2012 Finnish League Cup

2012 Liigacup

Country	Finland
Teams	12
Champions	TPS Turku
Runners-up	HJK 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 Head-to-head 1 TPS (A) 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 2 FC Inter (A) 6 4 0 2 11 3 +8 12 3 Haka 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4 MAR 0–1 HAK HAK 2–2 MAR 4 IFK Mariehamn 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 Updated to games 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 (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 TPS MAR HAK FC Inter 0–1 5–0 2–0 TPS 2–0 3–0 1–0 IFK Mariehamn 0–3 3–0 0–1 Haka 0–1 0–4 2–2 Updated to games played on 14 March 2012. 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.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 FC Honka (A) 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 2 HJK (A) 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 9 3 MYPA (A) 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 4 FC Lahti 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3 5 Updated to games 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 (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 MYP LAH HJK 0–2 4–0 3–2 FC Honka 4–0 2–1 4–1 MYPA 3–1 2–1 1–1 FC Lahti 1–2 2–2 2–0 Updated to games played on 14 March 2012. 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.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Head-to-head 1 FF Jaro (A) 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 2 KuPS (A) 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9 3 VPS (A) 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 JJK 2–4 VPS VPS 1–2 JJK 4 JJK 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 Updated to games 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 (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 VPS KPS JJK FF Jaro 1–0 2–2 3–2 VPS 1–0 0–1 1–2 KuPS 1–0 1–1 1–3 JJK 0–1 2–4 1–1 Updated to games played on 17 March 2012. 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.

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 games played on 17 March 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.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.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

TPS v MYPA

23 March 2012

TPS	4 – 0	MYPA
Ristola  5' Pennanen  39' Ääritalo  59' Hyyrynen  87'

Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku Referee: Vesa Hätilä

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FC Honka v VPS

21 March 2012

FC Honka	0 – 1	VPS
		Fowler  15'

Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo Referee: Tommi Grönman

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FF Jaro v FC Inter

21 March 2012

FF Jaro	2 – 3	FC Inter
Aalto  5' Skrabb  58'		Lehtonen  19' Paajanen  52' Sirbiladze  56'

Tellushalli, Jakobstad Attendance: 720 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

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HJK v KuPS

21 March 2012

HJK	2 – 1	KuPS
Sadik  32' Okkonen  60'		Ilo  78'

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Referee: Petteri Kari

Semi-finals

TPS v VPS

28 March 2012

TPS	2 – 0	VPS
Ääritalo  49', 65'

Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku Referee: Antti Munukka

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FC Inter v HJK

29 March 2012

FC Inter	2 – 2	HJK
Bouwman  49' Sirbiladze  85'		Perovuo  57' Pelvas  59'
	Penalties
	3 – 4

Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Final

TPS v HJK

4 April 2012

TPS	1 – 1	HJK
Lähde  44'		Pohjanpalo  49'
	Penalties
Pennanen Kolehmainen Nyberg Lähde	4 – 2	Zeneli Pohjanpalo Pelvas Kansikas

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Dennis Antamo

References

1. Liigacup 2012
2. Liigacupin sijoitusten määräytyminen lohkovaiheessa