1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv in their first participation in the competition, while Omari Tetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz) was honored as the Best player award. In a change from the previous years, top two teams of each group progressed through the first stage, and a quarterfinal round was played for the first time.

1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 1996
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	26 January – 3 February 1996
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	118 (3.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Uladzimir Makowski (5 goals)
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Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	1995 Russian Top League champions	1st
Dynamo Kyiv	1994–95 Vyshcha Liha champions	1st
Dinamo Minsk	1995 Belarusian Premier League champions	3rd
Žalgiris Vilnius	1995–96 A Lyga 1st team as of the winter break	2nd
Skonto Riga	1995 Latvian Higher League champions	4th
Flora Tallinn	1994–95 Meistriliiga champions	2nd
Zimbru Chișinău	1994–95 Moldovan National Division champions	4th
Dinamo Tbilisi	1994–95 Umaglesi Liga champions	4th
Kapaz Ganja	1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League champions	1st
Pyunik Yerevan	1995–96 Armenian Premier League 1st team as of the winter break	1st
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	1995 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	2nd
Neftchi Fergana	1995 Uzbek League champions	2nd
Pamir Dushanbe	1995 Tajik League champions	1st
Kant-Oil-Semetey	1995 Kyrgyzstan League champions	2nd
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1995 Ýokary Liga champions	4th
Russia U21 national team	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage.	3rd

Group stage

Group A

• Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skonto Riga	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9
Russia U21	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Neftchi Fergana	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Zimbru Chișinău	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Official table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skonto Riga	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Neftchi Fergana	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

26 January 1996

13:00

Zimbru Chișinău	1 – 2	Neftchi Fergana
Spânu 38'		Andreyev 78', 87'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)

26 January 1996

15:00

Skonto Riga	3 – 2	Russia U21
Babičevs 37' Zemļinskis 50' (pen.) Baushev 68'		Krivov 70' Movsisyan 77'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

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27 January 1996

13:00

Russia U21	2 – 1	Neftchi Fergana
Khokhlov 25', 39'		Pisarev 85'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

27 January 1996

16:00

Skonto Riga	2 – 1	Zimbru Chișinău
Zemļinskis 59' Štolcers 72'		Rebeja 41'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)

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29 January 1996

13:00

Zimbru Chișinău	0 – 3	Russia U21
		Semak 7' Sikoyev 27' Davydov 61'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kadyrbek Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)

29 January 1996

18:00

Neftchi Fergana	1 – 2	Skonto Riga
Ni 35' (pen.)		Astafjevs 55' Štolcers 65'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 250

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Yelimay Semipalatinsk	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Pyunik Yerevan	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1
Kant-Oil-Semetey	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

26 January 1996

13:00

Pyunik Yerevan	0 – 3	Yelimay Semipalatinsk
		Miroshnichenko 7' Kainazarov 29' Litvinenko 47'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Lom-Ali Ibragimov (Russia)

26 January 1996

18:00

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	5 – 0	Kant-Oil-Semetey
Tedeyev 11' Qosimov 19' Revishvili 39' Kavelashvili 49' Suleymanov 76' (pen.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

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27 January 1996

13:00

Kant-Oil-Semetey	0 – 4	Yelimay Semipalatinsk
		Litvinenko 19', 39' Kainazarov 53' Fridental 68'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Viktor Filippov (Russia)

27 January 1996

18:00

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	4 – 0	Pyunik Yerevan
Qosimov 11' Suleymanov 12' Yanovsky 15' Gevorgyan 50' (o.g.)

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

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29 January 1996

15:00

Pyunik Yerevan	1 – 1	Kant-Oil-Semetey
Khachatryan 7'		Mirshanov 77'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

29 January 1996

18:00

Yelimay Semipalatinsk	0 – 4	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
		Revishvili 12' Yanovsky 27', 86' Kavelashvili 50'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Minsk	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9
Dynamo Kyiv	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
Flora Tallinn	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

26 January 1996

15:00

Köpetdag Aşgabat	3 – 5	Dinamo Minsk
Seydiev 38' (pen.) Plyuşçenko 61' Hamibi 84'		Byalkevich 3', 89' M.Makowski 29' Khatskevich 42' U.Makowski 48'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Aleksandr Borisov (Kazakhstan)

26 January 1996

16:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 0	Flora Tallinn
Leonenko 21' Shkapenko 74'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

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27 January 1996

15:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 0	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Holovko 57' Shmatovalenko 61'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sergei Anokhin (Russia)

27 January 1996

17:00

Flora Tallinn	0 – 2	Dinamo Minsk
		U.Makowski 24' Kachura 49'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

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29 January 1996

13:00

Köpetdag Aşgabat	4 – 1	Flora Tallinn
Agaýew 25', 66' Mohhamadi 29' A.Meredow 61'		Krõm 41'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)

29 January 1996

17:00

Dinamo Minsk	3 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv
U.Makowski 43', 90' Mayorov 88'		Kosovskyi 44' Shevchenko 74'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Žalgiris Vilnius	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Dinamo Tbilisi	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	6
Pamir Dushanbe	3	1	0	2	5	16	−11	3
Kapaz Ganja	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Note: primary tie-breaker is head-to-head result.

Results

26 January 1996

17:00

Dinamo Tbilisi	9 – 0	Pamir Dushanbe
Anchabadze 21' Gogichaishvili 29' (pen.), 39', 50' Kobiashvili 38' Shaimov 73' (o.g.) Mujiri 78' Khomeriki 79' Iashvili 89'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

26 January 1996

17:00

Žalgiris Vilnius	0 – 1	Kapaz Ganja
		A.Mammadov 35'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Merab Malaguradze (Georgia)

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27 January 1996

15:00

Pamir Dushanbe	3 – 2	Kapaz Ganja
Kamaletdinov 7' Zardov 31' Kh.Fuzailov 73'		Allahverdiyev 45' R.Ahmadov 51'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Nail Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

27 January 1996

17:00

Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 3	Žalgiris Vilnius
Demetradze 73'		Jankauskas 48', 57' Pukelevičius 83'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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29 January 1996

15:00

Žalgiris Vilnius	5 – 2	Pamir Dushanbe
Rimkus 3', 32', 45' Tereškinas 52' A.Steško 71'		Jabborov 5' Knyazev 87'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)

29 January 1996

16:00

Kapaz Ganja	0 – 3	Dinamo Tbilisi
		Iashvili 10' Kerdzevadze 76' Gogichaishvili 83'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Final rounds

	Quarter-finals (30 Jan)					Semi-finals (1 Feb)					Final (3 Feb)
		Skonto Riga	1
		Yelimay Semipalatinsk	0
							Skonto Riga	0
							Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	2
		Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	9
		Neftchi Fergana	0
												Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	0
												Dynamo Kyiv	1
		Žalgiris Vilnius	0
		Dynamo Kyiv	3
							Dynamo Kyiv	4
							Dinamo Minsk	0
		Dinamo Minsk	2
		Dinamo Tbilisi	1

Quarter-finals

30 January 1996

14:30

Dinamo Minsk	2 – 1	Dinamo Tbilisi
U.Makowski 75' Byalkevich 34'		Tskitishvili 75'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Viktor Filippov (Russia)

30 January 1996

15:30

Skonto Riga	1 – 0	Yelimay Semipalatinsk
Baushev 79'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)

30 January 1996

17:00

Žalgiris Vilnius	0 – 3	Dynamo Kyiv
		Pokhlebayev 53', 69' (pen.), 90' (pen.)

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

30 January 1996

18:00

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	9 – 0	Neftchi Fergana
Revishvili 9' Derkach 21' Suleymanov 25', 36' Kanishchev 47', 86' Kavelashvili 64' Tetradze 67' Tedeyev 75'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

Semi-finals

1 February 1996

15:30

Dynamo Kyiv	4 – 0	Dinamo Minsk
Mykhaylenko 31' Leonenko 41' Pokhlebayev 57' Shevchenko 59'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,900

Referee: Sergei Anokhin (Russia)

1 February 1996

18:00

Skonto Riga	0 – 2	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
		Qosimov 58' Derkach 89'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Final

3 February 1996

16:00

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	0 – 1	Dynamo Kyiv
		Shevchenko 81'

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Uladzimir Makowski	Dinamo Minsk	5
2	Yevhen Pokhlebayev	Dynamo Kyiv	4
	Nazim Suleymanov	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz	4
	Kakhaber Gogichaishvili	Dinamo Tbilisi	4

External links

• 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup at RSSSF