2016_Finnish_League_Cup Knowpia

2016 Liigacup
Tournament details
Country	Finland
Dates	17 January – 19 March
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Lahti
Runner-up	SJK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	62 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Roope Riski (4)
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The 2016 Finnish League Cup was the 20th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. HJK were the defending champions, having won their fifth league cup the previous year.

The cup consisted of two stages. First there was a group stage that involved the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. The top teams from each group then played each other in the final.^[1]

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SJK	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13	Final
2	PS Kemi	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
3	VPS	5	2	1	2	4	4	0	7
4	RoPS	5	1	3	1	4	3	+1	6
5	Ilves	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
6	KuPS	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2015. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

29 January 2016	KuPS	0–0	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report (in Finnish)	Kink 64'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

30 January 2016	RoPS	0–0	VPS	Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Okkonen 85'	Report (in Finnish)	Tiodorović 84'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 210 Referee: Dennis Antamo

30 January 2016	PS Kemi	3–1	Ilves	Kemi
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Veteli 24' Kvist 48' (pen.) Jovović 88' 90+1'	Report (in Finnish)	Lahtinen 7' Aho 47' Matrone 50'	Stadium: Junkohalli Attendance: 450 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

4 February 2016	RoPS	2–0	KuPS	Oulu
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Malcolm 10' Jammeh 41' Back 57' Okkonen 72' Heikkilä 90'	Report (in Finnish)	Poutiainen 47' Coulibaly 90+2'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 204 Referee: Petri Viljanen

6 February 2016	Ilves	0–1	VPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Hilander 37' Hynynen 77' Matrone 87'	Report (in Finnish)	Hertsi 38' (pen.) Hill 89'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

7 February 2016	KuPS	0–2	PS Kemi	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Räisänen 21'	Report (in Finnish)	Heimonen 10' Berg 33' 65' Eissele 62' Kvist 68'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 831 Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

10 February 2016	Ilves	0–0	RoPS	Tampere
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Matrone 52' Lahtinen 59' Miettunen 70' Petrescu 90+1'	Report (in Finnish)	Mäkitalo 52' Okkonen 62'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Mikko Mörö

10 February 2016	SJK	2–1	VPS	Seinäjoki
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Hurme 14' Ngueukam 56' Riski 63'	Report (in Finnish)	Clennon 12' Klepczarek 80'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 482 Referee: Antti Munukka

13 February 2016	SJK	1–0	PS Kemi	Seinäjoki
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kink 42' Vasara 70' Riski 90+2'	Report (in Finnish)	Kaby 18' Könönen 66' S.Jovović 79' 84'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 459 Referee: Vesa Hätilä

13 February 2016	VPS	0–2	KuPS	Vaasa
13:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report (in Finnish)	Poutiainen 24' 29' Ääritalo 31' Diallo 36'	Stadium: Botniahalli Referee: Toni Pohjoismäki

16 February 2016	SJK	1–0	Ilves	Seinäjoki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ngueukam 57' J.Sarajärvi 76'	Report (in Finnish)	Ala-Myllymäki 17' Hilska 30'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Marko Grönholm

16 February 2016	PS Kemi	1–1	RoPS	Kemi
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ions 4' Turpeenniemi 45+3'	Report (in Finnish)	Muinonen 21' Majava 49'	Stadium: Junkohalli Referee: Antti Munukka

20 February 2016	Ilves	2–1	KuPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lahtinen 65', 70' 90+2' Siira 80'	Report (in Finnish)	Taipale 45+1' Hakola 45+10' Savolainen 55' Ääritalo 90+1'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550

20 February 2016	VPS	2–0	PS Kemi	Vaasa
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Voutilainen 71' Alanko 73'	Report (in Finnish)		Stadium: Botniahalli

27 February 2016	RoPS	1–2	SJK	Oulu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	M.Saine 21' J.Hämäläinen 26' Okkonen 50' 76' Pirinen 88'	Report (in Finnish)	Riski 27' (pen.), 32'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 253 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lahti	5	2	3	0	7	5	+2	9	Final
2	Inter Turku	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
3	HJK	5	1	4	0	8	7	+1	7
4	PK-35 Vantaa	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
5	IFK Mariehamn	5	1	1	3	5	5	0	4
6	HIFK	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2016. Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goals scored in head-to-head

22 January 2016	Inter Turku	0–0	PK-35 Vantaa	Turku
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kauppi 58' Camara 82'	Report (in Finnish)	Ristola 70'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 174 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

23 January 2016	Lahti	1–0	HIFK	Lahti
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuningas 5' Shala 84'	Report (in Finnish)		Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Antamo

29 January 2016	Lahti	2–1	Inter Turku	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hauhia 15' Tuominen 60'	Report (in Finnish)	Gnabouyou 43' (pen.) Kauppi 73'	Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 226 Referee: Antti Munukka

29 January 2016	HIFK	0–3	PK-35 Vantaa	Helsinki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hänninen 82'	Report (in Finnish)	Míguez Adán 8' Kuqi 36' (pen.) 44' Kaufmann 60', 69'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 604 Referee: Jari Järvinen

31 January 2016	HJK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
12:15 EET (UTC+2)	Rexhepi 44' 60' Taiwo 70' (pen.)	Report (in Finnish)	Petrović 36' Clement 69' Span 90+4'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 424 Referee: Marko Grönholm

1 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	Lahti	Vantaa
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Caloi 73' Heinonen 81'	Report (in Finnish)	Shala 61'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 272 Referee: Petteri Kari

3 February 2016	HIFK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rantanen 90+2'	Report (in Finnish)	Petrović 46' Lyyski 55' Diego Assis 61'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 213 Referee: Petri Viljanen

5 February 2016	HJK	1–1	Lahti	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tanaka 86'	Report	Multanen 31' Hauhia 72'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 612 Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

8 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	0–1	Inter Turku	Åland
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Gnabouyou 4'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Referee: Mattias Gestranius

9 February 2016	HJK	3–3	HIFK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Taiwo 21' Malolo 37' Järvenpää 82' Morelos 90'	Report	Hänninen 3' Aho 6' Salmikivi 16' Peltonen 32' Korhonen 65' Sihvola 90+3'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 827 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

12 February 2016	Lahti	2–2	Mariehamn	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tuominen 13' Bonilha 25' Hostikka 64' Shala 87'	Report	Kangaskolkka 32' 90' Dafaa 37' Span 45' Ekhalie 68'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Petri Viljanen

13 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	HJK	Vantaa
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuqi 23' Rasimus 35' Mateo 49' Couñago 49' C.Portela 75'	Report	Tanaka 42' I.Tatomirović 66'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 743 Referee: Tommi Grönman

15 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–1	HIFK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Källman 11' Aho 13' Lehtonen 67'	Report	Soudant 45+2' Fortunato 46'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Jari Järvinen

18 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–2	HJK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nyman 16' Duah 42' Gnabouyou 53'	Report	Taiwo 36' Morelos 56', 63' (pen.) 87'	Stadium: Javenture-Areena Attendance: 198 Referee: Petri Viljanen

20 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	3 – 0	PK-35 Vantaa	Åland
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kangaskolkka 4' Mäkinen 15' Dafaa 17' Petrović 68' Ibrahim 73'	Report	Raimi 26'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Attendance: 285

Final edit

19 March 2016 Final	SJK	0– 0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Lahti	Seinajoki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	E.Kane 24' T.Penninkangas 85'	Report		Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 487 Referee: D.Antamo
	Penalties
	Eremenko Rahimi Riski Laaksonen Tahvanainen		Rafael J.Tuominen Multanen Kärkkäinen Sesay