The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup () is a defunct annual regional association football tournament, recognized by FIFA.Немножко мертвый — Футбол на Soccer.ru (rus.) Взгляд. Хотели "Динамо"? Получите! (rus.)
The tournament was initially established for football clubs of the former Soviet Union republics in 1993 (a years after 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 CupМеждународный турнир по футболу «Кубок Содружества». cis.minsk.by 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.
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 На Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии может выйти дубль «Зенита» – Новости Санкт-Петербурга – Фонтанка.Ру 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-champions-league-2009/25791-scolari-skips-cis-cup-to-focus-on-acl Scolari skips CIS Cup to focus on ACL
Finals Competitions for U-21 national teams SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue20122 – 0SCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg 20134 – 2SCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg 20144 – 0SCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg 20152 – 1SCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg 20164 – 2SCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg
Club competitions SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue1993 Spartak Moscow8 – 0 Belarus MinskLFK CSKA,Moscow 1994 Spartak Moscow7 – 0 Neftchi FerganaOlympic Stadium,Moscow 1995 Spartak Moscow5 – 1 Dinamo TbilisiLFK CSKA,Moscow 1996 Dynamo Kyiv1 – 0 Alania VladikavkazLFK CSKA,Moscow 1997 Dynamo Kyiv3 – 2 Spartak MoscowLFK CSKA,Moscow 1998 Dynamo Kyiv1 – 0 Spartak MoscowLFK CSKA,Moscow 1999 Spartak Moscow2 – 1 Dynamo KyivOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2000 Spartak Moscow3 – 0 Zimbru ChişinăuOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2001 Spartak Moscow2 – 1 aet Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2002 Dynamo Kyiv4 – 3 Spartak MoscowOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2003 Sheriff Tiraspol2 – 1 Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2004 Dinamo Tbilisi3 – 1 Skonto RigaOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2005 Lokomotiv Moscow2 – 1 NeftçiDynamo Manage,Moscow 2006 Neftçi4 – 2 FBK KaunasOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2007 Pakhtakor Tashkent0 – 09 – 8 on penalties FK VentspilsOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2008 Khazar Lenkoran4 – 3 Pakhtakor TashkentSCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg 2009 FC Sheriff Tiraspol0 – 05 – 4 on penalties FC AktobeOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2010 FK Rubin Kazan5 – 2 FC AktobeOlympic Stadium,Moscow 2011 Inter Baku0 – 06 – 5 on penalties Shakhtyor SoligorskSCC Peterburgsky,Saint Petersburg
All-time top scorers +All-time top scorers in the Commonwealth of Independent States Cup RankPlayerGoals1 Vladimir Beschastnykh (FC Spartak Moskva) 202 Yegor Titov (FC Spartak Moskva) 183 Valeri Kechinov (Pakhtakor Tashkent & FC Spartak Moskva) 17* Mikhail Mikholap (FC Skonto Rīga) 175 Mikhail Kavelashvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi & Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz) 14* Luis Robson (FC Spartak Moskva) 147 Andrei Tikhonov (FC Spartak Moskva) 138 Valentin Belkevich (FC Dinamo Minsk & FC Dynamo Kyiv) 12* Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv) 1210 Gela Inalishvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) 11* Anatoliy Kanischev (Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz & FC Spartak Moskva) 11* Mihails Zemļinskis (FC Skonto Rīga) 11
Top scorers by year +RankPlayerGoals1993 Shota Arveladze (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) 51994 Vladimir Beschastnykh (FC Spartak Moskva) 101995 Ilia Tsymbalar (FC Spartak Moskva) 61996 Uladzimir Makowski (FC Dinamo Minsk) 51997 Andrey Tikhonov (Spartak Moscow) , Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv) 61998 Anatoliy Kanischev (Spartak Moscow) 81999 Mihails Miholaps (Skonto Riga) 72000 Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (Skonto Riga) , Luis Robson (Spartak Moscow) , Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow) 52001 Mikheil Ashvetia (FC Torpedo Kutaisi) , Jafar Irismetov (Spartak Moscow) , Marcão (Spartak Moscow) , Valery Strypeykis (FC Slavia Mozyr) , Raman Vasilyuk (FC Slavia Mozyr) 42002 Vladimir Beschastnykh (Spartak Moscow) 72003 Cristian Tudor (Sheriff Tiraspol) 92004 Vitaly Daraselia Jr. (FC Dinamo Tbilisi) 62005 Giorgi Adamia (Neftchi Baku) 62006 Evhen Seleznyov (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 52007 Server Djeperov (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent) , Vitali Rodionov (BATE Borisov) 42008 Uladzimir Yurchanka (Zenit Saint Petersburg) 42009 Ibrahim Rabimov (Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda) , Vīts Rimkus (FK Ventspils) , Alexandr Erokhin (Sheriff Tiraspol) 42010 Emil Kenzhesariev (FC Aktobe) 62011 Ģirts Karlsons (FC Inter Baku) 62012 Sardar Azmoun (Iran U20) 82013 Andrei Panyukov (Russia U21) 62014 Roman Murtazaev (Kazakhstan U21) , Ruslan Bolov (Russia U21) , Abdurasul Rakhmonov (Tajikistan U21) 52015 Alexey Yevseyev (Russia U21) 52016 Mikhail Zhabkin (Russia U21) 3
Performances by team
Team Titles Runners-up Spartak Moscow6 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001)3 (1997, 1998, 2002) Dynamo Kyiv4 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002)1 (1999)3 (2012, 2013, 2016)1 (2014) Sheriff Tiraspol2 (2003, 2009)1 (2014)1 (2013) Dinamo Tbilisi1 (2004)1 (1995) Neftçi1 (2006)1 (2005) Pakhtakor Tashkent1 (2007)1 (2008)1 (2015) Lokomotiv Moscow1 (2005) Khazar Lenkoran1 (2008) Rubin Kazan1 (2010) Inter Baku1 (2011) Skonto Riga3 (2001, 2003, 2004) Aktobe2 (2009, 2010) FBK Kaunas1 (2006) Belarus Minsk1 (1993) Neftchi Fergana1 (1994) Alania Vladikavkaz1 (1996) Zimbru Chişinău1 (2000) FK Ventspils1 (2007) Shakhtyor Soligorsk1 (2011)1 (2012)1 (2015)1 (2016)
Performances by country the clubs came from Country Titles Runners-up Russia115 Ukraine52 Azerbaijan31 Moldova22 Uzbekistan12 Georgia11 South Africa1 Latvia4 Belarus3 Kazakhstan2 Lithuania1 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).
See also United Tournament Channel One Cup Football at the Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR
References
External links
Official Statistics and Information about the tournament on RSSSF A fan site, contains information only since 1999 (archived 22 January 2008)