The 2001
Finnish Cup
The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955.
The winner qualifies for the ...
( fi, Suomen Cup) was the 47th season of the main annual
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
cup competition in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was organised as a single-elimination knock–out tournament and participation in the competition was voluntary. A total of 274 teams registered for the competition. The final was held at the
Tammela Stadion
Tammelan Stadion is a football stadium in Tampere, Finland that is currently undergoing major renovation.
It is the home ground for the Veikkausliiga club Ilves and the Kakkonen sides TPV and Tampere United. The Ilves women's team, whi ...
,
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
on 12 November 2001 with
Atlantis FC
Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (''Kakkonen'').
History
The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) m ...
defeating
Tampere United
Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland.
The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...
by 1-0 before an attendance of 3,820 spectators.
Teams
Preliminary round
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Suomen Cup Official site
{{2001–02 in European football (UEFA)
Finnish Cup seasons
Finnish Cup, 2001
Finnish Cup, 2001