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

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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teams

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), 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, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...

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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 Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin (DF),

Oleg Elyshev Oleg Vyacheslavovich Yelyshev (; 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 and Fakel Voronezh in the Soviet First League, Dyna ...

(MF), Vitali Veselov (FW),

Dmitri Bulykin Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (; 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 Bulykin began his football career with Lokomotiv Moscow ...

(FW), Oleh Haras (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin (FW). FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF), Yevgeni Korablyov (DF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF),

Aleksandr Grishin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Grishin (; born 18 November 1971) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is assistant coach with FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny. Honours * Soviet Top League champion: 1991. * Soviet Top League runner-up: ...

(MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW),

Dmitri Cheryshev Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev (; born 11 May 1969) is a Russian professional football manager and a former forward. He is the manager of Tajikistani club Ravshan Kulob. During his 16-year senior career, he was mainly associated with Dynamo Mo ...

(FW).

References

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