2002–03 Belarusian Cup

The 2002–03 Belarusian Cup was the twelfth season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 7 August 2002 and the final on 24 May 2003. Dinamo Minsk won the Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round.

2002–03 Belarusian Cup
Tournament details
Country Belarus
Teams31
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo Minsk
(3rd title)
Runner-upLokomotiv Minsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored88 (2.84 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Artem Kontsevoy
Aleksandr Volovik
(4 goals)

First round

17 teams joined competition in this round. Six clubs from Second League were drawn against six clubs from First League. Another five First League teams (Darida Minsk Raion, Naftan Novopolotsk, Kommunalnik Slonim, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev, Khimik Svetlogorsk) advanced to the next round by drawing of lots. The rest of First and Second League teams did not participate in this edition of the Cup. All games were played on 7 August 2002.

7 August 2002 MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III) 5 – 0Lida (II)Minsk
Yevseychik 25'
Volovik 27', 40', 45' (pen.)
Pyatrukovich 90'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)
7 August 2002 Pinsk-900 (III)1 – 2 Lokomotiv Minsk (II) Pinsk
Volodko 43'Kashewski 25', 84'Attendance: 500
Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)
7 August 2002 Veras Nesvizh (III)1 – 3 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II) Nesvizh
N.Soltan 61' (pen.)Yusipets 5', 74'
Demenkovets 41'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Valeriy Yazevich (Lida)
7 August 2002 Baranovichi (III)0 – 2 Neman Mosty (II) Baranovichi
Verbitskiy 72', 88'Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aleksandr Skrob (Stolbtsy)
7 August 2002 Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III) 5 – 1Smorgon (II)Kalinkovichi
Luzhkov 11'
Coda 55' (o.g.)
Golovach 79'
Biyazov 84'
Tikhanovsky 88'
Stelmakh 50'Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Nikita Pyreyev (Minsk)

Round of 32

15 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League. Seven clubs advanced to the next round by drawing of lots (Dinamo Minsk, Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Gomel, Molodechno-2000, Torpedo-MAZ Minsk, Lokomotiv Minsk (II), Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)). The games were played on 18 August 2002.

18 August 2002 MTZ-RIPO Minsk (III)1 – 3 Neman Grodno Minsk
17:00 UTC+3Volovik 3'Tarashchyk 1'
Turchinovich 45', 82'
Stadium: Traktor Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)
18 August 2002 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (II)0 – 3 Belshina Bobruisk Mogilev
17:00 UTC+3Strypeykis 31'
Truhaw 67', 69'
Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yuriy Maistrov (Fanipol)
18 August 2002 Neman Mosty (II)0 – 1 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk Mosty
17:00 UTC+3Shushkevich 28'Stadium: Neman Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Oleg Chikun (Stolbtsy)
18 August 2002 Khimik Svetlogorsk (II)1 – 4 Slavia Mozyr Svetlogorsk
17:00 UTC+3Shelukhin 62'Korotkevich 7' (pen.), 11'
Balin 24'
Rakovskiy 86'
Stadium: Bumazhnik Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Valeriy Petrovich (Minsk)
18 August 2002 Kommunalnik Slonim (II)0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Slonim
17:00 UTC+3Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)
Penalties
Volskiy
Misyuk
Vorontsov
Zyulew
Plyut
Sigov
Grudtsin
Rodionov
Schuko
Vasilchuk
18 August 2002 Darida Minsk Raion (II)0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Dinamo Brest Minsk
17:30 UTC+3Boyka  119' Stadium: Darida Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Georgiy Verbitsky (Slonim)
18 August 2002 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II)0 – 4 BATE Borisov Rechitsa
17:30 UTC+3Byahanski 32'
Kontsevoy 59' (pen.), 73', 87'
Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bronislav Yasinskiy (Minsk)
18 August 2002 Naftan Novopolotsk (II)0 – 4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Novopolotsk
18:00 UTC+3Trepachkin 36'
Yurevich 42', 49'
Sļesarčuks 58'
Stadium: Atlant Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)
18 August 2002 Granit Mikashevichi (II)0 – 1 Torpedo Zhodino Mikashevichi
18:00 UTC+3Matveychik 27'Stadium: Granit Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Viktor Matyushev (Minsk)

Round of 16

The games were played on 15 September 2002.

15 September 2002 Dinamo Brest2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Belshina Bobruisk Brest
16:00 UTC+3Denisenya 16'
Prokopyuk 87'
Karolik 50'
Baltrushevich 58' (pen.)  113'
Stadium: OSK Brestsky
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Aleksandr Ryomin (Minsk)
15 September 2002 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
Neman Grodno Minsk
16:00 UTC+3Stadium: Traktor Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mikhail Arkhipov (Zhodino)
Penalties
Akulich
Makar
Labetskiy
Bylina
Kovalevich
Radushko
Hintaw
Lyubchuk
15 September 2002 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 5 – 3Molodechno-2000Vitebsk
16:00 UTC+3Rodionov 28', 56', 59'
V.Aleshchenko 54'
Karpaw 67'
Sysoy 9'
Azarenok 58', 74'
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)
15 September 2002 Shakhtyor Soligorsk0 – 1 Dinamo Minsk Soligorsk
16:15 UTC+3Vodovozov 86'Stadium: Stroitel Stadium
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)
15 September 2002 Lokomotiv Minsk (II) 1 – 0Slavia MozyrMinsk
16:30 UTC+3Denisyuk 67'Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Konstantin Daylid (Brest)
15 September 2002 BATE Borisov 3 – 0Torpedo-MAZ MinskBorisov
17:00 UTC+3Byahanski 8'
Kontsevoy 81'
Likhtarovich 85'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)
15 September 2002 Torpedo Zhodino0 – 2 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Zhodino
17:00 UTC+3Patskevich 5'
Razhkow 67'
Stadium: Torpedo Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bronislav Yasinskiy (Minsk)
15 September 2002 Vertikal Kalinkovichi (III)0 – 2 Gomel Kalinkovichi
17:00 UTC+3Danilaw 18'
Bliznyuk 57'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Valeriy Yazevich (Lida)

Quarterfinals

The games were played on 22 April 2003.

22 April 2003 Lokomotiv Minsk 3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Dnepr-Transmash MogilevMinsk
15:00 UTC+3Lukashevich 6' (pen.)
Rogovik 43'
Shvydakow  105'
D.Kalachow 51'
Pyschur 86'
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)
22 April 2003 Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II)1 – 2 Gomel Vitebsk
16:30 UTC+3Praslov 82'Sulymenko 61'
Ivanov 85'
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Aleksandr Chebykin (Minsk)
22 April 2003 Belshina Bobruisk 2 – 1Neman GrodnoBobruisk
17:00 UTC+3Danilyuk 17'
Denisenya 47'
Tarashchyk 19'Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Valery Vyalichka (Minsk)
22 April 2003 BATE Borisov0 – 1 Dinamo Minsk Borisov
17:30 UTC+3Zlatinov 53'Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 8 May 2003. The second legs were played on 16 May 2003.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lokomotiv Minsk4–3Belshina Bobruisk3–01–3
Gomel0–2Dinamo Minsk0–00–2

First leg

8 May 2003 Lokomotiv Minsk 3 – 0 Belshina Bobruisk Minsk
16:00 UTC+3Afonasenko 10'
Denisyuk 58' (pen.), 66' (pen.)
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)
8 May 2003 Gomel 0 – 0 Dinamo Minsk Gomel
17:00 UTC+3Stadium: Luch Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Second leg

16 May 2003 Belshina Bobruisk3 – 1
(3 – 4 agg.)
Lokomotiv Minsk Bobruisk
17:30 UTC+3Denisenya 10'
Hancharyk 18'
Kondrashuk 53'
Shvydakow 25'Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)
16 May 2003 Dinamo Minsk 2 – 0
(2 – 0 agg.)
GomelMinsk
18:30 UTC+3Razhkow 26', 78'Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 900
Referee: Yuriy Kuntsevich (Grodno)

Final

Dinamo Minsk2 – 0Lokomotiv Minsk
M.Tsyhalka 53', 58'Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Andrey Zhukov (Minsk)

DINAMO:
GK1 Yury Tsyhalka
RB2 Yan Tsiharaw
CB3 Andriy Raspopov
CB6 Raman Kirenkin
LB5 Kiril Pavlyuchek
DM9 Syarhey Kavalchuk (c)
RM10 Ihar Razhkow  83'
LM4 Andrey Milewski
AM7 Petar Zlatinov  25'
FW8 Vital Valadzyankow  65'  86'
FW11 Maksim Tsyhalka  77'
Substitutes:
GK12 Ruslan Kapantsow
FW13 Kirill Andreyenko
MF14 Viktor Sokol  83'
FW15 Mikalay Ryndzyuk  86'
MF16 Yury Vodovozov
FW17 Sergei Kornilenko  77'
DF18 Anton Rabtsaw
Manager:
Georgi Gyurov

LOKOMOTIV:
GK1 Vital Makawchyk
RB3 Yawhen Linyow
CB8 Georgi Berianidze
CB2 Cristovao Trombin  63'
LB6 Dmitry Rogovik
RM7 Dmitry Denisyuk
CM5 Andrey Lukashevich  26'  46'
CM4 Sergey Kabelskiy (c)
LM9 Mihail Litvinchuk  27'  46'
AM10 Aleksandr Afonasenko
FW11 Mikalay Shvydakow
Substitutes:
GK12 Aleksandr Kotlyarov
MF13 Alyaksandr Mikhnavets  67'  46'
MF14 Mikalay Kashewski  46'
DF15 Sergey Polyakov  63'
DF16 Syarhey Khaletski
FW17 Dzmitry Asipenka
MF18 Zaza Kvekveskiri
Manager:
Anatoliy Yurevich

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