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.
After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.
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
GK 35 Igor Akinfeev (c)DF 2 Mário FernandesDF 24 Vasiliy BerezutskiDF 4 Sergei IgnashevichDF 6 Aleksei BerezutskiMF 66 Bibras NatkhoMF 10 Alan DzagoevMF 60 Aleksandr GolovinMF 18 Ahmed MusaMF 25 Roman EremenkoFW 99 Aaron SamuelSubstitutes:GK 1 Sergei ChepchugovDF 5 Viktor VasinDF 15 Taras MykhalykDF 14 Kirill NababkinMF 42 Georgi ShchennikovMF 17 Sergei TkachyovFW 8 Kirill PanchenkoFW 7 Zoran TošićManager: Leonid Slutsky GK 41 Mikhail Kerzhakov DF 4 Domenico Criscito (c)DF 24 Ezequiel GarayDF 13 Luís NetoDF 19 Igor SmolnikovMF 21 Javi GarcíaMF 14 Artur YusupovMF 17 Oleg ShatovMF 7 HulkMF 28 Axel WitselFW 9 Aleksandr KokorinSubstitutes:GK 51 Maksim RudakovGK 1 Yuri LodyginDF 6 Nicolas LombaertsDF 52 Andrei IvanovDF 8 MaurícioDF 81 Yuri ZhirkovMF 70 Dmitry BogayevMF 10 DannyFW 22 Artem DzyubaFW 92 Pavel DolgovManager: 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.
References
External links Russian Cup on the website of the Russian Football Union Department of professional football of the Russian Football Union
Russia - Cup Finals, RSSSF.com