2008 Finnish League Cup

The 2008 Finnish League Cup was the 12th season of Finnish second most prestigious cup tournament. The competition started on 25 January 2008 and ended with the Final held on 12 April 2008. The defending champions FC Lahti lost in the semifinals, while last year's runners-up FC Inter eventually won the tournament.

The Cup consisted of two stages. First there was group stage that involved 14 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. Top 4 teams from each group entered the one-legged elimination rounds – quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.

Group stage

Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The matches were played from 25 January to 24 March 2008.

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Honka 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 13
2 TPS Turku 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13
3 Tampere United 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12
4 HJK Helsinki 6 2 4 0 9 7 +2 10
5 KuPS Kuopio 6 2 0 4 6 14 −8 6
6 MyPa 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2
7 RoPS Rovaniemi 6 0 2 4 2 10 −8 2

Source: rsssf.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.
Home ╲ Away[1] HJK HON KPSMYPRPSTAMTPS
HJK 2–2 2–1 1–1
FC Honka 2–2 4–1 4–0
KuPS 1–2 0–2 1–4
MYPA 1–2 1–2 0–0
RoPS 0–0 0–1 0–1
Tampere United 3–0 1–0 4–1
TPS 5–1 2–0 2–1

Source: rsssf.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 Lahti 6 5 1 0 18 5 +13 16
2 Inter Turku 6 4 1 1 13 1 +12 13
3 Haka 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
4 Jaro 6 3 0 3 11 11 0 9
5 IFK Mariehamn 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7
6 KooTeePee 6 0 2 4 7 19 −12 2
7 VPS Vaasa 6 0 2 4 5 18 −13 2

Source: rsssf.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.
Home ╲ Away[1] HAK INT JARKTPLAHMARVPS
Haka 3–1 1–2 2–1
FC Inter 2–0 3–0 5–0
FF Jaro 1–0 6–4 3–0
FC KooTeePee 0–2 1–1 2–2
FC Lahti 0–0 2–0 5–0
IFK Mariehamn 0–3 2–0 3–4
VPS 0–0 1–5 2–3

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

29 March 2008
FC Inter 0 – 0 (aet) Tampere United
  Penalties  
5 – 3

30 March 2008
FC Lahti 1 – 0 HJK Helsinki
Lahden Stadion, Lahti

30 March 2008
TPS 3 – 2 FC Haka

Semi-finals

5 April 2008
TPS 3 – 2 FC Lahti

Final

12 April 2008
TPS 0 – 1 FC Inter

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