2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
# 2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the thirteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time.

## Format

This edition of the tournament featured a unique one-off format. In attempt to persuade Russian and Ukrainian champions to field their strongest squads, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv were given a straight bye to the Semifinal, avoiding Group phase and Quarterfinal. As a result, two of four groups featured only three clubs, and only four group winners advanced to the knock-out round. Ultimately, the change did not make desirable effect on Dynamo, who brought a reserve squad, and the format was reverted since next year.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| - | - | - |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2004 Russian Premier League champions | 2nd |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2003–04 Vyshcha Liha champions $^1$ | 9th |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2004 Belarusian Premier League champions | 5th |
| FBK Kaunas | 2004 A Lyga champions | 7th |
| Skonto Riga | 2004 Latvian Higher League champions | 13th |
| Levadia Tallinn | 2004 Meistriliiga champions | 3rd |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2003–04 Moldovan National Division champions | 4th |
| Tbilisi | 2003–04 Umaglesi Liga 4th team $^2$ | 1st |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 2004 Armenian Premier League champions | 6th |
| Neftchi Baku | 2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 4th |
| Kairat Almaty | 2004 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 2nd |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2004 Uzbek League champions | 4th |
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 2004 Tajik League champions | 5th |
| Nebitçi Balkanabat | 2004 Ýokary Liga champions | 1st |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2004 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 1st |
| Russia U19 | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage | 6th |

* $^1$ Dynamo Kyiv were represented by Dynamo-2 players.
* $^2$ Tbilisi replaced WIT Georgia (2003–04 Georgian champions) and Dinamo Tbilisi (CIS Cup title holders), who declined to participate.

## Group stage

### Group A

* Unofficial table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kairat Almaty | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Russia U19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |

* Official table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kairat Almaty | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FBK Kaunas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| Tbilisi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| Skonto Riga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neftchi Baku | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| Nebitçi Balkanabat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

## Final rounds

| Quarterfinals (19 Jan) | Quarterfinals (19 Jan) | Semifinals (21 Jan) | Semifinals (21 Jan) | Final (23 Jan) | Final (23 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kairat Almaty | 0 | | | | |
| FBK Kaunas (p) | 0 | | | | |
| FBK Kaunas (p) | 0 | FBK Kaunas | 0 | | |
| | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | | |
| | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 |
| | | | | Neftchi Baku | 1 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 0 | | | | | Neftchi Baku | 1 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2 | | | | |
| Neftchi Baku | 2 | Neftchi Baku | 2 | | |
| | | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Georgi Adamia | Neftchi Baku | 6 |
| 2 | Cristian Dicu | Kairat Almaty | 4 |
| 3 | Zamirbek Zhumagulov | Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 |
