1996–97 Russian Cup

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

First round

 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|17 April 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|21 April 1996
 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|21 April 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|22 April 1996
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Second round

 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|1 May 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|2 May 1996
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Third round

 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|30 May 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|31 May 1996
 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|31 May 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|1 June 1996
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Fourth round
Russian Premier League teams Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lada-Tolyatti started at this stage.


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|29 June 1996


 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|30 June 19966
 * colspan="3" style="background:#99CCCC;"|30 June 19966


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

Final
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).