2011 Finnish League Cup

The 2011 Finnish League Cup is the 15th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Honka are the defending champions, having won their first league cup last year.

The cup consists of two stages. First there will be a group stage that involves the 14 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. The top four 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 once, either home or away. The matches will be played from 18 January to 15 March 2011.

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Tampere United (A) 6 2 4 0 10 8 +2 10
2 JJK Jyväskylä (A) 6 2 3 1 14 13 +1 9
3 KuPS Kuopio (A) 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8
4 Jaro (A) 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8
5 RoPS Rovaniemi 6 2 1 3 11 16 −5 7
6 Oulu 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7
7 VPS Vaasa 6 1 3 2 9 10 −1 6

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head 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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Home ╲ Away[1] JAR JJK KPSACORPSTAMVPS
FF Jaro 1–2 4–0 2–2
JJK 1–0 4–4 0–0
KuPS 1–2 1–1 3–0
AC Oulu 1–1 1–0 0–1
RoPS 2–5 5–6 1–1
Tampere United 1–1 3–2 2–1
VPS 2–3 3–0 2–2

Source: soccerway.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 Honka (A) 6 5 1 0 20 12 +8 16
2 HJK Helsinki (A) 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14
3 Inter Turku (A) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11
4 TPS Turku (A) 6 3 0 3 7 10 −3 9
5 IFK Mariehamn 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
6 MYPA 6 1 1 4 10 15 −5 4
7 Haka 6 0 0 6 2 15 −13 0

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head 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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Home ╲ Away[1] HAK HJK HONINTMARMYPTPS
Haka 0–3 0–1 0–2
HJK 1–1 4–0 2–1
FC Honka 4–2 3–1 5–3
FC Inter 1–1 3–4 1–0
IFK Mariehamn 4–0 4–0 0–1
MYPA 3–0 2–2 1–2
TPS 1–3 2–3 0–4

Source: soccerway.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

19 March 2011
FC Honka 2 – 0 FF Jaro
Äijälä  28'
Väyrynen  89'
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä

19 March 2011
Tampere United 1 – 0 TPS
Lahtinen  68'
Pirkkahalli, Tampere
Referee: Dennis Antamo

19 March 2011
HJK 4 – 3 KuPS
Ring  27'
Sadik  33' (pen)
Bah  68'
Pukki  76' 		 12' Nykänen
 55',  79' Udah

19 March 2011
JJK 1 – 1 FC Inter
Gruborovics  50' (pen)  78' Ojala
  Penalties  
6 – 5
Vehkalampi 2 tekonurmi, Jyväskylä
Referee: Vesa Hätilä

Semi-finals

23 March 2011
FC Honka 2 – 1 JJK
Äijälä  68',  73'  75' Hyyrynen
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
Referee: Dennis Antamo

2 April 2011
Tampere United 0 – 0 HJK
  Penalties  
3 – 0
Pirkkahalli, Tampere
Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Final

23 April 2011
FC Honka 3 – 0 Tampere United
Otaru  20'
Savage  67'  76'
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
Referee: Pohjoismäki

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