2014 Finnish League Cup Explained

Liigacup
Year:2014
Dates:24 January –
Num Teams:12
Champions:SJK
Runner-Up:VPS
Matches:31
Goals:87
Top Goal Scorer: Sebastian Strandvall (5 goals)
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

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.

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 in its group twice, both home and away. The group stage matches will be played from January 2014.[1]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Topscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Sebastian StrandvallVPS5
2 Mikael ForssellHJK4
3 Josef IbrahimMariehamn3
Steven MorrisseyVPS

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Otteluohjelma neuvotellaan seurojen kesken. Veikkausliiga. 7 December 2012. Finnish. 2013-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203115415/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=5&ID=49739. 2013-12-03. dead.