Season | 2011 |
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Champions | HJK 8th Veikkausliiga title 24th Finnish title |
Relegated | RoPS |
Champions League | HJK |
Europa League | Inter Turku JJK KuPS MYPA |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 599 (3.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Timo Furuholm (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | HJK 6–0 TPS (22 June) FF Jaro 8–2 RoPS (29 June) HJK 6–0 FF Jaro (28 September) |
Biggest away win | Haka 0–5 HJK (18 June) |
Highest scoring | FF Jaro 8–2 RoPS (29 June) |
Longest winning run | HJK (10 games) [1] |
Longest unbeaten run | FC Honka (14 games) [1] |
Longest winless run | RoPS (21 games) [1] |
Longest losing run | RoPS (6 games) [1] |
← 2010 2012 → |
The 2011 Veikkausliiga was the 81st season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 2 May 2011 and ended on 29 October 2011. [2] HJK were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
The pre-season was severely affected by license revocations to two teams, which eventually resulted in a later than originally scheduled begin date and an increase of scheduled matches from 26 to 33 per team.
The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Oulu was refused a license due to club's bad economic situation and Tampere United was excluded from every official competition of Football Association of Finland due to breaking the rules of the association, and the league will therefore be played with only 12 teams. [3] [4] AC Oulu was, however, obtained a license for Ykkönen, where it will play this season.
FC Lahti were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2010 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions RoPS. 13th-placed Veikkausliiga team JJK and Ykkönen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in this season. JJK won 3–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position once again.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
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FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | ![]() | ![]() |
HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | ![]() | ![]() |
JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
KuPS | Kuopio | Kuopion keskuskenttä | 5,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
MYPA | Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | ![]() | ![]() |
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | ![]() | ![]() |
VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | ![]() | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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VPS | ![]() | Resigned | 28 July 2011 [6] | ![]() | 28 July 2011 | 11th |
RoPS | ![]() | Sacked | 8 August 2011 [7] | ![]() | 8 August 2011 | 12th |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 23 | +63 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | FC Inter | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1] |
3 | JJK | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
4 | FC Honka | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 53 | |
5 | TPS | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 50 | |
6 | KuPS | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1] |
7 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 38 | |
8 | MYPA | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 38 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 2] |
9 | VPS | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 37 | |
10 | Haka | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 37 | |
11 | FF Jaro | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 31 | |
12 | RoPS (R) | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 78 | −39 | 23 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
As a consequence of the decreased number of teams immediately prior to the start of the season, the schedule for this season had to be significantly altered. Teams will now play each other a third time after a regular double-round robin schedule; each team will hence play a total of 33 matches. The schedule for the additional round of matches was determined by the final positions of the 2010 season, with the best six teams being assigned an extra home match in the process.
Matches 1–22 | Matches 23–33 |
Updated to games played on 29 October 2011.
Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | FC Inter | 22 |
2 | ![]() | JJK | 16 |
![]() | FC Inter | 16 | |
![]() | HJK | 16 | |
5 | ![]() | FC Inter | 15 |
![]() | HJK | 15 | |
![]() | FC Honka | 15 | |
8 | ![]() | JJK | 14 |
9 | ![]() | FF Jaro | 11 |
![]() | HJK | 11 | |
![]() | KuPS | 11 | |
![]() | TPS | 11 | |
13 | ![]() | RoPS | 10 |
14 | ![]() | FC Honka | 9 |
![]() | FF Jaro | 9 | |
![]() | KuPS | 9 | |
17 | 3 players | 8 | |
20 | 5 players | 7 | |
25 | 12 players | 6 | |
37 | 6 players | 5 | |
43 | 9 players | 4 | |
52 | 20 players | 3 | |
72 | 32 players | 2 | |
104 | 58 players | 1 | |
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
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May [10] | ![]() | ![]() |
June [11] | ![]() | ![]() |
July [12] | ![]() | ![]() |
August [13] | ![]() | ![]() |
September [14] | ![]() | ![]() |
October [15] | ![]() | ![]() |
Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
Position | Player |
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Best Goalkeeper | ![]() |
Best Defender | ![]() |
Best Midfielder | ![]() |
Best Striker | ![]() |
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