2010 Veikkausliiga

The 2010 Veikkausliiga was the 80th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 16 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010.

Veikkausliiga
Season2010
ChampionsHJK
7th Veikkausliiga title
23rd Finnish title
RelegatedLahti
Champions LeagueHJK
Europa LeagueKuPS
TPS (via dom. cup)
Honka
Matches played182
Goals scored513 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerJuho Mäkelä
(16 goals)
Biggest home winJJK 6–1 Oulu
(5 July)
Jaro 5-0 Haka
(2 August)
TPS 5-0 Oulu
(22 September)
Biggest away winKuPS 0–5 HJK
(16 April)
Highest scoringKuPS 6–2 TamU
(30 June)
Longest winning runTPS (5 games)
(1 August–28 August)
Longest unbeaten run8 games by 2 teams
HJK
(24 May–10 July)
Tampere United
(3 May–20 June)
Longest winless runFC Lahti (11 games)
(10 May–16 July)
Longest losing runAC Oulu (6 games)
(19 June–30 July)
2009
2011

Teams

RoPS finished at the bottom of the 2009 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions AC Oulu. 13th-placed Veikkausliiga team JJK and Ykkönen runners-up KPV competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in this season. JJK won 5–3 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.

Team summaries

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerKitmaker
AC OuluOuluCastrén4,000 Juha MalinenUmbro
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000 Mika LehkosuoKappa
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Job DragtsmaNike
FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000 Ilkka MäkeläUmbro
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000 / Alexei Eremenko Sr.Errea
HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 Sami RistiläUmbro
HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770 Antti MuurinenAdidas
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000 Pekka LyyskiPuma
JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 Kari MartonenLegea
KuPSKuopioKuopion keskuskenttä5,000 Esa PekonenPuma
MYPAAnjalankoskiSaviniemi4,167 Janne LindbergPuma
Tampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000 Ari HjelmPuma
TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Marko RajamäkiPuma
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600 Tommi PikkarainenUmbro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1HJK (C)2615744319+2452Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2KuPS2615384536+948Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3TPS2613674630+1645Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4FC Honka2612594234+841Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5FF Jaro26115104234+838
6FC Inter2610793432+237
7Tampere United26104123746−934
8Haka2696113038−833
9MYPA2671183639−332
10VPS2687112940−1131
11AC Oulu2686123144−1330
12IFK Mariehamn2677123843−528
13JJK (O)2683153441−727Qualification to relegation play-offs
14FC Lahti (R)26511102637−1126Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Relegation play-offs

The 13th placed team of 2010 Veikkausliiga and the runners-up of the 2010 Ykkönen will compete in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2011 Veikkausliiga.[1] JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga.

FC Viikingit1 – 1JJK
Sesay 87'Hyyrynen 62'

JJK2 – 0FC Viikingit
Tuomanen 9'
Linjala 31'
Attendance: 3232

Results

Home \ AwayHAKHJKHONINTJARJJKKPSLAHMARMYPACOTAMTPSVPS
Haka0–32–01–34–31–22–10–02–10–12–01–00–01–1
HJK1–10–12–22–11–01–20–03–12–02–03–12–03–0
FC Honka4–23–11–13–12–32–11–23–03–13–40–21–00–0
FC Inter1–00–02–02–03–21–31–31–11–10–20–21–21–0
FF Jaro5–01–10–00–11–30–12–02–03–21–22–21–33–2
JJK1–21–20–10–31–21–32–20–21–16–10–10–20–1
KuPS1–00–50–22–12–12–01–10–02–13–16–22–11–2
FC Lahti0–10–12–41–11–30–02–11–10–20–30–11–32–1
IFK Mariehamn2–31–22–23–00–03–21–22–21–20–22–32–10–3
MYPA2–11–12–23–20–12–41–11–12–11–13–02–22–2
AC Oulu1–11–12–01–00–11–22–51–20–01–13–00–21–1
Tampere United2–12–02–10–11–40–21–30–03–41–13–11–13–0
TPS1–10–11–02–20–32–03–03–21–43–05–04–31–1
VPS2–10–31–30–31–10–12–01–11–42–12–03–10–3
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the Month
April[2] Kari Martonen (JJK) Janne Korhonen (Haka)
May Esa Pekonen (KuPS) Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
June[3] Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Henri Lehtonen (FC Inter)
July[4] Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Tamás Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn)
August[5] Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Roope Riski (TPS)
September[6] / Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Toni Kolehmainen (TPS)
October[7] Sami Ristilä (Haka) Dudu (KuPS)

Players of the year

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

PositionPlayer
Best Goalkeeper Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS)
Best Defender Juhani Ojala (HJK)
Best Midfielder Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
Best Striker Juho Mäkelä (HJK)
Best Player Medo (HJK)

References

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