The 2008–09 Russian Cup was the seventeenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 16 April 2008 and finished with the final held on 31 May 2009. The defending champions were CSKA Moscow.
Preliminary round This round featured 20 Second Division teams and 2 amateur teams. The games were played between 16 and 27 April 2008.
Section West
Section Center
Section South
Section Ural-Povolzhye
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2008 season.
First round In this round entered 11 winners from the previous round as well as 57 other Second Division teams, what made every team competing in this round Second Division one. The matches were played between 29 April and 18 May 2008.
Section West
Section Center
Section South
Section Ural-Povolzhye
Section East
Second round In this round entered 34 winners from the First Round and the 6 remaining Second Division teams. The matches were played between 21 and 29 May 2008.
Section West
Section Center
Section South
Section Ural-Povolzhye
Section East
Third round The winners from the previous round entered this round. The matches were played between 7 and 13 June 2008.
Section West
Section Center
Section South
Section Ural-Povolzhye
Section East
Fourth round In this round entered winners from the previous round as well as 22 First Division teams. The matches were played on 30 June and 1 July 2008.
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in during the 2008 season.
Fifth round All 16 Premier League teams entered the competition in this round together with 16 winners from the previous round. The matches were played on 5 and 6 August 2008.
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in during the 2008 season.
Sixth round The winners from the previous round entered the Sixth Round. The matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in during the 2008 season.
Quarter-finals The matches were played on 15 and 22 April 2009.
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in during the 2009 season.
Semi-finals The matches were played on 6 and 13 May 2009.
Final The final was played on 31 May 2009.
FC Rubin Kazan: GK 77 Sergey RyzhikovDF 3 Cristian Ansaldi DF 4 César Navas DF 76 Roman Sharonov (c) MF 6 MacBeth SibayaMF 15 Aleksandr Ryazantsev MF 16 Christian Noboa MF 23 Yevgeni Balyaikin MF 61 Gökdeniz KaradenizFW 10 Alejandro Damián Domínguez FW 99 Hasan Kabze Substitutes:GK 1 Sergei KozkoDF 2 Stjepan TomasDF 22 Aleksandr OrekhovMF 5 Pyotr Bystrov MF 14 Serhii Rebrov FW 11 Aleksandr Bukharov FW 21 Roman Adamov Manager: Kurban Berdyev Assistant referees:Oleg Tselovalnikov (Astrakhan)Sergei Panteleyev (Tula)PFC CSKA Moscow: GK 35 Igor Akinfeev (c) DF 2 Deividas ŠemberasDF 4 Sergei IgnashevichDF 24 Vasili BerezutskiDF 42 Georgi Schennikov MF 11 Pavel Mamayev MF 18 Yuri Zhirkov MF 22 Evgeni Aldonin FW 7 Daniel Carvalho FW 9 Vágner LoveFW 12 Ouwo Moussa Maazou Substitutes:GK 33 Yevgeny PomazanDF 6 Aleksei Berezutski DF 15 Chidi OdiahMF 10 Alan Dzagoev MF 17 Miloš Krasić MF 88 Caner Erkin FW 89 Tomáš NecidManager: Zico Played in the earlier stages, but were not on the final game squad:
FC Rubin Kazan: Gabriel (DF), Jefthon (DF), Vitali Kaleshin (DF), Dato Kvirkvelia (DF), Igor Klimov (DF), Mikhail Mischenko (DF), Aleksei Popov (DF), Lasha Salukvadze (DF), Andrei Fyodorov (DF), Vadim Afonin (MF), Vagiz Galiullin (MF), Andrei Gorbanets (MF), Andrei Kobenko (MF), Aleksei Kotlyarov (MF), Sergei Semak (MF), Ildar Bikchantayev (FW), Savo Milošević (FW), Davron Mirzayev (FW), Ruslan Nagayev (FW), Igor Portnyagin (FW).
PFC CSKA Moscow: Anton Grigoryev (DF), Luboš Kalouda (MF), Elvir Rahimić (MF), Ricardo Jesus (FW), Dmitri Ryzhov (FW), Dawid Janczyk (FW).
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