2016 Finnish League Cup

2016 Liigacup

Tournament details
Country	Finland
Dates	17 January – 19 March
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Lahti
Runners-up	SJK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	62 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Roope Riski (4)
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The 2016 Finnish League Cup was the 20th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. HJK were the defending champions, having won their fifth league cup the previous year.

The cup consisted of two stages. First there was a group stage that involved the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. The top teams from each group then played each other in the final. ^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SJK	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13	Final
2	PS Kemi	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
3	VPS	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
4	RoPS	5	1	3	1	4	3	+1	6
5	Ilves	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
6	KuPS	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2015. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

KuPS v SJK

29 January 2016	KuPS	0–0	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report (in Finnish)	Kink  64'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

RoPS v VPS

30 January 2016	RoPS	0–0	VPS	Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Okkonen  85'	Report (in Finnish)	Tiodorović  84'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 210 Referee: Dennis Antamo

PS Kemi v Ilves

30 January 2016	PS Kemi	3–1	Ilves	Kemi
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Veteli 24' Kvist 48' (pen.) Jovović  88'90+1'	Report (in Finnish)	Lahtinen 7' Aho  47' Matrone  50'	Stadium: Junkohalli Attendance: 450 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

RoPS v KuPS

4 February 2016	RoPS	2–0	KuPS	Oulu
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Malcolm 10' Jammeh  41' Back  57' Okkonen  72' Heikkilä 90'	Report (in Finnish)	Poutiainen  47' Coulibaly  90+2'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 204 Referee: Petri Viljanen

Ilves v VPS

6 February 2016	Ilves	0–1	VPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Hilander  37' Hynynen  77' Matrone  87'	Report (in Finnish)	Hertsi 38' (pen.) Hill  89'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

KuPS v PS Kemi

7 February 2016	KuPS	0–2	PS Kemi	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Räisänen  21'	Report (in Finnish)	Heimonen  10' Berg 33' 65' Eissele 62' Kvist  68'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 831 Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

Ilves v RoPS

10 February 2016	Ilves	0–0	RoPS	Tampere
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Matrone  52' Lahtinen  59' Miettunen  70' Petrescu  90+1'	Report (in Finnish)	Mäkitalo  52' Okkonen  62'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Mikko Mörö

SJK v VPS

10 February 2016	SJK	2–1	VPS	Seinäjoki
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Hurme  14' Ngueukam 56' Riski 63'	Report (in Finnish)	Clennon 12' Klepczarek  80'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 482 Referee: Antti Munukka

SJK v PS Kemi

13 February 2016	SJK	1–0	PS Kemi	Seinäjoki
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kink  42' Vasara  70' Riski 90+2'	Report (in Finnish)	Kaby  18' Könönen  66' S.Jovović  79'  84'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 459 Referee: Vesa Hätilä

VPS v KuPS

13 February 2016	VPS	0–2	KuPS	Vaasa
13:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report (in Finnish)	Poutiainen  24'29' Ääritalo 31' Diallo  36'	Stadium: Botniahalli Referee: Toni Pohjoismäki

SJK v Ilves

16 February 2016	SJK	1–0	Ilves	Seinäjoki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ngueukam 57' J.Sarajärvi  76'	Report (in Finnish)	Ala-Myllymäki  17' Hilska  30'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Marko Grönholm

PS Kemi v RoPS

16 February 2016	PS Kemi	1–1	RoPS	Kemi
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ions 4' Turpeenniemi  45+3'	Report (in Finnish)	Muinonen 21' Majava  49'	Stadium: Junkohalli Referee: Antti Munukka

Ilves v KuPS

20 February 2016	Ilves	2–1	KuPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lahtinen 65', 70' 90+2' Siira  80'	Report (in Finnish)	Taipale  45+1' Hakola 45+10' Savolainen  55' Ääritalo  90+1'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550

VPS v PS Kemi

20 February 2016	VPS	2–0	PS Kemi	Vaasa
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Voutilainen 71' Alanko 73'	Report (in Finnish)		Stadium: Botniahalli

RoPS v SJK

27 February 2016	RoPS	1–2	SJK	Oulu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	M.Saine  21' J.Hämäläinen  26' Okkonen 50' 76' Pirinen  88'	Report (in Finnish)	Riski 27' (pen.), 32'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 253 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lahti	5	2	3	0	7	5	+2	9	Final
2	Inter Turku	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
3	HJK	5	1	4	0	8	7	+1	7
4	PK-35 Vantaa	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
5	IFK Mariehamn	5	1	1	3	5	5	0	4
6	HIFK	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2016. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

Inter Turku v PK-35 Vantaa

22 January 2016	Inter Turku	0–0	PK-35 Vantaa	Turku
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kauppi  58' Camara  82'	Report (in Finnish)	Ristola  70'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 174 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Lahti v HIFK

23 January 2016	Lahti	1–0	HIFK	Lahti
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuningas 5' Shala  84'	Report (in Finnish)		Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Antamo

Lahti v Inter Turku

29 January 2016	Lahti	2–1	Inter Turku	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hauhia 15' Tuominen 60'	Report (in Finnish)	Gnabouyou 43' (pen.) Kauppi  73'	Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 226 Referee: Antti Munukka

HIFK v PK-35 Vantaa

29 January 2016	HIFK	0–3	PK-35 Vantaa	Helsinki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hänninen  82'	Report (in Finnish)	Míguez Adán  8' Kuqi 36' (pen.) 44' Kaufmann 60', 69'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 604 Referee: Jari Järvinen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

31 January 2016	HJK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
12:15 EET (UTC+2)	Rexhepi  44'  60' Taiwo 70' (pen.)	Report (in Finnish)	Petrović  36' Clement  69' Span  90+4'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 424 Referee: Marko Grönholm

PK-35 Vantaa v Lahti

1 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	Lahti	Vantaa
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Caloi  73' Heinonen 81'	Report (in Finnish)	Shala 61'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 272 Referee: Petteri Kari

HIFK v IFK Mariehamn

3 February 2016	HIFK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rantanen 90+2'	Report (in Finnish)	Petrović  46' Lyyski  55' Diego Assis  61'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 213 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v Lahti

5 February 2016	HJK	1–1	Lahti	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tanaka 86'	Report	Multanen 31' Hauhia  72'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 612 Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

IFK Mariehamn v Inter Turku

8 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	0–1	Inter Turku	Åland
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Gnabouyou 4'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v HIFK

9 February 2016	HJK	3–3	HIFK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Taiwo 21' Malolo  37' Järvenpää 82' Morelos 90'	Report	Hänninen 3' Aho  6' Salmikivi 16' Peltonen  32' Korhonen 65' Sihvola  90+3'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 827 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Lahti v Mariehamn

12 February 2016	Lahti	2–2	Mariehamn	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tuominen 13' Bonilha  25' Hostikka 64' Shala  87'	Report	Kangaskolkka  32'90' Dafaa  37' Span  45' Ekhalie 68'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Petri Viljanen

PK-35 Vantaa v HJK

13 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	HJK	Vantaa
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuqi 23' Rasimus  35' Mateo  49' Couñago  49' C.Portela  75'	Report	Tanaka 42' I.Tatomirović  66'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 743 Referee: Tommi Grönman

Inter Turku v HIFK

15 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–1	HIFK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Källman 11' Aho 13' Lehtonen  67'	Report	Soudant  45+2' Fortunato 46'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Jari Järvinen

Inter Turku v HJK

18 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–2	HJK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nyman  16' Duah 42' Gnabouyou 53'	Report	Taiwo  36' Morelos 56', 63' (pen.) 87'	Stadium: Javenture-Areena Attendance: 198 Referee: Petri Viljanen

IFK Mariehamn v PK-35 Vantaa

20 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	3 – 0	PK-35 Vantaa	Åland
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kangaskolkka 4' Mäkinen 15' Dafaa  17' Petrović  68' Ibrahim 73'	Report	Raimi  26'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Attendance: 285

Final

SJK v Lahti

19 March 2016Final	SJK	0– 0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Lahti	Seinajoki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	E.Kane  24' T.Penninkangas  85'	Report		Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 487 Referee: D.Antamo
	Penalties
	Eremenko Rahimi Riski Laaksonen Tahvanainen		Rafael J.Tuominen Multanen Kärkkäinen Sesay

Scorers

As of match played 27 February 2016

4 goals:

• Roope Riski - SJK

3 goals:

• Alfredo Morelos - HJK
• Mika Lahtinen - Ilves
• Guy Gnabouyou - Inter Turku

2 goals:

• Taye Taiwo - HJK
• Atomu Tanaka - HJK
• Jasse Tuominen - Lahti
• Aleksei Kangaskolkka - IFK Mariehamn
• Lucas Kaufmann - PK-35 Vantaa
• Njazi Kuqi - PK-35 Vantaa
• Ariel Ngueukam - SJK

1 goals:

• Domenico Fortunato - HIFK
• Matias Hänninen - HIFK
• Joni Korhonen - HIFK
• Daniel Rantanen - HIFK
• Ville Salmikivi - HIFK
• Lassi Järvenpää - HJK
• Solomon Duah - Inter Turku
• Benjamin Källman - Inter Turku
• Joni Aho - Inter Turku
• Billy Ions - PS Kemi
• Juho-Teppo Berg - PS Kemi
• Saku Kvist - PS Kemi
• Joona Veteli - PS Kemi
• Saša Jovović - PS Kemi
• Christian Eissele - PS Kemi
• Mika Ääritalo - KuPS
• Juha Hakola - KuPS
• Patrick Poutiainen - KuPS
• Mikko Kuningas - Lahti
• Mikko Hauhia - Lahti
• Kalle Multanen - Lahti
• Santeri Hostikka - Lahti
• Drilon Shala - Lahti
• Thomas Mäkinen - IFK Mariehamn
• Amos Ekhalie - IFK Mariehamn
• Josef Ibrahim - IFK Mariehamn
• Caloi - PK-35 Vantaa
• Shane Malcolm - RoPS
• Aapo Heikkilä - RoPS
• Eetu Muinonen - RoPS
• Antti Okkonen - RoPS
• Loorents Hertsi - VPS
• Jerry Voutilainen - VPS
• Samu Alanko - VPS
• Andre Clennon - VPS

References

1. "Liigacup 2016 pelataan uudessa muodossa". veikkausliiga.com/ (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

External links

• Liigacup at Veikkausliiga site