# 2023 Finnish Cup

The 2023 Finnish Cup was the 69th season of the Finnish Cup football competition. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round.
Ilves won the cup on 30 September 2023 with a 2–1 win over Honka, their fourth Finnish Cup win.

## Calendar

| Round | Dates | Draw | Number of fixtures | Clubs |
| Round 0 | 17 February – 12 March 2023 | 20 January | 33 | 66 → 33 +215 |
| First round | 17 February – 25 March 2023 | 20 January | 124 | 248 → 124 |
| Second round | 19 March – 10 April 2023 | 14 March | 62 | 124 →62 +46 from Veikkausliiga, Ykkönen, Kakkonen |
| Third round | 26 April – 8 May 2023 | 14 April | 54 | 108 → 54 +2 from Veikkausliiga(League Cup) |
| Fourth round | 17–21 May 2023 | 4 May | 28 | 56 → 28 +4 from Veikkausliiga(UEFA Competitions) |
| Fifth round | 31 May – 1 June 2023 | 23 May | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Sixth round | 19–21 June 2023 | 6 June | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 July 2023 | 6 June | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 23 August 2023 | 11 July | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 30 September 2023 | | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Format

The cup was played as a one legged knockout tournament. A total of 333 teams participated. Lower league teams received home advantage until the fourth round. Teams were divided into geographical groups for the draw until 5th round.

## Round 0

66 teams participate in this round.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 28 / 28 | 73 / 73 | 73 / 73 | 82 / 82 | 39 / 39 | 7 / 7 | 7 / 7 | 333 / 333 |

### Group 7
## Round 1

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 28 / 28 | 73 / 73 | 73 / 73 | 66 / 82 | 27 / 39 | 4 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 300 / 333 |

### Group 10
## Round 2

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 28 / 28 | 55 / 73 | 36 / 73 | 23 / 82 | 7 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 176 / 333 |

### Group 8
## Round 3

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 28 / 28 | 38 / 73 | 14 / 73 | 6 / 82 | 2 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 114 / 333 |

### Group 4
## Round 4

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 12 / 12 | 9 / 12 | 18 / 28 | 15 / 73 | 4 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 1 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 60 / 333 |

### Group 4
## Round 5

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 11 / 12 | 8 / 12 | 9 / 28 | 2 / 73 | 2 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 32 / 333 |

## Round 6

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 8 / 12 | 4 / 12 | 3 / 28 | 1 / 73 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 16 / 333 |

## Quarterfinals

Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 6 / 12 | 1 / 12 | 0 / 28 | 1 / 73 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 8 / 333 |

## Semifinals

The draw for the two semifinal matches was held on 11 July 2023.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 4 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 4 / 333 |

## Final

The final was held on 30 September 2023.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Veikkausliiga (1) | Ykkönen (2) | Kakkonen (3) | Kolmonen (4) | Nelonen (5) | Vitonen (6) | Kutonen (7) | Seiska (8) | M35 (+35) | Total |
| 2 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 28 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 73 | 0 / 82 | 0 / 39 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 333 |