2017 Russian Cup final

2017 Russian Cup Final
	The Fisht Olympic Stadium hosted the final
Event	2016–17 Russian Cup
Date	2 May 2017
Venue	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Referee	Aleksei Nikolaev (referee)
Attendance	24,500
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The 2017 Russian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2016–17 Russian Cup, the 25th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2017 at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, between Ural Yekaterinburg and Lokomotiv Moscow. Lokomotiv won the game courtesy of goals from Igor Denisov and Aleksei Miranchuk.^[1]

The winner qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League and also faced the champions of the 2016–17 Russian Premier League, Spartak Moscow in the 2017 Russian Super Cup.

Venue

The Russian Cup final was held for Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. The stadium, which holds 40,000 people, was constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, where it served as the venue for their opening and closing ceremonies. Following the events, the stadium was remodeled into an open-air football stadium and hosted matches as part of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Background

Lokomotiv played their 8th Russian Cup final, second only to CSKA's 11.^[2] Prior to the 2017 final, they have won six, against the seven won by their cross town rivals. Their most recent appearance at the final was in 2015, wherein Lokomotiv ran 3-1 winners against Kuban Krasnodar.

As for Ural, it was their first ever appearance at the Russian Cup final. Indeed, their performance in the Russian Cup has been mediocre at best, as their best outing so far has been a Round of 16 appearance in the 2009–10 Russian Cup and 2015–16 Russian Cup.

It was also the first time that the two clubs met in the Russian Cup final.

Road to the final

Ural		Round	Lokomotiv
Opponent	Result	2016–17 Russian Cup	Opponent	Result
Chelyabinsk	3–0	Round of 32	Khimki	2–1
Amkar Perm	1–1 (4–2 pen)	Round of 16	Krylia Sovetov Samara	3–1
Krasnodar	3–3 (4–3 pen)	Quarter-finals	Tosno	1-0
Rubin Kazan	2-1	Semi-finals	Ufa	1–0

Match

Details

2 May 2017

18:45 MSK (UTC+3)

Ural Yekaterinburg	0–2	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Summary	Denisov 76' Al. Miranchuk 90'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev

Ural Yekaterinburg

Lokomotiv Moscow



GK	28	Nikolai Zabolotny
DF	7	Aleksandr Dantsev (c)
DF	4	Gregor Balažic
DF	3	Jemal Tabidze
MF	17	Nikolay Dimitrov		88'
MF	12	Aleksandr Novikov
MF	92	Roman Yemelyanov		79'
MF	18	Vladimir Ilyin	69'
MF	6	Eric Bicfalvi
FW	9	Roman Pavlyuchenko		46'
FW	10	Chisamba Lungu	49'
Substitutes:
MF	57	Artyom Fidler	90+'	46'
MF	99	Edgar Manucharyan	90+'	79'
FW	32	Nikita Glushkov		88'
Manager:
Aleksandr Tarkhanov



GK	1	Guilherme (c)
DF	5	Nemanja Pejčinović	45'
DF	14	Vedran Ćorluka	90'
DF	15	Arseny Logashov
DF	29	Vitaliy Denisov
MF	3	Alan Kasaev		108'
MF	4	Manuel Fernandes		71'
MF	11	Mbark Boussoufa	87'
MF	19	Aleksandr Samedov	82'
MF	49	Roman Shishkin
FW	9	Ari		64'
Substitutes:
GK	41	Miroslav Lobantsev
DF	17	Taras Mykhalyk
DF	55	Renat Yanbayev
MF	7	Maicon		108'
MF	59	Aleksei Miranchuk		71'
FW	21	Baye Oumar Niasse		64'
FW	25	Petar Škuletić
Manager:
Igor Cherevchenko