Veikkausliiga 2007

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Veikkausliiga 2007
Veikkausliiga logo
master Tampere United
Champions League
qualification		 Tampere United
UEFA Cup
qualification		 Haka Valkeakoski
FC Honka Espoo
UI cup Turku PS
Cup winners Tampere United
Relegation ↓ FC Viikingit (0-1 and 1-1 against Rovaniemi PS )
Relegated FC Viikingit
AC Oulu
Teams 14th
Games 182 + 2 relegation games
Gates 458  (ø 2.52 per game)
spectator 541,632  (ø 2976 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Rafael ( FC Lahti ) 14 goals
← Veikkausliiga 2006

The Veikkausliiga 2007 was the 18th season of the Finnish top division in men's football under this name and the 77th season since its introduction in 1930. The season started on April 21 and ended on October 27, 2007.

Defending champions Tampere United became Finnish champions for the third time.

mode

The 14 teams played against each other twice on a total of 26 match days, divided into a first and a second round. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.

Clubs of the Veikkausliiga 2007.

Participating teams

society city Stadion capacity
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadium 06,640
FC Honka Espoo Espoo Tapiolan urheilupuisto 04,100
FC KooTeePee Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 04,780
FC Viikingit Helsinki Vuosaaren Urheilukentta Stadium 04,200
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstad's Central Plan 04,600
FC Lahti Lahti Lahti stadium 14,465
Haka Valkeakoski Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 06,400
HJK Helsinki Helsinki Finnair Stadium 10,770
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 05,637
Inter Turku Turku Veritas stadium 09,372
Myllycosken Pallo -47 Kouvola Saviniemen jalkapallo stadium 04.167
Tampere United Tampere Tammela Stadium 05,050
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. Tampere United (M)  26th  16  6th  4th 045:270 +18 54
 2. Haka Valkeakoski  26th  13  7th  6th 039:230 +16 46
 3. Turku PS  26th  13  4th  9 043:330 +10 43
 4th FC Honka Espoo 1  26th  10  11  5 034:250  +9 41
 5. Myllycosken Pallo -47  26th  11  7th  8th 029:260  +3 40
 6th IFK Mariehamn  26th  9  10  7th 031:300  +1 37
 7th HJK Helsinki (P)  26th  7th  13  6th 031:250  +6 34
 8th. FC Lahti  26th  9  6th  11 038:340  +4 33
 9. Inter Turku  26th  9  6th  11 032:280  +4 33
10. Vaasan PS  26th  7th  11  8th 026:350  −9 32
11. FF Jaro  26th  7th  7th  12 030:410 −11 28
12. FC KooTeePee  26th  7th  5  14th 027:380 −11 26th
13. FC Viikingit (N)  26th  5  8th  13 025:440 −19 23
14th AC Oulu (N)  26th  5  7th  14th 028:490 −21 22nd

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

1 FC Honka Espoo qualified as cup finalists.
  • Finnish champion and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the first qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
  • Relegated to the Ykkönen in 2008
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    2007 Tampere United Haka Valkeakoski Turku PS FC Honka Espoo Myllycosken Pallo -47 IFK Mariehamn HJK Helsinki FC Lahti Inter Turku Vaasan PS FF Jaro FC KooTeePee FC Viikingit AC Oulu
    1. Tampere United 2: 1 3-0 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 4: 1
    2. Haka Valkeakoski 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 3: 3 1: 2 1-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 1-0 2-0
    3. Turku PS 1: 3 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 3: 2 5-0 4-0
    4th FC Honka Espoo 1: 2 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0
    5. Myllycosken Pallo -47 4: 1 0: 3 0: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 2
    6th IFK Mariehamn 1-0 0: 1 0: 3 0-0 0: 2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 3: 2 4: 2 0-0
    7th HJK Helsinki 0: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 5-0 2: 2 0: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0
    8th. FC Lahti 0: 2 1: 1 2: 3 2: 2 0: 1 4: 1 3: 1 2: 2 6-0 1: 4 2-0 0: 2 2: 1
    9. Inter Turku 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 5-0 5: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0
    10. Vaasan PS 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 5-0
    11. FF Jaro 0: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 0-0 3-0 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 1
    12. FC KooTeePee 0: 3 1: 2 4: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 3-0
    13. FC Viikingit 3: 3 0: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1: 4 2: 2 1: 1 0: 4 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 3: 1
    14th AC Oulu 2-0 1: 1 1: 3 3: 3 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 3: 3 5: 1 1: 2 1: 1

    Relegation

    In the relegation played on November 3rd and 7th 2007 the table thirteenth of the Veikkausliiga and the table runner-up of the Ykkönen for the last free place for the next season of the Veikkausliiga.

    total First leg Return leg
    Rovaniemi PS 2: 1 FC Viikingit 1-0 1: 1

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. player team Gates
    01. BrazilBrazil Rafael FC Lahti 14th
    02. FinlandFinland Toni Lehtinen Haka Valkeakoski 11
    03. FinlandFinland Mikko Paatelainen Turku PS 09
    FinlandFinland Berat Sadik FC Lahti
    05. FinlandFinland Jami Puustinen FC Honka Espoo 08th
    FinlandFinland Mika Ääritalo Turku PS

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Accessed March 31, 2019 .