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

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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

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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

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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

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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[a] 1–0 0–1 1–2
2 KuPS (A) 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 10[a] 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. ^ a b KPS 2–2 RPS; RPS 1–0 KPS

Ranking of third-placed teams

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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

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Quarter-finals

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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

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FC Lahti3 – 0KuPS
Kemppinen   22'
Hertsi   53'
Vini Dantas   61'
Referee: Jari Järvinen

TPS0 – 0JJK
Penalties
4 – 5
Referee: Dennis Antamo

Final

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FC Lahti2 – 1JJK
Länsitalo   78'
Joenmäki   90+2'
Ahola   17'
Referee: Mattias Gestranius

References

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  1. ^ "Otteluohjelma neuvotellaan seurojen kesken". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-19.