1996–97 Russian Cup

The 1996–97 Russian Cup was the fifth season of the Russian Association football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams Zenit Saint Petersburg and Lada-Tolyatti started at this stage.

Round of 32

All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.

Final

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game:
FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Khasanbi Bidzhiyev, Oleg Pashinin, Oleg Elyshev, Vitali Veselov, Dmitri Bulykin, Oleh Haras, Konstantin Kamnev, Valeriy Yablochkin .
FC Dynamo Moscow: Aleksei Guschin, Sergei Kolotovkin, Yevgeni Korablyov, Rolan Gusev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Grishin, Vitali Kulyov, Aleksei Kutsenko, Yuri Tishkov, Dmitri Cheryshev.