| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Lokomotiv Moscow | 
| Runner-up | Dynamo Moscow | 
The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.[1]
First round
17 April 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 2–1 | FC Kuban Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 
21 April 1996.
22 April 1996.
Second round
1 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow | 0–0; 5–4 in shootout | FC Monolit Moscow | 
2 May 1996.
Third round
30 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Bryansk | 1–0 | FC Neftyanik Yaroslavl | 
| FC Kuzbass Kemerovo | 1–0 | FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 
| FC Tom Tomsk | 4–0 | FC Amkar Perm | 
| FC Nosta Novotroitsk | 2–0 | FC Zenit Penza | 
31 May 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Kolos Krasnodar | 3–0 | FC Torpedo Taganrog | 
| FC Avtozapchast Baksan | 0–0; 4–3 in shootout | FC Olimp Kislovodsk | 
1 June 1996.
Fourth round
Russian Premier League teams FC Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Lada Togliatti started at this stage.
29 June 1996.
| Home team | Score | Away team | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Lokomotiv Liski | 1–3 | FC Fakel Voronezh | 
30 June 1996.
Round of 32
All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.
| FC Druzhba Maykop | 1–2 a.e.t. | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 
|---|---|---|
| Komlichenko  55' Autlev  92'  | Report | Maslov  75'  97' Loskov  76'  | 
| FC Oryol | 1–0 | FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 
|---|---|---|
| Bakulin  87' | Report | 
| FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 5–1 | FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny | 
|---|---|---|
| Kormiltsev  10' Yarkin  42' (pen.)  54' Tsykin  63' (o.g.) Bazhenov  84' | Report | Panchenko  19' | 
| FC Lokomotiv Chita | N/A | FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg (disqualified) | 
|---|---|---|
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 5–0 | FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 
|---|---|---|
| Dmitriev  19' Khomukha  46'  90' Kulik  50'  86' | Report | 
| FC UralAZ Miass | 2–0 | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | 
|---|---|---|
| Nidbaykin  31'  85' | Report | 
| FC Nosta Novotroitsk | 1–2 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Rylov  50' | Report | Kosolapov  29' Solomatin  55' | 
| FC Avtozapchast Baksan | 2–1 a.e.t. | FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk | 
|---|---|---|
| Apshev  89' Kugotov  119' (pen.) | Report | Glukhov  50' | 
| FC Lada Dimitrovgrad | 2–3 | FC Rotor Volgograd | 
|---|---|---|
| Zaikin  28' Kuznetsov  28' | Report | Veretennikov  15'  20' (pen.) Ilyushin  70' | 
| FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–3 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Yashkin  44' (pen.) | Report | Cheryshev  24' Shtanyuk  72' Kobelev  81' | 
| FC Saturn Ramenskoye | 0–2 | PFC CSKA Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kulik  10'  44' (pen.) | 
Round of 16
| FC Spartak Moscow | 4–1 | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 
|---|---|---|
| Kechinov  2' Alenichev  10'  72' Melyoshin  79' | Report | Maslov  71' | 
| FC Rotor Volgograd | 4–0 | FC Avtozapchast Baksan | 
|---|---|---|
| Tishchenko  4' Krivov  27' Veretennikov  45' (pen.)  85' | Report | 
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 5–0 | FC UralAZ Miass | 
|---|---|---|
| Kharlachyov  6' Kosolapov  15' Janashia  22' Maminov  85' Kamnev  89' | Report | Zlobin  82'  | 
| PFC CSKA Moscow | 0–0 | FC Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Dzutsev  108'  | |
| Penalties | ||
| Minko  Grishin  Bokov  Khomukha  Kulik  Gerasimov  Tsaplin  Lobzhanidze  Shustikov  | 7–8 | Momotov  Yarkin  Musin  Toporov  Yanotovskiy  Kyrylov  Baryshev  Smertin  Bogochev  | 
| FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 0–0 | FC Lokomotiv Chita | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Zazulin  Yegunov  Panov  Vernydub  Svystunov  | 4–3 | Popov  Bogdanov  Nedorezov  Galimov  Istomin  | 
Penalty kick by Zenit's Yuriy Vernydub hit the crossbar in the 71st minute.
| FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow | 6–1 | FC Lada Togliatti | 
|---|---|---|
| Khokhlov  21'  79'  88' Kamoltsev  60'  90' Arlowski  77' | Report | Vereshchak  85' | 
Quarter-finals
| FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow | 1–2 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 
|---|---|---|
| Bushmanov  18' | Report | Kharlachyov  69' Kosolapov  77' (pen.) | 
Semi-finals
Final
|      FC Lokomotiv Moscow |        FC Dynamo Moscow | 
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| MATCH RULES 
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Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game:
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin  (DF), Oleg Elyshev (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Dmitri Bulykin (FW), Oleh Haras
 (DF), Oleg Elyshev (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Dmitri Bulykin (FW), Oleh Haras  (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin
 (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin  (FW).
 (FW).
FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF), Yevgeni Korablyov (DF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF), Aleksandr Grishin (MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW), Dmitri Cheryshev (FW).





