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The Finnish League Cup (in Finnish: Liigacup), is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga.[1] The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is mostly played indoors. It is also administrated by Veikkausliiga
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Founded | 1994 |
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Current champions | FC Inter Turku (2nd title) |
Most successful club(s) | HJK (6 titles) |
The competition was founded in 1994. After 18 editions it was abolished in 2016. It was replaced with the Finnish Cup group stage starting from the 2017 season[2]
League cup will be played again starting in the spring of 2022,[3] as it returned in its original format. The competing teams are allowed to have up to three non-contract test players in their roster, with seven possible substitutions.[4] The most successful club is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK) with 6 wins.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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HJK | 6 | 3 | 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2023 |
FC Lahti | 3 | 2 | 2007, 2013, 2016 |
FC Honka | 3 | – | 2010, 2011, 2022 |
VPS | 2 | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
AC Allianssi | 2 | – | 2004, 2005 |
FC Inter Turku | 2 | 2 | 2008, 2024 |
Tampere United | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
TPS | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
SJK | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
KuPS | 1 | 1 | 2006 |
FC Haka | 1 | – | 1995 |
JJK | – | 2 | – |
RoPS | – | 2 | – |
FC Jazz | – | 1 | – |
FF Jaro | – | 1 | – |
Kotkan TP | – | 1 | |
AC Oulu | – | 1 | – |
FC Jokerit | – | 1 | – |
FC KooTeePee | – | 1 | – |
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