2010 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season	2010
Champions	HJK; 7th Veikkausliiga title; 23rd Finnish title
Relegated	Lahti
Champions League	HJK
Europa League	KuPS; TPS (via dom. cup); Honka
Matches played	182
Goals scored	513 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Juho Mäkelä; (16 goals)
Biggest home win	JJK 6–1 Oulu; (5 July); Jaro 5-0 Haka; (2 August); TPS 5-0 Oulu; (22 September)
Biggest away win	KuPS 0–5 HJK; (16 April)
Highest scoring	KuPS 6–2 TamU; (30 June)
Longest winning run	TPS (5 games); (1 August–28 August)
Longest unbeaten run	8 games by 2 teams; HJK; (24 May–10 July); Tampere United; (3 May–20 June)
Longest winless run	FC Lahti (11 games); (10 May–16 July)
Longest losing run	AC Oulu (6 games); (19 June–30 July)
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Veikkausliiga was the 80th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 16 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010.

Teams

RoPS finished at the bottom of the 2009 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions AC Oulu. 13th-placed Veikkausliiga team JJK and Ykkönen runners-up KPV competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in this season. JJK won 5–3 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.

Team summaries

Location of teams in 2010 Veikkausliiga

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kitmaker
AC Oulu	Oulu	Castrén	4,000	Juha Malinen	Umbro
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	6,000	Mika Lehkosuo	Kappa
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	9,372	Job Dragtsma	Nike
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Ilkka Mäkelä	Umbro
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	/ Alexei Eremenko Sr.	Errea
Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Sami Ristilä	Umbro
HJK	Helsinki	Sonera Stadium	10,770	Antti Muurinen	Adidas
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	4,000	Pekka Lyyski	Puma
JJK	Jyväskylä	Harjun stadion	3,000	Kari Martonen	Legea
KuPS	Kuopio	Kuopion keskuskenttä	5,000	Esa Pekonen	Puma
MYPA	Myllykoski, Kouvola	Saviniemi	4,167	Janne Lindberg	Puma
Tampere United	Tampere	Ratina Stadion	17,000	Ari Hjelm	Puma
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	9,372	Marko Rajamäki	Puma
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Tommi Pikkarainen	Umbro

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	26	15	7	4	43	19	+24	52	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	KuPS	26	15	3	8	45	36	+9	48	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	TPS	26	13	6	7	46	30	+16	45	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	FC Honka	26	12	5	9	42	34	+8	41	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	FF Jaro	26	11	5	10	42	34	+8	38
6	FC Inter	26	10	7	9	34	32	+2	37
7	Tampere United	26	10	4	12	37	46	−9	34
8	Haka	26	9	6	11	30	38	−8	33
9	MYPA	26	7	11	8	36	39	−3	32
10	VPS	26	8	7	11	29	40	−11	31
11	AC Oulu	26	8	6	12	31	44	−13	30
12	IFK Mariehamn	26	7	7	12	38	43	−5	28
13	JJK (O)	26	8	3	15	34	41	−7	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	FC Lahti (R)	26	5	11	10	26	37	−11	26	Relegation to Ykkönen

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ TPS were the winners of the 2010 Finnish Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Relegation play-offs

The 13th placed team of 2010 Veikkausliiga and the runners-up of the 2010 Ykkönen will compete in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2011 Veikkausliiga.^[1] JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga.

27 October 2010

18:30 EEST

FC Viikingit	1 – 1	JJK
Sesay 87'		Hyyrynen 62'

Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä, Helsinki

Attendance: 3172

30 October 2010

14:00 EEST

JJK	2 – 0	FC Viikingit
Tuomanen 9' Linjala 31'

Harjun Stadion, Jyväskylä

Attendance: 3232

Results

Home \ Away	HAK	HJK	HON	INT	JAR	JJK	KPS	LAH	MAR	MYP	ACO	TAM	TPS	VPS
Haka		0–3	2–0	1–3	4–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
HJK	1–1		0–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
FC Honka	4–2	3–1		1–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–4	0–2	1–0	0–0
FC Inter	1–0	0–0	2–0		2–0	3–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–0
FF Jaro	5–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		1–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–2
JJK	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–2		1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	6–1	0–1	0–2	0–1
KuPS	1–0	0–5	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	6–2	2–1	1–2
FC Lahti	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–1		1–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	2–1
IFK Mariehamn	2–3	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–2		1–2	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–3
MYPA	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–1	3–0	2–2	2–2
AC Oulu	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–5	1–2	0–0	1–1		3–0	0–2	1–1
Tampere United	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–2	1–3	0–0	3–4	1–1	3–1		1–1	3–0
TPS	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–4	3–0	5–0	4–3		1–1
VPS	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Juho Mäkelä	HJK	16
2	Roope Riski	TPS	12
3	Henri Lehtonen	FC Inter	11
4	Tamás Gruborovics	IFK Mariehamn	10
4	Jonatan Johansson	TPS	10
6	Tommi Kari	JJK	9
	Jami Puustinen	Honka	9
	Maxim Votinov	MYPA	9
9	Dudu	KuPS	8
	Frank Jonke	Oulu	8
	Papa Niang	FF Jaro	8
	Mikko Paatelainen	IFK Mariehamn	8

Top assistants

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Alexei Eremenko Jr.	FF Jaro	8
2	Miikka Ilo	KuPS	7
2	Tomi Petrescu	Tampere United	7
4	Sasha Anttilainen	IFK Mariehamn	6
	Jonne Hjelm	Tampere United	6
	Antti Hynynen	Haka/KuPS	6
	Tommi Kari	JJK	6
	Mika Lahtinen	JJK	6
	Mikko Manninen	TPS	6
	Maxim Votinov	MYPA	6
11	Dema	Tampere United/HJK	5
	Papa Niang	FF Jaro	5
	Mika Nurmela	Oulu	5
	Sebastian Strandvall	IFK Mariehamn	5

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Player of the Month
April^[2]	Kari Martonen (JJK)	Janne Korhonen (Haka)
May	Esa Pekonen (KuPS)	Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
June^[3]	Job Dragtsma (FC Inter)	Henri Lehtonen (FC Inter)
July^[4]	Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)	Tamás Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn)
August^[5]	Marko Rajamäki (TPS)	Roope Riski (TPS)
September^[6]	/ Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro)	Toni Kolehmainen (TPS)
October^[7]	Sami Ristilä (Haka)	Dudu (KuPS)

Players of the year

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

Position	Player
Best Goalkeeper	Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS)
Best Defender	Juhani Ojala (HJK)
Best Midfielder	Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
Best Striker	Juho Mäkelä (HJK)
Best Player	Medo (HJK)

References

^ Liigakarsinta ensi keskiviikkona ja lauantaina (in Finnish)
^ Veikkausliigan huhtikuun joukkue nimetty Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Interin Henri Lehtosesta Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
^ Tamás Gruborovics Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ TPS:n Roope Riski Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
^ Veikkausliigan syyskuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)
^ KuPSin Dudu Veikkausliigan lokakuun pelaaja (in Finnish)

External links

Official site (in Finnish)
uefa.com

[table_note_res_EL2b0.22202022570279-1] TPS were the winners of the 2010 Finnish Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[2] Liigakarsinta ensi keskiviikkona ja lauantaina (in Finnish)

[3] Veikkausliigan huhtikuun joukkue nimetty Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[4] Interin Henri Lehtosesta Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja (in Finnish)

[5] Tamás Gruborovics Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[6] TPS:n Roope Riski Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja (in Finnish)

[7] Veikkausliigan syyskuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)

[8] KuPSin Dudu Veikkausliigan lokakuun pelaaja (in Finnish)

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