| Season | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Premiers | HJK Helsinki |
| Top goalscorer | Mika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18) |
← 2001 2003 → | |
The 2002 season was the 72nd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 13th season of the Veikkausliiga. This season three teams could promote from the 2nd division and only one would relegate, because the Veikkausliiga would extend its number of participating teams from 12 to 14, starting the 2003 season.
The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2002 season was contested by 12 teams. Following the Preliminary Stage, the higher eight teams progressed to the Championship Group while the lower four teams competed in the Promotion/Relegation Group with the higher 4 teams from the Ykkönen. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while VPS Vaasa were relegated to the Ykkönen. [1]
In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK Helsinki | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 48 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | MyPa Anjalankoski | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 43 | |
| 3 | Haka Valkeakoski | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 38 | |
| 4 | Allianssi Vantaa | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 34 | |
| 5 | FC Inter Turku | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 32 | |
| 6 | Tampere United | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 32 | |
| 7 | FC Lahti | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Jaro Jakobstad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 26 | |
| 9 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 24 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | FC Hämeenlinna | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 18 | |
| 11 | VPS Vaasa | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 17 | |
| 12 | FC Jazz Pori | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 16 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK Helsinki (C) | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | MyPa Anjalankoski | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Haka Valkeakoski | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 52 | |
| 4 | Allianssi Vantaa | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Tampere United | 29 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 39 | |
| 6 | FC Inter Turku | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Jaro Jakobstad | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 36 | |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 33 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KuPS Kuopio | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 16 | |
| 2 | TPS Turku (P) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 15 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 3 | FC Hämeenlinna | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | FC Jokerit (P) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 5 | FC Jazz Pori | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | |
| 6 | FC KooTeePee (P) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 9 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 7 | VPS Vaasa (R) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 9 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
| 8 | TP-47 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Kottila |  | HJK Helsinki | 18 |
| 2 | Valeri Popovits |  | Haka Valkeakoski | 17 |
| 3 | Petteri Kaijasilta | | Allianssi Vantaa | 13 |
| 3 | Saku Puhakainen | | MyPa 47 Anjalankoski | 13 |
| 5 | Richard Teberio |  | Inter Turku | 11 |
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