2024–25 Russian Cup
Russian National Football Cup
The 2024–25 Russian Cup was the 33rd season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on 30 July 2024 and concluded on 1 June 2025.
The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Representation of clubs by league
Russian Premier League (1): 16 clubs
Russian First League (2): 18 clubs
Division A of Russian Second League (3): 18 clubs (without 2 farm teams)
Division B of Russian Second League (4): 42 clubs (without 17 farm teams and 2 Crimean teams)
Amateur leagues:
Third division (5): 8 clubs
Fourth division (regional leagues) (6): 2 clubs
Media amateur clubs (7): 3 clubs
Total: 107 clubs.
Distribution
The teams of Premier League and the other teams will qualify to knockout phase in two different paths. Premier league teams will play in the RPL path group stage with a double round-robin tournament, divided into 4 groups with 4 teams in each group, while the other teams will play in the regions path qualification, starting with 1/256 round until 1/8 round with 1 match in each stage.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows:
Qualifying round (regions path)
The draw for qualifying stage rounds 1 and 2 was held on 15 July 2024.
Round 1
Entered clubs:
13 clubs from Amateur leagues
21 lowest clubs from Russian Second League Division B
Date of matches was determined on 24 July 2024.
Times are MSK (UTC+3), as listed by RFU (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Round 2
Entered clubs:
17 winners of Round 1
21 highest clubs from Russian Second League Division B
18 clubs from Russian Second League Division A
Date of matches was determined on 9 August 2024.
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