1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	25 January – 3 February 1997
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	123 (3.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko; Andrey Tikhonov; (6 goals)
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fifth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv second time in a row.

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Spartak Moscow	1996 Russian Top League champions	4th
Dynamo Kyiv	1995–96 Vyshcha Liha champions	2nd
MPKC Mozyr	1996 Belarusian Premier League champions	1st
Kareda Šiauliai	1995–96 A Lyga champions	1st
Skonto Riga	1996 Latvian Higher League champions	5th
Lantana Tallinn	1995–96 Meistriliiga champions	1st
Zimbru Chișinău	1995–96 Moldovan National Division champions	5th
Dinamo Tbilisi	1995–96 Umaglesi Liga champions	5th
Neftchi Baku	1995–96 Azerbaijan Top League champions	3rd
Pyunik Yerevan	1995–96 Armenian Premier League champions	2nd
Taraz	1996 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	1st
Navbahor Namangan	1996 Uzbek League champions	1st
Dynamo Dushanbe	1996 Tajik League champions	1st
Metallurg Kadamjay	1996 Kyrgyzstan League champions	1st
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1996 Ýokary Liga runners-up ¹	5th
Russia XI	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage ²	1st

¹ Köpetdag Aşgabat invited as a Turkemenistan League title holders and 1996–97 season 2nd team as of the winter break. The spring part of the season was eventually cancelled and Köpetdag became a runners-up of an unfinished championship.
² Russia XI was a non age-restricted representation of Russian Top League, bringing together candidates for the senior national team.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spartak Moscow	3	3	0	13	2	+11	9
Zimbru Chișinău	3	2	1	7	7	0	6
Navbahor Namangan	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
Neftchi Baku	3	0	3	6	11	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

25 January 1997

18:00

Navbahor Namangan	0 – 5	Zimbru Chișinău
		Caras 8' Miterev 22' Curteian 28', 57' Suharev 71'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

25 January 1997

19:00

Spartak Moscow	4 – 2	Neftchi Baku
Tikhonov 19' Golovskoy 33' Titov 60' Tsymbalar 68'		G.Gurbanov 12' Rzayev 34'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

26 January 1997

14:00

Neftchi Baku	1 – 2	Zimbru Chișinău
Rzayev 24'		Suharev 68' Testemițanu 83' (pen.)

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

26 January 1997

19:00

Spartak Moscow	3 – 0	Navbahor Namangan
Tikhonov 28', 68' Tsymbalar 45'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Paata Dograshvili (Georgia)

28 January 1997

14:00

Navbahor Namangan	5 – 3	Neftchi Baku
Vinnikov 39' Musabayev 62', 70' Batynkov 77', 88'		Yadullayev 21', 25' M.Gurbanov 86'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

28 January 1997

19:00

Zimbru Chișinău	0 – 6	Spartak Moscow
		Tikhonov 10' (pen.) Kechinov 15', 73', 86' Shirko 70' Duyun 75'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dynamo Kyiv	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	9
Pyunik Yerevan	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Kareda Šiauliai	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
Metallurg Kadamjay	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

25 January 1997

16:00

Kareda Šiauliai	2 – 2	Pyunik Yerevan
Vardanyan 67' (o.g.) Stukalinas 86' (pen.)		Vardanyan 14' V.Khachatryan 30'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)

25 January 1997

17:00

Dynamo Kyiv	9 – 1	Metallurg Kadamjay
Mykhaylenko 15' Antyukhin 33' Byalkevich 51' Bezhenar 52', 90' Samoylov 55' Shevchenko 56', 79' Dmytrulin 78'		Khaitbayev 43'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

26 January 1997

16:00

Metallurg Kadamjay	0 – 4	Pyunik Yerevan
		A.Avetisyan 1', 31', 81' Minasyan 39' (pen.)

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Tudor Cepoi (Moldova)

26 January 1997

17:00

Dynamo Kyiv	5 – 1	Kareda Šiauliai
Samoylov 13', 55' Shevchenko 71' (pen.), 86' Antyukhin 83'		Mikalajūnas 65'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: B.Karaev (Turkmenistan)

28 January 1997

16:00

Kareda Šiauliai	5 – 1	Metallurg Kadamjay
Fomenka 7', 43' Žvingilas 52' Pocius 74' Baranauskas 90'		Khaitbayev 53'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Paata Dograshvili (Georgia)

28 January 1997

18:30

Pyunik Yerevan	0 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv
		Rebrov 33' Khatskevich 90'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Tbilisi	3	3	0	12	4	+8	9
Lantana Tallinn	3	2	1	9	5	+4	6
Taraz	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3
Dynamo Dushanbe	3	0	3	5	13	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

25 January 1997

14:00

Taraz	3 – 2	Dynamo Dushanbe
Vaganov 14' Mazbaev 43', 55'		Fuzaylov 7' Kamaletdinov 63'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 260

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

25 January 1997

18:30

Dinamo Tbilisi	4 – 2	Lantana Tallinn
Didava 54' Demetradze 59' (pen.), 69' Kiknadze 80'		Bragin 8' Kulikov 85'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

26 January 1997

18:00

Lantana Tallinn	4 – 1	Dynamo Dushanbe
Bragin 6' (pen.), 47', 55' Karin 61'		Kulbayev 86'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

26 January 1997

18:30

Dinamo Tbilisi	2 – 0	Taraz
Demetradze 34' Khomeriki 51'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

28 January 1997

13:30

Taraz	0 – 3	Lantana Tallinn
		Daniličevas 55' Kulikov 61' Bragin 74' (pen.)

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

28 January 1997

17:00

Dynamo Dushanbe	2 – 6	Dinamo Tbilisi
Khamidov 66' (pen.) Kamaletdinov 88' (pen.)		Kerdzevadze 12' Tskitishvili 13' Khomeriki 38' Kudinov 44' Kizilashvili 57' Kaladze 75'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Group D

Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia XI	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Skonto Riga	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
MPKC Mozyr	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Official table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Köpetdag Aşgabat	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
Skonto Riga	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
MPKC Mozyr	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

25 January 1997

13:30

Skonto Riga	0 – 1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
		Gogoladze 53'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

25 January 1997

16:00

MPKC Mozyr	2 – 5	Russia XI
Maks.Romaschenko 71', 79' (pen.)		Maslov 20' Semak 34' Bulatov 40' Buznikin 48', 78'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

26 January 1997

13:30

Russia XI	4 – 0	Köpetdag Aşgabat
D.Meredow 14' (o.g.) Buznikin 65', 84' Silin 73'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Abdygany Radzhapov (Kyrgyzstan)

26 January 1997

16:00

MPKC Mozyr	1 – 2	Skonto Riga
Kushnir 69'		Zemļinskis 7' (pen.) Blagonadeždins 52'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Sardar Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

28 January 1997

16:00

Skonto Riga	0 – 0	Russia XI

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)

28 January 1997

18:00

Köpetdag Aşgabat	3 – 0	MPKC Mozyr
Durdyýew 21' Tkavadze 52' Gogoladze 84'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

Final rounds

Quarter-finals (29 Jan)			Semi-finals (31 Jan)			Final (3 Feb)

	Dynamo Kyiv	2

	Zimbru Chișinău	0
				Dynamo Kyiv (p)	0

				Skonto Riga	0
	Dinamo Tbilisi	0

	Skonto Riga (p)	0
							Dynamo Kyiv	3

							Spartak Moscow	2
	Spartak Moscow	3

	Pyunik Yerevan	0
				Spartak Moscow (p)	1

				Köpetdag Aşgabat	1
	Köpetdag Aşgabat	1

	Lantana Tallinn	0

Quarterfinals

29 January 1997

15:30

Köpetdag Aşgabat	1 – 0	Lantana Tallinn
Agabaýew 13'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

29 January 1997

16:30

Dinamo Tbilisi	0 – 0	Skonto Riga

Penalties
Demetradze Tskitishvili Zamtaradze Kizilashvili Kerdzevadze Kudinov Kaladze	4 – 5	Zemļinskis Štolcers Bleidelis Chaladze Pahars Ivanovs Laizāns

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

29 January 1997

18:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 0	Zimbru Chișinău
Byalkevich 13' Shevchenko 89' (pen.)

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

29 January 1997

19:00

Spartak Moscow	3 – 0	Pyunik Yerevan
Tikhonov 34' (pen.) Titov 49', 88'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,600

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

Semifinals

31 January 1997

16:30

Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 0	Skonto Riga

Penalties
Byalkevich Rebrov Shevchenko Bezhenar	4 – 1	Zemļinskis Štolcers Bleidelis

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

31 January 1997

19:00

Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Mir.Romaschenko 75'		Gogoladze 4'
Penalties
Alenichev Titov Lipko Mir.Romaschenko Tikhonov	3 – 2	Ignatow Kulyýew Durdyýew Muhadow Gogoladze

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Final

3 February 1997

16:00

Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 2	Spartak Moscow
Byalkevich 49', 85' Shevchenko 51' (pen.)		Titov 21' Tikhonov 81' (pen.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	6
1	Andrey Tikhonov	Spartak Moscow	6
3	Sergei Bragin	Lantana Tallinn	5
4	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow	4
	Valyantsin Byalkevich	Dynamo Kyiv	4
	Maksim Buznikin	Russia XI	4

External links

1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup at RSSSF