2003–04 Belarusian Cup
# 2003–04 Belarusian Cup

2003–04 Belarusian Cup was the thirteenth season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 4 June 2003. Winners of the Cup qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round.

## First round

In this round 8 clubs from Second League were drawn against 8 clubs from First League. Another four First League teams (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev, Lokomotiv Vitebsk, Pinsk-900 and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The rest of First and Second League teams (four from each) chose not to participate in this edition of the Cup for financial reasons.

## Round of 32

12 winners of previous round were joined by 16 clubs from Premier League. 4 of 16 Premier League clubs (Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Darida Minsk Raion, Lokomotiv Minsk, Gomel) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The games were played on 9 and 10 August 2003.

## Round of 16

The games were played on 8 October 2003.

## Quarterfinals

The games were played on 3 April 2004.

## Semifinals

The first legs were played on 7 April 2004. The second legs were played on 11 April 2004.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5–2 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| BATE Borisov | 3–5 | Gomel | 1–2 | 2–3 |

## Final

GOMEL: :

| GK | 1 | Yury Afanasenko |
| - | - | - |
| SW | 4 | Oleg Cherepnev (c) |
| RB | 2 | Alyaksandr Shahoyka |
| CB | 3 | Aleh Popel | | 46' |
| LB | 5 | Alyaksey Pankavets |
| DM | 7 | Fedor Lukashenko | 59' |
| RM | 10 | Maksim Razumaw |
| LM | 11 | Alyaksandr Danilaw |
| AM | 15 | Yevgeni Zinovyev | 95' | 110' |
| RF | 8 | Ruslan Usaw | 53' | 68' |
| LF | 9 | Gennadi Bliznyuk |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Oleh Venchak |
| FW | 6 | Stanimir Georgiev |
| FW | 12 | Sergey Zabolotsky | | 68' |
| FW | 14 | Ruslan Burdeinyi |
| DF | 18 | Andrey Harawtsow | | 110' |
| MF | 20 | Yuri Khusyainov | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Andrey Arhiptsaw |
| Manager: |||
| Sergei Podpaly ||||

SHAKHTYOR: :

| GK | 1 | Aleksandr Gerasimovich |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 18 | Vadzim Lasowski | 88' |
| CB | 3 | Anatoly Budayev (c) |
| CB | 6 | Alyaksey Belavusaw |
| LB | 5 | Alyaksandr Yurevich |
| DM | 7 | Andrey Lyavonchyk |
| RM | 2 | Roman Trepachkin |
| LM | 13 | Alyaksandr Novik | 75' |
| AM | 10 | Syarhey Nikifarenka |
| RF | 4 | Artsyom Hancharyk | 72' |
| LF | 11 | Anatoly Tikhonchik |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Vitaly Varivonchik |
| MF | 8 | Alyaksandr Grenkow | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Maksim Hukayla |
| MF | 12 | Dmitry Podrez |
| FW | 14 | Vadzim Boyka |
| FW | 15 | Viktor Borel | 72' |
| MF | 17 | Andrey Paryvayew | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Yury Vyarheychyk ||||
