2012 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season 2012
Champions HJK
25th title
Relegated Haka
Champions League HJK
Europa League FC Honka
Inter Turku
TPS
Matches played 198
Goals scored 535 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Irakli Sirbiladze
(17 goals)
Biggest home win TPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
Biggest away win KuPS 0–6 FC Inter
(22 July)
Highest scoring TPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the eighty-second season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012.[1] HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.

Teams

RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.

Team summaries

Location of teams in 2012 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 Finland Lehkosuo, MikaMika Lehkosuo Finland Heikkilä, TapioTapio Heikkilä
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion1 10,000 Netherlands Dragtsma, JobJob Dragtsma Finland Lehtonen, HenriHenri Lehtonen
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion 15,000 Finland Kautonen, TommiTommi Kautonen Finland Hauhia, MikkoMikko Hauhia
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 FinlandRussia Eremenko Sr., AlexeiAlexei Eremenko Sr. Finland Aho, HeikkiHeikki Aho
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 Finland Malinen, JuhaJuha Malinen Republic of Ireland Robinson, ShaneShane Robinson
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770 Finland Muurinen, AnttiAntti Muurinen Finland Wallén, VilleVille Wallén
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000 Finland Martonen, KariKari Martonen Finland Korhonen, JanneJanne Korhonen
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena 5,000 Finland Pekonen, EsaEsa Pekonen Finland Kärkkäinen, PyryPyry Kärkkäinen
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000 Finland Lyyski, PekkaPekka Lyyski Finland Lyyski, JaniJani Lyyski
MYPA Kouvola Saviniemi 4,167 Finland Korkeakunnas, ToniToni Korkeakunnas Finland Aho, TuomasTuomas Aho
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion1 10,000 Finland Rajamäki, MarkoMarko Rajamäki Finland Kolehmainen, ToniToni Kolehmainen
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600 Finland Huttunen, OlliOlli Huttunen Finland Strandvall, SebastianSebastian Strandvall

1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.[2][3]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
VPS Finland Petri Vuorinen End of contract n/a Finland Olli Huttunen 1 December 2011[4] Pre-season
Haka Finland Sami Ristilä Sacked 23 August 2012[5] Finland Asko Jussila 23 August 2012 11th
Haka Finland Asko Jussila Resigned 10 September 2012[6] Finland Juha Malinen 10 September 2012 11th

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 HJK (C) (Q) 33 19 7 7 63 33+30 64 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 FC Inter (Q) 33 17 7 9 57 42+15 58 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 TPS (Q) 33 16 6 11 55 33+22 54
4 IFK Mariehamn (Q) 33 13 12 8 50 43+7 51 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
5 FC Lahti 33 16 2 15 45 49−4 50
6 MYPA 33 13 10 10 39 33+6 49
7 FC Honka (Q) 33 12 7 14 37 38−1 43 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
8 VPS 33 12 7 14 36 38−2 43
9 JJK 33 12 4 17 54 65−11 40
10 KuPS 33 10 6 17 39 53−14 36
11 FF Jaro 33 8 9 16 28 51−23 33
12 Haka (R) 33 9 5 19 32 57−25 32 Relegation to 2013 Ykkönen

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 FC Honka qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2012 Finnish Cup.
2 IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.[7]
(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.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away HON INT LAHJARHAKHJKJJKKPSMARMYPTPSVPS
FC Honka 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
FC Inter 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 3–3 1–1
FC Lahti 2–1 0–5 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
FF Jaro 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0
Haka 2–1 0–2 0–3 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–1
HJK 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–3
JJK 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–5 5–2 0–3 2–1 0–2
KuPS 0–2 0–6 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–3
IFK Mariehamn 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0
MYPA 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
TPS 2–1 4–1 4–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
VPS 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–3

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away HON INT LAHJARHAKHJKJJKKPSMARMYPTPSVPS
FC Honka 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2
FC Inter 3–1 3–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–0
FC Lahti 3–2 4–3 0–1 3–1 1–0
FF Jaro 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–3
Haka 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1
HJK 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 5–1
JJK 3–1 4–2 5–0 3–6 3–2 1–2
KuPS 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–3 2–1
IFK Mariehamn 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
MYPA 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 1–1
TPS 1–2 9–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
VPS 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–3

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.

Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze FC Inter 17
2 Finland Aleksei Kangaskolkka IFK Mariehamn 16
3 Jamaica Steven Morrissey VPS 15
4 Finland Pekka Sihvola MYPA 14
5 Hungary Tamás Gruborovics JJK 12
Finland Mika Ojala FC Inter 12
The Gambia Demba Savage HJK 12
8 Finland Joel Pohjanpalo HJK 11
Finland Aleksi Ristola TPS 11
10 Finland Mikko Innanen JJK 10
Finland Juho Mäkelä HJK 10
Finland Tim Väyrynen FC Honka 10
Nigeria Babatunde Wusu JJK 10
14 Finland Petteri Forsell IFK Mariehamn 9
15 Nigeria Dennis Okaru TPS 8
Finland Jarno Parikka VPS 8
Finland Akseli Pelvas HJK 8
Republic of Ireland Shane Robinson Haka 8
Finland Jussi Vasara FC Honka 8
Finland Mika Ääritalo TPS 8
21 5 players 7
26 4 players 6
30 8 players 5
38 14 players 4
52 11 players 3
63 27 players 2
90 65 players 1

Top assists

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Finland Mika Ojala FC Inter 18
2 Finland Petteri Forsell IFK Mariehamn 8
3 Finland Aleksei Kangaskolkka IFK Mariehamn 7
Finland Toni Kolehmainen TPS 7
Finland Erfan Zeneli HJK 7
6 Finland Jarkko Hurme TPS 6
Finland Matti Klinga FC Lahti 6
Finland Mika Mäkitalo FC Lahti 6
Estonia Ats Purje KuPS 6
Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze FC Inter 6
Nigeria Babatunde Wusu JJK 6
12 Hungary Tamás Gruborovics JJK 5
Finland Miikka Ilo KuPS 5
Finland Mikko Innanen JJK 5
Finland Petteri Pennanen TPS 5
16 12 players 4
28 20 players 3
48 34 players 2
82 64 players 1

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
April[8] Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Finland Magnus Bahne (FC Inter)
May[9] Finland Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Hungary Tamás Gruborovics (JJK)
June[10] FinlandRussia Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Finland Sampo Koskinen (FC Honka)
July[11] Finland Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Finland Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
August[12] Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Finland Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
September[13] Finland Tommi Kautonen (FC Lahti) Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
October[14] Finland Antti Muurinen (HJK) Finland Rasmus Schüller (HJK)

Annual awards

Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (Finnish)

Position Player
Goalkeeper Finland Henrik Moisander (TPS)
Defender Finland Jarkko Hurme (TPS)
Midfielder Finland Mika Ojala (FC Inter)
Striker Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
Manager Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2012
  2. ↑ http://fcinter.com/ottelut.php?m=1
  3. ↑ http://fc.tps.fi/otteluohjelma.251.php?nayta=1
  4. ↑ "Vepsussa alkaa Okan aika". VPS (in Finnish) (VPS). 11 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "FC Haka vaihtaa päävalmentajaa". FC Haka (in Finnish) (FC Haka). 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Juha Malinen Hakan valmentajaksi, Attakora toppariksi". FC Haka (in Finnish) (FC Haka). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "IFK klara för Europa League". Ålandstidningen. 9 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja (Finnish)
  9. ↑ Toukokuun joukkue nimetty (Finnish)
  10. ↑ Sampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja (Finnish)
  11. ↑ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (Finnish)
  12. ↑ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  13. ↑ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  14. ↑ HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen (Finnish)
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