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 Russia Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF 2 Russia Mário Fernandes
DF 24 Russia Vasiliy Berezutski Red card 62'
DF 4 Russia Sergei Ignashevich
DF 6 Russia Aleksei Berezutski Yellow card 18' downward-facing red arrow 60'
MF 66 Israel Bibras Natkho
MF 10 Russia Alan Dzagoev
MF 60 Russia Aleksandr Golovin
MF 18 Nigeria Ahmed Musa
MF 25 Finland Roman Eremenko Yellow card 53' downward-facing red arrow 66'
FW 99 Nigeria Aaron Samuel downward-facing red arrow 39'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Russia Sergei Chepchugov
DF 5 Russia Viktor Vasin upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 15 Russia Taras Mykhalyk
DF 14 Russia Kirill Nababkin
MF 42 Russia Georgi Shchennikov
MF 17 Russia Sergei Tkachyov upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 8 Russia Kirill Panchenko upward-facing green arrow 39' Yellow card 68'
FW 7 Serbia Zoran Tošić
Manager:
Russia Leonid Slutsky
GK 41 Russia Mikhail Kerzhakov
DF 4 Italy Domenico Criscito (c)
DF 24 Argentina Ezequiel Garay
DF 13 Portugal Luís Neto
DF 19 Russia Igor Smolnikov
MF 21 Spain Javi García
MF 14 Russia Artur Yusupov
MF 17 Russia Oleg Shatov Yellow card 75'
MF 7 Brazil Hulk Yellow card 78' downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 28 Belgium Axel Witsel downward-facing red arrow 82'
FW 9 Russia Aleksandr Kokorin downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK 51 Russia Maksim Rudakov
GK 1 Russia Yuri Lodygin
DF 6 Belgium Nicolas Lombaerts
DF 52 Russia Andrei Ivanov
DF 8 Brazil Maurício upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 81 Russia Yuri Zhirkov upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 70 Russia Dmitry Bogayev
MF 10 Portugal Danny
FW 22 Russia Artem Dzyuba upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 92 Russia Pavel Dolgov
Manager:
Portugal 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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Russian_Cup_final
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