2016 Russian Cup Final

The 2015 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.

2016 Russian Cup Final
The Kazan Arena hosted the final
Event2015–16 Russian Cup
CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg
1 4
Date2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)
VenueKazan Arena, Kazan
Attendance36,500

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'
Kazan Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 36,500


GK35 Igor Akinfeev (c)
DF2 Mário Fernandes
DF24 Vasiliy Berezutski 62'
DF4 Sergei Ignashevich
DF6 Aleksei Berezutski 18' 60'
MF66 Bibras Natkho
MF10 Alan Dzagoev
MF60 Aleksandr Golovin
MF18 Ahmed Musa
MF25 Roman Eremenko 53' 66'
FW99 Aaron Samuel 39'
Substitutes:
GK1 Sergei Chepchugov
DF5 Viktor Vasin 66'
DF15 Taras Mykhalyk
DF14 Kirill Nababkin
MF42 Georgi Shchennikov
MF17 Sergei Tkachyov 60'
FW8 Kirill Panchenko 39' 68'
FW7 Zoran Tošić
Manager:
Leonid Slutsky
GK41 Aleksandr Kerzhakov
DF4 Domenico Criscito (c)
DF24 Ezequiel Garay
DF13 Luís Neto
DF19 Igor Smolnikov
MF21 Javi García
MF14 Artur Yusupov
MF17 Oleg Shatov 75'
MF7 Hulk 78' 83'
MF28 Axel Witsel 82'
FW9 Aleksandr Kokorin 74'
Substitutes:
GK51 Maksim Rudakov
GK1 Yuri Lodygin
DF6 Nicolas Lombaerts
DF52 Andrei Ivanov
DF8 Maurício 82'
DF81 Yuri Zhirkov 83'
MF70 Dmitry Bogayev
MF10 Danny (footballer)
FW22 Artem Dzyuba 74'
FW92 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. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/79544812/hulk-double-leads-zenit-st-petersburg-to-russian-cup-glory
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