2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	18–26 January 2003
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	90 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristian Tudor; (9 goals)
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the eleventh edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Sheriff Tiraspol for the first time.

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Lokomotiv Moscow	2002 Russian Premier League champions ¹	1st
Shakhtar Donetsk	2001–02 Vyshcha Liha champions	2nd
BATE Borisov	2002 Belarusian Premier League champions	2nd
FBK Kaunas	2002 A Lyga champions	5th
Skonto Riga	2002 Latvian Higher League champions	11th
Flora Tallinn	2002 Meistriliiga champions	4th
Sheriff Tiraspol	2001–02 Moldovan National Division champions	2nd
Torpedo Kutaisi	2001–02 Umaglesi Liga champions	3rd
Pyunik Yerevan	2002 Armenian Premier League champions	4th
Irtysh Pavlodar	2002 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	4th
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2002 Uzbek League champions	2nd
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2002 Tajik League champions	3rd
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy	2002 Ýokary Liga champions	1st
SKA-PVO Bishkek	2002 Kyrgyzstan League champions	4th
Azerbaijan U21	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage ²	1st
Russia U19	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage	4th

¹ Lokomotiv Moscow were represented by reserve/youth players.
² Azerbaijan U21 replaced Shamkir (2001–02 Azerbaijan champions) since Azerbaijan Premier League was suspended for 2002–03 season and all clubs were inactive, outside of occasional friendly matches. The team was also reinforced with a few overage players.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lokomotiv Moscow	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Torpedo Kutaisi	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Irtysh Pavlodar	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
SKA-PVO Bishkek	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

18 January 2003

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	1 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar
Ovchinnikov 60'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

18 January 2003

19:00

Torpedo Kutaisi	3 – 0	SKA-PVO Bishkek
Ionanidze 34' Khvadagiani 36' Poroshyn 79'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Belarus)

19 January 2003

19:00

Torpedo Kutaisi	2 – 2	Lokomotiv Moscow
Ionanidze 13' Asatiani 70'		Vučićević 41' Mikuckis 80'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine)

19 January 2003

19:00

SKA-PVO Bishkek	1 – 2	Irtysh Pavlodar
Sardarov 72'		Kalabukhin 44', 45' (pen.)

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 250

Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

21 January 2003

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	4 – 0	SKA-PVO Bishkek
Sokolov 5' Parks 51' Ovchinnikov 87' (pen.), 90'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Belarus)

21 January 2003

19:00

Irtysh Pavlodar	0 – 1	Torpedo Kutaisi
		Didava 6'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Skonto Riga	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
BATE Borisov	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
Pyunik Yerevan	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

18 January 2003

15:00

Skonto Riga	2 – 1	Pyunik Yerevan
Jeļisejevs 15', 60'		Minasyan 75' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 900

Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)

18 January 2003

15:00

Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0 – 2	BATE Borisov
		Chumachenko 4' Skripchenko 86'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

19 January 2003

15:00

BATE Borisov	1 – 1	Skonto Riga
Ryndzyuk 3'		Koļesņičenko 28'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Aleksandr Borisov (Kazakhstan)

19 January 2003

15:00

Pyunik Yerevan	1 – 3	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
Manucharyan 52'		Khojayev 12' Sotnikov 57' Zubaydov 84'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

21 January 2003

15:00

Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0 – 3	Skonto Riga
		Verpakovskis 8', 62' Zemļinskis 69' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

21 January 2003

15:00

Pyunik Yerevan	1 – 1	BATE Borisov
Manucharyan 15'		Ryndzyuk 28' (pen.)

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 450

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

Group C

Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakhtakor Tashkent	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
FBK Kaunas	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Azerbaijan U21	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Shakhtar Donetsk	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Official table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
FBK Kaunas	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

18 January 2003

17:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	0 – 2	Pakhtakor Tashkent
		Bikmaev 90' Qosimov 90+3'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

18 January 2003

17:00

FBK Kaunas	2 – 1	Azerbaijan U21
Bezykornovas 58' (pen.) Puotkalis 85'		Musayev 78'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 250

Referee: Merab Malaguradze (Georgia)

19 January 2003

17:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1 – 1	FBK Kaunas
Popov 77'		Opic 66'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

19 January 2003

17:00

Azerbaijan U21	1 – 1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Gurbanov 65' (pen.)		Hamidullaev 35'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

21 January 2003

17:00

FBK Kaunas	0 – 0	Pakhtakor Tashkent

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 900

Referee: Aleksandr Borisov (Kazakhstan)

21 January 2003

17:00

Azerbaijan U21	2 – 1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Gurbanov 21', 28' (pen.)		Brandão 7'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Group D

Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheriff Tiraspol	3	2	1	0	14	4	+10	7
Russia U19	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
Flora Tallinn	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Official table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheriff Tiraspol	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6
Flora Tallinn	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy	2	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

18 January 2003

13:00

Flora Tallinn	0 – 4	Sheriff Tiraspol
		Tudor 10', 17', 58' Boreț 22'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 290

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

18 January 2003

13:00

Şagadam Türkmenbaşy	0 – 2	Russia U19
		Lozhkin 34' (pen.) Korzh 70' (o.g.)

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kiyomiddin Safarov (Tajikistan)

19 January 2003

13:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	7 – 1	Şagadam Türkmenbaşy
Dadu 25', 45+1', 49' Pațula 52' Comleonoc 56' Boreț 86' Nesteruc 90+2'		Sadykow 45+2'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

19 January 2003

13:00

Russia U19	2 – 1	Flora Tallinn
Malakhovskiy 30' Yanbayev 87'		Rooba 56'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

21 January 2003

13:00

Flora Tallinn	3 – 0	Şagadam Türkmenbaşy
Hamre 15' Rooba 54' Novikov 75'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Merab Malaguradze (Georgia)

21 January 2003

13:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	3 – 3	Russia U19
Georgescu 42' Tudor 48', 68' (pen.)		Denisov 34' Vlasov 45' Shevchenko 83'

Spartak Manege, Moscow

Attendance: 150

Referee: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Final rounds

Quarter-finals (22 Jan)			Semi-finals (24 Jan)			Final (26 Jan)

	Sheriff Tiraspol	3

	FBK Kaunas	0
				Sheriff Tiraspol	1

				Lokomotiv Moscow	0
	Lokomotiv Moscow	3

	BATE Borisov	1
							Sheriff Tiraspol	2

							Skonto Riga	1
	Skonto Riga	2

	Torpedo Kutaisi	0
				Skonto Riga (p)	2

				Pakhtakor Tashkent	2
	Pakhtakor Tashkent	3

	Flora Tallinn	0

Quarterfinals

22 January 2003

13:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	3 – 0	FBK Kaunas
Dadu 2' Tudor 9', 33' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 800

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

22 January 2003

15:00

Skonto Riga	2 – 0	Torpedo Kutaisi
Verpakovskis 37' Morozs 65'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

22 January 2003

17:00

Pakhtakor Tashkent	3 – 0	Flora Tallinn
Krokhmal 7', 38' Djeparov 58'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 500

Referee: Vladimir Antonov (Moldova)

22 January 2003

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 1	BATE Borisov
Parks 33' Sokolov 62' Vučićević 83'		Byahanski 27'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

Semifinals

24 January 2003

17:00

Skonto Riga	2 – 2	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Jeļisejevs 52', 70'		Koshelev 16' Krokhmal 80'
Penalties
Koļesņičenko Verpakovskis Blagonadeždins Isakovs	3 – 1	Goçgulyýew Ashurmatov Koshelev Nesterov

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Serhiy Shebek (Ukraine)

24 January 2003

19:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow
Tudor 52'

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Final

26 January 2003

13:00

Sheriff Tiraspol	2 – 1	Skonto Riga
Tudor 1' Testemițanu 90'		Zemļinskis 34' (pen.)

Olympic Sport Complex, Moscow

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Cristian Tudor	Sheriff Tiraspol	9
2	Sergiu Dadu	Sheriff Tiraspol	4
2	Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs	Skonto Riga	4
4	Māris Verpakovskis	Skonto Riga	3
	Sergei Ovchinnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Aleksandr Krokhmal	Pakhtakor Tashkent	3
	Gurban Gurbanov	Azerbaijan U21	3

External links

2003 CIS Cup at rsssf.com
2003 CIS Cup at football.by Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
2003 CIS Cup at kick-off.by
2003 CIS Cup official website