1997 Kazakhstan Cup final

1997 Kazakhstan Cup final

Event	1996–97 Kazakhstan Cup
Kairat Vostok-Adil 2 0
Date	26 April 1997
Venue	Central Stadium, Almaty
Referee	Kurmanbek Urdabayev (Shymkent)
Attendance	2,500
← 1995 1998 →

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^[1] The new final was arranged between losing semi-finalists Kairat and Vostok-Adil on 26 April 1997. ^[2]

Background

Kairat and Vostok-Adil each entered their second Kazakhstan Cup final. In their first finals, Kairat beat Fosfor 5–1 in 1992 while Vostok-Adil beat Aktyubinets 1–0 in 1994. ^[1]

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Route to the Final

Kairat

Round	Opposition	Score
SR	Kainar	4–6(1–2 (A)/ 4–3 (H) )
QF	Shakhter	4–2 (4–1 (H) / 1–0 (A))
SF	Yelimay	3–2 (2–1 (A) / 1–1 (H))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Vostok-Adil

Round	Opposition	Score
SR	SKIF-Ordabasy	w/o (0–0 (A) / w/o (H))
QF	Kaisar-Munai	3–3 (2–2 (A) / 1–1 (H))
SF	Munaishy	1–5 (0–1 (H) / 4–1 (A))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Match

Details

26 April 1997

Kairat	2–0	Vostok-Adil
Klimov 36' Nisanbayev 66'	Report

Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Kurmanbek Urdabayev (Shymkent)

GK Vadim Egoshkin DF Bakhytzhan Ensebaev DF Almas Kulshinbaev DF Pavel Kolotovkin DF Anuar Nisanbayev MF Serik Zheilitbayev MF Askhat Kadyrkulov  55' MF Aleksei Klishin  86' MF Aydyn Rakhimbayev  20'  84' MF Dmitri Yurist  61' FW Sergei Klimov  72' Substitutes: GK Naken Kyrykbayev MF Roman Vorogovskiy  84' MF Sabit Apsenbetov  61' MF Manar Nuftiev  72' FW Roman Luchkin FW Yevgeni Tarasov  55'  64' FW Andrey Kucheryavykh  86' Manager: Vakhid Masudov

GK Nikolai Kalyabin DF Oleg Lotov DF Igor Chesnokov DF Aleksandr Moskalenko DF Vitali Kozhevnikov  46' MF Sergei Saliy  64' MF Yevgeni Sveshnikov MF Pavel Evteev MF Vladimir Kashtanov  56' FW Rafael Khamidullov FW Ruslan Duzmambetov Substitutes: GK Aleksandr Ganzhenko DF Igor Kiselev DF Ilshat Mazidullin MF Oleg Rylov  46' FW Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy FW Aleksandr Antropov  64' FW Sergei Obryadov  56' Manager: Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy

Man of the match

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

References

1. Stokkermans, Karel (18 April 2026). "Kazakhstan Cup Finals". RSSSF . Retrieved 16 August 2026.
2. Dreiman, Theodore (29 November 2007). "Kazakhstan 1996". RSSSF . Retrieved 16 August 2026.