2014 Finnish League Cup

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
Country Finland
Dates24 January –
Teams12
ChampionsSJK
Runners-upVPS
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

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

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

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

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

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

Quarter-finals
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
IFK Mariehamn0–4VPS
Morrissey 22', 71', 78'
Nganbe Nganbe 90'
SJK1–0HJK
Josué Currais 50'
Wallsport Areena, Seinäjoki

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

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

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