tiistai 22. joulukuuta 2009

FINNISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE-VEIKKAUSLIIGA

Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga.png
Countries Finland
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1990
Number of teams 14
Relegation to Ykkönen
Level on pyramid Level 1
International cup(s) Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions HJK Helsinki (2009)
Most championships HJK Helsinki (22)
Website http://www.veikkausliiga.com
Soccerball current event.svg 2009

Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 14 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called Mestaruussarja (championship series) since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided in a cup competition.

Ykkönen (division one) has been the second highest level of Finnish football since 1973.

Like in some other cold-climate European countries (including Norway, Sweden and Russia), league matches in Finland are played in summer, with a schedule usually from April to October. In current format each team plays all other teams twice, both at home and away. At the end of the season, the lowest-placed team is relegated to Ykkönen, whose winner will be promoted to Veikkausliiga. In normal seasons, the team placed next to lowest will play a two-legged relegation/promotion match with the second-placed team in Ykkönen. In season 2006, because the Veikkausliiga was one team short, this promotion match was not played and two best clubs of Ykkönen, FC Viikingit and AC Oulu, were promoted directly. KuPS were relegated.

The average annual salary for a league player is about 20 000 euro.[1] Veikkausliiga is a founding member of the European Professional Football Leagues associoation [2].

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[edit] Clubs

The Veikkausliiga clubs in the 2010 season are (with their home towns in brackets):

FC Haka (Valkeakoski) FC Honka (Espoo)
FC Inter (Turku) FC Lahti (Lahti)
FF Jaro (Jakobstad) HJK (Helsinki)
IFK Mariehamn (Mariehamn) JJK (Jyväskylä)
KuPS (Kuopio) MyPa-47 (Kouvola)
AC Oulu (Oulu) Tampere United (Tampere)
TPS (Turku) VPS (Vaasa)

[edit] Champions

The following clubs have won either the Veikkausliiga (between 1990 and 2008) or the Mestaruussarja (between 1908 and 1989) championship :

Notes:
1 Kuusysi and Lahden Reipas merged their professional teams in 1997 to form FC Lahti. Both teams, however, continue in junior football.
2 Ilves-Kissat Tampere merged with TaPa Tampere in 1975 to form Ilves Tampere, who took over Ilves-Kissat's place. Ilves Tampere were renamed Tampere United before the 1999 season as a result of failed merger. Although Ilves continues also as its own club all predecessors' titles are included here in the figure for Tampere United.
3 FC KooTeePee was established to continue top-level football in Kotka when the former Kotka team known as KTP went bankrupt. However as KTP also continues to play in lower divisions its titles are not usually considered to be inherited by FC KooTeePee.
4FC Jazz was formerly known as PPT (Porin Pallotoverit)

[edit] Top clubs 1990-2009

Year Champion 2nd 3rd
1990 HJK FC Kuusysi MP
1991 FC Kuusysi MP FC Haka
1992 HJK FC Kuusysi FC Jazz
1993 FC Jazz MyPa HJK
1994 TPV MyPa HJK
1995 FC Haka MyPa HJK
1996 FC Jazz MyPa TPS
1997 HJK VPS FinnPa
1998 FC Haka VPS PK-35
1999 FC Haka HJK MyPa
2000 FC Haka FC Jokerit MyPa
2001 Tampere United HJK MyPa
2002 HJK MyPa FC Haka
2003 HJK FC Haka Tampere United
2004 FC Haka AC Allianssi Tampere United
2005 MyPa HJK Tampere United
2006 Tampere United HJK FC Haka
2007 Tampere United FC Haka TPS
2008 FC Inter Turku FC Honka FC Lahti
2009 HJK FC Honka TPS

[edit] Top scorers 1990–2008

Season Player Club Goals
1990 Poland Marek Czakon Ilves 16
1991 Finland Kimmo Tarkkio FC Haka 23
1992 Brazil Luiz Antonio FC Jazz 21
1993 Finland Antti Sumiala FC Jazz 20
1994 Brazil Dionísio TPV 17
1995 Russia Finland Valeri Popovitch FC Haka 21
1996 Brazil Luiz Antonio FC Jazz 17
1997 Brazil Rafael HJK 11
1998 Finland Matti Hiukka RoPS 11
1999 Russia Finland Valeri Popovitch FC Haka 23
2000 Finland Shefki Kuqi FC Jokerit 19
2001 Finland Paulus Roiha HJK 22
2002 Finland Mika Kottila HJK 18
2003 Finland Saku Puhakainen MyPa 14
2004 Finland Antti Pohja TamU 16
2005 Finland Juho Mäkelä HJK 16
2006 Finland Hermanni Vuorinen FC Honka 16
2007 Brazil Rafael FC Lahti 14
2008 Finland Aleksandr Kokko FC Honka 13
Finland Henri Myntti TamU
2009 Finland Hermanni Vuorinen FC Honka 16

[edit] UEFA Ranking

UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2010-11 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)

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