2012 Finnish League Cup

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

TPS1 – 1HJK
Lähde 44' Pohjanpalo 49'
Penalties
Pennanen soccer ball with check mark
Kolehmainen soccer ball with check mark
Nyberg soccer ball with check mark
Lähde soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 2 soccer ball with red X Zeneli
soccer ball with red X Pohjanpalo
soccer ball with check mark Pelvas
soccer ball with check mark Kansikas
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.