2006 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season2006
Champions Tampere United
2nd Finnish title
Relegated KuPS
Champions League Tampere United
UEFA Cup HJK, MyPa, FC Haka
Matches played156
Goals scored410 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Finland.svg Hermanni Vuorinen (16)
Biggest home win TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee
Biggest away win KuPS 0 - 5 TPS
Highest scoring TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee
FF Jaro 2 - 5 FC Honka
2005
2007

The 2006 season of the Veikkausliiga the 17th season in the league's history, which began on April 19 and ended on October 29.
The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Allianssi was refused a license, so the league was subsequently played with only 13 teams.

Contents

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Tampere United (C)2416353918+2151Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 HJK 2413654518+2745Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round [a]
3 FC Haka 2413563724+1344
4 FC Honka 2413385032+1842Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 IFK Mariehamn 2410773122+937
6 MyPa 24104102526134Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round [b]
7 TPS 2494113538331
8 FC Lahti 2494112634831
9 VPS 24851126361029
10 FC Inter 24771025351028
11 FC KooTeePee 24831326441827
12 FF Jaro 24471327421519
13 KuPS (R)24541518412319Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Haka gained HJK's UEFA Cup place as HJK won the Finnish Cup. The Intertoto Cup place was given to FC Honka.
  2. MyPa were awarded a place in the UEFA Cup as Fair Play Award winners.

Results

Home \ Away HAK HJK HON INT JAR KTP KUP LAH IFK MYP TAM TPS VPS
FC Haka 2–22–00–03–13–12–11–11–01–20–30–14–1
HJK 1–23–05–04–05–01–00–10–04–10–33–23–0
FC Honka 0–20–06–03–24–14–05–02–12–21–30–12–1
FC Inter 1–30–12–12–20–01–10–11–11–00–10–02–0
FF Jaro 0–02–02–51–50–01–01–21–31–31–25–01–1
FC KooTeePee 0–22–11–23–12–13–12–11–20–11–00–32–0
KuPS 1–20–22–22–12–11–10–01–21–00–20–51–2
FC Lahti 2–20–21–31–23–10–42–03–00–20–23–11–0
IFK Mariehamn 2–10–01–20–10–04–12–01–11–01–00–10–1
MyPa 0–10–02–11–02–02–03–01–00–20–21–31–2
Tampere United 1–00–22–13–10–01–01–03–12–21–14–22–3
TPS 1–21–40–22–20–37–01–21–00–40–00–12–1
VPS 2–12–21–20–20–02–10–20–22–23–01–01–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

European results

Champions League:

UEFA Cup:

Intertoto Cup:

Promotions and relegations

Top goal scorers

PositionPlayerCountryTeamGoals
1 Hermanni Vuorinen Flag of Finland.svg FC Honka 16
2 Rafael Flag of Brazil.svg FC Lahti 13
3 Farid Ghazi Flag of Algeria.svg HJK 12
4 Ville Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg Tampere Utd 11
- Mikko Paatelainen Flag of Finland.svg FF Jaro 11
- Antti Pohja Flag of Finland.svg HJK 11
7 Ady Flag of Brazil.svg / Flag of Tunisia.svg TPS 10
- Valtter Laaksonen Flag of Finland.svg FC Inter 10