2012 Finnish League Cup

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2012 Liigacup
Country Finland
Teams12
ChampionsTPS Turku
Runners-upHJK Helsinki
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The 2012 Finnish League Cup is the 16th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Honka are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.

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 13 January to 17 March 2012.[1][2]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TPS INT HAK MAR
1 Turun Palloseura (A) 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 2–0 1–0 3–0
2 FC Inter (A) 6 4 0 2 11 3 +8 12 0–1 2–0 5–0
3 Haka 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4[a] 0–4 0–1 2–2
4 IFK Mariehamn 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4[a] 3–0 0–3 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2012. 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 MAR 0–1 HAK; HAK 2–2 MAR

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HON HJK MYP LAH
1 FC Honka (A) 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 4–0 2–1 4–1
2 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A) 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 9 0–2 4–0 3–2
3 MYPA (A) 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 2–1 3–1 1–1
4 FC Lahti 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3 5 2–2 1–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2012. 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 JAR KPS VPS JJK
1 FF Jaro (A) 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 2–2 1–0 3–2
2 KuPS (A) 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9 1–0 1–1 1–3
3 Vaasan Palloseura (A) 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7[a] 1–0 0–1 1–2
4 Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7[a] 0–1 1–1 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2012. 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 JJK 2–4 VPS; VPS 1–2 JJK

Third-placed qualifiers[]

At the end of the group stage, a comparison is made between the third placed teams. The two best third-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 VPS 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7
2 MYPA 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7
3 Haka 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2012. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

TPS4 – 0MYPA
Ristola Goal 5'
Pennanen Goal 39'
Ääritalo Goal 59'
Hyyrynen Goal 87'
Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku
Referee: Vesa Hätilä
FC Honka0 – 1VPS
Fowler Goal 15'
Referee: Tommi Grönman
FF Jaro2 – 3FC Inter
Aalto Goal 5'
Skrabb Goal 58'		 Lehtonen Goal 19'
Paajanen Goal 52'
Sirbiladze Goal 56'
Tellushalli, Jakobstad
Attendance: 720
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
HJK2 – 1KuPS
Sadik Goal 32'
Okkonen Goal 60'		 Ilo Goal 78'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Referee: Petteri Kari

Semi-finals[]

TPS2 – 0VPS
Ääritalo Goal 49', 65'
Urheilupuiston yl��kenttä, Turku
Referee: Antti Munukka
FC Inter2 – 2HJK
Bouwman Goal 49'
Sirbiladze Goal 85'		 Perovuo Goal 57'
Pelvas Goal 59'
Penalties
3 – 4
Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku
Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Final[]

TPS1 – 1HJK
Lähde Goal 44' Pohjanpalo Goal 49'
Penalties
Pennanen Penalty scored
Kolehmainen Penalty scored
Nyberg Penalty scored
Lähde Penalty scored		 4 – 2 Penalty missed Zeneli
Penalty missed Pohjanpalo
Penalty scored Pelvas
Penalty scored Kansikas
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,123
Referee: Dennis Antamo

References[]

  1. ^ "Liigacup 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  2. ^ "Liigacupin sijoitusten määräytyminen lohkovaiheessa". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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