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Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

Football tournament

Football tournament

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nameCommonwealth of Independent States Cup
imageCISCup.png
imagesize200px
captionCIS Cup logo.
organiserRussian Football Union, FIFA
founded1993
abolished2016

The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup () is a defunct annual regional association football tournament, recognized by FIFA.

The tournament was initially established for football clubs of the former Soviet Union republics in 1993 (a year later since the collapse). On several occasions, some national football organizations of the former Soviet republics as well as individual clubs refused participation in the tournament for different reasons. Usually the invitation was sent to the best clubs of the Commonwealth of Independent States member states, as well as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, i.e. either a champion or a runner-up, while in the later editions the Cup (before 2012) saw participation of clubs from Serbia and Finland.

In 2012, the CIS Cup became a competition of national youth teams. Previously only the Russia under-21 team competed in the competition.

The competition was disestablished in 2016.

History

The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was planned to be the Champions' Cup of countries of CIS Commonwealth and Baltics. In July 1992 at a meeting of executive committee of the CIS Association of Football Federations adopted decision on launching the First Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since 1993 as an open tournament to champions from the USSR successor states (The Commonwealth of Independent States, and well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).

Until 1996 Ukraine officially boycotted the competition, but in 1995 FC Shakhtar Donetsk on own initiative broke the boycott.

In 1995–2006 the Russia national under-21 football team participated in the tournament as the 16th team, but in 2007 and 2008 Serbia replaced it as the 17th nation sending a team to play in it, and became the first non-former Soviet Union nation participating in the tournament. Unlike the rest of the states, who send their latest champions to play in the tournament, Serbia has sent OFK Beograd to play in the tournament.[[Image:Sheriffciscup.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Sheriff Tiraspol]] with the 2009 CIS Cup title.]]

In its first years the tournament was popular in the territories of the former Soviet Union, including the most titled teams from the old Soviet Top League. Spartak Moscow from Russia, and Dynamo Kyiv from Ukraine each won the cup several times but, after less than a decade, the teams from Russia and Ukraine became hesitant to send their best players to play on the artificial turf at the Olympic Stadium, so they sent their reserve players instead or sometimes the league runners-up participated in their place. This resulted in the decrease of the tournament's popularity in those states particularly and in the international value of the tournament overall.

In 2006 a new tournament, Channel One Cup, started and caught the attention of the Russian and Ukrainian teams, which even more decreased the popularity of the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup tournament.

A big scandal occurred in 2006, when the Armenian champion FC Pyunik refused to play the Azerbaijani team, Neftçi PFK due to the lack of diplomatic relations between the two countries' governments at that time due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. FC Pyunik defeated Ukrainian team FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 in the quarter-final, earning a place in the semi-final against Neftçi. However, FC Pyunik announced that they would no play against an Azerbaijani team, and flew home from Moscow the same evening. The Russian Football Union gave FC Shakhtar Donetsk a technical victory 3–0 so they could play in the semi-final instead of FC Pyunik, but FC Shakhtar Donetsk declined the offer stating that "...we would really want to play in the semi-final, but we don't want to get there by any other way than sport". Eventually, Neftçi PFK were given a bye to the final, where they defeated the Lithuanian club FBK Kaunas 4–2.

In 2007 talks began about changing the format of the cup, and uniting it with the Channel One Cup in order to bring back the interest of the Russian and Ukrainian teams, and in 2007 its games were even visited by representatives from FIFA, but nevertheless, nothing came out from those talks and efforts.

In October 2009, Bunyodkor coach Luis Felipe Scolari announced that his Uzbek side would not enter the 2010 tournament due to focusing on the Asian Champions League.

Finals

Competitions for U-21 national teams

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
2012****2 – 0SCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia
2013****4 – 2SCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia
2014****4 – 0SCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia
2015****2 – 1SCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia
2016****4 – 2SCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia

Club competitions

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
1993Russia Spartak Moscow8 – 0Belarus Belarus MinskLFK CSKA,
Moscow Russia
1994Russia Spartak Moscow7 – 0Uzbekistan Neftchi FerganaOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
1995Russia Spartak Moscow5 – 1Georgia Dinamo TbilisiLFK CSKA,
Moscow Russia
1996Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv1 – 0Russia Alania VladikavkazLFK CSKA,
Moscow Russia
1997Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv3 – 2Russia Spartak MoscowLFK CSKA,
Moscow Russia
1998Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv1 – 0Russia Spartak MoscowLFK CSKA,
Moscow Russia
1999Russia Spartak Moscow2 – 1Ukraine Dynamo KyivOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2000Russia Spartak Moscow3 – 0Moldova Zimbru ChişinăuOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2001Russia Spartak Moscow2 – 1 aetLatvia Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2002Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv4 – 3Russia Spartak MoscowOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2003Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2 – 1Latvia Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2004Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi3 – 1Latvia Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2005Russia Lokomotiv Moscow2 – 1Azerbaijan NeftçiDynamo Manage,
Moscow Russia
2006Azerbaijan Neftçi4 – 2Lithuania FBK KaunasOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2007Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent0 – 0
9 – 8 on penaltiesLatvia FK VentspilsOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2008Azerbaijan Khazar Lenkoran4 – 3Uzbekistan Pakhtakor TashkentSCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia
2009Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol0 – 0
5 – 4 on penaltiesKazakhstan FC AktobeOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2010Russia FK Rubin Kazan5 – 2KAZ FC AktobeOlympic Stadium,
Moscow Russia
2011Azerbaijan Inter Baku0 – 0
6 – 5 on penaltiesBelarus Shakhtyor SoligorskSCC Peterburgsky,
Saint Petersburg Russia

All-time top scorers

RankPlayerGoals
1Vladimir Beschastnykh (FC Spartak Moskva) Russia20
2Yegor Titov (FC Spartak Moskva) Russia18
3Valeri Kechinov (Pakhtakor Tashkent & FC Spartak Moskva) Russia17
*Mikhail Mikholap (FC Skonto Rīga) Latvia17
5Mikhail Kavelashvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi & Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz) Georgia14
*Luis Robson (FC Spartak Moskva) Brazil14
7Andrei Tikhonov (FC Spartak Moskva) Russia13
8Valentin Belkevich (FC Dinamo Minsk & FC Dynamo Kyiv) Belarus12
*Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv) Ukraine12
10Gela Inalishvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) Georgia11
*Anatoliy Kanischev (Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz & FC Spartak Moskva) Russia11
*Mihails Zemļinskis (FC Skonto Rīga) Latvia11

Top scorers by year

RankPlayerGoals
1993Shota Arveladze (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) Georgia5
1994Vladimir Beschastnykh (FC Spartak Moskva) Russia10
1995Ilia Tsymbalar (FC Spartak Moskva) Russia6
1996Uladzimir Makowski (FC Dinamo Minsk) Belarus5
1997Andrey Tikhonov (Spartak Moscow) Russia, Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Ukraine6
1998Anatoliy Kanischev (Spartak Moscow) Russiaurl=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cis98.htmltitle=Commonwealth of Independent States Cup 1998website=RSSSFaccess-date=28 June 2019}}
1999Mihails Miholaps (Skonto Riga) Latvia7
2000Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (Skonto Riga) Latvia, Luis Robson (Spartak Moscow) Brazil, Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) Russia5
2001Mikheil Ashvetia (FC Torpedo Kutaisi) Georgia, Jafar Irismetov (Spartak Moscow) Uzbekistan, Marcão (Spartak Moscow) Brazil, Valery Strypeykis (FC Slavia Mozyr) Belarus, Raman Vasilyuk (FC Slavia Mozyr) Belarus4
2002Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow) Russia7
2003Cristian Tudor (Sheriff Tiraspol) Romania9
2004Vitaly Daraselia Jr. (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) Georgia6
2005Giorgi Adamia (Neftchi Baku) Georgia6
2006Evhen Seleznyov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Ukraine5
2007Server Djeperov (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent) Uzbekistan, Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) Belarus4
2008Uladzimir Yurchanka (Zenit Saint Petersburg) Belarus4
2009Ibrahim Rabimov (Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda) Tajikistan, Vīts Rimkus (FK Ventspils) Latvia, Alexandr Erokhin (Sheriff Tiraspol) Russia4
2010Emil Kenzhesariev (FC Aktobe) Kyrgyzstan6
2011Ģirts Karlsons (FC Inter Baku) Latvia6
2012Sardar Azmoun (Iran U20) Iran8
2013Andrei Panyukov (Russia U21) Russia6
2014Roman Murtazaev (Kazakhstan U21) Kazakhstan, Ruslan Bolov (Russia U21) Russia, Abdurasul Rakhmonov (Tajikistan U21) Tajikistan5
2015Alexey Yevseyev (Russia U21) Russia5
2016Mikhail Zhabkin (Russia U21) Russia3

Performances by team

TeamTitlesRunners-up
Russia Spartak Moscow6 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001)3 (1997, 1998, 2002)
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv4 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)1 (1999)
3 (2012, 2013, 2016)1 (2014)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol2 (2003, 2009)
1 (2014)1 (2013)
Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi1 (2004)1 (1995)
Azerbaijan Neftçi1 (2006)1 (2005)
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent1 (2007)1 (2008)
1 (2015)
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow1 (2005)
Azerbaijan Khazar Lenkoran1 (2008)
Russia Rubin Kazan1 (2010)
Azerbaijan Inter Baku1 (2011)
Latvia Skonto Riga3 (2001, 2003, 2004)
Kazakhstan Aktobe2 (2009, 2010)
Lithuania FBK Kaunas1 (2006)
Belarus Belarus Minsk1 (1993)
Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana1 (1994)
Russia Alania Vladikavkaz1 (1996)
Moldova Zimbru Chişinău1 (2000)
Latvia FK Ventspils1 (2007)
Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk1 (2011)
1 (2012)
1 (2015)
1 (2016)

Performances by country the clubs came from

CountryTitlesRunners-up
Russia Russia115
Ukraine Ukraine52
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan31
Moldova Moldova22
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan12
Georgia Georgia11
South Africa South Africa1
Latvia Latvia4
Belarus Belarus3
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan2
Lithuania Lithuania1
Finland Finland1

Records

  • The biggest victory ever in the tournament took place in the 1998, when Spartak Moscow (Russia) beat Vakhsh Qurghonteppa (Tajikistan) 19–0.
  • The player holding a record of appearances in the tournament is Mihails Zemļinskis from FC Skonto Riga who appeared 46 times in the tournament.
  • The record for most titles won by a player is four and it is held by Oleksandr Holovko from Dynamo Kyiv and Dmitri Khlestov from Spartak Moscow.
  • Three is the highest number for any team to consecutively win the cup: Spartak Moscow (Russia, twice. in 1993, 1994, 1995, and in 1999, 2000, 2001) and Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine. 1996, 1997, 1998).

References

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