The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian

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knockout tournament since the dissolution of

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First round

17 April 1996. 21 April 1996. 22 April 1996.

Second round

1 May 1996. 2 May 1996.

Third round

30 May 1996. 31 May 1996. 1 June 1996.

Fourth round

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teams

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

and

FC Lada Togliatti FC Lada-Tolyatti (russian: ФК "Лада-Тольятти") is a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. History The club was founded in 1970 at the VAZ automobile company under the name of ''Torpedo''. The team played in the Soviet Second Le ...

started at this stage. 29 June 1996. 30 June 1996.

Round of 32

All the other

teams started at this stage.

Round of 16

Penalty kick by Zenit's Yuriy Vernydub hit the crossbar in the 71st minute.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game: FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin (DF),

Oleg Elyshev Oleg Vyacheslavovich Yelyshev (russian: Олег Вячеславович Елышев; born 30 May 1971) is a former Russian professional football player Club career He played for several clubs in Europe and Asia, including Baltika Kaliningrad ...

(MF), Vitali Veselov (FW),

Dmitri Bulykin Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (russian: Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин; born 20 November 1979) is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team. Club career Lokomotiv Moscow ...

(FW), Oleh Haras (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW),

Valeriy Yablochkin Valeriy Nikolayevich Yablochkin (russian: Валерий Николаевич Яблочкин; born 2 February 1973 in Temirtau) is a retired football forward from Kazakhstan. He obtained a total number of two caps for the Kazakhstan national ...

(FW). FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF),

Yevgeni Korablyov Yevgeni Konstantinovich Korablyov (russian: Евгений Константинович Кораблёв; born 29 October 1978) is a Russian former professional footballer. External links * 1978 births Footballers from Moscow Living peop ...

(DF),

Rolan Gusev Rolan Aleksandrovich Gusev (russian: Ролан Александрович Гусев; born 17 September 1977) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of the Under-19 squad of ...

(MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF), Aleksandr Grishin (MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW),

Dmitri Cheryshev Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Черышев; born 11 May 1969) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward, and a manager. He is the manager of Andorran club Santa Coloma. ...

(FW).

References

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