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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)
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International football competition

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[edit]

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[edit]

Group A[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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

Attendance: 400

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

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

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

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

Attendance: 800

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

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

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Paata Dograshvili (Georgia)

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

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

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

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

Group B[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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

Attendance: 800

Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)

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

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

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

Attendance: 500

Referee: Tudor Cepoi (Moldova)

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

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: B.Karaev (Turkmenistan)

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

Attendance: 200

Referee: Paata Dograshvili (Georgia)

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

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

Group C[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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

Attendance: 260

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

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

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)

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

Attendance: 500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

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

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

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

Attendance: 100

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

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

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Group D[edit]

• 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

• Official table

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

Results[edit]

Skonto Riga	0 – 1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
		Gogoladze 53'

Attendance: 100

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

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

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

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

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Abdygany Radzhapov (Kyrgyzstan)

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

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Sardar Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

Skonto Riga	0 – 0	Russia XI

Attendance: 500

Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)

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

Attendance: 500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

Final rounds[edit]

	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[edit]

Köpetdag Aşgabat	1 – 0	Lantana Tallinn
Agabaýew 13'

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Dinamo Tbilisi	0 – 0	Skonto Riga
Penalties
Demetradze Tskitishvili Zamtaradze Kizilashvili Kerdzevadze Kudinov Kaladze	4 – 5	Zemļinskis Štolcers Bleidelis Chaladze Pahars Ivanovs Laizāns

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

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

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

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

Attendance: 4,600

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

Semifinals[edit]

Dynamo Kyiv	0 – 0	Skonto Riga
Penalties
Byalkevich Rebrov Shevchenko Bezhenar	4 – 1	Zemļinskis Štolcers Bleidelis

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

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

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Final[edit]

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

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	6
	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[edit]

• 1997 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup at RSSSF