2016 Russian Cup final

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

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.

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

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

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