2014 Finnish League Cup

Summary

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.

2014 Liigacup
Tournament details
Country Finland
Dates24 January –
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsSJK
Runner-upVPS
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored87 (2.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Finland Sebastian Strandvall (5 goals)
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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 edit

Every team will play every other team in its group twice, both home and away. The group stage matches will be played from January 2014.[1]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts INT MAR TPS
1 FC Inter 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 9 2–1 3–2
2 IFK Mariehamn 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7 1–0 2–2
3 TPS 4 0 1 3 6 11 −5 1 2–4 0–2
Updated to match(es) 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
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
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
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
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
19 February 2014 (2014-02-19) Group stage IFK Mariehamn 2–2 TPS Eckerö, Åland
18:30 EET (UTC+02) Ibrahim   71'
Ekhalie   84'
De John   10'
Hyyrynen   89'
Stadium: Eckeröhallen
2 March 2014 (2014-03-02) Group stage IFK Mariehamn 1–0 FC Inter Eckerö, Åland
18:30 EET (UTC+02) Solignac   69' Stadium: Eckeröhallen

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HON HJK RPS
1 FC Honka 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 6 1–1 1–0
2 HJK 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5 3–3 2–0
3 RoPS 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4 1–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) 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
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
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stage Honka 1–0 RoPS Espoo
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Kolsi   74' Stadium: Ratiopharm Areena
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
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
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
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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KPS MYP LAH
1 KuPS 4 2 1 1 5 1 +4 7 3–0 0–0
2 MYPA 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6 1–0 2–1
3 FC Lahti 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 0–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) 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
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
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stage Lahti 0–2 KuPS Lahti
13:00 EET (UTC+02) Purje   28'
Paananen   50'
Stadium: Mukkulahalli
7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) Group stage KuPS 0–0 Lahti Kuopio
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Stadium: Kuopiohalli
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
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
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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VPS SJK JAR
1 VPS 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7 2–3 3–0
2 SJK 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 5 2–3 1–1
3 FF Jaro 4 0 3 1 4 7 −3 3 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 edit

Quarter-finals edit

FC Inter1–3HJK
Marinković   82' Oussou Konan   17', 62'
Forssell   19'

VPS3–0MYPA
Strandvall   29'
Honkaniemi   65'
Nganbe Nganbe   67'
Fennia Arena, Vaasa

KuPS0–1SJK
Taipale   81' (o.g.)

FC Honka1–3IFK Mariehamn
Väisänen   90+1' Sid   54'
Assis   90+3'
Ibrahim   90+5'

Semi-finals edit

IFK Mariehamn0–4VPS
Morrissey   22', 71', 78'
Nganbe Nganbe   90'

SJK1–0HJK
Josué Currais   50'
Wallsport Areena, Seinäjoki

Final edit

SJK1 – 0VPS
Carlos López   15' Report
Jouppilanvuoren tekonurmi, Seinäjoki

Topscorers edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Otteluohjelma neuvotellaan seurojen kesken" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.

External links edit

  • Liigacup at Veikkausliiga site