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1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv in their first participation in the competition, while Omari Tetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz) was honored as the Best player award. In a change from the previous years, top two teams of each group progressed through the first stage, and a quarterfinal round was played for the first time.

Participants

Team Qualification Participation
Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 1995 Russian Top League champions 1st
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1994–95 Vyshcha Liha champions 1st
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1995 Belarusian Premier League champions 3rd
Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius 1995–96 A Lyga 1st team as of the winter break 2nd
Latvia Skonto Riga 1995 Latvian Higher League champions 4th
Estonia Flora Tallinn 1994–95 Meistriliiga champions 2nd
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 1994–95 Moldovan National Division champions 4th
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1994–95 Umaglesi Liga champions 4th
Azerbaijan Kapaz Ganja 1994–95 Azerbaijan Top League champions 1st
Armenia Pyunik Yerevan 1995–96 Armenian Premier League 1st team as of the winter break 1st
Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk 1995 Kazakhstan Premier League champions 2nd
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 1995 Uzbek League champions 2nd
Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe 1995 Tajik League champions 1st
Kyrgyzstan Kant-Oil-Semetey 1995 Kyrgyzstan League champions 2nd
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 1995 Ýokary Liga champions 4th
Russia Russia U21 national team Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage. 3rd

Group stage

Group A

  • Unofficial table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Latvia Skonto Riga 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3 9
Russia Russia U21 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • Official table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Latvia Skonto Riga 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Zimbru Chișinău Moldova1 – 2Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana
Spânu 38' Andreyev 78', 87'
Attendance: 300
Skonto Riga Latvia3 – 2Russia Russia U21
Babičevs 37'
Zemļinskis 50' (pen.)
Baushev 68'		 Krivov 70'
Movsisyan 77'
Attendance: 300
Russia U21 Russia2 – 1Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana
Khokhlov 25', 39' Pisarev 85'
Attendance: 500
Skonto Riga Latvia2 – 1Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Zemļinskis 59'
Štolcers 72'		 Rebeja 41'
Attendance: 1,000
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova0 – 3Russia Russia U21
Semak 7'
Sikoyev 27'
Davydov 61'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 200
Neftchi Fergana Uzbekistan1 – 2Latvia Skonto Riga
Ni 35' (pen.) Astafjevs 55'
Štolcers 65'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 250

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
Armenia Pyunik Yerevan 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Kyrgyzstan Kant-Oil-Semetey 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Pyunik Yerevan Armenia0 – 3Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk
Miroshnichenko 7'
Kainazarov 29'
Litvinenko 47'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 300
Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Russia5 – 0Kyrgyzstan Kant-Oil-Semetey
Tedeyev 11'
Qosimov 19'
Revishvili 39'
Kavelashvili 49'
Suleymanov 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
Kant-Oil-Semetey Kyrgyzstan0 – 4Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk
Litvinenko 19', 39'
Kainazarov 53'
Fridental 68'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 2,200
Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Russia4 – 0Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
Qosimov 11'
Suleymanov 12'
Yanovsky 15'
Gevorgyan 50' (o.g.)
Attendance: 350
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Pyunik Yerevan Armenia1 – 1Kyrgyzstan Kant-Oil-Semetey
Khachatryan 7' Mirshanov 77'
Attendance: 350
Yelimay Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan0 – 4Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
Revishvili 12'
Yanovsky 27', 86'
Kavelashvili 50'
Attendance: 3,000

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 3 3 0 0 10 5 +5 9
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
Estonia Flora Tallinn 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan3 – 5Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Seydiev 38' (pen.)
Plyuşçenko 61'
Hamibi 84'		 Byalkevich 3', 89'
M.Makowski 29'
Khatskevich 42'
U.Makowski 48'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 300
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2 – 0Estonia Flora Tallinn
Leonenko 21'
Shkapenko 74'
Attendance: 2,500
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2 – 0Turkmenistan Köpetdag Aşgabat
Holovko 57'
Shmatovalenko 61'
Attendance: 2,000
Flora Tallinn Estonia0 – 2Belarus Dinamo Minsk
U.Makowski 24'
Kachura 49'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 350
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan4 – 1Estonia Flora Tallinn
Agaýew 25', 66'
Mohhamadi 29'
A.Meredow 61'		 Krõm 41'
Attendance: 150
Referee: A.Alimov (Tajikistan)
Dinamo Minsk Belarus3 – 2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
U.Makowski 43', 90'
Mayorov 88'		 Kosovskyi 44'
Shevchenko 74'
Attendance: 2,000

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10 6
Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe 3 1 0 2 5 16 −11 3
Azerbaijan Kapaz Ganja 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source: [citation needed]
  • Note: primary tie-breaker is head-to-head result.

Results

Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)9 – 0Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe
Anchabadze 21'
Gogichaishvili 29' (pen.), 39', 50'
Kobiashvili 38'
Shaimov 73' (o.g.)
Mujiri 78'
Khomeriki 79'
Iashvili 89'
Attendance: 1,300
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania0 – 1Azerbaijan Kapaz Ganja
A.Mammadov 35'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 500
Pamir Dushanbe Tajikistan3 – 2Azerbaijan Kapaz Ganja
Kamaletdinov 7'
Zardov 31'
Kh.Fuzailov 73'		 Allahverdiyev 45'
R.Ahmadov 51'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 400
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country)1 – 3Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
Demetradze 73' Jankauskas 48', 57'
Pukelevičius 83'
Attendance: 2,800
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania5 – 2Tajikistan Pamir Dushanbe
Rimkus 3', 32', 45'
Tereškinas 52'
A.Steško 71'		 Jabborov 5'
Knyazev 87'
Spartak Manege, Moscow
Attendance: 100
Kapaz Ganja Azerbaijan0 – 3Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Iashvili 10'
Kerdzevadze 76'
Gogichaishvili 83'
Attendance: 2,500

Final rounds

Quarter-finals (30 Jan) Semi-finals (1 Feb) Final (3 Feb)
         
Latvia Skonto Riga 1
Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk 0
Latvia Skonto Riga 0
Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 2
Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 9
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana 0
Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 0
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1
Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius 0
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 4
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0
Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1

Quarter-finals

Dinamo Minsk Belarus2 – 1Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
U.Makowski 75'
Byalkevich 34'		 Tskitishvili 75'
Attendance: 2,500
Skonto Riga Latvia1 – 0Kazakhstan Yelimay Semipalatinsk
Baushev 79'
Attendance: 500
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania0 – 3Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Pokhlebayev 53', 69' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Russia9 – 0Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana
Revishvili 9'
Derkach 21'
Suleymanov 25', 36'
Kanishchev 47', 86'
Kavelashvili 64'
Tetradze 67'
Tedeyev 75'
Attendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine4 – 0Belarus Dinamo Minsk
Mykhaylenko 31'
Leonenko 41'
Pokhlebayev 57'
Shevchenko 59'
Attendance: 3,900
Skonto Riga Latvia0 – 2Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
Qosimov 58'
Derkach 89'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Final

Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz Russia0 – 1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Shevchenko 81'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Belarus Uladzimir Makowski Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5
2 Ukraine Yevhen Pokhlebayev Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 4
Azerbaijan Nazim Suleymanov Russia Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz 4
Georgia (country) Kakhaber Gogichaishvili Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 4