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2003 Veikkausliiga

The 2003 season was the 73rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 14th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Veikkausliiga
Season2003
ChampionsHJK Helsinki
Top goalscorerSaku Puhakainen, MyPa (14)
← 2002
2004 →

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2003 season was contested by 14 teams. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and sixth placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. The third and fourth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004, while FC KooTeePee and KuPS Kuopio were relegated to the Ykkönen.[1]

Participating clubs

In 2003 there were 14 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

[2]

League standings

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Location of teams in 2003 Veikkausliiga
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1HJK Helsinki (C)2617635115+3657Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2Haka Valkeakoski2616555416+3853Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3Tampere United2614573921+1847Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4MyPa Anjalankoski2613494629+1743
5FC Lahti2611874031+941
6Allianssi Vantaa26106104344−136Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
7FC Inter Turku26105114341+235
8Jaro Jakobstad269893638−235
9TPS Turku2688103035−532
10FC Jokerit2677122937−828
11FC Hämeenlinna2677122548−2328
12FC Jazz Pori2677123155−2428
13FC KooTeePee (R)2664162853−2522Qualification to relegation play-offs
14KuPS (R)2646162557−3218Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion/relegation playoff

  • RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1
  • KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2

RoPS Rovaniemi promoted, KooTeePee Kotka relegated.[2]

Results

Home \ AwayALLHAKHJKHÄMINTJARJAZJOKKTPKUPLAHMYPTAMTPS
AC Allianssi0–31–43–02–00–14–01–15–05–20–31–43–12–1
FC Haka5–00–14–00–12–35–00–12–03–15–10–11–01–0
HJK Helsinki2–20–03–02–10–03–01–15–03–02–01–02–01–1
Hämeenlinna0–32–20–31–01–11–32–12–14–32–31–00–00–1
Inter Turku5–22–41–24–11–12–03–22–11–21–11–01–30–2
Jaro2–00–22–32–20–60–12–03–14–21–10–20–04–1
Jazz1–11–12–62–01–21–10–33–22–21–12–21–12–1
Jokerit0–00–00–12–24–01–13–11–11–22–02–40–12–0
KooTeePee0–10–40–41–23–32–03–02–00–12–11–22–10–0
KuPS0–00–30–20–20–31–50–22–11–31–12–21–30–0
Lahti0–20–00–00–03–02–14–20–14–12–14–10–12–0
MyPa3–12–32–00–02–23–04–03–02–01–01–20–11–2
Tampere United4–20–21–04–01–00–12–05–00–04–11–32–02–0
TPS2–20–21–02–01–13–11–33–04–20–02–21–41–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading scorers

Pos.PlayerNat.ClubGoals
1.Saku Puhakainen MyPa14
2.Juho Mäkelä HJK13
-Gábor Szilágyi FC KooTeePee13
4.Luciano Álvarez FC Inter12
-Arístides Pertot FC Inter12
6.Mika Kottila HJK11
-Valeri Popovitch FC Haka11
8.Ryan Botha MyPa10
-Jari Niemi Tampere Utd10
-Sami Ristilä FC Haka10

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Footnotes

References

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