1995 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the third edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won third time in a row by Spartak Moscow who defeated Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi in the final. This was the first time Ukraine was represented at the tournament, as well as the first time when three points were awarded for a win.

1995 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 1995
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	29 January – 4 February 1995
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spartak Moscow (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	103 (3.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ilya Tsymbalar (6 goals)
← 1994 1996 →

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Spartak Moscow	1994 Russian Top League champions	3rd
Shakhtar Donetsk	1993–94 Vyshcha Liha runners-up 1	1st
Dinamo Minsk	1993–94 Belarusian Premier League champions	2nd
Žalgiris Vilnius	1994–95 A Lyga 1st team as of the winter break	1st
Skonto Riga	1994 Latvian Higher League champions	3rd
Flora Tallinn	1993–94 Meistriliiga champions	1st
Zimbru Chișinău	1993–94 Moldovan National Division champions	3rd
Dinamo Tbilisi	1993–94 Umaglesi Liga champions	3rd
Neftchi Baku	1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League 1st team as of the winter break 2	2nd
Shirak Gyumri	1994 Armenian Premier League champions	1st
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	1994 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	1st
Nuravshon Bukhara	1994 Uzbek League runners-up 3	1st
Sitora Dushanbe	1994 Tajik League champions	2nd
Kant-Oil	1994 Kyrgyzstan League champions	1st
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1994 Ýokary Liga champions	3rd
Russia U21 national team	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage.	2nd

• ¹ Shakhtar Donetsk replaced Dynamo Kyiv (1993–94 Ukrainian champions), who refused to participate citing unwillingness to play at the traumatic artificial pitch.
• ² Neftchi Baku replaced Turan Tovuz (1993–94 Azerbaijan champions).
• ³ Nuravshon Bukhara replaced Neftchi Fergana (1994 Uzbekistan champions).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spartak Moscow	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9
Žalgiris Vilnius	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Neftchi Baku	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
Sitora Dushanbe	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 January 1995

18:00

Neftchi Baku	0 – 1	Žalgiris Vilnius
		Vencevičius 54'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Viktor Derdo (Ukraine)

29 January 1995

19:00

Spartak Moscow	4 – 0	Sitora Dushanbe
Mukhamadiev 18' Tsymbalar 26', 87' V.Onopko 47'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,300

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

---

30 January 1995

16:00

Sitora Dushanbe	0 – 6	Žalgiris Vilnius
		Jankauskas 1', 44' Mikulėnas 25', 65' Balsevičius 80' Preikšaitis 88'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Babur Khaydarov (Uzbekistan)

30 January 1995

19:00

Spartak Moscow	5 – 0	Neftchi Baku
Vyalichka 20' Tsymbalar 31', 75' Mukhamadiev 50' Kechinov 55'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Boriss Adjutovs (Latvia)

---

31 January 1995

14:00

Neftchi Baku	1 – 0	Sitora Dushanbe
Vahabzade 17'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Abdygany Radzhapov (Kyrgyzstan)

31 January 1995

19:00

Žalgiris Vilnius	1 – 4	Spartak Moscow
Urbonas 20'		Kechinov 30' Pisarev 56' Tsymbalar 58' Nikiforov 80' (pen.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skonto Riga	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
Dinamo Minsk	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
Kant-Oil	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 January 1995

14:00

Köpetdag Aşgabat	4 – 0	Kant-Oil
Seydiev 13' (pen.) Annadurdiyew 35' K.Meredow 54' Nurmyradow 82'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

29 January 1995

16:00

Skonto Riga	6 – 0	Dinamo Minsk
Zemļinskis 2' (pen.) Semjonovs 41' Astafjevs 53' Štolcers 55' Jeļisejevs 72', 88'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

---

30 January 1995

14:00

Köpetdag Aşgabat	0 – 0	Skonto Riga

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: Viktor Filippov (Russia)

30 January 1995

17:00

Kant-Oil	0 – 9	Dinamo Minsk
		Putilo 10' Mayorov 37' Kachura 62', 74' Demenkovets 64' Zhuravel 67' Astrowski 70' Charnyawski 79', 83'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

---

31 January 1995

14:00

Dinamo Minsk	1 – 1	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Zhuravel 27'		Seydiev 56' (pen.)

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

31 January 1995

18:00

Skonto Riga	4 – 1	Kant-Oil
Štolcers 37' Zemļinskis 52' (pen.) Klishin 70' Sļesarčuks 78'		Izrailov 53'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yevgeni Volnin (Russia)

Group C

• Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Tbilisi	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
Russia U21	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6
Zimbru Chișinău	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Official table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Tbilisi	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 January 1995

16:00

Zimbru Chișinău	0 – 0	Yelimay Semipalatinsk

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Sergei Anokhin (Russia)

29 January 1995

17:00

Dinamo Tbilisi	4 – 2	Russia U21
Kavelashvili 3', 38' Kinkladze 9' Jamarauli 77'		Nekrasov 15' Klyuyev 19'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alexander Koulakov (Kazakhstan)

---

30 January 1995

14:00

Russia U21	6 – 2	Yelimay Semipalatinsk
Mashkarin 21' (pen.) Gerasimov 30' Nekrasov 32' Konovalov 49' Berketov 54' Fayzulin 73'		Sidorov 10' Gasanov 78'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Takhir Souleimanov (Azerbaijan)

30 January 1995

18:00

Dinamo Tbilisi	2 – 0	Zimbru Chișinău
Kavelashvili 46', 59'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

---

31 January 1995

16:00

Zimbru Chișinău	1 – 2	Russia U21
Miterev 43'		Movsisyan 25' Mashkarin 60' (pen.)

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Boriss Adjutovs (Latvia)

31 January 1995

18:00

Yelimay Semipalatinsk	1 – 4	Dinamo Tbilisi
Litvinenko 36'		Beradze 34' Kavelashvili 63' Iashvili 78', 84'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Sergei Anokhin (Russia)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shakhtar Donetsk	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
Shirak Gyumri	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Nuravshon Bukhara	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
Flora Tallinn	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

29 January 1995

14:00

Nuravshon Bukhara	2 – 1	Flora Tallinn
Kovshov 12' Ishmirzaev 31' (pen.)		Kristal 4'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

29 January 1995

18:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	2 – 1	Shirak Gyumri
Atelkin 53' Petrov 62'		Petrosyan 9'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Tamaz Latsabidze (Georgia)

---

30 January 1995

16:00

Nuravshon Bukhara	2 – 5	Shakhtar Donetsk
Ageev 38' Tillyaev 81' (pen.)		Pohodin 23' Matveyev 25' Stolovytskyi 50' Shyshchenko 82' S.Onopko 87'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

30 January 1995

18:00

Flora Tallinn	0 – 1	Shirak Gyumri
		Grigoryan 23'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Anatolie Ianeț (Moldova)

---

31 January 1995

16:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 0	Flora Tallinn
Shyshchenko 61'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Viktor Filippov (Russia)

31 January 1995

17:00

Shirak Gyumri	4 – 2	Nuravshon Bukhara
Grigoryan 12' Vardanyan 29', 43' (pen.) Markaryan 35'		Ageev 32' Sharipov 59' (pen.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Eldar Ramazanov (Turkmenistan)

Final rounds

	Semi-finals (2 Feb)					Final (4 Feb)
		Spartak Moscow	3
		Skonto Riga	0
							Spartak Moscow	5
							Dinamo Tbilisi	1
		Dinamo Tbilisi	1
		Shakhtar Donetsk	0

Semi-finals

2 February 1995

16:30

Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Kinkladze 86' (pen.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

2 February 1995

19:00

Spartak Moscow	3 – 0	Skonto Riga
Tsymbalar 40' Nikiforov 60' (pen.) Pisarev 90'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,400

Referee: Tamaz Latsabidze (Georgia)

Final

4 February 1995

18:00

Spartak Moscow	5 – 1	Dinamo Tbilisi
Pisarev 13' Alenichev 58' Mukhamadiev 61' Kechinov 83' Tikhonov 85'		Kinkladze 63'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ilya Tsymbalar	Spartak Moscow	6
2	Mikheil Kavelashvili	Dinamo Tbilisi	5
3	Valery Kechinov	Spartak Moscow	3
	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev	Spartak Moscow	3
	Nikolai Pisarev	Spartak Moscow	3
	Georgi Kinkladze	Dinamo Tbilisi	3

External links

• 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup at RSSSF