2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
# 2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 2006 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Neftchi Baku for the first time.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| - | - | - |
| CSKA Moscow | 2005 Russian Premier League champions $^1$ | 2nd |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2004–05 Vyshcha Liha champions $^2$ | 3rd |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2005 Belarusian Premier League champions | 1st |
| FBK Kaunas | 2005 A Lyga runners-up $^3$ | 8th |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2005 Latvian Higher League champions | 1st |
| TVMK Tallinn | 2005 Meistriliiga champions | 1st |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2004–05 Moldovan National Division champions | 5th |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2004–05 Umaglesi Liga champions | 10th |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 2005 Armenian Premier League champions | 7th |
| Neftchi Baku | 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 5th |
| Aktobe | 2005 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 1st |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2005 Uzbek League champions | 5th |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 2005 Tajik League champions | 2nd |
| HTTU Ashgabat | 2005 Ýokary Liga champions | 1st |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 2005 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 2nd |
| Russia U19 | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage | 7th |

* $^1$ CSKA Moscow were represented by reserve players.
* $^2$ Shakhtar Donetsk were represented by Shakhtar-2 players.
* $^3$ FBK Kaunas replaced Ekranas Panevėžys (2005 Lithuanian champions) who refused to participate.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CSKA Moscow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| TVMK Tallinn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neftchi Baku | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Aktobe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| HTTU Ashgabat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |

* 3-way tie-breaker between tied teams:

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HTTU Ashgabat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |

### Group D

* Unofficial table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia U19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| FBK Kaunas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |

* Official table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FBK Kaunas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |

## Final rounds

| Quarterfinals (18 Jan) | Quarterfinals (18 Jan) | Semifinals (20 Jan) | Semifinals (20 Jan) | Final (22 Jan) | Final (22 Jan) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CSKA Moscow | 3 | | | | |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 | | | | |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 1 | | |
| | | FBK Kaunas (p) | 1 | | |
| FBK Kaunas (p) | 1 | FBK Kaunas (p) | 1 | | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1 | | | | |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1 | | | FBK Kaunas | 2 |
| | | | | Neftchi Baku | 4 |
| Neftchi Baku (p) | 0 | | | | | Neftchi Baku | 4 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0 | | | | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0 | Neftchi Baku (w/o) | 3 | | |
| | | Pyunik Yerevan | 0 | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | Pyunik Yerevan | 0 | | |
| Pyunik Yerevan | 3 | | | | |

### Semifinals

$^1$ Neftchi were awarded a win after Pyunik refused to play against Azerbaijani club for safety concerns (related to ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict).

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yevhen Seleznyov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 5 |
| 2 | Zayniddin Tadjiyev | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 4 |
| 3 | Branimir Subašić | Neftchi Baku | 3 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Salugin | CSKA Moscow | 3 |
| 3 | George Florescu | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 |
| 3 | Aliaksei Kuchuk | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3 |
| 3 | Ģirts Karlsons | Liepājas Metalurgs | 3 |
