The 2003–04 Belarusian Cup was the 13th season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 4 June 2003 and the final on 16 May 2004. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won the Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round.
First round In this round 8 clubs from Second League were drawn against 8 clubs from First League. Another four First League teams (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev, Lokomotiv Vitebsk, Pinsk-900 and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The rest of First and Second League teams (four from each) chose not to participate in this edition of the Cup for financial reasons.
Round of 32 12 winners of previous round were joined by 16 clubs from Premier League. 4 of 16 Premier League clubs (Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Darida Minsk Raion, Lokomotiv Minsk, Gomel) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The games were played on 9 and 10 August 2003.
Round of 16 The games were played on 8 October 2003.
Quarterfinals The games were played on 3 April 2004.
Semifinals The first legs were played on 7 April 2004. The second legs were played on 11 April 2004.
First leg
Second leg
Final
GOMEL: GK 1 Yury Afanasenko SW 4 Oleg Cherepnev (c) RB 2 Alyaksandr Shahoyka CB 3 Aleh Popel LB 5 Alyaksey Pankavets DM 7 Fedor Lukashenko RM 10 Maksim RazumawLM 11 Alyaksandr Danilaw AM 15 Yevgeni Zinovyev RF 8 Ruslan Usaw LF 9 Gennadi Bliznyuk Substitutes:GK 16 Oleh Venchak FW 6 Stanimir Georgiev FW 12 Sergey Zabolotsky FW 14 Ruslan Burdeinyi DF 18 Andrey Harawtsow MF 20 Yuri Khusyainov MF 21 Andrey Arhiptsaw Manager: Sergei Podpaly SHAKHTYOR: GK 1 Aleksandr Gerasimovich RB 18 Vadzim Lasowski CB 3 Anatoly Budayev (c) CB 6 Alyaksey Belavusaw LB 5 Alyaksandr Yurevich DM 7 Andrey Lyavonchyk RM 2 Roman Trepachkin LM 13 Alyaksandr Novik AM 10 Syarhey Nikifarenka RF 4 Artsyom Hancharyk LF 11 Anatoly Tikhonchik Substitutes:GK 16 Vitaly Varivonchik MF 8 Alyaksandr Grenkow FW 9 Maksim Hukayla MF 12 Dmitry PodrezFW 14 Vadzim Boyka FW 15 Viktor Borel MF 17 Andrey Paryvayew Manager: Yury Vyarheychyk
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