1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the sixth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv for the third time in a row.

1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 1998
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	24 January – 1 February 1998
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	136 (4.39 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anatoli Kanishchev (9 goals)
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Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Spartak Moscow	1997 Russian Top League champions	5th
Dynamo Kyiv	1996–97 Vyshcha Liha champions	3rd
Dinamo Minsk	1997 Belarusian Premier League champions	4th
Kareda Šiauliai	1996–97 A Lyga champions	2nd
Skonto Riga	1997 Latvian Higher League champions	6th
Tulevik Viljandi	1997–98 Meistriliiga 3rd team as of winter break 1	1st
Constructorul Chișinău	1996–97 Moldovan National Division champions	1st
Dinamo Tbilisi	1996–97 Umaglesi Liga champions	6th
Kapaz Ganja	1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League 1st team as of winter break 2	2nd
Yerevan	1997 Armenian Premier League champions	1st
Irtysh Pavlodar	1997 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	2nd
MHSK Tashkent	1997 Uzbek League champions	1st
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	1997 Tajik League champions	1st
Dinamo Bishkek	1997 Kyrgyzstan League champions	1st
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1997–98 Ýokary Liga 1st team as of winter break	6th
Russia U21	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage	4th

• ¹ Tulevik Viljandi participated as a farm club of Flora Tallinn (1997–98 season 1st team as of the winter break), after both Flora and Lantana Tallinn (1996–97 Estonian champions) withdrew.
• ² Kapaz Ganja replaced Neftchi Baku (1996–97 Azerbaijan champions).

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spartak Moscow	3	3	0	0	30	2	+28	9
Dinamo Minsk	3	2	0	1	7	9	−2	6
Yerevan	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	0 – 6	Yerevan
		Sahakyan 14', 19' R.Grigoryan 28', 49' Ter-Petrosyan 39' Yesayan 65'

24 January 1998

12:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Andrei Iacovlev (Moldova)

Spartak Moscow	8 – 1	Dinamo Minsk
Kanishchev 17', 29', 65', 85' Gorlukovich 22' Romaschenko 38' (pen.) Kechinov 57' Titov 69'		Podrez 9' (pen.)

24 January 1998

18:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

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Yerevan	0 – 2	Dinamo Minsk
		Osipovich 80' Charnyawski 89'

25 January 1998

12:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 700

Referee: Kurmanbek Ordabaev (Kazakhstan)

Spartak Moscow	19 – 0	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa
Kanishchev 9', 12', 13', 45' Shirko 22', 30' Titov 30', 73' Tikhonov 32' Romaschenko 42' Alenichev 43' Kechinov 50', 56', 74' Robson 61', 71', 75', 76', 87'

25 January 1998

18:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,090

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

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Dinamo Minsk	4 – 1	Vakhsh Qurghonteppa
Podrez 62', 72' Charnyawski 83', 85'		R.Galiakbarov 73'

27 January 1998

18:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Andrei Iacovlev (Moldova)

Yerevan	1 – 3	Spartak Moscow
Karapetyan 80'		Kechinov 55', 88' Melyoshin 90'

27 January 1998

18:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Group B

• Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Köpetdag Aşgabat	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Russia U21	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
Kareda Šiauliai	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Constructorul Chișinău	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Official table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Köpetdag Aşgabat	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Kareda Šiauliai	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Constructorul Chișinău	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Russia U21	2 – 0	Constructorul Chișinău
Krivov 35' Bakharev 66'

24 January 1998

14:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Köpetdag Aşgabat	2 – 0	Kareda Šiauliai
Annadurdiyew 17' Kulyýew 85'

24 January 1998

14:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

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Köpetdag Aşgabat	0 – 0	Russia U21

25 January 1998

12:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)

Constructorul Chișinău	1 – 3	Kareda Šiauliai
Berezka 3'		Gražiūnas 8' Dančenka 28' Pocius 87'

25 January 1998

14:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

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Constructorul Chișinău	0 – 3	Köpetdag Aşgabat
		Annadurdiyew 3' Ç.Muhadow 15' Khachatryan 32'

27 January 1998

12:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

Kareda Šiauliai	0 – 0	Russia U21

27 January 1998

12:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)

Group С

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dynamo Kyiv	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9
Kapaz Ganja	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	4
MHSK Tashkent	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
Tulevik Viljandi	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Kapaz Ganja	2 – 2	Tulevik Viljandi
Kvaratskhelia 13', 29'		Rajala 15' O'Konnel-Bronin 69'

24 January 1998

12:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 0	MHSK Tashkent
Husin 44' Kardash 45' Rebrov 50'

24 January 1998

16:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

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Tulevik Viljandi	1 – 2	MHSK Tashkent
O'Konnel-Bronin 84'		Usmankhojaev 8' Ashurmatov 60'

25 January 1998

16:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)

Dynamo Kyiv	6 – 0	Kapaz Ganja
Byalkevich 42' Shevchenko 48', 67' Rebrov 55', 89' Kalitvintsev 80'

25 January 1998

16:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

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MHSK Tashkent	1 – 3	Kapaz Ganja
Khabibullin 9'		Jabbarov 36' (pen.), 41' Kvaratskhelia 56'

27 January 1998

16:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Eldar Ramazanov (Turkmenistan)

Tulevik Viljandi	0 – 3	Dynamo Kyiv
		Gerasimenko 21', 71' Leonenko 83'

27 January 1998

16:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skonto Riga	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Dinamo Tbilisi	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Irtysh Pavlodar	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
Dinamo Bishkek	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Skonto Riga	3 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar
Miholaps 39' Pahars 85', 89'

24 January 1998

16:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Tamaz Latsabidze (Georgia)

Dinamo Bishkek	0 – 7	Dinamo Tbilisi
		Khomeriki 7', 23' Ashvetia 20' Gogoberishvili 45' Sardarov 60' (o.g.) Tsitaishvili 83' Petriashvili 87'

24 January 1998

18:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Rashid Aytekov (Uzbekistan)

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Dinamo Tbilisi	3 – 2	Irtysh Pavlodar
Ashvetia 18' Khomeriki 28' Petriashvili 75'		Kitsak 8' Kucheryavykh 43'

25 January 1998

14:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Skonto Riga	8 – 0	Dinamo Bishkek
Štolcers 22' (pen.), 62' Bleidelis 25' Miholaps 29' Astafjevs 35', 86' Pahars 40' Rekhviashvili 71'

25 January 1998

18:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

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Irtysh Pavlodar	4 – 2	Dinamo Bishkek
Kucheryavykh 13', 67' Kitsak 36' Kalabukhin 40'		Mirzaliev 23', 81'

27 January 1998

14:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 125

Referee: Tamaz Latsabidze (Georgia)

Dinamo Tbilisi	0 – 2	Skonto Riga
		Štolcers 6' Solovyov 77' (pen.)

27 January 1998

14:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Serhiy Tatulian (Ukraine)

Final rounds

	Quarter-finals (28 Jan)					Semi-finals (30 Jan)					Final (1 Feb)
		Dynamo Kyiv	1
		Dinamo Tbilisi	0
							Dynamo Kyiv	5
							Köpetdag Aşgabat	0
		Köpetdag Aşgabat	7
		Dinamo Minsk	1
												Dynamo Kyiv	1
												Spartak Moscow	0
		Spartak Moscow	3
		Kareda Šiauliai	0
							Spartak Moscow	2
							Skonto Riga	1
		Skonto Riga	3
		Kapaz Ganja	2

Quarterfinals

Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 0	Dinamo Tbilisi
Husin 3'

28 January 1998

15:30

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

Köpetdag Aşgabat	7 – 1	Dinamo Minsk
Ç.Muhadow 15', 70' R.Muhadow 44' Broshin 71' Magdiýew 81' Durdyýew 85' Khachatryan 89'		Kavalchuk 60'

28 January 1998

15:30

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Spartak Moscow	3 – 0	Kareda Šiauliai
Titov 57' Tikhonov 83' Kanishchev 90'

28 January 1998

18:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

Skonto Riga	3 – 2	Kapaz Ganja
Miholaps 3' Štolcers 31' Pahars 56'		Kvaratskhelia 43' Süleymanov 48'

28 January 1998

18:00

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Semifinals

Dynamo Kyiv	5 – 0	Köpetdag Aşgabat
Gerasimenko 10' Shevchenko 15' Byalkevich 24' Kurbanmämmedow 55' (o.g.) Dmytrulin 59'

30 January 1998

15:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

Spartak Moscow	2 – 1	Skonto Riga
Shirko 21' Titov 84'		Štolcers 34'

30 January 1998

18:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Andrei Iacovlev (Moldova)

Final

Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 0	Spartak Moscow
Kaladze 46'

1 February 1998

14:00

CSKA Palace of Sports, Moscow

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Slavik Kazaryan (Armenia)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Anatoli Kanishchev	Spartak Moscow	9
2	Valery Kechinov	Spartak Moscow	6
3	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow	5
	Luis Robson	Spartak Moscow	5
	Andrejs Štolcers	Skonto Riga	5
6	Badri Kvaratskhelia	Kapaz Ganja	4
	Marians Pahars	Skonto Riga	4

External links

• 1998 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup at RSSSF