Krasnodar – Orenburg – 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: Lenini (González), 37, Córdoba (Batxi), 63, Spertsyan (Córdoba), 88.
Krasnodar: Agkatsev, Olaza, Costa (Jubal, 84), Tormena, González (Paltsev, 84), Augusto (Chernikov, 64), Lenini, Spertsyan, Batxi (Moses, 84), Krivtsov (Boselli, 76), Córdoba.
Orenburg: Ovsyannikov, Vedernikov, Khotulev, Palacios, Poroykov, Du Queiroz (Kul, 69), Bolotov (Kvekveskiri, 83), Rybchinskiy (Gorelov, 58), Golybin (Puebla, 58), Thompson, Guzina (Jesus, 69).
Yellow cards: Córdoba, 40 – Khotulev, 15, Thompson, 40, Palacios, 74.
Referees: Andrey Prokopov (Yaroslavl), Dmitriy Safyan, Aleksey Ermilov (both from Moscow).
VAR referees: Artur Fedorov (Petrozavodsk), Roman Safyan (Moscow).
May 17, 2026. Krasnodar. Ozon Arena. Partly cloudy weather. +21°C. 33,000 spectators.
In the MIR RPL 2025/26 the Bulls won 20 matches (repeating the club record) and earned 66 points. For the second time in the club's history Krasnodar wins silver medal in the MIR RPL.
Jhon Córdoba became the championship's best scorer with 17 goals, while Eduard Spertsyan became the tournament's best assistant (16 assists, repeating the Russian championship record) and the best “goal+pass” system player (29, 13+16).