2015 Finnish Cup Explained

Finnish Cup
Year:2015
Other Title:Suomen Cup
Country:Finland
Num Teams:132
Champions:IFK Mariehamn
Runner-Up:FC Inter
Matches:128
Top Goal Scorer:Dever Orgill
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) is the 61st season of the Finnish Cup. 132 clubs entered the competition, including all sides on the top two levels of the Finnish football pyramid (Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen), 19 sides from Kakkonen and 91 from lower levels.[1] The winner of the cup enters the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

Round Dates Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering this round
11 Jan 2015 –
1 Feb 2015
16 16 Kolmonen and lower
levels (16 teams)
18 Jan 2015 –
27 Feb 2015
80 8 72 Kolmonen and lower
levels (72 teams)
17 Feb 2015 –
9 Mar 2015
72 40 32 Ykkönen (10 teams)
Kakkonen (19 teams)
Kolmonen (3 teams)
13 Mar 2015 –
22 Apr 2015
40 36 4 Veikkausliiga (4 teams)
27 Mar 2015 –
4 Apr 2015
24 20 4 Veikkausliiga (4 teams)
15 Apr 2015 –
16 Apr 2015
16 12 4 Veikkausliiga (4 teams)
26 Apr 2015 8 8
15 August 2015 4 4
29 September 2015 2 2
[2]

First round

16 teams playing in the Kolmonen and lower leagues started the cup at the first round. The draw for the first and second rounds was held on 22 December 2014.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ilmoittautuneet joukkueet 2015 . Suomen Palloliitto . 11 Jan 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225104208/http://www.palloliitto.fi/suomencup/ottelut-ja-tulokset/ilmoittautuneet-joukkueet-2015 . 25 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Tulokset 2015 . Suomen Palloliitto . 11 Jan 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150117191113/http://www.palloliitto.fi/suomencup/ottelut-ja-tulokset/tulokset-2015 . 2015-01-17 . dead .
  3. Web site: 1. ja 2. kierros 2015 . Suomen Palloliitto . 11 Jan 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229220812/http://www.palloliitto.fi/suomencup/ottelut-ja-tulokset/1-ja-2-kierros-2015 . 2014-12-29 . dead .