The 1997–98 Russian Cup was the sixth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Russian Premier League teams Fakel Voronezh and Shinnik Yaroslavl started at this stage.

Round of 32

All the other Russian Premier League teams started at this stage.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Played in the earlier stages, but not in the final game: FC Spartak Moscow: Vadim Evseev (DF), Ramiz Mamedov (DF), Konstantin Golovskoy (DF), Aleksei Melyoshin (MF), Aleksei Bakharev (MF), Aleksandr Shirko (FW), Sergey Dmitriev (FW), Aleksei Zlydnev (FW), Sergei Lutovinov (FW), Luis Robson 🇧🇷 (FW). FC Lokomotiv Moscow: Aleksandr Podshivalov (GK), Aleksei Arifullin (DF), Andrei Lavrik 🇧🇾 (DF), Oleg Pashinin 🇺🇿 (DF), Vladimir Maminov 🇺🇿 (MF), Aleksandr Smirnov (MF), Bakhva Tedeyev (MF), Albert Sarkisyan 🇦🇲 (MF), Vitali Veselov (FW), Oleh Haras 🇺🇦 (FW).