2010 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season2010
Champions HJK
7th Veikkausliiga title
23rd Finnish title
Relegated Lahti
Champions League HJK
Europa League KuPS
TPS (via dom. cup)
Honka
Matches played182
Goals scored513 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Juho Mäkelä
(16 goals)
Biggest home win JJK 6–1 Oulu
(5 July)
Jaro 5-0 Haka
(2 August)
TPS 5-0 Oulu
(22 September)
Biggest away win KuPS 0–5 HJK
(16 April)
Highest scoring KuPS 6–2 TamU
(30 June)
Longest winning run TPS (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 run FC Lahti (11 games)
(10 May–16 July)
Longest losing run AC Oulu (6 games)
(19 June–30 July)
← 2009
2011 →

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.

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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

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HJK
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JJK
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Location of teams in 2010 Veikkausliiga
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerKitmaker
AC Oulu Oulu Castrén 4,000 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Malinen Umbro
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Lehkosuo Kappa
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion 9,372 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job Dragtsma Nike
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion 15,000 Flag of Finland.svg Ilkka Mäkelä Umbro
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 Flag of Finland.svg / Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Eremenko Sr. Errea
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 Flag of Finland.svg Sami Ristilä Umbro
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770 Flag of Finland.svg Antti Muurinen Adidas
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000 Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Lyyski Puma
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Martonen Legea
KuPS Kuopio Kuopion keskuskenttä 5,000 Flag of Finland.svg Esa Pekonen Puma
MYPA Myllykoski, Kouvola Saviniemi 4,167 Flag of Finland.svg Janne Lindberg Puma
Tampere United Tampere Ratina Stadion 17,000 Flag of Finland.svg Ari Hjelm Puma
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion 9,372 Flag of Finland.svg Marko Rajamäki Puma
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600 Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Pikkarainen Umbro

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 HJK (C)2615744319+2452Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 KuPS 2615384536+948Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 TPS 2613674630+1645Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [a]
4 FC Honka 2612594234+841Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 FF Jaro 26115104234+838
6 FC Inter 2610793432+237
7 Tampere United 26104123746−934
8 Haka 2696113038−833
9 MYPA 2671183639−332
10 VPS 2687112940−1131
11 AC Oulu 2686123144−1330
12 IFK Mariehamn 2677123843−528
13 JJK (O)2683153441−727Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 FC 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:
  1. ↑ TPS were the winners of the 2010 Finnish Cup competition and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

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 Viikingit 1 – 1 JJK
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Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 3172
JJK 2 – 0 FC Viikingit
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Harjun Stadion, Jyväskylä
Attendance: 3232

Results

Home \ Away HAK HJK HON INT JAR JJK KPS LAH MAR MYP ACO TAM TPS VPS
Haka 0–32–01–34–31–22–10–02–10–12–01–00–01–1
HJK 1–10–12–22–11–01–20–03–12–02–03–12–03–0
FC Honka 4–23–11–13–12–32–11–23–03–13–40–21–00–0
FC Inter 1–00–02–02–03–21–31–31–11–10–20–21–21–0
FF Jaro 5–01–10–00–11–30–12–02–03–21–22–21–33–2
JJK 1–21–20–10–31–21–32–20–21–16–10–10–20–1
KuPS 1–00–50–22–12–12–01–10–02–13–16–22–11–2
FC Lahti 0–10–12–41–11–30–02–11–10–20–30–11–32–1
IFK Mariehamn 2–31–22–23–00–03–21–22–21–20–22–32–10–3
MYPA 2–11–12–23–20–12–41–11–12–11–13–02–22–2
AC Oulu 1–11–12–01–00–11–22–51–20–01–13–00–21–1
Tampere United 2–12–02–10–11–40–21–30–03–41–13–11–13–0
TPS 1–10–11–02–20–32–03–03–21–43–05–04–31–1
VPS 2–10–31–30–31–10–12–01–11–42–12–03–10–3
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] Flag of Finland.svg Kari Martonen (JJK) Flag of Finland.svg Janne Korhonen (Haka)
May Flag of Finland.svg Esa Pekonen (KuPS) Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
June [3] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Flag of Finland.svg Henri Lehtonen (FC Inter)
July [4] Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Flag of Finland.svg Tamás Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn)
August [5] Flag of Finland.svg Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Flag of Finland.svg Roope Riski (TPS)
September [6] Flag of Finland.svg / Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Flag of Finland.svg Toni Kolehmainen (TPS)
October [7] Flag of Finland.svg Sami Ristilä (Haka) Flag of Nigeria.svg Dudu (KuPS)

Players of the year

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

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

References

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