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		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 [lower-alpha 1]		0–4	0–1		2–2
4	IFK Mariehamn	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4 [lower-alpha 1]		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. 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 [lower-alpha 1]		1–0	0–1		1–2
4	Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7 [lower-alpha 1]		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. 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

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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21 March 2012

FC Honka	0 – 1	VPS
		Fowler  15'

Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo

Referee: Tommi Grönman

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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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21 March 2012

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

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

Referee: Petteri Kari

Semi-finals

28 March 2012

TPS	2 – 0	VPS
Ääritalo  49', 65'

Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku

Referee: Antti Munukka

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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

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". 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.