- Russian Cup
infobox football tournament
current =
founded = 1992
number of teams =
region = RUS
current holders = CSKA Moscow
most successful club =FC Lokomotiv Moscow (5 times)
website = [http://www.rambler-football.ru/ Rambler Russian Cup]The Rambler — Russian Cup ( _ru. Рамблер — Кубок России) is a football competition held annually by the
Football Union of Russia for professionalfootball club s.Participants
All clubs from the
Russian Premier League , First Division and Second Division compete for the Russian Cup. Amateur clubs take part in Russian Cup too.Competition system
The competition is held under knockout format. Second Division teams start from 1/512, 1/256, or 1/128 final stage, depending on the number of teams in the corresponding Second Division zone. First Division sides enter the tournament at 1/32 final stage, and Premier League Sides at 1/16 final stage. All ties are one-legged. The final tie is played as a single match in
Moscow . First round matches are usually played in April, with the final being played the following year in May, so each Russian Cup competition lasts for more than a year.Finals
The Russian Cup has been played since
1992 . The finals have produced the following results:Performance by club
Trivia
To date,
Terek Grozny is the only club which has won the cup while playing in the First Division.See also
*
Football in Russia
*Soviet Cup
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