The 2010–11 Russian Cup was the nineteenth season of the Russian

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knockout tournament since the dissolution of the

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. The competition started on 14 April 2010, and ended with the final on 22 May 2011 at Shinnik Stadium in

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, won by

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2–1 over

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. Uniquely, Alania's goal in the final was their only goal in the competition—they did not score in regulation or in extra time in any of their previous matches, winning all of those contests in penalty shootouts.

First round

This round featured 2 Second Division teams. The game was played on 14 April 2010.

Section South

Second round

In this round entered 1 winner from the first round and the 56 Second Division teams and 5 amateur teams. The matches were played between 25 April and 3 May 2010.

Section West

Section Center

Section East

Section South

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Third round

In this round entered 31 winners from the second round and the 17 Second Division teams. The matches were played between 3 and 24 May 2010.

Section West

Section Center

Section South

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Section East

Fourth round

In this round entered 24 winners from the third round. The matches were played between 5 and 15 June 2010.

Section West

Section Center

Section South

Section Ural-Povolzhye

Section East

Fifth round

In this round entered 12 winners from the fourth round teams and the 20 First Division teams. The matches were played on 1 July 2010.

Round of 32

In this round entered the 16 winners from the fifth round matches and all

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teams. The matches were played on 13 and 14 July 2010.

Round of 16

In this round the 16 winners from the round of 32 round entered. The matches were played on 22 September 2010 and 3 March 2011.

Quarter-finals

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received a bye and was automatically qualified for semifinals as their opponents, FC Saturn Moscow Oblast, went bankrupt in the winter of 2011.

Semi-finals

Final

Played in the earlier stages, but were not on the final game squad: PFC CSKA Moscow:

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(DF), Georgi Schennikov (DF),

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(MF),

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(FW). FC Alania Vladikavkaz: Mikhail Kerzhakov (GK), Nariman Gusalov (DF), Ivan Ivanov (DF), Boris Rotenberg (DF), Valeri Tskhovrebov (DF), Pavel Golyshev (MF), Yuri Kirillov (MF), Gheorghe Florescu (MF), Arsen Khubulov (MF),

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(FW), Serghei Dadu (FW), Baba Collins FW), Aleksandr Marenich (FW), Eldar Nizamutdinov (FW), Aleksandr Tikhonovetsky (FW), Dioh Williams (FW).

References

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