2002 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season2002
Premiers HJK Helsinki
Top goalscorer Mika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18)
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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.

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Overview

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]

Participating clubs

In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

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Location of teams in 2002 Veikkausliiga

Preliminary stage

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 HJK Helsinki 2215343616+2048Qualification to Championship group
2 MyPa Anjalankoski 2212734320+2343
3 Haka Valkeakoski 2211563118+1338
4 Allianssi Vantaa 2210483536−134
5 FC Inter Turku 228862817+1132
6 Tampere United 2271142315+832
7 FC Lahti 229582326−332
8 Jaro Jakobstad 2275102336−1326
9 KuPS Kuopio 2266102630−424Qualification to Relegation group
10 FC Hämeenlinna 2239102334−1118
11 VPS Vaasa 2245132139−1817
12 FC Jazz Pori 2244141742−2516
Source: [2]

Results

Home \ Away ALL HAK HÄM HJK INT JAR JAZ KUP LAH MYP TAM VPS
AC Allianssi 0–32–12–22–01–05–24–22–02–31–16–1
FC Haka 4–01–12–10–02–12–10–10–11–31–12–1
Hämeenlinna 2–20–10–10–00–13–02–12–10–01–12–4
HJK Helsinki 2–00–34–11–04–21–04–00–11–11–02–0
Inter Turku 1–01–04–10–13–10–00–03–01–10–15–1
Jaro 3–20–11–10–42–02–00–00–30–32–02–1
Jazz 0–10–30–00–20–50–12–21–20–11–02–0
KuPS 4–02–11–00–10–02–27–11–22–10–10–2
Lahti 1–20–02–20–10–20–03–22–12–10–20–0
MyPa 4–02–13–33–01–15–11–32–03–10–03–0
Tampere United 0–02–22–01–13–01–10–03–01–10–12–1
VPS 0–10–12–10–22–23–11–20–00–11–11–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Championship group

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 HJK Helsinki (C)2920545121+3065Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 MyPa Anjalankoski 2917935725+3260Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Haka Valkeakoski 2915775130+2152
4 Allianssi Vantaa 29125123944−541Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tampere United 2981563124+739
6 FC Inter Turku 2999113329+436
7 Jaro Jakobstad 29106133446−1236
8 FC Lahti 2996142544−1933
Source: [2]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ALL HAK HJK INT JAR MYP LAH TAM
AC Allianssi 1–00–10–31–0
FC Haka 2–11–14–21–1
HJK Helsinki 1–02–02–23–2
Inter Turku 2–50–10–2
Jaro 1–14–13–1
MyPa 5–32–01–01–0
Lahti 0–40–50–2
Tampere United 1–10–01–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 KuPS Kuopio 7412144+1016
2 TPS Turku (P)7421109+115Promotion to Veikkausliiga
3 FC Hämeenlinna 730488011
4 FC Jokerit (P)73131313010Promotion to Veikkausliiga
5 FC Jazz Pori 723265+19
6 FC KooTeePee (P)7223811−39Promotion to Veikkausliiga
7 VPS Vaasa (R)7223612−69Relegation to Ykkönen
8 TP-47 721469−37
Source: [2]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Leading scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mika Kottila Flag of Finland.svg HJK Helsinki 18
2 Valeri Popovitch Flag of Russia.svg Haka Valkeakoski 17
3 Petteri Kaijasilta Flag of Finland.svg Allianssi Vantaa 13
3 Saku Puhakainen Flag of Finland.svg MyPa 47 Anjalankoski 13
5 Richard Teberio Flag of Sweden.svg Inter Turku 11

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Finland 2002". RSSSF . 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF . 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF . 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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