The 2007 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup is a tournament for football clubs which was set up after the split of the Soviet Union. It is open to all the national champions of the successor states of the Union, i.e., the Commonwealth of Independent States member states, as well as Estonia, Latvia,...

was the fifteenth edition of the competition and took place in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 beginning January 20. The final took take place in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex on January 28, and was won by Uzbek side Pakhtakor Tashkent 9-8 on a penalty shootout against FK Ventspils

FK Ventspils

FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

, from Latvia, after a goalless game.

Early issues

• Because of its withdrawal in last edition Armenia
  Armenia
  Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
  
  n champions Pyunik Yerevan were not allowed to compete, Banants Yerevan
  FC Banants
  Football Club Banants is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian Premier League and has won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007.- Banants Kotayk :...
  
   taking their place.
• Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
  
   champions FC Astana
  FC Astana
  FC Astana-64 are a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 after being declared bankrupt...
  
   refused to take part in this year's competition, so their place was offered to FC Aktobe-Lento, who played instead.
• Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
  n side OFK Beograd
  OFK Beograd
  Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
  
   played instead of the customary junior Russian national team, turning into the first non post-Soviet
  Soviet Union
  The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
  
   club to take part in the CIS Cup.

Group A

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia CSKA Moscow	3	2	1	0	6	3
7
Belarus BATE Borisov FC BATE FC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and for the group stage of the UEFA...	3	2	0	1	4	2
6
Kazakhstan Aktobe-Lento	3	0	2	1	1	3
2
Tajikistan Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda is football club based in Tursunzoda, Tajikistan and currently play in the top division. Regar-TadAZ have dominated football in Tajikistan since the turn of the century...	3	0	1	1	2	5
1

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Group B

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol	3	3	0	0	10	5
9
Azerbaijan FK Baku FK Baku Football Club Baku is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.-History:FC Baku was founded in...	3	2	0	1	6	4
6
Estonia Levadia Tallinn	3	1	0	2	6	4
3
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn FC Dordoi is a Kyrgyz football club based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The club was founded in 1998.The club is owned by Dordoi Association, the group of companies which also owns Dordoy Bazaar in Bishkek.-History:*1997: Founded as FC Dordoi Naryn....	3	0	0	3	0	9
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FK Baku	3–4	Sheriff Tiraspol
Levadia Tallinn	4–0	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Sheriff Tiraspol	3–2	Levadia Tallinn
FK Baku	2–0	Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Levadia Tallinn	0–1	FK Baku
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	0–3	Sheriff Tiraspol

Group C

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent	3	2	0	1	7	2
6
Latvia FK Ventspils FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....	3	1	2	0	5	3
5
Armenia Banants Yerevan FC Banants Football Club Banants is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian Premier League and has won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007.- Banants Kotayk :...	3	0	2	1	4	7
2
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk	3	0	2	1	3	7
2

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2	Banants Yerevan
Pakhtakor Tashkent	0–2	Ventspils
Ventspils	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Banants Yerevan	0–3	Pakhtakor Tashkent
Pakhtakor Tashkent	4–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Banants Yerevan	2–2	Ventspils

Group D

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania FBK Kaunas FBK Kaunas Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga, the top level of Lithuanian football.- History :...	2	2	0	1	8	4
6
OFK Beograd OFK Beograd Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...	2	2	0	1	6	4
6
Georgia (country) Sioni Bolnisi	2	2	0	1	5	4
6
Turkmenistan HTTU Asgabat HTTU Asgabat HTTU Ashgabat is a Turkmenistan football club based in Ashgabat. It is the football team of the International Turkmen-Turkish University. They play in the top division in Turkmenistan football, the Turkmenistan Higher League...	2	0	0	3	1	8
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OFK Beograd	2–0	HTTU Asgabat
FBK Kaunas	2–1	Sioni Bolnisi
FBK Kaunas	2–3	OFK Beograd
HTTU Asgabat	1–2	Sioni Bolnisi
Sioni Bolnisi	2–1	OFK Beograd
HTTU Asgabat	0–4	FBK Kaunas

Elimination round

Winner of CIS Cup 2007
Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor means cotton-grower in English.Playing in the Uzbek League since 1992, the club has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning eight Uzbek League... 1st Title