2016 Russian Cup final

The 2016 Russian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Russian Cup, the 24th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2016 at the Kazan Arena in Kazan, between CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg.

2016 Russian Cup Final
The Kazan Arena hosted the final
Event2015–16 Russian Cup
Date2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)
VenueKazan Arena, Kazan
RefereeAlexander Yegorov
Attendance36,500
2015
2017

After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.[1]

As winners, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and also faced off against CSKA in a rematch of the cup final in the Russian Super Cup held on 23 July 2016.

Match details

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CSKA Moscow1−4Zenit Saint Petersburg
Olanare   36' RPFL Report Hulk   34' (pen.), 63' (pen.)
Kokorin   55'
Yusupov   69'
Attendance: 36,500


GK 35   Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF 2   Mário Fernandes
DF 24   Vasiliy Berezutski   62'
DF 4   Sergei Ignashevich
DF 6   Aleksei Berezutski   18'   60'
MF 66   Bibras Natkho
MF 10   Alan Dzagoev
MF 60   Aleksandr Golovin
MF 18   Ahmed Musa
MF 25   Roman Eremenko   53'   66'
FW 99   Aaron Samuel   39'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Sergei Chepchugov
DF 5   Viktor Vasin   66'
DF 15   Taras Mykhalyk
DF 14   Kirill Nababkin
MF 42   Georgi Shchennikov
MF 17   Sergei Tkachyov   60'
FW 8   Kirill Panchenko   39'   68'
FW 7   Zoran Tošić
Manager:
  Leonid Slutsky
GK 41   Mikhail Kerzhakov
DF 4   Domenico Criscito (c)
DF 24   Ezequiel Garay
DF 13   Luís Neto
DF 19   Igor Smolnikov
MF 21   Javi García
MF 14   Artur Yusupov
MF 17   Oleg Shatov   75'
MF 7   Hulk   78'   83'
MF 28   Axel Witsel   82'
FW 9   Aleksandr Kokorin   74'
Substitutes:
GK 51   Maksim Rudakov
GK 1   Yuri Lodygin
DF 6   Nicolas Lombaerts
DF 52   Andrei Ivanov
DF 8   Maurício   82'
DF 81   Yuri Zhirkov   83'
MF 70   Dmitry Bogayev
MF 10   Danny
FW 22   Artem Dzyuba   74'
FW 92   Pavel Dolgov
Manager:
  André Villas-Boas

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ "Hulk double leads Zenit St Petersburg to Russian Cup glory". 2 May 2016.
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