The 1997 Kazakhstan Cup final was the fifth final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Vostok-Adil at Central Stadium in Almaty. The match was played on 26 April 1997 and was the final match of the competition.
Incident in the first final The original final took place on 25 November 1996 at the Central Stadium in Almaty betweenMunaishy and Yelimay. Before the match, both teams reported about the requirement about resignation of the president of the Football Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan (FARK) Kuralbek Ordabayev and warned that the winner will accept the cup only in case of Ordabayev's resignation. The match was won by Yelimay with the score 2–1 who refused to accept the cup. These actions were interpreted as refusal of participation in the final which resulted in it being replayed. The new final was arranged between losing semi-finalists Kairat and Vostok-Adil on 26 April 1997.
Background Kairat and Vostok-Adil each entered their second Kazakhstan Cup final. In the their first finals, Kairat beat Fosfor 5–1 in 1992 while Vostok-Adil beat Aktyubinets 1–0 in 1994.
Kairat and Vostok-Adil played each other three times during the league season. On 26 July 1996, Kairat won the first match 1–0 at the Central Stadium. On 13 September 1996, both sides played a 3–3 draw. In the third match, Vostok-Adil beat Kairat 2–0 with goals from Yevgeni Sveshnikov and Ruslan Duzmambetov.
Route to the Final
Kairat RoundOppositionScoreSRKainar4–6(1–2 (A)/ 4–3 (H) )QFShakhter4–2 (4–1 (H) / 1–0 (A))SFYelimay 3–2 (2–1 (A) / 1–1 (H))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Vostok-Adil RoundOppositionScoreSRSKIF-Ordabasyw/o (0–0 (A) / w/o (H))QFKaisar-Munai3–3 (2–2 (A) / 1–1 (H))SFMunaishy 1–5 (0–1 (H) / 4–1 (A))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Match
Details
GK Vadim EgoshkinDF Bakhytzhan EnsebaevDF Almas KulshinbaevDF Pavel KolotovkinDF Anuar NisanbayevMF Serik ZheilitbayevMF Askhat Kadyrkulov MF Aleksei Klishin MF Aydyn Rakhimbayev MF Dmitri Yurist FW Sergei Klimov Substitutes:GK Naken KyrykbayevMF Roman Vorogovskiy MF Sabit Apsenbetov MF Manar Nuftiev FW Roman LuchkinFW Yevgeni Tarasov FW Andrey Kucheryavykh Manager: Vakhid Masudov GK Nikolai KalyabinDF Oleg LotovDF Igor ChesnokovDF Aleksandr MoskalenkoDF Vitali Kozhevnikov MF Sergei Saliy MF Yevgeni SveshnikovMF Pavel EvteevMF Vladimir Kashtanov FW Rafael KhamidullovFW Ruslan DuzmambetovSubstitutes:GK Aleksandr GanzhenkoDF Igor Kiselev DF Ilshat Mazidullin MF Oleg Rylov FW Sergei GorokhovodatskiyFW Aleksandr Antropov FW Sergei Obryadov Manager: Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy
Man of the matchMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
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