Cup is a men’s cup competition in Russia, with recorded coverage spanning the 2019 to 2025 seasons. Visitors can follow live scores, fixtures and results, review standings, and explore player and team statistics across the competition’s available seasons, using one reference point for match information from season to season and for broader competition tracking over time.
Upcoming matches, Cup
Group Stage - 4
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- Group Stage - 4
Lokomotiv
Akron
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- Group Stage - 4
FC Krasnodar
Fakel
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- Group Stage - 4
Krylia Sovetov
Baltika
Regions Path - Semi-finals
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Ska-khabarovsk
No H2HDinamo Kirov
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Spartak Kostroma
Chelyabinsk
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Volga Ulyanovsk
No H2HMurom
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Volna Nizhegorodskaya
No H2HDinamo St. Petersburg
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Nizhny Novgorod
Shinnik Yaroslavl
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- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Leningradets
Luki-Energiya -
- Regions Path - Semi-finals
Enisey
No H2HKaluga
Latest played matches, Cup
Regions Path - Quarter-finals
Cup Standings
Cup Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Cup teams participation since 2019
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| CSKA Moscow | 7 |
| Spartak Moscow | 7 |
| Zenit | 7 |
| Lokomotiv | 7 |
| FC Krasnodar | 7 |
| Irtysh Omsk | 7 |
| FC Rostov | 7 |
| Arsenal Tula | 7 |
| FC UFA | 7 |
| Krylia Sovetov | 7 |
| FC Orenburg | 7 |
| Rubin | 7 |
| Ural | 7 |
| Akhmat | 7 |
| Ska-khabarovsk | 7 |
| Dynamo | 7 |
| Enisey | 7 |
| Fakel | 7 |
| FK Sokol Saratov | 7 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 7 |
| Tyumen | 7 |
| FK Neftekhimik | 7 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 7 |
| Volgar Astrakhan | 7 |
| Baltika | 7 |
| Avangard Kursk | 7 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 7 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 7 |
| FC Sochi | 7 |
| Chertanovo Moscow | 7 |
| Chayka | 7 |
| Tekstilshchik | 7 |
| Torpedo Moskva | 7 |
| Akron | 7 |
| Chelyabinsk | 7 |
| Chernomorets | 7 |
| Dinamo Barnaul | 7 |
| Dinamo Bryansk | 7 |
| Dinamo Stavropol | 7 |
| Druzhba | 7 |
| KAMAZ | 7 |
| Kaluga | 7 |
| Kolomna | 7 |
| Kuban Kholding | 7 |
| Kvant | 7 |
Cup top scorer teams
Goals scored vs. conversion rate
| Team | Goals scored | Total shots | Conversion % |
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| Spartak Moscow | 8 | 9 |
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| Rodina Moskva | 7 | 3 |
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| FC Rostov | 7 | 8 |
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| FC Orenburg | 6 | 9 |
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| Dynamo | 4 | 5 |
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| Zenit | 4 | 13 |
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| Ska-khabarovsk | 4 | 10 |
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| Volna Nizhegorodskaya | 2 | 4 |
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| Krylia Sovetov | 2 | 6 |
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| Novosibirsk | 2 | 6 |
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| Dinamo St. Petersburg | 2 | 7 |
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| Fakel | 2 | 10 |
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| Spartak Kostroma | 2 | 12 |
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| Chelyabinsk | 2 | 8 |
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| Nizhny Novgorod | 2 | 11 |
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| FC Krasnodar | 2 | 9 |
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| Luki-Energiya | 2 | 8 |
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| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2 | 2 |
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| KDV | 2 | 6 |
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| Akhmat | 2 | 6 |
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| Makhachkala | 2 | 5 |
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| Znamya Noginsk | 2 | 6 |
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| Druzhba | 1 | 10 |
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| Baltika | 1 | 10 |
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| Enisey | 1 | 4 |
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| Akron | 1 | 11 |
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| Lokomotiv | 1 | 4 |
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| Kaluga | 1 | 11 |
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| Rubin | 1 | 8 |
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| Leningradets | 1 | 6 |
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| FK Sokol Saratov | 1 | 1 |
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| Dinamo Kirov | 1 | 7 |
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| Ural | 1 | 8 |
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| Chertanovo Moscow | 1 | 9 |
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| FK Neftekhimik | 1 | 13 |
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| CSKA Moscow | 1 | 16 |
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| Dinamo Stavropol | 1 | 2 |
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| Tekstilshchik | 1 | 11 |
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| Murom | 1 | 14 |
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| Torpedo Moskva | 0 | 1 |
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| KAMAZ | 0 | 8 |
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| Rotor Volgograd | 0 | 3 |
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| Ryazan | 0 | 9 |
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| Dinamo Barnaul | 0 | 7 |
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| Veles | 0 | 6 |
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Cup About
Cup, officially known in current usage as the Russian Cup, is Russia’s premier annual men’s national knockout football competition. Organised by the Football Union of Russia (RFU), it brings together clubs from the Russian Premier League, the lower professional divisions and, in selected cases, the amateur game to determine the country’s cup champion.
National role and origins
The competition was established in its modern form in 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and succeeded the Soviet Cup, which had been contested from 1936 to 1992. Its purpose is both competitive and representative: the tournament crowns a national cup winner while creating a route for clubs outside the elite to meet the leading teams in Russian football.
That broad access gives the competition a distinctive place in the Russian football pyramid. Premier League clubs enter alongside teams from the First League and Second League, while selected amateur and Media League sides may receive invitations for the early rounds. These invitations can extend the competition beyond the professional divisions and bring clubs with different sporting and organisational backgrounds into the national tournament. Second teams, or B-teams, of professional clubs are generally not eligible.
The competition’s modern identity was shaped by reforms introduced in the 2022 period. Rather than using a single conventional knockout bracket, recent editions have used a hybrid structure in which the leading clubs and the regional qualifiers follow separate routes before converging in the decisive stages.
The two-path format
The elite route is the RPL Path. All 16 Russian Premier League clubs enter a group phase formed by four groups of four. The groups use a double round-robin schedule, giving each team home and away matches against the other sides in its group. The top two teams in each group advance to the upper section of the playoff structure. A third-place team is not immediately eliminated: it moves into the lower section, while the fourth-place team leaves the competition.
The second route is the Regions Path. It is designed primarily for lower-division professional clubs and eligible amateur teams, which begin in single-elimination rounds. Depending on their entry point and results, teams may need to progress through as many as six rounds to reach the playoff stage. The route also provides a second opportunity for teams that fall from the elite path.
Together, the paths create a hybrid double-elimination system. A defeat in the upper bracket does not necessarily end a club’s campaign; instead, the losing side can drop into the lower bracket and continue its pursuit of the final. The Regions Path itself is based on one-legged knockout matches, while playoff ties are generally played over two legs, home and away, until the final stages. The tournament culminates in a Superfinal, where the surviving contenders compete for the trophy.
Scoring and tie rules
The group phase uses a points system that prevents drawn matches from producing an ordinary league result. A regulation-time win earns three points. When a match is level after 90 minutes, the winner is decided by a penalty shootout: the winning team receives two points and the losing team one. A regulation defeat earns no points.
Group standings are determined first by points, followed by head-to-head results and then goal difference. In many knockout stages, a match that remains level after 90 minutes proceeds directly to a penalty shootout rather than extra time. This principle also applies to the Superfinal according to the supplied competition description, although the precise regulations can vary between stages and editions. Penalty shootouts therefore form a central part of the competition’s identity, both in the group standings and in sudden-death knockout scenarios.
Seasonal calendar and sporting stakes
The Russian Cup normally follows the rhythm of the Russian football season. Early regional and lower-division rounds begin in July or August, before the tournament pauses during the winter period, which usually runs from December to March. The decisive matches are generally played in May or June, with the Superfinal bringing the campaign to a conclusion.
Winning the Russian Cup is one of the major domestic achievements available to a Russian club. The champion receives the trophy and national recognition, while the competition offers substantial prestige and financial value throughout the campaign. The winner also has the right to face the Russian Premier League champion in the Russian Super Cup. Historically, the cup winner gained access to European competition, including the UEFA Europa League, but Russian clubs are currently excluded from UEFA competitions, so that international pathway is not presently available.
The competition remains important despite that restriction. Its two-path design increases the number of meaningful matches for domestic clubs, preserves opportunities for lower-level sides and gives elite teams a demanding route to the Superfinal. The Cup page records seasons from 2019 through 2025, covering seven recorded seasons and reflecting the competition’s recent development from a traditional national cup into one of Russia’s most distinctive domestic tournaments.