2001 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

Season	2001
Champions	Tampere United
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Top goalscorer	Paulus Roiha, HJK Helsinki (22)
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The 2001 season was the 71st completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 12th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2001 season was contested by 12 teams. Tampere United won the championship and qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2002-03 qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the UEFA Cup 2002-03. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition, FC Jokerit and RoPS Rovaniemi were relegated to the Ykkönen.^[1]

Participating clubs

In 2001 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

Atlantis Helsinki - Promoted from Ykkönen FC Jazz Pori FC Lahti Haka Valkeakoski HJK Helsinki Inter Turku

Jokerit Helsinki KuPS Kuopio - Promoted from Ykkönen MyPa 47 Anjalankoski RoPS Rovaniemi Tampere United VPS Vaasa

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League standings

HJK
Atlantis
Jokerit

Jazz

Lahti

Haka

Inter

KuPS

MyPa

RoPS

Tampere United

VPS

Location of teams in 2001 Veikkausliiga

Premier Division (Veikkausliiga) 2001

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Tampere United (C)	33	21	5	7	47	31	68
2	HJK Helsinki	33	19	10	4	64	19	67
3	MyPa Anjalankoski	33	17	11	5	45	23	62
4	Haka Valkeakoski	33	14	10	9	44	29	52
5	FC Inter Turku	33	15	4	14	46	47	49
6	VPS Vaasa	33	14	3	16	50	52	45
7	Atlantis FC	33	12	9	12	45	47	45
8	KuPS Kuopio	33	9	10	14	37	48	37
9	FC Lahti	33	9	9	15	38	48	36
10	FC Jazz Pori	33	7	11	15	36	52	32
11	FC Jokerit (O) (R)	33	7	7	19	31	56	28
12	RoPS Rovaniemi (R)	33	5	9	19	25	56	24

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Premier Division/Division One 2001, Promotion/Relegation Playoff

• Jaro Pietarsaari - Jokerit Helsinki 1-1
• Jokerit Helsinki - Jaro Pietarsaari 3-4

Jaro Pietarsaari promoted, Jokerit Helsinki relegated.^[2]

Leading scorers

Rank	Player		Club	Goals
1	Paulus Roiha		HJK Helsinki	22
2	Antti Pohja		Tampere United	19
3	Richard Teberio		Inter Turku	13
4	Peter Sampo		KuPS Kuopio	12
5	Nikki Helenius		FC Lahti	11

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Footnotes

1. "Finland 2001". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
2. "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
3. "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

References

• Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)