Finnish Cup | |
Year: | 2023 |
Country: | Finland |
Num Teams: | 333 |
Defending Champions: | KuPS |
Winners: | Ilves |
Second: | Honka |
Matches: | 329 |
Goals: | 1602 |
Prev Season: | 2022 |
Next Season: | 2024 |
The 2023 Finnish Cup was the 69th season of the Finnish Cup football competition.[1] [2] The winners qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round.
Ilves won the cup on 30 September 2023 with a 2–1 win over Honka, their fourth Finnish Cup win.
Round | Dates | Draw | Number of fixtures | width=100 | Clubs |
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Round 0 | 17 February – 12 March 2023 | 20 January | 33 | 66 → 33 +215 | |
First round | 17 February – 25 March 2023 | 20 January | 124 | 248 → 124 | |
Second round | 19 March – 10 April 2023 | 14 March | 62 | 124 →62 +46 from Veikkausliiga, Ykkönen, Kakkonen | |
Third round | 26 April – 8 May 2023 | 14 April | 54 | 108 → 54 +2 from Veikkausliiga(League Cup) | |
Fourth round | 17–21 May 2023 | 4 May | 28 | 56 → 28 +4 from Veikkausliiga(UEFA Competitions) | |
Fifth round | 31 May – 1 June 2023 | 23 May | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
Sixth round | 19–21 June 2023 | 6 June | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
Quarter-finals | 5 July 2023 | 6 June | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
Semi-finals | 23 August 2023 | 11 July | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
Final | 30 September 2023 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
The cup was played as a one legged knockout tournament. A total of 333 teams participated. Lower league teams received home advantage until the fourth round. Teams were divided into geographical groups for the draw until 5th round.[3] [4]
66 teams participate in this round.[5]
The draw for the two semifinal matches was held on 11 July 2023.[6]
The final was held on 30 September 2023.