The Finnish Cup (Finnish: Suomen Cup; Swedish: Finlands Cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.
Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League. Reigning champion (2010) is Turun Palloseura, who defeated Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi at the cup-final, which was played 25.09.2010 at Sonera Stadium, Helsinki.
361 teams (ranging from Veikkausliiga to 7th div. plus Veterans and A-juniors) registered for the Finnish Cup 2008. The tournament started on April 1, 2008 with the first match of Round 1 and will conclude with the Final on November 1, 2008 at Finnair Stadium, Helsinki.
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