Veikkausliiga 2018

Veikkausliiga 2018
master	HJK Helsinki
Champions League qualification	HJK Helsinki
Europa League qualification	Rovaniemi PS Kuopion PS , Inter Turku
Cup winners	Inter Turku
Relegation ↓	Turku PS
Relegated	Turku PS PS Kemi Kings
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	490  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer	Klauss ( HJK Helsinki ) 21 goals
← Veikkausliiga 2017 Veikkausliiga 2019 →
Ykkönen 2018 ↓

The Veikkausliiga 2018 was the 29th season of the highest Finnish league in football the men under that name as well as the 88th season since their introduction in 1930. The season began on April 7 and ended on 27 October 2018th

On matchday 29, HJK Helsinki became the 29th Finnish champions by beating Rovaniemi PS 3-0 . At the end of the season, the club from the capital had 16 points ahead of Rovaniemi PS. On the third to last game day PS Kemi Kings was determined to be relegated. Newcomers Turku PS also had to relegate as the loser in the relegation .

mode

The championship was played in a triple round. Each team played 33 games this season. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.

Helsinki Seinäjoki Rovaniemi Lahti Turku Kuopio Mariehamn Vaasa Tampere Espoo Kemi

Clubs of the Veikkausliiga 2018.

Participating teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Honka Espoo	Espoo	Tapiolan urheilupuisto	04,100
FC Lahti	Lahti	Paavo Nurmi Stadium	13,000
HJK Helsinki	Helsinki	Telia 5G -areena	10,770
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	05,637
Inter Turku	Turku	Veritas stadium	09,372
Kuopion PS	Kuopio	Magnum Areena	04,700
PS Kemi Kings	Kemi	Sauvosaaren urheilupuisto	04,500
Rovaniemi PS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	04,768
Seinäjoen JK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP stadium	06,000
Tampereen Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadium	05,040
Turku PS	Turku	Veritas stadium	09,372
Vaasan PS	Vaasa	Elisa Stadium	06.009

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	HJK Helsinki (M, P)	33	24	6th	3	061:190	+42	78
2.	Rovaniemi PS	33	18th	8th	7th	042:250	+17	62
3.	Kuopion PS	33	17th	7th	9	056:370	+19	58
4th	FC Honka Espoo (N, R)	33	15th	13	5	051:330	+18	58
5.	Tampereen Ilves	33	14th	7th	12	045:410	+4	49
6th	Vaasan PS	33	10	11	12	037:430	−6	41
7th	Inter Turku	33	10	10	13	037:440	−7	40
8th.	FC Lahti	33	9	13	11	030:380	−8	40
9.	Seinäjoen JK	33	8th	8th	17th	028:370	−9	32
10.	IFK Mariehamn	33	8th	7th	18th	037:590	−22	31
11.	Turku PS (N)	33	7th	8th	18th	037:550	−18	29
12.	PS Kemi Kings 1	33	6th	6th	21st	029:590	−30	24

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

Finnish champions and participation in the second qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the Ykkönen 2019

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(R)	Winner of the relegation games
(N)	Newcomers

¹ PS Kemi Kings played in the third class Kakkonen for financial reasons the following season.

Crosstab

Match days 1–22 HJK Helsinki 2: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3: 1 5-0 3-0 1: 2 4-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 Rovaniemi PS 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 Kuopion PS 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 5: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 2: 3 FC Honka Espoo 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 Tampereen Ilves 0-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 3 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 Vaasan PS 1: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 3: 1 Inter Turku 0-0 3: 3 0: 1 2: 3 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 2-0 3-0 1: 2 1-0 FC Lahti 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 Seinäjoen JK 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 2-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 IFK Mariehamn 0: 1 1: 3 1: 4 1: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 3 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 Turku PS 0: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 3: 2 PS Kemi Kings 1: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 4 0-0 1-0 2: 3 2: 2

Match days 23–33 HJK Helsinki 3-0 - - - 1-0 3-0 - 1-0 2-0 - 0-0 Rovaniemi PS - 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 - - - 0: 1 1-0 - - Kuopion PS 0: 1 - 1: 1 2-0 - - 2: 1 - - 2: 1 3: 1 FC Honka Espoo 0-0 - - - 3: 1 - 2-0 - - 3-0 2: 1 Tampereen Ilves 1: 2 - - 0: 1 - 1-0 0: 1 - - 2-0 4-0 Vaasan PS - 1: 2 0: 3 - 1: 2 - - 0: 2 1: 1 - - Inter Turku - 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 - 1: 1 2-0 - 1: 1 - - FC Lahti 0: 2 1: 2 - - - 1: 1 - - - 2: 5 1: 2 Seinäjoen JK - - 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3 - 2: 2 0-0 - 1-0 - IFK Mariehamn - - 1: 2 0-0 3: 6 - - 3-0 1-0 2: 2 - Turku PS 0: 4 1: 2 - - - 4: 1 1-0 - - - 4: 1 PS Kemi Kings - 0: 2 - - - 0: 2 0: 2 - 0-0 2-0 -

Relegation

The 2nd of the Ykkönen 2018 played against the 11th of the Veikkausliiga 2018 in the relegation . The first leg took place on October 31 and the second leg on November 3, 2018. Kokkolan Palloveikot qualified for the Veikkausliiga 2019 due to the away goals rule .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kokkolan Palloveikot	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Turku PS	0-0	1: 1

List of goalscorers

The Brazilian Klauss was the top scorer with 21 goals

space	player	team	Gates
01.	Klauss	HJK Helsinki	21st
02.	Rasmus Karjalainen	Kuopion PS	17th
03.	Macoumba Kandji	FC Honka Espoo	16
04th	Borjas Martín	FC Honka Espoo	12
	Petteri Pennanen	Kuopion PS
06th	Aleksei Kangaskolkka	IFK Mariehamn	10
	Sebastian Strandvall	Vaasan PS
08th.	Timo Furuholm	Inter Turku	09
	Marius Noubissi	Tampereen Ilves
10.	Mika Ääritalo	Turku PS	08th
	Benjamin Källman	Inter Turku
	Lassi Lappalainen	Rovaniemi PS

Web links

• Finland 2018 RSSSF
• Championship 2018 Finland Football Archive
• Table and results soccerway.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2018 julkaistu , veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} table and results. In: eu-football.info. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Goal scorers Veikkausliiga 2018. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .