The 1997–98 Russian Cup was the sixth season of the Russian

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knockout tournament since the dissolution of

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First round

2 May 1997. 4 May 1997. 5 May 1997.

Second round

15 May 1997 16 May 1997.

Third round

Fourth round

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teams

FC Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

and

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

started at this stage. 6 July 1997. 21 July 1997.

Round of 32

All the other

teams started at this stage.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game: FC Spartak Moscow:

Vadim Evseev Vadim Valentinovich Evseev ( rus, Вади́м Валенти́нович Евсе́ев, p=vɐˈdʲim vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ jɪfˈsʲeɪf; born 8 January 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who is a former Russian inter ...

(DF),

Ramiz Mamedov Ramiz Mamedov ( az, Ramiz Məmmədov; russian: Рамиз Мамедов; born 21 August 1972) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s. Club career Mamedo ...

(DF), Konstantin Golovskoy (DF),

Aleksei Melyoshin Aleksei Vladislavovich Melyoshin (russian: Алексей Владиславович Мелёшин; born 30 January 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Personal life His son Pavel Melyoshin is a professional footballer. Ach ...

(MF), Aleksei Bakharev (MF),

Aleksandr Shirko Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko (russian: Александр Петрович Ширко; born 24 November 1976) is a Russian football scout and a former player. He works as a scout of FC Khimki. Playing career Shirko started his professional care ...

(FW),

Sergey Dmitriev Sergey Igorevich Dmitriyev (russian: Сергей Игоревич Дмитриев; 19 March 1964 – 26 December 2022) was a Russian football coach and a player. International career Dmitriyev earned six caps for the USSR national footbal ...

(FW), Aleksei Zlydnev (FW), Sergei Lutovinov (FW), Luis Robson (FW). FC Lokomotiv Moscow:

Aleksandr Podshivalov Aleksandr Viktorovich Podshivalov (russian: Александр Викторович Подшивалов; born 6 September 1964) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeepers coach with FC Tom Tomsk. In ...

(GK),

Aleksei Arifullin Aleksey Sayarovich Arifullin (russian: Алексей Саярович Арифуллин) (13 October 1970 − 28 September 2017) was a Russia, Russian association footballer. Club career Arifullin played in the Russian Top League with FC Lok ...

(DF),

Andrei Lavrik Andrei Ivanavich Lavrik ( be, Андрэй Лаўрык; russian: Андрей Лаврик; born 7 December 1974) is a retired Belarusian footballer. His last club was Torpedo Zhodino. After retirement in early 2011 he stayed in the team as as ...

(DF), Oleg Pashinin (DF),

Vladimir Maminov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov (russian: Владимир Александрович Маминов; born 4 September 1974) is a Russian-born football manager and a former player who represented Uzbekistan internationally. Career He played al ...

(MF), Aleksandr Smirnov (MF), Bakhva Tedeyev (MF),

Albert Sarkisyan Albert Sarkisyan ( hy, Ալբերտ Սարգսյան, born 15 May 1975) is a Armenian football coach and a former player who is the head coach of the Under-16 team of Strogino Moscow. A midfielder, Sarkisyan was a member of the Armenia nation ...

(MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Oleh Haras (FW).

References

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