2010 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

Season	2010
Champions	HJK 23rd 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 eightieth 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

MYPA

Honka

HJK

Jaro

JJK

KuPS

Lahti

Mariehamn

Oulu

Tampere United

Inter
TPS

VPS

Haka

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	Anjalankoski	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

Finnish football 2010
Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) Ykkönen (Tier 2) Kakkonen (Tier 3) Kolmonen (Tier 4) Nelonen (Tier 5) Vitonen (Tier 6) Suomen Cup 2010

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	26	15	7	4	43	19	+24	52	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	KuPS	26	15	3	8	45	36	+9	48	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	TPS	26	13	6	7	46	30	+16	45	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
4	FC Honka	26	12	5	9	42	34	+8	41	2011–12 UEFA 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	Veikkausliiga 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
¹TPS were the winners of the 2010 Finnish Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

FC Viikingit v JJK

27 October 2010 18:30 EEST

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

Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä, Helsinki Attendance: 3172

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JJK v FC Viikingit

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
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Source: veikkausliiga.com (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 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 (Finnish) Rank Player Club Assists 1 Alexei Eremenko Jr. FF Jaro 8 2 Miikka Ilo KuPS 7 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 (Finnish)

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

External links

• Official site (Finnish)
• uefa.com

References

1. Liigakarsinta ensi keskiviikkona ja lauantaina (Finnish)
2. Veikkausliigan huhtikuun joukkue nimetty (Finnish)
3. Interin Henri Lehtosesta Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja (Finnish)
4. Tamás Gruborovics Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (Finnish)
5. TPS:n Roope Riski Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja (Finnish)
6. Veikkausliigan syyskuun joukkue nimetty (Finnish)
7. KuPSin Dudu Veikkausliigan lokakuun pelaaja (Finnish)