Veikkausliiga 1997

Veikkausliiga 1997
master	HJK Helsinki
Champions League qualification	HJK Helsinki
UEFA Cup qualification	FinnPa Helsinki , Vaasan PS
UI cup	Turku PS
Cup winners	Haka Valkeakoski
European Cup Winners' Cup	Haka Valkeakoski
Relegation ↓	TP-Seinäjoki (1: 3 and 4: 4 against PK-35 Helsinki )
Relegated	TP-Seinäjoki Inter Turku
Teams	10
Games	135 + 2 relegation games
Gates	334  (ø 2.47 per game)
spectator	276.066  (ø 2045 per game)
Top scorer	Rafael , ( HJK Helsinki ) 11 goals
← Veikkausliiga 1996 Veikkausliiga 1998 →
Ykkönen 1997 ↓

The 1997 Veikkausliiga was the eighth season of the Finnish top division in men's football under this name and the 67th season since its inception in 1930.

HJK Helsinki, who had only just barely held their own in relegation against relegation the year before , won the championship with a sovereign advantage of ten points over the Vaasan PS. Defending champion FC Jazz Pori was only seventh.

In the final of the Finnish Football Cup , FC Haka from Valkeakoski won 2-1 after extra time over Turku PS. Turku had already been in the final in the preseason and were narrowly inferior to HJK Helsinki on penalties. The cup final in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on October 25th was watched by around 4,100 spectators.

HJK Helsinki won the league cup , which was played for the fourth time , with a 2-0 win over Vaasan PS in the final. HJK won this title for the third time.

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Ten teams played for the Finnish championship. This was played out in a triple round, with each team playing 27 games. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.

Helsinki (Helsingfors) Turku (Åbo) Jakobstad Pori Rovaniemi Seinäjoki Kouvola Vaasa

Clubs of the Veikkausliiga 1997.

Participating teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Jazz Pori	Pori	Pori Stadium	12,300
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstad's Central Plan	04,600
FinnPa Helsinki HJK Helsinki	Helsinki	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	39,784
TP-Seinäjoki	Seinäjoki	Seinäjoen keskuskenttä	04,000
Myllycosken Pallo -47	Kouvola	Saviniemen jalkapallo stadium	04.167
Rovaniemi PS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	02,800
Inter Turku Turku PS	Turku	Veritas stadium	09,372
Vaasan PS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	04,600

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	HJK Helsinki (P)	27	18th	4th	5	053:180	+35	58
2.	Vaasan PS	27	13	9	5	040:200	+20	48
3.	FinnPa Helsinki	27	10	9	8th	027:360	−9	39
4th	Turku PS	27	10	8th	9	043:410	+2	38
5.	Myllycosken Pallo -47	27	8th	13	6th	031:230	+8	37
6th	Rovaniemi PS	27	9	6th	12	031:300	+1	33
7th	FC Jazz Pori (M)	27	8th	7th	12	031:420	−11	31
8th.	FF Jaro	27	8th	4th	15th	033:480	−15	28
9.	TP-Seinäjoki (N)	27	5	12	10	022:340	−12	27
10.	Inter Turku	27	6th	8th	13	023:420	−19	26th

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

Finnish champion and participation in the first qualifying round for the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

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

Crosstab

Match days 1–18 HJK Helsinki 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 3: 2 3: 2 6: 1 1-0 Vaasan PS 0-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 FinnPa Helsinki 0: 2 0: 4 3: 3 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 Turku PS 0: 2 0: 3 7-0 0-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 0: 1 Myllycosken Pallo -47 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 0-0 Rovaniemi PS 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 4: 2 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 FC Jazz Pori 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 2 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 5: 2 FF Jaro 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 5 0: 3 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 TP-Seinäjoki 1: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 Inter Turku 0: 1 1: 3 0: 1 0: 3 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 2

Match days 19–27 HJK Helsinki 3: 1 - 5-0 3-0 0-0 - 4: 1 - - Vaasan PS - 0-0 - - 3: 1 1-0 - 4-0 4: 1 FinnPa Helsinki 1-0 - - 2-0 - 3-0 - 1-0 2: 2 Turku PS - 2: 1 1: 1 - 1: 1 - 3-0 - - Myllycosken Pallo -47 - 0: 1 - 0-0 3: 1 - 3: 1 - 3-0 Rovaniemi PS - - 1-0 - - 5: 1 - 0: 1 1-0 FC Jazz Pori 0: 2 - - 1: 3 1: 1 - 0: 2 0: 2 - FF Jaro - 0: 2 3-0 - - 0: 2 - - 0: 2 TP-Seinäjoki 0: 1 - - 2: 2 2: 2 - - 1: 1 - Inter Turku 0: 4 - - 0: 2 - - 0: 1 - 0: 2

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
PK-35 Helsinki	7: 5	TP-Seinäjoki	3: 1	4: 4

TP-Seinäjoki thus descended, PK-35 Helsinki rose.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Rafael	HJK Helsinki	11
2		Ismo Lius	Rovaniemi PS	10
		Jyrki Huhtamäki	Vaasan PS	10
4th		Marco	FC Jazz Pori	09
		Petteri Kaijasilta	Turku PS	09

International performance 1997/98

During the Veikkausliiga season 1997, four Finnish teams were involved in international competitions that had qualified after the Veikkausliiga season 1996:

competition	round	opponent	To	Back	total
Champion FC Jazz Pori :
UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	FC Lantana Tallinn	1-0	2-0	3-0
	2nd qualifying round	Feyenoord Rotterdam	2: 6	1: 2	3: 8
Uefa cup	1 round	TSV 1860 Munich	0: 1	1: 6	2: 7
Vice champion Myllykosken Pallo -47 :
Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Apollon Limassol	1: 1	0: 3	1: 4
Third TPS Turku :
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula Kongsvinger IL SK Lommel Halmstads BK	1: 2 2: 0 1: 1 1: 6		4. (of 5)
Cup winners HJK Helsinki :
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	NK Zagreb	1-0	0: 3	1: 3

International performance 1998/99

After the Veikkausliiga season 1997, five clubs qualified for international competitions in the 1998/99 season:

competition	round	opponent	To	Back	total
Master HJK Helsinki :
UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	FC Yerevan	2-0	3-0	5-0
	2nd qualifying round	FC Metz	1-0	1: 1	2: 1
	Group stage	PSV Eindhoven 1. FC Kaiserslautern Benfica Lisbon	1: 2 0: 0 2: 0	1: 3 2: 5 2: 2	4. (of 4)
Vice champion Vaasan PS :
Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	HB Tórshavn	0: 2	4-0	4: 2
	2nd qualifying round	Graz AK	0-0	0: 3	0: 3
Third FinnPa Helsinki :
Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1: 3	1: 3	2: 6
Fourth TPS Turku :
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	FC Sion	0: 1	3: 2	3: 3
	2nd round	Shinnik Yaroslavl	0: 2	2: 3	2: 5
Cup winner Haka Valkeakoski :
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	Bangor City	2-0	1-0	3-0
	1 round	Panionios Athens	0: 2	1: 3	1: 5

Web links

• Finland 1997 RSSSF
• Championship 1997 Finland Football Archive

Individual evidence

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