2009 Finnish League Cup

The 2009 Finnish League Cup was the 13th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament.

The cup consisted of two stages. First there was group stage that involved 14 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. The top four teams from each group entered the one-legged elimination rounds – quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.

Group stage

Every team played every other team of its group once, either home or away. The matches were played from 25 January to 24 March 2009.

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Tampere United 6 4 2 0 17 6 +11 14
2 IFK Mariehamn 6 4 2 0 14 8 +6 14
3 TPS Turku 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
4 Lahti 6 2 3 1 8 10 −2 9
5 Inter Turku 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
6 JJK Jyväskylä 6 0 1 5 5 12 −7 1
7 RoPS Rovaniemi 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away MAR INT JJKLAHRPSTAMTPS
IFK Mariehamn 3–3 2–2 2–1
FC Inter 1–2 1–1 0–1
JJK 0–2 1–2 2–3
FC Lahti 1–0 2–0 1–1
RoPS 1–3 0–3 1–1
Tampere United 5–2 5–0 2–0
TPS 3–1 3–0 0–0

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 HJK Helsinki 6 6 0 0 14 3 +11 18
2 Honka 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 15
3 VPS Vaasa 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
4 Jaro 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7
5 MyPa 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6
6 Haka 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 4
7 KuPS Kuopio 6 1 0 5 5 21 −16 3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Home ╲ Away HAK HJK HONJARKPSMYPVPS
Haka 0–2 2–3 2–0
HJK 3–0 1–0 2–1
FC Honka 1–0 2–0 7–0
FF Jaro 1–1 3–1 0–2
KuPS 2–1 1–4 0–3
MYPA 0–1 0–5 3–1
VPS 1–2 1–4 1–0

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

21 March 2009
Tampere United 1 – 0 Jaro

21 March 2009
FC Honka 2 – 2 (aet) TPS
  Penalties  
3 – 5

21 March 2009
HJK 2 – 2 FC Lahti
  Penalties  
5 – 3

21 March 2009
IFK Mariehamn 3 – 1 VPS

Semi-finals

4 April 2009
Tampere United 2 – 1 TPS

4 April 2009
HJK 3 – 1 IFK Mariehamn

Final

15 April 2009
Tampere United 2 – 0 HJK

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