The 2017–18
Russian Cup was the 26th season of the Russian
football knockout tournament since the dissolution of
Soviet Union
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.
The competition started on 14 July 2017 and finished on 9 May 2018. The winners,
FC Tosno
FC Tosno (russian: ФК Тосно) was a professional Russian football club based in Tosno. On 6 May 2017, Tosno won promotion to the 2017–18 Russian Premier League for the first time after securing second place in the Russian National Football ...
, could have earned a spot in the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Olympic Sta ...
group stage, but did not obtain the UEFA license and was closed a month later due to financial problems.
Representation of clubs in leagues
*
Russian Premier League
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: 16 clubs;
*
Russian Football National League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
: 18 clubs;
*
Russian Professional Football League: 57 clubs;
*
Russian Amateur Football League
Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian f ...
: 3 clubs:
Dynamo Kostroma,
Zvezda Saint Petersburg,
Metallurg Asha;
* Russian Regional League: 2 clubs:
FC Belogorsk
FC may refer to:
Businesses, organisations, and schools
* Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India
* Finncomm Airlines (IATA code)
* FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC
* Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...
,
FC Delin Izhevsk;
* Total: 96 clubs.
First Round
;West and Centre
;Ural-Povolzhye
;South
Second Round
;East
;West and Centre
;Ural-Povolzhye
;South
Third Round
;East
;West and Center
;Ural–Povolzhye
;South
Fourth Round
FNL clubs entered at this stage (except for
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (russian: ФК «Зенит-2» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian association football, football team from Saint Petersburg. It plays in the Russian Football National League 2, FNL 2 (third level). It is a fa ...
and
FC Spartak-2 Moscow
FC Spartak-2 Moscow (russian: ФК «Спартак-2» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow, founded in 1964. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Spartak Moscow.
History
The club has participated in profes ...
).
Round of 32
Teams from the
Premier League
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entered the competition at this round. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2017.
Round of 16
The matches were played on 25 October 2017.
Quarter-finals
The matches were played on 27 February, 28 February and 4 April 2018.
Semi-finals
The matches were played on 18 April 2018.
Final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
The final match was played on 9 May 2018.
References
External links
Official page
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Russian Cup
Russian Cup seasons
Cup
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