Communications Service of the Russian Football Union (RFS) has published a calendar of matches for the group stage of the FONBET RPL Way of the Russian Cup, in which 16 MIR clubs of the Russian Premier League (RPL) take part.
In the group stage, which will last from August 30 to November 19, RPL teams will play each other in two rounds. The clubs that take the first two places will get into the playoffs of the RPL Path. Teams from the third places will play in the playoffs of the Path of Regions.
1st round:
Group A
31 August
16:30 Khimki – Krasnodar
18:30 “PARI NN” — “Locomotive”
Group B
August 30
19:00 Spartak — Wings of the Soviets
31 August
19:00 Zenit – Fakel
Group C
31 August
20:30 Akhmat – Orenburg
21:00 Rostov – Dynamo
Group D
31 August
15:00 Ural – Sochi
17:00 “Torpedo” — CSKA
2nd round:
September 13–15
Group A
Lokomotiv – Krasnodar
PARI NN – Khimki
Group B
Wings of the Soviets – Zenit
Spartak – Fakel
Group C
Dynamo – Akhmat
Rostov – Orenburg
Group D
“Sochi” — “Torpedo”
CSKA — “Ural”
3rd round:
September 28–30
Group A
Krasnodar – PARI NN
Khimki – Lokomotiv
Group B
Spartak – Zenit
“Torch” – “Wings of the Soviets”
Group C
Akhmat – Rostov
Orenburg – Dynamo
Group D
CSKA — “Sochi”
“Ural” — “Torpedo”
4th round:
October 18–20
Group A
PARI NN – Krasnodar
Lokomotiv – Khimki
Group B
Fakel – Spartak
Zenit – Wings of the Soviets
Group C
Dynamo – Rostov
Orenburg – Akhmat
Group D
Sochi – Ural
CSKA — «Torpedo»
5th round:
November 8–10
Group A
Krasnodar – Lokomotiv
Khimki – PARI NN
Group B
Fakel – Zenit
Wings of the Soviets – Spartak
Group C
Orenburg – Rostov
Akhmat – Dynamo
Group D
«Torpedo» — «Sochi»
“Ural” — CSKA
6th round:
November 18–20
Group A
“Locomotive” — “PARI NN”
Krasnodar – Khimki
Group B
Zenit – Spartak
“Wings of the Soviets” – “Torch”
Group C
Rostov – Akhmat
Dynamo – Orenburg
Group D
“Sochi” — CSKA
“Torpedo” — “Ural”
