2013 Finnish League Cup

The 2013 Finnish League Cup will be the 17th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. TPS are the defending champions, having won their first league cup last year.

2013 Liigacup
Country Finland
Teams12
ChampionsFC Lahti
Runners-upJJK
Matches played43
Goals scored132 (3.07 per match)
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The cup consists of two stages. First there will be a group stage that involves the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into three groups. The top two teams and two best 3rd placed teams from each group will enter the one-legged elimination rounds – quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.

Group stage

Every team will play every other team of its group twice, both home and away. The group stage matches will be played from 15 January to 6 March 2012.[1]

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TPS LAH JJK INT
1 Turun Palloseura (A) 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 14 0–0 1–0 5–1
2 FC Lahti (A) 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 9 0–1 0–0 2–1
3 Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi (A) 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 0–1 1–1 3–0
4 FC Inter 6 0 1 5 5 15 −10 1 1–1 0–1 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2013. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) head-to-head points 3) head-to-head goal difference 4) head-to-head number of goals scored 5) goal difference 6) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HJK MYP HON MAR
1 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A) 6 5 0 1 17 1 +16 15 2–0 4–0 6–0
2 MYPA (A) 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 1–0 4–1 1–0
3 FC Honka 6 2 1 3 10 16 −6 7 0–1 2–2 4–3
4 IFK Mariehamn 6 0 0 6 5 19 −14 0 0–4 0–1 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2013. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) head-to-head points 3) head-to-head goal difference 4) head-to-head number of goals scored 5) goal difference 6) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round.

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RPS KPS JAR VPS
1 RoPS (A) 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 0–1 1–2
2 KuPS (A) 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 10[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 4–0 4–1
3 FF Jaro (A) 6 2 2 2 5 9 −4 8 1–3 1–0 1–1
4 Vaasan Palloseura 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 0–1 1–4 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2013. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) head-to-head points 3) head-to-head goal difference 4) head-to-head number of goals scored 5) goal difference 6) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round.
Notes:
  1. KPS 2–2 RPS; RPS 1–0 KPS

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 JJK 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
2 FF Jaro 6 2 2 2 5 9 −4 8
3 FC Honka 6 2 1 3 10 16 −6 7
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2013. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) goal difference 3) number of goals scored

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
MYPA1 – 1KuPS
Okafor  39' Colley  36'
Penalties
3 – 4
Referee: Mikko Leino
HJK0 – 0JJK
Penalties
5 – 6
Referee: Mikka Lähdesmäki
TPS1 – 1FF Jaro
Lehtonen  48' Skrabb  60'
Penalties
4 – 3
Referee: Tero Nieminen
RoPS0 – 1FC Lahti
Kari  35' (pen.)
Referee: Vesa Hätilä

Semi-finals
FC Lahti3 – 0KuPS
Kemppinen  22'
Hertsi  53'
Vini Dantas  61'
Referee: Jari Järvinen
TPS0 – 0JJK
Penalties
4 – 5
Referee: Dennis Antamo

Final
FC Lahti2 – 1JJK
Länsitalo  78'
Joenmäki  90+2'		 Ahola  17'
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
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References
  1. "Otteluohjelma neuvotellaan seurojen kesken". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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