The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round Russian Premier League teams Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lada-Tolyatti started at this stage.

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Round of 32 All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: GK Sergei OvchinnikovDF Aleksei ArifullinMF Yuri Alekseevich DrozdovMF Yevgeni KharlachyovDF Andrei SolomatinDF Igor ChugainovMF Alexei Kosolapov (captain)DF Sergei GurenkoMF Aleksandr Borodyuk DF Igor Cherevchenko MF Aleksandr Smirnov Substitutes:FW Zaza Janashia MF Vladimir Maminov FW Oleg Garin Manager: Yuri SeminFC Dynamo Moscow: GK Andrei Smetanin (captain)DF Erik YakhimovichDF Yuri KovtunDF Andrei OstrovskiyDF Sergei ShtanyukMF Andrey KobelevMF Sergey GrishinMF Vladimir Skokov FW Oleg Sergeyev MF Sergei Nekrasov FW Oleg TeryokhinSubstitutes:MF Aleksandr Tochilin FW Andrei Dyomkin MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy Manager: Adamas Golodets MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game:

FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev (GK), Oleg Pashinin (DF), Oleg Elyshev (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Dmitri Bulykin (FW), Oleh Haras (FW), Konstantin Kamnev (FW), Valeriy Yablochkin (FW).

FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin (DF), Sergei Kolotovkin (DF), Yevgeni Korablyov (DF), Rolan Gusev (MF), Yuri Kuznetsov (MF), Aleksandr Grishin (MF), Vitali Kulyov (MF), Aleksei Kutsenko (FW), Yuri Tishkov (FW), Dmitri Cheryshev (FW).

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