2016 Russian Cup final

The 2016 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
Event	2015–16 Russian Cup
CSKA Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 4
Date	2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)
Venue	Kazan Arena, Kazan
Referee	Alexander Yegorov
Attendance	36,500
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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

2 May 2016

16:00 MSK (UTC+3)

CSKA Moscow	1−4	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Olanare 36'	RPFL Report	Hulk 34' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Kokorin 55' Yusupov 69'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 36,500

Referee: Alexander Yegorov

GK 35 Igor Akinfeev (c) DF 2 Mário Fernandes DF 24 Vasiliy Berezutski  62' DF 4 Sergei Ignashevich DF 6 Aleksei Berezutski  18'  60' MF 66 Bibras Natkho MF 10 Alan Dzagoev MF 60 Aleksandr Golovin MF 18 Ahmed Musa MF 25 Roman Eremenko  53'  66' FW 99 Aaron Samuel  39' Substitutes: GK 1 Sergei Chepchugov DF 5 Viktor Vasin  66' DF 15 Taras Mykhalyk DF 14 Kirill Nababkin MF 42 Georgi Shchennikov MF 17 Sergei Tkachyov  60' FW 8 Kirill Panchenko  39'  68' FW 7 Zoran Tošić Manager: Leonid Slutsky

GK 41 Mikhail Kerzhakov DF 4 Domenico Criscito (c) DF 24 Ezequiel Garay DF 13 Luís Neto DF 19 Igor Smolnikov MF 21 Javi García MF 14 Artur Yusupov MF 17 Oleg Shatov  75' MF 7 Hulk  78'  83' MF 28 Axel Witsel  82' FW 9 Aleksandr Kokorin  74' Substitutes: GK 51 Maksim Rudakov GK 1 Yuri Lodygin DF 6 Nicolas Lombaerts DF 52 Andrei Ivanov DF 8 Maurício  82' DF 81 Yuri Zhirkov  83' MF 70 Dmitry Bogayev MF 10 Danny FW 22 Artem Dzyuba  74' FW 92 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.