Veikkausliiga 1991
Veikkausliiga 1991 | |
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master | Kuusysi Lahti |
Champions League | Kuusysi Lahti |
Uefa cup | Mikkelin Palloilijat |
Cup winners | Turku PS |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
Turku PS |
Relegation ↓ | Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat (3-2 and 3-1 against FinnPa Helsinki ) |
Relegated | Lahden Reipas |
Teams | 12 |
Games | 198 |
Gates | 600 (ø 3.03 per game) |
spectator | 376.904 (ø 1904 per game) |
Top scorer | Kimmo Tarkkio ( Haka ) 23 goals |
← Veikkausliiga 1990 | |
The Veikkausliiga 1991 was the second season of the Finnish top division in men's football under this name and the 61st season since its introduction in 1930. It began on April 21 and ended on October 20.
Kuusysi Lahti became the master . Last year's runner-up was one point ahead of Mikkelin Palloilijat at the end of the season .
mode
The twelve teams played against each other three times on 33 match days. Each team played at least once at home and once away. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.
The 1991 season was the first season in which the 3-point rule was played.
Veikkausliiga clubs in 1991. |
Participating teams
society | city | Stadion | capacity |
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FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstad's Central Plan | 4,600 |
Haka Valkeakoski | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 6,400 |
HJK Helsinki | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,766 |
Kuopion PS | Kuopio | Väinölänniemi stadium | 2,543 |
Kuusysi Lahti Lahden Reipas |
Lahti | Lahden kisapuisto | 4,000 |
Mikkelin Palloilijat | Mikkeli | Mikkelin urheilupuisto | 7,000 |
Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat | Oulu | Heinäpään tekonurmi | 1,000 |
Porin Pallo-Toverite | Pori | Pori Stadium | 12,300 |
Rovaniemi PS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 2,800 |
Tampereen Ilves | Tampere | Tammela Stadium | 5,040 |
Turku PS | Turku | Veritas stadium | 9,000 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Kuusysi Lahti | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6th | 57:35 | +22 | 59 |
2. | Mikkelin Palloilijat | 33 | 17th | 7th | 9 | 60:36 | +24 | 58 |
3. | Haka Valkeakoski | 33 | 16 | 6th | 11 | 59:37 | +22 | 54 |
4th | FF Jaro (N) | 33 | 14th | 11 | 8th | 46:33 | +13 | 53 |
5. | HJK Helsinki (M) | 33 | 14th | 9 | 10 | 61:44 | +17 | 51 |
6th | Tampereen Ilves (P) | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8th | 51:39 | +12 | 51 |
7th | Rovaniemi PS | 33 | 14th | 8th | 11 | 63:51 | +12 | 50 |
8th. | Porin Pallo-Toverite (N) | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 52:44 | +8 | 43 |
9. | Turku PS | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 47:56 | −9 | 43 |
10. | Kuopion PS | 33 | 8th | 13 | 12 | 54:54 | ± 0 | 37 |
11. | Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat | 33 | 7th | 11 | 15th | 33:53 | −20 | 32 |
12. | Lahden Reipas | 33 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17: 118 | −101 | 8th |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(M) | reigning master |
(P) | reigning cup winner |
(N) | Newcomers |
Crosstab
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Relegation
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat | 6: 3 | FinnPa Helsinki | 3: 2 | 3: 1 |
List of goalscorers
Pl. | Nat. | player | society | Gates |
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Kimmo Tarkkio | Haka Valkeakoski | 23 |
2 |
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Michael Belfield | Kuusysi Lahti | 21st |
3 |
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Ismo Lius | HJK Helsinki | 20th |
4th |
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Jari Vanhala | FF Jaro | 19th |
5 |
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Jari Litmanen | HJK Helsinki | 16 |
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Ari Hjelm | Tampereen Ilves | 16 | |
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Juha Karvinen | Mikkelin Palloilijat | 16 |
Performance in the European Cup 1991/92
During the 1991 Veikkausliiga season, four Finnish teams were involved in international competitions:
- Champion HJK Helsinki ( European Champion Clubs' Cup 1991/92 )
- 1st round: 0: 1 and 0: 3 against
- 1st round: 1: 6 and 1: 0 against Liverpool
- 1st round: 0: 2 and 1: 3 against Spartak Moscow
- 1st round: 2-3 and 2-1 against Glenavon FC
- 2nd round: 1: 1 and 2: 5 against AS Roma
Performance in the European Cup 1992/93
Three clubs qualified for international competitions after the 1991 Veikkausliiga season:
- Champion & cup winner Kuusysi Lahti ( UEFA Champions League 1992/93 )
- 1st round: 1-0 and 0-2 n.V. against Dinamo Bucharest
- 1st round: 1-0 and 0-2 n.V. against Dinamo Bucharest
- Runner-up Mikkelin Palloilijat ( UEFA Cup 1992/93 )
- 1st round: 0: 5 and 1: 5 against FC Copenhagen
- 1st round: 0: 5 and 1: 5 against FC Copenhagen
- 2nd Cup winner Turun PS ( European Cup Winners' Cup 1992/93 )
- 1st round: 0: 2 and 2: 2 against Trabzonspor
- 1st round: 0: 2 and 2: 2 against Trabzonspor
Web links
- Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF
- Championship 1991 Finland Football Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b table and results. In: eu-football.info. Accessed March 31, 2019 .