2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	15–23 January 2005
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lokomotiv Moscow (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	61 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Georgi Adamia (6 goals)
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International football competition

The 2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the thirteenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Lokomotiv Moscow for the first time.

Format

This edition of the tournament featured a unique one-off format. In attempt to persuade Russian and Ukrainian champions to field their strongest squads, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv were given a straight bye to the Semifinal, avoiding Group phase and Quarterfinal. As a result, two of four groups featured only three clubs, and only four group winners advanced to the knock-out round. Ultimately, the change did not make desirable effect on Dynamo, who brought a reserve squad, and the format was reverted since next year.

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Lokomotiv Moscow	2004 Russian Premier League champions	2nd
Dynamo Kyiv	2003–04 Vyshcha Liha champions ¹	9th
Dinamo Minsk	2004 Belarusian Premier League champions	5th
FBK Kaunas	2004 A Lyga champions	7th
Skonto Riga	2004 Latvian Higher League champions	13th
Levadia Tallinn	2004 Meistriliiga champions	3rd
Sheriff Tiraspol	2003–04 Moldovan National Division champions	4th
Tbilisi	2003–04 Umaglesi Liga 4th team ²	1st
Pyunik Yerevan	2004 Armenian Premier League champions	6th
Neftchi Baku	2003–04 Azerbaijan Top League champions	4th
Kairat Almaty	2004 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	2nd
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2004 Uzbek League champions	4th
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2004 Tajik League champions	5th
Nebitçi Balkanabat	2004 Ýokary Liga champions	1st
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	2004 Kyrgyzstan League champions	1st
Russia U19	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage	6th

¹ Dynamo Kyiv were represented by Dynamo-2 players.
² Tbilisi replaced WIT Georgia (2003–04 Georgian champions) and Dinamo Tbilisi (CIS Cup title holders), who declined to participate.

Group stage

Group A

Unofficial table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kairat Almaty	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Levadia Tallinn	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
Dinamo Minsk	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Russia U19	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Official table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kairat Almaty	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Dinamo Minsk	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
Levadia Tallinn	2	1	1	1	4	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

15 January 2005

15:00

Levadia Tallinn	0 – 0	Russia U19

Spartak Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 350

Referee: Allabergen Sapaev (Turkmenistan)

15 January 2005

19:00

Dinamo Minsk	2 – 1	Kairat Almaty
Valadzyankow 75' Edu 87'		Dicu 51'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

16 January 2005

15:00

Kairat Almaty	3 – 1	Russia U19
Lovchev 22' Aksenov 38' Buleshev 83'		Boyev 31'

Spartak Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 400

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

16 January 2005

17:00

Dinamo Minsk	0 – 1	Levadia Tallinn
		Dovydėnas 8'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 300

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

18 January 2005

15:00

Dinamo Minsk	1 – 1	Russia U19
Razin 56'		Pavlov 71'

Spartak Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 250

Referee: Emil Busurmankulov (Kyrgyzstan)

18 January 2005

17:00

Levadia Tallinn	0 – 4	Kairat Almaty
		Dicu 42', 51', 67' Buleshev 71'

Dynamo Manage, Moscow

Attendance: 200

Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FBK Kaunas	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
Tbilisi	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Pakhtakor Tashkent	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

15 January 2005