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
Tournament details
Country Finland
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFC Lahti
Runner-upJJK
Tournament statistics
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsTPSLAHJJKINT
1Turun Palloseura (A)642092+7140–01–05–1
2FC Lahti (A)623143+190–10–02–1
3Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi (A)622275+280–11–13–0
4FC Inter6015515−1011–10–12–3
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsHJKMYPHONMAR
1Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A)6501171+16152–04–06–0
2MYPA (A)641195+4131–04–11–0
3FC Honka62131016−670–12–24–3
4IFK Mariehamn6006519−1400–40–12–3
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRPSKPSJARVPS
1RoPS (A)631286+210[a]1–00–11–2
2KuPS (A)6312146+810[a]2–24–04–1
3FF Jaro (A)622259−481–31–01–1
4Vaasan Palloseura6123612−650–11–41–1
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:

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1JJK622275+28
2FF Jaro622259−48
3FC Honka62131016−67
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

References