2022–23 Russian Cup

Football tournament season

The 2022–23 Russian Cup is the 31st season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.^[1] The competition started on 16 August 2022 and concluded on 11 June 2023.

The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice due to the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[2]

Representation of clubs by league

• Russian Premier League (1): 16 clubs
• Russian First League (2): 17 clubs (without 1 farm team)
• Russian Second League (3): 59 clubs (without 13 farm teams)
• Amateur leagues:
  • Third division (4): 5
  • Fourth division (regional leagues) (5): 4
  • Media amateur clubs (6): 2
• Total: 103 clubs.^[3]

Distribution

The teams of Premier League and the other teams will qualify to knockout phase in two different paths. Premier league teams will play in the RPL path group stage with a double round-robin tournament, divided into 4 groups with 4 teams in each group, while the other teams will play in the regions path qualification, starting with 1/256 round until 1/8 round with 1 match in each stage.^[4]

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows:^[4][5]

Qualifying round (regions path)

Round 1

The draw for rounds 1, 2 and 3 was held on 11 August 2022, 18:00.^[6]
Entered clubs:

• 10 clubs from Amateur leagues
• 14 lowest clubs from Russian Second League

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Amkal Moscow (6) v Zorkiy Krasnogorsk (3)

Temp Barnaul (4) v Dynamo Barnaul (3)

Kolomna (3) v Saturn Ramenskoye (3)

Yessentuki (3) v StavropolAgroSoyuz Nevinnomyssk (5)

Dynamo Stavropol (3) v Armavir (5)

2DROTS Moscow (6) v Chertanovo Moscow (3)

Elektron Veliky Novgorod (3) v SSh7-Karelia Petrozavodsk (4)

Nefis Kazan (5) v Khimik-Avgust Vurnary (3)

Sakhalinets Moscow (3) v Balashikha (3)

Okean Nakhodka (4) v Dynamo Vladivostok (3)

FShM Moscow (4) v Khimik Dzerzhinsk (3)

Peresvet-Tryokhgorka Domodedovo (4) v Kosmos Dolgoprudny (3)

Round 2

The draw for round 2 defining home and away team was held on 19 August 2022.^[7] Date of matches was determined on 24 August 2022.^[8]
Entered clubs:

• 12 winners of round 1
• 1 club from Amateur leagues
• 43 remaining clubs from Russian Second League (except Rotor Volgograd and Metallurg Lipetsk)

Times are (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (3) v 2DROTS Moscow (6)

Spartak Nalchik (3) v Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk (3)

Tver (3) v Amkal Moscow (6)

Strogino Moscow (3) v Kaluga (3)

Dynamo Vladivostok (3) v Novosibirsk (3)

Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3) v Yadro Saint Petersburg (3)

Leningradets Leningrad Oblast (3) v Elektron Veliky Novgorod (3)

Zhasmin Mikhailovsk (5) v Chelyabinsk (3)

Khimik-Avgust Vurnary (3) v Torpedo Miass (3)

Biolog-Novokubansk (3) v Dynamo Stavropol (3)

Zenit Penza (3) v Sokol Saratov (3)

Irtysh Omsk (3) v Temp Barnaul (4)

Amkar Perm (3) v Zenit-Izhevsk (3)

StavropolAgroSoyuz Nevinnomyssk (5) v Legion Makhachkala (3)

Forte Taganrog (3) v SKA Rostov-on-Don (3)

Khimik Dzerzhinsk (3) v Murom (3)

Kosmos Dolgoprudny (3) v Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (3)

Kvant Obninsk (3) v Dynamo Bryansk (3)

Tyumen (3) v Nosta Novotroitsk (3)

Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki (3) v Dynamo Saint Petersburg (3)

Torpedo Vladimir (3) v Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo (3)

Spartak Tambov (3) v Salyut Belgorod (3)

Chernomorets Novorossiysk (3) v Druzhba Maykop (3)

Chayka Peschanokopskoye (3) v Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya (3)

Spartak Kostroma (3) v Dynamo Vologda (3)

Ryazan (3) v Kolomna (3)

Avangard Kursk (3) v Sakhalinets Moscow (3)

Znamya Noginsk (3) v Peresvet Domodedovo (3)

Round 3

The draw for round 3 defining home and away team was held on 2 September 2022.^[9] Date of matches was determined on 24 August 2022.^[10]
Entered clubs:

• 28 winners of round 2
• 2 highest clubs from Russian Second League (Rotor Volgograd and Metallurg Lipetsk)

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Kosmos Dolgoprudny (3) v Zenit Penza (3)

Dynamo Vladivostok (3) v Irtysh Omsk (3)

Amkal Moscow (6) v Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3)

Chelyabinsk (3) v Tyumen (3)

Zenit-Izhevsk (3) v Khimik-Avgust Vurnary (3)

SKA Rostov-on-Don (3) v Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya (3)

Peresvet Domodedovo (3) v Ryazan (3)

Dynamo Stavropol (3) v Chernomorets Novorossiysk (3)

Metallurg Lipetsk (3) v Rotor Volgograd (3)

Murom (3) v Torpedo Vladimir (3)

Dynamo Bryansk (3) v Strogino Moscow (3)

Spartak Kostroma (3) v Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (3)

Avangard Kursk (3) v Spartak Tambov (3)

Dynamo Saint Petersburg (3) v Leningradets Leningrad Oblast (3)

Spartak Nalchik (3) v StavropolAgroSoyuz Nevinnomyssk (5)

Round 4

The draw was held on 18 September 2022 at 13:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[11][12] Date of matches was determined on 27 September 2022.^[13]

Entered clubs:

• 15 winners of round 3
• 17 clubs from Russian First League

On 16 September draw procedure was released, that consisted of 2 phases. On the first phase 1 random ball with First League team from pot 2 was relocated to pot 1, then on the second phase usual draw procedure started. The teams from pot 1 played their matches in round 4 at home.^[11]

The team from pot 2 that was replocated to pot 1 is written in italics. The team was unknown until it will be drawn from pot 1.

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

StavropolAgroSoyuz Nevinnomyssk (5) v Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (2)

Dynamo Vladivostok (3) v SKA-Khabarovsk (2)

Zenit-Izhevsk (3) v KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2)

Kosmos Dolgoprudny (3) v Rodina Moscow (2)

Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya (3) v Ufa (2)

Volga Ulyanovsk (2) v Rubin Kazan (2)

Tyumen (3) v Volgar Astrakhan (2)

Torpedo Vladimir (3) v Akron Tolyatti (2)

Dynamo Bryansk (3) v Arsenal Tula (2)

Peresvet Domodedovo (3) v Baltika Kaliningrad (2)

Avangard Kursk (3) v Dynamo Makhachkala (2)

Chernomorets Novorossiysk (3) v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2)

Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (3) v Kuban Krasnodar (2)

Rotor Volgograd (3) v Shinnik Yaroslavl (2)

Dynamo Saint Petersburg (3) v Alania Vladikavkaz (2)

Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3) v Veles Moscow (2)

Round 5

The draw was held on 7 October 2022 at 20:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[14] Date of matches was determined on 24 October 2022.^[15]
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) v Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2)

Ufa (2) v Dynamo Bryansk (3)

Rodina Moscow (2) v Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3)

Akron Tolyatti (2) v Peresvet Domodedovo (3)

Alania Vladikavkaz (2) v Volgar Astrakhan (2)

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (2) v Volga Ulyanovsk (2)

Dynamo Makhachkala (2) v Dynamo Vladivostok (3)

Shinnik Yaroslavl (2) v Kuban Krasnodar (2)

Round 6

The draw was held on 2 November 2022 at 21:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[16] Date of matches was determined on 8 November 2022.^[17]

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Ufa (2) v Dynamo Makhachkala (2)

KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (2) v Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3)

Akron Tolyatti (2) v Alania Vladikavkaz (2)

Kuban Krasnodar (2) v Volga Ulyanovsk (2)

Group stage (RPL path)

The draw for group stage was held on 17 August 2022 in 20:30 MSK (UTC+3) live on TV-channel «Match TV».^[18]

16 teams of the Russian Premier League (RPL) will start the tournament from the group stage (4 teams in each group). The teams will play 6 matches in the group stage:

• 1st day – 30–31 August;
• 2nd day – 13–14 September;
• 3rd day – 28–29 September;
• 4th day – 18–20 October;
• 5th day – 16, 22–23 November;
• 6th day – 26–27 November.^[19][20]

On 12 August released composition of the pots. It is based on results of the 2021–22 Russian Premier League and 2021–22 Russian Football National League. In the same group there can't be more than 2 teams from Moscow and Moscow oblast, also FC Krasnodar, FC Rostov and Fakel Voronezh can't be in the same group due to logistics restrictions in this cities.^[21]

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.

Khimki v Krasnodar

Pari Nizhny Novgorod v Lokomotiv Moscow

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Pari Nizhny Novgorod v Khimki

Lokomotiv Moscow v Krasnodar

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Khimki v Lokomotiv Moscow

Krasnodar v Pari Nizhny Novgorod

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Lokomotiv Moscow v Khimki

Pari Nizhny Novgorod v Krasnodar

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Khimki v Pari Nizhny Novgorod

Krasnodar v Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow v Pari Nizhny Novgorod

Krasnodar v Khimki

Group B

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.

Spartak Moscow v Krylya Sovetov Samara

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Fakel Voronezh

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Krylya Sovetov Samara v Zenit Saint Petersburg

Spartak Moscow v Fakel Voronezh

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Fakel Voronezh v Krylya Sovetov Samara

Spartak Moscow v Zenit Saint Petersburg

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Fakel Voronezh v Spartak Moscow

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Krylya Sovetov Samara

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Fakel Voronezh v Zenit Saint Petersburg

Krylya Sovetov Samara v Spartak Moscow

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Krylya Sovetov Samara v Fakel Voronezh

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Spartak Moscow

Group C

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Rostov +1, Akhmat -1.

Akhmat Grozny v Orenburg

Rostov v Dynamo Moscow

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Dynamo Moscow v Akhmat Grozny

Rostov v Orenburg

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Orenburg v Dynamo Moscow

Akhmat Grozny v Rostov

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Dynamo Moscow v Rostov

Orenburg v Akhmat Grozny

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Orenburg v Rostov

Akhmat Grozny v Dynamo Moscow

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Rostov v Akhmat Grozny

Dynamo Moscow v Orenburg

Group D

Source: Russian Football Union (in Russian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Penalty shoot-out goal difference; 10) Draw.

Ural Yekaterinburg v Sochi

Torpedo Moscow v CSKA Moscow

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Sochi v Torpedo Moscow

CSKA Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

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Ural Yekaterinburg v Torpedo Moscow

CSKA Moscow v Sochi

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CSKA Moscow v Torpedo Moscow

Sochi v Ural Yekaterinburg

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Ural Yekaterinburg v CSKA Moscow

Torpedo Moscow v Sochi

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Sochi v CSKA Moscow

Torpedo Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, as in the qualification, the teams will be divided into 2 paths (brackets).

The teams in RPL path (upper bracket) will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The teams that will lose after 2 legs in RPL path will have the second chance in the regions path.

The teams in the regions path (lower bracket) will play against each other in 1 match. Each round consists of 2 phases. In the quarter-finals first phase teams from the regions path qualification will play against the third placed team of RPL path group stage, then on the second stage they will play against RPL path quarter-finals loser. In the semi-finals and finals first phases the teams play with winners of the previous round of the regions path, the second phase is the same as in quarter-finals.^[4]

The winners of both paths will play in super final in June 2023 at Luzhniki stadium.^[22]

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 3 December 2022 at 16:30 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».^[23]

In the quarter-final matches of RPL path teams from same group can't play with each other. Runners-up of group stage will play first matches at home. Winners of regions path round 6 will play stage 1 matches of regions path at home as well.^[24]

Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

RPL path

Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

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Krylia Sovetov Samara v Dynamo Moscow

Dynamo Moscow v Krylia Sovetov Samara

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Rostov v Ural Yekaterinburg

Ural Yekaterinburg v Rostov

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CSKA Moscow v Krasnodar

Krasnodar v CSKA Moscow

Regions path

Stage 1

Volga Ulyanovsk (2) v Zenit Saint Petersburg (1)

Akron Tolyatti (2) v Torpedo Moscow (1)

Ufa (2) v Akhmat Grozny (1)

Zvezda Saint Petersburg (3) v Pari Nizhny Novgorod (1)

Stage 2

The draw was held on 2 March 2023 at 14:25 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».^[25]

Akron Tolyatti (2) v Lokomotiv Moscow (1)

Akhmat Grozny (1) v Krasnodar (1)

Zenit Saint Petersburg (1) v Dynamo Moscow (1)

Pari Nizhny Novgorod (1) v Rostov (1)

Semi-finals

RPL path

The draw was held on 2 March 2023 at 14:25 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».^[25]

Krylya Sovetov Samara v CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow v Krylya Sovetov Samara

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Spartak Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

Ural Yekaterinburg v Spartak Moscow

Regions path

The draw was held on 17 March 2023 at 13:35 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».^[26]

Stage 1

Dynamo Moscow (1) v Akron Tolyatti (2)

Krasnodar (1) v Rostov (1)

Stage 2

The draw was held on 6 April 2023 at 22:40 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[27]

Akron Tolyatti (2) v Spartak Moscow (1)

Krasnodar (1) v Krylia Sovetov Samara (1)

Path finals

RPL path

The draw was held on 6 April 2023 at 22:40 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[27]

CSKA Moscow v Ural Yekaterinburg

Ural Yekaterinburg v CSKA Moscow

Regions path

Stage 1

The draw that determines home team was held on 19 April 2023 at 21:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match! Premier».^[28]

Krasnodar (1) v Akron Tolyatti (2)

Stage 2

Krasnodar (1) v Ural Yekaterinburg (1)

Final

11 June 2023

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 53,425

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

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External links

• Official page
• Page on Russian Football Union website (in Russian)