1997–98 Kazakhstan Cup

The 1997–98 Kazakhstan Cup is the 6th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition begins on 15 June 1997, and will end with the final in June 1998. Kairat are the defending champions, having won their second cup in the 1996-97 competition.

1997–98 Kazakhstan Cup

Country	Kazakhstan
Teams	14
Defending champions	Kairat
Champions	Irtysh
Runners-up	Kaisar-Hurricane
Matches played	25
Goals scored	58 (2.32 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Konstantin Kotov (Astana) 4
← 1996-97 1998–99 →

First round

Vostok-Adil v Batyr

15 June 1997	Vostok-Adil	0-1	Batyr	Vostok Stadium, Oskemen
			Kurganskiy  72'	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Sergei Ufimtsev (Almaty)

Batyr v Vostok-Adil

21 June 1997	Batyr	1-0 (2-0 agg.)	Vostok-Adil	Shakhter Stadium, Ekibastuz
	Glazunov  59'			Attendance: 5000 Referee: Kurmanbek Urdabayev (Shymkent)

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Avtomobilist v Bulat

15 June 1997	Avtomobilist	0-1	Bulat	Yunost Stadium, Shortandy
			Izotov  62'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Yuri Mizrakhil (Almaty)

Bulat v Avtomobilist

21 June 1997	Bulat	0-2 (aet) (1-2 agg.)	Avtomobilist	Metallurg Stadium, Temirtau
			Protsyuk  12' (pen.) Morozov  96'	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Aleksandr Borisov (Semey)

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Astana v Yelimay

15 June 1997	Astana	3–0	Yelimay	K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Astana
	Kenetayev  2' Kotov  65' Vishnichenko  69'			Attendance: 4000 Referee: Aleksandr Kulakov (Almaty)

Yelimay v Astana

21 June 1997	Yelimay	4-1 (4-4 agg.)	Astana	Spartak Stadium, Semey
	Litvinenko  42' Surodeev  55' Mukhadov  74' Miroshnichenko  76'		Lisin  34'	Attendance: 5000 Referee: Gennady Zhukovskiy (Khromtau)

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CSKA-Kairat v Zhiger

15 June 1997	CSKA-Kairat	5-0	Zhiger	Central Stadium, Almaty
	Kozhabergenov  50' (pen.) Baltiev  51' Kadyrkulov  64', 74' Nuftiev  90'			Attendance: 1500 Referee: Bagdat Tuseev (Semey)

Zhiger v CSKA-Kairat

21 June 1997	Zhiger	1-1 (1-6 agg.)	CSKA-Kairat	K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent
	Derbisbayev  57'		Urazbakhtin  55'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Vasili Yurchenko (Aktobe)

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Ulytau v Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

15 June 1997	Ulytau	0-2	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	Metallurg Stadium, Zhezkazgan
			R. Imankulov  7' Butkov  49'	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Vladimir Donde (Almaty)

Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet v Ulytau

21 June 1997	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	3-0 (5-0 agg.)	Ulytau	Shakhter Stadium, Karagandy
	A. Abildayev  3' (pen.)  80' R. Imankulov  30'			Attendance: 2000 Referee: Marat Ospanov (Kokshetau)

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Kaisar-Hurricane v Aktobe

15 June 1997	Kaisar-Hurricane	1-0	Aktobe	G. Muratbayev Central Stadium, Kyzylorda
	Loginov  37'			Attendance: 3000 Referee: Yevgeni Shkarin (Shymkent)

Aktobe v Kaisar-Hurricane

21 June 1997	Aktobe	0-1 (0-2 agg.)	Kaisar-Hurricane	Central Stadium, Aktobe
			D. Imankulov  70'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Vitali Kagan (Semey)

Quarter-finals

Taraz v Irtysh

15 June 1997	Taraz	2-2	Irtysh	Khimik Stadium, Taraz
	Mazbayev  14' Vaganov  72'		Antonov  5' Kostandyan  66'	Attendance: 5000 Referee: Sergei Rovenskikh (Almaty)

Irtysh v Taraz

20 June 1997	Irtysh	1-0 (3-2 agg.)	Taraz	Central Stadium, Pavlodar
	Abildayev  70'			Attendance: 4500 Referee: Nikolai Bublinskiy (Karagandy)

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Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet v Astana

15 August 1997	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	1-6	Astana	Shakhter Stadium, Karagandy
	R. Imankulov  68'		Kucherbayev  38' Basmanov  56' Kotov  70' (pen.)  74', 89' Polyakov  78'	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Sergei Rovenskikh (Almaty)

Astana v Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

25 August 1997	Astana	1-0 (7-1 agg.)	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Astana
	Basmanov  36'			Attendance: 2000 Referee: Vladimir Galkin (Almaty)

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Batyr v Kaisar-Hurricane

15 August 1997	Batyr	0-1	Kaisar-Hurricane	Shakhter Stadium, Ekibastuz
			Loginov  52'	Attendance: 4000 Referee: Sergei Ufimtsev (Almaty)

Kaisar-Hurricane v Batyr

25 August 1997	Kaisar-Hurricane	3-1 (4-1 agg.)	Batyr	G. Muratbayev Central Stadium, Kyzylorda
	Mankuta  27' Malikov  56' Gabdullin  73'		Afelchenko  82' (pen.)	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Aleksandr Kulakov (Almaty)

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Avtomobilist v CSKA-Kairat

8 October 1997	Avtomobilist	1–1	CSKA-Kairat	Yunost Stadium, Shortandy
	Nurgaliyev  60'		Urazbakhtin  85'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Marat Ospanov (Kokshetau)

CSKA-Kairat v Avtomobilist

12 October 1997	CSKA-Kairat	2-1 (3-2 agg.)	Avtomobilist	Central Stadium, Almaty
	Kozhabergenov  11' Kadyrkulov  64'		Saginayev  60'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Vladimir Donde (Almaty)

Semi-finals

Kaisar-Hurricane v Astana

10 May 1998	Kaisar-Hurricane	1-1	Astana	G. Muratbayev Central Stadium, Kyzylorda
	Abuov  85'		Zhitkov  90'	Attendance: 4000 Referee: Vasili Yurchenko (Aktobe)

Astana v Kaisar-Hurricane

23 May 1998	Astana	0-1 (1-2 agg.)	Kaisar-Hurricane	Lokomotiv Stadium, Astana
			Loginov  4'	Attendance: 2500 Referee: Aleksandr Kulakov (Almaty)

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CSKA-Kairat v Irtysh

10 May 1998	CSKA-Kairat	0-1	Irtysh	Central Stadium, Almaty
			Kononov  44'	Attendance: 7000 Referee: Kurmanbek Urdabayev (Shymkent)

Irtysh v CSKA-Kairat

23 May 1998	Irtysh	1–0 (2-0 agg.)	CSKA-Kairat	Central Stadium, Pavlodar
	Malyshev  16'			Attendance: 5000 Referee: Aleksandr Borisov (Semey)

Final

10 June 1998

Irtysh	2–1 (aet)	Kaisar-Hurricane
Antonov  50', 92'		Esmuratov  60'

Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 3000

Referee: Yevgeni Shkarin (Shymkent)

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