2012 Finnish Cup

2012 Suomen Cup

Tournament details
Country	Finland
Teams	198
Final positions
Champions	FC Honka
Runners-up	KuPS
UEFA Europa League	FC Honka

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki - usual venue for the Suomen Cup final

The 2012 Finnish Cup (Finnish: Suomen Cup) is the 58th season of the main annual association football cup competition in Finland. It is organised as a single-elimination knock–out tournament. Participation in the competition is voluntary. A total of 198 teams registered for the competition, with 12 teams from the Veikkausliiga, 10 from the Ykkönen, 28 from the Kakkonen, 54 from the Kolmonen and 94 teams from other divisions.

The tournament started on 6 January 2012 with the first match of Round 1. Many matches in the early rounds are played on artificial pitches in indoor halls.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Round 1	198	34	none	34	Kolmonen (Tier 4) Nelonen (Tier 5) Vitonen (Tier 6) Kutonen (Tier 7) Seiska (Tier 8)
Round 2	181	126	17	109	see above
Round 3	118	68	63	5	see above
Round 4	84	72	34	38	Ykkönen (Tier 2) - 10 teams Kakkonen (Tier 3) - 28 teams
Round 5	48	40	36	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Round 6	28	24	20	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Round 7	16	16	12	4	Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) - 4 teams
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round 1

In this round 34 clubs entered from the Finnish fourth level and below, while the other 109 clubs from the lower divisions received byes to the next round. These matches took place between 6 and 21 January 2012.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
0	FC Helsingin Pumppu	0-4	MPS/Atletico Malmi
1	HJK j/Laajasalo	3-1	FC Playmates
2	Gnistan/2	1-0	HJK-j/Töölö
3	HeKuLa	2-1	HDS
4	FC A la Plancha Calamar	0-1	Töölön Taisto
5	Pallo-Pojat juniorit (PPJ)	5-1	FC HEIV
6	Pallo-Pojat/PPJ Akatemia	6-1	KPR
7	Football Club Vantaa	0-3	EIF/Akademi

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
8	I-HK M09	1-0	FC Kasiysi TN
9	FC Korso United	3-4 (p.)	Palloiluseura Apollo
10	FC Babylon X	4-3 (p.)	Espoon Tikka
11	IVPA	0-14	AC Vantaa/2
12	Toivalan Urheilijat	1-0	Joensuun Palloseura
13	Lehmon Pallo-77	0-1	SC Riverball
14	Euran Pallo	5-6 (p.)	Toejoen Veikot (TOVE)
15	Kajaanin Haka	2-1	JS Herkules
16	FC Lynx	1-4	FC Muurola

Round 2

In this round 126 clubs participated from the Finnish fourth level and below. These matches commenced on 14 January 2012.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
17	Toivalan Urheilijat	4-3	Soccer Club Kuopio Futis-98
18	Nakkilan Nasta	2-3	Toejoen Veikot (TOVE)
19	Spartak Kajaani	2-0	Kajaanin Haka
20	HJK j/Laajasalo	3-2	PPV
21	Gnistan/2	1-2	Helsingin Ponnistus
22	HeKuLa	1-10	MaKu/Baltika
23	Töölön Taisto	0-2	SAPA M1
24	Pallo-Pojat juniorit (PPJ)	2-0	PK-35/VJS
25	Pallo-Pojat/PPJ Akatemia	1-4	Käpylän Pallo/KäPa
26	HerTo	0-1	HPS
27	Pajamäen Pallo-Veikot/5. div.	0-3	Ellas
28	Kallion Stallions	0-5	HIFK/2
29	Suurmetsän Urheilijat	0-3	MPS/Atletico Malmi
30	FC Spede	0-2	IF Gnistan/Roots
31	SAPA/M3	4-3 (p.)	FC Hieho
32	Club Latino Espanol	0-3	Kurvin Vauhti
33	FC POHU	0-4	Gnistan/Ogeli
34	Töölön Vesa	0-4	SAPA/2
35	HJK/Kannelmäki	2-4	HIFK/3
36	FC Babylon X	4-3	Riipilän Raketti
37	EIF/Akademi	INSERT	Nummelan Palloseura
38	Nurmijärven Palloseura	3-4 (p.)	I-HK M09
39	Palloiluseura Apollo	0-2	Lahden Reipas
40	Korson Palloseura	2-0	Jalkapalloseura Stars
41	Riihimäen Palloseura	3-2	TuPS
42	PK Keski-Uusimaa	9-2	Hyvinkään Palloseura
43	SexyPöxyt	4-0	Lahen Pojat Jalkapalloseura
44	Salpausselän Reipas	1-0	IF Sibbo-Vargarna
45	Jokelan Kisa	14-0	FC Kyllikki
46	FC Keravan Dynamo	2-4	Espoon Palloseura
47	FC Glid	1-5	Koivukylän Palloseura
48	F.C. Brunnsparkens Bröder	0-3	KyIF

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
49	AC Vantaa/2	6-1	FC Laatupallo
50	HC Ränni	4-2	Nurmijärven Palloseura/2
51	Kaarinan Reipas	0-5	Turun Pallokerho
52	KaaPS	0-18	Maskun Palloseura
53	MynPa	0-9	VG-62
54	Liedon Pallo	2-1	Jyrkkälän Tykit
55	Åbo Club de Futbol	4-3 (p.)	FC Boda
56	Nokian Palloseura	5-0	Tervakosken Pato
57	Tampereen Palloveikot	0-4	Tampereen Peli-Toverit
58	Parkunmäen Apassit	2-6	Hämeenlinnan Härmä
59	Ikurin Vire	5-0	Loiske Toivot
60	FC Vapsi	0-6	Leki-futis
61	Tampereen FC Futarit	0-3	Sääksjärven Loiske
62	Bollklubben 48	3-2	Malax IF
63	Black Islanders	4-0	Lapuan Virkiä (miehet 2)
64	Kungliga Wasa C.F.	5-6 (p.)	Sisu-Pallo
65	VPS juniorit	2-6	Lapuan Virkiä
66	Gamlakarleby Bollklubb 2	0-3	Jakobstads Bollklubb (JBK)
67	IK Myran	4-2	IFK Jakobstad
68	Haminan Pallokissat	1-4	Pallo-Peikot (PaPe)
69	FC SuSi	0-12	Sudet
70	Kultsu FC/2	0-2	PEPO
71	FC Peltirumpu	3-0	IPS
72	Kotkan Kiri	1-4	STPS
73	Inkeroisten Purha	4-1	Heinolan Palloilijat -47
74	Karhulan Pojat	0-1	Kotajärjen Pallo
75	Voikkaan PotkupalloKerho	3-1	Popinniemen Ponnistus
76	FC Saarijärvi	0-3	Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
77	Football Club Kurd	1-4	FC Vaajakoski
78	Suolahden Urho	2-6	Souls AC
79	Palokan Riento	2-4	Jämsänkosken Ilves

Round 3

In this round 68 clubs entered from the Finnish fourth level and below. These matches commenced on 5 February 2012.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
80.	HJK-j/Laajasalo	3-4 (p.)	HIFK/2
81.	Helsingin Ponnistus	2-1	MPS/Atletico Malmi
82.	IF Gnistan/Roots	0-10	MaKu/Baltika
83.	SAPA/M3	0-6	SAPA M1
84.	Pallo-Pojat –juniorit (PPJ)	3-2 (p.)	Kurvin Vauhti
85.	Gnistan/Ogeli	1-1 0-3 (p.)	Käpylän Pallo/KäPa
86.	SAPA/2	1-4	HPS
87.	Ellas	3-4 (p.)	HIFK/3
88.	Turun Pallokerho	0-2	SexyPöxyt
89.	FC Babylon X	3-0	Salpausselän Reipas
90.	NuPS	5-3	Jokelan Kisa
91.	I-HK M09	2-0	Espoon Palloseura
92.	Lahden Reipas	5-0	Koivukylän Palloseura
93.	KyIF	1–0	Korson Palloseura
94.	AC Vantaa/2	0-1	Riihimäen Palloseura
95.	HC Ränni	0-15	PK Keski-Uusimaa
96.	Liedon Pallo	0-5	Maskun Palloseura
97.	Åbo Club de Futbol	0-3	VG-62
98.	Sisu-Pallo	0-3	Toejoen Veikot (TOVE)

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
99.	Black Islanders	2-5	IK Myran
100.	Kokkolan Palloseura	5-0	Bollklubben-48
101.	Jakobstads Bollklubb	3-2	Lapuan Virkiä
102.	Toivalan Urheilijat	4-4 3-4 (p.)	SC Riverball
103.	Voikkaan PotkupalloKerho	1-2	FC Peltirumpu
104.	Kotajärven Pallo	1-7	PEPO
105.	Inkeroisten Purha	0-6	Sudet
106.	STPS	2-1	Pallo-Peikot (PAPE)
107.	Sastamalan Voima 1	7-0	Ikurin Vire
108.	Nekalan Pallo	1-1 3-5 (p.)	Nokian Palloseura
109.	Leki-futis	1-1 3-5 (p.)	Tampereen Peli-Toverit
110.	Sääksjärven Loiske	0-2	Hämeenlinnan Härmä
111.	Souls AC	0-6	FC Vaajakoski
112.	Jämsänkosken Ilves	0-5	Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
113.	FC Muurola	1-1 5-4 (p.)	Spartak Kajaani

Round 4

In this round 72 clubs participated, including 10 teams from the Ykkönen and 28 teams from the Kakkonen . These matches commenced on 14 February 2012.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
114.	SAPA M1	0–4	FC Kiffen
115.	LPS	1–1 (5−4 p.)	EsPa
116.	HIFK	3–0	PK-35 Vantaa	PK-35 withdrew
117.	HIFK/2	0–1	FC Kuusysi
118.	KäPa	3–3 (5−6 p.)	Atlantis FC
119.	PK Keski-Uusimaa	2–3	BK-46	Att. 270
120.	HPS	0–4	Klubi 04
121.	Helsingin Ponnistus	2–3	Riihimäen Palloseura
122.	IF Gnistan	1–0	FC Viikingit	Att. 179
123.	Pallo-Pojat –juniorit (PPJ)	1–6	EIF
124.	HIFK/3	1–2	MaKu/Baltika	Att. 120
125.	SexyPöxyt	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Tampereen Pallo-Veikot
126.	KyIF	1–3	VG-62
127.	Ilves	1–3	FC Hämeenlinna	Att. 343
128.	Hämeenlinnan Härmä	3–2	STPS	Att. 90
129.	I-HK M09	0–5	NoPS
130.	Tampereen Peli-Toverit	1−3	Maskun Palloseura
131.	Sastamalan Voima 1	1–5	NuPS

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Information
132.	Sudet	1–3	MP
133.	PEPO	2–3	Lahden Reipas
134.	ViPa	0–3	FC KooTeePee	ViPa withdrew
135.	FC Vaajakoski	1–3	SC Riverball	Att. 102
136.	LoPa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	JäPS	Att. 40
137.	FC Futura	1–0	KTP
138.	FC Peltirumpu	1–3	JPS
139.	FC Babylon X	0–5	FC Espoo
140.	Toejoen Veikot (TOVE)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6−7 p.)	KPV	Att. 65
141.	IK Myran	0–11	FC Jazz
142.	JBK	2–3	GBK	Att. 250
143.	VIFK	1−3	SJK	Att. 148
144.	Kokkolan Palloseura	0–5	Pallo-Iirot
145.	HauPa	0–4	FC Santa Claus
146.	PS Kemi	4–1	RoPS
147.	OPS	0–2	AC Oulu
148.	FC Muurola	2–0	AC Kajaani	Att. 136
149.	PK-37	0–2	JIPPO

Round 5

In this round 40 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga (Teams which have been eliminated from the League Cup). These matches are due to commence on 15 March 2012.

Gnistan v BK-46

24 March 2012 150	Gnistan	1 − 0	BK-46
16:00

RiPS v FC Kuusysi

31 March 2012 151	RiPS	1 − 3	FC Kuusysi
17:00

VG-62 v FC KooTeePee

22 March 2012 152	VG-62	0 − 5	FC KooTeePee
18:30

Maskun Palloseura v EIF

25 March 2012 153	Maskun Palloseura	2 − 3	EIF
18:45

MaKu/Baltika v FC Lahti

25 March 2012 154	MaKu/Baltika	1 − 8	FC Lahti
19:30

Lahden Reipas v LPS

24 March 2012 155	Lahden Reipas	0 − 4	LPS
18:00

Atlantis FC v FC Kiffen

10 April 2012 156

Atlantis FC

3 − 0

FC Kiffen

Klubi 04 v IFK Mariehamn

27 March 2012 157	Klubi 04	1 − 2 (a.e.t.)	IFK Mariehamn
16:00

FC Futura v HIFK

1 April 2012 158	FC Futura	2 − 5	HIFK
18:30

JäPS v FC Espoo

27 March 2012 159	JäPS	2 − 1	FC Espoo
19:00

FC Santa Claus v MP

31 March 2012 160	FC Santa Claus	3 − 4	MP
17:00

SC Riverball v Hämeenlinnan Härmä

25 March 2012 161	SC Riverball	1 − 0	Hämeenlinnan Härmä
15:00

FC Muurola v FC Hämeenlinna

18 March 2012 162	FC Muurola	0 − 5	FC Hämeenlinna
14:30

FC Jazz v SJK

24 March 2012 163	FC Jazz	3 − 2 (a.e.t.)	SJK
15:30

NoPS v Haka

27 March 2012 164	NoPS	1 − 7	Haka
18:00

PS Kemi v GBK

31 March 2012 165	PS Kemi	3 − 1 (a.e.t.)	GBK
18:00

KPV v JJK

22 March 2012 166	KPV	0 – 5	JJK
17:30

NuPS v JIPPO

24 March 2012 167	NuPS	1 – 7	JIPPO
15:00

TPV v AC Oulu

24 March 2012 168	TPV	0 – 3	AC Oulu
16:15

JPS v Pallo-Iirot

25 March 2012 169	JPS	3 − 2 (a.e.t.)	Pallo-Iirot
15:00

Round 6

In this round 24 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga. These matches are due to commence on 29 March 2012.

JIPPO v FC Lahti

7 April 2012 170	JIPPO	1 − 0 (a.e.t.)	FC Lahti
	Tahvanainen 119'

JäPS v Gnistan

12 April 2012 171	JäPS	0 – 1	Gnistan
			Liesjärvi 57' (o.g.)

MP v MYPA

6 April 2012 172	MP	0 – 2	MYPA
			Kaipio 29' Oksanen 62'

FC Hämeenlinna v FC Honka

10 April 2012 173	FC Hämeenlinna	0 – 4	FC Honka
			Väyrynen 19', 50', 81' Äijälä 76'

IFK Mariehamn v JJK

10 April 2012 174	IFK Mariehamn	4 – 1	JJK
	Forsell 39' Kangaskolkka 47', 75' Wiklöf 85'		Hilska 37'

AC Oulu v KuPS

12 April 2012 175	AC Oulu	0 – 2	KuPS
			Holopainen 45+1' Purje 90'

PS Kemi v FF Jaro

5 April 2012 176	PS Kemi	2 − 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	FF Jaro
	Eissele 26' (pen.), 33'		Tahvanainen 62', 88'

EIF v FC Kuusysi

10 April 2012 177	EIF	4 – 1	FC Kuusysi
	Estlander 14', 83' Lewis 77' Mirabelli 80'		Puhalainen 19'

Atlantis FC v FC Jazz

15 April 2012 178

Atlantis FC

2 − 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)

FC Jazz

JPS v LPS

1 April 2012 179

JPS

0 – 3

LPS

SC Riverball v Haka

31 March 2012 180

SC Riverball

0 – 4

Haka

FC KooTeePee v HIFK

11 April 2012 181	FC KooTeePee	2 – 0	HIFK
	Laaksonen 37' Wheeler 47'

Round 7

In this round 16 clubs will participate, including 4 teams from the Veikkausliiga. These matches are due to commence on 24 April 2012.

HJK v FF Jaro

26 April 2012 182	HJK	2 − 1	FF Jaro
	Mannström 40' Pohjanpalo 74'		Niang 29'

FC KooTeePee v FC Inter

25 April 2012 183	FC KooTeePee	2 − 1 (a.e.t.)	FC Inter
	Wheeler 73' (pen.), 103' (pen.)		Ojala 79'

Atlantis FC v FC Honka

25 April 2012 184	Atlantis FC	0 − 3	FC Honka
			Mombilo 25' Dudu 86' Väyrynen 87'

LPS v VPS

26 April 2012 185	LPS	0 − 2	VPS
			Leukkunen 43' (og.) Parikka 67' (pen.)

KuPS v TPS

25 April 2012 186	KuPS	0 − 0 (a.e.t.) (8 – 7 p)	TPS
	Penalties
	Kärkkäinen James Taipale Ilo Holopainen Koljonen Paananen Mäkinen Räsänen Pöntinen		Kolehmainen Rähmönen Ristola Hurme Pennanen Okaru Lehtonen Tanska Kennedy Lehtovaara

IF Gnistan v IFK Mariehamn

25 April 2012 187	IF Gnistan	1 – 4	IFK Mariehamn
	J. Kauti 21'		Forsell 6', 14' (pen.) Byskata 77' Jagne 86'

EIF v JIPPO

22 April 2012 188	EIF	0 – 2	JIPPO
			Rönkkö 74' Itälä 90'

Haka v MYPA

26 April 2012 189	Haka	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	MYPA
	Robinson 62'		Sihvola 82', 110'

Quarter-finals

In this round 8 clubs will participate. These 4 matches are due to be played on 9 and 10 May 2012.

HJK v FC KooTeePee

9 May 2012 190	HJK	3 – 0	FC KooTeePee	Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
	Ashraf 33' Alho 35' Zeneli 90+2'			Referee: Jari Järvinen

FC Honka v VPS

9 May 2012 191	FC Honka	2 – 0	VPS	Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
	Äijälä 27' (pen.) Simpanen 57'			Referee: Ville Nevalainen

KuPS v IFK Mariehamn

9 May 2012 192	KuPS	3 – 0	IFK Mariehamn	Savon Sanomat Areena, Kuopio
	Venäläinen 41' Hynynen 68' Ilo 85'			Referee: Miikka Lähdesmäki

JIPPO v MYPA

8 May 2012 193	JIPPO	0 – 3	MYPA	Koillispuiston tekonurmi, Joensuu
			Sihvola 9', 70' O'Shaughnessy 84'	Referee: Vesa Hätilä

Semi-finals

In this round 4 clubs will participate.

FC Honka v HJK

31 May 2012 194	FC Honka	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	HJK	ISS Stadion, Vantaa
18:30	Tammilehto 14'		Zeneli 52'	Referee: Petteri Kari
	Penalties
	Äijälä Väyrynen Koskinen Yaghoubi Aalto		Okkonen Zeneli Pelvas Ashraf Lindström

KuPS v MYPA

30 August 2012 195	KuPS	1 – 0	MYPA	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli
18:30	Puri 37'			Referee: Dennis Antamo

Final

The Suomen Cup final is due to be played on 29 September 2012.

FC Honka v KuPS

29 September 2012 196	FC Honka	1 – 0	KuPS
	Mäkijärvi 23'			Referee: Mattias Gestranius

External links

• Suomen Cup Official site (in Finnish)
• FutisForum2 (in Finnish)