny Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Timur Arslanbekov

FC Rostov v Fakel Voronezh

22 March 2012	FC Rostov	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Fakel Voronezh	Rostov-on-Don
19:30		Report		Stadium: Olimp - 2 Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sergey Kuznetsov
	Penalties
	Élson Gațcan Bracamonte Cociș Adamov Kruglov Saláta		Kantonistov Gitselov Klopkov Zhitnikov Gavryuk Ediyev Khabarov

Semi-finals

Rubin Kazan v FC Rostov

11 April 2012	Rubin Kazan	2–0	FC Rostov	Kazan
18:00	Bocchetti 81' Smolnikov 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Dynamo Moscow v Volga Nizhny Novgorod

11 April 2012	Dynamo Moscow	2–1	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Moscow
20:00	Misimović 73' (pen.) Voronin 86'	Report	Karyaka 19'	Stadium: BSA Dynamo Attendance: 8,754 Referee: Maksim Layushkin

Final

9 May 2012

15:00

Dynamo Moscow	0–1	Rubin Kazan
	Report	R. Eremenko 78'

Tsentralnyi Stadion, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Dynamo

Rubin

GK 1 Anton Shunin DF 4 Igor Shitov  63' DF 6 Leandro Fernández DF 13 Vladimir Granat DF 33 Vladimir Rykov MF 7 Balázs Dzsudzsák MF 8 Zvjezdan Misimović  82' MF 19 Aleksandr Samedov MF 21 Igor Semshov  38' FW 10 Andriy Voronin (c) FW 22 Kevin Kurányi Substitutes: GK 16 Yevgeni Frolov DF 5 Alexandru Epureanu  63' MF 12 Pavel Nyakhaychyk MF 26 Christian Noboa MF 41 Aleksandr Sapeta FW 9 Aleksandr Kokorin  82' FW 27 Fyodor Smolov Manager: Sergei Silkin Assistant referees: Igor Lapidus (Elista) Oleg Polgazov (Yoshkar-Ola)

GK 1 Sergey Ryzhikov DF 2 Oleg Kuzmin DF 3 Cristian Ansaldi DF 4 César Navas  45' DF 76 Roman Sharonov  44' MF 8 Aleksandr Ryazantsev MF 23 Roman Eremenko  78' MF 61 Gökdeniz Karadeniz  90+' MF 66 Bibras Natcho FW 18 Nelson Haedo Valdez  90' FW 25 Vladimir Dyadyun  87' Substitutes: GK 88 Alireza Haghighi DF 19 Vitali Kaleshin DF 27 Salvatore Bocchetti  87' MF 7 Pyotr Bystrov  90+' MF 9 Pyotr Nemov MF 77 Nikita Bocharov FW 28 Sergei Davydov  90' Manager: Kurban Berdyev

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

FC Dynamo Moscow: Marko Lomić (DF), Luke Wilkshire (DF), Andrei Karyaka (MF), Artur Yusupov (MF).

FC Rubin Kazan: Solomon Kvirkvelia (DF), Jonatan Valle (MF), Alisher Dzhalilov (MF), Aleksei Eremenko (MF), Alan Kasaev (MF), Syarhey Kislyak (MF), Ruslan Makhmutov (MF), Christian Noboa (MF), Alexandru Antoniuc (FW), Igor Lebedenko (FW), Obafemi Martins (FW), Aleksei Medvedev (FW).