2017–18 Finnish Cup

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The 2017–18 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) was the 64th season of the Finnish Cup. It was the second edition of the tournament to be played on a fall-spring schedule, running from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new competition format meant that the Liiga Cup was discontinued.[1]

2017–18 Finnish Cup
Tournament details
Country Finland
Final positions
ChampionsInter Turku (2nd title)
Runner-upHJK
Tournament statistics
Matches played99
2019 →

The winner of the Men's Finnish Cup was awarded a cash prize of EUR 50,000 with the runners up receiving EUR 10,000. The winner also qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[2] Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are EEST (UTC+3). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are EET (UTC+2).

Teams

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Round Dates Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering this round
First round 25 Jul 2017 –
7 Aug 2017
8 8 Kakkonen and lower
levels (12 teams)
Second round 21 Jul 2017 –
21 Aug 2017
40 4 16 Kakkonen and lower
levels ( teams)
Third round 6 Sept 2017 –
19 Sept 2017
20 10 0
Fourth round 26 Sept 2017 –
7 Oct 2017
8 4
Fifth round (group stage)
Quarter-finals 8

First round

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The first and second rounds of the Cup will include all registered teams, with the exception of Veikkausliiga and Ykkönen teams, who will be included in the 30-team group stage early in 2017. The first rounds will include teams playing in the Kakkonen and below.[3]

25 July 2017 NJS (3)3–4 (a.e.t.) FC Viikingit (3) Nurmijärvi
19:30 Bergström   20'
Sankkinen   20'
Murto   120+6' (pen.)
Report Jmaali   10'
Paatelainen   65', 105+5'
Biga   79'
Stadium: Klaukkala
Attendance: 150
Referee: Juuso Vuorinen
6 August 2017 HIFK/3 (4) 4–2LPS (4)Helsinki
15:30 Arffman   5'
Soppi   60', 79', 85'
Report Huhanantti   10'
Rihtniemi   23'
Stadium: Töölö PK 6 TN
Attendance: 36
Referee: Tuomas Määttä
6 August 2017 HIFK/4 (6)0–5 FC Honka/Akatemia (4) Helsinki
20:00 Report Ekholm   23', 45+1', 69'
Immonen   27'
Galibert   42'
Stadium: Väinämöinen TN
Attendance: 12
Referee: Jonathan Mainz
7 August 2017 KY-Sport (6)2–3 (a.e.t.) ÅIFK (4) Turku
20:15 Monnonen   26', 51' Report Najjar   25'
Hiệp   79'
Habte   105+2'
Stadium: Yläkenttä KHT
Attendance: 75
Referee: Ville Käldström

Second round

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21 July 2017 Halkian Alku (3)2–6 FC Finnkurd (4) Pornainen
19:00 Pirjola   14'
Ahonen   18'
Report Ojala   7' (o.g.)
Konta   15', 24'
Jaba   29'
Mohammed Ahmed   69'
Tajini   87'
Stadium: Pornaisten TN
Attendance: 50
Referee: Juuso Vuorinen
1 August 2017 ABC/Strömsö (7)1–3 JBK (3) Vaasa
19:00 Villanen   64' (pen.) Report Ramsay   54'
Kähkönen   59'
Myrevik   82'
Stadium: Vaskiluoto
Attendance: 220
Referee: Marcus Beijar
8 August 2017 Virkiä (4)1–4 VIFK (3) Lapua
18:30 Laapio   58' Report Holmström   13', 14'
Sillah   36'
Maki   47'
Stadium: Lapuan keskuskenttä
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sami Kuula
9 August 2017 AC Oulu U19 (6)1–7 TP-47 (3) Oulu
18:30 Sippala   77' Report Närhilä   7'
Juvonen   30', 54', 54', 75' (pen.)
Koroma   35'
Sarkkinen   88' (pen.)
Stadium: Castrén
Attendance: 159
Referee: Atte Räinä
9 August 2017 AFC Keltik (6)0–4 MP (3) Joensuu
18:30 Report Autran   16', 60', 64' (pen.)
Liukkonen   74' (pen.)
Stadium: Koillispuisto
Attendance: 35
13 August 2017 KuuLa (6)0–2 MuSa (3) Turku
14:00 Report Lehto   3'
Välilä   19' (pen.)
Stadium: Kisapuisto
Attendance: 61
Referee: Ville Käldström
13 August 2017 LIK (7) 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–4 p)
Yllätys (6)Liljendal
15:00 Törnblom   45', 120+9' Report Vänskä   78'
Ratilainenn   120+16'
Stadium: Sävträsk UK N
Attendance: 47
Referee: Vesa Vainio
13 August 2017 PaRi/A (6)1–8 TPV (3) Jyväskylä
19:30 Hautanen   82' Report Koroma   4'
Riihimäki   15', 49', 55'
Salonen   36'
Näykki   50'
Mattila   63'
Hiilloskorpi   76'
Stadium: Palokka tekonurmi
Attendance: 47
Referee: Santtu Keto
20 August 2017 Kuopion Elo (5) 4–0PetPet (6)Kuopio
19:45 Mustonen   18'
Räsänen   45'
Kröger   73'
Vuori   81'
Report Stadium: Litmasen TN
Attendance: 35
Referee: Sami Hahl
21 August 2017 Pato (5) 2–1ÅIFK (4)Tervakoski
19:00 Vanhatalo   43'
Siivonen   90+2'
Report Tamminen   86' Stadium: Tervakoski N
Attendance: 109
Referee: Teemu Pylkkänen
21 August 2017 Gnistan/Ogeli (5)1–2 LePa (6) Helsinki
18:15 Touray   77' Report Ngo   40'
Salminen   73'
Stadium: Pukinmäki N
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jari Virtala
21 August 2017 Toukolan Teräs (6)1–2 FC Viikingit (3) Helsinki
18:30 Haglund   44' Report Parpala   29'
Paatelainen   60'
Stadium: Pirkkola N
Referee: Santeri Nieminen
21 August 2017 SexyPöxyt (4)0–6 Töölön Taisto (4) Espoo
20:15 Report Pesonen   4'
Klinga   22'
Keränen   24'
Own Goal   49'
Saari   86'
Lassila   88'
Stadium: Laaksolahti TN
Referee: Peiman Simani
22 August 2017 SC Riverball (3)0–1 PEPO (3) Joensuu
18:00 Report Ikonen   3' Stadium: Keskuskenttä
Attendance: 45
Referee: Hannu Kettunen
25 August 2017 FC Honka/Akatemia (4) 5–1FC Mylly (7)Espoo
13:00 Galibert   53', 75', 76' Report Ibrahim   54' Stadium: Tapiola 1 TN
Attendance: 35
Referee: Fazli Suka
26 August 2017 HIFK/3 (5) 1–0PETO/MJK (5)Helsinki
15:30 Soininen   33' Report Stadium: Töölö PK 6 TN
Attendance: 21
Referee: Mohamed Abdelgayed
26 August 2017 JIK (7)1–2 Peimari United (3) Jomala
15:30 Fagerholm   46' Report Parkkinen   29' Stadium: Vikingavallen gräs
Attendance: 35
Referee: Josef Fagerholm
26 August 2017 SJK-j Apollo (7)1–2 KajHa (4) Seinäjoki
15:30 Report Väisänen   24'
Borges De Souza   78'
Kemppainen   83'
Stadium: OmaSp Stadion
Attendance: 99
Referee: Mika-Markku Karjala
26 August 2017 Lieto (6)0–4 PKKU (3) Lieto
18:45 Report Karjalainen   10'
Puljujärvi   72'
Kainulainen   74'
Leivo   83'
Stadium: Lieto KHT
Attendance: 79
Referee: Ville Käldström
27 August 2017 KaaPo (3)0–1 (a.e.t.) P-Iirot (3) Kaarina
19:00 Report Patola  96' Stadium: Kaarina KHT
Attendance: 122
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä

Third round

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6 September 2017 PEPO (3) 4–3MP (2)Lappeenranta
19:00 Demirel   14'
Ikonen   15'
Koistinen   49', 79'
Report Oinonen   35'
Autran   42', 89'
Stadium: Kimpisen Stadion
Attendance: 149
Referee: Niko Hänninen
9 September 2017 Kuopion Elo (5)1–3 KajHa (4) Kuopio
18:00 Tiilikainen   35' Report Mabrouk   67'
Borges De Souza   78', 90'
Stadium: Litmasen tekonurmi
Attendance: 35
Referee: Pekka Koponen
10 September 2017 Pato (4) 3–0JBK (3)Janakkala
15:00 Report Stadium: Tervakosken urheilukenttä
Referee: Teemu Pylkkänen
11 September 2017 TP-47 (3) 3–2 (a.e.t.)VIFK (3)Tornio
17:30 Pyyny   19'
Isomäki   82'
Närhilä   120'
Report Björk   61'
Streng   84'
Stadium: Pohjan Stadion
Attendance: 82
Referee: Janne Jussila
12 September 2017 LePa (6) 2–1Töölön Taisto (4)Espoo
18:00 Mäki-Tanila   61'
Sine   68'
Report Alfat   59' Stadium: Säterinniitty TN
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mikko Lipsanen
12 September 2017 LIK (7)0–9 FC Honka/Akatemia (4) Loviisa
18:00 Report Linna   3', 18', 43', 50'
Heinonen   53'
Pikkarainen   57'
Kauppila   67'
Kinnunen   85'
Suhonen   86'
Stadium: Liljendalin urheilukenttä
Attendance: 101
Referee: Mikko Matila
13 September 2017 P-Iirot (3)0–1 PKKU (3) Rauma
19:00 Report Jung   69' Stadium: Äijänsuon stadion
Attendance: 251
Referee: Aleksi Makkonen
17 September 2017 HIFK Fotboll/3 (5)0–3 TPV (3) Helsinki
14:15 Report Oksanen   3'
Koroma   66'
Näykki   82'
Stadium: Väinämöisen kenttä
Attendance: 58
Referee: Janne Suvensalmi
17 September 2017 FC Finnkurd (4)0–4 MuSa (3) Helsinki
15:00 Report Salminen   2'
Lehto   5'
Rantala   10'
Leppänen   26'
Stadium: Kontulan Tekonurmi
Attendance: 15
Referee: Hannu Hästbacka
19 September 2017 Peimari United (3)0–2 FC Viikingit (3) Paimion
18:30 Report Mutika   28'
Biga   29'
Stadium: Paimion Urheilupuisto
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jesse Salo

Fourth Round

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26 September 2017 Pato (4)0–8 TPV (3) Janakkala
17:00 Report Nibbling   15', 33', 54'
Riihimäki   29'
Dieter   42'
Oksanen   65'
Koroma   74'
Salomaa   81'
Stadium: Tervakosken urheilukenttä
Attendance: 104
Referee: Teemu Pylkkänen
3 October 2017 LePa (6)0–2 PEPO (3) Espoo
18:00 Report Ikonen   7'
Palomino   90+1'
Stadium: Leppävaara 1 TN
Referee: Abdirahman Sugulle
7 October 2017 MuSa (3) 5–1 (a.e.t.)TP-47 (3)Pori
15:00 Sallila   65'
Mäkelä   96'
Kolu   103', 106', 117'
Report Pyyny   6' Stadium: Musan Kenttä
Attendance: 101
Referee: Pouria Notash
7 October 2017 FC Honka/Akatemia (4) 5–1KajHa (4)Espoo
15:00 Echavarria Velez   21'
Ropa   47'
Own Goal   52'
Kiiski   72'
Sedjiu   79'
Report Borges De Souza   14' Stadium: Tapiola Sports Park
Attendance: 43
Referee: Peiman Simani

Group stage

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The teams participating in the Group Stage will be the 2017 Veikkausliiga teams (12), 2017 Ykkönen teams (10) and eight teams from the early rounds of the competition. The Group Stage will be played between January and March 2018 with the teams divided into five regional groups, with six teams per group. The top two teams from the group stage will advance directly to the semi-finals, while the remaining winners of each group and each second-place finisher will proceed to the quarterfinals.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
KuPS 5 5 0 0 22 6 +16 15
AC Oulu 5 3 1 1 13 12 +1 10
RoPS 5 2 1 2 12 7 +5 7
AC Kajaani 5 2 0 3 10 14 −4 6
PS Kemi 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 4
MuSa 5 0 1 4 5 19 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
SJK 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10 13
VPS 5 3 1 1 16 4 +12 10
KPV 5 2 2 1 13 8 +5 8
FF Jaro 5 2 1 2 13 9 +4 7
TPV 5 1 1 3 4 16 −12 4
PK Keski-Uusimaa 5 0 0 5 1 20 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Ilves 5 3 2 0 11 3 +8 11
FC Lahti 5 3 2 0 12 8 +4 11
FC Haka 5 3 1 1 11 6 +5 10
JJK Jyväskylä 5 2 0 3 6 9 −3 6
GrIFK 5 1 0 4 6 13 −7 3
FC Viikingit 5 0 1 4 4 13 −9 1
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Honka 5 5 0 0 15 3 +12 15
HJK Helsinki 5 4 0 1 19 4 +15 12
HIFK Fotboll 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3 7
KTP 5 2 0 3 10 10 0 6
IF Gnistan 5 1 1 3 2 17 −15 4
PEPO 5 0 0 5 3 18 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Inter Turku 5 4 1 0 18 2 +16 13
Ekenäs IF 5 3 1 1 7 5 +2 10
IFK Mariehamn 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3 7
TPS Turku 5 1 4 0 3 2 +1 7
Klubi 04 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 4
FC Honka/2 5 0 0 5 0 19 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

Knock-out stage

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Play-offs for Quarter-finals

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17 March 2018 EIF 1–0AC OuluEkenäs
15:00 Tabe   76' Report Stadium: Tammisaari Keskuskenttä TN
Attendance: 347
Referee: Joni Hyytiä
17 March 2018 HJK 4–1VPSHelsinki
14:00 O'Shaughnessy   65'
Yaghoubi   69'
DeMello   86'
Mensah   90'
Report Cae   88' Stadium: Telia 5G Areena
Attendance: 467
Referee: Atte Jussila
17 March 2018 FC Haka 3–1 (a.e.t.)FC LahtiValkeakoski
15:00 Thusberg   51'
Popovitch   95'
Nganbe   120'
Report Anier   80' Stadium: Vkoski Sahara TN
Attendance: 360
Referee: Daniel Enkvist

Quarter-finals

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28 March 2018 FC Inter 2–0FC IlvesTurku
17:00 Källman   62', 82' Report Stadium: Kupittaa 5 KHT
Attendance: 400
Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen
29 March 2018 HJK Helsinki 2–0KuPSHelsinki
18:30 Riski   11'
DeMello   37'
Report Stadium: Telia 5g Areena
Attendance: 819
Referee: Marko Grönholm
29 March 2018 SJK1–2 FC Honka Seinäjoki
18:30 Hetemaj   66' Report Levänen   14'
Rahimi   33'
Stadium: OmaSp Stadion
Attendance: 899
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen
28 March 2018 EIF 2–1FC HakaEkenäs
18:30 Ekström   17'
Tabe   59'
Report Ben   85' Stadium: Tammisaari Keskuskenttä TN
Attendance: 708
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

Semi-finals

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1 April 2018 HJK Helsinki 2–1FC HonkaHelsinki
12:30 Riski   36'
Alho   75'
Report Rahimi   90+4' Stadium: Telia 5G Areena
Attendance: 679
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
2 April 2018 EIF0–5 FC Inter Ekenäs
18:30 Report Furuholm   27'
Källman   37', 44'
Garcia   37'
Ademi   68'
Stadium: Tammisaari Keskuskenttä TN
Attendance: 742
Referee: Antti Munukka

Final

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HJK Helsinki0–1FC Inter
Report Kuningas   82'
Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Mikko Leino

References

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  1. ^ "The Finnish Cup of Football is getting drastic - Liigacup is Buried". yle urheilu. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Suomen Cup info". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Finland Cup Info". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2017.