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Kokko ja Myntti jakavat maalikuninkuuden

26.10.2008 18:44
Aleksandr Kokko ja Henri Myntti jakoivat Veikkausliigan maalikuninkuuden.




Aleksandr Kokko ja Henri Myntti jakoivat Veikkausliigan maalikuninkuuden.

Tampere Unitedin Henri Myntti ja Espoon Hongan Aleksandr Kokko olivat jalkapallon Veikkausliigan kauden 2008 ahnaimmat maalintekijät. Maalinkuninkuuteen vaadittiin 13 maalia.

Kummallekin pelimiehelle maalikuninkuus oli uran ensimmäinen, eikä ennen kauden alkua kyseisiä miehiä pidetty kuumimpina suosikkeina kyseisen kunnian saajiksi. Myntti aloitti kauden TamUn vaihtotopparina, mutta sai jo varhaisessa vaiheessa kutsun kärkeen.



Kahteen otteeseen Norjan Tromsössä urallaan käynyt Myntti on 196-senttinen kolossi, joka on syntynyt Kokkolassa. 26-vuotiaan Myntin kasvattajaseura on hänen kotikaupunkinsa Pallo-Veikot.



Venäjällä syntynyt Kokko, 21, puolestaan nousi taka-alalta Hongan parhaaksi maalintekijäksi. Ainakin ulkopuoliset odottivat maaleja kauden 2006 maalikuninkaalta Hermanni Vuoriselta ja Jami Puustiselta, mutta valmentaja Mika Lehkosuo tiesi, mitä teki, kun luotti Vuoriseen.



Honka-paidassa pelattujen hienojen otteluiden lisäksi Kokko pääsi juhlimaan alle 21-vuotiaiden maajoukkueen kanssa EM-lopputurnauspaikkaa.



VEIKKAUSLIIGAN MAALIPÖRSSI 2008



Aleksandr Kokko Honka 13

Henri Myntti Tampere U 13



Mikko Hyyrynen Jaro 11

Toni Lehtinen Haka 11

Mikko Paatelainen TPS 11

Rafael FC Lahti 11



Jarno Parikka HJK 9

Hermanni Vuorinen Honka 9



Tarmo Neemelo MyPa 8

Mika Ojala Inter 8

Paulus Roiha HJK 8



Domagoi Abramovic Inter 7

Jonne Hjelm Tampere U 7

Juho Mäkelä HJK 7

Severi Paajanen Inter 7

Ats Purje Inter 7

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FINNISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE-VEIKKAUSLIIGA

Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga

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
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].

Contents [hide] 1 Clubs 2 Champions 3 Top clubs 1990-2009 4 Top scorers 1990–2008 5 UEFA Ranking 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[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 :

• 22 wins: HJK
• 9 wins: FC Haka, HPS
• 8 wins: TPS
• 7 wins: HIFK
• 5 wins: KuPS, Kuusysi¹, Tampere United²
• 4 wins: KIF
• 3 wins: Reipas Lahti¹, VIF
  • 2 wins: FC Jazz⁴, KTP³, OPS, VPS
  K, ÅIFK
• 1 win: HT, KPV, PUS, Turun Pyrkivä, Viipurin Sudet, Unitas, TPV, MyPa, FC Inter Turku

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

• 25 (26) Ekstraklasa
• 26 (20) Bundesliga
• 27 (27) Prva HNL
• 28 (33) Vysshaya Liga
• 29 (28) Veikkausliiga
• 30 (30) FAI League of Ireland
• 31 (29) A Lyga
• 32 (34) Premijer Liga

FINNISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE-VEIKKAUSLIIGA

2009 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga

Season	2009
Champions	HJK 22nd league title
Relegated	RoPS
Champions League	HJK
Europa League	Honka TPS Inter Turku (via dom. cup)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	498 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hermanni Vuorinen (16)
Biggest home win	Honka 9-0 RoPS
Biggest away win	RoPS 1-5 TamU KuPS 0-4 Honka RoPS 0-4 TPS
Highest scoring	Honka 9-0 RoPS
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the seventy-ninth season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.

The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved Honka Espoo and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table, RoPSYkkönen while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off. were relegated to the

Contents [hide] 1 Promotion and relegation 2 Overview 2.1 Managerial changes 3 League table 3.1 Relegation play-offs 4 Results 5 Statistics 5.1 Top goalscorers 5.2 Top assistants 6 Monthly awards 7 European competitions 7.1 2009–10 UEFA Champions League 7.2 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Promotion and relegation

KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.

[edit] Overview

MYPA

Honka

HJK

Jaro

JJK

KuPS

Lahti

Mariehamn

RoPS

Tampere United

Inter
TPS

VPS

Haka

Location of teams in Veikkausliiga 2009

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Olli Huttunen
HJK	Helsinki	Finnair Stadium	10,770	Antti Muurinen
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	6,000	Mika Lehkosuo
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Job Dragtsma
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Mika Laurikainen
JJK	Jyväskylä	Harjun stadion	3,000	Ville Priha
KuPS	Kuopio	Magnum Areena	5,000	Kai Nyyssönen
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Ilkka Mäkelä
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	4,000	Pekka Lyyski
MYPA	Anjalankoski	Saviniemi	4,167	Janne Lindberg
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Keskuskenttä	4,000	Mika Lumijärvi
Tampere United	Tampere	Ratina Stadion	17,000	Ari Hjelm
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Pasi Rautiainen
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Petri Vuorinen

[edit] Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
VPS	Tomi Kärkkäinen	Resigned	15 May 2009 [1]	Petri Vuorinen	15 May 2009 [1]	14th
RoPS	Valeri Bondarenko	Sacked	27 May 2009 [2]	Mika Lumijärvi Zeddy Saileti	27 May 2009 [2]	14th
FF Jaro	Mika Laurikainen	Sacked	18 August 2009	Alexei Eremenko Sr.	18 August 2009
Haka	Olli Huttunen	Sacked	07 September 2009	Sami Ristilä	07 September 2009	5th
RoPS	Mika Lumijärvi	Sacked	07 October 2009	Zeddy Saileti Jorma Turpeenniemi	07 October 2009	14th

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	26	14	10	2	45	21	+24	52	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	FC Honka	26	13	10	3	65	29	+36	49	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	TPS	26	13	10	3	46	20	+26	49	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	IFK Mariehamn	26	10	13	3	30	21	+9	43
5	FC Inter	26	11	7	8	38	30	+8	40	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
6	FC Haka	26	10	7	9	40	35	+5	37
7	Tampere United	26	11	4	11	31	31	0	37
8	VPS	26	10	5	11	30	36	−6	35
9	MYPA	26	9	7	10	32	30	+2	34
10	FF Jaro	26	8	8	10	33	34	−1	32
11	FC Lahti	26	8	7	11	33	40	−7	31
12	KuPS	26	6	5	15	29	53	−24	23
13	JJK (O)	26	3	7	16	25	52	−27	16	Relegation play-offs
14	RoPS (R)	26	4	4	18	21	66	−45	16	Relegation to Ykkönen 2010

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹Inter Turku qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2009 Finnish Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Relegation play-offs

JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and KPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.

21 October 2009 15:30 EEST	KPV	2 – 3	JJK	Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
	Itälä 24' Linjala 61'		Kari 40' Lahtinen 49' Nam 69'

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25 October 2009 14:00 EET	JJK	2 – 1	KPV	Harjun stadion, Jyväskylä
	Lahtinen 61' Nam 68'		Kalliokoski 87'

[edit] Results

Home \ Away1

HAK

HJK

HON

INT

JAR

JJK

KPS

LAH

MAR

MYP

RPS

TAM

TPS

VPS

FC Haka

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

2–4

3–0

3–0

5–1

2–3

3–1

1–0

0–3

0–1

HJK

3–3

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

5–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

4–0

1–0

2–2

2–0

FC Honka

2–0

1–1

2–3

5–1

5–2

4–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

9–0

3–1

0–0

3–0

FC Inter

0–2

1–1

2–1

1–0

3–0

2–3

1–1

1–1

2–1

4–0

2–2

2–0

0–1

FF Jaro

1–0

0–2

3–5

0–1

5–1

1–1

0–1

0–0

3–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

1–3

JJK

0–0

1–1

2–3

1–0

0–2

1–2

2–1

0–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

KuPS

5–1

0–3

0–4

0–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

0–2

3–0

1–2

0–3

3–3

FC Lahti

2–4

1–2

1–1

1–3

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

4–1

2–1

2–4

0–0

IFK Mariehamn

2–1

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

3–1

3–0

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

MYPA

0–2

1–0

1–3

0–0

0–0

4–0

1–2

2–2

1–2

4–0

4–1

2–2

0–2

RoPS

0–0

1–0

1–2

0–2

5–3

2–1

1–0

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–5

0–4

2–3

Tampere United

1–1

1–2

1–0

3–2

0–2

1–0

2–0

0–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

0–2

1–0

TPS

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

5–2

0–0

3–1

3–2

1–0

2–0

VPS

0–1

3–4

2–5

2–2

1–2

3–2

1–0

1–0

0–0

0–2

2–0

0–1

0–2

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish) 16 goals Hermanni Vuorinen (Honka) 12 goals Jami Puustinen (Honka) 11 goals Timo Furuholm (Inter Turku) 9 goals Wayne Brown (TPS) Mikko Paatelainen (TPS) Babatunde Wusu (TPS) 8 goals Tamas Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn) Juho Mäkelä (HJK) Drilon Shala (Lahti) Dawda Bah (HJK) Maxim Votinov (MYPA) Nam Ik-Kyung (JJK)

[edit] Top assistants Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish) 11 assists Sebastian Sorsa (HJK) 9 assists Nicholas Otaru (Honka) 8 assists Wayne Brown (TPS) Sebastian Strandvall (Haka) Mikko Innanen (Haka) 7 assists Dawda Bah (HJK) Mika Ojala (Inter Turku) Babatunde Wusu (TPS) 6 assists Mikko Hyyrynen (Jaro) Mikko Manninen (TPS) Severi Paajanen (Inter Turku) Demba Savage (FC Honka)

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Player of the Month
April[3]	Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)	Hermanni Vuorinen (Honka)
May[4]	Olli Huttunen (Haka)	Sebastian Strandvall (Haka)
June[5]	Mika Laurikainen (Jaro)	Jens Nygård (VPS)
July[6]	Pasi Rautiainen (TPS)	Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS)

European competitions

2009–10 UEFA Champions League

• Second qualifying round

Sheriff Tiraspol – Inter Turku L (1–0, 1–0) 2–0 on aggregate

2009–10 UEFA Europa League

• First qualifying round

Dinamo Tirana – Lahti W (1–4, 2–0) 3–4 on aggregate

• Second qualifying round

Gorica – Lahti W (1–0, 0–2) 1–2 on aggregate

Vėtra – HJK Helsinki L (0–1, 3–1) 3–2 on aggregate

Bangor City – Honka W (0–2, 0–1) 0–3 on aggregate

• Third qualifying round

Club Brugge – Lahti L (3–2, 1–1) 4–3 on aggregate

Karabakh – Honka L (1–0, 2–1) 3–1 on aggregate