2021 Russian Cup Final
# 2021 Russian Cup Final

The 2021 Russian Cup Final was the 29th Russian Cup Final, the final match of the 2020–21 Russian Cup. It was played at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on 21 May 2021, contested by FC Lokomotiv Moscow and Krylia Sovetov Samara. Lokomotiv won the match 3–1. It was the second occasion in a row in which a second-tier FNL club qualified for the final. Same as was the case in the previous final with Khimki, by the time the final was played, the FNL team already secured promotion into the Russian Premier League.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, attendance was limited to 50% of the arena's capacity.

Lokomotiv Moscow qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League by winning the cup.

## Route to the final

### Lokomotiv Moscow

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Round of 16 | Tambov (H) | 3–0 |
| QF | Sochi (A) | 3–1 |
| SF | CSKA Moscow (H) | 3–0 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. |||

### Krylia Sovetov Samara

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Elite group round | Dynamo Stavropol (A) | 4–1 |
| Elite group round | Rotor Volgograd (H) | 3–0 |
| Round of 16 | Khimki (A) | 4–0 |
| QF | Dynamo Moscow (H) | 2–0 |
| SF | Akhmat Grozny (A) | 0–0 (4–1 pen.) |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. |||

## Match

### Details

| Lokomotiv Moscow | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Guilherme |
| DF | 31 | Maciej Rybus | 90+' |
| DF | 14 | Vedran Ćorluka (c) | | 76' |
| DF | 3 | Pablo | 50' |
| MF | 6 | Dmitri Barinov | | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Rifat Zhemaletdinov | | 76' |
| MF | 94 | Dmitri Rybchinsky | 90' |
| MF | 76 | Maksim Mukhin | | 76' |
| MF | 7 | Grzegorz Krychowiak |
| FW | 9 | Fyodor Smolov | | 87' |
| FW | 25 | François Kamano | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 77 | Anton Kochenkov |
| GK | 60 | Andrey Savin |
| DF | 2 | Dmitri Zhivoglyadov |
| DF | 4 | Vitali Lystsov |
| DF | 45 | Aleksandr Silyanov |
| DF | 27 | Murilo | | 76' |
| MF | 11 | Anton Miranchuk | | 76' |
| MF | 69 | Daniil Kulikov | | 46' |
| MF | 37 | Stanislav Magkeyev | | 66' |
| MF | 38 | Nikolai Titkov |
| FW | 87 | Eder | | 87' |
| FW | 88 | Vitali Lisakovich |
| Manager: ||
| Marko Nikolić ||
| GK | 1 | Ivan Lomayev |
| DF | 47 | Sergei Bozhin (c) | | 90' |
| DF | 5 | Yuri Gorshkov |
| DF | 4 | Aleksandr Soldatenkov |
| DF | 18 | Mehdi Zeffane | | 79' |
| MF | 17 | Anton Zinkovsky |
| MF | 6 | Denis Yakuba | 16' | 44' |
| MF | 16 | Ricardo Alves |
| MF | 11 | Roman Yezhov | | 90' |
| FW | 33 | Ivan Sergeyev |
| FW | 10 | Vladislav Sarveli | | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 39 | Yevgeny Frolov |
| GK | 81 | Bogdan Ovsyannikov |
| DF | 23 | Dmitri Kombarov |
| DF | 2 | Vladimir Poluyakhtov |
| DF | 3 | Nikita Chernov | | 90' |
| DF | 35 | Dmitri Prischepa |
| MF | 99 | Maksim Kanunnikov |
| MF | 77 | Dmitri Kabutov | | 79' |
| MF | 22 | Dmitry Yefremov | | 90' |
| MF | 8 | Maksim Vityugov | | 44' |
| MF | 7 | Safaa Hadi |
| FW | 69 | Yegor Golenkov | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Igor Osinkin ||
| Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Valentin Murashov (Moscow) Dmitri Zhvakin (Leningrad Oblast) Fourth official: Igor Panin (Dmitrov) Back-up assistant: Aram Petrosyan (Bronnitsy) Inspector: Nikolai Levnikov (Sochi) VAR: Vasili Kazartsev (St. Petersburg) AVAR: Anton Averyanov (Moscow) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions |
