2012 Finnish Cup

The 2012 Finnish Cup (Finnish: Suomen Cup) is the 58th season of the main annual association football cup competition in Finland. It is organised as a single-elimination knock–out tournament. Participation in the competition is voluntary. A total of 198 teams registered for the competition, with 12 teams from the Veikkausliiga, 10 from the Ykkönen, 28 from the Kakkonen, 54 from the Kolmonen and 94 teams from other divisions.[1]

2012 Suomen Cup

Country	Finland
Teams	198
Champions	FC Honka
Runners-up	KuPS
UEFA Europa League	FC Honka
← 2011 2013 →

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki - usual venue for the Suomen Cup final

The tournament started on 6 January 2012 with the first match of Round 1. Many matches in the early rounds are played on artificial pitches in indoor halls.[2]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Round 1	198	34	none	34	Kolmonen (Tier 4) Nelonen (Tier 5) Vitonen (Tier 6) Kutonen (Tier 7) Seiska (Tier 8)
Round 2	181	126	17	109	see above
Round 3	118	68	63	5	see above
Round 4	84	72	34	38	Ykkönen (Tier 2) - 10 teams Kakkonen (Tier 3) - 28 teams
Round 5	48	40	36	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Round 6	28	24	20	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Round 7	16	16	12	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

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Round 1

In this round 34 clubs entered from the Finnish fourth level and below, while the other 109 clubs from the lower divisions received byes to the next round. These matches took place between 6 and 21 January 2012.[2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 0 FC Helsingin Pumppu 0-4 MPS/Atletico Malmi 1 HJK j/Laajasalo 3-1 FC Playmates 2 Gnistan/2 1-0 HJK-j/Töölö 3 HeKuLa 2-1 HDS 4 FC A la Plancha Calamar 0-1 Töölön Taisto 5 Pallo-Pojat juniorit (PPJ) 5-1 FC HEIV 6 Pallo-Pojat/PPJ Akatemia 6-1 KPR 7 Football Club Vantaa 0-3 EIF/Akademi

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 8 I-HK M09 1-0 FC Kasiysi TN 9 FC Korso United 3-4 (p.) Palloiluseura Apollo 10 FC Babylon X 4-3 (p.) Espoon Tikka 11 IVPA 0-14 AC Vantaa/2 12 Toivalan Urheilijat 1-0 Joensuun Palloseura 13 Lehmon Pallo-77 0-1 SC Riverball 14 Euran Pallo 5-6 (p.) Toejoen Veikot (TOVE) 15 Kajaanin Haka 2-1 JS Herkules 16 FC Lynx 1-4 FC Muurola

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Round 2

In this round 126 clubs participated from the Finnish fourth level and below. These matches commenced on 14 January 2012.[4]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 17 Toivalan Urheilijat 4-3 Soccer Club Kuopio Futis-98 18 Nakkilan Nasta 2-3 Toejoen Veikot (TOVE) 19 Spartak Kajaani 2-0 Kajaanin Haka 20 HJK j/Laajasalo 3-2 PPV 21 Gnistan/2 1-2 Helsingin Ponnistus 22 HeKuLa 1-10 MaKu/Baltika 23 Töölön Taisto 0-2 SAPA M1 24 Pallo-Pojat juniorit (PPJ) 2-0 PK-35/VJS 25 Pallo-Pojat/PPJ Akatemia 1-4 Käpylän Pallo/KäPa 26 HerTo 0-1 HPS 27 Pajamäen Pallo-Veikot/5. div. 0-3 Ellas 28 Kallion Stallions 0-5 HIFK/2 29 Suurmetsän Urheilijat 0-3 MPS/Atletico Malmi 30 FC Spede 0-2 IF Gnistan/Roots 31 SAPA/M3 4-3 (p.) FC Hieho 32 Club Latino Espanol 0-3 Kurvin Vauhti 33 FC POHU 0-4 Gnistan/Ogeli 34 Töölön Vesa 0-4 SAPA/2 35 HJK/Kannelmäki 2-4 HIFK/3 36 FC Babylon X 4-3 Riipilän Raketti 37 EIF/Akademi INSERT Nummelan Palloseura 38 Nurmijärven Palloseura 3-4 (p.) I-HK M09 39 Palloiluseura Apollo 0-2 Lahden Reipas 40 Korson Palloseura 2-0 Jalkapalloseura Stars 41 Riihimäen Palloseura 3-2 TuPS 42 PK Keski-Uusimaa 9-2 Hyvinkään Palloseura 43 SexyPöxyt 4-0 Lahen Pojat Jalkapalloseura 44 Salpausselän Reipas 1-0 IF Sibbo-Vargarna 45 Jokelan Kisa 14-0 FC Kyllikki 46 FC Keravan Dynamo 2-4 Espoon Palloseura 47 FC Glid 1-5 Koivukylän Palloseura 48 F.C. Brunnsparkens Bröder 0-3 KyIF

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 49 AC Vantaa/2 6-1 FC Laatupallo 50 HC Ränni 4-2 Nurmijärven Palloseura/2 51 Kaarinan Reipas 0-5 Turun Pallokerho 52 KaaPS 0-18 Maskun Palloseura 53 MynPa 0-9 VG-62 54 Liedon Pallo 2-1 Jyrkkälän Tykit 55 Åbo Club de Futbol 4-3 (p.) FC Boda 56 Nokian Palloseura 5-0 Tervakosken Pato 57 Tampereen Palloveikot 0-4 Tampereen Peli-Toverit 58 Parkunmäen Apassit 2-6 Hämeenlinnan Härmä 59 Ikurin Vire 5-0 Loiske Toivot 60 FC Vapsi 0-6 Leki-futis 61 Tampereen FC Futarit 0-3 Sääksjärven Loiske 62 Bollklubben 48 3-2 Malax IF 63 Black Islanders 4-0 Lapuan Virkiä (miehet 2) 64 Kungliga Wasa C.F. 5-6 (p.) Sisu-Pallo 65 VPS juniorit 2-6 Lapuan Virkiä 66 Gamlakarleby Bollklubb 2 0-3 Jakobstads Bollklubb (JBK) 67 IK Myran 4-2 IFK Jakobstad 68 Haminan Pallokissat 1-4 Pallo-Peikot (PaPe) 69 FC SuSi 0-12 Sudet 70 Kultsu FC/2 0-2 PEPO 71 FC Peltirumpu 3-0 IPS 72 Kotkan Kiri 1-4 STPS 73 Inkeroisten Purha 4-1 Heinolan Palloilijat -47 74 Karhulan Pojat 0-1 Kotajärjen Pallo 75 Voikkaan PotkupalloKerho 3-1 Popinniemen Ponnistus 76 FC Saarijärvi 0-3 Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura 77 Football Club Kurd 1-4 FC Vaajakoski 78 Suolahden Urho 2-6 Souls AC 79 Palokan Riento 2-4 Jämsänkosken Ilves

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Round 3

In this round 68 clubs entered from the Finnish fourth level and below. These matches commenced on 5 February 2012.[5]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 80. HJK-j/Laajasalo 3-4 (p.) HIFK/2 81. Helsingin Ponnistus 2-1 MPS/Atletico Malmi 82. IF Gnistan/Roots 0-10 MaKu/Baltika 83. SAPA/M3 0-6 SAPA M1 84. Pallo-Pojat –juniorit (PPJ) 3-2 (p.) Kurvin Vauhti 85. Gnistan/Ogeli 1-1 0-3 (p.) Käpylän Pallo/KäPa 86. SAPA/2 1-4 HPS 87. Ellas 3-4 (p.) HIFK/3 88. Turun Pallokerho 0-2 SexyPöxyt 89. FC Babylon X 3-0 Salpausselän Reipas 90. NuPS 5-3 Jokelan Kisa 91. I-HK M09 2-0 Espoon Palloseura 92. Lahden Reipas 5-0 Koivukylän Palloseura 93. KyIF 1–0 Korson Palloseura 94. AC Vantaa/2 0-1 Riihimäen Palloseura 95. HC Ränni 0-15 PK Keski-Uusimaa 96. Liedon Pallo 0-5 Maskun Palloseura 97. Åbo Club de Futbol 0-3 VG-62 98. Sisu-Pallo 0-3 Toejoen Veikot (TOVE)

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 99. Black Islanders 2-5 IK Myran 100. Kokkolan Palloseura 5-0 Bollklubben-48 101. Jakobstads Bollklubb 3-2 Lapuan Virkiä 102. Toivalan Urheilijat 4-4 3-4 (p.) SC Riverball 103. Voikkaan PotkupalloKerho 1-2 FC Peltirumpu 104. Kotajärven Pallo 1-7 PEPO 105. Inkeroisten Purha 0-6 Sudet 106. STPS 2-1 Pallo-Peikot (PAPE) 107. Sastamalan Voima 1 7-0 Ikurin Vire 108. Nekalan Pallo 1-1 3-5 (p.) Nokian Palloseura 109. Leki-futis 1-1 3-5 (p.) Tampereen Peli-Toverit 110. Sääksjärven Loiske 0-2 Hämeenlinnan Härmä 111. Souls AC 0-6 FC Vaajakoski 112. Jämsänkosken Ilves 0-5 Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura 113. FC Muurola 1-1 5-4 (p.) Spartak Kajaani

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Round 4

In this round 72 clubs participated, including 10 teams from the Ykkönen and 28 teams from the Kakkonen . These matches commenced on 14 February 2012.[5]

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 114. SAPA M1 0–4 FC Kiffen 115. LPS 1–1 (5−4 p.) EsPa 116. HIFK 3–0 PK-35 Vantaa PK-35 withdrew 117. HIFK/2 0–1 FC Kuusysi 118. KäPa 3–3 (5−6 p.) Atlantis FC 119. PK Keski-Uusimaa 2–3 BK-46 Att. 270 120. HPS 0–4 Klubi 04 121. Helsingin Ponnistus 2–3 Riihimäen Palloseura 122. IF Gnistan 1–0 FC Viikingit Att. 179 123. Pallo-Pojat –juniorit (PPJ) 1–6 EIF 124. HIFK/3 1–2 MaKu/Baltika Att. 120 125. SexyPöxyt 2–3 (a.e.t.) Tampereen Pallo-Veikot 126. KyIF 1–3 VG-62 127. Ilves 1–3 FC Hämeenlinna Att. 343 128. Hämeenlinnan Härmä 3–2 STPS Att. 90 129. I-HK M09 0–5 NoPS 130. Tampereen Peli-Toverit 1−3 Maskun Palloseura 131. Sastamalan Voima 1 1–5 NuPS

Tie no Home team Score Away team Information 132. Sudet 1–3 MP 133. PEPO 2–3 Lahden Reipas 134. ViPa 0–3 FC KooTeePee ViPa withdrew 135. FC Vaajakoski 1–3 SC Riverball Att. 102 136. LoPa 1–2 (a.e.t.) JäPS Att. 40 137. FC Futura 1–0 KTP 138. FC Peltirumpu 1–3 JPS 139. FC Babylon X 0–5 FC Espoo 140. Toejoen Veikot (TOVE) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6−7 p.) KPV Att. 65 141. IK Myran 0–11 FC Jazz 142. JBK 2–3 GBK Att. 250 143. VIFK 1−3 SJK Att. 148 144. Kokkolan Palloseura 0–5 Pallo-Iirot 145. HauPa 0–4 FC Santa Claus 146. PS Kemi 4–1 RoPS 147. OPS 0–2 AC Oulu 148. FC Muurola 2–0 AC Kajaani Att. 136 149. PK-37 0–2 JIPPO

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Round 5

In this round 40 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga (Teams which have been eliminated from the League Cup). These matches are due to commence on 15 March 2012.[3]

Gnistan v BK-46

24 March 2012 150	Gnistan	1 − 0	BK-46
16:00

RiPS v FC Kuusysi

31 March 2012 151	RiPS	1 − 3	FC Kuusysi
17:00

VG-62 v FC KooTeePee

22 March 2012 152	VG-62	0 − 5	FC KooTeePee
18:30

Maskun Palloseura v EIF

25 March 2012 153	Maskun Palloseura	2 − 3	EIF
18:45

MaKu/Baltika v FC Lahti

25 March 2012 154	MaKu/Baltika	1 − 8	FC Lahti
19:30

Lahden Reipas v LPS

24 March 2012 155	Lahden Reipas	0 − 4	LPS
18:00

Atlantis FC v FC Kiffen

10 April 2012 156

Atlantis FC

3 − 0

FC Kiffen

Klubi 04 v IFK Mariehamn

27 March 2012 157	Klubi 04	1 − 2 (a.e.t.)	IFK Mariehamn
16:00

FC Futura v HIFK

1 April 2012 158	FC Futura	2 − 5	HIFK
18:30

JäPS v FC Espoo

27 March 2012 159	JäPS	2 − 1	FC Espoo
19:00

FC Santa Claus v MP

31 March 2012 160	FC Santa Claus	3 − 4	MP
17:00

SC Riverball v Hämeenlinnan Härmä

25 March 2012 161	SC Riverball	1 − 0	Hämeenlinnan Härmä
15:00

FC Muurola v FC Hämeenlinna

18 March 2012 162	FC Muurola	0 − 5	FC Hämeenlinna
14:30

FC Jazz v SJK

24 March 2012 163	FC Jazz	3 − 2 (a.e.t.)	SJK
15:30

NoPS v Haka

27 March 2012 164	NoPS	1 − 7	Haka
18:00

PS Kemi v GBK

31 March 2012 165	PS Kemi	3 − 1 (a.e.t.)	GBK
18:00

KPV v JJK

22 March 2012 166	KPV	0 – 5	JJK
17:30

NuPS v JIPPO

24 March 2012 167	NuPS	1 – 7	JIPPO
15:00

TPV v AC Oulu

24 March 2012 168	TPV	0 – 3	AC Oulu
16:15

JPS v Pallo-Iirot

25 March 2012 169	JPS	3 − 2 (a.e.t.)	Pallo-Iirot
15:00

Round 6

In this round 24 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga. These matches are due to commence on 29 March 2012.[3]

JIPPO v FC Lahti

7 April 2012 170	JIPPO	1 − 0 (a.e.t.)	FC Lahti
	Tahvanainen  119'

JäPS v Gnistan

12 April 2012 171	JäPS	0 – 1	Gnistan
			Liesjärvi  57' (o.g.)

MP v MYPA

6 April 2012 172	MP	0 – 2	MYPA
			Kaipio  29' Oksanen  62'

FC Hämeenlinna v FC Honka

10 April 2012 173	FC Hämeenlinna	0 – 4	FC Honka
			Väyrynen  19', 50', 81' Äijälä  76'

IFK Mariehamn v JJK

10 April 2012 174	IFK Mariehamn	4 – 1	JJK
	Forsell  39' Kangaskolkka  47', 75' Wiklöf  85'		Hilska  37'

AC Oulu v KuPS

12 April 2012 175	AC Oulu	0 – 2	KuPS
			Holopainen  45+1' Purje  90'

PS Kemi v FF Jaro

5 April 2012 176	PS Kemi	2 − 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	FF Jaro
	Eissele  26' (pen.), 33'		Tahvanainen  62', 88'

EIF v FC Kuusysi

10 April 2012 177	EIF	4 – 1	FC Kuusysi
	Estlander  14', 83' Lewis  77' Mirabelli  80'		Puhalainen  19'

Atlantis FC v FC Jazz

15 April 2012 178

Atlantis FC

2 − 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)

FC Jazz

JPS v LPS

1 April 2012 179

JPS

0 – 3

LPS

SC Riverball v Haka

31 March 2012 180

SC Riverball

0 – 4

Haka

FC KooTeePee v HIFK

11 April 2012 181	FC KooTeePee	2 – 0	HIFK
	Laaksonen  37' Wheeler  47'

Round 7

In this round 16 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga. These matches are due to commence on 24 April 2012.[3]

HJK v FF Jaro

26 April 2012 182	HJK	2 − 1	FF Jaro
	Mannström  40' Pohjanpalo  74'		Niang  29'

FC KooTeePee v FC Inter

25 April 2012 183	FC KooTeePee	2 − 1 (a.e.t.)	FC Inter
	Wheeler  73' (pen.), 103' (pen.)		Ojala  79'

Atlantis FC v FC Honka

25 April 2012 184	Atlantis FC	0 − 3	FC Honka
			Mombilo  25' Dudu  86' Väyrynen  87'

LPS v VPS

26 April 2012 185	LPS	0 − 2	VPS
			Leukkunen  43' (og.) Parikka  67' (pen.)

KuPS v TPS

25 April 2012 186	KuPS	0 − 0 (a.e.t.) (8 – 7 p)	TPS
	Penalties
	Kärkkäinen James Taipale Ilo Holopainen Koljonen Paananen Mäkinen Räsänen Pöntinen		Kolehmainen Rähmönen Ristola Hurme Pennanen Okaru Lehtonen Tanska Kennedy Lehtovaara

IF Gnistan v IFK Mariehamn

25 April 2012 187	IF Gnistan	1 – 4	IFK Mariehamn
	J. Kauti  21'		Forsell  6', 14' (pen.) Byskata  77' Jagne  86'

EIF v JIPPO

22 April 2012 188	EIF	0 – 2	JIPPO
			Rönkkö  74' Itälä  90'

Haka v MYPA

26 April 2012 189	Haka	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	MYPA
	Robinson  62'		Sihvola  82', 110'

Quarter-finals

In this round 8 clubs will participate. These 4 matches are due to be played on 9 and 10 May 2012.[3]

HJK v FC KooTeePee

9 May 2012 190	HJK	3 – 0	FC KooTeePee	Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
	Ashraf  33' Alho  35' Zeneli  90+2'			Referee: Jari Järvinen

FC Honka v VPS

9 May 2012 191	FC Honka	2 – 0	VPS	Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
	Äijälä  27' (pen.) Simpanen  57'			Referee: Ville Nevalainen

KuPS v IFK Mariehamn

9 May 2012 192	KuPS	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
	Venäläinen  41' Hynynen  68' Ilo  85'			Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

JIPPO v MYPA

8 May 2012 193	JIPPO	0 – 3	MYPA	Koillispuiston tekonurmi, Joensuu
			Sihvola  9', 70' O'Shaughnessy  84'	Referee: Vesa Hätilä

Semi-finals

In this round 4 clubs will participate.[3][6][7]

FC Honka v HJK

31 May 2012 194	FC Honka	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	HJK	ISS Stadion, Vantaa
18:30	Tammilehto  14'		Zeneli  52'	Referee: Petteri Kari
	Penalties
	Äijälä Väyrynen Koskinen Yaghoubi Aalto		Okkonen Zeneli Pelvas Ashraf Lindström

KuPS v MYPA

30 August 2012 195	KuPS	1 – 0	MYPA	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli
18:30	Puri  37'			Referee: Dennis Antamo

Final

The Suomen Cup final is due to be played on 29 September 2012.[3]

FC Honka v KuPS

29 September 2012 196	FC Honka	1 – 0	KuPS
	Mäkijärvi  23'			Referee: Mattias Gestranius

References

1. "18.11.2011 Miesten Suomen Cupiin 2012 ilmoittautuneet". suomencup.fi. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
2. "Tuolokset, 1. kierros". suomencup.fi. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
3. "Suomen Cup". suomencup.fi. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
4. "Tuolokset, 2. kierros". suomencup.fi. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
5. "Miesten Suomen Cupin 4. kierros arvottu". suomencup.fi. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
6. http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=207153%5B%5D
7. http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=207628%5B%5D

External links

• Suomen Cup Official site (in Finnish)
• FutisForum2 (in Finnish)