2008 Finnish League Cup

The 2008 Finnish League Cup was the 12th season of Finnish second most prestigious cup tournament. The competition started on 25 January 2008 and ended with the Final held on 12 April 2008. The defending champions FC Lahti lost in the semifinals, while last year's runners-up FC Inter eventually won the tournament.

The Cup consisted of two stages. First there was group stage that involved 14 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. Top 4 teams from each group entered the one-legged elimination rounds – quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.

Group stage

Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The matches were played from 25 January to 24 March 2008.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honka	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
2	TPS Turku	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	13
3	Tampere United	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12
4	HJK Helsinki	6	2	4	0	9	7	+2	10
5	KuPS Kuopio	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6
6	MyPa	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2
7	RoPS Rovaniemi	6	0	2	4	2	10	−8	2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away	HJK	HON	KPS	MYP	RPS	TAM	TPS
HJK				2–2		2–1	1–1
FC Honka	2–2				4–1		4–0
KuPS	1–2	0–2				1–4
MYPA		1–2	1–2		0–0
RoPS	0–0		0–1				0–1
Tampere United		3–0		1–0	4–1
TPS			5–1	2–0		2–1

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lahti	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16
2	Inter Turku	6	4	1	1	13	1	+12	13
3	Haka	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
4	Jaro	6	3	0	3	11	11	0	9
5	IFK Mariehamn	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7
6	KooTeePee	6	0	2	4	7	19	−12	2
7	VPS Vaasa	6	0	2	4	5	18	−13	2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away	HAK	INT	JAR	KTP	LAH	MAR	VPS
Haka			3–1		1–2	2–1
FC Inter	2–0			3–0			5–0
FF Jaro		1–0		6–4			3–0
FC KooTeePee	0–2					1–1	2–2
FC Lahti		0–0	2–0	5–0
IFK Mariehamn		0–3	2–0		3–4
VPS	0–0				1–5	2–3

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

FC Inter v Tampere United

29 March 2008

FC Inter	0 – 0 (aet)	Tampere United
	Penalties
	5 – 3

Veritas Stadion, Turku

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FC Honka v FF Jaro

29 March 2008

FC Honka	2 – 1	FF Jaro

Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo

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FC Lahti v HJK Helsinki

30 March 2008

FC Lahti	1 – 0	HJK Helsinki

Lahden Stadion, Lahti

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TPS v FC Haka

30 March 2008

TPS	3 – 2	FC Haka

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Semi-finals

TPS v FC Lahti

5 April 2008

TPS	3 – 2	FC Lahti

Veritas Stadion, Turku

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FC Inter v FC Honka

5 April 2008

FC Inter	4 – 2	FC Honka

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Final

TPS v FC Inter

12 April 2008

TPS	0 – 1	FC Inter

Veritas Stadion, Turku

External links

• Finnish League Cup on rsssf.com