2013 Finnish League Cup

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2013 Liigacup
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Teams12
Champions FC Lahti
Runners-up JJK
Matches played43
Goals scored132 (3.07 per match)
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The 2013 Finnish League Cup will be the 17th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. TPS are the defending champions, having won their first league cup last year.

The Finnish League Cup was a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The league cup was abolished after the 2016 tournament and replaced with the Finnish Cup group stage starting from the 2017 season.

Finland Republic in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Contents

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.

The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-third season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and is scheduled to end on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

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 15 January to 6 March 2012. [1]

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts TPS LAH JJK INT
1 Turun Palloseura (A)642092+7140–01–05–1
2 FC Lahti (A)623143+190–10–02–1
3 Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi (A)622275+280–11–13–0
4 FC Inter 6015515−1011–10–12–3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 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
(A) Advance to a further round.

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts HJK MYP HON MAR
1 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (A)6501171+16152–04–06–0
2 MYPA (A)641195+4131–04–11–0
3 FC Honka 62131016−670–12–24–3
4 IFK Mariehamn 6006519−1400–40–12–3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 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
(A) Advance to a further round.

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts RPS KPS JAR VPS
1 RoPS (A)631286+210 [lower-alpha 1] 1–00–11–2
2 KuPS (A)6312146+810 [lower-alpha 1] 2–24–04–1
3 FF Jaro (A)622259−481–31–01–1
4 Vaasan Palloseura 6123612−650–11–41–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 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
(A) Advance to a further round.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 KPS 2–2 RPS; RPS 1–0 KPS

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 JJK 622275+28
2 FF Jaro 622259−48
3 FC Honka 62131016−67
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2013. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) goal difference 3) number of goals scored

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

MYPA 1 – 1 KuPS
Okafor Soccerball shade.svg 39' Colley Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Penalties
3 – 4
Referee: Mikko Leino
HJK 0 – 0 JJK
Penalties
5 – 6
Referee: Mikka Lähdesmäki
TPS 1 – 1 FF Jaro
Lehtonen Soccerball shade.svg 48' Skrabb Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Penalties
4 – 3
Referee: Tero Nieminen
RoPS 0 – 1 FC Lahti
Kari Soccerball shade.svg 35' (pen.)
Referee: Vesa Hätilä

Semi-finals

FC Lahti 3 – 0 KuPS
Kemppinen Soccerball shade.svg 22'
Hertsi Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Vini Dantas Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Referee: Jari Järvinen
TPS 0 – 0 JJK
Penalties
4 – 5
Referee: Dennis Antamo

Final

FC Lahti 2 – 1 JJK
Länsitalo Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Joenmäki Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'		 Ahola Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Referee: Mattias Gestranius

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References

  1. ↑ "Otteluohjelma neuvotellaan seurojen kesken". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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