1996 in Russian football returned the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, while the Russian Cup was taken by Lokomotiv Moscow.
FC Spartak Moscow won the title for the fourth time.
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The fourth edition of the Russian Cup, 1995–96 Russian Cup was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat FC Spartak Moscow in the finals with a score of 3–2.
Early stages of the 1996–97 Russian Cup were played later in the year.
FC Spartak Moscow was knocked out in the quarterfinals.[1]
Several key players (Stanislav Cherchesov, Viktor Onopko, Vasili Kulkov and Sergei Yuran) who played in the group stage where Spartak did not lose a single point left the club to move to Western European clubs in the winter before the quarterfinals.
Nicolas Ouédec was instrumental again, after scoring 7 goals in 4 games against the Russian teams in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, this time he scored 3 goals in two games against Spartak.
FC Dynamo Moscow were eliminated in the quarterfinals.[2]
All the Russian teams were eliminated in 1995.
FC Alania Vladikavkaz was knocked out in the qualifying round.[3]
FC Lokomotiv Moscow went out in the second round.[4]
PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow were eliminated in the first round after going through the qualifying round. FC Alania Vladikavkaz went out in the first round after going to the UEFA Cup after failing in the qualification for the Champions League. FC Spartak Moscow went out in the second round.[5]
Russian clubs participated in the Intertoto Cup for the first time. FC Rotor Volgograd, FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny and FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg all won their groups. Uralmash and KAMAZ lost in the semifinals and Rotor lost on away goals in the finals, not qualifying for the UEFA Cup.[6]
Russia national football team participated in the UEFA Euro 1996, coming last in their group with 1 point and not qualifying for the quarterfinals. Oleg Romantsev was the manager up to and including the Euro, with Aleksandr Tarkhanov and Boris Ignatyev assisting. After the Euro Boris Ignatyev became the manager, with Aleksandr Tarkhanov and Yuri Syomin assisting.[7]
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