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) 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 of 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 stageFC Inter3–2TPSTurku
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 stageTPS2–4FC InterTurku
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 stageTPS0–2IFK MariehamnTurku
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Solignac  6'
Mäkinen  72'		 Stadium: Kupittaa 5
14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) Group stageFC Inter2–1IFK MariehamnTurku
16:00 EET (UTC+02) Owusu-Ansah  11'
Forss  77'		 Ibrahim  90' Stadium: Kupittaa 5
19 February 2014 (2014-02-19) Group stageIFK Mariehamn2–2TPSEckerö, Åland Islands
18:30 EET (UTC+02) Ibrahim  71'
Ekhalie  84'		 De John  10'
Hyyrynen  89'		 Stadium: Eckeröhallen
2 March 2014 (2014-03-02) Group stageIFK Mariehamn1–0FC InterEckerö, Åland Islands
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 stageHJK2–0RoPSHelsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Sorsa  44'
Alho  81'		 Stadium: Tali Halli
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stageHonka1–0RoPSEspoo
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Kolsi  74' Stadium: Ratiopharm Areena
5 February 2014 (2014-02-05) Group stageHonka1–1HJKEspoo
15:00 EET (UTC+02) Anyamele  58' Tveit  43' Stadium: Ratiopharm Areena
8 February 2014 (2014-02-08) Group stageRoPS1–1HonkaRovaniemi
15:00 EET (UTC+02) Virtanen  12' Äijälä  69' (pen.) Stadium: Ounashalli
20 February 2014 (2014-02-20) Group stageHJK3–3HonkaHelsinki
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 stageRoPS3–0HJKRovaniemi
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 stageLahti2–1MYPALahti
13:00 EET (UTC+02) Tanska  45+2'
Ngueukam  59'		 Dema  87' Stadium: Mukkulahalli
1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) Group stageLahti0–2KuPSLahti
13:00 EET (UTC+02) Purje  28'
Paananen  50'		 Stadium: Mukkulahalli
7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) Group stageKuPS0–0LahtiKuopio
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Stadium: Kuopiohalli
14 February 2014 (2014-02-14) Group stageKuPS3–0MYPAKuopio
18:00 EET (UTC+02) Ilo  27', 51'
Purje  90+2'		 Stadium: Kuopiohalli
22 February 2014 (2014-02-22) Group stageMYPA2–1LahtiImatra
13:00 EET (UTC+02) Pinho  53'
Sihvola  55'		 Shala  66' (pen.) Stadium: Aviasport Arena
1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) Group stageMYPA1–0KuPSAnjalankoski
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 stageJaro2–2VPSJakobstad
17:00 EET (UTC+02) Emet  6'
Kronholm  45'		 Björk  38', 60' (pen.) Stadium: Tellushalli
5 February 2014 (2014-02-05) Group stageSJK1–1JaroSeinäjoki
19:00 EET (UTC+02) Aalto  40' Byass  13' Stadium: Wallsport Areena
8 February 2014 (2014-02-08) Group stageSJK2–3VPSSeinäjoki
14:30 EET (UTC+02) Laaksonen  41'
Lähde  62'		 Strandvall  51', 75'
Engström  58'		 Stadium: Wallsport Areena
15 February 2014 (2014-02-15) Group stageVPS3–0JaroVaasa
14:15 EET (UTC+02) Stewart  18'
Strandvall  63'
Nganbe Nganbe  68'		 Stadium: Fennia Arena
22 February 2014 (2014-02-22) Group stageVPS2–3SJKVaasa
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 stageJaro1–1SJKJakobstad
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.)
Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
FC Honka1–3IFK Mariehamn
Väisänen  90+1' Sid  54'
Assis  90+3'
Ibrahim  90+5'
Ratiopharm Arena, Espoo

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 Sebastian Strandvall VPS 5
2 Mikael Forssell HJK 4
3 Josef Ibrahim Mariehamn 3
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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