The 2016–17 Finnish Cup ''(Suomen Cup)'' was the 63nd season of the

Finnish Cup The Finnish 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 UEFA Europa Conference League ...

. It was the first 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

Finnish League Cup 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. The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is most ...

was discontinued.

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

won its 13th cup after defeating SJK in the final.

Teams

First round

!colspan="3" align="center", 29 July 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 1 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 2 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 7 August 2016

Second round

!colspan="3" align="center", , - !colspan="3" align="center", 27 July 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 7 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 8 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 9 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 10 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 11 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 13 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 16 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 17 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 19 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 20 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 21 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 22 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 23 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 24 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 25 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 27 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 28 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 29 August 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 30 August 2016

Third round

!colspan="3" align="center", , - !colspan="3" align="center", 7 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 10 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 11 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 13 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 14 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 19 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 28 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 29 September 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 2 October 2016

Fourth round

!colspan="3" align="center", 7 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 8 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 11 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 12 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 13 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 15 October 2016

Fifth round

!colspan="3" align="center", 20 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 21 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 22 October 2016 , - !colspan="3" align="center", 23 October 2016

Sixth round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Play-offs for Quarterfinals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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