[1] Until the 2017–2018 season, the tournament was held in the autumn-spring schedule from July to September of the following year.
The introduction of this new format of the contest meant that the League Cup was suspended.
The winner of the Finnish Cup qualifies for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
[2] The teams participating in the group stage were the teams of Veikkausliiga (12), Ykkönen (10) and Kakkonen (25).
The four best teams of the Veikkausliiga A and B groups, the first two teams of the Ykkönen A and B teams, and the winners of Kakkonen groups continued in the eighth finals.