2014 Finnish League Cup

2014 Liigacup

Country	Finland
Dates	24 January –
Teams	12
Champions	SJK
Runners-up	VPS
Matches played	31
Goals scored	87 (2.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sebastian Strandvall (5 goals)
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The 2014 Finnish League Cup will be the 18th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Lahti 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 four groups. The top two 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 January 2014.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Head-to-head
1	FC Inter	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9
2	IFK Mariehamn	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
3	TPS	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1

Updated to games played on 2 March 2014.
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
(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	INT	MAR	TPS
FC Inter		2–1	3–2
IFK Mariehamn	1–0		2–2
TPS	2–4	0–2

Updated to games played on 23 November 2013.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

FC Inter v TPS

24 January 2014 (2014-01-24) Group stage	FC Inter	3–2	TPS	Turku
16:00 EET (UTC+02)	Paajanen  13' Lindström  30' Kauppi  72'		Ahmeti  39' Peltola  90+1'	Stadium: Kupittaa 5

TPS v FC Inter

31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) Group stage	TPS	2–4	FC Inter	Turku
17:00 EET (UTC+02)	Ahmeti  20', 55'		Duah  16' Paajanen  30' Gruborovics  40' Sirbiladze  86'	Stadium: Kupittaa 5

TPS v IFK Mariehamn

7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) Group stage	TPS	0–2	IFK Mariehamn	Turku
17:00 EET (UTC+02)			Solignac  6' Mäkinen  72'	Stadium: Kupittaa 5

FC Inter v IFK Mariehamn

14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) Group stage	FC Inter	2–1	IFK Mariehamn	Turku
16:00 EET (UTC+02)	Owusu-Ansah  11' Forss  77'		Ibrahim  90'	Stadium: Kupittaa 5

IFK Mariehamn v TPS

19 February 2014 (2014-02-19) Group stage	IFK Mariehamn	2–2	TPS	Eckerö, Åland Islands
18:30 EET (UTC+02)	Ibrahim  71' Ekhalie  84'		De John  10' Hyyrynen  89'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen

IFK Mariehamn v FC Inter

2 March 2014 (2014-03-02) Group stage	IFK Mariehamn	1–0	FC Inter	Eckerö, Åland Islands
18:30 EET (UTC+02)	Solignac  69'			Stadium: Eckeröhallen

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Head-to-head
1	FC Honka	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	6
2	HJK	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5
3	RoPS	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4

Updated to games played on 23 November 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
(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	HON	HJK	RPS
FC Honka		1–1	1–0
HJK	3–3		2–0
RoPS	1–1	3–0

Updated to games played on 23 November 2013.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

HJK v RoPS

30 January 2014 (2014-01-30) Group stage	HJK	2–0	RoPS	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+02)	Sorsa  44' Alho  81'			Stadium: Tali Halli

Honka v RoPS

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stage	Honka	1–0	RoPS	Espoo
17:00 EET (UTC+02)	Kolsi  74'			Stadium: Ratiopharm Areena

Honka v HJK

5 February 2014 (2014-02-05) Group stage	Honka	1–1	HJK	Espoo
15:00 EET (UTC+02)	Anyamele  58'		Tveit  43'	Stadium: Ratiopharm Areena

RoPS v Honka

8 February 2014 (2014-02-08) Group stage	RoPS	1–1	Honka	Rovaniemi
15:00 EET (UTC+02)	Virtanen  12'		Äijälä  69' (pen.)	Stadium: Ounashalli

HJK v Honka

20 February 2014 (2014-02-20) Group stage	HJK	3–3	Honka	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+02)	Forssell  21', 51', 87' (pen.)		Porokara  4' (o.g.) Hetemaj  61' Mombilo  65'	Stadium: Tali Halli

RoPS v HJK

28 February 2014 (2014-02-28) Group stage	RoPS	3–0	HJK	Rovaniemi
18:00 EET (UTC+02)	Otaru  66' Mäkitalo  71' Saxman  75'			Stadium: Ounashalli

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Head-to-head
1	KuPS	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	7
2	MYPA	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
3	FC Lahti	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4

Updated to games played on 23 November 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
(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	LAH	KPS	MYP
FC Lahti		0–2	2–1
KuPS	0–0		3–0
MYPA	2–1	1–0

Updated to games played on 23 November 2013.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Lahti v MYPA

25 January 2014 (2014-01-25) Group stage	Lahti	2–1	MYPA	Lahti
13:00 EET (UTC+02)	Tanska  45+2' Ngueukam  59'		Dema  87'	Stadium: Mukkulahalli

Lahti v KuPS

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stage	Lahti	0–2	KuPS	Lahti
13:00 EET (UTC+02)			Purje  28' Paananen  50'	Stadium: Mukkulahalli

KuPS v Lahti

7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) Group stage	KuPS	0–0	Lahti	Kuopio
17:00 EET (UTC+02)				Stadium: Kuopiohalli

KuPS v MYPA

14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) Group stage	KuPS	3–0	MYPA	Kuopio
18:00 EET (UTC+02)	Ilo  27', 51' Purje  90+2'			Stadium: Kuopiohalli

MYPA v Lahti

22 February 2014 (2014-02-22) Group stage	MYPA	2–1	Lahti	Imatra
13:00 EET (UTC+02)	Pinho  53' Sihvola  55'		Shala  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Aviasport Arena

MYPA v KuPS

1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) Group stage	MYPA	1–0	KuPS	Anjalankoski
13:00 EET (UTC+02)	Stefano Pinho  50'			Stadium: Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Head-to-head
1	VPS	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
2	SJK	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5
3	FF Jaro	4	0	3	1	4	7	−3	3

Updated to games played on 22 February 2014.
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
(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	JAR	SJK	VPS
FF Jaro		1–1	2–2
SJK	1–1		2–3
VPS	3–0	2–3

Updated to games played on 23 November 2013.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Jaro v VPS

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stage	Jaro	2–2	VPS	Jakobstad
17:00 EET (UTC+02)	Emet  6' Kronholm  45'		Björk  38', 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Tellushalli

SJK v Jaro

5 February 2014 (2014-02-05) Group stage	SJK	1–1	Jaro	Seinäjoki
19:00 EET (UTC+02)	Aalto  40'		Byass  13'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena

SJK v VPS

8 February 2014 (2014-02-08) Group stage	SJK	2–3	VPS	Seinäjoki
14:30 EET (UTC+02)	Laaksonen  41' Lähde  62'		Strandvall  51', 75' Engström  58'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena

VPS v Jaro

15 February 2014 (2014-02-15) Group stage	VPS	3–0	Jaro	Vaasa
14:15 EET (UTC+02)	Stewart  18' Strandvall  63' Nganbe Nganbe  68'			Stadium: Fennia Arena

VPS v SJK

22 February 2014 (2014-02-22) Group stage	VPS	2–3	SJK	Vaasa
14:15 EET (UTC+02)	Kula  78' Strandvall  86'		Lähde  5' Carlos Lopez  12' Moose  87'	Stadium: Fennia Arena

Jaro v SJK

1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) Group stage	Jaro	1–1	SJK	Jakobstad
15:15 EET (UTC+02)	Kronholm  39'		Matrone  51'	Stadium: Tellushalli

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

FC Inter v HJK

8 March 2014

FC Inter	1–3	HJK
Marinković  82'		Oussou Konan  17', 62' Forssell  19'

Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo

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VPS v MYPA

8 March 2014

VPS	3–0	MYPA
Strandvall  29' Honkaniemi  65' Nganbe Nganbe  67'

Fennia Arena, Vaasa

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KuPS v SJK

9 March 2014

KuPS	0–1	SJK
		Taipale  81' (o.g.)

Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio

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FC Honka v IFK Mariehamn

11 March 2014

FC Honka	1–3	IFK Mariehamn
Väisänen  90+1'		Sid  54' Assis  90+3' Ibrahim  90+5'

Ratiopharm Arena, Espoo

Semi-finals

IFK Mariehamn v VPS

15 March 2014

IFK Mariehamn	0–4	VPS
		Morrissey  22', 71', 78' Nganbe Nganbe  90'

Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn, Åland Islands

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SJK v HJK

15 March 2014

SJK	1–0	HJK
Josué Currais  50'

Wallsport Areena, Seinäjoki

Final

SJK v VPS

29 March 2014

SJK	1 – 0	VPS
Carlos López  15'	Report

Jouppilanvuoren tekonurmi, Seinäjoki

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sebastian Strandvall	VPS	5
2	Mikael Forssell	HJK	4
3	Josef Ibrahim	Mariehamn	3
	Steven Morrissey	VPS

External links

• Liigacup at Veikkausliiga site