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
Head-to-head
1 TPS (A) 6 5 0 1 11 3+8 15
2 FC Inter (A) 6 4 0 2 11 3+8 12
3 Haka 6 1 1 4 3 10−7 4 MAR 0–1 HAK
HAK 2–2 MAR
4 IFK Mariehamn 6 1 1 4 5 14−9 4

Updated to games 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away INT TPS MARHAK
FC Inter 0–1 5–0 2–0
TPS 2–0 3–0 1–0
IFK Mariehamn 0–3 3–0 0–1
Haka 0–1 0–4 2–2

Updated to games played on 14 March 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 FC Honka (A) 6 4 1 1 15 6+9 13
2 HJK (A) 6 3 0 3 10 12−2 9
3 MYPA (A) 6 2 1 3 7 11−4 7
4 FC Lahti 6 1 2 3 9 12−3 5

Updated to games 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away HJK HON MYPLAH
HJK 0–2 4–0 3–2
FC Honka 4–0 2–1 4–1
MYPA 3–1 2–1 1–1
FC Lahti 1–2 2–2 2–0

Updated to games played on 14 March 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 3

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Head-to-head
1 FF Jaro (A) 6 3 1 2 7 6+1 10
2 KuPS (A) 6 2 3 1 7 70 9
3 VPS (A) 6 2 1 3 7 70 7 JJK 2–4 VPS
VPS 1–2 JJK
4 JJK 6 2 1 3 10 11−1 7

Updated to games 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away JAR VPS KPSJJK
FF Jaro 1–0 2–2 3–2
VPS 1–0 0–1 1–2
KuPS 1–0 1–1 1–3
JJK 0–1 2–4 1–1

Updated to games played on 17 March 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 70 7
2 MYPA 6 2 1 3 7 11−4 7
3 Haka 6 1 1 4 3 10−7 4

Updated to games played on 17 March 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

21 March 2012
FC Honka 0 – 1 VPS
Fowler  15'
Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Referee: Tommi Grönman

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

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

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
  2. ↑ Liigacupin sijoitusten määräytyminen lohkovaiheessa
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