2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2008
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates19–27 January 2008
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsAzerbaijan Khazar Lankaran (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored95 (3.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belarus Vladimir Yurchenko
(4 goals)
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The 2008 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the sixteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Khazar Lankaran for the first time. This was the first edition of the tournament to be hosted in Saint Petersburg, rather than in Moscow.

Participants

Team Qualification Participation
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2007 Russian Premier League champions 1 1st
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha champions 1 10th
Belarus BATE Borisov 2007 Belarusian Premier League champions 4th
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2007 A Lyga champions 10th
Latvia Ventspils 2007 Latvian Higher League champions 2nd
Estonia Levadia Tallinn 2007 Meistriliiga champions 5th
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2006–07 Moldovan National Division champions 7th
Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 2006–07 Umaglesi Liga champions 1st
Armenia Banants Yerevan 2007 Armenian Premier League runners-up 2 2nd
Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 2006–07 Azerbaijan Top League champions 1st
Kazakhstan Aktobe 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League champions 3rd
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 2007 Uzbek League champions 7th
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda 2007 Tajik League champions 7th
Turkmenistan Aşgabat 2007 Ýokary Liga champions 1st
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions 4th
Serbia OFK Beograd 2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga 7th team 3 2nd

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
Estonia Levadia Tallinn 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Turkmenistan Aşgabat 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
Source: RSSSF

Results

Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia3 – 1Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Yurchenko 39'
Gorbunov 45'
Denis Minkov 88'		 Picușceac 18'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Levadia Tallinn Estonia1 – 0Turkmenistan Aşgabat
Andreyev 73'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ravshan Ishmatov (Tajikistan)
Aşgabat Turkmenistan2 – 1Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Durdyýew 77'
Öwekow 78'		 Yurchenko 5'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova3 – 0Estonia Levadia Tallinn
Gnanou 3', 50'
Wallace 10'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia2 – 1Estonia Levadia Tallinn
Ignatovich 17'
Yurchenko 20'		 Nahk 66' (pen.)
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Aşgabat Turkmenistan0 – 4Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Balima 6'
Wallace 44'
Tiago 70'
Alexeev 73'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Audrius Žuta (Lithuania)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
Kazakhstan Aktobe 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: RSSSF

Results

Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan3 – 0Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Poladov 47'
Ramazanov 50'
Diego Gusmão 66'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
Aktobe Kazakhstan5 – 0Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Badlo 5'
Khairullin 31', 34'
Strukov 69'
Bogomolov 85'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)
FBK Kaunas Lithuania4 – 2Kazakhstan Aktobe
Ledesma 15'
G.Kvaratskhelia 21'
Laurišas 29'
Kosolapov 31' (o.g.)		 Valkanov 65' (o.g.)
Ashirbekov 84' (pen.)
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda Tajikistan1 – 2Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
Ortikov 4' Nabiyev 55', 65'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)
Aktobe Kazakhstan1 – 0Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
Ashirbekov 90' (pen.)
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis (Russia)
FBK Kaunas Lithuania5 – 1Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Pehlić 28'
Fattakhov 36'
Ledesma 66'
Barevičius 73'
Vičius 79'		 Rabimov 53' (pen.)
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 150
Referee: Igor Șațchii (Moldova)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
Latvia Ventspils 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
Serbia OFK Beograd 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: RSSSF

Results

OFK Beograd Serbia0 – 2Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi
Omelyanov 74', 75'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Igor Șațchii (Moldova)
Ventspils Latvia1 – 0Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Țîgîrlaș 55'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 100
Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)
Ventspils Latvia2 – 0Serbia OFK Beograd
Rimkus 72' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Babak Guliyev (Azerbaijan)
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Kyrgyzstan2 – 3Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi
Kum 46'
Kudrenko 52' (pen.)		 Kovalevskyi 27', 45'
V.Kvaratskhelia 80'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
Olimpi Rustavi Georgia (country)3 – 0Latvia Ventspils
Khubua 24'
Deliminkov 32' (o.g.)
Patula 76'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy (Kazakhstan)
OFK Beograd Serbia2 – 0Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Milovac 28'
Šćepović 90'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 200
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Belarus BATE Borisov 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
Armenia Banants Yerevan 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: RSSSF

Results

Pakhtakor Tashkent Uzbekistan1 – 0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Z.Tadjiyev 11'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis (Russia)
Banants Yerevan Armenia1 – 1Belarus BATE Borisov
Melkonyan 30' Sivakow 88'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy (Kazakhstan)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1 – 1Belarus BATE Borisov
Morozyuk 62' (pen.) Krivets 50'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
Pakhtakor Tashkent Uzbekistan3 – 0Armenia Banants Yerevan
Suyunov 11'
Soliev 22'
Z.Tadjiyev 76'
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Audrius Žuta (Lithuania)
BATE Borisov Belarus2 – 1Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
Rodionov 24'
Skavysh 78'		 F.Tadjiyev 48'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1 – 0Armenia Banants Yerevan
Morozyuk 65' (pen.)
Zenit Palace of Sports, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)

Final rounds

Quarterfinals (23 Jan) Semifinals (25 Jan) Final (27 Jan)
         
Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran (p) 2
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2
Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 2
Belarus BATE Borisov 1
Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi 1
Belarus BATE Borisov 2
Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 4
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 3
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 1
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 3
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent (p) 0
Latvia Ventspils 0

Quarterfinals

Olimpi Rustavi Georgia (country)1 – 2Belarus BATE Borisov
Khubua 72' Bliznyuk 43'
Rodionov 85'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
Pakhtakor Tashkent Uzbekistan1 – 1Latvia Ventspils
Inomov 80' Rimkus 41'
Penalties
Soliev soccer ball with check mark
Inomov soccer ball with check mark
Kholmatov soccer ball with check mark
F.Tadjiyev soccer ball with check mark
Aliqulov soccer ball with check mark
Maqsudov soccer ball with check mark
Z.Tadjiyev soccer ball with check mark		 7 – 6 soccer ball with check mark Rimkus
soccer ball with check mark Dubensky
soccer ball with check mark Ziziļevs
soccer ball with check mark Kačanovs
soccer ball with check mark Țîgîrlaș
soccer ball with check mark Soleičuks
soccer ball with red X Aleksandr Mysikov
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 800
Referee: Igor Șațchii (Moldova)
Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan2 – 2Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Mário Souza 53', 90' Gnanou 35'
Balima 64'
Penalties
Quliyev soccer ball with check mark
Diego Gusmão soccer ball with check mark
Ramazanov soccer ball with check mark
Sultanov soccer ball with check mark
Mário Souza soccer ball with check mark		 5 – 3 soccer ball with red X Tarkhnishvili
soccer ball with check mark Chinwo
soccer ball with check mark Wallace
soccer ball with check mark Gnanou
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia1 – 2Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Yurchenko 43' Ledesma 14'
Jeršovas 35'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy (Kazakhstan)

Semifinals

Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan2 – 1Belarus BATE Borisov
Amirguliyev 71', 88' Rodionov 72'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
FBK Kaunas Lithuania1 – 3Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
G.Kvaratskhelia 15' (pen.) Magdeev 3'
Soliev 27'
Kholmatov 80'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)

Finals

Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan4 – 3Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
Ramazanov 43'
Amirguliyev 6'
Diego Gusmão 49'
Mário Souza 65'		 Soliev 17' (pen.)
Z.Tadjiyev 75'
Inomov 57'
SKK Peterburgsky, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Belarus Vladimir Yurchenko Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 4
2 Azerbaijan Rahid Amirguliyev Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 3
Brazil Mário Souza Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 3
Uzbekistan Zayniddin Tadjiyev Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 3
Uzbekistan Anvarjon Soliev Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent 3
Belarus Vitali Rodionov Belarus BATE Borisov 3
Brazil Rafael Ledesma Lithuania FBK Kaunas 3
Latvia Vīts Rimkus Latvia Ventspils 3
Burkina Faso Ibrahim Gnanou Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3

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