The 2026 Russian Cup final (formally 'Superfinal' due to the competition structure) was the 34th Russian Cup Final, the final match of the 2025–26 Russian Cup. It was played at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 24 May 2026, contested by Spartak Moscow and Krasnodar.
Spartak Moscow won the match 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after regular time. As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2025–26 Russian Premier League, Zenit Saint Petersburg, in the 2026 Russian Super Cup.
Club competition history Spartak won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 4 times previously, in 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2021–22.
Krasnodar has never won the Russian Cup before, reaching the finals twice.
Path to the final
Spartak won Group C in the group stage of the cup. Then they eliminated Lokomotiv Moscow in the RPL path quarterfinal and lost to Dynamo Moscow in the RPL path semi-final. It then (according to the double-elimination competition structure of the cup) transferred into the Regions path, where they eliminated Zenit St. Petersburg in a penalty shoot-out and then CSKA Moscow to reach the final.
Krasnodar won Group B at the group stage, then eliminated Orenburg, CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow (the latter in the penalty shoot-out) to reach the final.
Match Details
GK 98 Aleksandr Maksimenko RB 83 Gedson FernandesCB 3 Christopher WoohCB 4 Alexander Djiku LB 47 Roman Zobnin (c) CM 68 Ruslan LitvinovCM 18 Nail Umyarov RW 7 Pablo Solari AM 5 Esequiel BarcoLW 10 MarquinhosCF 9 Manfred Ugalde Substitutes:GK 1 Ilya Pomazun GK 56 Aleksandr DovbnyaDF 2 Oleg ReabciukDF 14 Ilya SamoshnikovDF 27 Igor Dmitriyev DF 97 Daniil Denisov MF 17 Vladislav SausMF 24 Nikita MassalygaMF 28 Daniil ZorinMF 35 Christopher Martins FW 11 Levi García FW 91 Anton ZabolotnyManager: Juan Carlos Carcedo GK 1 Stanislav AgkatsevRB 20 Giovanni González CB 3 Vítor Tormena CB 4 Diego Costa LB 15 Lucas Olaza CM 6 Kevin PinaCM 66 Douglas Augusto RW 11 João Batxi AM 10 Eduard Spertsyan (c) LW 88 Nikita KrivtsovCF 9 Jhon Córdoba Substitutes:GK 16 Aleksandr KoryakinGK 34 Andrey KarpenkoDF 2 Vitali StezhkoDF 5 JubalDF 17 Valentin Paltsev DF 59 Artyom KhmarinDF 98 Sergei PetrovFW 7 Victor SáFW 23 Juan Manuel Boselli FW 90 Moses Cobnan Manager: Murad Musayev
Assistant referees: Rustam Mukhtarov (Petrozavodsk) Adlan Khatuev (Grozny) Fourth official: Evgeny Bulanov (Saransk) Reserve assistant: Denis Petrov (Astrakhan) Inspector: Nikolai Levnikov (Sochi) VAR: Artur Fedorov (Petrozavodsk) AVAR: Sergey Tsyganok (Kaliningrad)Match rules 90 minutes No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions
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