2016 Finnish League Cup

2016 Liigacup

Tournament details
Country	Finland
Dates	17 January – 19 March
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Lahti
Runner-up	SJK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	62 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Roope Riski (4)

The 2016 Finnish League Cup is the 20th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. HJK are the defending champions, having won their fifth 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 two groups. The top teams from each group then play each other in the final.

Group A

KuPS v SJK

29 January 2016	KuPS	0–0	SJK	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report (Finnish)	Kink  64'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

RoPS v VPS

30 January 2016	RoPS	0–0	VPS	Oulu
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Okkonen  85'	Report (Finnish)	Tiodorović  84'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 210 Referee: Dennis Antamo

PS Kemi v Ilves

30 January 2016	PS Kemi	3–1	Ilves	Kemi
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Veteli  24' Kvist  48' (pen.) Jovović  88'  90+1'	Report (Finnish)	Lahtinen  7' Aho  47' Matrone  50'	Stadium: Junkohalli Attendance: 450 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

RoPS v KuPS

4 February 2016	RoPS	2–0	KuPS	Oulu
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Malcolm  10' Jammeh  41' Back  57' Okkonen  72' Heikkilä  90'	Report (Finnish)	Poutiainen  47' Coulibaly  90+2'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 204 Referee: Petri Viljanen

Ilves v VPS

6 February 2016	Ilves	0–1	VPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Hilander  37' Hynynen  77' Matrone  87'	Report (Finnish)	Hertsi  38' (pen.) Hill  89'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen

KuPS v PS Kemi

7 February 2016	KuPS	0–2	PS Kemi	Kuopio
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Räisänen  21'	Report (Finnish)	Heimonen  10' Berg  33' 65' Eissele  62' Kvist  68'	Stadium: Kuopio-halli Attendance: 831 Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

Ilves v RoPS

10 February 2016	Ilves	0–0	RoPS	Tampere
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Matrone  52' Lahtinen  59' Miettunen  70' Petrescu  90+1'	Report (Finnish)	Mäkitalo  52' Okkonen  62'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Mikko Mörö

SJK v VPS

10 February 2016	SJK	2–1	VPS	Seinäjoki
19:15 EET (UTC+2)	Hurme  14' Ngueukam  56' Riski  63'	Report (Finnish)	Clennon  12' Klepczarek  80'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 482 Referee: Antti Munukka

SJK v PS Kemi

13 February 2016	SJK	1–0	PS Kemi	Seinäjoki
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Kink  42' Vasara  70' Riski  90+2'	Report (Finnish)	Kaby  18' Könönen  66' S.Jovović  79', 84'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 459 Referee: Vesa Hätilä

VPS v KuPS

13 February 2016	VPS	0–2	KuPS	Vaasa
13:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report (Finnish)	Poutiainen  24' 29' Ääritalo  31' Diallo  36'	Stadium: Botniahalli Referee: Toni Pohjoismäki

SJK v Ilves

16 February 2016	SJK	1–0	Ilves	Seinäjoki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ngueukam  57' J.Sarajärvi  76'	Report (Finnish)	Ala-Myllymäki  17' Hilska  30'	Stadium: Wallsport Areena Referee: Marko Grönholm

PS Kemi v RoPS

16 February 2016	PS Kemi	1–1	RoPS	Kemi
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ions  4' Turpeenniemi  45+3'	Report (Finnish)	Muinonen  21' Majava  49'	Stadium: Junkohalli Referee: Antti Munukka

Ilves v KuPS

20 February 2016	Ilves	2–1	KuPS	Tampere
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Lahtinen  65', 70' 90+2' Siira  80'	Report (Finnish)	Taipale  45+1' Hakola  45+10' Savolainen  55' Ääritalo  90+1'	Stadium: Pirkkahalli Arena Attendance: 550

VPS v PS Kemi

20 February 2016	VPS	2–0	PS Kemi	Vaasa
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Voutilainen  71' Alanko  73'	Report (Finnish)		Stadium: Botniahalli

RoPS v SJK

27 February 2016	RoPS	1–2	SJK	Oulu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	M.Saine  21' J.Hämäläinen  26' Okkonen  50' 76' Pirinen  88'	Report (Finnish)	Riski  27' (pen.), 32'	Stadium: Heinäpään nurmi Attendance: 253 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Group B

Inter Turku v PK-35 Vantaa

22 January 2016	Inter Turku	0–0	PK-35 Vantaa	Turku
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kauppi  58' Camara  82'	Report (Finnish)	Ristola  70'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 174 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

Lahti v HIFK

23 January 2016	Lahti	1–0	HIFK	Lahti
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuningas  5' Shala  84'	Report (Finnish)		Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Antamo

Lahti v Inter Turku

29 January 2016	Lahti	2–1	Inter Turku	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hauhia  15' Tuominen  60'	Report (Finnish)	Gnabouyou  43' (pen.) Kauppi  73'	Stadium: Mukkulan palloiluhalli Attendance: 226 Referee: Antti Munukka

HIFK v PK-35 Vantaa

29 January 2016	HIFK	0–3	PK-35 Vantaa	Helsinki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hänninen  82'	Report (Finnish)	Míguez Adán  8' Kuqi  36' (pen.)  44' Kaufmann  60', 69'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 604 Referee: Jari Järvinen

HJK v IFK Mariehamn

31 January 2016	HJK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
12:15 EET (UTC+2)	Rexhepi  44', 60' Taiwo  70' (pen.)	Report (Finnish)	Petrović  36' Clement  69' Span  90+4'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 424 Referee: Marko Grönholm

PK-35 Vantaa v Lahti

1 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	Lahti	Vantaa
14:15 EET (UTC+2)	Caloi  73' Heinonen  81'	Report (Finnish)	Shala  61'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 272 Referee: Petteri Kari

HIFK v IFK Mariehamn

3 February 2016	HIFK	1–0	IFK Mariehamn	Helsinki
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Rantanen  90+2'	Report (Finnish)	Petrović  46' Lyyski  55' Diego Assis  61'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 213 Referee: Petri Viljanen

HJK v Lahti

5 February 2016	HJK	1–1	Lahti	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tanaka  86'	Report	Multanen  31' Hauhia  72'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 612 Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

IFK Mariehamn v Inter Turku

8 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	0–1	Inter Turku	Åland Islands
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Gnabouyou  4'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Referee: Mattias Gestranius

HJK v HIFK

9 February 2016	HJK	3–3	HIFK	Helsinki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Taiwo  21' Malolo  37' Järvenpää  82' Morelos  90'	Report	Hänninen  3' Aho  6' Salmikivi  16' Peltonen  32' Korhonen  65' Sihvola  90+3'	Stadium: Talin jalkapallohalli Attendance: 827 Referee: Ville Nevalainen

Lahti v Mariehamn

12 February 2016	Lahti	2–2	Mariehamn	Lahti
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Tuominen  13' Bonilha  25' Hostikka  64' Shala  87'	Report	Kangaskolkka  32' 90' Dafaa  37' Span  45' Ekhalie  68'	Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Petri Viljanen

PK-35 Vantaa v HJK

13 February 2016	PK-35 Vantaa	1–1	HJK	Vantaa
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kuqi  23' Rasimus  35' Mateo  49' Couñago  49' C.Portela  75'	Report	Tanaka  42' I.Tatomirović  66'	Stadium: Myyrmäki-halli Attendance: 743 Referee: Tommi Grönman

Inter Turku v HIFK

15 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–1	HIFK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Källman  11' Aho  13' Lehtonen  67'	Report	Soudant  45+2' Fortunato  46'	Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Jari Järvinen

Inter Turku v HJK

18 February 2016	Inter Turku	2–2	HJK	Turku
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Nyman  16' Duah  42' Gnabouyou  53'	Report	Taiwo  36' Morelos  56', 63' (pen.)  87'	Stadium: Javenture-Areena Attendance: 198 Referee: Petri Viljanen

IFK Mariehamn v PK-35 Vantaa

20 February 2016	IFK Mariehamn	3 – 0	PK-35 Vantaa	Åland Islands
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kangaskolkka  4' Mäkinen  15' Dafaa  17' Petrović  68' Ibrahim  73'	Report	Raimi  26'	Stadium: Eckeröhallen Attendance: 285

Final

SJK v Lahti

19 March 2016 Final	SJK	0– 0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Lahti	Seinajoki
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	E.Kane  24' T.Penninkangas  85'	Report		Stadium: Wallsport Areena Attendance: 487 Referee: D.Antamo
		Penalties
	Eremenko Rahimi Riski Laaksonen Tahvanainen		Rafael J.Tuominen Multanen Kärkkäinen Sesay

Scorers

As of match played 27 February 2016

4 goals:

• Roope Riski - SJK

3 goals:

• Alfredo Morelos - HJK

• Mika Lahtinen - Ilves

• Guy Gnabouyou - Inter Turku

2 goals:

• Taye Taiwo - HJK
• Atomu Tanaka - HJK

• Jasse Tuominen - Lahti
• Aleksei Kangaskolkka - IFK Mariehamn
• Lucas Kaufmann - PK-35 Vantaa

• Njazi Kuqi - PK-35 Vantaa
• Ariel Ngueukam - SJK

1 goals:

• Domenico Fortunato - HIFK
• Matias Hänninen - HIFK
• Joni Korhonen - HIFK
• Daniel Rantanen - HIFK
• Ville Salmikivi - HIFK
• Lassi Järvenpää - HJK
• Solomon Duah - Inter Turku
• Benjamin Källman - Inter Turku
• Joni Aho - Inter Turku
• Billy Ions - PS Kemi
• Juho-Teppo Berg - PS Kemi
• Saku Kvist - PS Kemi

• Joona Veteli - PS Kemi
• Saša Jovović - PS Kemi
• Christian Eissele - PS Kemi
• Mika Ääritalo - KuPS
• Juha Hakola - KuPS
• Patrick Poutiainen - KuPS
• Mikko Kuningas - Lahti
• Mikko Hauhia - Lahti
• Kalle Multanen - Lahti
• Santeri Hostikka - Lahti
• Drilon Shala - Lahti
• Thomas Mäkinen - IFK Mariehamn

• Amos Ekhalie - IFK Mariehamn
• Josef Ibrahim - IFK Mariehamn
• Caloi - PK-35 Vantaa
• Shane Malcolm - RoPS
• Aapo Heikkilä - RoPS
• Eetu Muinonen - RoPS
• Antti Okkonen - RoPS
• Loorents Hertsi - VPS
• Jerry Voutilainen - VPS
• Samu Alanko - VPS
• Andre Clennon - VPS

External links

• Liigacup at Veikkausliiga site