Veikkausliiga 1991

Veikkausliiga 1991
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 Veikkausliiga 1992 →
I divisioona 1991 ↓

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.

Helsinki (Helsingfors) Turku (Åbo) Oulu Lahti Jakobstad Pori Kuopio Valkeakoski Tampere Rovaniemi Mikkeli

Veikkausliiga clubs in 1991.

Participating teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstad's Central Plan	04,600
Haka Valkeakoski	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	06,400
HJK Helsinki	Helsinki	Sonera Stadium	10,766
Kuopion PS	Kuopio	Väinölänniemi stadium	02,543
Kuusysi Lahti Lahden Reipas	Lahti	Lahden kisapuisto	04,000
Mikkelin Palloilijat	Mikkeli	Mikkelin urheilupuisto	07,000
Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	Oulu	Heinäpään tekonurmi	01,000
Porin Pallo-Toverite	Pori	Pori Stadium	12,300
Rovaniemi PS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	02,800
Tampereen Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadium	05,040
Turku PS	Turku	Veritas stadium	09,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuusysi Lahti	33	16	11	6th	057:350	+22	59
2.	Mikkelin Palloilijat	33	17th	7th	9	060:360	+24	58
3.	Haka Valkeakoski	33	16	6th	11	059:370	+22	54
4th	FF Jaro (N)	33	14th	11	8th	046:330	+13	53
5.	HJK Helsinki (M)	33	14th	9	10	061:440	+17	51
6th	Tampereen Ilves (P)	33	13	12	8th	051:390	+12	51
7th	Rovaniemi PS	33	14th	8th	11	063:510	+12	50
8th.	Porin Pallo-Toverite (N)	33	11	10	12	052:440	+8	43
9.	Turku PS	33	11	10	12	047:560	−9	43
10.	Kuopion PS	33	8th	13	12	054:540	± 0	37
11.	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	33	7th	11	15th	033:530	−20	32
12.	Lahden Reipas	33	2	2	29	017: 118	−101	08th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Finnish champion and participation in the UEFA Champions League 1992/93

Participation in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1992/93

Relegation to the I divisioona in 1992

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

Match days 1–22 Kuusysi Lahti 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 0: 2 Mikkelin Palloilijat 2: 4 1: 3 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 6-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 Haka Valkeakoski 1: 2 0-0 3: 1 0: 2 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 4-0 0-0 0: 2 4-0 FF Jaro 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 3 0-0 5-0 HJK Helsinki 0: 4 0: 3 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 3-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 8: 2 Tampereen Ilves 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 3: 1 0-0 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 3-0 1: 1 5-0 Rovaniemi PS 1: 4 5: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 4: 3 3: 2 1-0 2-0 Porin Pallo-Toverite 1: 1 2: 3 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 0-0 2-0 2: 2 5-0 Turku PS 2: 2 3-0 0: 2 1: 4 0: 2 2: 2 0-0 0: 3 0-0 3: 2 4-0 Kuopion PS 0: 2 1: 1 5: 2 0: 2 2: 2 2: 2 4-0 2: 1 5: 2 3-0 2: 2 Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat 2: 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1: 3 0: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 Lahden Reipas 0: 1 0: 3 0: 5 0-0 1: 6 0: 1 0: 3 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1

Match days 23–33 Kuusysi Lahti 2: 3 - - 2-0 1: 1 1: 3 - 0: 1 - - 1-0 Mikkelin Palloilijat - - - - - 5: 2 1-0 - 3-0 3-0 4-0 Haka Valkeakoski 1: 1 1: 1 - - 1: 2 4: 1 2: 1 5-0 - - - FF Jaro 1: 1 1-0 2-0 - - - 1: 1 1: 1 - 1-0 - HJK Helsinki - 0: 4 3-0 3: 1 - - 3-0 - - 0-0 4: 1 Tampereen Ilves - 0: 1 - 1: 1 1-0 - - - 1: 1 4: 2 5-0 Rovaniemi PS - - - 0: 1 2: 2 4-0 - - 3-0 2: 2 11: 0 Porin Pallo-Toverite 2: 1 - - - - 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 4 - - Turku PS - 1: 2 - - 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 - - - 3-0 Kuopion PS 1: 2 - 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 - - - 1: 4 - - Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat 2: 3 - 2: 3 - - - - 2: 1 1: 5 1: 1 - Lahden Reipas - - 0: 5 0: 5 - - - 2: 4 - 2: 8 0: 3

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	6: 3	FinnPa Helsinki	3: 2	3: 1

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Kimmo Tarkkio	Haka Valkeakoski	23
2		Michael Belfield	Kuusysi Lahti	21st
3		Ismo Lius	HJK Helsinki	20th
4th		Jari Vanhala	FF Jaro	19th
5		Jari Litmanen	HJK Helsinki	16
		Ari Hjelm	Tampereen Ilves	16
		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 Dynamo Kiev
• Runner-up Kuusysi Lahti ( UEFA Cup 1991/92 )
  • 1st round: 1: 6 and 1: 0 against Liverpool
• Third Mikkelin Palloilijat (UEFA Cup 1991/92)
  • 1st round: 0: 2 and 1: 3 against Spartak Moscow
• Cup winners Tampereen Ilves ( European Cup Winners' Cup 1991/92 )
  • 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
• Runner-up Mikkelin Palloilijat ( UEFA Cup 1992/93 )
  • 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

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF
• Championship 1991 Finland Football Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} table and results. In: eu-football.info. Accessed March 31, 2019 .