2012 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season2012
Champions HJK
9th Veikkausliiga title
25th Finnish title
Relegated Haka
Champions League HJK
Europa League FC Honka
Inter Turku
TPS
Matches played198
Goals scored535 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Irakli Sirbiladze
(17 goals)
Biggest home win TPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
Biggest away win KuPS 0–6 FC Inter
(22 July)
Highest scoring TPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
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The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012. [1] HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.

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Teams

RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.

Team summaries

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Location of teams in 2012 Veikkausliiga
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerCaptain
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Lehkosuo Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Heikkilä
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion 110,000 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job Dragtsma Flag of Finland.svg Henri Lehtonen
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion 15,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Kautonen Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hauhia
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Eremenko Sr. Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Aho
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Malinen Flag of Ireland.svg Shane Robinson
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770 Flag of Finland.svg Antti Muurinen Flag of Finland.svg Ville Wallén
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Martonen Flag of Finland.svg Janne Korhonen
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena 5,000 Flag of Finland.svg Esa Pekonen Flag of Finland.svg Pyry Kärkkäinen
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000 Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Lyyski Flag of Finland.svg Jani Lyyski
MYPA Myllykoski, Kouvola Saviniemi 4,167 Flag of Finland.svg Toni Korkeakunnas Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Aho
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion 110,000 Flag of Finland.svg Marko Rajamäki Flag of Finland.svg Toni Kolehmainen
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Huttunen Flag of Finland.svg Sebastian Strandvall

1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012. [2] [3]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable
VPS Flag of Finland.svg Petri Vuorinen End of contractn/a Flag of Finland.svg Olli Huttunen 1 December 2011 [4] Pre-season
Haka Flag of Finland.svg Sami Ristilä Sacked23 August 2012 [5] Flag of Finland.svg Asko Jussila 23 August 201211th
Haka Flag of Finland.svg Asko Jussila Resigned10 September 2012 [6] Flag of Finland.svg Juha Malinen 10 September 201211th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 HJK (C)3319776333+3064Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 FC Inter 3317795742+1558Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 TPS 33166115533+2254
4 IFK Mariehamn 33131285043+751
5 FC Lahti 33162154549−450
6 MYPA 331310103933+649
7 FC Honka 33127143738−143Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
8 VPS 33127143638−243
9 JJK 33124175465−1140
10 KuPS 33106173953−1436
11 FF Jaro 3389162851−2333
12 Haka (R)3395193257−2532Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings. [7]
  2. ↑ FC Honka qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2012 Finnish Cup.

Results

Statistics

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.

Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Sirbiladze FC Inter 17
2 Flag of Finland.svg Aleksei Kangaskolkka IFK Mariehamn 16
3 Flag of Jamaica.svg Steven Morrissey VPS 15
4 Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Sihvola MYPA 14
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Gruborovics JJK 12
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ojala FC Inter 12
Flag of The Gambia.svg Demba Savage HJK 12
8 Flag of Finland.svg Joel Pohjanpalo HJK 11
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Ristola TPS 11
10 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Innanen JJK 10
Flag of Finland.svg Juho Mäkelä HJK 10
Flag of Finland.svg Tim Väyrynen FC Honka 10
Flag of Nigeria.svg Babatunde Wusu JJK 10
14 Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Forsell IFK Mariehamn 9
15 Flag of Nigeria.svg Dennis Okaru TPS 8
Flag of Finland.svg Jarno Parikka VPS 8
Flag of Finland.svg Akseli Pelvas HJK 8
Flag of Ireland.svg Shane Robinson Haka 8
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Vasara FC Honka 8
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ääritalo TPS 8
215 players7
264 players6
308 players5
3814 players4
5211 players3
6327 players2
9065 players1

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the Month
April [8] Flag of Finland.svg Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Flag of Finland.svg Magnus Bahne (FC Inter)
May [9] Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Gruborovics (JJK)
June [10] Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Flag of Finland.svg Sampo Koskinen (FC Honka)
July [11] Flag of Finland.svg Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
August [12] Flag of Finland.svg Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
September [13] Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Kautonen (FC Lahti) Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
October [14] Flag of Finland.svg Antti Muurinen (HJK) Flag of Finland.svg Rasmus Schüller (HJK)

Annual awards

Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)

PositionPlayer
Best Goalkeeper Flag of Finland.svg Henrik Moisander (TPS)
Best Defender Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Hurme (TPS)
Best Midfielder Flag of Finland.svg Mika Ojala (FC Inter)
Best Striker Flag of Georgia.svg Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
Best Manager Flag of Finland.svg Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2012". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "FC Inter". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Miesten Ykkönen - FC TPS".
  4. ↑ "Vepsussa alkaa Okan aika" (in Finnish). VPS. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "FC Haka vaihtaa päävalmentajaa" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Juha Malinen Hakan valmentajaksi, Attakora toppariksi" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "IFK klara för Europa League". Ålandstidningen. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  9. ↑ Toukokuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)
  10. ↑ Sampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  11. ↑ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  12. ↑ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  13. ↑ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (in Finnish)
  14. ↑ HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
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