2006 Veikkausliiga
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The 2006 season of the Veikkausliiga the 17th season in the league's history, began on April 19 and ended on October 29.
The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Allianssi was refused a license, and the league was subsequently played with only 13 teams.
Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Tampere United | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 51 |
| 2 | HJK | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 45 |
| 3 | FC Haka1. | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 44 |
| 4 | FC Honka | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 42 |
| 5 | IFK Mariehamn | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 37 |
| 6 | MyPa2. | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 34 |
| 7 | TPS | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 31 |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 31 |
| 9 | VPS | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 36 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | FC Inter | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | FC KooTeePee | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 27 |
| 12 | FF Jaro | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 19 |
| 13 | KuPS | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 41 | -23 | 19 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
1. FC Haka gained HJK's UEFA Cup place as HJK won the Finnish Cup. The Intertoto Cup place was given to FC Honka.
2. MyPa were awarded a place in the UEFA Cup as Fair Play Award winners.
| UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round | |
| UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round | |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | |
| Relegation to Ykkönen |
European results
- MyPa prevailed in the first round against The New Saints, but was knocked out by FC Copenhagen in the second round
- HJK lost the first round to Drogheda United
- FC Haka lost the first round to FC Levadia Tallinn
- Tampere United won the first round against Carmarthen Town F.C., but was knocked out by Kalmar FF in the second round
Promotions and relegations
- The 2007 season is once again being contested by 14 teams. Only one team, KuPS, was relegated, while two teams from Division 1 were promoted, being FC Viikingit and AC Oulu.
Top goal scorers
| Position | Player | Country | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Hermanni Vuorinen |  | FC Honka | 16 |
| 2 | Rafael |  | FC Lahti | 13 |
| 3 | Farid Ghazi |  | HJK | 12 |
| 4 | Ville Lehtinen | | Tampere Utd | 11 |
| - | Mikko Paatelainen | | FF Jaro | 11 |
| - | Antti Pohja | | HJK | 11 |
| 7 | Ady | / | TPS | 10 |
| - | Valtter Laaksonen | | FC Inter | 10 |
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