2017–18 Finnish Cup

The 2017–18 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) was the 63rd 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
Country Finland
ChampionsInter Turku (2nd title)
Runners-upHJK
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
RoundDatesClubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering this round
First round25 Jul 2017 –
7 Aug 2017		8−8Kakkonen and lower
levels (12 teams)
Second round21 Jul 2017 –
21 Aug 2017		40416Kakkonen and lower
levels ( teams)
Third round6 Sept 2017 –
19 Sept 2017		20100
Fourth round26 Sept 2017 –
7 Oct 2017		84
Fifth round (Group stage)–
Quarter-finals8–

First round

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
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
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
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

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
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:

Group B
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:

Group C
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:

Group D
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:

Group E
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:

Knock-out stage

Play-offs for Quarter-finals
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
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
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
HJK Helsinki0–1FC Inter
Report Kuningas  82'
Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Mikko Leino

References
  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.
  3. "Finland Cup Info". Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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