The 2021 Russian Cup final was the 29th Russian Cup Final, the final match of the 2020–21 Russian Cup. It was played at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on 12 May 2021, contested by FC Lokomotiv Moscow and Krylia Sovetov Samara. Lokomotiv won the match 3–1. It was the second occasion in a row in which a second-tier FNL club qualified for the final. Same as was the case in the previous final with Khimki, by the time the final was played, the FNL team already secured promotion into the Russian Premier League.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, attendance was limited to 50% of the arena's capacity.
Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League by winning the cup.
Route to the final
Lokomotiv Moscow
RoundOppositionScoreRound of 16Tambov (H)3–0QFSochi (A)3–1SFCSKA Moscow (H)3–0Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.
Krylia Sovetov Samara RoundOppositionScoreElite group roundDynamo Stavropol (A)4–1Rotor Volgograd (H)3–0Round of 16Khimki (A)4–0QFDynamo Moscow (H)2–0SFAkhmat Grozny (A)0–0 (4–1 pen.)Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.
Match Details
GK 1 GuilhermeDF 31 Maciej Rybus DF 14 Vedran Ćorluka (c) DF 3 Pablo MF 6 Dmitri Barinov MF 17 Rifat Zhemaletdinov MF 94 Dmitri Rybchinsky MF 76 Maksim Mukhin MF 7 Grzegorz KrychowiakFW 9 Fyodor Smolov FW 25 François Kamano Substitutes:GK 77 Anton KochenkovGK 60 Andrey SavinDF 2 Dmitri ZhivoglyadovDF 4 Vitali LystsovDF 45 Aleksandr SilyanovDF 27 Murilo MF 11 Anton Miranchuk MF 69 Daniil Kulikov MF 37 Stanislav Magkeyev MF 38 Nikolai TitkovFW 87 Eder FW 88 Vitali LisakovichManager: Marko Nikolić GK 1 Ivan LomayevDF 47 Sergei Bozhin (c) DF 5 Yuri GorshkovDF 4 Aleksandr SoldatenkovDF 18 Mehdi Zeffane MF 17 Anton ZinkovskyMF 6 Denis Yakuba MF 16 Ricardo AlvesMF 11 Roman Yezhov FW 33 Ivan SergeyevFW 10 Vladislav Sarveli Substitutes:GK 39 Yevgeny FrolovGK 81 Bogdan OvsyannikovDF 23 Dmitri KombarovDF 2 Vladimir PoluyakhtovDF 3 Nikita Chernov DF 35 Dmitri PrischepaMF 99 Maksim KanunnikovMF 77 Dmitri Kabutov MF 22 Dmitry Yefremov MF 8 Maksim Vityugov MF 7 Safaa HadiFW 69 Yegor Golenkov Manager: Igor Osinkin
Man of the Match:
Assistant referees: Valentin Murashov (Moscow) Dmitri Zhvakin (Leningrad Oblast) Fourth official: Igor Panin (Dmitrov) Back-up assistant: Aram Petrosyan (Bronnitsy) Inspector: Nikolai Levnikov (Sochi) VAR: Vasili Kazartsev (St. Petersburg) AVAR: Anton Averyanov (Moscow)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions
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