2016 Russian Cup final

2016 Russian Cup Final
	Kazan Arena hosted the final
Event	2015–16 Russian Cup
Date	2 May 2016
Venue	2017 →

The 2016 Russian Cup Final decided the winner of the

Kazan Arena in Kazan, between CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg

.

After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.[1]

As winners, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and also faced off against CSKA in a rematch of the cup final in the Russian Super Cup held on 23 July 2016.

Match details

2 May 2016

16:00 MSK (UTC+3)

CSKA Moscow	1−4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Olanare 36'	RPFL Report	Yusupov 69'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Alexander Yegorov



GK	35	Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF	2	Mário Fernandes
DF	24	Vasiliy Berezutski	62'
DF	4	Sergei Ignashevich
DF	6	Aleksei Berezutski	18'	60'
MF	66	Bibras Natkho
MF	10	Alan Dzagoev
MF	60	Aleksandr Golovin
MF	18	Ahmed Musa
MF	25	Roman Eremenko	53'	66'
FW	99	Aaron Samuel		39'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Sergei Chepchugov
DF	5	Viktor Vasin		66'
DF	15	Taras Mykhalyk
DF	14	Kirill Nababkin
MF	42	Georgi Shchennikov
MF	17	Sergei Tkachyov		60'
FW	8	Kirill Panchenko		39'	68'
FW	7	Zoran Tošić
Manager:
Leonid Slutsky



GK	41	Mikhail Kerzhakov
DF	4	Domenico Criscito (c)
DF	24	Ezequiel Garay
DF	13	Luís Neto
DF	19	Igor Smolnikov
MF	21	Javi García
MF	14	Artur Yusupov
MF	17	Oleg Shatov	75'
MF	7	Hulk	78'	83'
MF	28	Axel Witsel		82'
FW	9	Aleksandr Kokorin		74'
Substitutes:
GK	51	Maksim Rudakov
GK	1	Yuri Lodygin
DF	6	Nicolas Lombaerts
DF	52	Andrei Ivanov
DF	8	Maurício		82'
DF	81	Yuri Zhirkov		83'
MF	70	Dmitry Bogayev
MF	10	Danny
FW	22	Artem Dzyuba		74'
FW	92	Pavel Dolgov
Manager:
André Villas-Boas

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

^ "Hulk double leads Zenit St Petersburg to Russian Cup glory". 2 May 2016.

External links

(in Russian) Russian Cup on the website of the Russian Football Union
(in Russian) Department of professional football of the Russian Football Union
(in English) Russian Cup at the RFPL website
(in English) Russia - Cup Finals, RSSSF.com

[1] "Hulk double leads Zenit St Petersburg to Russian Cup glory". 2 May 2016.

v t e Russian Cup
Predecessor: Soviet Cup
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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Winners	Lokomotiv Moscow (9) CSKA Moscow (8) Spartak Moscow (4) Zenit Saint Petersburg (4) Dynamo Moscow (1) Rostov (1) Rubin Kazan (1) Torpedo Moscow (1) Akhmat Grozny (1) Tosno (1)