Finnish League Cup
Founded1994
Region Finland
Current championsHJK (6th title)
Most successful club(s)HJK (6 titles)

The Finnish League Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga.[1] The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is mostly played indoors.

History

The competition was founded in 1994. After 18 editions it was abolished in 2016. It was replaced with the Finnish Cup group stage starting from the 2017 season[2] League cup will be played again in the spring of 2022,[3] as it returned in its original format. The most successful club is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi with 6 wins.

Finnish League Cup Finals

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue
1994 HJK 2–0 FC Jazz Helsinki
1995 FC Haka 4–2 HJK Helsinki
1996 HJK 3–2 RoPS Helsinki
1997 HJK 2–0 VPS Helsinki
1998 HJK 1–1 (aet) (8–7 p) FF Jaro Helsinki
1999 VPS 3–0 Kotkan TP Lahti
2000 VPS 2–1 FC Jokerit Hanko
2001–03 Not Played
2004 AC Allianssi 2–2 (aet) (5–3 p) FC Lahti Helsinki
2005 AC Allianssi 3–1 FC Lahti Helsinki
2006 KuPS 2–1 FC KooTeePee Helsinki
2007 FC Lahti 0–0 (4–3 p) FC Inter Turku Helsinki
2008 FC Inter Turku 1–0 TPS Helsinki
2009 Tampere United 2–0 HJK Vantaa
2010 FC Honka 0–0 (4–3 p) JJK Helsinki
2011 FC Honka 3–0 Tampere United Espoo
2012 TPS 1–1 (4–2 p) HJK Helsinki
2013 FC Lahti 2–1 JJK Lahti
2014 SJK 1–0 VPS Seinäjoki
2015 HJK 2–0 RoPS Rovaniemi
2016 FC Lahti 0–0 (aet) (4–3 p) SJK Seinäjoki
2017–21 Not Played
2022 FC Honka 3–1 FC Inter Turku Espoo
2023 HJK 2–1 Oulu Helsinki

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
HJK 6 3 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2023
FC Lahti 3 2 2007, 2013, 2016
FC Honka 3 – 2010, 2011, 2022
VPS 2 2 1999, 2000
AC Allianssi 2 – 2004, 2005
FC Inter Turku 1 2 2008
Tampere United 1 1 2009
TPS 1 1 2012
SJK 1 1 2014
FC Haka 1 – 1995
KuPS 1 – 2006
JJK – 2 –
RoPS – 2 –
FC Jazz – 1 –
FF Jaro – 1 –
Kotkan TP – 1
AC Oulu – 1 –
FC Jokerit – 1 –
FC KooTeePee – 1 –

Notes:

  • Teams in Italic no longer exist.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Finland - League Cup Finals".
  2. ↑ "Jalkapallon Suomen Cup uudistuu rajusti - Liigacup haudataan". 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Liigacup palaa kilpailukalenteriin - edellisen kerran pelattiin vuonna 2016".


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